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Show pUMIUl'milil'UIIUPUKIP Evelyn Campbell Servlet (Copyright by Evelyn Campbell.) WNTJ CHAPTER XI f 18 There Is No One They left the hotel by the service elevator and an obscure exit. Linda had changed to a street dress while the man waited outside her door. There had been no excitement about it though a house detective came and hovered about uneasily, claiming the wardrobe trunk with a sort of triumph. The two men whispered together while she dressed and she could hear scraps of their conversation through the open transom. Such things happen every day, they said. It was a common occurrence for people to beat; hotels nearly always they 'were good lookers, also. But the law was making it pretty serious the new laws they couldnt get away with it any more, and the law had no mercy! Mercy! That was not strictly true. The man who came for her had mercy. He had allowed her to go down and break ruthlessly with Brian before Brian could ruin himself over her. She knew what would have happened if Brian had heard about her first! In spite of her misery this thought sent a little wave of warmth and happiness over her. He would have been true. When she came out of her room she was white but entirely composed and Detective Jimmy OHara was politely thankful to her for not making a scene. It was a bad night, slippery with light falling sleet, and taxis moved like careful ghosts, feeling their way along on clanking chains. Under a street light the officer saw her waxen the dark linprofile outlined against ' ing of the cab. Youre sure there aint a gentleman youd ask to see you through this? he muttered clumsily. He had asked that question before and she had told him no. But he had known women to take that stand often declare utter friendlessness when they had an army of rich relations. Women In trouble were a lot like birds they fluttered and tried to fight off the hand that was helping them. he persisted : That young fellow hed a been glad to back you up if you hadnt bawled him out so strong." That, made her smile a queer twisted lift of her drawn lip. Did I? Was it really strong? she questioned with a curious childishness. Officer Jimmy scratched his square head. If a dame ever talked thata-wa- y to me Id have passed her up in the first five seconds. He ruminated : But he hung on like a bull pup. You couldnt hardly shake him off. Her head sank forward and he heard her sigh. This affected him strangely. Policemen must guard themselves closely against pity and he confined his to kids and stray kittens. For women like this one golddiggers, confidence molls, he should have no feeling whatever. But he slipped a glance at her and found that her profile the delicate outline he had marveled at was now in shadow. She was a dull blur in the corner of the cab, but one hand, bare a little above the wrist, lay on the cushions between them, and in it looked dead white the and limp. He wondered If she had " fainted. the under a bad wheels, Its night I hope we he said to try her out dont bump another car. She did not answer though he knew she heard and at that moment the car did skid and her weight was thrown against him. He grasped, her hand to steady- her. She turned her head slightly and spoke You were very good to let me go down. That embarrassed him. I hated to hang around, lady, listenin' to you an your sweetie, but I had to keep you in sight. Why- - do you call him that? His emDarrassment grew; he hadnt meant to use Just that word to her, but there didnt seem to be any other. "Well, anybody could see that he was that you was Anyway, I had to be there. I felt klnda foolish. I know. You have to watch people She tore the who are arrested. word from her throat, but once spoken It was your her head went up. duty. It made them both feel better. I Con-traril- semi-gloo- m . - y wish youd let your friends know about this, OHara persisted. Excuse me, maam, but I dont think you know how to manage a business like this. Theres got to be somebody There is no one, she interrupted with a touch of impatience. He was perplexed. He had the warrant in his pocket. She was charged with defrauding hotels some of the big ones In Chicago and New York a tidy sum, too more than a good man could earn In a year. He had been rather proud of the order to bring her in hed always hated a cheat worse than any sort of law breaker. And then it was an assignment sure to carry publicity and front page pictures, and a policeman likes publicity as well as any man. But now he wasnt proud. He wanted to find a way out for her and she claimed there wasnt any. But she had said something that gave him a chance to speak to her again without sacrificing his dignity. A man has to do a lot of things for duty when maybe he wouldnt wouldnt He stammered to a full stop. But she was the kind that understood. That is true, she said sweetly. She seemed to have no hard feelings against him at all. Then she added And if you havent