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Show jontN.u.. i.wton. Tin: 1' Me St;: Jlnother The Questions .. rWS :i ail II f rllcl "If." tn i f 1 1 . i 5-- ; 1 uja s A Lack? but hue Mayflower, l.flae earth. (Flattened or J at the poles.) S5.iH0.U00. a rates. holtb cra.5.'ilchuld the man! John 19:5. :ufldjjv e that i3 heated, sweet scrj'e4 and spiced, i s r.c'. f, I't.e in which the quarters forward to the throat of the ex-"ten- ramp.! DL ATI U N ' Hint v I.':: on, rv i .i'.cur st.ind.rg, I'll i r to cm- rt your mew Otl.irwise, as I told yvu, I'm busy." lrirlf goeth before di Mruc-tui:Miss Amelia irferti .i mo 1 "Why d .nt y i tirwh it asked 'A''d a hau.'hty iq rit bef re a f,,!!. " b!u s' T(d a t mo for a g tv Tiu a sbe ni d.ii d "5is " she ti'l.i nr. "1 ; w " u re rght. W.U t e hi : v a! 'rv ! ; r : i : 1 e i f, i i r '! 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I parried the deadly Asspark of that unguarded point. vanhad tonishment's ished. Understanding came in that split second, as lightning bares a landscape. His face was blurred by the mask but I could see purpose in the pose r. i !' -- tr h, . ' l .1 X ii , ' . ; t A f f ftlt S s; . .t ii I of ', f i ' f ' of i ' : proud i eft; . I Ml i J U'l I' , W MK 1,1 K M l i It v ..ii l ' ! i i a- d in i vs Mr e1 V be Tin in. rv f the w n, tt n i' ihn.iv ami bv Us own im sin k my bt i f I.yi n e i l.nl it f.nt! r now t v ask.ng r ii.ixi d u n and rrpn aclr V. v t! 't you tell rne, Iran Am I ru t in i cough trouble v.il.out t! at? He swot e ri !.e eiitlv. i i ashed: I v chance mimoiv. ar.v at,! Or maybe its just I did tell you. s!a u!d Perhaps have stopped to write. Lyon looked Bt me a bng minute. His question was simj le and dazing as a punch in the jaw. Didn't you know that I was deaf?" I pulled myself together and 1 ci . e i , f ' ' ,1 Do n bi ta . sba .. i I fi 1 i ry tlie t a! r li m r t !, li ill a i !1 u i.vd p. i v y. u .! the n h p. Mis ' pi ' p, i f . 111 on to h. c.;ual!v s than "A MarMr. and Mis (.IT savagt I thought He bribe ly ai d slirugia d. nr lull, be stormed, "hat I Kurd. Or fur do What you care my apol gy? Or for the fact that I'll Whatever is on your mind You never touch sword again? will have to he unloaded while th' light, you had ( very right to think 1 shave. in heaven's Hut "hy, Mallory, . sharp-witted- , name, should I want to kill y, u? And I felt myself tiring. I didn't know whether he were I forced all myself into desperate honest or not. I l.ntw that I could assault. My purpose neede d the eie serve myself best by letting bun of long practice, which I lacked. think I believed h.rn so. That que stion, 1 told him, "also Strength it demanded too, and I doubted if I had enough, but it was occurred to me, He drew himself b gether with a my only chance. The apparent wildness of my at- shudder. tack pleased Lyon. He must have Well," he said and gave a crookseen in it the flurry before the end, ed smile, youve given me someand so he contented himself merely thing else to think mv ut, anyway. with parrying my weapon, wait- If the police had found a second ing until my vain fury should flag. body I wish there were somc-thinI thought I heard him chuckle as I could do or say or ofTcr as apology he turned aside my thrust. And fo- rLet it go at that, I broke In. 1 then, for a flash, his blade was where I wanted it. I threw my life into picked up my hat arid coat and left. the trick d'Armhaillac had taught He made nonnoveme nt to follow me. I had a bare hour to change and me. My sword whipped about his in clumsy imitation of the French- return to the Paget apartment when mans deadly cutover. I heard I reached my lodg.r r house. I gab him gasp. I saw the epee half torn loped up the slair, thrust open the door and paused, staring. from his hand. said Jerry He was quick in recovering, but Hi, accomplice, I was swifter. J leaped forward to Cochrane, "I began to think you'd pass him and, in the leap, brought moved again. He sat beneath the lighted wall my own weapon down like a whip across the knuckles cf his sword bracket and gave a bland smile. 