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s e S WOMA Homemakers Ne BY LYDIA I The woman who should not would keap well neglect the good offices fresh air and sunlight offer L the out.of-doors. With the prevailing THE_ OPEN SPELL T} T D NF MINDS. custom of ordering provisions by tele. phone, the habit of going to market has become almost obhsolete. To be 150 BY JONATHAN New War Board Begins Work. PHILADELPHIA, June 23, 1776.— Wil the United Colonies of America deciare their independence of Great Britain, and if they do will they be abla to establish {t? Two questions in one, o closely interwoven that they cannot be considered apart. The cplonfes. are pushing forward toward independence much as though they believe that they can secure { dependence merely by saving that they have it. But they know ver well that tha fact is quite other Thay know that the three British armies now already here or on the way—one in Canada, one off Charle ton, S. C., and one approaching New York—are not coming to give them freefom, but to take it from them Tet one week from tomorrow they may resolve in Congress that these T"nited Colonies are and of right ought to be free and Independent states. Eight colonies are already prepared to support that resolution. Patriotic leaders declars with confidence that the remaining five—New York, Penn- svlvania, Maryland, Delaware fouth Carolina—will surely line up in the independence column before many days have passed. Then, in case this happens, how Is independence to be retained? This is the question which at this crisis ab- The Slap on the Water. Obedienca that is too Mas be as bad as none. sou know | —0ld Mother Nature. Little Mister Know-It-All was as| meek a little Muskrat as ever was as he followed his mother back across the Smiling Pool to where his six brothers and sisters were hidden among the rushes. He was so meek that he didn’t even resent it when one of his brothers whispered, “Serves you right Smarty.” He knew it did serve him right. He knew that he had lost the end of that tail because he had disobeved and had thought himself &0 smart that he knew it all A big pickerel, which, you know, is a fish, had bitten off the end of that tal, and the wonder was that he had not caught Little Mister Know-It-All n those great jaws of his long as that tail was sore Little Mis- ter Know-It-All was as nice and obedient a little Muskrat as ever was Now, in a big family no two children are just alike, unless they happen to be twins. There weré no others in| the Muskrat family just like Little Mister Know-It-All, which was rather fortunate for Mother Muskrat. One there was who was very slow. He| wasn't_willfully disobedient, as was Little Mister Know-It-All, but it some- times took him a long time to get around to obeying. He fully intended to obey, but sometimes he couldn't see the need of hurrying about it. “That habit of yours is going to get you into trouble one of these days,” said Mother Muskrat. “I don't know of anything more important than im- mediate obedience. Now. when you | hear the slap of a tall on the water it means that some one has discovered possihle danger. Now, what are you | children to do when you hear the slap | of a tail on the water?" i “Dive and hide,” they cried together. Mother Muskrat nodded. “Right,"” sald | she. “Quite right. But don’t forget | that it is to be done instantly. The | one who waits to find out what the danger i« may find he has waited too long. Always dive the very instant you hear the slap on the water.” ' ¢ BARON WALKER. YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. -1 ington. and ' ! BEDTIME STORIES N’S PAGE.” ed Out-door Life sure, occasional trips to stores are still taken. but. the daily outing that the old-fashioned style of marketing | in person provided no longer prevails. When there is no absolute necessity | { woman to go out and house | hold tasks are urgent, indoors she stays. Or if she does take an outing ['1t"is apt to he during the late after | noon hours when her tasks are done. [ Then the finest davlight is growing dim. and the early freshness of the air is lacking. | Tt is an unfortunate fact that time ! given to outdoor exercise is often considered wasted hy home.makers I'm sure few of you would admit th { but it remains true that accomplish- ing household tasks usually weighs heavier in the scales of the house wife's economy than does the refresh | ing_and rejuvenating effects of & brisk gvalk in the sunshine or a lux urfous saunter in some shady glen for a New Vigor. Let us remember that time is flexi- | | ble if we use it aright. Trv to accom | plish a task when vou are weary and when every nerve cries out against | vour working. and compare the quick ness and the ease with which the | same task can be done when vou go to it with a refreshened hody and an | |alert mind. Speed