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o ‘Adele Garrison Madge Detects Veritzen's Heightened Interest in ycr. That Philip Veritzen, while giving me his unqualified approval of my work was covertly studying me, I was aware, in stressful mome: I did not raise -.Quicksan'ds of Love ’s New Phase of Revelations of a Wife —— with that curlous sixth |y sense which so often comes to one | |ing too hard,” he said concernedly. ou are thinner, and you are look ing fatigued. It's queer 1 didn't notice it wheu you first came in."” I could have told him the rea- |son. When I entered his office I had en flushed and excited with the tense uncertainty which was mine B i Sl Bt raloe .r‘om'rn{{(:n his °verdict upon my front of my chair, but I saw his | Cr When he had put his cachet hands, sinewy enough, but almost | - jiapoy X the tenslon ling too beautiful for a man, as they |G oPPrd and 1 w f held the sheaf of papers I had given |10V In my mother-in-law's home- him. His fingers were tapping the |, Phrasing and c: course the stra roll wtih a slow 1editative move- oot eqk pletnly ghvwed. ment, and 1 guessed that 1 was se ing one of his characteristic m nerisms. He did not speak again for a min- ute that seemed to last interminably, and when he did it was with an abruptness which startled me. “Did you ever have the itch write a play yourself?” he asked, and T had an uncanny little impr sion that he had meant to say some- thing else, but had changed his mind, and seized natural question wheih came into i “I am probably one of the last dozen people in the world without it,” 1 said easily and truthfully, for it is neither the acting nor the writing end of the drama which has 50 obsessed me all my life. “I am certaln, for instance, that my little maid, who cannot speak correctly two consecutive sintences of Eng- lish, is at this moment deep in the throes of concocting a movie scenario.” I had lost my timidity with his yuestion, and looked up at him to see him smiling. “Do you mean the young woman ©of the taxi?} he asked, and I knew that he was recalling with mirth Katle's grotesque arrival at the apartment, and his rescue of me from the unpleasant results of her clowning. 'Yes,” I answered, and his smile widened. “She's & whole movie comic In Her own person” he commented, and then his eyes traveled over me appraisingly, and his smile gave way to a look of concern. “You are Looking Fatigued.” .. £ I am afrald you have been work- T A Starfish Loses an Arm By Thornton W. Burgess The Starfish finds it is no bother When one arm’s to grow another. —O0ld Mother Nature. Reddy Fox had new respect for starfish. He felt that any fellow that could open an oyster was entitled to respect. But Jimmy Skunk is no re- spector of persons, so when Jimmy found a starfish that had become entangled in some seaweed and roll- ed up on the beach by the water, Jimmy promptly decided to see it *hc the starfish would be good cat- ng. So he got hold of one arm and pulled it off. Then he decided that he didn’t care for starfish. “If you are not going to eat him what did you pull his arm off for?" inquired Reddy just as if he never ¥Why doesn’t he mind it?” demand- ed Reddy @14 sucha thing himself. “Oh, he doesn't mind a little thing ke that,” said another voice. It was Graywing the Herring Gull, who, unseen by the others, had alighted on the beach just back of them “Why doesn’t he mind?"” demand- ed Reddy. “Because he will just grow anoth- er to take its place,” retorted wing. “Just as the lobster grows a new | elaw to take the place of the one that's lost?” inquired Reddy. Graywing nodded. “Just way,” said he. “What Is more pect that that arm you have that 1 su starfish.” You should have scen Jimmy to | upon the first | torn | oft will by and by become another | An ironic little comment of Lil- ccountably into my ind, and brought the hot blood to ; “W a man begins to worry about your health,” she said sagely, nd upon ti, he is by |ginning to sit up and take notice. To hide my confusoin. I spoke |quickly with a little flippant laugh. | “I hope I'm thinne T said. “I {want to be, and it's been a far |pleasanter method of reduction than dieting.” Again that kecn appraising look went over “Let me not need any re are simply per- Madge i. Flattered He left the word trembling in the air, turned abruptly and laid the sheaf of papers on his table. Know- ing his mastery of every dramatic gesture, I could not tell whether he purposely