1 was not too hospi'a1 !e. hand. I t id him, "is on He grunted. Behind me, I heard Whatever, Gf to be unloaded will have mind the clatter the ringing dropped your I tore and I dress. shave and the table while I've got reached epee. off the mask with my left hand. My a date. "Oh-ho,- " crooned Cochrane, and right gripped the ornate hilt of a sixteenth-centurItalian rapier. In, ked at me wi'h fake mildness. With the long blade ready. I whirled. "Something more important than Lyon had made no effort to re- your duty to your p; per, for which trieve his fallen sword. He had tak- every report r v. o: ly of the name en off his mask and was sucking would give his life blood? In round nun lv-'- . about a thouwith a slight frown the hand I had shockwas more IDs calm sand t. rr.es as irr ; m ant to me struck. I was go.r.g l.fe his I told him v. tv i saved It for, than fury. ing coat, vest and at the instant, I should have run while I str.rped v: Lyon shirt. He said n.. him threugh right gladly. d, you aim high, Fur a country looked up from his injury w.fh a rueful smile and his weirds made me Misle r. I let that pass. feel that I had reached in darkCrvhrarie droned: ness step that was not there. he said "I've found out something. qu.ctl.v, Effect, ve, . So what?" I v.aTit encouraging though perhaps net quite ertno-doxHe bhr.ked ar.d Learned. "Ynj r rivir,:,' r th guy I told you He seemed L r the flrst time tc, and hand about, who v. i r.t g' Id hunting wiUi see the long swrd in my He still was his Lyon Hrr.'er, ard never came l.fted eyebrows. breathing fast but was quite unruf- bark? st ; ped me as I The quest.-rfled. I wondered, for a wild instant. which rne cf us was mad His turned t vv ard tr bureau for my I r.oc led. d.gmty, the normal furnishings of shav.r.g k.t. v n't it? terrecent eked H'.r'rr.,'.o, rtv my the rmm. Cochrane droned. "The sarr.e ror Yet I kept the rap ;er ready. 1 Dr. the brotb-- : F EverMt "Th.s unorthodox. agreed, Entirely a Heontc?" does he loot ; er, h;s to match striving i rn : I a wt-'vnev.v ped hy the Is this." that but necessary. And hid snrr.efh ng. !( gobe I'll knov. other. each enlightened a garr.o ef questions? If ing it. 1 Look l.k.e a backed v as so. let's His bewilderment, IT 's doe sn't toward the dear, gathering up m lb-- me fjf-- e ,r ! a e f acn l.v me a l.'ie m r., r h it. y g t u'i r cl ff' sad Lyon w axe d mv .'. a faintly mauve I don't ur, it rs'ar.d. for rolegne Hi r arir e r a: d n e slaw !y. v r v I l Id burn, "do 1 " a v ssion, ha'f li.au ears fir' Neither, T W.lh the table bdv'.n h.r-- i and KIT, t :f irr.r:. ; i ' t snee 7e. lit n i lv x r r.u do toe me ar.d jCi no in t.o 'iM 1 1 cf the rapvr ar.ei lay.ug ua.dt cat-foote- tight-bodied- Ccn-ertill- the husband's name comes first. On Informal cards, signed in Ink, It Is (pnte proper to sign, Hill and Shirley, or li.ll and Shirley Adams, di pending, of course, upi n how well you know the arijuuuitanre A married woman, whether her husband is alive (r not, should be addressed with Mrs prefixed to her husband's full name. Every card sent out should bear a Mr., Mrs., or Miss prefix. Failure to use i ! t v i F c. r . t i i .1. i to . i ; II v h r se d I tbs d b. 1. ii; i i (.lit .still. le H. le is my n. stii;-.sti- r for zn adnr- - n, ..I u.il ' bat. 1. the ea 1. 1 rt is d in it i It ii d s a Itlle if v mil touch to li a u the home i" MV-- ( i. : ... nt ': o: e v a ti o j r Wili nA i i ' y Ill's a d Mud the raid tlaie, although (Inciting the eaui to a tun mess addicss is quite proper. Some question ns to the propriety of tending out Christmas curds may enter the minds of the family In mourning. Hy the same token, some queMi.i! may nine ns to the sending of I'hri: tmas nil .! to tin m. If the bei eavement Is very recent within a month - it may be better for the family to omit Christmas cards. And cards to be unit to the family should be selected with considerable care. accordin; SIGNIFICANT mcaninos surround Christmas, the believed in v; ii ions parts of world. In