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Show Thursday. November 10, 1927 TIIE LEHI SUN, LEIII, UTAI1 PAGE SEVEN (1 1 he Recluse of 1 ' 4 Fifth Avenue WYNDHAM MARTYN Ooprrtf ht la th ttaltad BtaMa WNDSuTlea CHAPTER VI Continued "Because I waut to take htm away from here. I came to America to look after him he hod- t)een horribly neglected and I Had him entangled In some network of crime. 1 made him admit It was something with danger. dan-ger. In It. At dinner you all tried to deceive me, and you would have succeeded suc-ceeded If 1 badu't happened to know something about oil. You want him becuuse of his courage, and because he Is strong and a goot shot and boxes well. He Isn't clever and scheming as you are, and I won't have him made use of." "Nlta. Nlta," groaned her father, "you've got everything wrong." "I think I have misjudged your father," fa-ther," Mllman said. "I am very glad to And what you did was not at his suggestion. I think there Is much for you to explain. You are a guest under un-der my roof, end there are certain laws of courtesy and consideration not less binding on you than me. You have chosen to break them. You have spied upon us. You have not behaved be-haved as I should have expected a gentlewoman of your family to do. Why?" "I've told you," she cried. "I know you are trying to make my father help you In something desperate, and l don't choose to have him run risks for other men." "You are absolutely wrong," the miserable Barnes asserted. "Prove It," she retorted. "You are silent You dare not tell me the troth. I knew you wouldn't, so climbed out of the window to listen to what you were talking about I'm not going to make any silly fuss by telling the police. All I want Is to take my father away. Im going to make a success of him." "He Is free to go," said Peter Mil man wearily. He looked at Malet and Bradney. "So are you. I suppose did lure you here under false , pretenses. pre-tenses. In the beginning it seemed so simple." Nlta looked about her in amazement amaze-ment She did not understand why It seemed they had. forgotten her. Even her father turned from her to Peter Mllman. "I shall go only when you have no further use for me," said Bradney. "When I have done what I prom lsed I'll go. Not before." This from Malet "There were no false pretenses In it." Neeland Barnes cried. "I came willingly, and I'll be d d If I go.' What does It all mean?" the girl whispered. There was no doubting the friendship, almost the affection, with which the other men regarded Mr. Mllman. There was a sterner air about her father when he faced her than she had ever seen before. "Nlta," he said, "with one exception, all the hurts I've received, all the bad hurts that Is, have been from pals who thought they were acting for my good. You've been dangerously near doing that tonight You've got every thing twisted. You have made me appear .In a Very poor light among men I respect" , ' - - v There were tears dimming her violet vio-let eyes when she looked at him. "Oh. daddy," she murmured. "I only wanted to help you. When you came to my room I said, 'My father and his friends, right or wrong.' I meant it." "You did not know what you were promising," Mllman declared. "Do you mean that if you found your faj ther -engaged in doing something the world thought wrong you would take his part?" . "If I thought he was Justified; 1 would." , "Is It fair to Involve her?" Bradney broke in. "Certainly not" Malet decided. "Perhaps you are right," Milman sighed. "I only know that you might have been a great figure In the world of art, and Mr. Bradney world famous as a scientist and I myself with a fortune for-tune and a home, but for the malevolence malevo-lence of one man." "Did that, man Injure my father?" she demanded. "But for this man your father would not have been warned olf the turf. Kut for him the clubs that he had to resign from would have welcomed him." "Wait, wait," she begged. "I ant to think." Naturally it was of her father she thought She had always defended him against-her aunt but she had never been able to dismiss the accusations as worthless. She bad fought because she loved him ; not because be-cause she believed in him. And now to learn that after all, his past was not disgraceful, filled her with hope and courage. She was ashamed of herself that she had ever doubted him. There was no sacrifice he demanded of her she would not fulfill gladly. "Will you tell me all about It?" -he pleaded. "No. daddy, not you. You always wander Into the bypaths of narrative. Let Mr. Milman tell me.' Very concisely he laid before her hat he had told the other men of Paul Raxon and bis way of life. As "ne listened she taw clearly that It ' was to the malignity of one man that three Uvea had been ruined and a fourth brought to a nennllesa -old age. n listened attentively to the rutlla plans they had elaborated and re- ected. Perhaps to her fresher and more alert, mind these plans seemed commonplace, and doomed to failure. But she knew it was not to commonplace common-place men she listened. Now. Mr. Bradney," she com manded, "tell me your story." When he had finished -he snld: "Of means to an end. I'm playing a game, and if you play It , with me you can be a great Washington hostess." 