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Show Mack Sheep's Gold BY BEATRICE CRJMSHAW Illustration! by Irwin Myers Copjrrlarht by Hugh IbuU Co. WNXJ Service "Goahl" 1 murmured, collecting myself, and standing up. The captain paused, gave me a kindly nod, and aaked me If 1 waa none the worse for yesterday's adventure: said one or two polite things, and passed on. They were all gone It a minute, and I had time to recollect myself, and bless the ready ears 01 Pla Laurler. I did not go out on deck ; I did not want to. What I wanted waa to be alone, and remember every little thing she had said, done, anil looked. In that amazing two hours. It was Impos-sible that Pla should have fallen In love with me Impossible, I kept tell-ing myself fiercely. A girl like that a girl who had the world at her feet a girl brought up--Well, but If she were not In love a girl brought up like that what had ahe been doing? Flirting outrageously, reasonlessly, with a man she didn't know anything about ; a man of whom her family certainly disapproved. If she were not In love with me, I was bound to suppose that this sort of Jinny and her crew had never left me alone, from morning until now. The two other girls had been pressed Into service ; they with Jinny's special posse of youthful admirers, and last, never least, Gin-Slin- herself, had com-bined to keep every moment occupied. Things had eaten, minute by minute hour by bur. Into my precious after-noon, until now It was rear sunset, and the west toward which we were running, gateway of the Old World's East waa red with the llfeblood of the last iay Ha and I might ever know, together. There wasn't a man on the ship who did not envy me, 1 think for Jinny made me ber partner in every game and If I did not kiss her a dozen times or more, behind funnels, deck-houses. Inside alleyways and down compantona, tt waa not because ahe did not give me fnir chance of doing so. I suppose I was freely credited with what I did not take At any rate I caught the stinging tali of a joke or two, while passing the smoke room windows on one of Jinny's wild "ploys." She may have been touched also. At all events she paused, and with a 1 had not thought to be In ber, faced me, and asked straight out "Why dont yon like me, Mr. Phil Amory I" "But of course I do," 1 answered ber, "You don't," ahe atnted, coolly. "Not after savlug my life and all." "Llkln.i" I said. "No, 1 don't like you. If I saw more of you, I should love yon. But liking, that's an-other thing." Jinny puzzled this out . She was not used to subtleties. But she could Jump to conclusions with fearsome swiftness, and she Jumped now. "I know what yon mean by love," ahe said, and suddenly, coarsely, she turned and spat Into the water. "Do you know," she said and abe turned so tbat I could see her face; the bird-lik-e eyes, gold eyes rimmed with dark; the desirous, beautiful mouth, the circling balr "Do you know what the square emerald ring on Pla Laurler's band is?" "Ring?" 1 said stupidly. Most men notice rings scarce at all. I remem-bered seeing Jewels on Pla's tanned brown-sati- wrist or wa It on the Angers, wtth the dainty white between, where the sun had spared to strike? "Do yon know who set that fash-ion?" "I didn't know It was a fashion," I answered, still hopelessly at sea, "It was Princess Mary when she got engaged. All the smart girls have wanted square emeralds ever since. Smoke tbat" She whirled, one of ber dancer whirls, snd left md. "Come on, girls,' I heard ber crying, down the deck. "Get the gramophone going again. Nother dunce drink henrty, we'll soon be dead." So little did I understand what she meant, that I was conscious, st first, only of relief. She had let me go; 1 could hunt up IMn Laurler, who had not been visible all afternoon. Part of my coinage of golden hours was still unspent ; 1 must hushund It, use It wlgely. Pla Jinny I was hurrying toward the music room, an excellent strategic point for viewing the main companion and the decks when the full meaning of Jin-ny's remarks, and of her fierce "Smoke that I" broke on n;e. Princess Mary hud funded a square emerald for au engagement ring. Princess Mary hud made squure emerald engagement rings popular with the set to which Pla Laurler be-longed. Plu wore a square emerald ring-- 1 remembered fatally I remem bered now on her third left finger. (TO BS CONTINUED THI 8T0RY On a plaaaura trip In atra wafers, Philip Amory, Engllab World war vataran, now a trader oa the laland of Papua. Naw Guinea, plunges overboard to aav tb Ufa of a mualcal comedy actraea, known a "CHn-aiins- ." Amory becomea Intereated la Pla Laurler, member ot a wealthy ,4 Mw Soutk Watts family. CHAPTER II Continued What 1 wanted, what 