Holstein, Mistletoe Is not only supposed to be a cure for all giccn wounds, but will mi me success in the chase and give strength to the C wrestler. Early Norsemen believed for centuries that the Mistletoe would give protection against both bodily ailments and evil spirits. A person who Is born on Christmas will have power to see and command spirits, according to a Scottish C. L belief. fur m.ikii.g s.i'.i.i Any hmne- ill thu.k of .i do, n plneej n inker t fit shelve! when this liaiuiv coiild Le wed. z!l tin diieetiorn nre hen m t!os sleeteh. vv f Ttrre U !!fnr to make the hanjtlnrf !hh4i In IUuk 3. or the end utila In 5, fhtlstm.ie, if vou mall your helves order for Ihrvo booklets today, der to: MHS III III f iHi-M- III SI'I Snl or HS IQ Hertford Hills Lnclone 2oc lot Books New York 3 end I. Name Address BY YOUR LAXATIVE-REUECONSTIPATION THIS MODERN WAY Whan you fial funy, headachy, logy due to cloKked-ubowuls, do as nufona Ecen-ka Mint at bedttma. Nest rimming thorough, comfortable relief, helping you start the day full of your normal energy and pep, feeding lika a million! len-A-Midoesn't disturb your mrlils rest or interfere with work tha A Mint, the chewing next day. Tty gum luxntivtt, yoniHtUf. It tastes good, it's bandy and economical... family supply tlllP hands bv dropping melted into a p.m of cold water The mu Hen niet.il wunld firm various shapes In cooling, und thus resemble the uiMgma of Ins occupation: hammer shape, a carpenter; shoe dupe, a cohldi r. Every piece of lead resembled some oeeupalion to the old Wives. A maiden in Switzerland who accepts n bunch of Edelweiss nt Christmas also accepts flic man who proftill1 b .id fers it. French peasants believe that C. All animals In the German Alps babies horn on Christmas have the cap speak on Christmas Eve. gift of phuphccy. It is believed in the Netherlands C. If a baby Is horn nt sermon time that nothing sown on Christmas Eve on Christmas Eve In Middle Europe, will perish. Even seed sown In the It portends that someone in the snow will live. house will die within the year. C. A Bohemian wife will die within a C. Daughters born In the Vosges, year if she burns a Christmas cake. France, on December 25 will be To insure an abundant harvest In wise, witty and virtuous. some of the bread baked Denmark, !. A baby born on Christmas In on Is kept until sowing Christmas Silesia will become either a lawyer time, when it Is mixed with the seed. or a thief. It Is said that bread baked on C. Girls in the ancient Duchy of Christmas In England never beSwnvla seldom missed the opportunity offered by Christmas to look comes moldy. C Ashes must not be thrown out on into the future at their future husbands. On Christmas Eve they would Christmas day in some sections of go to the woodpile to draw sticks. If Europe, for fear they might be thrown into the Saviors face. a girl pulled a thick stick, her husband would be stout; if a long stick, C. Some families In Scandinavia he would be tall; If a crooked stick, place all their shoes together on he would be de formed. They would Christinas. This will cause them to determine the business of their fu- live in harmony throughout the year. do-ta- FEEN-A-MINTl- oS From the Sword The next great task of humanity Is nut deliverance by the sword, but deliverance from the sword. C. !, 1. 1 - Read This Important Message! To yon drad thoaa Mtryin years (38 to (2)T Ars you gutting moody, cranky and NhKVOUS? l)o you (ear bot flashes, weak anlng dizzy spullir Ars vou jealous or atteis lions other women get? TllEN LISTLN Theta symptoms oftoo result from (email functions! disorders. Ho start today and talc famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. For ovar 0 years Pinkham's Compound has helpenj hundreds of thousands of rateful women to go smiling thru ditheult 8 y s. Pinkham's Las beared calm unstrung nerves snd lessen annoying female fun tlomtl irrfuUritHa.'' Ona ol tbo maU tjJv ftps woman's' lonica Try lU Wasted Advice Who give3 advice to a fool, beats the air with a stick. F Salt Lakes NEWEST HOTEL A highly tli vrlninl industry, Christmas trve production aims to satisfy all types of customers. Ut re a uorhrnnn aftt-- buntllinft his trees according to size and (trade is sau inp the hutts to even lengths. In cities uhcre ceilings are high , as in tdd communities, taller trees are desired. Tor modern living rooms, only medium and shorter sizes find ready market. 