had begun the first sylla- ble of that word or inadvertently |had let it slip. But I could not help contrasting his flattering comment with Dicky's abrupt query a few months before * hen he had blurted out, “Have you weighed vourself lately,” and T had known that feared the slightest increase in the tale of my scales. One thing I did know, and the knowledge filled me assure v m u that he sai you do You however, with confusion. There was an exhilara- tion in the contrast between my husband’s downright unflattering criticism, and the subtle admiration which this other man had con- veyed to nfe. 4 Copyright, 1% Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.) by Skunk stare at that arm! “You don’t cally expect me to belleve that, do 7" he inquired. *“Whether or not you beli doesn’t make the least diffe the world,” retorted Graywing. “I have lived all my life along the sea- shore and I've seen that thing hap- pen dozens of times. I don’t suppose ellows know what oysters are.” we do,” replied Re know more than that. ve it nce in dy Fox. |We know t |can open an oyster.” Reddy was looking at the starfish as he spoke. “That's more than anybody else that I know of can do.” “You forget those two-legged |creatures called men,” said Grey- ;\\[VL hey can open oysters. They are very fond of oysters. For that reason they hate these starfish. I'v |seen starfish fairly cover the bot- tom for a long distance. You have no idea what a lot of them there lare in the sea. They would just clean out all the oysters where they hap- |pened to be. 8o men used to col- |lect the starftsh around where the loysters lived and thought they were {killing the starfish by chopping them up. Then they would throw the |pieces overboard into the water and teach piece would begin to grow. So, instead of making fewer starfish, |they were making more. Tt was a | joke on the men. It always made me ;meh when I watched them doing Vw, 1 knew better than that." | Jimmy Skunk and Reddy looked |swtih more interest than ever at that |starfish, which now had only four rms. Jimmy turned it over on its |back. All over the under side were funny moving things. They |really tube-like feet, each one a lit- tle sucker. It was with these that the starfish they clung to the shell of an oyster and pulled it open. Looking at all these were he | at one of those fellows | had watched had | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1926. Strete CONDITION ounded or DIAGNOSIS—This comes from relax properly. 1If you sit all day at | exercises a curved shoulder 1 | TREATME —You must r n your shoulder muscles. |like. Tn 4 se you, stretching toward an iv do not bend your body. Then relax lap. Do this a number of times. x The Beauty Doctor BY NINONwesweansm s very ted position, raise both your arms out str: ry In time g exercise demonstrated by Virginia Magee umped” shoulders, lack of exercise and the inability to | a desk and do not practice corrective apt to be the result, eve the strain you are putting nd Try this—you can do it at your desk if you ght in front of object just without your reach, but and let your arms fall limply in your you can relax completely. not hearing about her business.” “Well, we will find this all out in the morning,” I said. “Joan, Mr. Hathaway sugi s that we visit Mr, Elkin: office the morning and weewill expect a on the seventeenth, which is a day after tomorrow.” This eeemed to suggest but thing to Joan Meredith. “Then you are coming home with |me, Judy, as my companion and business manag ' she exclaimed enthusiastically. “If you want me, “I'll try to be your that is what they in | notity them that | settlement one dear,” T sald. companion, it 1 them, for a | while, but not your business mana- ger. I don’t know anything about business. And I don't think I had better go home Wwith you tonight, for your stepfather is probably very |angry with me.” 1 had not told Joan about Miss Cleaver and I did mot intend to unless it became «\h.