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''Then I'll give you your answer
said Old Man Coffee abruptly. "Tll
give you the whole thing, once and
for all, in four words. Think of the
girl"
He took couple of drags on his
pipe. Forget Horse Dunn, and the
cattle, and the money, and the
range. Forget even the good fight
ing boys, here on the 94-Tulare
and Steve Hurley and Val Douglas
they'll fight while they can hold
up their guns. And Gil Baker, he'll
be in it if he has to drag brok-
en- leg into the street. But forget
all of them. And think what this
here head-on smash between the
81 and all of the rest of the range
is going to mean to the girl"
Wheeler sat silent for a long time.
At last, needing to be alone, he got
up and walkd off into the dark,
leaving Old Man Coffee with the
darkness and his pipe. He went
out and sat on the corrals, and he
was thinking about Horse Dunn and
the cows kingdom of the "a; but
mostly he was thinking about the
girl who had at last taken him in
to her heart, now at the end. He
could never think about anything
any more except in terms its eff
feet upon her.
He had an hour to come to his
decision there before the first pale,
reddish light of dawn showed at
the edge of the world; and it was
the hardest hour of his life, because
he knew that he held in his hands
the future of them all. More than
once he turned to Coffee's easier
way. But as a gray light began to
come slowly across the "a he
thought he knew what he must do.
He went in and raped on Mar
ian's door; and when she called to
him sleepily he went in and stood
beside her bed. "You and I are
going to Inspiration" he told her.
CHAPTER XIV
The early sun was upon the broad
main street of Inspiration as Billy
Wheeler drove Horse Dunn's tour
ing car into the little cow town.
Old Man Coffee was in the back
seat, this time without any Of his
dogs. Marian, who had been doz-
ing against Billy's shoulder, sat up
and looked at the vacant street with
a detached curiosity. It seemed
strange to see the street so empty
and silent, where last they had seen
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REGULAR SERVICES SUNDAY

Regular services will be held at
the Jefferson Presbyterian church
Sunday, at II A. M. and 7 P. M.
The subject of the morning worship
is 1.-THE Sin of Drinking and AL
coholic Beverages. Judge Pad
gett, Of independence, Va, has been
invited to speak at the evening
service, on his recent trip to the
Holy Land.
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"Don't hardly seem there's any
deal to made between you and
me. Horse Dunn isn't going out on
bail. Get it out of your head"
Amos began to dry his face and
hair.
''This is something else," Wheel
er said. you've wanted me out OF
it from the start. You know why,
and there's no need for us to go in
to why"
81 got enough troubles on this
range" Amos said, without out
side capital pitching in to make
things worse on the common cow
men,"
"In short, you and your gang has
been afraid I'd help Dunn save the
"a. You tried to railroad me, here
in Judge Skaters court-but you
didn't get away with it. Maybe
you've got other things in mind to
try, to get me out of the way OF
your plans. I don't know anything
about that"
people from outside, that figure
to throw in against the best inter-
ests of this range" Amos began.
Cali right. Now you've got a
chance to get rid of me. You give
me what I want and I'll promise
you I'll be out of this killing case
within "a hours"
"You haven't got any official
standing in this case to begin with"
Amos pointed out.
you'd like to see me drag my
freight, just the same! And here's
how you can get it DONE"
"Well?"
"Old Man Coffee and Horse
Dunn's niece are here with me. Give
us an hour to talk to Horse Dunn
alone. That's the proposition and
all of the proposition"
"And if I do that you'll pull out
of here?"
"Within "a hours. I'll stay out
until the killing case against Horse
Dunn is cleared up, one way or an
other. After that maybe I'll help
it with it's finance; I don't say one
way or the other. But if you want
me out of it for the time being,
here's your chance"
there's hook in this some
place." Amos said. "But I'll take a
chance. Horse Dunn's in the Jail,
where he belongs. I'll take you
there and I'll give you an hour"
The Inspiration Jail was tiny, but
it was perhaps the most modern
thing in the town. 1t sat by itself
on a rise of ground 200 yards be-
hind Walt Amos house, which was
the nearest dwelling.
In structure it was 2O-foot
square cube of concrete, with tiny
air holes near the roof, and an iron
door. Within was an inner cage OF
steel bars, separated from the outer
shell, all the way around, by cor
rider four feet wide. The place
had no great capacity, but it would
have been a double job for good
brakeman to make his way out.
There's a special reason want
YOU to come, for a minute or two
"Have it your own way.
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Mr.. Joe Goodman, son, of Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. Goodman, of Beaver
Creek, returned home Tuesday
from the Wilkes hosnita4 His
many friends are glad to learn
that he is rapidly recovering.
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Miss Eleanor Baker, of Creston,
and Miss Irene Sutherland, of SUIT
herland, were visitors in the city
last Saturday.
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dependobiliiY.
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Ontario Points Way

