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Show THELEHI SUN, LEW, ITAH .rdrob, tack'.' IB NER SERIAL FICTION i itl W is U- TO Lvi-c t re. r I O Domloid Total WNU Sarvic jich doit ( ces.f' stocki" ;-over us dj tarn I ons of inlawed Said Elizabeth LI. , .faring "in mb J Harry. "By as you did you "ihttoto the hands iK fLw vou'd feJ and have flat- ft He'd have trumpet-FT. trumpet-FT. ld the outraged id is erring daugh-kmh daugh-kmh darken iT", would St Father fooled-V fooled-V i,tria fooled. And, i couldn't have ,HU. I U5eu lu the art of raising i little silence, only .l. .loveless fret of a jy BIB ' Hidow-pane. blame me, madam," ,it Elizaoew suuum oiaj i my idea." proud of it, Richard Ex- aot," said I. "I'm great aid Old Harry. "In fu- last TaKe ac- But never 3 d ' at your u ?our forte. fton what I hear, you isct-a precious faculty, ftostent with that-and ideas at birth. And i teat" She touched a r ier side. As I did her ;ije turned to Elizabeth, you g0U1g me r mother's jewels?" 2 recited the facts, it had done, Old Harry is brows. Hsnrorised that your cous- jod de trop. That he's 4 sold the gems, there can 1 And that by forgery. ELsh are a tolerant lot wlook treason and fight srierer's life, while a left to England is nearly rti utile. But they've al-.asd al-.asd fcrgery probably be-3 be-3 (eel that it isn't playing it (fitness, your poor fa- Jow Cousin Percy has i that loathsome' crime. .-i is the only voice that can :down. Without you, he : arrested, much less ar-; ar-; With ybui he is doomed .: so you had to go." ;aced at a clock, i" she said, "will be a quarter of an hour. For f a the Medici room. After - may sit on the terrace un-1 un-1 1 must think this matter M want to let you down, at make bricks without J not talk freelv at tahl( s less than three men were -'? the room. The meal lJJ served, and the dishes were fit for a king. All sWinients were flawless, by the major-domo, the f moved and waited as duty had been tirelessly !.f JO I shaU always i Elizabeth told me later l had passed since the J kit her room, while no 1 "leen entertained for ?ears. Indeed, lean only . - they showed forth Old . "BBfatt as nothing else . The palace was I fission, iu mistress was W and yet, at a nod from litres - . me precision ol iplance, .!?e5 uPn the ter-AnM311 ter-AnM311 rden, run J there we were left "rted over the molder- 'l fame," said nw no more .than i thi ,d0es' 1 have't Jbl? bause I have - wth 'Harriet the I, ... " "le tav . ' her w mai sur t h mea a"d women k,,? as lair fields. .5bltbat she would have 4" .... . to S because she :ne80. Shesaid 4. much to fifty 'fer.had time to umuen was not they 1 '"5 in,Ugh her di" 1 ij" the play fading, she sfW gcts up?" Sthat tte mtal " PerfecUy fit and the more she rests her body, the clearer her brain becomes." I felt rather dazed. There were more things at Tracery than were dreamt of in my philosophy. "Her English," I said, "is better than that of an English judge." Elizabeth nodded. "Her brain's like mercury. When I came in, 'Why you and not Brief?' she said. I gave her the statement state-ment at once. She read it through in silence. Then 'I beg your Dar- don,' she said. 'It seems you are Brief. No need to ask why you're here, but who opened your eyes?' I told her all you had done. 'And here's a man,' she said. 'Don't let him go. I may or may not help you: but such a man's little finger is thicker than my old loins.' " Before I had time to expose this ridiculous estimate, the major-domo was approaching to give me the shock of my life. "By your ladyshio's leave Hor Grace will receive Mr. Exon with out delay. Elizabeth smiled and nodded, and, generally bound to respond to her I first call, I am not bound tn . .... . ' of myself t .u ake. 8 f?01 to turn into a desperate man th- " 7 10 Wlsn ir and. secondly, that if vn M. t.; "uuu ana comes ujrmi; io nnc, cvy ngnt in the world to "CI erriPiy away. Do you agree or don't you ? Not that I care a curse, but I may as well know." I agree with you, madam." said I have come into thi. hn.in.. k. I. "The able." 'Very good. What is her request? Not to reach her the moon, but to help her uproot a tree which is more than twenty years old. 'All right say I. 'It certainly cumbers the earth and it ought to come down. "ucie are your ton W' " Cho j wuja . one slapped the quilt with her palm Mr. Exon. she has nn tnnl neither have I. "For me to move in this matter would be to fail: and for me to fail in this matter would bring me into derision, if not contempt." As I made to protest, she held up a sparkling hand. "I don't expect you to agree. You'd cheerfully sell my soul to buy your pretty darling an And ... Tmi "So I'm Going to Treat You as an Equal 'the Play's the Thing. begging her to excuse me, I got to my feet Two minutes later I stood before Old Harry, as a sheep before her shearers is dumb. The piercing eyes held mine, as a magnet the steel. "Mr. Exon, I have formed of you a very pleasant opinion, and I am usually right. But I must request your assurance upon one point. That is that you are aware that you cannot can-not possibly marry the Countess of Brief." The bedroom went black about me, and the blood surged into my face. And I felt as though something some-thing had taken me by the throat. Somehow I answered thickly. "I am well aware of that, madam." ma-dam." "Good," said Old Harry, agreeably. agree-ably. "I