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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
CHAPTER n-Continued
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Silence again, presently MacPher-
son asked hesitantly, "Was there
nothing left-of your uncle's for
tuner"
every little. Only enough to take
care of Uncle James and Aunt Emf
". Incredible, isn't it?"
Macpherson did not reply at once.
Unconscious of the revealing ges-
ture, he polished his pipe against
his nose. He and his conscience
were graphing again. The strain
of the conflict was visible in his
lean face.
''Would you like the job here?"
he asked at length. Give the privi-
lege of engaging whoever / please"
"Thank you," Jim answered. 81
can't do that"
cts no easy job. You'd earn
your wages. Fifteen dollars and
keep"
cat that figure 1 should be over
paid. No. I have definite plans for
the future
Gas Bessie said, it would be
something" Macpherson continued.
81 appreciate that" Jim's voice
was husky. He looked at his old
friend and smiled, a crooked smile
which did not reach his eyes.
''Well, do as you think best."
MACPHERSON hand touched Jim's
arm for moment. eff you want
to stay, you can have the job. l
must see to the men now. Supper
in half an hour"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

.Who are your" she asked scorn-
fully. sThe National S. P. G. Ar"
Jim swore vehemently under his
breath. Spoiled brat! He'd be
damned if he would apologize.
81 can't see horse mistreated,"
he said, his voice quite as scornful
as hers. cts none of my business,
of course, but freedom of speech is
the right of an American citizen"
"And rudeness too, suppose"
How lovely she was! Jim disliked
her intensely but he was obliged to
admit that obvious fact. 1t was be-
ginning to rain.
Here is your horses lost shoe,"
he said, extending the symbol of
good fortune. ~ found it at the
side of the drive"
She took the horseshoe from him.
For moment their fingers touched.
The rain was falling faster. Drops
of moisture glittered on her lashes
and in her short curling hair. Her
features were exquisite. Her skin
was the tawny pink and gold of an
apricot in the sun.
"Thank you," she said disdain-
fully. Her hand, a slender hand
with coral tipped nails, emerged
from pocket in her blouse. A
coin spun through the air, fell on
the drive at his feet. She glanced at
him mockingly and ficked the leath-
err tip of her crop. eff you care to
know" she said, "Pd just discov-
cred Lady had lost shoe, and
was bringing her back" The mare
turned and went on up the road.
Jim picked up the coin at his
feet. 1t was a quarter, the form
and substance of her retaliation.
She had meant to be insulting. He
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
q Child With These

are Sambo of the checkered over
alls, and Nanny, in apron and
kerchief. In pattern 5247 you will
find transfer pattern for a doll
about IA inches high; patterns for
making the clothes; directions for
making doll and clothes; materi-
al requirements.
To obtain this pattern send 10
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth ST., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly your name, adj
dress and pattern number.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
CHAPTER Hi

A plum colored twilight lay
over "Meadowbrook." Thunder
heads were massed in the west blot
ting out the sunset. Streaks of
saffron edged the churning pillows
of clouds. Thunder rumbled at in
tervals.
Jim, accompanied by the dog,
walked about the grounds at the
rear of the house. ''Meadowbrook"
had an ordered appearance, he
thought, observing details with in
terest. The barn and garage, the
low scattered out = buildings were
freshly painted, incredibly white in
the purple twilight. In the yard of
a tenant house beyond the barn a
child swung back and forth on a
cross-barred gate. An older boy in
blue dungarees followed the cows up
the lane from the pasture.
The place was not pretentious. 1t
was a glorified farm rather than an
estate. The flower gardens at either
side of the house were planted with
simple sturdy things, larkspur and
phlox, calendulas and peoples.
There was, as far as Jim could
see, only one small greenhouse.
MACPHERSON must have put his
pride in his pocket when he ac-
cepted the position here. He had,
obviously, little opportunity to use
his skill as a gardener. Jim re-
called the greenhouses at "White-
hail." the masses of roses and car
nations, the orchids and gardenias
tended as carefully as infants.
Jim's eyes clouded thoughtfully.
1t seemed so short time since he
had wandered through the green
houses at whitehall" learning
from MACPHERSON the names of the
flowers and plants, learning geogra-
ply, too, and the customs of other
countries, cutting bouquet of her
favorite Russian violets for Aunt
Emily, dark red carnation for I'm
Gle James to tuck in his coat lapel.
So short a time. The crash, Uncle
James illness, was like a dream.
Or perhaps Whitehall" had been
dream.
Jin's thoughts turned to the
Vaughns. He had a message for
Tommy. And he had promised to
mend the fishing-rod. He would be
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Circumcision.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
YOU cannot afford to take a chance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the inflamed meme
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money if you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv0
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

