Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 10

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The box bears this signature C. 7 byore Price 30c. % s goes, phlegm | bronchitis, | Guaranteed to give | TWO NEGROES SLAIN NEAR JACKSONVILLE Officers Believe Moonshiners Killed | Men on Suspicion They Had Told of Stills. ONE BODY FOUND HEADLESS ! Four White Bootleggers in Lynch-! ing Unidentified. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 31. —The theory that’ Eugene Burnam, negro who was lynched near here yes- terday afternoon by a party of white i men, was a victim of bootleggers or moonshiners who suspected he had given information concerning them to tauthorities, was advanced by officers last night. He had becn arrested on December 27 on a charge of having moonshine in his possession, but was released. Recently there have been a mber of stills raided in the vi- cinity of the spot where the l)'mthmgl occurred. Burnam’'s body wooded mi was found in a section near Dinsmore, six from Jacksonville, at 1 o‘clock sesterday afternoon. His bedy had been { riddled with bullets and he had been struck in the head with a bammer. There were said to have been four white men in the lynching party, none of whom was identified. The headless body of anoth was identified as that of Edgar Phil- . who left his home here Decem- {ber 18, telling relatives he would be back. Christmas day. Identification by ‘means of finger having been arrested ago on a charge of break- entering. | Police said they had information | that Phillips had been engaged in moonshining and the theory was ad- d that Le had been killed by moonshin, His head had t the shoulders with a rument and-weighted with pieces of iron before being thrown | into the creek. When the body was | fcund by a resident Saturday night it was in an upright position, a part of it protruding above the surface. r negro som ing a RADIO NEWS WRC will remain silent tonight in order that WCAP can broadecast the fourth of a series of concerts by the Philharmonic Society of New York. In addition WCAP will broadcast a special New Year program consisting of chime from the Church of the} Epiphany and dance music from the | ‘afe Le Parad Le The evening radio course for vet- erans of the world war conducted b; the Knights of Columbus service school, 6th & G streets, will reopen Wednesday night, i | Radio Bditor: In answering all the fans who most wild over a small thing tu receive station WKAQ at n Juan, Porte Rico, 1 want to say that I am using a three-tube- set but would not give it up for any five or six tube neutrodyne or any other set made. Here are some of the long-distance stations i 1 i i i Vi WBAP, CK- , 2LO, and a Stations that are T the air o peet those in Baltimore. J. H. ERHARDT. Radio Editor: Will you or dio News please s 2XB and cived morning ne one was knows like Jesus V. T. Western El ¥ station in New Y. " have misunderstood lesers of the latter station—Editor. | | | ne reader of Ra- tell me where B30 are lo latter sta at | - B is the Radio Editor N I would appreciate very much it You or some fan would tell the location of station 2XB, this Saturday morning at They broadeast a talk on gling of rum into Detroit. s _ H. C. ALLEN, | 2XB is a special land station in iNew York city.—Editor. 1 | | smug- | i Radio Editor: 2 Would appreciate very much if you could tell me through the Radio News what city in Nebraska has the ¢ letters KFKX. I think it is either Casing or Hast- ings. Friday night, December 28, [ w listening on Zion, IIl. When signing off the announcer first said this is station WCAD, and then it sounded like the mame voice that said, “Statfon WKAK wishes you a happy good night. T would be pleased to find out if they were different cities. This same night I was listening to a distant comcert to hear the call letters when a clear voice broke in and said, “This is station 2XZ testing.” This sta- tion then played a piano roll. Could you tell me whether this is a local station or not. H. L. KFKX is the Westinghouse station {at_Hastings, Neb. | is at Lawrence University tation, in Canton, N. Y. The Zion tation’s call letters are WCBD. 2XZ is a special land station in w York city, located at Fordham University.—Editor. Radio Editor: 1 noticed David R. Burham'e letter in Friday's Radio News and wish to remark that I heard WEAR, News and American Publishing Company of Baltimore, very clearly Thursday evening between 8 and 9:30 p.m. I own a one-tube single circuit re- ceiver. 