then equals time. for time is saved in exact proportion | to the speed with which the job is | finished. So it is a_heipful thought | for the housewife to hold in mind that since speed saves time for her and a healthy, rested hody accelerates her working powers. there is a positive gain In two ways when she relaxes out of doors cr gets refreshed by a walk. storative, The open air has a magic spell that it casts over overtaxed nerves and harassed minds. It eases the strain and soothes the system. Perplexing problems are viewed in a correct per spective and solutions hecome evident. But nature must be given a chance to | react on mind and body. Tearing | along roads in a motor will not have | | the same beneficial effect as lounging { under some shady tree or strolling along an unfrequented path. Then, | oo, there is tranquillizing influence in the rhythm of walking that cheers the | soul. This is part of the magic. There can be no doubt that human beings were intended to hask in the beauties of nature and absorb her reviving qualities. A home.maker's duties ma be pressing, but to forego such won- derful restoratives as can be had free | in the happy reaims of the out-of. doors is to block the avenues of health, dull the mind and court old age. | | A. RAWSON, JR. i | sorbs the attention of the great ma- Jority of the patriotic leaders. “We expect a bloody Summer.” | said Gen. Washington recently. That | was his way of saving that independ. | ence will be won or lost on the battle- fleld. The complete collapse of the | Canadian campalgn has left many | with the fear that unless there can | | be a speedy improvement in army | management, our forces in the fleld may be unequal to the emergency. Fortunately, Congress realized this | after its conferences with Gen. Wash. | It has, therefore, established | a board of war and ordnance, to| which it {s now looking for a com-i | plete reorganization of army methods | and administration. | The members of {his hoard are John Adams, Roger Sherman, Ben | { jamin Harrison, James Wilson and ! Edward Rutledge. They will take ' over the details of army management which have hitherto been entrusted ' to numerous committees, and will | settle questions which in the past | have required attention in the whole | | Congress. They will superintend the raising of land forces, determine the disposal of prisoners, keep a register | of officers, fill requisitions for sup- | | plies, and, in fact, act as a depart- | | ment of war, with which the com. | wmander-in-chief can co-operate quick- | ly and effectively in every crisis. i BY THORNTON W. BURGESS | “Yes'm,” sald the seven little Musk- | | rats. “Yes'm, we will.” i It happened later that evening that | | they were having a grand feast, while | | Mother Muskrat watched out for dan ger. Their father, Jerry Muskrat, was not there. He was down at the lower % JUST AS HE PLUNGED UNDER WATER HE FELT SOMETHING SHARP CLO: TO THE ROOT OF HIS TAIL. | end of the Smiling Pool, while they were up where the Laughing Brook enters the Smiling Pool. Suddenly there was the sound of a sharp slap on the water. They knew what it was. They knew it was the tail of their father, Jerry Muskrat, down where the Laughing Brook left the | Smiling Pool. The instant Mother Muskrat heard that slap on the water she slapped the water with her tall, but even be- | fore she had time to do this six little Muskrats had dived. The seventh, the one who always was a little slow, fully intended to dive. There wasn't a thought of disobedience in that lit- tle head of his, not a thought. But he didn't see any need for hurrying about it. Supposing his father had | discovered danger. It was way over | on the other side of the Smiling Poo! | and nothing to worry about. So he | | | | | the purpose of acting as an antiacid !so glad to send you i ture pulchritude. | possess strong constitutions, and the {didn’t dive as promptly as the others. | | Really, he wasn't much behind them | | when he started to dive, but he was ! ja little behind them, and that little | {made all the difference in the world. | !Just as he plunged under water he | | telt something sharp close to the root {of his tail. For just a minute it hurt, |but it frightened him more than it |hurt him.