deserved it, of course. She had
spirit and she rode superbly. Those
facts, too, he was obliged to admit.
His rage softened, dissolved, was
gone. He realized, then, how very
angry he'd been. 1t was stimulat-
ing to let go. He ran up the drive,
delighting in the breaking fury of
the storm, in the feeling of being
alive again. He'd been a vegetable
for so long. Why must he return
to Long Island? Why couldn't he
stay?
The idea was exciting. He burst
into the cottage.
Macpherson glanced up from a
newspaper.
you've been in the storm, lad" -.
he said. ''I'n wager you're wet to
the skin"
Jim proceeded directly to the mat
ter nearest his heart.
''Will you let me have a try at
the job?" he demanded. He Tipped
the quarter into the air and caught
it as it fell.
Macpherson shot him a quizzical
glance from under his shaggy
brows.
"What made you change your
mind?" he asked. The boy had
been up to something, he thought.
Could it have been that-He'd heard
Miss Cecily's horse Gathering up
the drive a few minutes ago-His
pipe moved in an upward direc-
ton, paused, returned to the arm of
the chair.
'The job is yours" he said. $50
up and change into some of my
clothes. Supper is just about
ready"
"Meadowbrook," during the first
two weeks of Jim's servitude, was
ruled by an invisible master. Thorn
as Huntley Vaughn, senior, conva-
lescing from a nervous breakdown,
was confined to his room. All that
Jim knew of his employer was an
impatient voice calling from the
oCCO1lO lIOOl, q OC14 DOZZAlS AASCo-
sanity, the irritated promptness
with which the trained nurse an
swered any summons from the in
valid's room, Miss Parker's nerv-
GUS anxiety and repeated requests
for silence.
Jim's duties were varied and, at
times, confusing. He swept the ter
race and the verandas in the morn
ing and brought up the mail from
the rural delivery box at the end of
the drive. He drove to the village
with marketing lists and washed the
cars and picked vegetables in the
garden. He assisted Macpherson
about the grounds, learned to trim
a hedge and spray for beetles and
make neat edges along the borders
of the lawn.
He enjoyed working out of doors,
though he was frequently hunili-
ated by his lack of skill and amazed
at the intricacies involved in achiev-
ing apparently simple results. There
was, he learned, a right and a
wrong way to train vine against a
wall, to roll a tennis court, to thin
and transplant a bed of tulips. Mac
Pherson insisted upon the right way
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
One at a Time

The famous De Witt, one of the
greatest statesmen of the age in
which he lived, being asked by a
friend how he was able to des-
patch that multitude of affairs in
which he was engaged, replied that
his whole art consisted in doing
one thing at once.
"If," says he, 81 have any nee
essary dispatches to make, I
think of nothing else until those
are finished; if any domestic af-
fairs require my attention, give
myself up wholly to them until
they are set in order"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

This sturdy pair, dressed in
their Sunday BEST" are sure to
walk right into the heart of some
wee tot. You'll have fun, too, max
ing both the dolls and their bright
finery, specially if your scrap bag
furnishes you with gay odds and
ends. Hair and features are done
with a few simple embroidery
stitches. Grand indeed for gifts
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05


ing on. Then repeat, if neces-
sary, according to instructions
in the box.
At the same time, if you have
a sore throat, crush and dis
solve three BAYER tablets in
one-third glass Of water. And
gargle with this mixture twice.
The Bayer Aspirin you take
internally will act to combat
the fever and pains which
usually accompany colds. The
gargle will provide almost in
slant relief from rawness and
pain, acting like a local anes-
thetic on the irritated men,
brane of your throat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

The modern way to
ease a cold is this:
Two Bayer Aspirin
tablets the moment
. IL
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Get Quick-Acting, Quick-DiSS0lting
Bayer Aspirin. Take 2 Tablets

