Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1921, Page 15

JUNE 6, 1921.° ; FEATURE- PAGE. check fop: ten thousand pounds = LISTEN, WORLD! Watching the Parade. Barnes struck the table before him It woulc not be fauir to use BY ELSIE ROBINSON. FEATURE PAGE. D. ~ 0, MONDAY, torted Boxer, trying hard to appear quite at ease. Just then there was & tiny smap, as if a dead twig had been stepped on. It was very faint, but both little bears heard it. “There!” whispered ‘Woof-Woof. “That was s over where I saw that—that shadow. ‘What do you suppose it can be?" ‘The twins stared with all their might at & tangled mass of fallen trees, very llke the old windfall that had been their home when they were bables. It was from this that the sound of that snapping twig had come. Woof-Woot crowded agal: Boxer 80 that she nearly. upset him. 3 “Look down tha with his’clenched fist. FoF..what,” he cried, - hysterically. lady’s nam s truthful sic “Ten thousand pounds for what?" ‘cause it would do her a “Your brother,”” Mr. Bentham said jis hf = 0 it calmly, *was possessed of securities anyway, she woull Ssobably which were worth that much or even {and deny it. But she is fair com- pletely-forty and doesn’t look it and has large brown eyes that can roll more to my client.” Tt was the first ray of hope. gasped. and for that whole week my knees | cwered. “TE you van fnd them 1 tnim | ook, I was quite sure X would tein | cause of thess snd other thiiE it_very likely that my client might | or*F {5 SuE 10TFm MY RAR TN | bocame @ film star some vears invariably dome these thimgs at ali| ™ astamed 1o tell vou dramatic’ moments, 1 was prepared | oneY she made | | | | t2 in I interviewed a frightfully great man the other day. I knew I was going to do it for a week beforehand, Barnes make you a similar offer.” It was the firts ray of hope. Barnes moistened his dry lips with his tongue 4 : Then they loo! “Lool she whispered. — Do ! The Terrible Eyes. caoh was aheratacny S2¢h other and |y ere under that biggest tree trunk!” and drew a long breath. 2 T S ; b s s another step,” declared Boxer. —~I'm | Boxer looked. At first he saw noth- “Securities!” he muttered, “What| But T didn‘t. Everything worked | = 3 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. g 3 ing. | Then in the deepest shadow sort of gecurities?” beautifully. As soon as I saw him 1 i 1op i not afraid. There's nothing to be : 'h"z“ (f[ He i ] = ”} 2 o b v b - = felt quite at home. Perhaps that was all the time he was looking this way |€¥eS, two flerce, unwinkidg, staring (Copyright, 1821, by the International Syndicate. and that way and the other way. eyes; two hungry, cr terrible ey i . 7 ,Zo'the two little béars those eyes| | TBRARY OF CONGRESS WILL BE 25 YEARS OLD NEXT YEAR AND DATE SHOULD BE MARKED. ever had seen. They looked more than twice as big a3 they really were. You know things often look that way Washington. when you are badly frightened, and 2 those two little hears were fright-| Dear J. T. C. Members: ened, dreadfully frightened. Un-|There are lots of libra- wlx;kll'xf. those eyes gl-red“l‘;"heb tWO | ries now and I guess there little bears, an e two e bears stared back, too frightened to move. |8 one in nearly every h,” whimpered Woof-Woof under | town, but there is not an- her breath *I want my mother”, i lother in the world'like oxer, though he to appear unafraid, was shaking so | the Congressional Libra- that he couldn’t say & word. ry here in Washington, so I thought I would write you a letter about it, for T was down there the other day. Every- body who comes to Wash- (Copyright, 1921, by T. W. Burgess.) OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. ington should see this library. Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of the Brit- ish premier, says that she attended Sunday school regularly until she was There is 8o much to tell you about that I do not know where to begin, so thirty years old. ~ Formal protest against young girl I will begin with the en- trance where we all have teachers wearing too short skirts has been made by the district superintend- ents in New York. to begin Sver: Resolutions admitting women to the | about the’ ub‘r!‘n:yyl:‘:;‘lg ministry have been adopted by the|gomething, even the doors, general assembly of the Presbyterian |for they have pictures Church in England. on them that mean some- One of the largest lacemakers in|thing. The library was finished, in 1897, so you see it will be a quarter unfortunatel “There, " Mr. Bent- ham said, “I am unable to hip you. I am an agent only in the matter. They were securities which my client was anxious to buy, and your brother was not unwilling’ to sell for cash, notwithstanding the income which they were bringing him in. “But_how can I look for them, if T don’t know what they are?” Barnes protested. “There are difficulties,® certainly,” the lawyer admitted, carefully polish- ing his spectacles with the corner of a silk handkerchief: “but, then, as you have doubtless surmised. the whole situation is a dificult one.” “You can get to know, claimed. “Your client would you." Mr. Bentham sighed gently. “Of course” he said, “I am only quoting my own opinion, but I do not think that my client would do