Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1926, Page 32

Mysterious BY ELLA WIS (Covyiigl Sweetheart | | 7 . Acting under the newly issued or STER HAINES it 1 WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE Pullman et trRordinars i and was ae mm Pa whon ,, n connect: with will. | It appears thut their Cynthia Revnoid \th Ramon lana, and that shortly afier their marriaze 4 snolds, naped Cynt Ramon Milana. was really forced into whom large amon ¢ hild American_convent untii Raynolds. when she became an heiress du. 10 the fact that Reynolds had adonted hei an his own daughter before she was stolen Meanwhile. Walter had mirl. However. at Reyns summons the real mrl. C . from South America. but his brot Mario Milana finds that Walter 1 ns on the train with them, and it is tiro fear of him les to carcy off Carolita after m the severe attack of ilines that made him appear as one dead At U Edmund Revnolds' will with Cynthia. he events are being ¢ (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPT! V. The Web Untangles. “Mr. Reynolds was furiously angry at Walter's disloyalty, but he was apparently successful in frightening both men off. Alas, my respite was all too short, for when my baby was about 2 vears old, Mr. Reynolds being absent with his faithful servant, Tchita, and I myself dining out, little Cynthia was stolen from our house in Santa Barbara, and with her the ruby ring. “Then began another search. in charge of Myron T. Gaines, although Mr. Reynolds made the mistake of not taking the man more fully into his confidence, allowing him to suppose with the rest of the world tha was his own daughter. Mr. G caught the trail of the kidnape covered that the child had been ab. ducted by Ramon or Mario Milana, | aided and abetted by Walter. He| also discovered that Ramon and the old woman who sheitered the child in a border town in Mexico had outwit ted Walter, substituting a strange child and carrying little Cynthia to a convent in the Argentine. “Why did we not immediately bring her home” The answer is not difficult to understand. My husband's pride had received a crushing blow, and his feelings were also deeply involved, for he loved the child as if she had been his own. The perfidy on the part of his oldest son was more than he could bear: the thought of the at- tending publicity, scandal and gossip | He di- | s too much to contemplate. to consider the child as dead, promising me that a way would still be found to outwit Walter and hping our daughter home. ““Years passed, and no opportunity came. We kept in close touch with our child, knew that Ramon, under the name of Frank Shapiro. was car fng for her needs: that the siste guarded her carefully. Mr. Reynolds repeatedly sent money to the convent in the name of an unknown friend for Carolita Menendez, for so Ramon had called her. The sisters kept the secret of these gifts. but the old mother superior alone knew the whole story “In closing T can only add that I am stil] waiting to recover my little weetheart, for so my husband and T always called our treasure, the only child ever born to me. I may 2 word in defense of Ramon Milana, my child’s father, a man more sinned against than sinning. Ramon has told me that he never really meant to de- cert me. He was morally weak and an inveterate gambler, and I am certain that but for Walter he would not have committed such a sin as to Kid- nap own daughter from her mother. During the vears that Swoet heart has been in the convent he has cared faithfully her. I have no bitterness in my heart toward this man I ceased to love or trust so long ago. Mr. Reynolds has made me su premely happy. Life has been full of compensation and more blessings than I have ever deserved, and 1 still hope | daughter.” Burns. following the reading of to regain m: “That aid M the silence cause this letter, “is Mrs. Cynthia Reynolds’ | statement. 1 will let vou hear Mr. Reynolds’ letter.’ fTe opened the second document and wife's complete statement con her previous marriage. diverce subsequent riage to me, the adoption of this 1 my oldest son, and the Mila brothers, is absolutely rect anc consent and co-opera tion. All papers neces: to estab ligh legal facts will be found in my Tocked box nder the of child be ¢ Ranion nbursed spent up Sweetheart addition receive the sum of t I can never forget that this lovely child who at once so brightened cadgened my life came to me ¥ and I feel that my wife to make such a pro- is my fnal ant dopted daught ided the paper his audi d of & that it seeme e the s The death of Edmund | eves from reassure v gently, ! e tault Walter Reyvnolds tried 1o de- u all. 1 J it you will o home ~will both oy to arrangement for v with you. my still hold oung and irl met Cyithia's gaze, zrace to blush well,” she said t bother Y on imd I'm glad you got your own kid. You needn’t worry about we. 1 got folks in Tia Juana: [ | oing along.” Angd with a ave little nod she gayly from the room. her 1 < “We'll see that the child is pro vided for ar sured Cynthia Have vou clse o say. Wal ter® If not 7 bear the thought of being rel your company.” Walter's w whe had remained silent throughout, was heard for the first tin ‘We're going now she said with a determination no one could mistake, < {“and Walter won't bother vou again {unless he does it over my dead body! Come on'" She took rough hold of him. “Go while” the going’s good!” The door ‘closed upon them. and | those remaining in the office of Burns & Hyatt breathed deep sighs of relief. “Now, then.” Mr. ( it on, T want to hear from Gaines And from Paul” Mrs. Revnolds broke in. raising her face from where it nestled against her daughter's icheek. “Paul gets the reward, doesn't he held out a hand to her “You'll forgive me for de. ing you, won't vou, dear boy? T dn’t make myself known on the train. 