thought as much, but I simply had to be sure. And now come here and sit down, and I'll do the talking until you've got your breath." As I took my seat, her hand went on to my shoulder and held it tight "Always remember these things cannot be helped. I loved a commoner once, and he loved me. But there are some bars, Richard Exon, more rigid than those you loosed. So we both of us did our duty. He bowed and went, and I married the Duke of Whelp. And, all things considered, it turned out extremely well . . . And you are the only person to whom I have ever told that not because no one else would believe me (though that is a fact), but because I have met no other person for whose sake I felt disposed to open an ancient wound." I believe that I thanked her there, but I cannot be sure. I was like a man sunk In deep water, whose senses are out of hand because his soul is possessed by a frantic instinct in-stinct to rise. I had harbored no hopes, of course. But, because I was only human, I had made me a dream to play with - a pretty dream. And now, as one takes from a child a toy that may do him harm, the Duchess of Whelp had taken away my dream. Old Harry was speaking again. "I have no other questions. Fate, that great producer, has cast you for one of the parts in this highly intimate in-timate play, and I am far too wise to question her choice. Besides, I think it's a good one-to date you've done very well. So I'm going to treat you as an equal-'the play's the thing.' "Elizabeth, as you know, has invoked in-voked my help to dispossess her uncle of the birthright which he stole from her father some twenty-one twenty-one years ago. Her request is a natural one, for it is her bounden duty to do her best to bring his parricide down. But, while I am easy hour. But what I say is true, and, though you will not admit it, you know it as well as I. Very well. Now listen to me. I am going go-ing to move in this matter, cost what it may. And this, not because I am bound, for nobody can be bound to bring themselves into contempt; con-tempt; but because, if I do not do something, Elizabeth, Countess of Brief, is going to lose her life." After a pregnant pause the Duchess Duch-ess went on. "In her cousin's sight, the removal remov-al of Elizabeth was always to be desired. Once he had forged her name, her removal became expedient expedi-ent I think that's clear. But in view of what has occurred in the last seven days, her removal is now essential to Percy Virgil's health. A week ago she could have sent him to prison for seven years: today to-day she can send him to the gallows gal-lows for the murder of Max. Why? Because she and nobody else can switch on that current which makes all evidence live. Motive. Prove the theft of the jewels, and you prove the abduction: prove the abduction ab-duction and you prove the murder of Max . . ." The sweat was out on my face, but still Old Harry laid on. "Do you see now, Richard Exon? Have I chopped the scales from your eyes? "Don't lose sight of two things that any day now Virgil is - ... u uwjv.uw tnaji, and. secondlv. that if , v-..v H J w VV'ilV tutu collision, you must not expect him to keep to the Queensberry rules. Oh, and one thing more. All that has passed so far is between you uuu me. jMizaDem is to neneve that cause I desire to honor my ances- ua uuim. "May I tell Herrick, madam?" Old Harry wrinkled her nose. Then "Yes," she said. "He should be informed. If he resembled his uncle, he wouldn't be 'one of the best." " "Lord Naseby dislikes him," I said. "Ca va sans dire. To find favor in Naseby's eyes, you must be sanctimonious sanc-timonious and servile and reap where you have not sown. He demands, de-mands, but never supplies, and he still has family prayers. But I understand un-derstand he's failing." "Herrick gives him another three years." The Duchess picked up a tablet and made a note. "I'll have that checked," she said, and laughed at the look on my face. "My agents are paid to find out what I want to know. Some people, when they retire, devote themselves to. the study of bygone days: each to his taste, of course, but I've always al-ways preferred a live ass to a decomposed de-composed lion. For me, the creation crea-tion took place some sixty years back, and while I respect the ages that went before, the present is the dunghill on which I shall always scratch. "And now to business. "Elizabeth must stay here no doubt about that. You will return to Raven, to fetch her things. Nothing Noth-ing of hers must be left there, and everyone living at Raven must forget for-get her visit as though it had never been. Very well. Tonight I shall write to Brief." She picked up a penciled sheet. "And this is what I shall say. "I have the pleasure to Inform you that the Lady Elizabeth Virgil Is now at Tracery, happily none the worse. I am loth to part with her I wish I had known her before and since her place is at Brief, she has persuaded me to restore her to you myself. This will entail en-tail a visit: but the occasion warrants a breach of the rule I have made, and you may expect us on Tuesday at five o'clock. "I had invited to stay at Tracery a Mr. John Herrick, whose uncle I used to know. He is staving at Raven, by Dever. not far from you. Since I cannot now receive mm, i snau oe ODugea u ne ana his friend, Mr. Exon, may be invited to Brief for the