\lu-v lutely necessary. But I knew that Mr. Robbins had probably been hunting me all day, and if he found me at his house there would Dbe ructions. “I don't see why you can't come home with me even if he is angry,” pouted Joan. “I would rather not tonight, dear,” 1 declined. “You see, Mamie does not know where I am and I {will have to make some arrange- | ments with her before I can come |to you.” | (Copyright, 1926, by D anything A Service) TOMORROW—The Maternal Instinct, QUESTIONS ANSWERED | You can get an answer to any | question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, | New Britaln Herald, Washingtor Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be | given, nor can extended research | be undertaken. All other questions | will receive a personal reply. Un- | signed requests cannot be answered. | A1l letters are confidential—Editor. | Q. Who Suetonius? | A A Roman historian, | D., author of “Lives of the Caesar Q. What is t value of an 1 half-dine? Why were they continued? dis- [little moving feet, they couldm't | <RtNUEL: ) | possibly ha ken it for any-| Entat e Bk bt $AGE b s R rention, hut | coin values a half-dime of that date B ey over oo that |at 10 to 20 cents. When the small they wero Tooking down on its back, | Sllver coins were first minted it was it didn't seem as If it could be alive | thought they would be convenient it all. The tide was coming in. The |10 Make change but experience |water crept nearer and nearer. showed they were too small and the Presently the starfish and the arm |coinage was discontinued. |Jimmy had torn from it were both | Q. WhY ls gold fringe used on AN ThE. Thter. some American flags? [8¢vou touny | ond " wtarsigk enp {8 oD & DNIGEE of ydarsrtiy [yowve made two. sald Graywing. | Tegulations have preseribed a knot- And spreading his wings he flew |ted frings of vellow eilk on th away national rds of mounted regi- (Copyr 1926, by T. W. Burgess) |Ments and on the national colors | The next story: “The Little Dril- {ler.” HER OWN WAY %Ya Girl of Today A NEW JOB Just then Joan came back on th ®porch from telephoning and we could say no more, She immediately asked Jerry it he would book us passage on the next steamer early in the morning. “Of course, I will do that, Miss Meredith, if you think you will want it, but honestly if I were you I would wait until I knew some- thing about the settlement of the Joan looked annoyed. I imagined It was the first time in her life that & man in the same station as her- self in life had not started imme- diately at her command to make her wishes come true, - | T haster to explain. “You oan, Mr. Hathaway seems to think it rather strs | that you have not had anything |to you by anyone, not even | stepfather, about the final settling 1“’ your estate, ably You know you prob- e many millions of dollars different securities and real holdings and it will take a while to get these all in pro- hape. Have you seen Mr. El- kins lately?"” “Some way I have a faint recol- lection that Josiah kins is very 11,” interrupted Jerry, “and that his son has taken over as much of his business as possible. This may pos- sibly account for Miss Meredith's w |of unmounted regiments. The whr | department, however, knows of no |law which either requires or pro- | hibits the placing of a on [the flag of the United No |act of congress or executive order has been found bearing on the ques- tion. In flag manufacturing | frings is not considered to be a part | of the flag, and it is without heral- | die significance. In the common use of the word it is a fringe and not a border. Ancient custom sanctions the use of fringe in regi- e twenty dollar bill issue of | 1864 with the picture of the capitol | at Nashville on it? A. The latest quotation | cents per 100 notes. Q. By whom was the Great Wall of China built? is 75 A. Emperor Shi Hwang-ti of Tain. Q. Is the white of the eye in a negro a clearer white than white person? A. No, but the dark skin of the negro makes the whites of his eyes in a | | mental colors and standards but | there scems to be no good reason | or precedent for its use on other t is the value of a con- | appear in startling contrast. Q. What is the term of house fly A. From ten to fifteen days. Q. Are hens' eggs with bloody :aks in them fit to eat? causes them? A. When a hen is forced to lay life of a under a strain she often bursts one or more minute blood vessels in the organs or passages and the blood thus liberated comes in con- tact with and adheres to eggs in the overy and the shell forms over them. Iggs containing blood arc generally from over-fat hens, or laid at the height of the egg prodi tion season. They are not very pleasant to look at but arg perfectly good food. Q. Is there an acid in the leaves of a more that causes rust on roofs? ter and might No, but coloring n moisture in the leaves rust. Who was James Fisk, Jr.? A. James Fisk, Jr, (1834-1 was a prominent American stock manipulator