any- thing of the sort. These securities h happen to be of a somewhat secret na- -— = N— e %é\kry GreatMan @ ture. Your brother was in a position to make an exceedingly clever use of because the third button on his vest | was missing and his collar was fra them. It appears incidentally to have cost him his life, but there are risks, of course, in every profession.” Barnes stared at him with wide- open eyes. He sdémed, for the mo- ment, Struck dumb. Wrayson, who|ed. He looked as if he needed loo had ‘been silent durims the greater|ing after, just like o ther men. The part of the conversation, turned to-|he began to talk and I felt more at home than ever. What do you sup- pose we talked about, after me rea ing up on soviets and things like that | all week? Cold in heads. He had one and he ! under that fallen tree he saw two nd told Beware of eyes that boldly stare, But twice beware of eyes that glare. —Old Mother Nature. Never in their short lives had Bus- ter Bear's twins had such a terrible fecling. They were scared, as badly Scared as it was possible for two lit- e bears to be. Yet they didn't know what they were scared of. They hadn’t seen anybody or anything to make them afraid. They hadn't heard anybody or anything to fright- n them. They hadn't smelled any- Mudy or anything unusual. It was Just a feeling—a feeling that they Were being followed and that un- friendly eyes were watching them. Every two or three steps Boxer and Woof-Woof would turn their heads to look behind. They walked as fast as they could. They wanted to run, but pride kept them from doing that; Some one might see them running and tell all through the Green Forest how they had run from nothing. No, they <ouldn’t run. But they were as near 1o running as possible without doing t some months ago, pending money. sensational thing that on the coast since the big fire. The lady did not bother zbout | prices, it seem: a Chinese |is notoriously the most henest human Ibeing on this beneficent earth B | still a f: ®00d busine: apt to detect any little ithat sort in the methods of a buyer. i The lady bouzht brocad | broideries and jades and ivo : temple bells— Send that to m say, thrusting a finger at the d {that? Huh? L. down so I can | Barnes ex- tell remember it. Send it_around, too.” The story is of no particuls terest except that somethi pened one day and the lady the lovely things and her state and her and her job and she has no money left and orrowing extrem 's she is sorry 1 self like the north v was coming so cas a good defense, she didn't know it would coming. _— Mrs. James E. Wilkins is a promi- nent figure in the lumber industry in California. “LOOK!” SHE WHISPERED. *“LOOK DOWN THERE UNDER THE BIG- GEST TREE TRUNK.” Woof-Woof suddenly crowded close to him. “Did you see that?’ she hispered. “Did I see_what?” snapped Boxer, ther crossly. “I thought I saw something move replied Woof-Woof. “I wish Mother Bear would come back.” whimpered Woof-Woof after awhile. loxer stopped abruptly. “We are two silly little cubs,” said he. “We know that there is no one for us to &ear in all the Green Forest, yet here We are as scared as ever Peter Rab- bit has been. What's that?” it was only the rustle of a dry leaf, But she says. She ever stop | ward the lawyer. “You believe,” then,” he asked, “that Morris Barnes was murdered for the sake of these securities?”’ 3 “I believe—nothing,” the lawyer an- France has women working for him o who have eight generations of lace- but it made both little bears jump. making ancestors behind them. Woodmarh & Lotheop DOWN STAIRS STORE OfLesserPriced- Merchandise ou probably saw a shgdow.” re- a7 B, An Important Sale of WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ Canton Crepe, Crepe de Chine and Georgette Dresses Very Specially Underpriced - $21 Emphasizing the vogue of beading on the better type gowns and dresses for street and afternoon wear, this at- tractive assortment of cyrefully selected dresses makes a special appeal to discriminating women. Beading of every fashionable kind and arrangement on excel- lenfi materials, attractively and distinctively designed in individual models. 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Luncheon Cloths, 50c Made of Mercerized Cotton; closely woven; in striped, figured and dotted designs. Size 36x36. “A splendid value. of a century old mext year, and I want to be the first to suggest that there be a big celebration of the date. The cost was a little over $6,000,000 and the land and build- ings that were on the ground cost nearly $600.000 more, and I guess it is all worth it Now about the doors, which is where I was going to begin. The bronze doors were designed by Macmonnies and the one about print- ing shows Minerva. Two figures are supposed to be carrying her message to the world. Then there is an owl, which I guess means wisdom; an hour slass; an_old-time printing press; a stork, and a Pegasus. There Is the legend “Homage to Gutenberg,” who invented printing. There are a lot of things in this library besides books. You can_ see some of the letters that Gen. Per- shing wrote when he was in France, and some that the French and English generals wrote, and many other in- teresting things. There are many things that show you the progress that the different races of people have made. The entrance pavilion You see in the picture has sixteen rounded pil- fars with Corinthian capitals. Then there are American eagles supporting figures of children. I'liked that part (Continued from Yesterday’s Star.) breath, “you had better come soon if you want to make your peace with { Louise.” X “May I come this afternoon?’ he asked. itely gloved hand. knew you were going to be an ally,” she murmured under her breath. “Don’t let the others get hold of him.” She was gone before Wrayson could ask for an_ explanation. The others! If only he could discover who they were. He turned bock into the room. “Do you mind coming down into my flat for 2 moment, Barnes?” he asked. “I want to telephone to the office be- | fore I go out with you again.” The young man followed him heavily. He seemed a little dazed. {In Wrayson's sitting-room, he stood { looking about him as though apprais- ing the value of the curios, pictures and engravings with which the apartment was crowded. Wrayson, | while waiting for his call, watched him_curiously. | his vulgarity was, perhaps, less glar- ingly apparent, but his lack of at- | tractiveness was accentuated. His ears seemed to have grown larger, his pinched, Semitic features more re- pulsive, and his complexion sallower. He was_pitchforked into a world of which he knew nothing, and he seemed stunned by hiz first contact with it. Only one,thing remained— the greed in his eyes. They seemed to have grown narrower and bright- er_with desire. He dia not speak until they were in the cab. Then he turned to Wray- son. “I say,” he exclaimed, “what was her name?” = Wrayson smiled. £ “The Baroness de Sturm,” he an- qui swered.”” ST Baroness! Real baroness! All O. K., 1 suj e?"” NPRhout a doubt” Wrayson an- swered. ““And Morris knew her—she wrote let- ters to him,” he continued, “a woman —like that. He was_silent for several moments. It was obvious that his opinior of nis brother was rising rapidly, His tone had_become almost reverential. “I've got to find where chat moncv is,” he said abruptly. “If I go thraacgh fire and water to get it, T'll have it! T'll keep on Morris’ flat. " I'll go to_his tailor! I'll—you're laughing at me. But I mean it! I've had enough of grubbing along on nothing a week, and Tiving in the ‘gutters. I want a bit of Morris luck.” Wrayson put his head out of the cab. The young man’s face was not pl:asant o look at. £ “We are there,” he said. along.” "Comne CHAPTER XV. 3 THE LAWYER'S SUGGESTION. The offices of Mr. Bentham were situated at the extreme end of a dingy, depressing looking street which ran from the Adelphl to the Embankment Gar- dens. It was a street of private hotels which no one had ever heard of, and where apparently no one ever stayed. A few cranky institutions, existing un- der the excuse of charity, had their whose glory was of the - past, still profitless existence in a building whose dusty windows and smoke-stained walls sufficietly proclaimed their fast ap- proaching extinction. . ‘They found the name of Mr. Bentham upon a rusty brass plate outside the last building in the street, with the additional intima- tion that his offices were upon the first floor. There they found him, without clerks, without even an errand boy, in a large bare apartment overlooking the Embankment. The room was darkened by the branches of one of a row of elm trees, and the windows themselves were curtainless.y There was no carpet upon the floor, no paper upon the walls, no rows of tin boxes, none of the sur~ roundings of a lawyer's office. ‘The solicitor, who had bidden them enter, id not at first offer them any saluta- n. He in a letter which he was ‘writing and eyes rested for a mo- CENTER STAIR HALL OF | rior; THE AVENGER BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. A Tale of Pdlitical Intrigue and Private Revenge. (Copyright, by Little, Brown & Co.) “As for you, she said under her| She nodded, and held out her ex- | In his present state | offices there, and a firm of ;mblishcrfl,l dragged out their ‘uncomfortable and |s] RAN FAMOUS LIBRARY. (National Photo, Wash.) and I thought how fine it was for all the children to be supporting the American eagle right now. There is one door that shows a_woman recit- ing a story to a boy. I wonder if it s a “once-upon-a-time” story? Lis- tening to her story are a Norse war- a shepherd; a primitive man with a stone ax and an American In- dian. The dome, which maybe I should have mentioned first, is black cop- per with a thick coating of gold leaf. On top of it 4ll, 195 feet from the ground, is the torch of science. At night they have a flag on the library with a concealed search light play- ing on it, and it sure looks very good. The library is right across the plaza from the Capitol, and it takes up a whole block. SELL BURKE. The Travelog Boy. Now everybody write me and scheme to mark the the 1li- P. S. boost for my twenty-fifth “anniversary of brary opening. ment upon Wrayson, and for a second or two longer upon his*companion. “Good afternoon., Mr. Bentham!” Wrayson said. “My namc is Wray son—you remember me, I dare say.” “I remember you, certainl: answered. {Wrayson,” the lawyer = i nce more upon ves were resting o ydney Barnes. “This,” Wrayson explained, ‘is Mr. Sydney Barnes, a brother of the Mr. Morris Barnes. who was, 1 believe, a client of yours.’ “Scarcely,” the lawyer murmured, “a client of mine, although I must con fess that I was anxious to secure him &s one. Possibly if he had lived a few more hours, the epithet would have been in order.” ‘Wrayson nodded. “From a letter which we found in | Mr. Barnes’ desk,” he remarked. “we i concluded that some business was pending between you. Hence our visit.” ayed no sign of of any sort. id, “that I cannot | effer you ch: 1m not accustomed to receive clients here. If you {care to be seated upon that form. pray do so.” Wrayson glanced at the form and declined. ydney Barnes seemed scarcely to have heard the invitation. His eyes were glued upon the law- face. ill you tell me precisely,” Mr. Bentham said, “in what way I can be of service to you?” P “I want know where my brother’s money is,” l?rnes declared, stepping a little forward. “Two thousand a year he had. We've seen it in his tankbook. Five hundred pounds every quarter day! And we can't find a copper! You were his lawyer, or were going to be. You must have known something about his position.” Mr. Bentham looked straight ahead with still, impassive face. No trace of the excitement in Sydney Barnes' face was reflected in his features. “Two thousand a year,” he repeated calmly. “It was really as much as that, was it? Your brother had, T believe, once mentioned the amount to me. I had no idea, though, that it was quite so large.” “I am his heir,” the young man de- clared, feverishly. “T'll take my oath there’s no one else. I'm going to take out letters of administration. He hadn’t another relation on God's earth.” Mr. Bentham regarded the young man_ thoughtfully. “Have vou any idea, Mr. Barnes.” he asked. “as to the source of this in- come?” “Of course, T haven't,” Barnes an- swered. ‘That's why we're here. You must know something about it.” “Your brother was not my client.” the lawyer said slowly. “If his death had not been quite 80 sudden I think that he might have been. As it is, know verydittle of his affairs. I am afraid that I-can be of very little use to you.” “You must know somlething,” Barnes declared doggedly. “You must tell us what you do know.” “Your brother was,” Mr. Bentham said, “a very remarkable man. Has it never occurred to you, Mr. Barnes, that this two thousand a year might have been money received in payment of services rendered—might have been, in short, in the nature of a sal- ary?" “Not likely,” Barnes answered, con- temptuously. “Morris did no work at all. He did nothing but just enjoy himself and spend money.” “Nothing but _enjoy _himself - and “An! Did you see a great deal of your brother during the last few vears?” “I saw nothing of him at all. I was out in South Africa. I have only just got back. . Not. but that I'd been here Tong ago.” the young man added, with a note of exasperation in his tone, “if T'd had any idea of the luck he was in. Why. I lent him a bit to come back with, though I was only earn- ingghirty bob a_week, and the brute only Zent it me back in bits, and not a farthing over.” “That was not considerate of him,” Mr. Bentham agreed—‘not at all con- siderate; Your brother had the com- mand of considerable sums of money. In fact. Mr. Barnes, I. may tell you. without any breach of confidence, I think that if he had kept his appoint- ment . with me -on thel night when he was murdered, I was prej on Lehalf of mv client, to hand him a Sy pend money,” Mr. Bentham repeated. | swered. “It is not my business to be- lieve. Mr. Morris Barnes was in the receipt of an income of two thousand a year, which we might call dividend upon ‘these securities. My client, through me, made Mr. Barnes a cash offer to buy them outright, and al- though I must admit that Mr. Barnes had not closed with us, vet I believe that he was on the point of doing s He had doubtless had it brought home to him that there was a certain amount of danger associated with his position generally. The night which my client arrived in England was the night upon which Mr. Morris Barnes was murdered. The inference to be drawn from this circumstance I can leave, the common 1 acting in opposition to your client!"” Mr. Bentham shrugged his shoulder gentl “It does not sound unreasonable,” he admitted. smoothly, “sounds reasonable. But, a matter of fact,” he continued, look- ing down upon ‘the t: here are certain indications which go to dis- it. My personal opinion is that the assassin—granted that there was an assassin, and granted that he was acting on behalf of the parties we have referred to—met with a disap- pointment.” “In plain words,” Wrayson inter- rupted, “you mean that the other side have not possessed themselves of the securities?” (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) Little folks can safel and quality, fine fountain or at home. get the genuine. Rescarch Laboratocy, Los Ageies Columb;; 2 ia Orange- Bottling C: Cnuh' 911 2d Street N.E. Phone Lincoln 18 | boiled potatoes sliced thin, add t ARegular Customer y enjoy Ward' Orange Crush, Lemon-Crush and Lim Crush. 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