thoughtfully: been exactly honest with yourself, duty is all the harder when it does come. If youve lied and pretended, its terribly hard to tear it down He nodded. Anybody knew that It was harder to take back a lie than to tell one. Linda was not suffering any more. All the pain that had wrapped her like a dull flame had somehow settled to inerjia that mercifully stilled active thought. It did not matter what happened now. The scene with Brian ended everything as if a sharp knife had severed a cord that bound her to all those people and made her one of them. There would be a tremendous scandal and the family would want to pay up, but she could not see what difference that would make now. They would talk about it forever and the disgrace she had brought upon them all. And how foolish it would be, for, of course, everything was over for her now. And then she saw herself, Linda Roth, as she must have seemed to Others the parader, with her head high and her skirts trailing in the gutter mud. The despised' woman who hid her eyes like an ostrich and took with both hands held behind her! Hands! Suddenly she held them out, shuddering. What will they do? she whispered. He was slow about answering. He knew at once what she was thinking of, but It was not easy to answer her. Do? Im afraid its jail maam. CHAPTER XII Wind-Drive- Moth n What happens In jail ? What happens to a delicate woman with silken wrists and ankles . . . who has only known the softest sheets; the whitest bread? What happens to her in jail? The detective told Linda while the cab rattled and clashed over the slipWhile he talked his pery streets. eyes were fascinated by the scrap of white wrist that caught the light from the window. The woman prisoners had to earn their keep ; there were dishes to wash and floors to scrub and beds to make. Just ordinary work. A million women doing as much, and far more, all over the country every day. Yes, but there must be something more. There was. It was a serious charge. OHara knew the law. The law could send an embezzler to Sing Sing easy enough; or maybe to the Island, which was worse. she repeated this Sing Sing, vaguely. It sounded heathenish and a little silly, but oddly familiar. And what then? Oh, three or four years! Of what? Prison. Detective Jimmy drew a long breath. He had tried to make her understand as well as he could, but he had not told her the half. Of course, it could never happen to her. A woman like that would have dozens of friends but in spite' of r this assumption he moved uneasily. He had seen it happen. He had seen them, young and pretty, with the Innocence hardly brushed from, their eyes, and no friends! Nothing to be called friend. There were so many women. They sprang up like daisies everywhere and If one was trampled there was always another for its place . . . Detective Jimmy was no poet and he was a little ashamed of these fancies, that came now and then and which he never recounted to anyone. ' And what is jail? - Oddities of Rain Not in Any Way Miraculous PURE-BRE- D SIRE CAMPAIGN HELPS Increased Interest Is Shown in Improved Stock. ; the United State Department Increased interest in Improved live stock is shown by the records of the (Prepared b of Agriculture.) campaign conducted by with the the states in United States Department of Agriculture. Listings of breeding stock submitted in recent months by those enrolling in the campaign show a total absence of scrub animals in herds headed by pure bred sires, and the proportion of scrubs to all females listed before July 1, 1930. was only one in seventy. Although every male animal used must be pure bred in order that the owner may enroll in the campaign, the females kept on the farm may be crossbred, grade, or scrub animals as well as pure bred. Most owners reported a considerable females among number of their breeding stock. Enrollment in the campaign entitles the farm owner to a barn sign resembling a brouze. tablet, which bears the Pure bred sires exclusiveInscription, In addition, ly used on this farm. the owner is furnished a certificate, suitable for framing, signifying interest in better live stock. Enrollment blanks may be obtained on application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. pure-bred-si- pure-bre- d Three Important Things in Care of Young Pigs There are three things that are very Important in the care of fall pigs, according to C. C. Culbertson of Iowa State college. These things are keeping them warm and dry, feeding them a good ration and keeping them in sanitary quarters. The housing quarters must have plenty of room and be sanitary, well ventilated and bedded with clean straw. A hog oiler in the quarters is valuable in the winter to keep down lice. Automatic feeders in the house will be the means of keeping the pigs from eating in the cold winds which are hard on them. If feeders are not located in the house there should be a windbreak to protect the pigs while eating. Water tanks with heaters