Show v S' tv TIMES THE GARLAND DlNSMORE’S ui V Folly By f V CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT wv- n qully Illustrations by Irwin Myers Copyright WNU $rvlc CHAPTER VIII— Continued —13— The music started up again and tho whole throng to duDce began They danced In the oddest sort of I don’t mean that way too they danced In an old fashioned” wuy Any would have way but old fushhmed been odd —even odder than the fact that they were dancing at all fancy an ghost dancing — the- - turkey trot or the ango — Nok They danced the right dances even If But they did dance them to ragtime was the what couldn't uuderstand care they seemed to take to keep u sort within of triangular space as If They did It almost as accurately they were following lines oo the floor I'm mentioning nil this now Just as it to Josephine mentioned latei bed dreamed when she said the whole thing fancy anyone dreaming It Isn’t done you a triangular dance know I watched nigl wondered The musk was catchy and my own feel beguu to keep step to It With terror minute that in another realized would probably tlnd myself out In the On considers middle of the throng did not mini so very much To tlon dance with Eighteenth century spooks at an Elghtteeuth century trull would surto tell about — if be something vived of course If the ghosts rildu’t stood the minute blight me where appeared Then looked down at my feet and at' my stockingless wrapper and decided to have mercy on the ghosts and not scare them to death I was beginning to feel quite flippant dldn about thlstliue The fact was Jiiillas£j&B’tthey were really truly ghosts did believe Don’t ask me what was too excited to believe anything I didn't trouble to bunt for explnnn tlons Ghosts were good enough for me Then all of a sudden comethlng Several things happened happened saw Berklns Just as In fact First a few him seen as had when natural In Lie wasn’t hours before Eight ry costume and he wasn't Ce was watching the dancdancing ers and trusting his long neck out and drawing It back again as If he It was perwere an automatic doll fectly ireposterous that he should be there but there na was realized that he Then suddenly some one among the was watching was swinging Ills neck dancers In ture to the music hut rythmlcally bis head was turning so that his eyes could range slowly ilong the moving couples It didn't take tong to discover who be was watching And when did I nearly discover He was dropped the ghosts that Josephine watching and I had seen on the lawn There they were dressed to the very minute ot clothes (In i knew the man course) Instantly and I was pretty sure of the woman I could not be quite sure for couldn't see her face clearly Almost she seemed to be hiding It Then something drew my eyes to where a little In front of Perkins and to one side half a dozen big plants In tubs stood close to the apex of the triangle Some one was crouching be I couldn’t tweeu those plunta see who It was or whether It was a man ghost or a woman ghost but I could see that It was some one the couple thut Per As I watched kins was watching danced up to the very point of the triangle and stood as If hesitating which way balancing to go The woman's back was toward Perkins and he was craning his long neck every which way as If In an ef fort to see her face He dldn I I don't think he saw It For at that moment some have time The man crouching thing happened between the plants was pushing out saw him distinctly Into the room and 4 4 J to enjoy that bug sol And so did she I My heart sank like lead and suppose my mouth dropped open I knew I stood I couldn't have spellbound moved or 6poken to save my life (When I told this to Josephine she Insisted that It proved that was Just And having a nightmare) don't think she meant to Insinuate that for nie not to be able to apeak would be a nightmare In Itself It wouldn't be a bit like Josephine to Insinuate anything’ like that Josephine Is always sweet and nice It’s I who am the member of the Dlnsroore spiteful family If I were spellbound the ghosts were not or If they were they came from under the spell mighty With one accord they’ flung them selves at Mr Braxton and the minx he was hugging It was the mos cowardly thing I ever saw— thirty men jumping at one Mr Braxton didn't wait for them lie was too wise for thut He Just dived between the plants and disapAnd he look MNs Lahert peared with him The hussy And I'eiklns dived after them Fan But lie'Uld cy Perkins diving This broke uiy spell too burst tli tough the doors vvjth a shriek AIL the ghosts faced toward me For an I Instant saw nil their fmes transfixed with rage and fury— transfixed 1 Mrs Janie were hurrying room toward me Mi Braxton turned back to Jose"I beard Miss Dinsmore phine scream" be explained “and ran Id see to shut was the matter and found ber fainting on the floor" Mr James and Josephine had come up by this time both very curious Josephine sat down beside me and dear?” hugged me “What happened she asked 1 “Happscreamed “Happened?" ened? A whole covey of ghosts happened They were dunclng In here and"— I turned