1 am ot in favor of a silent night, because Washington has two of the best stations in the United tes, and for that reason I think that they should be encouraged rather than restricted. In the three weeks that I have had this set 1 have heard the following stations: CHYC, KDKA, KFKX, KOP, PWX, WCAL, 'WCBD, WDAP, WDAR, WEAF, WEAH, WEAN, WEAR, WFAA, 'WFIL, WGR, WGY, WHAS, WHAZ, WIP, WJAN, WJAR, WJIAX, WJIAZ, WIY, WJZ, WLAG, WLW, WMAY, WNAC, WOAU, WOC, ‘W00, WOR, WOS, WSAD, WSAI, WSB, WTAS," WTAM, WWAB, WWJ, and 2XB, testing. I would like to know how this list compares with other one-tube sets. RAYMOND WILLIAMS, Woodside, Md. { | g | i Radio Bditor: The station W. R. Johnson in- quires about is KFKB, located at Milford, Kan. The announcer says KFKB, Brinkley-Jones Hospital Association, at Milford, Geary county, Kan. Just a liftle one- horse town, way out in the wilds of Kansas, KDKA broadcast a prize fight Christmas day. 1 received Baltimore station WEAR Thursday evening. It came in splendidly for a 50-watt sta- tion. ‘Would suggest that radio fans procure an up-to-date list broadcasting stations. Such list is published in many. of the radio magazines and contains call let- ters, name of broadcaster, wave lengths, etc. From such list the information requested by readers from you can be obtained in many cases. A RADIO FAN. —_—— The most beautiful shoulders in the world are possessed by Mme. Marcell Pledy of Paris, according to a decision rendered by the judggs im The recent International beauty €one test at Monte Carlo, | OMacDowell): THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, MUTT AND JEFF—They Take a Quick Route to Mexico. MUTT, AIN'T THERE Some CTH&R WAY A FeLLow CAN BECOME PRESIDENT 0F THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT GOING TO THe TRouBLE ofF BEING €LecTED? Down THERE ALL A GUY HAS GOTTA Do (S START A RevOLUTION AND OVERTHROW THe Gove AND INSTALL HIMSELF AS PRESIDENT L = Mmexico WAIT HERE WHILE 1 se BY RADIO TODAY Schedule of Wireless News and Entertainment. LOCAL STATIONS. Radio Station, . (435 Meters). m.—Public health . “Resolutions Radio service for the 10305 p.m.—Weather bureau report. WJIH—William P. Boyer Company (273 Meters). 3 to 4 p.m.—Music (daily). WMU—Doubleday-Hill Electric Com- pany (261 Meters). “Temporarily discontinued. WRC—Radio Corporation of America | (409 ™). 5 p.m.—Instruction in interna- tional code, by the engineers of the Radio Corporation of America. 6 p.m.—Children's Hour, by Peggy Ibion. This station will remain silent this evening in order that the concert by the Philharmonic Society may be broadcast by WCAP. AP—Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- h Co. (469 Meters). 0 to 8:20 p.m.—Program from studio of W 0 p.m.—Philharmonic Society Y under the direction von Hoogstraten, in fourth of a series of ten educational concerts for students, direct > Hall, New York cit Powell, piani: ssisting artis gram: creon,’ 3 r (Cherubini) ymphony No. T (Bethoven) oncert in D Minor’ Symphonic Poems-Les (Lizit). 11 A of ot John Pro- A Prelude” 10 to | the Cafe Le Paradis 11 to 11:30 p.m—Chimes from the Church of Epiphany 11:45 p.m. to 2 am.—Dance | sic from the Cafe Le Paradis. DISTANT STATIONS. Standard Time. WJZ—New York (455 Meters). nimal Stories from Eski- mo Land,” Mrs. Renee Riggs. 30 p. Yogs,” by Frank Dole .m.—Literary ) p.m.—Organ recital. p.m.—Musical program of the rand Symphony Orchestra. 11:45 p.m.—New Year eve service on the Chimes of Saint Pat- rick Catherdral. Early Progam Tuesday. 3 p.m.—Auditorium c 7 p.m. 4:15 p.m.—Violin recital by Augus- | ta_Murphy 30 _p.m.—Closing reports of the state _department and Stock Exchange, foreign exchange quotations; Evening Post News. WLW—Cincinnati (309 Meters). musical program by the Cincinnati Stringed Quartet. 10 p.m.—Concert by Aichele Dance Orchestra. Eafiy Program Tucsday. Afternoon program to nounced. the Elmer be an- WGY—Schenectady (350 Meters). 6 p.m—Produce and stock market quotations: news bulletins. 9 to 12 p.m.—Community watch night services of the First Methodist Church; vocal and instrumental solos; organ music. WWJI—Detrolt (516 Meters). 8:30 p.m.—Detroit News Orchestra; program by Marcus Kellermann, Early Program Tuesday. 9:30 a.m.