7 he most popular kind of Christmas tree is the fr. It is generally preferred because it tends to hold its needles longer than any other evergreen tree. Spruces, pines, hemlocks and are also used as Christmas trees. r red-cedar- r CHARM OF CHRISTMAS : : r . VC fra t- , va y DONT BE BOSSED . ft i ? n, w be a bn-to whom a ( 'I istm,. s c.u d. vv h s fi Wluit i "asimel.id j S l S' Ills. mi flist, husbands er the wife's? to si mi. t v t shall r sb. uld Come " - Ill- i ii 1.1 a Mi lii t' ' U i! t Mi i It I' im to M a j I I in i. ' ' m-I- f i taarc. ( i lid., ' s a d ere by her 'i ii.i'i i1. is ui, h mu.,, has ibd (id by Ii d pi ocediire. II. t J ho or i o null IN', f c er Mi nod Mis ill w r t c ill I h I'hiMinai firm Frank Iiusscll. Whose name fad f.a u, d iv c I loti ! auk Mis Cbrittn as, laid' l: i " L r i . :1 I c Cal "V !" ruh "v , i r- - ui. a ni i' t! I ''iu : ' f.U III ad.it on s t c Ui ' Are you deaf, J I V ( V St; : : 1 d 1 Ct I u m: i n "It unis' 9 " M C. Mm. s r.t ii, ee i be a Ui r. u: O .. I rtiil ot , k t. e.'u, she i u a o n.u le is t t h m ir,",t ns pi ,,..ii a j ,r t It iMIul In ,1 i i in tm s h. to s tfi-thr g pi ii i'l " liv the 1. i i v. ' iM,. , i ' .1,1 a r IMS , jeered: "Congratulations on a fast recovery. He shook his head. "My boy, I can read Iqs. but I'm quite deaf. The smile vanished fn m his lean face and cbm horror suoo di d it. I hoard you call, lie said, lbs I c. nldn't ti II voice shook n little. "hat you wore saying. Your fare hard to recognize death in a familiar and heretofore safe sp'Tt. Shame was uppermost in my mind, and shame sired anger. Thought cf my own stupidity me. By a pose of mystery, by fatuous hints to Everett and Lyon I had stuck I had asked for this. brother and his While out. neck my sister found an alibi elsewhere, Lyon would siier.ee me so deftly that, no atter "hat others m.ght suspect. safe. I "i r.dcred what I know that made my he thought aod then had murder necessary thcucht. no further time for His sword had felt and tested and I n.u. tapped mine. Au" n. at.cn!,, now to Lft,K3 feinted He responded. d .MU. t i From chamois casing, he drew one forth, an epee de combat, and handed It to me tenderly. It was a beautiful weapon, a little longer than the French dueling sword a full yard I judged from the etched steel shell of the guard to the button of waxed thread that blunted the point, yet sweetly balanced and easy to my hand. Like it? Lyon asked artlessly. "Very much," I told him. "It would be a joy to use. He looked wistfully about the room. "I dont suppose, he mused, "that we could. I say! Lets shove the sofa aside and try. Oh come," he urged as I hesitated. "Here are he lifted them from the masks wall and we shan't need gloves. Indulge an old man whose fencing days are over, Mallory. Just for a minute or so. It will be all I can stand, I assure you. He had stripped off his jacket as he talked. His enthusiasm and the pleading of the sword in my hand impelled me to follow him. We thrust the sofa against the wall, put on our masks, and faced each other. "En garde, he cried in an odd His blade darted for my voice. throat. Instinct alone prompted my parry. He caught my thrust on his guard and the shell uttered a high clear note. His riposte grazed my arm. The fury of his attack startled me. I shifted so that light fell upon his weapon. The button that made mine harmless was missing from his. The blunt, point had broken off. The new steel of the fracture was a flickering spark before me. I cried a warning and lowered my blade. Lyon Ferriter laughed harshly and lunged. h ? J - , I' Ah'" o i I ll v " vt !' , . ; t r.. he v ; i i ! " P, v t. vi, " l..s i'u i.w-llv- t o- e ,. I' o' Mir ! h