length of my stay. "Now I think that will do very well. "You see, Brief can't refuse to do as I ask: and so we shall all be together within the enemy's camp. Brief will be ill at ease, because he will have to pretend to be the brother I knew. And Virga won t be at his best, not only for reasons we know, but because to entertain Herrick will undoubtedly shorten his life. "I've set the stage, Richard Exon: and on Tuesday at five o'clock, the curtain will rise. But I can't give out any parts, because I have none to give. The performance will be improvised, but it shouldn't be dulL And now you be off, young man." I got to my feet "See your darling first and send her to me. How long will it take you to get to Raven and back?" "Madam," I said, "I can do it In less than five hours." The Duchess glanced a a clock, which said it was a quarter past two. 'Then do it in six," she said, "and dine here at half past eight Bring Mr. Herrick with you." (TO BE COSmVED) Old Law Bans the Flying of Kites in Washington; Dueling Also Forbidden The District of Columbia, national legislative center, has a law forbidding forbid-ding kite-flying and many another strange statute. it.j.. Vio law von can't tie a horse to a tree, and if you use French . ernedby. verse possession, a Washingtonian according to the law books, has to show tax receipts for 15 years or sometimes for 20 years, depending on which part of the code ne is gov- or Latin during a trial you have to pay your legal opponent ?3Jl.JJ. The dusty code books do not explain ex-plain how that figure was agreed upon. Neither do they explain another an-other amount-$26.67. which, if lost in a game of chance, entitles the loser to sue the winner. The loser not only may sue for the $26.67 or more but can, if he's reasonably rea-sonably lucky, collect three times the amount lost Some gamblers think it's a fine law. So do District officials, for the city receives half the sum collected in such gifts, according ac-cording to a Washington United Press correspondent in the Pnua-delphia Pnua-delphia Inquirer. Sometimes the lawmakers apparently appar-ently ignore old statutes when drawing up new measures. A worn-a,, worn-a,, ha, to be twenty-one years old . , .--, rnntract Yet when StoSbSellcIy of a will she reaches her "full, mature or lawful winiSr to property by ad- Although the district forbids kite flying, dueling and certain other personal per-sonal activities, the law permits concerts con-certs on the Capitol grounds by "any band in the service of the United States." The law provides one exception: the band cannot play while congress con-gress is in session. The music might disturb the legislators Yew Tree an Evergreen The yew tree is an evergreen tree (Taxus baccata), of Eurasia and northern Africa, often called Eng-lish Eng-lish yew. It is valued for cabinetwork, cabinet-work, bows and hoops. The origin of planting yew trees in church yards was to secure the trees from cattle, and in this manner preserve them For the encouragement of archery. A general plantation of them for the if of archers was ordered by Rich-ard Rich-ard HI in "33. Tradition states that there are some yews in England Eng-land older than the introduction of Christianity Star Bust "Ar Good-Will Jalopy "At Costly Separation "A: Picturing Lincoln lly Virginia Vale ' DID "Josephine, the Tattooed Tat-tooed Jalopy," happen to come your way on her return journey from Hollywood to Hartford, Conn.? If she didn't, you ought to hear her story. It is really the story of two young men, Frank and Jack Pinney of Hartford, who paid $13.95 for the ancient car (born in 1928) and set out for Hollywood. They took along some white paint, and startled star-tled the movie center by requesting movie stars and celebrities to grasp a paint brush and autograph Josephine. Jose-phine. They were a sensation. Josephine was soon covered with names, and the owners refused an offer of J2.000 for her, it's said. And the Motion Pictures' Greatest Year representatives representa-tives were delighted with them; they've become unofficial good-will ambassadors for the Industry. They ran into one difficulty; people peo-ple whose autographs didn't mean much were all too obliging about scrawling their names on Josephine. The Pinneys let them do it, and, since Josephine's space was limited and they had to go in for big names only, they'd wipe off the undesirables undesira-bles with a bit of turpentine and then tackle somebody who meant something to them. Of course, they may thus have obliterated signatures signa-tures of people, now unknown, who will be stars before the car is a year older, but that couldn't be helped. Frances Langford Don't ever say that Samuel Gold-wyn Gold-wyn isn't kind hearted. By sending Jon Hall off to England Eng-land to do "The Thief of Bagdad" he tore the bridegroom from his bride, Frances Langford. But he's going to pay for a five-minute five-minute transaUantic phone call for them each week that they are separated! You will recall when Jon and Frances eloped to Prescott, Ariz., last June, Jon's mind was a bit hazy as to his birthplace, birth-place, he giving it as New York city, instead of Fresno, Calif., on the license application, necessitating a remarriage later to ease their minds as to the legality of their marriage. c Evidently the next cycle in the movies will be based