1 waa pre-pared to pull the ship In pieces to get, waa another talk with Pla. I knew her mother would nose ns out before long; still, the dining saloon, between meals, is a good place for quiet on almost any ship, and I hoped ahe would be there. She was, lingering over the last of ber breakfast alone at her table 1 ordered breakfast, end asked If 1 might Joint her. She bowed ber head a little coolly, and I remembered tbat one could see pissing figures on deck, from the open scuttles above us. Ton couldn't curse Oln-Slln- if you were a man like others, but If 1 had been extraordinary enough to dlallke Jin-ny Treacher, I ahould certainly have cursed Ler then. In that she bad shorn away a few of my Inestimable moments; wasted them for me wttb the necessity of making explanations. I don't know what we talked about at first It was like orchard-robbin- g when you run from one tree to an-other, plucking, eating, cramming, hur-rying, Intent on getting as much as you can In the few minutes before you are found and chased out by the farmer with the cart whip. Tou hard-ly know what you have had, In the end only that It has been fun. . . . By and by all the stewarda had breakfast and were gone, and some body was dusting at the far end of the saloon ; and bells sounded, of which we took no note We were too busy orchard-robbin- 1 remember about this time, that we began to tell each otber the atory of our Uvea. Pla bad got to the diamond bracelet, and the day she rode for It and won It on Randwlck race course; and an In-teresting Incident that bad the prince of Wales In it when suddenly she checked herself, and said . "It's ell such tosh, Isn't tt? You ' i live a real life. Tell me aome secrets aAf and adventures In New Guinea," Now, I don't know or perhapa I o what had helped her to reed me aa he did; but It Is fact that while she was talking, something that was both a secret and an adventure and a big one of both kinds had been floating about in my consciousness. 1 bad never spoken of it never hinted It, to a soul. It was my chief and almost only reason for burying my-self on the wild west coast as a trader, beyond call of civilization; and It might be in the end, the means of setting me free to choose between the wild life and the tame; to choose. Indeed, between any and all of the goods of this purchaseable world. I bad been sitting on the secret with the persistency of a wild fowl on an egg and now, in an instant, behold It discovered, given over to the girl whom I bad not yet known forty-eigh- t hours. "There Is an adventure," I said, glancing about the emptied, slleni saloon. "I've never told anyone." Pla nodded, as if to say "Of course; not till I came." It was amazing, how we talked without words, that morning on the sea. ... "I've explored a bit," 1 went on. "Not much. It takes money. But I know something. There was an expe-dition starved out years ago, be tween two unknown rivers, and just as It hud to turn bnck they saw something wonderful. It was so won-derful that the leader of the expedi-tion Just looked at it, and came away, and never said a word to an-yonehis mate died on the way back but he always meant to go back, as soon as he could get the money to fit "But the Secret What Was Itr thing waa ber usual habit; that she would dodge away from her people to "carry on" ttlow decks, with anyone and every one There was no getting away from It; if I were not espe-cially favored, then lovely face, pure eyes, never on earth had lied aa did the face, the eyes, of Pla Laurler. After all after all that plunge yesterday the sharks! I did not want to "shale hands with myself" over an exploit that was nothing at all, compared to the things one had bad to do as a matter of routine, day by day, during the great war; still, I could not deny that it might have ooked well 10 a girl who didn't know anything about bat tlefields. Certainly Jinny Treacher Sky and sea pale blue wtth a laugh In the heart of it, and a hint of com-ing dark that shadowed the laugh, even is some subconscious thought of time that files, beamy that passes, was vor to ghndow the sun of Jin ny's merriment. Gulls screaming about the mast-heads- , as they scream at break of even who knows why? In fine, my last day almost done. My voyage over, all but the night and a useless hour or two of early morning ; for we were not, after all, to run In to Thursday Island; a tender was to meet the ship, and take the passen-gers off. What had I done? Where was the link that I had sworn should bridge the space between pla laurler's llf and mine, somehow, before I left the ship? The answer was Nothing; nowhere. out again, because he knew there might be a fortune In It Well, be never did ; he