in the houses will insure the pigs getting plenty of water. Warm water is not essential, but plenty of water is always necessary, Mr. Culbertson states. A good balanced ration of corn and protein supplements is essential to rapid growth and a homemade or commercial mineral is also essential, according to Mr. Culbertson. Basis of McLean System of Sanitation for Hogs The McLean system of swine sanitation is based on the proposition that if animals are kept away from parasites there will be no trouble from that source. It can be successfully carried out by doing four things thoroughly and accurately, as follows: L Wash with soapy water and a brush all sows before they are put in farrowing houses, which have been scrubbed with boiling lye water. 2. Confine sows and pigs to the clean house until they are ready to move away from the old lots. 3. Haul, do not drive, the sows and pigs from. the farrowing house to the clover field or pasture, which has had no hogs for at least a year, as driving would enable them to pick up worm eggs and thus infest the pigs at an early age. 4. Confine the pigs to the clean pasture, clover preferred, until they are four months old. Make sure there are no holes in the fence through which the pigs can go to the old lots. Revive Chilled Lamb by Immersing in Hot Water lamb beIf, perchance, a new-bor- n comes thoroughly chilled and even may appear to be almost lifeless, such a lamb may be placed in a tub of water, as warm as the shepherd can stand to keep his elbow in. This method Is called the shepherds magic cure, and at times it really Is amazing how an apparently lifeless lamb will, within 15 or 20 minutes, be decidedly alive and bleating for Its (TO BE CONTINUED.) mother. Not only keep the lambs nose out of Excel of Caution the water, but its entire head as well, Dar is sech a thing, said Uncle. for the lambs mother will recognize Eben, as bein' too cautious. A cerIt not by sight or by sound, but by lf tain quaintance of mine most kilt smell, and If the lambs natural scent tryin' to swallow chicken feathis entirely removed by being In the ers, sos to conceal de evidence. water, the ewe will likely disown the Washington Star, lamb when It Is returned to her. his-se- Many instances have been recorded During a recent eruption of Vesuvius a torrential downpour of inky black rain fell, to the great consternation of the superstitious peasantry ; while in Spain a year or so ago a carnival was interrupted by a raging storm and the costumes of the revelers were dyed black by the rain. Evene more extraordinary and disturbing were the storms of blood which have swept the country in the past.- On one occasion rourftry folk In Ireland were terrified by a downrain, which, in pour of blood-retheir superstitious minds, assumed the form of a portent What use would it be to tell them that it was merely a shower of microscopic water organisms caught up by the wind and held in rain drops? The term raining cats and dogs may not be strictly accurate, but it has been known to rain fish! This extraordinary phenomenon occurred In Scotland a couple of years ago, when cottagers in a remote district on the northeast coast were astounded to find small live fish pelting from the sky in a torrent of rain. Among other strange storms one must chronicle a hail of bananas which occurred four years ago in the Canary islands, countless fall of large and small stones caught up by the wind, and, on one momentous occasion in Japan, a downpour of pearl oysters which, piled up ready for opening, were swept away by the high wind and dropped on the delighted heads of villagers some miles away. of storms of ink. - d Its utterly unfair, of course But if a man will smoke an outrageously strong pipe, nobody is going to get close enough to him to appreciate bis heart of gold. Dont keep potential friends at a distance. Sir Walter Raleighs favorite blend is incomparably rich and fragrant yet so mild as to be acceptable to the most fastidious Nor does Sir Walter lack body and real flavor. Theyre all there in Sir Walter Raleigh as youll discover when you try it. pipe-sniff- er. Europe Can No Longer Sneer at American Art Architect Whitney Warren said at a dinner in New York the other day : Europe sneered once at American art, but the tables are turned now. An American architect at Southampton, and on the train ride to Waterloo lie fell asleep. But the whistle of the engine awakened him as the train passed through Woking, and he stared out at the towns architectural horrors and said: Good heavens, what is tills? This is Woking, said an Englishman. The American leaned hack and shut his eyes again. He munttered: If tliis is Woking, let me dream again. dise.rn-barke- d - Motor Supplanting Steam The worlds tonnage of motor vessels is increasing nearly ten times as fast as steam tonnage, according to statistics just published In the new edition pf the Register book, issued by Lloyds. 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