and financial buccaneer, who was shot and killed in a quar- rel with E..S. Stokes, a [former partner. Q. Do drowned ries to the surfac A. A water-soaked body becomes so nearly the.weight of water that |it neither rises to the surface nor sinks to the bottom When de composition occurs a gas forms that gives it buoyancy causing it to ris the cause Q. bodies al to the surface. Q. What causes a shiny nose? A. The shine on the skin is due to the exudation of ofl. Persons who eat too much fat are liable to be troubled with oily skin and it is frequently more noticeable on the nose than on other parts because | the pores are larger and the exuda- tion is therefore greater. | rope principally by Leonardo of ;"ISEL about 1200 A. D. Q. Is the wife who married an alien before he was naturalized In 1915 an American citizen? A. ‘When she ed her hus- band, she lost her American citi- zenship by reason of her marriage. But when her husband became naturalized in 1915 she regained citizenship through the naturaliza- tion of her husband. Menus for the Family toes, rye bread, cottage cheese with red raspberry jam, milk, tea. Dinner—Casserole of lamb, en- rolls, milk, coffee. This is an' excellent hot weather dinne The casserole of lamb uses a cheap cut and combines peas and potatoes with the meat to make a nourishing and appetizing ‘“one dish” meal. You will like the dessert, for it's both deliclous and simple. Stuffed Cantaloupes Two small melons, 4 ripe peaches, 4 cup red raspberric vdored sugar, % 1-4 teaspoon alt. | Chill fruit and cream thoroughly before preparing. Cut melons in cup whipping vanilla, few half, allowing a half for each serv- ing Sprinkle with powdered su; stand on ice while preparing hes. Pare peaches and cut in thin slices. Sprinkle with suger nd combine with berries. ntaloupe halves with this’ mixture and top with cream whipped until firm and elightly swectened and flavored with vanilla. Chill until ready to serve, —— Are You On the Sunlit Road to Better Health? Try LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S Pills for Constipation A Vegstablo Laxa- tive for Men, Women, and Chil- dren. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company — What | Q. What is the address of Ed- ward Browning who married “Peaches”? | A 53 West 72nd etreet, New | | York city. | Q. Wnhat is the origin of the | numerals we use? A. They originated .with the Hindus, were transmitted to the Arabs and avere introduced in Eu- | (BY SISTER MARY) Breakfast—Grape fruit, codfish balls, cornmeal muffins, milk, | coffee. Luncheon—Baked stuffed toma- 4 tablespoons | Fill | i READ THIS FIRST: | Merry Locke, pretty and gay as her nicknam is a b flirt. Her fon Is to have a good time 1 pfenty of beaux. At 20 she fails her busin: course becayse she study. Then, when h her nly she ces a job In di is having the r of her life. The Anthony Gain h oth- that men. rs a girl in Mon- he is going to marry tana, where he has gone to live, She ies ot to care, Cassie, Merry's older sister, mar- r rich employer, Morley man. Merry envies her her soft life, and decides that she is ring to marry for mone too, if |she can Through Cassie, s mcets Bill | Erskine, a well-to-do bachelor mueh older thagn herself, She becomes en- gazed to him, but he keeps putting off the wed J Jinny, the ) ck Jones, Who lives next door. and goes to live with his parents. Mor her mother, rents two rooms in her house to help make both ends meet. Lillie Dale comes to live in one of them and a Mr. Hefflinger takes the other. After a vear Moms and he get married and home is no ling yo De longer the pleasant place it once was |to Merry. During one of Bill's absences from town, she goes out with an old sweetheart of hers, Les Purcell, not knowing that he is married. His wife threatens to divorce him and name Merry in her suit. Then, on the day Merry is going to explain mat- ¥ ters to her, she tries to kill hersel | Fi he and Purcell decide to| patch things up. But in the mean- | [time Morley's sister, Muriel the story and tells it to Bill Ers Kkine. He writes—to tell Merry he thinks thy're not suited to one an- |other; but Moms announces the en- gement, anyway. One night Cas- sie comes home, She has decided to |leave Morley because of his love affair with a Mrs. Fifi Pell. She tells Merry that Bill Erskine is in town, |and the next morning Merry look |out of the window and sees Bill |arive up to the house with Morley |lle Dale, treat Hefflinger! Kaufman. | my husband and this is my house—" Merry breaks an engagement with | Merry did not wait to hear the | Bill for dinner that evening, but in |the afternoon she received a letter | |from him teling of his marriage in | GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER LV put her bitter thoughts just as bitter. | “I'ii“sue him,” she said to Moms, litting her head from her hands.