~ What could have done it {he hadn't the least idea. | When at last they were all safely together again with Mother Muskrat, i she turned and spoke to this one very |severely. “You don't deserve to be | here.” ‘sald she. {deserve to be here. How many times have I told you to dive instantly when | you hear the water slapped? You didn't dive instantly, and so Hooty the Owl almost caught you. As it was, | he tore’ your coat, and you may con- sider yourself wvery fortunate that your coat tore.” “I—I didn't see Hooty,” said the slow ijttle Muskrat. “Well, he saw you" replied Mother Muskrat. (Gfinn‘llh!All:fl.) Alsne 1 want to go Ny ways. I ask ne kcll'; from anyone — But oh, I want a lot of pruise For any work of mine well done Bepgann No, sir, you don't THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23.l19264 SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY { place where one is constantly under surveillance, and where no one has any pe'sonal liberty whatever. i even less privacy than do the inmates of a penal institution, for they have [ | be alone and do just exactly as they please, and in which they can indulge | their own particular taste and notions of comfort. i property rights. { any neckties because Bob has appropriated them before he had time to wear | Hold-ups and grafts are considered legitimate if done in the family circle. no matter how exasperating they may be to the victims. They telled me they don’t "low dogs | in Heaben—Well, what they call it Heahen fer then (Copyright. 192 Your Baby and Mine BY MVRTLE MEYER ELDRED. That Pesky Lime. The use of limewater in old-time formufas has given mothers the idea that it is this limewater which furnishing the necessary elements for building the child’s teeth. The lime. water in formulas was put there for is awent. Cows' milk tends to become more acid during digestion than mother's milk and it was the purpose this limewater, or bicarbonate of | wda. to counteract this acidity. When the child's diet is deficient in lime, his teeth are slow in coming in, and dentists and doctors advise one | to infrease the amount of calcium in hie diet, these are the foods to| give him: Milk, which has a large supply of lime; fresh green vegetables, fruits, whole grain breads and cereals, such as whole wheat, oatmeal, un: hulled rice, graham and rye bread, eta. Cod liver oil gives the child the | ability to extract a larger amount of lime and phosphorus from the foods | he eats and makes it more easily assimilated in his system. So B one makes sure that the child is getting tresh cows’' milk at each meal, and is getting his due allotment of fruits, cereals, vegetables, eggs, and, in addi- tion, cod liver oil, one need not worry a whit about there being a lack of lime fn his diet. He'll get all hel needs. This is written especially for | > | of Appetite. i Thirty pounds for a | 3 is not much under- | Weight. Thirty-two pounds is the av- erage for that age for a 37-inch boy of 3 years. The nose bleed is more dangerous and demands some atten tion. Take him to a physician, an eve, ear and nose speclalist, and have this looked into. Mrs, E. B.——Car sickness Is usually used by the inability of a person to react normally to excessive motion. This inability lies fn a defect in the ea T,wouldn't take the baby on strest cdrs and in autos so long as this affects her so badly. The baby’s diet could be improved and 1 will he a leaflat along ' those lines if vou will send a self addressed and stamped envélope and ask for No. 3 leaflet. ‘ | | \ i ‘ | 1 What TomorrowMeans toYou BY MARY BLAKE. | Cancer. | Tomorrow’s planetary aspects are | more negative than positive, and ft| will undoubtedly prove a rather un-! eventful day. The conditions are more favorable in the morning than in the afternoon and evening, when they are | tinged with adverseness. 1t would be | xpedient, as a result of such dubious influences, to attend only to those duties that are both customary and obligatory, and to restrain as much as possible the desire to do or say things on the spur of the moment. as im- pulsiveness will try to assert its swa The signs, if they at all favor any pa ticular line of action, appear to denote success in finance. It is a fairly good opportunity for the exercise of thrift or for the execution of contracts call- | ing for monetary considerations. Un der any and all circumstances specula- tion must be eschewed. Children born tomorrow will not, at birth, display any evident signs of fu They will, however, ailments to which they will be subject- ed in their nfancy will leave no scar and need cause no alarm. The omens indicate that they will, in the ordinary course of development, attain a ro- bust and healthy aduithood. Their moral equipment will be good and they will possess sufficient determina- tion of character and strength of pur- pose to avold the pitfalls of youth. They will have ambition and they have the promise of success and fame. Achievement will depend very much on the manner in which their efforts are directed. It tomorrow is your birthday, you have great perseverance, determina- tion and persistency. These quali-| ties will lead you far on the way to attainment. You are, however, self- oplonionated and seem to take pleas ure in putting yourself in a wrong light, so that your ideas are mis. understood and your efforts under- rated. This is proof positive that vour mental processes are lacking in luctd- ity