'I don't know anything about being a great hostess," she grumbled. 'You've got to learn. I'm counting on you and the girls to be an asset to me." ; Mrs. Raxon was afraid of him. She a What's the Answer. course It was Mr. Mllman who whs knew he would not forgive her If the the unknown giver of that hundred fulled, and yet was conscious that she thousand, dollars." Peter Mllman turned red. Bnt he could not deny It. "Why didn't you tell me?" Bradney asked, with reproach in his voice. "I did not want to influence you. I wanted you to decide for yourself. lacked ability for the part she was to play. He came of a better family than she. He was never at a loss conversationally. conversa-tionally. It was wise, she thought to point out her limitations now. 'I don't expect you to catch onto this social end yet. You can hire a She listened to Malet's story and well-bred woman to teach you. When her father's, I shall be a great help to you," she said cheerfully when she was in po. session of what facts they could give her. "A woman's brains are always useful. You see, she so often Jumps to the right conclusions when you men are floundering along In doubt." "We haven't one Idea worth discuss ing," Malet admitted. "I noticed that." She laughed. think I see exactly how It can done." "Nita," cried, her father. He thought she was making a Jest of it "I mean It, daddy," she said earn estly. "Fellow-conspirators all, listen.' CHAPTER yil Paul Raxon knew very well that his sudden success would make enemies for him among the established powers In Wall Street But he also knew that he was not to be brought low by any you've learnt all she can teach, fire her and get another. It's a good system. sys-tem. I've used It a lot. Don't expect to consult me. I shall be too busy. I've got to remodel this place so it doesn't look so much like a summer hotel. I'm a little doubtful 6f th furniture. ' All Belllngton knew was to put his faith in upholsterers. I'm go- finder?" Ing to make a nine-hole golf course, a "I I polo ground and a swimming pool." Dfl "on, cut raui," sne crtea, -i snaii have to ask you when I don t know. "Ask me as little as you can," h snapped. "It will cost you money ti run this place like a well-oiled ma chine, but I'm not limiting you. Hlrf anyone you want to help you." She looked again through the list ol names. Among them were tnose oi whose doings she had read In the so clal columns for years. Some were eauallx Drominent in politics and finance. The name McKlmber headed the list. "Make the most you can, without overdoing It of the McKlmbers," he commanded. "I want the world ti think McKlmber and I are bosom friends. Cultivate his wife. She'i fat too, so you can talk calories to gether. Young Robin McKlmber to more or less a society type and will be glad to find a polo field here wheu he comes." "I wish I understood you better," she said a trifle wistfully. She had not been the only woman t say that "I'm glad you don't." he said cryp tically ; "that prevents your giving mt away. I'm one of those men whose, peculiar Joy it is to play a lone hand. If you share secrets, they are only fifty per cent your own." he was vastly relieved that sho had confessed her Ineptitudes. She could go the more cheerfully about her tasks now.. She wondered why the McKlmbers were so. important in Paul's eyes. Other names exceeded them far In the social scale as she apprehended ap-prehended It That he had been chairman chair-man of the national committee of hei husband's party meant nothing to Mrs. Raxon. Her thoughts turned t) Robin, the polo-playing heir to great riches. Well, her own Gertrude wai good looking and a great heiress. She felt a spirit of gratitude toward hei husband which had long been a stranger stran-ger to her Most men hated their wives embarking on deliberate attempts at-tempts to capture society. The Idea of hiring the well-bred woman came back to her when she felt her butler's sneer. How that main seemed to dislike her. How superior he seemed and how aware of her so- Question No. 16 1 What is the name of the highest peak In Canada? , . 2 Who was the leading jockey for laiio? 3 Who was the Union general at the battle of Gettysburg? 4 Who was Kit Carson's grandfather? grand-father? 5 Where are diamonds found In the United States? 