on Mr Braxton —“and finished I you were with theml" a Then remembered his expression he grubbed Miss Lahert and tore ber away from her partner and hugged him I from her and shrnolj away “Whul cried “Why you villain I” were you doing with that glrlT This settled things for Josephine on It back and Mrs James' Looking don’t wonder It would have settled things for most Josephine people me tighter hugged “Tlere there been Edle” she said "You have walking In your sleep and huve bad a bad dreamt Come to bed one let's ' forget It all" But tore myself loose and stood up “A dream I" I cried hysterically "Nonsense Don't you suppose I know whn I'm awake saw these ghosts us plain as anything and Mr Brax ton was among them He was! lie —— was “He couldn’t You huve been dear Mr know thut Braxtou's yourself ankle Is sprained He couldn't dance to save bis life don’t know how be ever got In here" Josephine fHrned to Mr Braxton “How did you get In here Air Brnxtou?" she asked Mr Braxton head his shook Heaven knows" he said “I Just had to cmne And got here somehow Oh dropped my crutch somewhere— here Is" He stopped and plowed Then from the floorup tbe crutvh lie staggered “If you'll excuse me ladles” be fnJtereil “I think I'll get Imik to my room I— I feel — pretty Then doD while mi he fainted! lie Just toppled the floor and Iny still and Thai settled II I Jivslerlcs Tlgtir ‘away to look out tor him didn’t Ills faint about the time he Screamed “Happened!" a Whole Covey of Ghost “Happened Happened" Then the lights think Is the word was left In utter went out and darkness without a soul near— except the ghosts of course and they weren’t what you’d call real company I was too much for me This shrieked again and fainted for the first time lnmy 'Ife dnm too wus lying on n When sofa In the ballroom and somebody did not was bending over me ojen could see my eyes at once hut through my eyelids that the room wns dimly lighted with a soft golden glow that was very different from the harsh white refulgence that had tilled It a moment before It was very and for a moment was soothing content to lie perfectly still Just as II Then very close to were asleep felt some one stir and henrd a me under voice man's Ills speaking breath "Poor little girl" he murmured “it was an outrage to fright Oh you little darling I en you so knew a pair of Then the first thing mustaehed lips swept niv forehead began to open my eyes Naturally be to olgh time Then I It seemed decided to wait a little Never mfnd decided to wait for what-Just 1 heard Josephine's ’Then waited voice away off as If at the ballroom knew there nouldn t be door end So opened my eyes any encore slowly and looked up “Where em I?" I asked plaintively could recollect Hits As nearly as was what one ought to say when one comes out of a faint Mr Brnxton— oh yes It was Mi Braxton who wos standing beside me Mr Braxton turned quickly buck from the door toward which he wn s “Don’t be frightened" he looking "It's ull right" said said “I’m not frightened" “Not was for a now anyhow though while" Then' I Ml tip and looked about me Tbe room looked lust as tt had There was looked tbe do y before Air ho sign of s ghost an) where shirtsleeves Braxton— In hi wnS t me and Josephine and standing enine out ot my and netto work And lust long came to Berklns In game yawning and rubbing his ejes and pretending to he with curiosity — the villain However let him get away with Imd other things to worry It ahou' besides WTklns Something prepos no In Dlrismore's lerous was going It Folly and I meant to And out what was But I knew wouldn't And out hy asking questions So Just let Berklns help Mr Brax ton away to hla room and then let Josephine and Mrs James lead me mine to away Tomorrow would be another day ready yet CHAPTER rled GreatNovcl - Writers - Dub“inlLimerickr“J dith unexpectedly "I sent them In glimpse of thut great old novel and poet George Meredith amus my nurse's name Bui I've uever got a prize either" himself at Hie end ot his day ft f cs“h y composdii if n t e u r idc glri “limericks'1 in the vain hope of win Earth’s Big Bulge nlng one ol the prizes offered by VendAs the earth' crust ts hy no means ors of commodities for the best “limrigid It rises and falls under the grav ericks” advertising their goods Is givitatlobal attraction of the moon and en by Anthony Hope la bis book In sun a manner similar and Notes" “Memoirs to tluit of the ocean' tide Various Hope Israel Zangwlll and Herbert a deputation have o far prevented exud Trench were appointed measurements tbe Society of Authors representing The pressure exerted on spots ot to £0 down to Box Hill and congratuthe of Meredith the earth’s crust by the rising tide ot president late society on his eightieth birthday In IMS The the ocean Is another thing thut makps then “limerick" craze was mentioned It heave and fall Atlantic tide have and Hope caused an observed earth bulge eight the conversation during confessed that be bad tried Ills hand hundred miles away and It Is thought at w'ritlbg them without success probable that this Influence girdles tbs world “I've scut in some too" said Mere A 1st ing UTAH Industry g Difficult to Master RADIO TUBES’ Replace old or inferior tubes u ithnew Cunningham Tubes and eh joy modem radio repro- duction POX and Laieuminatou Cai’hui COYOTE WOLF Fim Circular SKUNK Go! 