1 needed vour clear head too much! 1 expected, of course, to take Sweetheart home with me immediate- Iy, and Mrs. Rogers’ car was waiting to meet my friend. who acted us Adjt. Joseph, and myself. The car was there and we fled in it to Santa Barbara. changing our clothes in the station waiting room. You can guess how I suffered when the child was whisked away by Mario—the whole terrible episode of his stroke, or what- ever it was, completely demoralized me. Had it not been for Mr. Gaines’ comforting presence 1 should have gone mad. but he was so calm and helpful, so sure that he could safe- guard the child! Then, too, T re membered the, thousand dollars in gold which Uchita had taken down to his confederate, Ko. “So that money was from vou! Paul interrupted, excitedly: “‘Gaines thought so, and it certainly did the trick! The old woman stepped right into the noose; that s how we caught her. But what we did not foresee was Walter's string of paid bandits who trapped Gaines and the Milanas so that they dared not escape for fear of turning them in pursuit of Caro- lita——" he paused, then said softl I mean Sweetheart. I think, Cvnthia, he turned directly to Mrs. Reynolds, “that this reward should be given to Gaines, Uchita and Sako. They really saved your little girl in the end, though I'm convinced that Milana acted in good faith, intending to re- turn her immediately to you!” “Aren't vou claiming any reward, Paul?” John Carr asked. “It seem to me you've earned your full share!” Paul's eves rested upon the dark head pressed against ~her mother and his reply was quite ir- * he said. and then more impressively, “if only he hadn't cut " "And then turning crim- son. he attempted to answer his uncle, and, finding no words avail- able upon the subject in question, took refuge in another question still | unanswered in_his mind “About the rings.” he said, “some- | thing was read or spoken about Ferdi- nand and Isabella, Blake and I ex amined them with care. We saw no such identification, although he was sure that these were the famous treasures of that roval pair.” There is a trick to the rings” Cynthia hastened to his rescue, “both stones unscrew in their surface set- | ting veetheart, dear, let me show Paul.’ Sweetheart slipped the rings into her mother’s hand, but her eves did not meet Paul's. She couldn’t look at him vet—she couldn't. See.” Mrs. Reynolds carefully un- { screwed the rings while the group in the office gathered closely about her. The engraving beneath the,stones was fine, but deeply cut and legible beneath the magnifying glass which Gaines brought to their aid: Trans- lated into English, it read | ““Ferdinand to Isabella,” A. D. 1489 and “Jsabella to Ferdinand,” A.D. 1469, “Angd now.” Hvatt said. when the d been admired and exclaimed ‘it's my turn! There are a lot all points to clear up before this ver can rest. First, how did the |ring get beneath the seat of section lower 3.’ “It dropped there from my finger,” vnolds explained. vou took it from Mario Milana. while he lay in the stupor? | How did vou know he had it?" “1 did_not know: I could only | gue: 1 had seen Mario on the train, and felt certain that he did not | recognize me. I had.also, to my con- | sternation, seen Walter and his wife, | and had had to use ali my ingenuity | to keep out of their way, feeling sure |that Walter was far more. likely to recognize me than Paul.” “\Who was vour companion?” Paul asked nurse who has often cared for |me a good woman. It was through her efforts that we secured the Sal- vation Army uniforms. She is at my | house in Santa Barbara now, waiting | for news:” & “Do go back to the ring’ You saw { Mario come into the car. just as you old_the conductor—- | “Yes. ana recognized that there was something the matter with him. I remembered that Mario had told me of his selzures—narcolepsy is the name of the disease, I believe. T | spent hours trying to decide what to ® o, for T had tried in vain to make f his face t and staggered toward the door as his action was. Carolita, her face bathed in tears. was there efore him. her ns encircled about she cried, “‘my father! You were good to me in Mexico. vou tried to help me! 1 am not afraid of vou. Please let me see vou sometimes 1 shall always understand and for cive A second and he crushed her to him Kkisses fe on her sweet T aptly he re 1 the room and Paul ween- ‘ng. and back to her Walter stormy. “Well." he cr ntly. *T sup: pose vou think I'm 1 “Licked protege. who tad been wasquerad ng as Cynthia Reyr Jr., broke in Licked! 