and there is an undefined twist in your “make-up” that militates against that success to which your ability and untiring work entitle you. Friends, and not enemies, should be made. This can only be done by cultivating cautiousness in both action and speech. You have a very keen sense of humor and, for vour own sake, it is to be deplored that this asserts itself at all times, in season and out of season. Even at the most serlous | moments, there always seems to be something that will arouse your risi- | bility. This facetiousness ‘is some- times productive of harm to your prospects, and should be curbed. (Copyright, 1926.) Lessons in English BY W. L. GORDON. Words often misused—Don't say “All of our books are ready.” “Of" is_unnecessary. Often mispronounced—Against. Pro- nounce the ai as e in “hen.” Often misspelled—Partner; t, not d. Synonyms—Aid, assist, held, sup- port, sustain, abet, uphold. ‘Word study—*“Use word three times and it is your: Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Fanciful, influenced by the fancy; un- real; whimsical. ‘‘Her profuse hair was arranged in a fanciful and grace- ful manner.” it e Turkish housewives refuse to change their methods of making the famous Turkish coffee, and recent efforts to interest them in electric percolators led, ‘ Reforming the Home (Cont.) Asks for Liberty and Pursuit of Happine: L] DorothyDix How to Be Happy Though Living at Home: Introduce Good | Manners and Personal Freedom, Cut Out All Arguments and Advice, Then You'll Have the Home, Sweet Home. | The next reformation I would make in the home would be to try to| convert it from a jall into a pleasure resort. That would take a bit of doing, as our English friends say. for the generally accepted idea of a home is of a Indeed, in the great majority of homes the inhabitants thereof have | not even a cell for their very own. They have no place in which they can | FEATURES. —_— Willie Willis ¥ ROBERT QUILLEN for cireling CHAPTER IX. SYNOPSIS. Jimmy B-andon, & young newspaper man. and " Austin Kogsee. *milllonaire, Dreparing to race around the world for_the bang of | Frances Lassiter and a bet 0 $30.000. clash | in "their club. barroom when Austin pro- | pores Francow' name in "a “tosst ~Jimmy | nocks Rogers down and is posted by the club._ After making his bet. which takes | his_whole bank _account. Jimmy borrows money for the trip from & friend, Billy Crane. whose sister. Natalie. admires’ Jimmy and has learned to pilot & plane. Natalis | the LOVE AND LONGITUDE The Romance of a Race Around the World BY LINTON WELLS Speclal Correspondent of The Star and North American News Alllance, who is now engaged In an effort to break the record time the glohe. before the Adrienne was due Yokohama harbor. Days passed, hrizht and glorious, as if to make up for the rigors of the heavy storm. Jimmy was con tent. He had the jump on his rival as surely as he would have had it had the Japanese government approved his request for an airplane He rested during the daytime ac in | to the same family | must make her home with them | hushang, dent. orderly. Mary never has a pair of sk sneaked them out of her drawer and them. As for any one having the libert without question or comment, and on adult human beings, they are engaged &0 much liberty, perish the thought! No husband has the temerity to telephone his wife ’ n y r that he is stayin downtown {o dinner and is spending the evening with some men friends. - Ha lies to her, and tells her that & customer from Oshkosh has o he has to balance the books. evening and leave hubhy to mind alibi a yard long to account for hes and suspicious. And even after chil to make a sneak of it or have Wo cannot even eat what you like to to bed when If mother doesn't like sugar in ening yours every morning of your the a fight still, in the home one is depri eat, you want to go to bed. }}‘efr coffee she will reprove you for sweet- e. Aunt Jane she will &poil your meals for vou If sister Sall the verge of distraction about not wearin, father goes to bed at 9 o'clock he thinks vour grave with your teeth. at that hour and never fails to delj Now, why group. individual rights of our hushands and do those of strangers? We have found out that a certain amount of formality is necessary to safeguard our social contacts with the world. i door neighbors soon quarrel, and that too intimate friendships are sure to end Why have we not intellizence enough to realize that the same in enmity principle holds true in our family r peace and harmony in a household so much as respecting the in and the personal rights and privileges The next reformation I would make in the home would be to clamp /d on all argument. -for any two human beings to think exactly alike on any subject and a woman, a young person and an ol person, see things from different angles and get a