| “I'll sue him for breach of promise, | if it's the last thing I ever do!” into | She | words | For the moment there was no| |beauty in Merry's face. The hard- | | ness in it robbed it of every atom lof charm. The green eyes were |ulted as by a film, and the tight- drawn lips hid the secret of their | Cupid's bow. Moms did not reply. She began | {to pile up the dirty dishes on a |tray, and when it was full she car |ried it into the kitchen, Merry got up and followed her. “Don't you think that's what T ought to do? Sue him?" she asked \d her voice was as hard as her |white face. Moms, pouring hot water into dishpaa, shook her head without looking: o, no,” she answered. could you do such a thing? A br lof promise suit wouldn't hurt Bill | Erskine's reputation. ~Such things | don’t injure a man. But with a girl it's ditferent.” “I don't see why,” Merry return- d stubbornly, “And even if it did, T | wouldn’t care. I'm going to do it!” Moms shrugged her wide shoul- | ders and began to wash the dish All right, Merry she said stonily. “If you want to ad- | vertise the fact to the world that Bill Erskine wouldn't marry you, O ahead and do it. Only remember, you'll be hurting yourself more than |anyone else." |" Merry's brain never worked with great speed, and she could not fol- |Tow her mother now. “How would a suit like that hurt me?" she wondered. Almost without knowing what she was doing, she picked up a red-and- | white linen towel, and began to wipe dive salad, stuffed cantaloupes, bran |the cups and plates that were steam- |40, "¢y wi1q time was to take Mer- |ing on the drainboard. Moms' mouth smiled, but her ey |aia not. | “Why, Merry, can't vou see for | yourself that you'd be done for? Do u suppose any other man would a girl who'd been publicly jiltea?” she asked, With a sharp glance. “This W nobody knows whether you wouldn't marry Bill, or whether he wouldn’t marry you That is nobody but me and Cassie | knows it! And if we all keep perfect- ly still, and you go out with other people, as if nothing had happened, you can save your pride.” |” While Merry was _thinking what she sald, she spoke again. “And another thing, you'd look sweet filing this kind of suit against kine when you're in danger dragged Into Les Purcell's wse, wouldn't you?” marry over divorce Merry’s heart seemed to jump in her breast. She hado’t thought of that “What would you do if Nonie Pur- cell tried to make out that you and Bill had had trouble over her beau- tiful husband? What would vou do then?” asked Moms, who always ex- pected the very worst to happen, There was wisdom in what she said, however, and Merry knew it. “I wish to goodness I'd done what I wanted to do a month ago” she said weakly. “I wanted to write and tell him I was all through with him, and then I didn’t.” “Well, why didn’t you?” Her mother looked up again, and their eyes met for a second before Merry glanced away. “Oh, I don't know, exactly,” she said dully. “The house seems, 5o aw- ful these days, somehow. I know it was all right for you to marry again. Moms, only — this house isn’t home, Dale’s little b&auty shop at a | st sister, marries | | would the | suit yourself,” | THE PETTER (Mustrated Anfl Copyrighted by Johnson Features, Inc., 1819 Broadway, New York City) SAID AMIABLY “I'D RATHER KEEP ON DRIVING — WITH YOU, CABBY,” SHE | By Beatrice Burton Author of “Love Bound,” “ “HER MAN” 1333;}“%:(§ . | i j | | | | T'd have married | to get jany more, to me. Bill Erskine or anybody else out of it.” There was a breathless pause. Moms wrung out the disheloth { and hung it up. She walked & the kitchen and put the pans on | the stove to dry. Then she came back. “Now, Merry, look here,” she said | sternly, “I've had just about enough | from you girls, about my second marriage. I'm tired of née way you and Cassie and Jinty and even Lil- | He ross ¥ rest of her tirade. She walked out of the kitchen and rushed up the stairs, vowing to+ herself that she would never spend another night | under the roof of Moms’ house. Then she thought wildly of leav- ing town, too., Of