—"Tonight's Dinner." 9:45 a.m—Public health service bulletins. 10:25 a.m.—Weather forecast. 3 p.m.—Detroit News Orchestra. 3:30 p.m—Weather and market re- ‘WOR—Newark (405 Meters). 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.—“Music While You Dine,” by Harry Cox and his Hotel Robert Treat Orchestra. 8 pm.—Joint program by Marie Stapleton Murray, soprano; Louis Baker Phillips, pianist. 8:30 p.m.—"Jolly Bill Steinke,” in his weekly talk on “Radio Cartoon- ing.” 8:45 p.m.—Concert by the Lamberti Trio. 9:15 p.m.—Marle Stapleton Murray, soprano; Louis Baker Phillips, pi- anist. A 9:45 p.m.—Concert by the Lambert! Trio. 10:16 to 1 a.m.—Dance music by th American Guard Orchestra. Early Program Tuesday. 2:20- p.m.—Mme. Hanna von Valer, soprano; Elsie Saxton; pianist. 3 to 4 p.m—Kenneth Kitchen and his Club Orchestra. WFAA—Dnllas (476 Meters). 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.—Paul Graham, baritone; other musicians. Early Program Tuesday. 1:30 to 2 p.m.—Address by De Witt McMuray. ‘WBAP—Fort Worth (476 Meters). 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.—Concert by the Union Epworth Léague Orchestra. 10:30 to 12 p.m.—Concert by the Knights of the Ku Kulx Klan, Realm 101. ‘WHAS—Louisville (400 Meters). Silent. Early Program Tuesday. 5 to 6 p.m.—Selections by the Strand Theater orchestra; weather forecast; “Just Among Home Folks"; Walnut Theater orchestra; news bulletins; Alamo Theater organ; live stock, pro- duce and grain market reports. KDKA—Pittsburgh (326 Meters). 6:16 p.m.—Dinner concert by KDKA Little Symphony Orchestra. :30 p.m.—Radio Girl Scout meeting conducted by Laura Holland. 5 p.m.—The Children's period. rket report: .m.—Address by a representa- :30 p.m.—Concert by the Ohio Westeyan Gles Club of Delaware, o. 11 p.m.—New Year eve service from the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church. v direct | the | from | Overture | p.m.—Dance music from | mu- | el champlonship fight of the world from Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh. KYW—Chlcago (336 Meters). le talk by Anna J. coples Gas Company. am WBZ—Springfield, Masx. (337 Meters). 6 p.m.—Dinner concert by the WBZ Trio. This week in history; late from the national industrial rence board; humorous program. 7:30 p.m.—Twilight tales for kid- dies. 7:40 p.m.—Bedtime grown-ups, by Urison story Marden. for | WIP—Philadelphia 6 p.m—We 6:05 p.m.- (509 Meters). ather forecast. Dinner music by Frank ennsylvanians.” “nele Wip's bedtime stories and roll call for children. —Philadelphia (395 Meters). ories. Davis’ rt p.m.—) rd Hotel hix (300 meters). the Hotel Early Program Tuesday. 4:30 p.m.—Special New Year pro- jgram. WSB—Atlanta (420 Meters). 9 to 10 p.m.—Concert by Miss Mary | Douglas, viol i vocal and instru- r Out and New les A. Sheldon, WOC—Davenport (484 Meters). andman’s Visit. port news and weather t p.m.—Educati ute, “What he Farmer, 9 p.m.— lec- for al program; uture Holds rgan usical program WDAP—Chicago (360 Meters). Silent. KSD—St. Louis (546 Meters). $:15 p.m.—Vocal and instrumental | specialtiés, orchestra and organ music. WEAF—New York (492 Meters). p.m.—United Cigar Stores daily sport talk, by Thornton Fisher. 7:40 p.m—Fannie L. Todd, soprano, accompanied by A. V. Llufrio, p.m.—Scott Blakeley, Scotch well known as a recording tenor, artist. p.m.— $:15 p.m.—Scott tenor. 30 p.m.—Program same as WCAP. to 11:45 p.m.—West End s' Trio, consisting of Ethel Nu- pianist; Ad Muys. violinist; Kempler, May Singhi banjoist, Wanamaker, nnie L. Todd, soprano. Blakeley, Scotch and Peg 45 p.m.—Broadcasting_of chimes from Trinity Church, New York city. Early Program Tuesday. 4 pm.—Special Hawalian program. :3 O'Brien, lyric so- 4:45 p.n—Hawaiian program. NINE SKI RUNNERS MEET DEATH IN SNOW Two Parties of Mountain Climbers Buried in Avalanche—Others Reported Missing. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, December 31.—Seven ski runners have perished in an ava- lanche while ascending the Feldal- penhorn and two more on the Bloeck- enau in the Alps. Numerous parties of mountain climbers are reported as missing: In the Salzburg region the storm has abated, but the Arlburg route, forming the boundary between Ty- rol and Vorarlberg, is still closed, in consequence of heavy avalanches. The snowfall in Salzburg and Ts- rol is the heaviest in a decade, Near | Vienna there are snowdrifts seventy- five feet high. NAMED TO NEW POST. Cornell Professor Going to St.