different reaction from ever. ch is entitled to his or her own point of view. there I would let the matter rest; here should be no debate on the matter. the lid down good and ha 5 If A helieves that the moon is made of green cheese let him cherish that; That doesn’t affect your knowledge of astronomy comes It doesn’t keep you from being orthodox. belief every Rods C is a parlor and order. new freak religion that intil she finds out better Bolshevist, | speak for fear of starting something, for may be the fighting word that will precipitate an uproar. arguing habit, and are in a perpetual fight over nothing at all. only effect of an argument is to stir bitter and acrimonious things in the but which make enemies and engender strife, Nobody is ever convinced by an argument, or turned frem the error| of his ways, and. anyway, why should we wish to make other people think our way? What conceit to believe looking at things the only right way ty The wasters and spenders prey on the thrifty and provi- The messy and slouchy use and ruin the belongings of the careful and No wife would dare to clap on her hat of an r absence. dren are grown they nearly always have er a bedtime oration to that effect let him rave. There are plenty of households in which one hardly dares to| Nor have they any ! stockin, &S hecause Susie has always | danced holes in them. Tom never has| to come and go as they like at home, | the supposition that, being respectable, in lawful purposes, and have right to It simply isn’t done He me in, or that bables without presenting him with an And then he would be grouchy efore they leave the house. d of all personal freedom. You or wear what you want to wear, or go If certain dishes don’t agree with by telling you that you are digging Iy is anemic she will nag you to & red flannel underwear, and that all lights should be put out Why shouldn’t Why s, our shodldn't we respect the wiv rents and children, as we We have found out that back- elations. and that akes for viduality | of the various members thereof? nothing It of course, impossible | A man is, situation in life. Also to set it forth. Very well. But If B runs off after | false ji4 It doesn't shake your faith in law along let her chase after her the simplest and mildest statement | They have thel Now, the | up ill-feeling. and cause people to say heat of debate that they don’t mean, our opinions infallible! Our way of | Then I would improve home conditions by throttling the suggester who always says: “Why don't don’t you be a | Smith's food instead of Brown's food vou do thi lawyer instead of a dc instead of caper sauce with your mutton? Why don't vou do that? Why Why don't you eat mint sauc Why don't you give your hab: tor? And I would do something awful drips cold water over all your plans of them. %o the human wet hlanket who always and projects, and takes the starch out And T would asphyxiate all the whiners and complainers and everybody who believed that a home was just a waliling place, where it was their sacred | gloom. Of cour: still the best domestic institution we have vet been able to invent. ! duty to tell their tale of woe until they filled the atmosphere with gobs of | when all is said, with all its faults thick upon it, home is! But if we would make a few improvements—if we would introduce good nd politeness and consideration and personal freedom into it, and arguments and the advising—we could make home the ideal of which e all dream, instead of the place we go to when every other place shuts up. ! (Copyrigh! THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR Jean Ainsles and Conrad Morgan_elope, and Jean discoters later that Mre, Morgan > or- gan dislikes Jean and is constantly exfolling her own daughter. Florence. ~She has no that Florence is horsd with Richard. her and fancies herself in love with Merton Thorne. a man_Jean has known be- fore her marriage. Mrs. Morgan thinke Merton i atill interested in Jean and through circumstantial evidence succeeds in pinnting the seed of jealousy in Conrad's heart. ' On & night when Jean goes to Bos- ton to eee an ‘old friend Merton and Andy Patterson take Florence and Cynthia Eld- sedse to a place called the Red Lion Tavern. The polies break in and. although the boy succeed in getting the girls out through window, Florence is seen by Kitty, her maid with whom ehe has quarreled ihat after noon. Kitty tells Richard and Florence man- fges so that the blame falls on Jean. Rich- ard tells Con, and the mext morning when Jean returns Conrad sccuses her without iving her a chance to defend herself. She leaves the house and by chance happens on her own father and mothar. who have lanned a surprise visit. In the meantime lorence s overwhelmed ~with _conacience and confesses the truth. Tt breaks Mrs. Morgan completely. CHAPTER LL Man to Man. As Con strode down