died, too" "Does every one die in Papua 7" cut In Pin. rtl "Well, It isn't exactly a sanatorium outback but the towns" , "Never mind about the towns. Tell me the secret Did your friend who died give it to you 7" "No. He left it to the woman he had been engaged to, only she-s-he " "Diedr "No. She was dead when he left It to ber, and I couldn't find out any-thing about her people, and bis diary was In my hands, so 1 simply kept it, partly because I didn't suppose anyone would believe It but myself, and partly bfcause I wasn't going to have nnyone else trying. No, be bad no relations, either" "Does nobody" "If we bave, we don't tell about 'em. They're either too bad, or too good, if you understand me Well" "But the secret what was It?" I looked round again before speak-ing; almost I thought I hrard the tramp of feet Bu. tbat was not lik-elyno one came there at that bour of the day. I was going on, when Pla Jumped out of her seat ss If a bucket of water had been poured over her, and without a word bolted up the wide staircase. Her flying heels dis-appeared on deck. Just at the moment when a stately procession through some unknown ship's alleyway, en- - tered the nloon. The captain, the purser, the doctor, the chief steward. ! nil in white, all sparkling In their several degrees with gold buttons, Bold stripes, gold epaulettes, goldcap- - bands. Eleven o'clock inspection. nothing !essi 4 ii Analyzing ii ii ...YOU... : ;; With thi Hew Scitact of SylUbict By C J. COFFMAN Deee el AM the Enumerators Catherine "Beset rouo4. and barasaed, Wllb doubt mnd fear of for, By mut' ll mbarrassd You ar wbal' gone before." If you believe Id reincarnation. Catherine, you can explain to your-- self much better the aspirations snd desires that surge up within you. Before you in this world of ours, there have been five English eoeeos. two Proud Catherine French queena and two ItuHslan em-presses who bore the name of Cather-ine. Doesn't that tntrlque you a lit-tle T And then, too, Uenry VIII, during his lifetime, married three separate Catherines, one of whom he behead-ed. But that's not nice for thla atory and we hope that you were not any of these, In former Incarnations. Of the twelve Catherines mentioned prominently In history. I am sure thst none of them bore themselves more proudly, or could carry themselves more finely, than you. Now you can use, or misuse, this faculty of pride. Rightly used It be-comes t, force of character. Wrongly used It becomes egotism, conceit and arrogance. The reason I am analyzing you In particular, Catherine, la so thst ! can help you to get the best out of life for yourself. There Is one little art In this that may be very helpful, and here la your formula: Be very bumble within, when In the presence of anybody who can teach you some one thing. (A NT body can teach you SOME thing.) The other part of the formula Is to be very strong and vigorous In your nature when yon are teaching anyone else, because the more you appear to know what you are talking about, the better the other person can learn It According to the ancients there are syllables In your name which indicate the ability to pray effectively. Other syllables Indlcste the Increase of that prayer. Catherine, yon can have any-thing you want If you will study how to bring yourself Into conscious reali-sation of the contact of your soul with the higher sources. Anne "Who I it that Intrlgua tb effort of man And make him mor nobl a fast a h can? Who I It tbat gave him auoc a h ran. To fulfill hi life-wor- tb anwr 1 Ann." Tou are the answer to the young man's prayer In more ways than one. Anne Your name comes very natu-rally from an an-cient word mean-ing to answer or bear witness. By shortening this The Firm Mouth ancient syllable to of Anne. your two first let-ters, AN, we have a meaning similar to wherever, or anywhere. This may Imply that any-where you go, you are the answer, as Inferred In the verse above. Your strong, kindly month indicates this, and shows yon able to go through complicated tangles of surmises, to find the real answer. Among the most notable of those who bave found the right answer to life, might be mentioned Anne Mor-row Lindbergh. A mure beautiful or romantic setting could scarcely be Imagined. Or, we might mention Anne Nichols, who wrote the successful play, "Abie's Irish Rose." which ran for seven years on Broadway. Through this play, Anne "rose" from obscurity and comparative poverty to real wealth and attainment. What Is possible to Anne. Is possi-ble to Anne, even If your other name is not Nichols or Morrow. So plunge ahead, and do not use the wrong part of your name, the NAIL which meant to bumble yourself. Anne Is the best version of your name, and the strongest one, so keep It In just that spelling. . 