| Louis College. NEW YORK, December 31.—Dr. David P. Barr, assistant professor of medicine in the Cornell University Medical College, has been appointed Busch professor of medicine at Wash- ington University, St. Louls. Dr. Barr has made several important contributions to medical research, hav- ing studied particularly the relation of temperature in fever and the chemical changes in blood during ex- ercises in health and disease. His dutles at Washington will be- gin next October. TOWN FOUNDER DIES. Mrs. Boyd Member of Original Qreeley, Col.,, Colony. GREELEY, COL., December 31— Mrs. Sarah M. Boyd, eighty-seven, member of the Ulon colony that founded Greeley died here yesterday morning. Mrs. Boyd was born in Beaver qounty, Pa. near Pittsburgh, October: 16, 1836. She was married fo David Boyd, who had served as a captain in the Union Army during the civil war, in 1866, and came to Colorado in_1870. Following the civil war Mrs. Boyd took part in negro rellef work under the Presbyterian Society of Pittsburgh. (Copyright, 1 Mark Reg. BUD, MUTT AND I CRAVE ™ BEe AT RNMENT A GOVER EAVOR FoR \USL PLr vs € Bub! ABOVE S By Robert Orr Chipperfield. Author of “The Second Bullet,” “Unseen Hands,” “The Trigger of Conscience,” Etc. Copyright, 1923, by Robert (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) “That's all right. T didn't want to phone; too many listeng in.—Ni bo, get this straight. Lane hit town at 7 p.m., Sunday night, phoned fron 2 booth in the station to ‘York 62 Couldn’t hear the message; coops on each side occupled and a crowd mill- ing around in front. Lane went to his rooms for half an hour—no messages incoming or outgoing while he w there—then to his club for dinner. dolled up in evening clothes, after that to a house near the park. I've got a memo. here of the addres: las well as that phone number.” De tective Allen handed over p of paper. “He got there in about 9 and Jeft at 12:15, goin | rooms for the night. Next m yesterday—he was at his offi and went through his usual day tine, stopping at his club for iafterwards, then his rooms to changi dinner on the Belleterre roof with n identified as the head of a Chi- o brokerage house. and then home. | He was still there s | morning. that “The n i hom Ts 3 Geoff drawl- . from somethin’ kinder keep me to Lan, doc said he folks that that tel portant he said briefly. ppeared in a swirling cloud of dust down the road, and Geoff pro- ceeded to the Cayley place where he passed an uneventful day at work on the terrace. Mrs. Cayley and her daughter, as well as the two maid kept closely the private detective nor -the on from the county district attorney's office was there a sign. At a little after 5 he ceased his labors, cleaned up the d of his work and started for hom to have supper and 4 his four-footed friends before delivering Allen': Iport to 'the doctor. As he ne the path which branched off ac the meadow, however. he saw smart little coupe halted at the crossroads ahead and caught a glimpse from within of an imperi- ously beckoning, white-gloved hand Geoff sauntered leisure and one of the men in livery box descended and opened door, disclosing @ lady whose soft gray wveil did not conceal her vivid coloring nor the almost feverish glow in the decp hazel eyes she Lent upon him "an you tell me where the doctor who is your medical examiner for criminal cases?’ Her low, bell-like tones faltered for an in- stant and then went on quickly: “My chauffeur and footman do mot un- derstand English very well and they could not quite grasp the directions given them near the station.” “You mean Doc Hood, maam?” | Geoff paused, cap in hand, as if con- sidering the matter. ““Tain't far, but if you're & stranger dunno's could describe the turnin’s to Yol though 1 could plint out the way eas ‘nough by standin’ on | board, and I don’t mind the walk back a mite.” , “That Is good of you!" A smile { flashed at him through the meshes of the eil. “Of course, you will let_me pa 2 “No. m Geoft _smiled back in simple deference. “Doc Hood's a friend to all o' us ‘round here and it ain’t no trouble.” He was careful to direct the wooden-faced chauffeur by a round- about route to the doctor's cottage, and all the way his blood ran swiff « with elation. Youngish-looking, i handsome. brown