CANADA points the way. Detroit takes up the
~ cudgel.
Yesterday our sister democracy to the north def
nitey voted its disapprova of the Committee of In
dustrial Organization.
In the province of Ontario, Premier Mitchell F. Hep
burns ant-C. I. O. administration returned to
power with greater strength than he able to sum-
mon in the previous cleo
HepOWH VHS u" ton It was Premier Hep
Anti-C. 1. H. PLdfOrm burn who took firm stand
against the invasion of Ontario several months ago of
the John L. Lewis organizers.
Detroit which has been on the rack of industrial war
fare since the c. l. O's drive for membership and the
Introduction of the sitdown technique, dealt another
blow to the efforts Of the organization to establish
noitca dominance by giving the conservative candi-
date lead of $4,000 votes in the mayoraly primary
When Premier Hepburn almost bodily tossed the
c. O. organizers from Ontario his friends and foes
were frank in calling the action death knell to his
political future But his victory was overwhelming.
The neone did not want the c. l. O. or any part of it,
and thew said so in the decent orderly way in which
democraces are run. They said no with the ballot
and they said it firmly
In Detroit, Richard Reading, running in the non
partisan primary for mayor galloped way ahead of the
CLIO candidate, Patrick O'Bren Of course the final
test is yet to come. Mr.. Read
A'''''-"' O''''' ing will face Mr.. OBrien in the
To Decide 1t ee ~ o1oot;on two
II -. 10 no+r 10 do
the Not in rowdy protests, fistcuffing, under
maneuverings, but in the open daylight of the
safe and sane manner in which America speaks.
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Defense of War?
SupeT.terTibEe

Your editorial on Japanese
bombings has caused me to put
in print some ideas or questions
that have been bothering me for
nearly 20 years.
From early childhood I have
been able to observe with my
own eyes much of the poverty
and misery that exist in this
and other countries. When I
have thought Of the circum-
stances of life which have been
unveiled before my eyes, I have
often wondered to myself how
people could desire to cling to
an existence so miSerably hope
less, and entirely without any
possible ray of light.
When I see food destroyed
while people starve, and lands
that should be planted, allowed
to grow up in weeds, to keep
prices up, wonder who is cruel,
the man who, to satisfy his greed,
dooms thousands Of men, women
and children to lifetimes Of liv-
ing death, while he pirates of
"expediency" and gains the name
Of philanthropist off the pro-
ceeds of those same tactics, or
the man who, recognizing that
war is a game Of kill or be
killed" removes those same mis-
cradle unfortunateS once and
for all out Of an existence they
have had wished upon them
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Defends Lipstick

While the opinions Of our
clergy are honored and ~
spected, I, for one, do not think
their influence should extend
to the way women must appear
in places of worship.
The use of lip rouge has been
a custom of the ages. It is Q
practice which women need
offer no excuses for. Lip rouge
is as essential to her appear.
ance as well kept hair and neat
nails.
What would happen if the
clergy rules that men were not
to shine their shoes or use oils
on their hair? Or, to press my
point farther, what would hap
pen if we were criticized for
dressing up in our best On
Easter Sunday?
Age-old custom has decreed
that we dress up on Easter,
that men have a shine on their
shoes just the same as it has
decreed women add color to
their faces by the use of rouge
and powder.
So, in defense of lip rouge
in churches. I implore the minis
try to let womanhood keep this
least of all evils.
A CHURCHGOER.
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Marry-GO-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