the street he tried to bring some order out of the chaos of his thoughts. Where would Jean be likely to go? She had only & small overnight bag with her and he doubted if she had money enough to buy a ticket for New York. But she had been distraught. Her small face had worn a stricken expression when he had released her after that moment of fury. To think that he had actually subjected her to physical force! He could still feel her frail shoulders un- der the heavy grip of his fingers. Jean, who had never done anything but bring him love. Jean, who had never questioned him in any way. He passed the fraternity house, and on impulse turned in at the door. He hadn't been over to see the boys in a long time and now as he entered a wave of memory rushed over him poignant with the recollections it brought. He remembered the first time he had seen Jean, he remembered the way she had looked up at him, archly. first with that little flirtatious instinct most popular girls have, and then her eyes had widened, grown se- rious and a little awed. The large living room was humming with volces and as Con stuck his head | in at the door ne was hailed by sev- eral of the men. “Well, the old benedict has come back to us. Come on in and tell us how you happen to be here and not on your job.” Con shook his head. can't stop now. Has Merton come in? Do you know whether he's anywhere around?” “Just went upstairs,” called out Andy Patterson. “You'll find him in the old bunk, Con, old man.” Con took the stairs two steps at a time, and burst unceremoniously in on Merton. who was standing by the win. | dow. He wheeled around as Con en-| tered and for a long moment the two :‘e“ stared at each other. Con spoke rst. “Florence told us about last night. She’s pretty well broken up over it.” Merton came forward quickly, his hand outstretched. ‘“Gee, Con, I'm v. T feel all kinds of a rotter. Tt vas” all my fault. Florence didn't ¥ant to go and I persuaded her against “Sorry, but I} DOROTHY DIX. 1926.) | her will. She was nervous about it from the first, and then when Kitty happened to be there. and we escaped and Kitty didn't, Florence was sure she would tell.” “I didn't know you and Florence were seeing anything of each other.” Merton flushed darkly. “We've been good friends.” “What does that mean?" h, I've taken her driving several times, and Andy and I have gone over to Cynthia’s for tea on several occa- sions when Florence has been there. Don't be too hard on me, Con, or on Florence either. TIt's not such a ter- rible thing to play around a lttle bit | with a married woman, and certainly In this case there was no great harm In it.”” Con shrugged impatiently. “I'm no person to sit in judgment on either you or Florence. I've heard rumors about her having flirtations with some of the “ollege men, but in your case I thought |1t was Jean.” you thought jt was Jean! You thought that I would have any inter- est for Jean! Why she can’t see any man but you. Are you blind?" “I'm not only blind, but the biggest fool and scoundrel in the world. I've driven Jean away from me. At this moment, I don't know where she is.” “You mean to stand there and say that Jean has left you? When?" “This morning. We quarreled. It| was my fault, of course.” “I don’t doubt that.” said Merton drilv. ““Have you done anything about tracing her? The station agent would know if she has left town.” “I'm golng to the station now,” Con said quickly. At that moment, for all his towering bulk, he looked bewll- dered, stunned and a little helpless. He | gave the impression of not knowing which way to turn. “Shall T go with you?' Merton of- fered, but Con shook his head. “Thanks, no, old fellow. 1'll be bet- ter off alone.” The next moment he was gone. (Continued tomorrow.) Liver Cutlet: Shape some pieces of liver into cut- let shape, rub them in flour, egg and crumb them, and fry in fresh butter until they are a good color. Arrange on a very hot dish over boiling water, pour over them the butter in which they were fried, which you must be careful not to burn, sprinkle with fine- ly chopped parsley and chervil, or gar- nish with thin slices of lemon, or they can be arranged around a pile of mashed potatoes and a brown sauce made with the butter in which they were fried, served separately in a tureen. o Chicken-Macaroni Stew. Dress a chicken and cut it up as for frying. Parboil until about one-third done, then add half a package of mac- aroni and season with salt, pepper and butter. Cook until the macaroni is done and the chicken is tender. This is liked by many people better than the old-fashioned dumplings. {in his should we make prisoners of each other because we belong | and live under the same roof? we concede to the members of our household the right to life, lberty and the pursuit of happiness in their own v {other and winking and trying