New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1927, Page 4

Love -3 Adele Garrison’s Absorbing Sequel to “Revelations of a Wife” Beginning Dicky Takes a Sudden Interest in the Transvanians T looked sharply at Dicky as he made the comment that Philip Ver- itzen must have loved the rulers of Transvania very dearly because he did not miss a single function that he would carry his jealous ran- | cor against my employer to the ex- tent of uttering a cruel gibe about bim to the man's son. The next second, however, I acquitted him of malice. I could see that he sim- | ply was carrying on Noel's remarks concerning his father's love for his uative Transvania. Noel apparently saw nothing out ' of the way in Dicky's words. “No, I saw his name in the list of guests at every one,” he raid, then flushed again as I think he realized what his words implied. My heart ached for the lonely boy, ban- tshed from his father's presence, whose only knowledge of that fath- er's movements was glcamed from the dally newspapers ‘With characteristic tact and kind- ly heart, Dicky noticed the flush and turned the subject abruptl: “Katfe still iIn her own sphere?” he asked me laughing. “Perfectly safe,” playing up to him. “Then let us hear the tale in which she is the heroine and the mknown Transvanians the villains. Uisten, everybody. This promises to he good, if Katie is concerned. She's raudeville act in herself, T answered, E hat's what's the matter with she 1 caustically. T hurried into my tale in order to choke off any further strictures upon my little maid. I could not have asked for a more iuttentive audience as T related the story of the savage dog's spring to- ward Jerry , of the commands which stopped it and the direction to stand still, shouted in perfect iinglish to Jerry, although hoth of our unpleasant and unwelcome ighbors professed igno our language. I told them of J remark that the langua were speaking was like E tenant of The Lare we had seen earlier In the day, and sald that Katic pronounced them Loth Transvanian. Last T retailed the ruse which I had employed to w hmn | thelr honor. Could it be possible | Embers a New Seri get Katie into the yard and the | tall man's command to his com- |rade to talk French, as the girl knew the other language. Dicky | started perceptibly when I came to that part of the story, and when I tinished immediately afterward, he said reflectively: “Now, how could he tell that she {could speak Transvanian | “I don't think he knew it,” I re- | turned. “I think he deducted it from | {the fact that 1 went in the hou then came out again and told Jim | | not to be discouraged, to have the men keep on talking slowly, and | that he might get their meaning. | When Katie appeared, he probably |reasoned that I had brought her| out purposely to listen. Indeed,” I| ! smiled reminiscently, “she was o | theatrical that it would have been | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE Death strikes Garrett Folsom while bathing with a party at Ocean Town, N. J., At the Hotel Majusaca, where they had been guests, an in- quiry is begun, after a doctor, per- functorily examining him on the beach, pronounces him dead. Folsom's companions had Roger Neville, Mrs. Helen Barnaby | and Carmelita Valdon. It is estab- | lished that Folsom, just before his deatl, had heen standing next to Ned king. Folsom's sister, Anastasia, is sent | for in New York. Then the start- ling announcement is made that Folsom had been stabbed to death in the water. Ross, his valet, s questioned, as are Barron and his wife, but no light is shed on the been i almost impossible for a keen ob- server not to notice something un- usual about her.” Dicky shook his head. “Too far-retched for men of the | type you” describe. They must be something other than they seem, e: pecially the taller one. Describe him again for me, will you please?" I went over the man's description | very carefully, and Dicky :\~l\-‘vlw several questions, which told me that he was estimating the man's height, and building up a mental pic ¢ of him But when I had finished, he made but one comme “Th re probably just what they say they are,” he said, “but with Junior and you women around | there’s no use taking chances that d ‘D up to that s before 1 g and take a look at i &0 that I can mak chained up." “I shall be glad if you do,” 1 