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Show PUBLIC OPINION EBONY WATERS By Anna McClure Sholl Onitiiht w. a. WMJ larvlc ckifBu SYNOPSIS On her way to a position In Lost-lan- d Academy, Janat Mercer, young professor of English lltaratura and rhetoric, maeta on tha train a young man, Arthur Flaming, alao on hla way to tha Academy, an profeaaor of math niatlca and ehemtatry. They reach tha railroad atatlon, and meat Mrs. Den vsr, engaged aa matron of the Academy. At the achool the group leatruck by an air of myatery pervading tha lonely place. Gordon Haskell, tha proprietor, welcomea them. Wilton Payne, teacher of peychology, completca tha faculty. CHAPTER I Continued "IIow good It look," Mr. Denver aid frankly. "Till mountain air ninkea one hungry." "Are we to watt for Mr. Ilaskell?" "I think we ought to," Mrs. Denver aid. The aervitor turned at the door on hearing theee word. "Dont wait for him! Don't look for him until you see him. The quartette laughed a little nervously, and drew up their chairs. Mrs. Denver, at Janeta request, poured the tea, and they all drank It with the alight conatralnt of people only just beginning to know each other. "I love the region, Tayne remarked. "I think homesickness drew me to this spot; how Internally quiet it Is I" "Intensely quiet 1 wonder where the scholars are." Of coarse, they may all be in the class rooms," Arthur ventured. "Or else out at or In the gymnasium." Mra. Denver was carefully putting some dropped crumbs on the edge of the tray. "I want to get right Into work see where the linen closets sre, and the mending room, and know what servants will be directly under my supervision there's so much detail In a house a big as this; and I am eager to know hi rules and requirements." "I hope theres a good library, Janet remarked. "I am going into the hall for a minute, Arthur said, rising, to look lie reagain at those old portraits. turned in a little while with an air of relief. "Well, I glanced through a glass door and discovered a handful of the scholars bending over their desks; but of all absorbed students, and in such fading light, too I Not one stirred or looked up while I was standing there. Then I examined those great maps In the rear ball. They are dated back In the fifties queer to keep obsolete maps In a modern academy I The desks were very clumsy looking, too an ancient type I should think parents would make a row about such archaic furnishings. I hope the school books are more modern than the maps. Queer that one hears no bells, said Mrs. Denver. aTd feel sort of at home If I heard a bell" What they did hear was a long, low laugh like the laughter of a very sophisticated, crafty, but not very friendly iicrson. It was repeated after a moment's Interval, then seemed to die away on the staircase. Twilight was setting in, but no one came to light the lampa. At last Haskell appeared, smiling, bending down his handsome, sensitive face to smell his gardenia. The four rose with alacrity, and he led them down the hall past the glass door. The newcomers glanced through It. There are some real students ! Jnnet remarked. "How Intensely absorbed they seem." Haskell at the head of the little procession turned sharply around, glanced through the door, and for an Instant his face became deathly white. But lie recovered himself almost at once. "Ah, the lights should be on there. This way, my pedagogues. 1 ask your admiration of the curve of this staircase; is it not beautiful 1 He went on before them with a light, Mrs. Denver almost Jaunty step. sniffed the air auspiciously, thinking she smelled must "This place needs a thorough overhauling, she thought "How glad I'll be to get started to settle down to know Just what I have to do." "This Is your room," Haskell said to Janet, throwing open a door with the number PO on It "And yours Is just next," addressing Mrs. Denver. "You will find matches on the table. Unfortunately we have to use lamps here. The bathroom Is just opposite. Now, Wilton. Fleming. Ills voice had suddenly become both harsh and secretive. The two men followed him down the corridor, disappeared around a corner. Janet put a band on Mrs. Denvers I am so glud to be next door arm. to you. It's nil so strange." "You feel strange here, too? "Very strange." He must be rather stern or those young people wouldn't sit so still" "They seemed almost like dead ieo-ple," Janet remarked "I-- u light the lanii" "1 wish (here weren't so many pines It's a gloomy tree," Mrs. Denver commented. "We'll feel better when weve been Introduced to the other teachers ntul know our duties." "Are there other teachers?" Their blank faces confronted each other, "it would be a very email Housewife's Men Ever Susceptible to Lure of Lotteries faculty three people," Janet ventured In a weak voice. "My dear, you look pale. Bit down a minute. Let's keep quite (till and listen maybe those children, who were (training their eyes, will be rushing out soon." Janet eat down nervously, telling herself she was very foolish. But she kept silence, her eyes on tha bit of black braiding on Mrs. Denver's gown. 81ie thought of Wilton Tayne, and waa glad Arthur Fleming had a man to companion him as she had a woman. They sat very etui Outside, the wind moaned In the pine trees, and there waa a splash of rain against the window. Within the house profound silence reigned A heavy knock on the door made them both start. But It waa only the man with their baggage He entered and departed silently. "Iteally I don't want to unpack my trunk," Janet remarked "I wonder