on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The success of the play, "Abe Lincoln in IlInois,"1n New York started It. Now three producers have announced an-nounced that they will do Lincoln pictures. Goldwyn will star Gary Cooper as the Great Emancipator, Twentieth Century-Fox .will cast Henry Fonda in the role, in "Lawyer "Law-yer in the West." There's something about the radio serial, "Pepper Young's Family," that brings luck to those who have anything to do with it. Originally it was called "Red Davis," Da-vis," and in its second year a young actor who wasn't getting along too well was engaged to play the role of "Red." His name was Burgess Meredith. Broadway producers and Hollywood executives heard of the program, listened to it and first thing he knew, he was a success on the stage. Then he began to do a picture occasionally; remember him in "Winterset," his first big one? Later, Martha Scott was engaged to play bits in the serial And Martha Mar-tha landed in a stage play, "Our Town," which was one of the year's biggest hits of last season, and is still playing. If Toscanini is your favorite orchestra or-chestra conductor you can be sure of hearing concerts with him leading lead-ing the orchestra weekly through December 3; from January 1 through February 25 he will alternate alter-nate with guest conductors. When Bill Janney (who plays the title role in "Howie Wing the Adventures Ad-ventures of a Young Aviator,") began be-gan portraying the daring Howie he hardly knew what made a plane stay in the air. But flying got him; he has been spending his spare time taking flying lessons from Ralph Smith, a pilot on the last Byrd Antarctic Ant-arctic expedition. ODDS AND ENDS . . . Johnnie, the Call Boy of "Johnnie Presents," is learning the Morse code from one of the radio engineers . . . That New York elevator boy who was engaged for "Gone With the Wind" spent four months in Hollywood waiting for it to begin, and now has returned to hi job in the elevator; he'd rather wait there, he says. Western Newspaper Union. Largest Steam Locomotives The largest steam locomotives In the world are in operation in the United States. If all tubes and other obstructions were removed from the boiler barrel of one of these locomotives, locomo-tives, a standard automobile could be driven through with room to spare. Why Louisiana lias Parishes Soon after -the purchase of Louisiana Louisi-ana from France, that part of the territory which comprises the state was divided into 12 settlements called counties. These districts were not clearly defined and proved unsatisfactory un-satisfactory for the purposes of civil government. In 1807 the legislature legis-lature of the territory of Orleans divided the territory into 19 districts dis-tricts and called them parishes, from the old French and Spanish ecclesiastical districts or parishes. And when the state was admitted to the Union the name parish was applied to additional civil districts which were afterwards created. Longest Pontoon Road The longest pontoon road In the world Is the much-traveled path of planks over Hooghli river, between Calcutta and Howrah in India. The planks are laid on boats. Each boat has two anchors upstream and one downstream, to hold it In place. This roadway is even elastic. During Dur-ing floods or high tide, additional boats and planks are inserted in the middle to Increase the length of the bridge, and let it stretch with the river. The Laws of Draco In the latter part of the Seventh century B. C, the people of Athens, suffering under the unjust administration admin-istration of justice by the ruling class of nobles, demanded a written code. Draco, an Athenian, was employed em-ployed to draw up such a body of laws. The severity of these laws, under which the penalty for most offenses was death, gave rise to the saying that the Draconian code was written not in ink, but in blood. Undulant Fever Undulant fever originated In Eu- rope, according to an authority, and j came to the attention of medical, men during the Crimean war, when : army physicians had trouble distinguishing dis-tinguishing it from typhoid. Its name describes the up and down character char-acter of the victim's temperature. It Is also called Malta fever because be-cause of the experimental work carried car-ried on on the island of Malta, where British soldiers contracted it from goats. But, as pointed out, the disease dis-ease in humans runs the same course regardless of whether the in-, fection comes from cattle, goats or swine. Making Wallpaper In Rolls Paper In continuous rolls was indented in-dented by Nicholas Louis Robert of Essones in 1799, and the English patents "to make paper without seam or join" were obtained in London Lon-don In 1801 by John Gamble and Didot St. Leger. The use of paper in continuous lengths was not, however, how-ever, permitted in England before 1830, because of the important revenue rev-enue derived from the tax stamps on the small sheets. France, meanwhile, mean-while, made use of the new invention after 1810. Types of Mahogany Mahogany is of three distinct types. West Indian mahogany is the hardest, heaviest and . most closely grained. It also has the richest and darkest natural coloring. Tropical mahogany is not so rich in color or of as close grain. The third variety is African wood. 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