said, rand indeed I felt the lifting of re. which n Ler sponsibility woman comes to every | husband takes | it some burden which | cn carrying. “But it is| another call which 1 want you to | with me fomorrw afternoon. | —I picked up ev veranda with my glan ou all to go with s, to call on our new neigh- ! bors, the Lincolns.” Copyright, aper srvice, Ine. By Thornton W. Burgess ng in your drewms can be as thin; you really Peter Rabbit Peter 1s quite right. There are in the world stranger things than were cver dreamed of. Peter felt sure of i the wagon inside the animgl tent of the cipcus and saw before him My Lerd the Eiephant. He felt rauch as Danny Meadow Mouse had felt when Danny first suw My Lord the Elephant. He wanted to run, hut lie was too frightened to run. And =8 he was trying to get up his cour- ge to run he saw by the twinkling little eyes high above him that My lord the Elephfnt saw him. Then Peter didn't dare move, My Lord the Elephant reached out with his trunk and picked Peter up. Peter though he would die of fright, but he didnt. Then he dis- covered that he was being handled very gently. Then was put down right in front of this mountain of 2n’animal. “Well, Longears, what are vou dofng in here?” asked My Lord the Llephant. Peter couldn't reply to save him. He couldn’t find his voice. He trem- tled 80 that he fairly shook. Lord the Elephant saw this, “F said he. “Don’t be afraid. T won' hurt you, and I won't allow any cne else to hurt you. Now, tell me where you came fron Peter found his volee, came from out on the Green Meadows, said he. “Are you a prisoner?” inquircd My Lord the Elephant. “Have t two-legged creatures called made a prisoner of yo Peter shook his head very “No,"sald he. “No, indeed. T g come as 1 please on the Meadows.” My ‘Lord the “Would that I ese hard. ind Elephant umm 1d go and cowme 1 please,” gaid he sighed once more. And the breath of t almost blew Peter over. Peter looked up at him with eyes round with amazement, “Are you & prisoner?” he asked. My Lord the Elspha hind foot and ¢ t was fast to it. 1e other end of that cha Y stened to a great stake driven into ground and knew that in My Lord the Elephant was & ner. Peter gulped two or three It was hard to believe. How conld such a great mountain of an :vimal be made a prisoner? It tontaed to Poter that he must be cicaming. “Have you always been srisoner 2" he inquired. Again My Lord the FKlephant sighed, and agaln his breath nearly Llew Peter over, for it was a mighty kigh. “No," said he. “Once 1. too. came and went as T pleased and where 1 ple: “Did—did )ou live on the Green AMeadows?” asked Poter hesitatingly. My Lord the phant slowly sh00k his great head from side to side and in his eyes came a away look, which was also a great longing. “No,” said he. ed In a great forest. far av eat forest such as T have never ssen since. There were many of nus. T was young then, and small, ane Lf the smallest of a great 5 lifted ked a e Peter s truth times, look Al when he looked out from under ! then ! creatures ealled men.” men | We [ nim, | nature {ally | Tespective | or scemed to {In th | quer | faeling, I T tell you this, “Well, doing long I in here Lord the rs, what are you asked My Elephant tore off ¥ We uld people of that big forest, called a jungle, howed be and none dared to touch “ven Stripe-Coat the Tig: th two-legged creatures called men came. did not how | before us. They dug great holes in | the ground and covered them, and | into ons of these I fell. And sinece | day T have been a prisoner, | oner of these two-legged anches from trees as w trarapled paths where none All the | which fs | fore s ! us, not | And | the p My Lord ying from said nothing. the FElephant stood | side to side. Peter but a great pity filled his heart. It seemed a terrible thing t im that this great animal | ould be a prisoner. Gradually the | r- v look died from the eyes My Lord the Elep inkle took its place. id De, “now I al the next meal is coming from, he reached for a wisp of hay. (Copyright, 1027, my T. W. Burgess) and T Stri Sees - Menas for the Family akfast--Stewed figs lemon, il eream, baked toast, 1 - syrup, mitk, Walnut Brittle Ice Two cups gr s broken Aary with French coff Cream, macaroons, It bro vy eream, 1 eup 1 cup he alt Melt_sugar i inum spider iron or stirring cons! { one understand, e | tective, | have | Duchess, “J ghould think you'd be glad ma'am.” [ of help, Miss | dential friend, | her homely face wishing vour brother's death?"” ! him as te kill him! | come about, and eccentric, master- | 1e lots every- | Jepson, a de- | that she s in full command of the investigation. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XII ! A slight warning glance from | Itoger Neville was caught by Jop-‘ Anastasia, an ful woman, arrive son's quick eye and, understanding, !a he agreed y with the speaker unrl said: Folsom, then.” 1 put it that w A you wouldn't | W will. But o hadn't given you the wink. | you may as well understand, ‘0! | once for all, Mr. Jepson, that I ‘vm at the head of this whole af-| 1 am the one who has lost | ia dear relati investigating his to Mr. Neville was by way of being | in charge, but that is so no longer. | Now, Mr. Neville, though my friend and my brother's friend, has no authority of any sort and | is not to be consulted in any way. Whatever he may have felt at | this exceedingly specch, Roger Neville said no! word, merely shrugging his shoul- nee. My heavens! exclaimed the who was outspoken her- | 11, Folsom And Mr. your brother's confi- | 1 know you flout him lke that?” Anastasia turned on her and seemed about to launch forth an- other angry speech. Then, with | a sudden smile that transfigured and made it al- | most attractive, she said: “I'm running this, dear. Don’t butt in!" ow, tell, me, Miss TFolsom,” Jepson began, fearing he was los- | ing his whip hand of the situa-| tion, “is there any one—any one | in world, whom you would suspect of having any motive for eville was Duche: looking at squarely. “My brother was a man of wide and varied inter- | . He was a man of independent | and strong will. He usu got whatever he wanted, ir. of obstacles that stnod; stand in his way ¢ procecdings he not infr made enemies, or at LA severed friendships and caused ll | even hatred, on the part ! of tlose who had once liked him. frankly, that you what manner of man | Man she sald, | | | i know But T never thought that these enemies he made angry with Yet that has g0, as T said, it is now my life work to seek out that murderer and hang him.’ Though speaking positively, Miss Folsom's voice was controlled and her manner quiet. Her rage seemed to have spent itself, and when she may he was. any of were so desperately tannounced her intention of aveng- ing her brother's death, she looked lik. f: ping with ange deep with intensi righteous wrath. “You are quite right, Miss Fol- som,” Jepson said, a little awed hy this strange person, but en- dcavoring not to show it. *“I am . and her eyes, 1o longer snap- were somber and ¢ of purpose and When s nuts over a low fir thin add well syrup bottr spread ve lard put Crumble hot oven food tnd tou minutes. mix the caroons. Seald hoiler. Reat ar and slowly stirring louble boiler ter until cusf Let cool il firm mic thoron and in top of E y wih br add hot milk Retur over hot a otal ik to eook nd add Turn into th or without half frozen s of the nut mixture stirring. about thr marcaroon in a nmd 1o 1o Copyrizht Inc chopper. | Combine | chopped ¢ ntly. | 2dd | “OF COURSE, I MUST REPORT. MADDY/ arron, known as the copper | SATURDAY, jtold.”” he went on, “that you wish | their bedroom déor. | l we can get a real start.” | the. things that are here, and you | thank you for what you have al- {ready done for my brother and for 'me and I excuse you from further | no other escort than Mr. Jepson and {the door, and the trio disappeared { down the hall toward the elevator. i | But—1 agreed so easily if Mr. Ne- | Valdon. : 1 am the one who | exclaimed death, and it | it's easily 1 i mo that yon are to report |lots of i e areCoRkann he 408 | 114 trom me you are to take in- | ings about. And flowers and oh, structions, I suppose until I came, yms goodness! Look at the dolls!" | much affected by | with and nodding as if in acqui- | liking these puppets! | known, Why do | derfully human | Jepson, don’t wait for any a great and majestic goddess of | | principle, to occupy your brother's rooms—' “l1 do,” she said, “and I'd like to go there at once. We are do- ing nothing here, of course, and 1 want to get started.” “Tonight?” “Certainly tonight. Pollce don't go to bed at curfew, do they? If you please, Mr. Jepson, we will go to the rooms at once, and then Already