A mans coat lapel may often
be covered with face powder,
but in these days Of spirited
damsels it is seldom soaked with
tears.
The Perfect Love Affair, in q
bachelors secret opinion, is a
beautiful romance that ends just
this side of the altar.
You may win a military cam
paign or a political campaign by
staging a big battle; but the only
way for a girl to win a love
campaign is by being too ami
able, too wise or too indifferent
to fight.
The bridegroom may not be
an important item at a fashion
able wedding: but he has the
satisfaction of knowing that he's
the only excuse for all the ex-
citement and the big display.
Why does it require half a
dozen evening gowns. with all
the fittings to match, for a girl
to go about with a man who
owns one dinner jacket and one
long-tailed coat?
It is so difficult for even the
most intuitive woman to tell
whether the worried expression
on her husbands face is due to
gastronomic, financial or emo
tional disturbances and
whether to offer him bicarbon-
ate, a kiss, or a divorce.
Alas, If a man doesn't come
home with a good abb when he
wanders in after midnight, his
wife thinks he's guilty; and if he
does, she thinks he's lying. So
what can the poor boy do?
Copyright 1897. BY King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Farewell

w ASHINGTON is about to lose one member of the
w Brain Trust whose departure will be keenly felt
because he happens to have the kind of brain that
can be trusted In entering the service of the Federal
Government for the purpose of recognizing the Bureau
of Air Commerce, Fred D. Fagg r brought to it both
~ ~ brains and character, indispen-
sable to worthwhile performance
" ~ -' in any field
In leaving it to return to Northwestern University,
where promotion from professorship of law to dean
of the school of awaits him. he will leave
behind him record of which he may be proud and
for which the public should be grateful.
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The Merit System

has made progress in this country in the present
than in the last Is years. delegates to the Civil Service
Assembly of the United States and Canada have told
Since 1883, when the U. S. Civil
nus W"0e 0"t Service Commission was established
SLOv Hend,Dnv the effort to get the peoples business
done by people competent to do it has
made consistent but slow Roadway
Secretary Besey of the Assembly, declared that
now only IA States have Civil Service Commissions five of
them being established this year.
The political spoilsmen have put up hard fight against
the merit system. We think and hope it is losing fight
But the sposmen will surrender They have to be
licked.
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now, although
I did when I
was a child.
Then I was so
C o nfident in
their e xis t.
e n &c that I
was sure once
I h a d seen
my gra n d.
mother, W no
h a d b e e n
dead for some
time. Now,
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b e lie We are
live ones
When I was a
kid my broth
erS used to
scare me into
h y S t e RIGS
with Storie les
about ghosts,
but I soon
f o IN d out
t h a t t h e
ghosts I saw
were tn os e
soaring me
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stitious and,
e We n as q
child, I knew
there were no
S UGH things
as ghosts. I
can see no
r e a son for
a ny intelli-
g e n t person
t a K n g any
stock in such
old W We s.
tales. And I
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Committee:
THE only
g h o S t. in
W h ich I be-
lieve is the
k i n d t h a t
walks e We ~
80 d s.! I
n ev er have
had the KIND
of nerves that
leads one to
in d vi ge in
such flights
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n e er have
had any expe-
rience to JUS
tify such be-
lief, nor have
I known any,
one who Seri-
ously believed
in ghosts or
spirits. Meth.
er have I ever
h e a r d Of
S O m e thing
happening to
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about 6, I was
h o rr j b | y
frightened at
the idea that
S UGH things
might e XII st.
Stories I had
h e ard from
o t h er chill
dren m a d e
this frig h t
more intense,
But n ow I
realize it was
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What World s
Looking For