111 tell world vou're = busted balloon! : I #f. you bum, tell * Her yoice rose in a shrill crescendo. » | &weetheart confide to me the matter of the ring, and she would not spea | She stopped to Kkiss her long lost | daughter. “I remembered, too, that | Ramon had never been willing to wear the sweetheart ring upon his | finger. but kept it always on a chain rhqm his neck.” (Continued tomorrow.) LOSES EiOLDFISH. LONDON. October 9 (#) Henry Gay is mourning the loss of his goldfish | “not one, but 100.000. Gay deals in | goldfish. A consignment of )00, | ant good health, was received by him. Two men, who asserted they | were interested in_ goldfish, called to | see them. After they had gone Gay went to dinner. . Returning some tinie afterward he found the fish were dving by the score. Although the water was changed few yecovered Gay says he believes one of the nien deliberately put poison into the tanks in order to knock him out of com- petition. Scotland Yard has been called in to help =olve the mystery, are in no way to| _|temporary Government bullding for THE . SUNDAY ders of the War Department and the clearly expressed desire of the Chief of the 343d Engineers. the only re eng in an 11 of 1923 to re imental and out of cadre the stepping stones were laid for the only reserve band in the District of Columbia. Naot withstanding _the fact that Wash ington is a very ditficult ity in which to organize and maintain volunteer band such as a reserve band must necessarily be, due to the three other regular service bands and their natural prestige, the 343d Engi neer Band has enjoved a slow but | healthy growth, due largely to the ef- forts of Capt. John W. Davis, its com linz officer. Numerous difficuities have retarded | the progress of the band, such as the lack of a proper meeting place. lack of suitable uniforms, limited funds, the most serious of all: lack of a thor oughly competent leader with the prestige and technical ability to build up a high-grade unit. With respect to instruments and music, the Govern- ment has been very liberal, as the band has excellent instruments for 33 musicians and a splendid library of music. Due to the interest taken in the local reserve musical organization by the Army Band and Music School, the training of the band has been along most thorough military lines. Much credit is due Capt. R. G. Sher man, commandant of the Army Band; pt. Stannard, its leader, and War rant Officer Simmons, Master Sergt. Baxter and Staff Sergt. Gsell of the Army Music School. as well as Capt John W. Davis, commanding the head- quarters and service company. of which the band is a part. Eight members of the band have had the opportunity to take a short in- tensive course of musical training of from two to four weeks at the Army Music School. but this has now been eliminated by the adverse decision of the controller, who ruled that mem- bers of the enlisted reserve corps were not entitled to military leave. This de- cision was the result of the lack of necessary legislation to put the en- listed reserves on the same status in law as members of the Officers’ Re serve Corps and National Guard, thereby entitling them to military leave. No special effort is being made by the recruiting officer, Capt. Davis. to enlist musicians only, the type of man most wanted being a musician who is non-commissioned officer material, suited to a technical unit such as a general service engineer regiment is. and preferably men with World War or Regular Army service. It has been the policy of Capt. Davis, commander of the headguarters and serv. pany. and 1st Lieut. Frank M. second in command, to intersperse the musical training periods with military and engineering subjects, such as map reading, reconnofssance, rifle instruc: | tion, duties of engineers and courses of home study to fit the higher-rank- ing non-commissioned officers for their duties in the event of mobilization. Band practice at the Graham Build- ing, Fourteenth and E streets, has been suspended until further notice, but will be resumed at an early date, it is hoped, on the usual Wednesday nights, when the organization will| have new quarters which will be aveil able for those nights. Negotir/ns are now under way to obtain a vacant L3N DAVIS, this purpose, preferably in conjunc- tion with the National Guard of the District of Columbia, if possible, which will be an excellent thing for the esprit of both components of the civillan army forces. With the instructions corps area_commanders the inspection of reserve di quarters, the War Department has taken the first step in the orderly and svstematic organization, instruction and inspection of those headquarters. In the past, it is pointed out in the department, the inspection reports of Organized Reserve division and regi- mental headquarters that have been forwarded to the War Department have not given as much information regarding the progress of the reserve | project at the headquarters inspected desired. But with the instruc- which have been sent to the area_commanders outlining the whgeh will be the subject for future inspections, a g deal of good will he brought about in the Or ganized Reserve structure. The following changes