going somewhere where no one would know her, or| anything about her. But all the time she was think- about it, she knew she never| go. She would stay right here and let life carry her along, like a leaf on the bosom of a river. | It was not in her nature to dare and to adventure and to pioneer. She was a drifter. The way that was | casiest, that was her way, And she | knew it. | She had gone into the beauty shop because it was near home and the work was easy. She had drifted along with Bill Erskine for months and months, pecause a show-down was so unpleasant. She had drifted into a little love affair here, and an- | other one there, because the current had shoved her into them, and then picked her up again, and shoved her along again. ing e o s April of the next year found Merry Locke doing the same things that she had been doing the year before. Lillie and she were still running the heauty shop in the same shift- less, happy-go-lucky way. They were till living under the roof or Moms' comfortable, gloomy | house.. Promising each other from |week to week that they would get a little flat of their own in the near future where there would be no Mr. | Hefflinger. But they never did it.| Merry had a new admirer. His name was George Leet, and he worked in the wholesale house where Lillie bought some new equip- ment for the shop. That was how Merry happened to meet him He wa Merry cheerfull nobody * flags over. was tall and thin and serious. Not the least good looking, and anything but a good talker. He had a little roadster and hig ry for dinner in a quiet restaurant and then to the movies afterward. The chances are that Merry liked him because he was so utterly dif- ferent from Bill Erskine. She never thought about Bill, if she could help it. He had dealt such |a blow to her vanity that she was still hurt and half-ashamed when- ever anyone mentianed him. | On the first Monday afternoon in April Muriel Kaufman came breez- |ing into the shop about four o'clock. Merry glanced up in surprise when | she saw her opening the door. It was months since she had seen Muriel. She had not seen much of Cass Muriel or any of the people knew about her and Bill Erskine, ever since his marriage. Purposely she had kept away from them. “Hello, Mary Ann Locke!” Murlel greeted her with airy cheerfulness. |“How's tricks?” “Fine, Merry came back at her just as cheerfully, giving her a Smile that was just as dazzling as it she felt like smiling. “What brings you here to our lowly emporium?” Murlel swept off the little black silk hat that was pressed down over her dark hair. “This,” she answered, shaking her head. “I wondered if Lillie would have time to give me a marcel. I'm going to meet Cabby at five, and I Haven't time to go 'way down town.” < Lillie came bustling up from the rear of the shop. She made it & point to be obliging to such people as Muriel and Cassie, always. Peo- ple who have money and rich triends. “Why, of course, I can take you, Miss Kaufman,” she told Muriel. with her wide smile, “I've an ap- “It's that Mrs. Macomb- | s late. She'll just have ed to Merr er who's alway to wait! At a quarter to five Muriel was marcelled and brilliantined. She sat | at the manicure table to watch for Cabby, and while she waited she carefully made up her face, “Hear the news about Bill kine's wifc?” she asked Merry, when Lillie and Mrs. Macomber had van- ished into one of the booths. Merry shook her head. “She had a baby about a month ago,” Muriel told h I had a let- ter from her yesterday “I didn’t know you knew her,” last Christmas. Don’t you remem- ber? When sie had -that big Christmas party of hers “T remember the party, but T don't remember. the girl,” Merry replied, and I weren't very good friends last year, were we?” she asked, with a nervous little laugh. *But the girl was at Cassie’s party. A little blond girl named Elsie Preston. I thought you met-her. Then it flashed across Merry's mind that there had been a little ash-blonde girl at Cassie’s party that night. She remembered how she had come upon Bill sitting with her in a corner, and had taken him away from her. “But Muriel, the girl T remember was a young thing. She couldn’t have been as old as you and me,” she said, and Murlel nodded. “That was the girl. She n't as old as we are,” she said. “Shes’ only twenty now. Mother says her people must have been crazy to let her marry Bill. He's forty-five or so. But I think it was all right” She gave a