1939. Weatern Nawspaper Union.) Valuable Horned Toad Victim of Silly Craze A rather interesting atory about a horned toad crept Into the newa col-umn some time ago and, being brought Into the limelight haa almost accom-plished hli extinction, (or a thriving business Immediately grew up in the western part of this country In selling horned toads. Tourists bought them in great numbers and shipped them to their friends at home aa souvenirs or Jokes. The fear haa been expressed that the trade in horned toads la being overdone and In torn localities efforts are being made to have the traffic In toads controlled. These animals are valuable allies In the never-ceasin- g warfare between man and Insects. They feed almost exclusively upon de-structive Insects and have been known to exterminate a colony of the large harvester ants. They are In reality lizards, aa shown by their scaly covering, and not toads animals that have smooth moist skins. They have short tails, while toads In the adult state have none. toed J moxnmgf Get poison out of the system will Feen-a-mi- the Chewing Gam Laxaw ttve. Smaller doses effective whoa taken ! this form. A modem, eelea. tine, family laxative. Safe and Mild. FOR CONSTIPATION )LD DOCTOR'S IDEA IS BIG HELP TO ELDERLY PEOPLE - In 1S85, Dr. Caldwell made a dis-covery for which elderly people the world over praise him. today I Years of practice convinced hint ; that many people were endangering-- , their health by a careless choice of " laxatives. So he began a search for a harmless prescription which would be thoroughly effective, yet would neither gripe nor form any habit. At last he found it. Over and over he wrote it, when he found people bilious, headachy, out of sorts, weak or feverish; with coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite or energy. It relieved the most obstinate cases, and yet was gentle with women, children and elderly people. Today, this same famous, effec-tive prescription, known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is the world's most popular laxative. It may be obtained from any drugstore a . from a bone spavin, ring bone. If tplint, curb, lid boo, at similar f1 troubles; gats torse going mod, II AbeotMoe acta mildly butqoickh. w Lasting results. Doas not blister 1 or remove hair, and bone cms be II work! Atdruggtst. or postpaid, J I $2JO. Hon book 9--8 free, ft Phased sot eerm "IW i wry Was II konawtthbaaaapavUkNawaMada A WlW Han not a sum stay s iiitha JPWarklii- - daily." Denver Boy is a Winner Every mother real-izes bow Important It Is to teach children good habits of con-duct but many of them foil to realize the Importance of teaching their chil-dren good bowel hab- - Fortnnra far State. Sereea Talus. Taraw -- all dull employment. TmTt. See tba warM. Tour opportunity. BUT Pay. Oemplete tU DOLORES LEON, 11 W. It St. MaaBXUs. Hartford's Balsam of Myrrh Since 1846 has promoted healing for Man and Beast B casters art aettiectte t set1 mt lar tae Urat Settle H sal seHe. W. N. U, Salt Lake City, No. Its until the poisons from decaying waste held too long In the system have begun to affect the child's health. Watch your child and at the first sign of constipation, give him a little California Fig Syrup. Children love Its rich, fruity taste and It quickly drives away those distressing ail-ments, such as headaches, bad breath, coated tongue, biliousness, feverish-nes- s, fretfulness, etc. It gives them a hearty appetite, regulates their stom-ach and bowels and gives tone and strength to these organs so they con-tinue to act normally, of their own accord. For over fifty years, lead-ing physicians bave prescribed It for half-sic- bilious, constipated chil-dren. More than 4 million bottles nsed a year shows how mothers de-pend on It Mrs. C. O. Wilcox, 8855 Wolff St, Denver, Colorado, says: "My son, Jackie, Is a prize winner for health, now, but we had a lot of trouble with him before we found bis trouble was constipation and began giving him California Fig Syrup. It fixed him up quick, gave him a good appetite, made him sleep fine and he's been gaining In weight right along since the first few days, taking It" To avoid Inferior Imitations of California Fig Syrup, always look for the word "California" on the carton. "Penetrative Lubricity MEANS 1 Freedom from Friction. ; Z A "Carry-Over- " Film by Metal Penetration. ' lubricate, in oil must deereas friction were "oilier" man mineral oil could ever be, .: TD metal surface. A motor oil but were impractical for use in internal com doe thi by jeparatinf the metal aurfaces, bunion motors which operated at hith ten. snd thtortlictllj keeping them separated pen hires. j . under