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Show PUBLIC OPINION I I EBONY I WATERS V By Ann$ McClure Shod which overhung the whirl; and was gazing as If fascinated. Don't go too near I" he roared, making a megaphone of his fist. Nothing on earth could get you out of there If once you fell In. I'm a strong swimmer but we'd both be drowned. I think," he went on, that there must be a subterranean current at the bottom of that funnel which, meeting the water of the fall, creates this whirl. But, see. Isn't that a path coming down the cliff almost above the whirl? What Idiot would ever try it except perhaps In the. driest summer weather I Why, that's an awful place Scarcely were the words out of his mouth than from the trees which formed at one part of the path's sig-sa- g course a merciful barrier from the precipice below from these trees a figure appeared; and by her copper-colore- d suit they recognised Berenice Bracebridge. She seemed to be admiring the scenery and taking little heed of the slippery, almost precipitous path which led to a tiny patch of rock ; tho most fragmentary platform above the Arthur gesticulated great whirl. wildly, and at the same Instant a voice back of him cried : Don't I Don't, Fleming, you might startle her! It was Wilton Payne. But as If obvious himself of the whirling danger, he pressed forward and stood erect as an Indian on the edge of the boulder, hla dark eyes fixed with anxiety, admiration and fear upon the girl who returned his gaze across the chasm with a kind of proud acceptance of his homage, and waved her hand lightly. Then she turned and went into 1 h, W. O. Chapmsa WNU Bonrlse Copyright SYNOPSIS On her way to n faculty position In Lostland Academy, Janet Mercer meeta Prof. Arthur Flaming, also on hla way to tho Academy. At the railroad station they meet Mra Denver, engaged as matron. At the school tho group Is struck by an air of mystery pervading the place. Gordon Haskell, proprietor, welcomes thorn. Wilton Payne comIn a pletes the Academy faculty. schoolroom Janet finds a group which the teachers had supposed were scholars, are wan figures. Haskell enplaina the unusual circumstances connected with the conduct of tho Academy. Among tho pupils is Berenice Brace-bridg- e, daughter of the late owner of the schooL CHAPTER III Continued Arthur rested on his oars a moment and gazed back at the vast pile of the old academy. That comes In very put with the conversation I overheard. I believe those four wax figures are the crux of the whole mystery. Do you believe his story about Miss Bracebridge?" It sounds reasonable enough. And she Is certainly like her fathers portrait; In fact, she reminds me ah, I know. She is like the four wax figures startlingly like them ; Its a curious beauty; almost shy and elusive. You said the girl figures were beautifu- on the watch for such temperamental disturbances after a good time. Many adults have not outgrown this lierfeetly natural reaction of tired nerves and bodies. Tlie difference is that mothers, knowing the cause, do not take the circumstances seriously. Adults are not always as fair or generous In their Judgments. However, it may siorn at the time, nothing said In sueh a mood should lie taken as significant. Let the sun shine as soon ns the moment allows, and realize thut all that were good friends before, still are the mime, and that a nervous system which sometimes becomes tyrannical has hern playing a few rather showy tricks which have nothing to do with the basin for love and friendship. C. Bril Syndicate. WNU Service. Climatic Control New methods of controlling Indoor climate are likely to revolutionize the hat its of mankind. White people will be able to live In the tropics without losing their health and energy, says Nature Magazine. It will no longer be necessary for tlie government of India to migrate bodily to the bills" with the advent of the hot season, and Baguio will lose Us utility as the summer capital of tlie Philippines. barrage on currents and on sllilng-u-p have lieen studied on the model The model Is so accurate that, In Britain, the Severn estuary has when a current of muddy water was big tides, and there Is a scheme for run through It, the mud particles inuklng a bur rage across this, A de- were dcotdted so as to reproduce tailed ofilclal report was recently with extraordinary fidelity the santl made on tl.e project, writes a corre- banks and shoals that exlxt in tho real river. The results seem spondent in the London Spectator. 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They are purely tlie result of fatlgne, and no personal grudge should be held for the occurrence, regrettable, though it is. and unpleasant at tlie time. Just as thunder showers follow a hot sunshiny day, so these temperamental outbursts are purely the effect of too much exuberance, cou pled with tlie necessity of being with close comjianlnns, when the real need la for a little period of rest and If possible to give yourself the break which a little rest and quiet affords after a strenuous time, do so, for the sake of yourself and others. But If this Is not possible, and a deluge of words begins to be burled from friends or members of tlie fuinlly, yourself Included, let tlie event puss as quickly as does a momentary shower, and as soon as the "air has cleared," let It be forgotten. It is not Jnst the children of the KEEP COOL SAVE TIME lovely Didn't Uuskell any there were five children 1 Temporary Upsets Should Be Looked Upon as Unimportant. Eg l.