Try this way. Your doctor.
we know, will endorse it. For it
is a quick, effective means of
combating a cold. Ask for
Bayer Aspirin by the full name
at your druggists - not for
aspirin alone.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

object will be obtained in each case.
Best results are obtained when the SUBJ
ject is moving diagonally towards the
camera at an angle of about IS degrees.
There are times, however, when it is
quite necessary to use camera with
fast shutter and lens. up to. say. 800
of a second to stop the action, and
lens aperture of f4.5 or larger for
proper exposure This is especially
true when taking even fairly closeup
pictures of sports events.
When you take your first action pic
lures, make note of the shutter speed
and lens aperture you use for each pic
ture. If the results are not up to your
expectations, you can refer to your
notes and definitely know whether the
shutter speed was too slow, if the sub
ject is blurred, or the lens aperture too
small, if the negative is underexposed.
It's really sport, this action snap
shooting. You'll like it!
Evening star., 1937-08-01

into the night but hate having the
night look in at me"
First she went to the southern win
dow, then to those facing west. For
moment she stood with appraised arms
in the embrasure, her hands clinging to
the heavy hangings. Red stared at her.
fascinated, for moment forgetful of
all else. She was lovely, lovelier than
any woman he had ever known She
Evening star., 1937-08-01

'Oh. 1t looks like some sort of a PIN"
Bring it to me-"
She had to climb on a chair. Its
a needle"
BE careful. Bring it here"
The next moment he was examining
an ordinary two-inch hypodermlc
needle, unusual only by reason of its
length. He held it gingerly between
thumb and forehnger. then twirled it.
Evening star., 1937-08-01
F or Snopshooters
Questions From Snopshootsrs

Questions From Snopshootsn
Question: I hare q camera with an
ostiemot lens f6.3. C0n / successfully
take pictures or portraits of my BABY
indoors in daytinpe2 &C. r..
Answer: Yes Use plain color sensi-
tive film and a small No. 10 fash
bulb. Stop the lens down to I'll, open
the shutter, make the fash and then
close the shutter. The fash bulb
should be in a reflector and within
about ten feet of the baby.
Have you "snopshootino" prob
lsm7 The expert who conducts this
column moy BE- obis TO help you.
Wnifs TO This Week Magazine in
core Of this newspaper enclosing q
stomped, ssif-oddrssssd envelope.
W. will print TIE onswsss TO os mony
questions os possible. Othss will bs
answered by ~o;'.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

IN YOUR enthusiasm for smooth,
tanned skin this summer. are you
neglecting to safeguard your hair?
A day of brilliant sunshine at the
beach. with occasional dips into the
cool salt water, will play havoc with
your hair and scalp. Careless exposure
has most unattractive way of streak
ing a blonde head. furnishing red or
brown locks and even fading bru
neete. However. when properly cared
for, hair. like the skin. benefits
great deal from the out-of-doors.
1t is a good idea to cover the hair
with some sort of light, porous ma
terial or wear a light straw hat. Be
sure not to bind your head tightly in
summer time, for air circulating
through the hair is a grand tonic.
Speaking of tonic. the use of a
reliable one makes the hair antiseptic
ally clean between shampoos. And
by all means, brush the hair thor
oughly. A daily brushing cleanses
away sand, dust and perspration.
For quick shampoo at a time when
you prefer not to wet your hair land
don't wash your hair to death in the
summer) try an egg-white shampoo.
Nine. Elisabeth Rethberg uses egg
Evening star., 1937-08-01