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Miss Tittle— My dear how In Did you any It won’t shut trlguing up?— London Opinion gift At the Side Show “The I’at Lmly Is In love with the Armlws Wonder” “If he can make love without arms he’s a wonder" Conches thatAM It's she out Dyes sist on Diamond pointment Over used a year My uew pointed 20 gives hundreds ol for renewing hints lothes and draperies It’s Free Write for It now to Mae Martin l)ept IHatnond Dyes Burlington Vermont lie who praises not tody— Johnson praises everybody The wife Is rope who Is liable to Pome people end haven't hnd 'lit far shoes If heels wear to he Who stop stare In 4 entertained Living os Glasgow wits’ front of mirrors afler a pair learn the daughters good advice too old to set giving when n laid example In silk all Who make aa she pn remarks red mid the actor is Even Who duck Into a a woman standing Who happy about scat a woman when tlare think Any woman kiss them find rights ls should be to their back hat- when Who spread themselves sit down In a public conveyance they Who wenr the how bands flopping loose In of the Who walk Into eTevators hands pockets and lighted cigar In mouth Jixclia nge out of trouble Getting of the large percentage busy aL Curiosity niny be the first sin lui a keeps It up Is lint men bended necessary left It the uppluuse for looking best S t people sometimes to waive their seldom woman has material tilings when for a new dress In — to a w tint of of (hawing There a are responsible for bud deposition There r ught to lie a clinic to wlilih men might go and ask "Why cau't I make money?” rubor If In walk the Is a It mind above Is material In a tooth — Ellen dentists' — dillls Brutally frark ns a passport graph— Irv In S Cobb photo- About ns private as a trolley New Yolk Evening World rldo— notion of dying are times when even the piiyilhl cmho klllllkcd down fiallierw eight prssenger sense enough be lie was well doesn't letroit know News She looked like a automatic In a velvet case nnd dangerous — Karl Green Exquisitely ng to twist song— Grace pretty unwise like music free of the words Hazard Conklin dari- of a flapper is like a bungalow paint- ed In front shingled In the rear and Hennothing In the attic— Richard derson— Garnered by E J WHstrach for the Buston Globe A Even on Sunday an ounce ot practice is worth a pound of preaching Nurse a grievance and It will wax fat grow up and stay with you for tlfer never Vou probably to know off The Imhworm and the tapeworm might have a scheme that would make trouble without measure your friend the mid queer lately?” “Oh self centered that lie which way to turn” — “What makes dlernttn set so he’s become so A modern college Is like a cafoteila —boys select wlmt they wunt to study —Glenn Frank AROUND THE CITY of horrors thnt Is the den- us consider room seashk had The Dhes when ha snn lcoaukl wiih a SAYS THE OWU fond of way always Ever siiite Adorn 'and Eve pimple huve been known to feel the effects of early apples Who go to Neep on the train an) lop atl over their seat partners deliberate mind Is never making a noL-- pain She has a mind like a framed sentiment to set above an office desk— Fannie Hurst The landlubber says Unit right direction his favoilte the gangplank A A the Sarter under- In shills alt The evil wind blew like the whisper of a woman — Lord Dunsany of legs colored lavender tho Grierson Fell over ns softly as a crenmpuff — George S Chappell CUDDLES Who wear neckties tube— John Lonely ns n revivalist's Heaven— II Bedford Jones Who don’t wait to he Introduced Who indulge wear test Bores Hre like Huxley A woman tuny be surprised astonished astounded hut never dumfounded begin we become to go home— for? for the woman around a little on Jolly ns a hospital— John Fear of wlmt people might say runs contience u dose sec end for making cowards of us random at expectorate not mothers tell their way SOME SIMILES Sterile os a to do? We shirts flowery Where do things they City It Is always fruit rolling out pf horn of plenty— ns If we were vegetarians ± given plenty skip their to go rrhl No Brain Tissues Janitor— It's time wlmt are you waiting Clerk— I'm waiting who said she’d look and come back later l"H-- OUT LOUD Lak frty dolo orlto NKMimAv! On the Job book Illustrated f'raft" "Color II will) liquor Who have Who look which Indyes nnd save disapmillion packages inferior Iyes Ak Doctor Foerster professor of aur an bus performed gety nl Breshm amusing oertloB- - Ha lifted sculp with keen edged Instruments broke skull bones with forceps and cut nvvuy certain Jirnln tissues— thus curing the patient of epilepsy the dreaded disease of the brain The conscious throughpatient remained out Tinting They never lors Salt U N Cuts gnrjeis With Who W hMnttfnl root free teotn Outiatnt rmnofei ft sad Itorry Eire things thnt comes from using - Who Milk of Magnesia with them Is easy ns — btnlng and dyeing takes Just n little more time to "set" the co- I Reeking Sours Lots of folks wlip tldnk they hav ' “Indigestion" have only an acid condition which could be corrected in five An effective or ten minutes like Millllps Milk' of Magnesia Boon”' to normal restores (Jlgestlon rhtlltps does away with all that sourness nnd gas right after meals It so apt to occur tho distress prevents two hours after eating What a pleasant preparation to take! 