6 What celebrated English landscape land-scape artist apostle of light and color, made upward of 400 paintings and 19,-000 19,-000 drawings? 7 Who is considered England's leading lead-ing "pagan" story writer? 8 How long Is the Ribber crab and where Is it found? 0 What does a lawyer mean when he calls a statement "Impertinent"? 10 What la the last line In the Lord's Prayer? C , , 11 What great religious allegory was completed by its author while In prison? 12 Which is the loftiest peak in the United States, exclusive of Alaska? 13 What horse won the Futurity In 1926? , : , , 14 Who was known as the "Path- Spare Some Sympathy for Poor Old Daddy Rutger Jewett, the New York publisher, pub-lisher, said at a dinner of the Dutch Treat club, of which he Is secretary: "There ought to be an annual Fa-, ther's day, and the movies ought, to give us a couple of hundred father-love father-love films, the same as they gave us all those mother-love films three or four years ago. Though a bachelor, I know whereof I speak. "Paterfamilias I Poor paterfamilias 1 "One afternoon I was sitting In a hot ofllce talking- to a fat pale perspiring per-spiring publisher of middle age when a sunburnt young fellow in pinkish oxford bags and a blue Jacket with brass buttons hustled In. He was smoking a cigarette In a 10-Inch amber am-ber tube. " ." 'Well, dad, he said cheerily. Tin Just up from the chore, and I thought I'd run in and say hello. "The fat, pale man mopped his wet forehead. , ,- - "'Sorry, boy,' he said, 'but your sis ter walked off with all my cash half an hour ago. On her way down to the shore she just ran In to ray good by" i 15 What great Revolutionary Tie-tory Tie-tory was won on Christmas nlghtt 16 Where la the fly'a sense of taste located? ' 17 What living violinist In America has been the teacher of Elman, Hei-fett, Hei-fett, Zimbalist, Seldel and other celebrated cele-brated artists of the yiolln? 18 Where does the coco palm flourish flour-ish best? 19 What is wrong with the phrase. "The man whom he said was there"? 20 When did Mary Baker Eddy discover what she termed Christ Science Sci-ence or Divine Laws of Life, Truth and Love, and name her discovery Christian Science? Real Progress T. O. White, author, painter and poet of Peking, China, on bis recent arrival In San Francisco, was asked bis opinion of present-day literature. 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U., Salt Lake City, No. 46-1927. , Her Face i Wlfle Don't you think It would be a good idea to have my face lifted? Hubby Clean off, my dear, If yoa could get another one. "What Does It All Mean?" the Girl Whispered. combination against him so long as he kept his head and resisted specula tlon. , ' For the moment he was content to root and aitow financial writers ij wonoei what his next move would be. He had purchased a home built for large entertainments and determined cia deficiencies. Yet she lacked the to become known as one of America's courage to dismiss him. She opened ereat hosts. - And with this he would her mouth as though to frame a sen erect a reputation for those domestic tence which would annihilate him and virtues which count so much when reduce him to the ranks of one looking electioneering. Raxon smiled grimly when he reflected this meant he should he on good terms with his wife. Mrs. ICaxon. uintware of his ambitions, was Jmazed at finding him so reasonably human, She was not unaware of her own limitations. The Idea that she must for work, when her courage taiieu. Distinctly there waa something to be said for the well-bred woman. Such 8 on would know how to deal with butlers like this. "A Miss Brown to see you, matin ra. said the butler. From his tones it seemed Miss Brown was only less dls tlth a bound become a famous hostess j tasteful than his employer. He pre whs disquieting. The years had not dealt so kindly with her as with Paul, "l have here," fie said one mornlnu. -a list 'M people with whom I want to establish social relations. At VeswU I don't know a quarter of them ex- i-m.r bv name.' "Why fill the house with strangers?" ahp usked. "Because I want something from every name on this list We've got to entertain so well that they talk about us. This social racket with me is a xonteA a card on a sliver tray. un- der Miss Brown's name was penciled, "I am calling at the suggestion of Mrs. Hamilton Buxton." Although Mrs. Raxon had not been In her native land for some years, she knew Mrs. Buxton's name very well as a distinguished member of the smart hunting sef Also Mrs. Buxton's Bux-ton's name was among those to be cultivated. She would see Miss Agatha Brown. , (TO BBS CONTINUED.) Answers No. IS 1 Nethou. , 2 Crusader, who won 5141,583. 8 Savannah, 1819. 4 1790. 5 The dried meat of the coconut. 6 Liszt 7Walt Whitman. 8 Central Africa and does Its best on the open, shores of lakes and rivers. 