ai o "He's a lnay dt g, ; It i y ii a triik yon said "fakes no exercise, whativer, be at tt till iv !v ri.cf. It n iv t he atid of course when theres a stricn, tried bef le the already aeh !.; it simply pulls h'ni ail apait. lhre of my sword arm priw we are. The blades t neaped and parted He had led me into the living with clicks and hr. if sliatp s. chroom and pointed to the tro; hy The sin tvipi.t-ly- . r.un; pu.iids irp' We m.ivid npa.iist each etiiir. above the mantelpiece. I acini. red it and with an effort kept f n m look. tig behind the couch where the body had lain. Lyon ran through his collection with the engaging pride of a child, taking down sabers, claymores, rapiers, thrusting them upon me to swing and balance while he chatted of their history and where and how he acquired them. It was pleasant to see a middle-ageman so openly gleeful. "Here, he said at last, his leathery face glowing, "are my best beand opened a long roseloveds, 1 r k i 1 r i !' ! II , ryi mid he. I'd just nbiut Civen yew tip and was (n my way i at f. r a paper. C me in." 11. s Hat was bright with lights hot tt had a feeling of emptiness lie e la red as he to k my bat and cent that vie ami L t ri t! hid (mm f- ' ! ' 1 a- ) ,i row-ele- V.-- ' , c V Aim s of his body; could feel it in the vigilant movement cf his blade along my own. I felt l.ttle fear. It was mm -- , . ha.f-pals- y yv : 4. ... half-forgotte- than any of according to inde- pendent scientific f tes-ed-le- . : I t' went to re, .mg-"1.1. rml on t veic ' '.vr.i ; i, It, m i "Hillo. nail-hea- LESS NICOTINE 1 ri , f. meks I 'V : r ;r the 1 ! ' : f J 1 r p,.i " 'll e i er' v 1 ..I A rot (pint.! 'hr t : i t .1 wood box. G i f s.i d ,v I ' t . H o.v ar ! e wall w .di v ' I ,f i e d and . ! black-bearde- THE SMOKE ' or ..t ue-.iy- . 1 er i H FhoA r f c .e t.-'- "V. ;th li. ill I'fert'y ri r I j tm u y in ii 'Her i "i' ill e t a e: e t i. r: id ' s, If I lie to .n l 1 " ' t i at, t!ir..s. ke; t I: r, w.i s.' it i. ii o'.e ! 1 i' i" '' 1 i o u I i rt ' ' glad David?" pirns, ire." emg 111' my c. ; y, wirkro m. ' ' ' pt !,. a ' tiu.s-ede- I,. The Speedwell. r.c VN t ontinued I tn.iti V. de-.rg- J;cmhy!us. j, kitji I If I. yen b.ii f his ;ip. rtmei thn s, I sill aid The Answers I I.R f". 11 a . I 1 is baseball? ri to trudit.i n v hut of author tragovius was XAre:l lv a tortoise, winch un t a on his head? ia "Ve c Washingtons estate ge J. f ,;:ued at a sum that would a? how much? ;.at Greek philosopher was Lv his wife Xanthippe? isggf V.es words Ecce 11. mo" .dated to mean what? ire I a;. ;.t is mulled wine? hV',1 J. ,:t is a Llucher shoe? '.'Aiej j jp, ,t ship started for Amer-r3.m ti e V FRLDLRIC By C y.'l.u Follow llu'se Hull's Hum A(llnssinf Christmas Canls ' of the following Set cf Shelves From Spools and Can L.idi J A General Quiz q r&S rxii i charm THEitschief simplicity. of Christmas It is a festival that appeals to everyone because everyone can understand A genuine Me .vv ship pert. vades our common l.fe a fellowship "hose source is our common share in the world's greatest .1 ft which was given to the whole world. Kimball. 1 s Trend) Village Portrays Story of Christ's Ilirtli Lts Baux In France, a village of shepherds, puts on one of the most dramatic Chr.stmas celebrations in the world, and has dune it yearly for over a thousand years. The peasants act out the whole Bethlehem stury. Joseph and Mary drive into the City of David with real oxen. Thousands of visitors come every Christmas eve to see the event. v w. Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE Oppotita Mormon Tempi HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Rates $1i0 to $3.00 a mark of distinction to stop t this beautiful hostelry ERNEST C. KOSSITER. Mr. Itt CO TEACHING A CHILD VALUE OF PENNIES A child of wise mother will be taught from eaily childhood to become a regular reader of the advertisements. In that way better per hops than in any other can the child be taught the great value of penniesnnd the permanent ben. tit which comes from making every penny count. |