careful not to prick himself. The back
scratcher slipped from his knee to the
floor.
He stared down at it blankly, then
found his gaze focusing subcon-
sciously on the hole in its handle
through which the tasseled cord was
passed. Something about the size of it
fascinated him. He stopped, picked up
the back -scratcher and automatically
thrust the needle through the hole; its
thick butt fitted snug and tight. For
getting he was manacled. he made
leap for the telephone and was
promptly jerked off his balance, falling
across the arm of the chair.
Quick. Tracy! Call the Office! Tell
them to fetch DR.. Millar. drunk or
sober. Get Captain Wong. Get Yin
Tsao-Feng!'
Already Tracy was at the telephone
but scarcely had she begun to relay
the message when a terrific commo-
ton arose behind her. Looking over
her shoulder, her Mortified eyes saw
Reds body extended in air like the
lash end of fail. 1t came down with
crash, splintering chair and bound
ing from the leg of the table. With eyes
distended she kept on talking, saying
the words over and over, terror in her
tone.
Doctor Millar Captain Wong g!Yin-
Tsao-Feng! Doctor Millar! Captain
Wong! YIN"
Abruptly the battle broke out with
renewed fury Red was on his knees,
butting with his head. striking with
his free right hand. Rugs and chairs
slithered across the waxed floor. The
desk overturned. There was shat
tering of the glass in the window
behind it, and its hangings came down
with an incongruous tinkle of brass.
Next went the heavy table with
thunderous clamor that shook the
house.
Now the Japanese was on his feet.
His hip locked; there was movement
apparently as simple as dance evolu-
ton and Reds full length shot out
again in mid-air to come down with
sickening thud. DID sprang through
the legs of the overturned table,
jammed Reds shoulder against one of
them and tugged with all his might,
careless of the blood that spurted
from his own wrist.
"Dr. Millar!' screamed Tracy
hoarsely Captain Wong! YIN
Yin -"
Suddenly she became aware of a
laundering on the hall door. Her eyes
searched for the key which had been
lying on the table and found it almost
at her feet. She picked it up, rushed to
the door and with trembling hands
managed to fit it in the lock and turn
it, Captain Wong. followed by Car
davan, all but tumbled into the en-
tresol. At the instant they entered the
sitting room Di-Di succeeded in
drawing his hand, stripped of flesh.
(Continvsd on poos 12)
Evening star., 1937-08-01
All Blood Is Red
Continued from poes six

fingered as though regretful to shut
out the starlit. peaceful scene. but
finally gave the hangings determined
pull. Instantly Reds eye leaped to
gleam high above her head.
What's that?" he asked sharply.
What? Where? Oh, you fright
ened mer'
"Over your head - the thing shin
ing in the curtain.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

NO" She turned away, as if to
avoid the strange look in his eyes. half
mockery. half triumph. Il can't, 50
please don't ask me-"
Red shrugged his shoulders and
sank into one of the overstuffed arm
chairs. As he dragged Di-Di into place
between his knees, the hooked prongs
of the back-scratcher tangled in his
trouser leg. He stopped to disengage it
and then tried to break the tasseled
loop which attached it to Di-DIs
wrist. The cord proved far too strong
but after little maneuvering he man.
aged to work it under the manacle and
over Di-Di's doubled fist, whereupon
the loop came free.
Striving to concentrate on the prob
lem assigned to him he automatically
snapped the back-scratcher against
his knee. Its strength and suppleness
amazed him and presently drew his
attention to something else; at each
snap the pulse in Di-Di's right wrist
seemed to jerk out of its even beat.
Red held the slender wand poised.
Tracy, will you do me favor?"
She turned. The same thing?"
mo. If you'll go into my room and
look in the upper bag you'll find one
of those crazy japanese nose guards.
Do you mind fetching it here?
''I'll be glad to-"
She brough the mask with its pad
of gauze and wonderingly helped ad-
Just it over Di-Di's nose and mouth.
Suddenly Red gripped the boys fin
gers with his free hand and bent them
upward violently, holding his own left
wrist down.
II lied about your eyelids, but I'm
not lying about the bones in your
wrist. If you don't want to hear one of
them 60, say this after me: DO not
buy Say it. Say it?'
do not buy" muttered Di-Di.
LOUDER commanded Red, in
creasing the pressure.
DO not buy" repeated Di-Di.
"Oh," breathed Tracy. her eyes
suddenly wide. "Ohr'
$50 it goes back as far as Tokyo!
murmured Red. His right hand opened
and closed; presently its fingers forked
on the Jap's throat. 80. Lieutenant.
thing like you killed Major Lancas-
ter Bynne! How?" Abruptly the fin
gers clamped hard. "How. damn you
-how?"
The japanese merely settled his
chin and distended the muscles of his
neck until they were like iron; his eyes
did not begin to bulge nor did his stony
expression change. Red desisted and
sat brooding Tracy sank on the edge
of chair, braced her elbows on the
desk and hid her face in her hands.
The shadows deepened swiftly. When
Red looked up the room was enveloped
in darkness. Tracy"
WHAT"
please turn on the lights" She rose
and did as he asked. Nov will you
draw the curtains? l like looking out
Evening star., 1937-08-01