Miss Folsom had risen, | and was picking up her hat and putting it on. “Come, Paxton,” she sald, “bring can call the porters to bring up the rest. Good night, Duchess; good night, Carmelita. Roger Neville, I responsibilit; 0, thank you, T need my maid.” Majestically, she stalked out of “My word!"” exclaimed the Duchess, “isn’t she a caution?” “I told you so,” Carmelita said, s she lighted a cigaret. “Clear out, Roger, I'm done yp, and we're ing to bed.” ““All right, Carmy. don’t like it."” 1,” said Carmelita Good night. “Nelther do The three who entered the sui!e( the late Garrett Folsom were | struck with the attractiveness of | the rooms. “What charming atmosphere!” | Miss Anastasla. “But seen why. There are Garry's personal belong- There were several of the| quaint and curious French dolls, so | smart society | people. These dolls were not entirely a | | ay, The message was to the effect that anyone knowing personally the late Garrett Folsom, or anyone knowlng any fact that bore upon his tragic death, must immediate- ly communicate with the manage- ment of the hotel. In the minds readers of this notification, was aroused only curiosity and the sort of excited interest that the news of a murder usually sirs up. Yet there were many who felt themselves called upon to respond to the summons. Some, to be sure, were merely urged to such a course by a mor- bid desire to mix Into the matter. S8ome from a pride that lured them to the Mmelight under any pretense. And some felt con- scientiously bound to tell what they knew in the cause of right and justice. Wherefore a goodly number of the hotel's guests presented them- selves at the desk, and were di- rected to Room J, where they were met by Mr. Pelham himself. CHAPTER XIII A group of people sat on the deck of the hotel and watched the kaleldoscopic crowd already assem- bling on the boardwalk and the beach. \ One of these was Ned Barron, who “had stood next to Garrett Folsom at the time of his sudden collapse. “Of course I must report, Mad- he was saying to his wife. T stood next to Mr. Folsom. I had been talking with him. As I had never seen or heard of the man before, my evidence can be of no help, but I must offer it. “I wish you wouldn't”” Made- line Barron sald thoughtfully. “I see your polnt of view, of course, and it is logical in a way. But, as you say, it can be of no help, and it would get you a most unpleas- ant notoriety. Why, they may even of most of the | novelty to Miss Folsom, but thov had never appealed to her strong- | straightforward | ly, and she had never owned any. | heart!” she sald, | “to think of Garry | I wish I'd T'd given him one on his | birthday.” | “They're very beautiful dolls, “Bless his fecling. “Yes, and they have that won- look, that only these real French dolls have. Why, that one looks like—well, T can't | think who it is, but she looks just | Now, Mr. | like some ones I know. sort of preliminaries. Just sit down there | it that table and tell me what you, ve had never before against a proposition of but he realized not only hat it was necessary for him to obey orders, but that this strange woman might be of real benefit to him in his investigations, ‘T don’t belleve, Miss Folsom, that you quite understand how soon it is to expect any real work to be done You sce, the inquest has not yet been held.” “No. When will that be done?” don’t know—' “Oh, you don't? Then I will tell you. It will be held tomorrow afternoon. It would be tomorrow morning, but it will not be posei- ble to get the witnesses together by that time. But tonight, as soon | as you leave me, you will get post- ers printed and have them up by sunrise, all over this part of the beach and boardwalk. summon to inquest every one in Ocean Town who can give the slightest dence concerning the death of Gar- been up this sort, And, after a shert but intensive session, Jepson departed to carry out the lady’s orders. As somebody or other has pith- ily said. way to do some things is to do them. This Anastasia Folsom, and on this to her way of thinking, hung all the law and the prophets. S0, she brought it about that when the guests of the Hotel Ma- Jdusaca opened their eves the next morning, they were greeted by the sight of an envclope stuck under | HE WAS SAYING TO BIS W IFL. |a fearsome plcture you draw! sald Paxton, picking up | | one and examining