Then along you come
And, perhaps, you are richly
endowed-shrewd, talented, beau
tiful and charming. Which,
you think, should pave your
way to popularity and power.
But it doesn't! Why not?
BECAUsETHE WORLD ISN'T
THINKING OF YOUR ASSETS.
IT'S WORRYING OVER IT'S
OWN LIABILITIES. IT ISN'T
LOOKING FOR CHARMING,
BEAUTIFUL, SMART OR Tall
ENTED PEOPLE. IT Is LOOK
ING FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN
ANSWER IT'S NEED-SUPPLY
ITS LACK.
Copyright. 1897. By King Features
syndieAHe. Ine.)
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in.
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION
Do you believe in ghosts?
THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Evelyn Bargas, 309
Eleventh st. S. E., housewife:
THE only ghosts in which I
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Wise Words

Presence of mind and courage
in distress, are more than armies
to procure succeB.-Dryden.
Man was not born for himself
alone, but for his country
Plato.
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of the imagination as to think
that ghosts exist. Besides, I
couldn't very well believe in
them, for my experience with
ghosts is absolutely nil"
X "
Cy Schoen, 1909 Nineteenth
st. N. W., liquor salesman:
mo. but when I was q boy of
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Of course, realize it was only
my imagination"
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By Elsie Robinson
with Young America
Lending q Hand
YOUR JINX is IN YOURSELF

how to put the bee on a Shy'
new addition to their crowd.
"At home it was the same.
Just as surely as she wiped
the best glasses, one would
crack in her hand. If she made
sandwiches for supper, the fam
lily always expected (and got)
burnt toast. At II, whenever
she attended a school ball game
(Which to be sure was rarely
enough, her team lost.
"It didn't take long for people
to notice that she was a par
ticular menace to life and pros
perity. Even her tiny garden
dropped beneath her loving hand.
She besought her mother with
tears for an explanation, but
there was none to be had.
"Betore she started work, she
determined to be the JIM Girl
no longer. She Mould make her.
self tDGnted-Gye, eUen indiS-
penSGble! Rather than suffer
an interiority compiler because
of her helpIeSSness against fate,
she secured a position NTH the
new word burning in her heart
and mind INDISPENSABLE,
INDISPENSABLE
did SHE SUCCEED? FOOL
ISH QUESTION! DID ANY
ONE EVER FAIL TO WIN
LOVE WHO WENT FORTH
DETERMINED TO GIVE AND
GIVE UNTIL SHE GOT IT?
I'VE GET ACCORDING TO
WHAT WE GIVE. IF WE
GIVE FEAR AND SUSPICION,
THAT, TOO, Is OUR RETURN.
1--WE WOULD SOON BE FREE
FROM OUR FEAR, RESENT.
MENT AND FEELINGS OF IN
FERIORITY IF WE WOULD
CONCENTRATE ON THE NEED
OF OTHERS AND TRY TO
FILL TT, INSTEAD OF BROOD
ING OVER OUR OWN HURT.
Virginia Lee Trimmer,
"18 Years,
Chicago, ILL.,"
Our Only Enemy
Is Fear
Wise words, little sister
words that many a bewildered,
discouraged oldSter needs more
than you dream. We go through
life ducking grievances, lodging
SnubS, cringing from wounds
and all the time our only enemy
is the FEAR WITHIN OUR
SELVES.
What's the secret Of popu.
1arity-of power? JUST COUR-
AGE AND KINDNESS-THATS
ALL. Have these, and the world
is yours! For the world re-
wards you, not for what you
are in yourself, BUT FOR
WHAT YOU MEAN TO THE
OTHER FELLOW.
That may seem a selfish test
yet it's a fair one. The world
is frightened tired lonely
hurt. Every mortal you
meet-regardleSs Of age or sta
tion-has one common need. A
need of courage and companion
ship of something which
will allay its fear and relieve
its hurt.
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Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims In the District Of Co.
lunbia since January !. 1887.
is graphlca11y shown by the
death watch:
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Voice of the People

and from which it is impossible
for them to escape in any other
way. WONDERER.
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have never heard of anyone who
had any real reason to think
that ghosts do exist"
X
Mrs. Rena RoSenthal, $50
Eighth st. S. E., housewife:
mo, I don't believe in ghosts
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anyone that would justify such a
belief"
X II
Jack Holiday, Herndon, Va,
service station attendant:
mo, I never have been super.
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Mrs. Marion McCanless, 1884
Columbia Rd. N. W., assistant
clerk of the Ways and Means
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Four Ministers
In D. G. Wedding
Ceremony