white that has been whipped until it is
stiff She applies this to her hair and
scalp with a small brush. allows it to
dry thoroughly and then brushes it
out with brisk, vigorous strokes.
Quick. simple and effective" she
says with authority.
The noted dancer, Harriet Hoctor,
often shampoos and sets her hair her
self She sprays on light, non scented
wave-set lotion with an atomizer and
then gently presses the hair into waves
that are soft and lovely looking.
As for the summer coiffure - here
are three important rules to follow:
l Make the hairdress simple.
2 Keep it fairly short.
3 See that it defines the shape of the
head.
Successful Home Shampoo.
There's best woy TO ,ho~poo
your portieviov kind Of koir. And our
isofIst gives directions for vuriovs
types, ond no~ss some sxesIisn' dry
shompoos. To gst IL, send three
cent stomp with your request 70 This
Wesk Moeozins, in core Of this
nswspopss.
Evening star., 1937-08-01

teurs hesitate to try fast
shot. Yet you can snap
moderate action pictures with any
camera - even the box-type - if you
shoot from the proper distance and
angle. The nearer you are to the sub
ject and the less the angle, the greater
the speed of shutter and lens necessary
to stop" the action and give proper
exposure.
For example, if an object is moving
at right angles to the camera, at a
speed of ten miles an hour, it should be
photographed at distance of seventy
five feet or more. If it is moving
diagonally across the field of view it
may be photographed at distance of
fifty feet, while if it is moving directly
towards or away from the camera it
can be photographed at about forty
feet, and equally sharp images of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23

first and fifth rounds. and Louis
took the others. Braddock won
the opening session by virtue OF
mis- knockdown and SwarmIng at
tack thereafter. But he was
knocked back on his heels three
times by laundering left and right
no oks launched by the Bomber.
In the second round Louis raj
lied and had the champion floun-,
dcring about the ring at the bell
after knocking him groggy with
a left hook To the chin, and Il sue
cession of follow-upS to the same
spot. Jersey Jim was hurt i'm this
round-but he was still too fresh
TO have much of his power Slapped
by the battering. He was fighting
strongly i'm the third and he was
angry. jim hammered Joe back
into the ropes with two vicious
right hooks to the chin-but the
negro fought back furioUsly. lie
iioltcd the champion with hooks
and Speared him with succession
OF Jagged left jabS. joe won that
round.
The Bomber concentrated on 4
iabbing attack that kept Jm'S
head bobbing and Swapping in the
fourth round - and he battered
the champion severely in the cX-
changes. Jim staged a grand raj
" i'm the fifth and landed a
straight right on the Bomber'S
nose that caused it to bleed pro-
fuSely. For the rest of the bout
Louis was shifting and splitting
blood. But that and Il bleeding
left ear were Joe's only marks of
battle. jim won the fifth round,
but it was his last formidable
stand. The sixth was the begin
ming of the end.
The Bomber'S percentage for
the net gate was II l-2. But from
now on he will be getting the big
slices of purses.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
SOFT BALLERS
Beat CANTON
All Star Local Team Mops
Up 8 to | in Game
Played Here

An all-star softball team, Sc
Iected from the city league, de-
feated a similar aggregation from
Canton ut the athletic field yes
terday afternoon by a score of 8
70 /
The locals hit timely and took
advantage of wildness on the part
of Smathers, visiting pitcher. and
Canton boobies, while Paul Dun
can. of the Grey Mill team, held
the situation well under control.
Duncan allowed only five hits and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
Elaine Barrie And
John Barrymore
Will Marry Again

HOLLYWOOD. June %. (UP)
John Barrymore threw his arms
around Elaine Barrie when she
hoped off a train yesterday, and
announced they would be rcmar-
ricd.
Miss Barrie, who once pursued
Barrymore across the United
States in an "Ariel and Caliban"
romance, obtained an intcrlocu-
tory divorce decree on April %,
charging that the screen lover
was unreasonable and jealous"
Someone suggested to Barry
more that it would not be neccs-
sary for them to remaIY: that
Miss Barrie merely had to set
aside her interIocutory decree
which is not final for a year.
1--WE think the safest plan is to
remarry," Barrymore said.
"You may state definitely that
we still are in love and will re-
marry. No date has been set or
even suggested. The ceremony