its costume. | They will | bit of information or evi- | was the dogmatic belief of | think you knew the dead man, and | they will call on you for testimony at the inquest and—and all sorts of horrid things!" “Bless your heart, what 1 an't fell, though, that I shall be greatly inconvenienced, except that it may cut into my time a little. But duty is duty, and I certainly was next the man—" { "I, too, advise you of it, Ned.” It was Croydon Sears spoke, who, with his son, Robin, and Angelica Falr, completed the party. “I don’t think it is your duty,” Sears went on. “You know noth- ing of the man; you have no pe sonal interest in the affair, arnd since you can be of no possible help, why mix in “That's all rlgh(, dad,” Sears said. “But these notices ask any guest of the hotel who knows' anything about the mat- ter—"" “There you are,” father. “Barron doesn’t anything about the matter. Hello, here's Tite Riggs. Let him advise us. Come here, Tite, sit down and give us some words of wisdom. Ned, here, thinks he ought to an- nounce to a waiting world that he stood next Mr. Folsom, who was, they say, killed while in bathing.” “I saw vou talking to I1fim,” said Riggs, sitting down near them. *I assumed from that that you knew him.” “Well, T didn’t,” said DBarron, shortly. “And I wasn't talking to him; he was talking to me.” “A distinction with a differ- ence?” “Very much of a difference. ! detest being addressed by strang- ers, especlally these who have a rooted conviction that ocean baths |ing constitutes an introduction. !1t's too absurd! Because you | stand next to another man at the | rope. or bump into him by reason | child, to keep out Robin returned his know of a buffeting wave, ' does that mean sudden friendship Madeline sald, declded] “And, Ned is foolish to give the { matter a thought—" { “Oh, T know my duty. { though it is' not in line with my | inclinations. You ogree, don’t vou, ! Tite, that T am bound to tell the | management—atter these notices we: afl received this morning—that I { stood next to this victim of a tragic | death? Even though I was annoyed jat his unconventionality, my duty as a good citizen is plain. And. too, | it only to cicar myself from possi- | bl | “Clear yourself!” his wife ex- claimed. “On the contrary, you {will put yourself in a position to be suspected! “Nonsense, Maddy, you'rs over- sxcited about this thing. Tell her, | Tite, that T've no choice in the matter.” | “I think so0.” Riggs sald, slowl | looking at Madeline with an apolo- | getle atr. “It seems to me it would | be better in every way for Ned to | go at once to the management and | make his report.” | “And be subpenaed as a mater- | lal witness- | “Good heavens, Maddy." cried { her husband, “T didn’t know you | even knew there was such a thing las a material witness or a sub- Where did you learn such terms Madelina ways lovely, | was beantiful, | face lighted | roguery, her expressive | shone as she said: ‘Oh, 1 read detective stories, {now and then. Who doesn't now- Barron emiled. Al- when she smiled she Her small, dark up with a touch of dark eyes Croydon Sears scemed know most men do, t think those yarns ap- led to women.” T ' Madelina iges smiled declared, |and Tite R his sym- pathy. “80 do 1" he said. "And any | one, man or woman, could do a | 1ot worse in a literary way than to read detective fiction.” “Yes. T know,” Barron said, care- v, “presidents, prime ministers =1 know. But tell me, Riggs, don't you think T ought to—" “I sure do, Barron. Of course | you ought to. You MUST report, and the sooner, the quicker. Come on, now. I'll go with you. it you there | | known who * { would they? In the ocean, each in- 1] even | { hearing. | chapter. MAY 7, 1927. like.” “Do. Not that I need bolster- iing up, but I know your own curi- osity is the urge.” “Let me go, too, will you?” asked Robin Sears. ‘T'm a born detective—" “Hush your nonscnse, boy,” said his father. “No, you are not to g I don’t want you dragged into this business, too. You've no duty call- ing you, have you?” “No, Angel and J were far out in the surf when it all happened. But I want to go; I'd llke to see how the thing works—" “Yes, I know. Your inordinate curfosity, your—" An interruption came in the person of Miss Anastasia Folsom. Tall, majestic and quiet-man- nered, she approached the group, and as the men rose, she an- nounced