-Quite yes, many deaths?" But if he Is afraid of them," she queried, "why not have them out of the way? Do you think he is actually afraid of them or of an Idea back of them? How could She mused on this, there be an idea about them? "I should like to see them closer. Were they well made? Startlingly well made; the work of a genuine artist, I should say. The faces of the two young girls were very lovely; sweet, frustrated faces, if one can speak so of a was figure; the young boys are handsome fellows very I If they came to life! Why, what Is the matter?" His arm had Jerked an oar until the boat fairly spun round. He laughed I suppose that great barnervously. rack of a building has made me jumpy; but I thought I saw a face down there In the lake." He pointed to the dark surface covering incalculable depths. It seemed rising up to meet me, as drowned faces rise. There I the foolish fancy Is over I'm sorry I Jerked tlie boat Please don't think me superstitious 1" I don't Whatever do you gather from this note? That he has a secret enemy in the establishment who wants to wurn us against something." Against what?" I think He gazed at her solemnly. we are In danger of no ordinary kind. I've followed the advertisements of educational institutions for several years and I've forgotten nearly all of them because they rang true. You knew in reading them that their achievements were a matter of open and honorable history. Any parent or guardian could feel reasonably satisfied that be was on the right track; but HarUell's adstood out startlingly. vertisement From the first It seemed strange to me. But because he wanted teachers, nut pupils, I answered It" They made their way with some difficulty up the magnificent bed of the creek. Here and there a mountain giant of a pine fallen Into the stream created a barrage that made a miniature falls and wild eddies in which the red leaves whirled. Afar oil they heard a steady roaring which they knew must proceed from the great fall Janet came on after him, surefooted and graceful. Be careful, he warned her. The stream Is not very deep, but the current is terrific. It would sweep you off your feet In an Instant. Don't get too dose." little footpath skirted A the stream between Its wild waters and the great immobile rocks. The ravine narrowed steadily, the cliffs rising higher and higher and drawing closer together until they seemed almost ready to close out the sky. Then the cliffs departed from their straight line, liecame concave, forming a vast aperture something of an ellipse In shape. At its further end a sheet of water, thick and straight as a section or Niagara. dropid a sheer two hung rack and dred feet from nn Mlih a wild roar tilled a funnel-slmpc- d aperture at the foot of the cliff with a mad whirl of water. llow lovely I How terrifying! Kvcii nature Is terrifying In this region. Hli, don't go ton near." She hud gone lightly on ahead of him to a vast, slippery black ruck hnncho!d which should be granted ibis ludii'gi-ncu- . Mothers are usually Ill Humor Result of Tired Nerves 400 Rooms Mgr. TRY CAMAY AND YOU MAY the shelter of the trees. A moment later they saw her high above them, following the windings of the path with surefooted accuracy, though from their position It looked like a ladder against the solid rock. "My heart almost stopped beating," Janet said. It seemed as If the next step would be her last. Yet she must know the dangers far better than we do," Payne commented. I did not mean to follow you. but Haskell saw you rowing toward the ravine, and he sent me after you to warn you to be careful not to go too near the whirl. He said a whole family had been swept down into It at once no other than the children of the last president of Lostland academy, Dr. Jethro Bracebridge Berenice's brothers and sisters. They were playing, the four of them, at Alpine climbing, and they had tied themselves together with ropes. The youngest, a gl:l about thirteen, lost her footing and pulled the others down before they could brace themselves. Of course, tied together as they were, they had no chance In the whirl" How terrible! Janet exclaimed. Ah, now I know those four figures are likenesses of those children." ' I've some"Precisely memorials! thing to tell you, but there's no use screaming It here. Tlie roar Is too hard on the vocal chords. Let us go back to the mouth of the ravine." When they reached their boats, Get In but we won't Payne said; row over yet After telling me their tale, he led me to the family burial ground on a knoll to the northwest of the house and sure enough there were the four graves among several others, all with the same date of death the whirl gave up the bodies at last. It seemed. Then I mustered my courage. He had been talking tenderly of those lost children, for he had tutored them, and an idea had flashed through my brain. I asked him boldly about the dummies. I said, Even in that fading light, sir, I could see they were wax figures.' lie turned a kind of bluish wax color himself. Ah, he cried, 'I'll dine with my staff tonight and tell you tho whole queer story; and you'll know then why I cannot run this place as a normal boarding school Is run." They looked at each other ; then at the wild scene about them. The sun was nearing its setting and long streamers of light pierced the titanic clouds; their edges, bright vermilion and gold, caught high elevations In a lavish of color which enveloped at lust the huge brick pile on the farther side of the lake, so that it seemed like a monument of ruby flouting on blue. Each window gave back the sun, uml the trunks of the pines turned red and copper. TO UK CONTIXfKO. 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