If there Is hot water In the bathroom ?" She found the bathroom as antiquated as the rest of tha house, with a built-i- n copper tub a basin highly ornamented with colored flowers and with big clumsy gold scroll-worwas hot water. But there tajx. Curiosity waa getting the better of fatigue and fear. She went to the head of the staircase. As she stood It Is curious that proposals for a strict curb on stock excltange gambling aliould coexist with a rising demand for the release of similar curbs on gambling elsewhere. In some congressional circles margin trading Is considered wicked In Itself. The professional speculator, fleeing from the tock exchange, la now to be driven out of the commodity exchange likewise. And yet, at almost the same moment, states are legalizing racetrack gambling, fur years under the ban; cities are considering means of capitalising on the gambling propensities of their citizens, and even the federal government itself la lieing urged to adopt a national lottery. Many profess to see no Inconsistency In this. They hold that while peculation ought to lie sharply restricted on the exchanges, lor the protection of the Investor and the whole Industrial system, the gambling Ind to be restinct la too pressed altogether. Taking aa their text Mrs. Roosevelt's recent remark, "It seems Impossible to say to people you shall not gamble," they projiose first to give them such national outlets for their speculative impulses sq horse racing and, second, to turn at least part of the proceeds Into public channels. Hurd times have been as potent an Influence In this effort as changing moral standards. Indeed, lotteries are regarded by their sponsors, like Representative Kenney If New Jersey, author of the billion-dollveterans' lottery bill, primarily aa a means of raising money to fill depleted government treasuries. The lottery is an ancient Institution. The Iromlsed Land was divided among the twelve tribes of Israel by lot Queen Elizalieth Introduced the lottery Into England In 1500, and for more than two centuries It waa a regular source of public revenue In that country, soon spreading to France. Germany, Spain and Austria. Eng deep-seate- k, ar land raised money for the British museum by means of a lottery. Kings college, now Columbia university, was founded on tbe proceeds of a lottery. We are told that the first French lottery, held In 3081, was won by the king, an outcome which for a time dampened the ardor of his subjects. After having beeu under the ban fur a hundred years, the French lottery was and met with Instant pupulur enthusiasm. The best known and most widely patronized lotteries In the world today are the Irish Free State aweepstukea and the Calcutta sweepstakes. OpiHuients of lotteries point to the long record of corruption and crookedness associated with them during their early use here and abroad. They condemn them on social aa well as moral grounds, pointing to the fact that the desire on the part of hundreds of thousands of Americans to get rich quick In this fashion was one of the causes of our financial crash. It is also argued Hint lotteries with cheap tickets have their greatest apiieal to persons with small incomes, and therefore operate aa an anti-socitax on the poor. In considering the attitude of government toward gnmbling It la possible to draw a line between those measures which recognize changing moral standards, wide Interest In horse racing, the difficulty of enforcing prohibitory statutes, and even the desirability of obtaining some public return from various sporting events, and those measures which seek to put the government, whether federal, state or local, directly Into the business of promoting an outright gambling institution like a lottery. A British royal commission appointed to Investigate the subject brought In a report last year opposing the re establishment of lotteries In England on the ground that private lotteries Invited fraud, that the -- Te Believe Idea Box NO SUCH THING IN WASTE SCHEME NATURES AS When Stephenson, the father of the railways, waa asked what power drove his locomotives, he replied: "Solidified sunshine." And the heat of the fires which give warmth and comfort In the chill autumn evenings la really only the heat of the sun sunshine thut poured down upon this eiirth countless centuries ago, long ages before the first man hud looked tqion the wonder of dnwn, or shivered and cowered at the sunset. But there la more beauty than the lien lit) of leaping flames Imprisoned in these lumps of real. The sun has stored a richer, subtler loveliness there, and today the magic of the chemist extracts and reveals It. Dyes of various sorts, more exquisite than any ever known to the t world, for all its hosst of Tyrian purple, linve liccn made available hy this means, not only for kings uud potentates, but for every man and woman. They are the gifts of a vanished sunshine to 1034. Ollier things, too, we can obtain from coal. If there waa no natural oil In the world, we could still obtain all the gasoline we required for our eurs and airplanes from those black diamonds we take so much for granted. Let us remeudier these things when we see the woods laid waste, their gny trappings flung aside as worthless, rotted with rain and scattered by wind. For there la really no waste. In Nature's dictionary there la no such word. In her scheme nnder Providence, all things work together for good, and nothing la lost What seems so la only transformed and recreated; what appears to us destruction la In reality reconstruction ; death la renewal of life, and the end Is the beginning. London Answers. Cod-LivOil Stains oil stains are difficult to remove If not properly done. The best way to remove them la to rub lard Into each spot. Let stand for five minutes. Then wash the garment with warm water and soap until the stain and grease are thoroughly washed out. Always remove the stain Immediately, If possible. THE HOUSEWIFE. CimHiiM hi Fa SHr Anton-- . as. er Cod-liv- er nm-lcn- government should not engage In practices offensive to many of its citizens, that the psychological effect of a national lottery would lie bud, and that the Income would lie only trilling. New York Times. Dog Record Scholar Tim, a dog, has lieen a regular attendant at school for two years, to Miss V. It. Godfrey, a teacher in an infants' school In England. Every morning he enters the cluss room when the doors are open and goes directly to a chair reserved for hltn. There he stays until luncheon and recreation time. Returning from luneheon he takes hi hall from a Imx and plays with It. When the hell rings lie promptly lines up with the children and marches into school, to stay until the rhiss Is dismissed. Then lie e, trots home. Knows His Snoozing Politicians Know It "What's the best position for Man Is generally led the way he sleeping?" "The jKisition of night Is inclined to go. watchman." As She Stood There a Hand Was Laid on Her Shoulder. there a hand was laid on her shoulder. She started violently, turned and saw Haskell's bright, restless eyes fixed upon her. "Don't go down, MIsi Mercer, he conmanded. "The quiet of the house oppresses me." "I fear you are overtired Go back to your room and rest" Only too glad to get away from him, he returned to her bedroom. At the door stood Mrs. Denver, who by way of dressing for dinner bad assumed a neat lace collar. "Have you heard anything yet?" "Not a thing. I waa starting to go downstairs when Mr. Haskell met me and really commanded be to go back to my room." "I've only unpacked a few things I feel so strange here. I've not even heard a bell, and you always hear bells la schools. "I suppose he will be sending for us utuanui wusuy over-excite- Mtf IU HASOR Jf isp Wt MttSA WM1 w u I KS !M wiuuroHS Tin MWH am iisss sics vus warns MTU rawer incus mr.se im.sm u ns mu M avumi n I NU M TIM IWJ SHATSOSTIS VAST II ST T1CICST SIOT X BUIUISC wes satcmum TIM (UCS SIMM STUB evn IHM THAW WAT SOT rUTIC M IWCSTAST FACT MB THU TAUT TO TOU ASS BUMS SSICSS eoSSSAIUUJI Wi ! SAC IS SAfBTZ SIUCUMISCI 4J0P soon unless" Mrs. Denver's eyes were fixed on hen with apprehension. "Unless what?" she whispered. "Unless he doesn't want those very quiet students to be disturbed" "Poor children! I wonder If Ur. Payne's and Mr. Fleming's rooms are near ua? Somehow I'd feel safer If they were in call" "Why, we act aa If thla wasnt a big house full of people Listen, the wind Is rising again. There must be See the lamp heavy draughts. 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Drive with security and peace of mind. Choose the Tires that Champions Buyl of tion." trained," Arthur rcmnrked "Are you always so Intensely quiet here?" llnskell twisted a seal ring on Ids "Mr. Inyne. what are the linger. psychological bases of fear?" TO lB CUXTIXl'tli. 1934 iltt JittWfitS' ifitt && filfUlt (l IS almost inconceivable that human ingenuity eouU build tires that would withstand the terrifie punishment of e grind at Indianapolis, May 30. Round and round tha blistering track they streaked, hour after hoar, under Ike biasing sun . . . the low moan of powerful motors rose to a terrifie roar as they hit the straightaways at 150 curves faster than miles or belter grinding, pulling, pounding aronnd treacherous they ever dared before. Sliding into the turns at these terrifie speeds, there was nothing to hold the car to the track except the tire. Mile after mile, lap after lap, greater and greater best and increased centrifugal force developed to separate the tread from the body of the tire. Every conceivable force known waa High Stretch working to tear the tires to pieres yet Firestone High Speed Tires, with Another knock on the door. This time It was the stolid maidservant Dinners ready," she announced Janet put out her lamp. Instead of turning toward the stain, the young woman led them down the corridor; ahead of them they saw an oblong of light cutting the dark hall from aa opca door. Arthur and Wilton I'ayne were standing Just Inside this door, looking with an air of bewilderment at a table set for four which occupied the center of what seemed to be an upstairs sitting room. "Sit down and I'll bring the auup, the servant said They looked at each other, then silently took their places. When Arthur was sure that the waitress was out of hearing, he leaned across the table and siioke to Janet "Mr. Inyne and 1 haven't seen one scholar yet barring those in the classroom." Their dinner wus excellent plain food, but well cooked. At the salad course, Haskell suddenly appeared In the doorway. "Everything right?" he asked cheerfully. "I believe that a good table In a school Is more than half the educa"Where Is the general dining room? Mrs. Denver Inquired boldly. "Downstairs In the west wing." "Your pupils are certainly well SPEED TIRE FOR H. without IroubI. xmmMWwaaxFi d, AND ItfiNOBt fMmmn 41 uiOh W nuinin tNOWANW 1WS MEANS Firattoua Air Balloon Tim mada at tha Fimlono Factory and Exhibition Sea Building , World g Fair, Chicago j MOST MILES PER DOLLAR Lhtrn to tho Fotca of Flmtona every Monday Night oner NJi.Cr WEAF tie Iworls |