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Unlike m burning dose of soda— which Is but relief at best— rbllllps temporary neutralizes Milk' of Magnesia many times Its volume In acid — Next time' a hearty meal or too rich — — n diet has brought on tbe least discomfort try — by braid and the quick magic of home dvelng or tinting You don’t need any experto tint or ience dye successfully If you are sure to use true fadeless Diamond With sideburns With WtenEiod (iressesriin bea of With yellow shoes i1 amazing to how faded of - style transformed few buttons II Perfumed Without martin b£ mac -- THINKING lie - StitlcbVimes- f"l"H"l”H"H”H-H-t-i- MEN I DISLIKE— Who Herald Sunday at Auction Curios Adolph Junck the millionaire former brewer ot Snn Frnnclsoojsald on from the Levlutlmn In disembarking New York: "The bottom has fallen out of the and dye boom English many large fortunes have been lost The English thought that with a few stolen German recipes they could riWell val tbe German dye Industry It wasn’t so easyj Mr Junck drew a trade paper from his pocket ‘‘Ceniiiiu king Is dlflicult and complicated" he said "If you don't believe It listen to this: And he rend from the trade paper: “ TetHaml(loalIznrIn Is the reduction of one of the oldest alizarin colors known namely alizarin orange which Is When chemically Is subjected to the Identical reaction which produced from nntliruiiiilmme sulphonic add the Hrst synthetic nnznrln— Hint Is melting of the product with caustic alkali at high temperature — a Is obtained'" — AUdetkrt For smothering widows after their husbands have died a dense mask used b the relatives of I’olynesla was pLii number pf weird rarities roii inly solo nt auction In Lon don Other Included a odd things New Gu non “man catcher" a hideous niaM worn hy the members of a Me lanesiun M'cirt society a collection of tinman heads some of which have been made Into baskets a South sen god and goddess which were found In a cave and a primitive Iron tooth extractor IX as everybody has known for a long time la just oDe darn thing af But sometimes If really ter another seems as If It were a whole hunch of darn things one on top of another It certulnly did this time like a log after slept once got to sleep but I waked np early to s brand new set of troubles was still sleeping and Josephine to ho doing Mrs James seemed (lie same I didn’t mind wanted soil tude So as quietly as could Into my clothes and hurried sllpiied downstairs and out on to the lawn and straight to the place where Jose plilpe and I hnd seen the two ghosts the nlgld before wanted to know whether they hnd left any material sign of their presence— whether they had blighted- t lie grass where they trod or the limbs of the tree from wlil the white effulgence had slmne down upon them a distance From looked everything It had the Inst time ns hnd me quite Heed tbe place hut as drew nearer noticed something white on the and when ground was quite dose saw It was n hunch of Easter lilies broken and crushed remembered then that the woman of the night he fore had worn Just such bouquet ai her breast end that had seen It drop when the man hugged her The idle were crushed as If lrainiled beneath good hard solid foot— not a glomtlv foot by any means looked up Inm the tree and though did not see anv ot burning I did see thru signs hr bark wits and the brunches more m less broken oi Somebody something had been np there— some thing real not a ghnt (TO BR CONTINI Life JL a GARLAND the queer—” whyiitiieiL But ap people didn't see him too He took oue they didn't pnrently step then two then with a rush he fairly burled blmself upon the couple was ' watching lie that grabbed the mitD with one hand and And then grabbed flung him aside the woman with the” other hand and him And she bugged hugged ber For a moment they stool still back plainly revealed In the hissing lights and I snw their faces It was Ur Braxton and Miss Labert There could be no doLbt about It ' Mr Braxton "'knew them Instantly vasn’t dressed like the others exactly nor yet as I had last seen "him Bat It was be all right And yet I knew anything knew as well as that Mr Braxton was lying In a room In the other part of the building with a broken arm three broken rlhs and And he seemed an ankle In splints cros who there Is cun tell Many a fellow on the go never gets always The pull that keeps a fellow of Jail Isn't going to get him heaven There’s wise saws returning always It's a out into a comeback In those'’ long lane that bns no Those who follow the beaten track are not apt to leave any footprints In the sands of time t L |