in the as- signment of reserve officers residing | in Washington were announced last | week by Organized Reserve headquar- ters: Second Lieuts. awrence P. Johnston, Herbert B. Monroe and | Cyrus B. Thomas. Infantry Resorve,| attached to the 41st Infantry: Capt. ! George F. Romer, Quarterinasier e Some Fi afiilies are Never Il ORTUNATE are the children whose parents fully realize the seriousness of constipation.» Hos- pital records prove that 75 per cent of all disease originates in bowel obstruction, or constipation. Young children cry because of it; school children are hampered in their studies; grown people are made 25 per cent less efficient; elderly people’s blood pressure in- creases 28 per cent. Innumerable mothers give Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at the first sign of consti- pation, and have little or no seri- ous sickness among their children. Largest Selling Laxative Every up-to-date family medi- cine chest should contain a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, a compound of Egyptian Senna with pepsin and palatable aro- mal a prescription written 30 years ago by Dr. W. B. Caldwell, who practiced medicine 47 years. You can buy a bottle in any store | made in Avmy, STAR. | | serve, Bethesda having moved | to the 5th Corps A relieved from | as nment to the 107th Bakery Com- ! pany. zone of communication: Second Lieut. Ravmond M. Martyn, Quarter- master Reser gned to the 13th Corps \Wagon Train: Second Lieut. 15 ward D. Lewis, Quartermaster R | serve, assigifed to the 332d Sales Com- missary Unit, zone of communication; | Second Lieut. Francis M. McConihe, | Field Artillery Reserve, attached to | the 313th Field Artillery: First Lieuts. Vhilip Diatz, Medical Walter Tnfant 20th Infant . Ellis. Medical gned to the 313th Field Ar Maj. Ellwood S. Moorhead, jr., Artillery Reserve. assigned to the 3 feld Ar First Lieut. Donald S Engineer Reserve, assigned to the 305th Engineers. Of interest to Washington Reserve | officers who are contemplating going up for promotion in the near future are the changes which have been Regulations 140-21, which relate to the minimumu pro- fessional qualifications for appoint- ment and standard specifications for promotion. The changes point out at Reserve officers should be en- couraged to pursue those correspond- { ence courses of {instruction whicn will fit them for promotion. The fol- lowing correspondence courses of the respective branches will be employed to qualify, in part, officers thereof for certificates of capacity for pro- motion: Second lieutenants for promo- tion to first leutenant will pursue the basic course, first lieutenants going up for promotion to captain will undergo the company officers’ course, captains for promotion to major will ke the advanced course, while ma- Jjors or lieutenant colonels of combat- ant arms for promotion to lleutenant colonel or colonel, respectively, will pursue the command and general staff school course. Reserve officers will not be enrolled in a correspond- ence course, except the basic course of their respective branches. unless they have satisfactorily completed the preceding course or have been ex- empted therefrom by their corps area commander. Following is given this week's ir- structional assembly program of the Washington Reserve units that will meet during that period: Reserve offi- cers of the ordnance department and the judge advocate general's depart- ment will meet tomorrow evening at Reserve headquarters. in the Graham Building, the former beginning a con- tinuing exercise covering problems in- cident to mobilization, under the direc- tion of Maj. R. L. Gaugler, O. D., on duty at headquarters, while Capt. James E. Morrisette, J. A. G. D., will lecture to the Reserve judge advocate general officers, his subject being the outline of court-martial procedure. Finance Reserve officers will meet Tuesday evening at thelr prescribed assembly place at the finance school. Reservists of the 320th Infantry will also meet_on Tuesday evening in the Graham Building, at which will be taken up the platoon in attack, to be covered by Majs. R. P. Lemly, senior executive officer of the Washington Reserve units; Albert 8. J. Tucker, as- sistant executive officer, and Sam I McCants, contact officer. On_Wed- ingineers and Quartermaster Reser- Engineers and quartermaster reser- vists will meet, the former gathering in the boardroom of the District Building. Capt. Harriss Jones, execu- tive officer of the Engineer regiment, will conduct that meeting, while the Quartermaster Reservists will assemble at headquarters under the supervision of Capt. John V. Rowan. Tgle quartermaster meeting will be divided up into three periods, at which will be taken up in conference and discus- sion the basic functions of the Quar- termaster Corps. .- AUTOIST GIVEN NOTICE. Charles H. Kesecher Has 48 Hours in Which to Renew Permit. Charles H. Kesecher, Washington real estate man, with offices in the Colorado Building, was ordered by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge Friday to apply at the Traffic Bureau within 48 hours to renew his driver's permit. 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