not to| wat did he | find a dime and stoop down | “The reason 1 hurrled to tell my ' sister Betty about it bein’ me that | busted her comb a-combin' my dog | was because she has to talk sweet | when her beau is here.” LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Me and Puds Simkins was wawking along jest wawking along, and he had a peece of string and T had a nale, giving me a ideer on account of me being good at inventing things eny- ways, and I sed, G, lets tie this nale | it in back of people and make them think they dropped money. Wich we started to, dropping it in back of some fat man and quick pull Ing it agen, and the fat man stopped and looked erround and me and Puds kepp on going pass like 2 peopls that dident have enything to do with it, and the next time he went pass we | dropped the nale agen and he looked | all erround agen and started to feel | pants pockits like somebody looking for a hole. and fest then he saw me and Puds trying to look inno cent and keep from laffing at the same time, being almost impossible, and he sed, O is that so, well if you kids think you are smart, you got a lot to lern, ‘'you cant fool me. And he kepp on going and a long thin man started to go pass so we tried it on him for a change. #nd he herd the nale drop and quick terned eround and started to look on the payment and he kepp on looking a wile with me and Puds poking each laff. and all of a suddin do but and pick it up and stick it in his pockit and keep on going, Puds say- ing. G wizz holey smokes wats you know about that? and me saying, T bet we could make him give us half of that by law. Ony we dident try to. and we ony 4id the trick on about 3 more people | oan account of the thin man having took all the fun out of it. HOME NOTES BY JEN 'Y‘W—u | hama to Shimonoseki feams that Krances foves ‘Rogera. On the start from New York Jimmy's plane is tam- pered with and crashes in the Alleghanies e is picked up hy a mysterious plane which leaves him at Chicago and then him to Seattle. He arrives on the hefore Rogers. who harely catches the hoat What detained . he asks. Jimmy has rendered the Japanese gavernment €ome serv- ices during the earthquake and radios & re- auest for a special plane to fly from Yoko- Rogers saunters into the radio”room. " Later. the repls is handed o him The reply read “Request regretfully disapproved.” That night a storm broke over the Pacific and Jimmy, who wanted to talk over.the Iatest development in the situation with the master of the Adrienne, found no opportunity to do s0. sisted of shouts and clipped bits of humor, flung about by the racing wind on the bridge, while Oison idly watched the helmsman stanchion, a falling barometer, and the compass. All the following day, while the storm raged, to subside slightly at nightfall, Austin Rogers kept to his cabin, and the unsean Mrs. Jardou became even more retiring Jimmy fretted over the situation while he sat in the smoking room that night—the rendezvous for those males | who had not been incapacitated by the storm. There were few enouzh of these, and with none of them was he well enough acquainted to desire his company. At midnight the door was flung open and Capt. Olson roared in. A cold breath followed him, but even before the portal closed, Jimmy had seen that the wind and waves were calming. “About through?” he muttered, as the skipper threw off his cap and dropped on the lounge heside him. “Just about. Thought we were go- ing to be in for a real one, though, before it ended.” The captain or- dered his grog. ‘“Something on your * Jimmy drew from his pocket the water-stained replica of the reply to his radio request. Olson reread the three words sev- eral times, frowning. Then he shook his head n't figure it out,” he ‘“There must be some-:reason. Has | your friend Rogers got any friends {in Tokio?” | “Not that I know of. Why?" Olson considered. I dunno. Ex cept that it's just possible he might ‘a found out the message you sent— and then it's just posible, too, that his money and friends inToklo might a crabbed vour game. Just beca the ground in a city flat is no reason why one should not have breakfast out of doors and experience all the | other pleasures of a garden terrace. This hack porch. high in the tree. tops of the city, has been converted into a perfectly delightful garden spot and eating place for fine weather. A lattice partition, painted light green. insures privacy on one side, and | the other side is open to admit the sun light and housetop breez The droplight is cheerfully disguised in a Japanese lantern, and the simple, weather-proof furniture is of iron, also painted light green., A few plants in pots and tubs standing about the use one lives high above | Jimmy nodded. * say—just possible,” he agreed. “But | 'm not ready vet to suspect Rogers of pulling any tricks. Anyway, the age is fairly definite.’ Just ahc what [ was going to observe,” Olson ren ked dryly. ‘But in addition. I've got a sugges tion.”" turned earnestl to his younger companion. ‘Fiver been | around Minato | " "Yes.” Jimmy was instantly alert, percetving already part of the idea. “How about radioing and charter- ng one of the smaller ships in that harbor? You can drop off here, get aboard and go straight to Vladivo- stok, where you can catch the Trans- siberian to the junction point at Har- hin—and vou'll still be ahead!" “Great!” Jimmy enthused. | you—Minato’s off your course |7 “It 'won't matter. I think there's | some crooked work here. anyway. | I've lived longer, son, and I'm not so | trustful. The Adrienne’s 'way ahead | of time, on this speed run; I can pull off my course and come out on the northern point of Japan, then run | along the coast and still be ahead * repeated Jimmy, getting to “All T've got to say is—you'Tre a prince. Wait here tll 1 file the message to Minato and we'll have a ightcap.” He dashed out. There was a trange operator in the radio room and he dashed off at once a message to the little town on the north coast of the isiand. Then he returned. By noon of the next day, there wa a reply to his radiogram: a char porch help the treetops to produce a convincing garden atmosphere. tered schooner would pick him off Minato during the night of the day recedes | arienne | Thelr conversation together con- | Where Jimmy | on the end of that string and drop |stood in oilskins and hanging onto a| said. | hat's all, as you | “But | ‘What do his feet and putting out his hand. | hip was nearing the point where he was to he plcked up. Tt was necessa sleep, v that he have plenty of 'the hours ahead were likel: to he strenuous The last day came Toward ave. ning. Jimmy awakened from a lonz and refreshing afternoon nap and arose. It was growing dusk, he conld see through the porthole. Switching on the lights. he proceeded 1o shave That operation had to be consum mated at once: he would be leaving the Adrienne during the night But suddenly. with his razor poised over a mase of lather. he stopped. his eves on the crack at the hottom of the door to his stateroom. A bit of paper was heing shoved underneath With a little cry, he leapt across the | room and reached for the knob | The door was flung open. Betwesn | him and the skyline in tha distance. there flashed for an instant a ghostly sure; then silence. He reached the end of the passageway. but no one wes in sight. Puzzled. he returned to his room and picked up the paper. It was an envelope, unsealed and unaddressed. fle pulled out the single sUip inside. and read “Don't take a drink tonight. luck. A friend.” ‘“A friend’." he repeated. in puz zled e. ‘A friend.” Now what the devil—! But one thing was Some one knew something of his plans and was trving to help him. Some on apparently knew, too, that it would be folly for him to take a drink | But why? He wasn't a drinke There was but one answer. Roger —or if not Rogers, somebody clse planned to drug him There was no time, speculate. FHe decided message. Tt couldn’t lead him in the wrong direction. at any rate. He decided that Howard Danforth wae on the job again. But w ould Howard remain o myster The | man was hound for a eorrespondent’s berth at Peking—a position Jimmy. had held for a time. Why did he want him not to know who was helping? Jimmy answer. He ate dinner alone—the captain with whom he usually sat. was ahsent robably asleep. Because .Jimm- | was leaving at sea that night. Olson | had preferred to take the earh | Good shrugged. There was morning watch. €0 as to see him off without the news of his departure becoming known. - Following the dinner hour. Jimm: returned to his cabin and packed the few thimgs he had in his light hag All was ready now. As a last duty smilingly he tucked away the message | he had recelved. Some day he'd check up. he promised himself. Then. still smiling. he repaired the smoking room and sat | After a few moments he a drink—"Some Holland = | he ordered. “And some wat The order came. Jimmy sat and considered it. The gin wi- slightly amber; but there was scarcel any difference between it and the water. Not enough. He did it. Half of the water in the large: glass he spilled carefully on the floor.* The pony of gin he raised to.his. lips, his fingers covering the glass. Apparently he tossed it off: and then.’ as he was about to set the glass down, with a deft movement. he emptied the full gin into the remaining’ water. For a | | | | few moments he sat there quietly. Then, with a sigh, he arose and started for his cabin. In half an hour he was asleep. Whoever his enemy might be, the latter might be certain now that he was drugged. (Copsright. 1926. by North American News- paper Alliance.) 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