A marriage was solemnized in
Petworth Methodist Church here
last night with four ministers TAX
ing part in the ceremony.
, The bride and groom we're Miss
Ards lone Atkinson of Washing.
ton, and Truston Hayden Cannon
of HyattSville, Md. Ministers TAX
ing part in the wedding included
the Rev. Walter Franklin Atkin-
son of Dunbarton Meth odist
Church, father of the bride, who
performed the ceremony with the
assistance of the Rev. Charles Her.
bert Cannon of Beltsville, Md,
father of the groom, and the Rev.
Robert L. Wood, pastor Of Pet
worth Church.
The fourth minister was the Rev.
Lowell Morrell Atkinson, student
at Drew University and a brother
of Miss Atkinson, who gave the
shride AWAY.
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FLOWER SHOW
TOMORROW

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April is.
Amateur narcissus growers from
half q dozen States will compete
for 10 major trophies in the Vir-
ginia Garden Clubs sixth annual
narcissuS show at Armory Hall
here tomorrow and Saturday.
The show, which will run from
/ 3 to 9 p. m. tomorrow and from
10 a. N. to S p. m. Saturday, is eX-
pected to set new entry and ex-
hibitor records.
Prizes include the Garden Club
! of America silver medal for the
outstanding exhibit; the American
Horticultural Society silver medal
for the best collection; the Garden
Club of Virginia trophy, sweep
. stakes prize, and cups.
> Entries for the show, which
must be in place by 1870 a. m. to-
morrow, are expected from every
section of Virginia and adjoining
States.
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HEARST RIFLE
TROPHY WON
BY XAVIER

!. NEW YORK, April Is U.N.S0.
They hit the bullseye right in the
center!
Today the five star marksmen
OF Xavier High School are the
proud winners of first place in the
: junior unit second corps area of
1.-The annual william Randolph
Hearst rifle shoot and are they
happy!
: Cadet Major Frank E. Rousek
: put it this way:
cam happy? It has been
= my ambition to captain a win
ming team in the Hearst trophy.
. I've been on the team for three
. years and have hoped that some
day we would win. This was
our year."
Their Best Record
The winners shot a score of col,
higher than in any Of their other
competitions. The coach, Sergt.
T. Van Deusen, of the r. o. T. c.,
explained:
"We had 119 candidates for
d. this team. All were put through
q the approved War Department
:, rifle course. This large group was
. eventually cut to nine. Most of
3D.. them had never touched gun
:, before.
5 I'VE fired every day for three
hours. A grind. Patience is the
= greatest virtue in a marksman.
Every faculty was bent on max
ing a good mark in that con-
test"
+ Its my contention that rifle
v training is the greatest charac-
ter builder of any sport. The
. coach can teach q cadet how to
shoot, but from that time on,
= it's I'D to the student. He learns
self-cOntrol. 1t is marvellous
. training"
- FROM FOUR POSITIONS
. In attaining their high mark,
the cadets fired at target so
feet away from standing, kneeling,
sitting and prone positions.
~ Formal presentation of the
trophy and medals will be made
Sunday, May 9, during Xavier's
annual field-and-d day at Ford
ham University.
Other members of the team are
: Cadet Capt. Bernard Jensen, man
ager; Cadet Capt. William Caro-
: falo, Cadet Pvt Archie Seyerino
and Cadet Capt. Charles A. Hof-
mann.
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TO-DAY AND EVERY DAY-DAY OR NIGE

WE BUY RAGS. paper. iron: iunked cars
bought: highest prices paid Virginia
JuI& Co q Pierce y. Y Ma .27 571.
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