9 Harmless state of disuse, 10 Chapter 20. 11 The Cheviot 12 C De Mar. 13 John Adams. 14 Grover Cleveland. 15 Commander R. E. Byrd, U. S. N. lft Ben Torpln. , 17 In Camberly, near London, England. Eng-land. , ' 18 They occur In all seas, except the Arctic and Antarctic and are carnivorous car-nivorous In their habits. 19 Because with two the comparative compara-tive Is used, not the superlative. 20 To Isaiah. Small Tribe Resists Domination of Russia Though technically a part of the old Roman empire under the rule of the czars, the Russians In reality never conquered Svanetia. which has been occupied by art isolated mountain tribe occupying a small area In the heart of the Caucasus mountains. Toe Svanetlan etate, supposed to have been founded nearly 4,000 years ago, has been a republic ever since, mak-log mak-log It the oldest republic In the world. In 1821. when the Comraunlsts extended extend-ed their power along the Black sea, they decided to attempt to conquer Svanetia. The Svans sent a delegation delega-tion down to warn the troops that It would be vain for them to try to break through the motntala barrier. The Bosslaa captain refused to take heea. He went through southern Svanetia without trouble. With bis battalion of 400 men marching single file along the trail he came to the almost pathless path-less route on the cliffs overhanging the River Ingur, and there was trapped. Forty Svans, grouped on the opposite bank of the river, shot down the 400 Russian troops. Later, bow-ever, bow-ever, the Russians entered Svanetia by using machine gun, bnt It was an empty victory for them, because th. Svans never have yielded to eutside dictation. Asia Magaxlne. Appetite, of Kangaroo One kangaroo will eat as much gra Oally as six heeja Royal Wife Rebuked by Prince Consort Albert, prince consort of Queen Victoria, Vic-toria, filled a difficult, thankless of fice with tact and success, but was misunderstood and disliked by Englishmen Eng-lishmen of his generation almost with out excentlon. according to a writer In the Kansas City Star. Brought from an Insignificant German town and comparative poverty, at the age of twenty he found himself king in all but name of the most powerful country .and wedded to a very trying wife. In public the queen displayed adoration adora-tion and a sentimental solicitude for him, In private she was petulant and exacting. But he bore his trials patiently pa-tiently and once In a while gave his wife a quiet and effective lesson. One evening while he was dining with the council of the Royal academy a messenger mes-senger arrived from Victoria saying that she desired his presence at Buckingham Buck-ingham palace. The prince merely nodded. Half an hour later a second messenger said the queen was waiting wait-ing and required the prince to return at once. Again he merely nodded. In another thirty minutes arrived a peremptory per-emptory order : "The queen commands your royal highness' immediate return." re-turn." Cool and phlegmatic as ever, even under this final humiliation the prince again dismissed the messenger with a nod. He remained with his hosts of the evening and, sleeping elsewhere, did not return to the palace pal-ace that night Europe Saved at Chalone A great horde of northeastern people peo-ple was led into western Europe in the Fifth century by Attlla, king of the Huns. For a time these seml-barbarlans seml-barbarlans swept all before them, but finally they were met at Chalons, in eastern France, in the year 451 A. DH by the combined forces of the Romans Ro-mans and the Goths under Aetiua and Tbeodoiic. Attlla sustained a crush-la crush-la defeat, and centre! Europe was saved from the invaders. 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"Mr. Smith in his examination was asked if hie wife believed in. clubs for women. "'Rather 1' he answered. Clubs, sandbags, any old thing.' Speech is power. Emerson. Wind John Halkett, " president of tha building trades council, was discussing discuss-ing Id New York the three-cornered wrangle between Italy, lugo-SIavia and Albania. "They talk a lot," he ended, "but nothing will happen. Talk, talk, talk." And then Mr. Halkett smiled and said:.' i' "Windy people ' never come ta blOWB." ,, Feminine Suits When a woman eays she is on her way to get a suit you don't know whether she's going to the couturier's or the divorce court New York' Her aUl-Trlbune. I f 1 aaea snort cut to your BreakfafI tablc 1he"Flatjackway . Just add a little milk to rj5 ' 7 Flapjack, stir and bake that s the short way! Instead of the long way First you measure, mix and sift diedVy ingredients flour, salt, baking powder, pow-der, sugar. Then you fuss . with eggs, milk, melted butter. 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