eyes and hair. rich ‘culor, voice like the soft, vibrant echo of church bells—there couldn’t be any mistake! Lyons must have done his work convincingly and well. The coupe stopped before the doc- tor's gate just as that individual himself appeared upon the porch, and_he stared, round-eved, when Geoft stepped 'from the running board and advanced toward him, leaving the footman to open the door. “Lady to see you. Doc—that is, T reckon it's you, bein’ as you're the medical examiner. That's' who was asked for when I met up with the ottermobile just now at the cross- roads.” Geoff turned as the lad descended and came up the path to- ward them, and the twinkle van- ished from his own brown eyes as his tones deepened in gravity. “This here is Dr. Hood, the medical exam- iner, Mis' Dawn. We been awaitin’ for you to come and help us for nigh onto a week.” The woman halted and stood very still while she looked from one to the other of them. The doctor gasped and -then bowed, but she addressed Geoff. ' 'Who are you Her voice was metallic now, vet clear and steady. “How did you know my name?" Tm a_special deputy o' the doc- | tor's, ma'am, workin' on this here { Benkard case - with him. Geoffrey Peters, my name is. I recognized !you right away from your pictures | and, as I say, we been a-waitin’, ever { since we found out ‘bout what friends ! you and Mr. Benkard used to be, for | You to come and tell us all you could that might help us to find out who killed him 5 “That's irue, Miss Dawn,” the doc- tor_supplemented his gentle, almost fatherly tones. “Suppose we three come into my private office and talk things over.” The woman_shrugged, but followed }in silence as he led the way into the little office-parlor and shut the door. {Then ‘she turned upon them both, ! throwing back her veil, and her great ieves glittered with a yellow, feline light. % “Yes, 1 am Zoe Dawn!" she cried. don’t know whether this is a trap or not nor why you should think I Could help you to find out who mur- dered Joseph Benkard, even if I ! Wanted to, but I'm here to tell you la few facts that you maey use as Iyou like.” “Sit down, please,” her host urged. “Thig isn't any trap, ma'am. We're plain-spoken folk out this way, and when we learned about you we fig- ured it wasn't any use to bother un- less you came to us of your own free will, for nothing could compel you to speak. Isn't that so, Geoff?" There was a more significant ap- peal behind the doctor's. geemingly casual request for corroboration than appeared on the surface, and his ally recognized it and took the situatiom in_Band. “That's why we waited,” Geoft 08 a ! en nodded and started the motor. | indoors, and of neither | your runnin’ { THE HEAD OF NMEAT: AS A SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S CANIT You IN McEX\Co AND GIE'US AcTion? Tivi n McRride & Co. ean ow o hu nodded. “We Miss Dawn. "he Mr. 1 and needn't to tell you U the row between Mr. Benkard here at Sunny Beach last Wednesday night, | When Mr. Lane went tearin’ in town |to vou to it your help in crushin the man he'd just broke wit the man who'd plaved him for a s or and then swore he'd ruin him, same's he'd ruined others that 1 reckon you know of. As things turned out it fwas a ste time, it, for whilst you two wa, ettin’ in your drawin’ room till nigh mornin’, plot- tin’ and p anin’ to drive him to the wall, somebuddy else did what put him forever beyond your reach.” The woman had listened intentl her beautiful lips curled in that was ha “If 1 had [ruin with Mr. I should 1 you say his death? am, 1 reckon enough for t yourself with vour before this” replicd hand | quietly still_star till they Dawn dually the softened once n &r | Eves | brown smile faded { without w storm of & from remain terrible sob- last_the wom- | Subsided until s g nd exhausted in | ck spent » H the fat little doctor aros: busicd himself for a moment at medicine ame to s in his hand s Dawn. 1t1l do u can tell us is \ her | you should g s0's Wi put by H. C. Fister. U. 8. Pat. Off.) Trade THAT'S WHAT I CALLS SeRvice} into fresh 11 these and even ection good not 4 name n' quiet 5 s who were inv ged you into In't noc 1 street wouldn't ible-dealin’ unless he to_tell about his T er he'd been workn h for months. He told v police should come ned with this Il be raked up again 1 can never live it de he shall suffer als crossed