all operating1 condition. It may maz Finally die Geim-Essenc- containing the ' yon to know that many oil frequently fail to "oily" property lacking in mineral oils, was V do this. isolated. And a method was devised for eon j i Think how thi "separation" "ol moving bining this essence with hilhly refined mineral parts is accomplished. Th oil form a wall or oil. "film" between opposing surface ... Wit it . ' upon thi$ film that tht reputation oj tvtr oil Vttly COtlOCO OtU Are 5 muil rett. The film is Uiin, ol course, lor it Germ-Process- . . . This GlVCS, XBTd Them Penetrative Lubricity extraordinary atrenifh ... it must ding ten- - Continental 03 Company now own. the . ! eioosly ... or the pressure of your motor iv. tht lo g lor North, will queez and hurl it from th vital points, America. Only with these new oils can you J that mutt be kept teparaled. recur a fracture-pro- film wkiek artswffy Penetrative Lubriaty... The New pnetrtttt th metal nrfacts year mttort f what doe. thi menP ... it mei that the Gauge Of Motor Oil Merit film no loner may b hurled ' and squeezed from movinf parts. The Germ- - v Penetrative lubricity is th. outstanding char- - Essence ewrie th. oil into v. ry miut. i aT.' TIs.0-??0!?"- ! . erevic ... into th. very metal itaelt And j, eiinMljni, hen th, heat ol high ' result of .peed. ek. to orch d drive it away .. You must know this story of Germ-Proces- s, clings when bearings try to squeeze it out .. .. ; Briefly, it is the patented result of 16 year clings, too, when you .top your motor. And ! experimentation by the British scientists, this is most important ... (or th oil. you r Wells and Snulhcombe. Back in 1901, when now using drain away as the motor stops, and ' everything of fundamental importance wa require 5 to IS minutes to resume their guard known about the refining of mineral oils... duty when you next tread on the starter. That'. these two scientists foresaw that additional why 40 to 60 of your motor wear occurs improvements must be made, in order to keep in those first minute, of operation. lubricant, abreast of th. future development Save your motor by the use of tin's new 6it . ol th. "gasoline buggy." Introduce it to Conoco Germ-Process- oil They knew that animal and vegetable oil today at tb. sign of the Ked Triangle. PARAFFIN V MOTOR OIL Sa Gull Stowaway A sea gull bummed Ita way aboard an airship from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The bird flew Into the cabin of an air liner and accreted himself In the baggRge hold. When high over the city of Fresno It was found asleep and invited to get out It only hopped higher into an inaccessible place and went back to sleep. When the plane slid Into the landing field of Los Angeles the gull stretched, yawned and depart Edison a a Humorist Among the oldest of the "Pioneers" who were associated with Edison In the days when he was struggling with the electric light, is 11. M. Doubledoy, of Brooklyn, aged seventy-seve- who recently said the following about his former associate: "To my notion. Tom would have been a second Mark Twain, If he'd turned his efforts to literature. He could always see the funny side of things. When things took a bad turn, Tom would always revive the spirits of the men wit a good Joke. Be seemed to have an unlimited fund of funny stories, and he was a master of what would be called 'wise cracks' today." Thoi Dar Cirl 1 have just come from a beauty parlor." "They were shut, I take It" UfI Gift '.). A day or so before school was for the holidays, a certain teacher was troubled more or less with a slight cold. It waa net so slight It did not require the aid of her hand-kerchief now and then. The children were listening to a story of Banta Clans when an observant lad of seven signaled the teacher be "wished the floor." "Tomorrow's the last day of school an' I got a present for you an' from the looks of things I think youTJ need It" be said. The next day he brought a little Christmas package containing a band- - kerchief. Indianapolis News. ' Expensive Pnrantt "Agnes Is looking ss young ss ever." "Yes, but she says It costs her more every year." Full knowledge personal knowl-edge Is a sun which can melt even prejudice. Vincent Massey. Those who Insist on "living their life In their own way" have no right to annoy others by it. The church bell should always do as It Is tolled. Unaaimoaa for Oat "Do you and your wife agree on anything?" ' "Yes, we both agree tbat 1 dont make enough money." , Every year science enables us to ' get there quicker. Now, If it will only provide something to do when we get there, Buffalo News. j What you do counts for more than what yon believe. Lots of barefaced lies are old enough to have a