last dab of powder to her nose and tucked her vanity case away. , “] didn't know what to think when your mother announced your engagement to Bill,” she sald, “be- cause T had known for months that Bill was going to marry Elsie Pres- ton, if he got the chance! “You knew that, and you didn't tel me about it!". Merry cried, her eves dark and spagkling with sud- den anger.” “You knew I was en- gaged to Bill, and vet you invited that girl to your house! Well, you're a fine friend!” Murfel laughed, showing sharp little white teeth. “You're a fine one, yourself!” she said. “You knew T was engaged to Cabby, ~but that aidn't stop you from trying to vamp him every chance you got, did it? Honey, don’t think I didn’t know that you used to make dates with him, because I did! and war,” and I made up my mind to get even with you! I'm sorry now, rather.” Wtih that she got up and walked slowly and insolently —out of the shop. She stood waiting on the side- walk for another half hour. Then she started slowly away, going to- ward the west. At six o'clock when Merry left the shop she was nowhere in sight. But at the corner of Barge street, Cabby Marsh was sitting in his ear, plain- ly waiting for someone. en Muriel?” he sang out, wa as =4 [Ca All's fair in love | M y came along the pav as to meet her here, bit late.” Merry's lips went up in & sm! that dimpled one of her soft chee “Haven'’ iald eyes ou her!” Mer- ry replied biithely. It Muriel thovght that all was fair in Jove and war, y not take ber at her word?” 3 She opened the door of the road- ) ster and got in. “I way just starting to walk home bby,” she sald, smiling up at him entrancingly, “but I'd rather drive —with you. I don’t even care when I get home! You could ask me to dinner and I'd be thriiled to pleces!” Cabby grinned ané turned his car. “I'd ‘be thrilled, myself,” he an- swered. “I was going out with Murfel, but as long as she's fafled me — where do we go from here?” He stopped the car sudden!y and said something under bis breath Muriel Kaufman was coming down the street toward them! (TO BE CONTINUED) Your Health How to Keep It— Causes of Illness BY DR. M. METZ! NBATUM Hot days are swimming days So are holidays and Sundays, whe ther they are hot or not. Our bathing beaches at any of these times are often as crowded as the ball parks. A congested ma lutes water with of people po- their natural ex cretions, When water enters thelr mouths, they naturally spit it out |along with the mucus in their mouths. When their noses fill with water they , of course, Excretions Excretions from the noses and mouths of most people contain but simple germs, usually not capable of causing harm to others. But person who has a severe head cold or one with tonsilitis or sore throat is laden with some of the most virulent germs known. When these germs are carried to the mucus membranes of the throat nose or eyes, of another person, an inflammation or infection probably will result. Some persons are known as germ carriers, in whose bodies gelms are present although they do not suffer from the disease. For instance, many cases of diphtheria, after r covety apparently is comp even after repeated doses of anti- toxin have been given, cultures tak- en from the throat usually show the diphtheria germ still present This conditions lasts two or thres weeks after the patient feels per- fectly well. Transmitting Disease blow them Merry answered. Diphtheria, tonsilitis, head colds o ened her big brown |and some other discases may be eves. “Of course I know her,” she [ transmitted by carriers to healthy said. “Bill asked me to invite herPersons through the . medium " of to our house when he was staying |SWimming waters, Sties, boils and with Cassie and Morley a year ago infections of the .ears also arc spread this way. Expectorations of saliva and mu- cus at pools or bathing beaches often are proven directly account- able for the appearance of dozens “I didn’t even know you had a|at a single hospital or clfhic within house guest at that time.” a few days, all suffering from the Muriel colored. “That's right. You [same type of infection. The germs are found to be of the same type and the history of the patients will show that they were bathing at the same pool or swimming at the same stagnant beach. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR RESULTS Buy Tanglefoot Fly Paper by the carton. It keeps indefinitely. 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