me! He had been left cer under the terms of ecourse when the tners, and that when it would sell them and ter of the proceeds f will time hat e at he nds paid Hood mad id his throat, ndidiy Yes. He knew T ¢ ut his proposition and n face by declaring an o but choking noise Dawn replied ould tell the truth i 1 had refused r will mark {1 entertain it and it was worth the | te - of ‘the birt) ndred thousand he promised me t one of t eld him, for such a story would b tican writer him out of the Wall strect f ho | the t & New Year’s Dinner sday, January 1, 1924 Special Music Hours—One to Eight Phone for Reservations 'DODGE HOTEL to 1k We won't single question answer, and noth- »nd these four cer’ pester you ou don't wa u say will £0 bey vou with i | She i gropingly obeyed and touched his hand like a chiid, 1 would have killed Joe || g ago if 1 d not loved | him to well CHAPYER XV. The Surprise Party. 19158 The momenta found that the me tall clock in the corner {dull hammer strokes, and twitter of birds seeking among the trees came plainly opened windows. Zoe Dawn clasped her white-gloved jhands tightly together and began her | story “It is nearly i their n at th three vears now since Joseph Benkard saw t the [ and became infatuated with me. He had heard of me, that other men in high places had tried to make me care for them, and 1 think it must have been these rumors of my supp 2 quests which piqued him at first, {soon he himself began to care ay this® without conceit, for I know | that he fought against it. and 1 have reason to believe that until our meeting | mbition. From that | who had mastered me races | him by me_ agai his own will. As for me, | 1 found a few months of his strange, h: tant devotion that he | i meant more to me than all the world | | beside!” Her hands unc the arm of her cl o the world would forget me as that T could hide myself from cept for him until Zoe Dawn was no longer remembered and 1 might take my place as his wife. He led me to believe this, of course, and that as soon | as he had reached the position of | powre in the financial world which | he had set for himself he would mar- ry me. “I hag made fools of men, but now the tables were turned, and my trust was as blind as any unsophisticated ! girl's could have been. For almost two Sears T was absolutely happy and then. just a few months ago. he changed. He was not tiring, but he was fighting against me and against himself, and T fought back, but it was no use! He told me brutally that there could be no_ future for us together, that any wife would hamper him in his ambition, but one to whom the breath of past intrigue and scandal still clung would defeat_all he had worked for and plan- ned. His will was stronger in the end, you see, and I let him go.” The woman paused and the soft sum- mer twilight, stealing in at the win- dows, cast ever deepening shadows about her chair. The doctor listened with averted face, but Geoff sat twist- ing his cap in his workworn hands and gazing steadily through mnarrowed ! lids at their visitor. After a moment | she went on: | “I hadn’t any thought of reprisal. 1, was simply stunned, but when that! passed 1 went nearly crazy! It was | then that T could have killed him, only I still_cared, but gradually 1 came’ to | eeth him a8 Mo was, & Dorty. thieving | |schemer! T despised myself, but I hated him, and when Stoncham ' Lane came to me last Wednesday night and pro- posed that we work together to ruin | him I fell in eagerly enough with his asped, and she struck | ped 1 thought that | il | | | i | ‘Alone, 1 could mever have accom ed it nor could Lane, but togethe with my knowledge of 'Joe Benkard's innermoSt processes of thought and un- | scrupulous methods of manipulating the | market which he had confided to me boastfully down to the smallest deta and with Lane’s own practical exper: ence and mastery of the same game, we stood & fighting chance. Success would mean a fortune to Lane, and he agreed to divide with%me—oh, I don't mind being frank about it; when love went out of my life men had become just what they were before, creatures,to be used! bred “Early next morning,e though, Lane telephoned me the news of Joe's death and the suspicion that it had been mur- der, and cautioned me to do or say nothing _until I had heard from him again. 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