full beard. A stern discipline pervades all na-ture, which la a little crual that It J may be very kind. Spencer. Severest cuss words In the language are not found In the dictionary. That' bow moral that book Is. Shiny Teacher Ton all know the proverb, "All that glisters Is not gold," so now give me an example. Pupil Your coat, sir. Lustlge Kol-ne- r Zeltung (Cologne). Sin may be ugly, but It understands the art of beauty culture. Marriage Is a case of egotism di-vided by two. Spend Much Money to Talk Across Atlantic from New York and was holding the line. The lady's composure was not ruffled at all by the news. "Tell him I'm lunching and can't poBsililj speak to him now," she said. "I'll give him a ring when I've fin Ished." Fifteen pounds ($70) were thus spent where a few of us would bave sacri (Iced a few cents. Transatlantic telephone calls to the states ninny of them quite unneces sary are s way of geiting rid of cash says a writer In an Euglish newspaper A few months ago, for Instance, a wealthy young American became en-gaged. A day or two after the happy announcement had bifn mode he had to pay a visit to Europe He remained over here for five dnys. During that time he spoke to the lady of bis choice on the Atlantic telephone for a quartet of an hour every morn ing. Eacb call cost him 75 (J370). making a grand total of 375 $1.8t)0) Still more wasteful, perhaps al-though It Involved a smaller sum was the action of an American woman while stuylng at one of London's most luxurious hotels. She was In the middle of her lunch on afternoon when an exclled telephone attendant rushed Into the restaurant to tell her that a friend bad Just rung ber np Christening Customs Etiquette says that in other days of stricter observances a baby was baptized In the Catholic and High Episcopal church on the first or at least second Sunday after Its birth. Rut today the christening Is usually delayed at least until the young moth-er la up and about again. Often It Is put off for months, and In some de-nominations children need not be christened until they are several years old. The usual age is from two to six months. Singing for Exercise Besides being a pleusure to the sing er and sometimes to those around, the act of singing is a better exercise than most persons have any thought ot It la good exercise for the throat, lungs and chest and now It Is recom mended for the ears A western phya telan who Is cull upon to do s great deal of riving over the country says that after a particularly hard eiert ence of this kind his ears always seem to be affected, probably by the noises of the car and vibration of the engine. In this event he raises up his voice and sings to the best of hla ability, and this treatment soon relieves the ears. Outdoor Noah's Ark The Island of Marujo, at the mouth of the Amazon river. Is as large as the kingdom of Den-mark. An area of dense Jungles, great prairies, rivers and a long shore line on the Atlantic, tt Is a haven for a vast congregation of wild life. Ani-mals, birds, fish and gorgeous Insects abound In great numbers. Including the Jacare, or Brazilian crocodile. Tray, Tray, Tray Again In order to determine the wearing quality of a new type of tray, a firm employs a man to wash, scrub and dry 20 trays over snd over again, hour aft-er hour, day after day. He will keep this up until the trays wear out I Colonial Currency During the Colonial period the colon-ists used the same currency as the mother country, designated In pounds, shillings and pence. While the money of account was for each colony a Co-lonial pound, the actual money In cir-culation waa a varied collection of coins of English, French, Portuguese end Spanish origin. The Spanish dol-lar was the most widely known and circulated, and It thus became the term by which the currencies of the Colonies ere most readily compared. The Spanish dollar was common to all the Colonies, and It was the term In which later the common obligations were expressed by the Conilneni.il congress, and thus becume the basis of our national coinage Charcoal Business Return Headers of ancient German fairy tales or of old travel guides will re-member frequent references to char-coal burners, who were once met with throughout the II arz. but bad virtual-ly disappeared. Of late however, they have begun to return, and the traveler who goes from Harzburg to Braunlage by way of Torfhaus will see a number of kilns, each containing about 23 cords, and near them the sooty burn-ers who build the kilns and watch the burning. And Installment Theoretically, saya a learned society, death may be put off Indefinitely. Thla would leave only taxes, and peas on the table d'hote menu, as inevitable. Detroit Newa. |