herself, speaking to all, and yet, as her quick eyes darted | from one to another, fastening themselves on Madeline, she seemed to regard her as the one to be ad- dressed. “I am Miss Folsom,” “and T am the sister of who was murdered down here yes- terday. I have been told that, so far as is known, Mr. Barron was the last one to talk to my brother before he collapsed, and so—" Immediately Madeline Barron was on the defensive. “Miss Folsom,” she said, rising, to emphasize her words, ‘“you| have been misinformed. My hus- band spoke to Mr. Folsom shortly | before Mr. Folsom fell down into the water. But others apoke to him after that. I know, because T stood at the other side of Mr. Barron, and I had opporunity of observing.” “I am glad to learn, M Bar- ron, that you were obsdrvant. Your testimony may be of value. As nearly as I can find out, you and Mr. Barron were on one side of ‘my brother, and two ladies, to me, were at his other side. Now, will you tell me, please, who, since you were noticing, was also near him? Not necessarily on the rope, but nearby in the water?"” Mflglne thought. She was most anxious to remember those who | were nearby, as every other possiblo suspect heiped to fend off thought of her husband. She knew that Ned never knew the dead man, and had no possible personal interest in him, but she knew, too, how, in the stor- ies she had reld an innocent man was frequently put in most unpleas- ant situations. “Mr. Sears was not far off,” sald Madeline Barron, at last.| “But nearer, atill, I remember now, were Mr. and Mre. Tracy. Yes, they were very close to Mr. Tol- som, and doubtless can tell you something of the circumstances.’” “There’s not much to tell,” said Miss Folsom, her lips set in a grim line. “Nobody, except the man who stabbed him, was paylng any particular attention to him. Why she maid, the man | dividual is looking out for himself or for some one in his care. Few are watching thelr neighbors. 8o, as somebody certainly did kill my brother, with a knife or a dagger, | that person came into the water prepared and, of course, centered his whole energy on accomplishing his fiendish plan unobserved. “That’'s why I care little for the evidence or testimony of those who chanced to be near the unfortunate victim of this tragedy. Yet, as there is always a chance that an observer might have seen some suspiclous circumstance, some indicative move on the part of some one else, T am asking those who were nearest for | any information they can give. Miss Folsom’s voice was low, her manner quiet and on the whole she made a favorable im- pression on those who heard her. ¥xcept for two of them, Tite Riggs, watching closel a hint of the iron hand under the velvet glove, and felt sure that the | lady was politely plausible in her manner because she deemed it pol- y and not because she was entire- v sincere in her statements, And Robin Sears noted search- ingly the unconsclous movements | of Anastasla Folsom, and ascribed her involuntary facial expressions or instinctive gestures to an una knowledged susplcion or doubt of something or somebody unmen- tioned. (To Re Continued) | New leads are brought out at the | Read about it in the next | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1323 New York avenue. Washington, D. C.. enclosing two ccats ‘a stamps for reply. 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Back in the 14th century after the invention of pins, makers were not allowed to sell them cx- cept on the 1st and 2nd days of January. The reason was that wo- men, delighted with the novelty and usefulness of pins, spent an undue proportion of the family in- come on them, since they wera very expensive. It tecame the cus- tom for the women of the family to place aside a bit of money on the 1st and 2nd of January. TLi: came to be known as “pin mone: and the natural development of this phrase has come to mean small amounts of money set aside for a special purpose. Your Health How to Keep [t— Causes of lliness wone BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hy- geia, the Health Magazine Human beings _all over the world have, since time immemoe rial, regularly used drugs of one type or another for various pur- Doses. The natives of South America chewed coca leaves because they believed that this relieved fatigue Actually it glves a dose of cocain sufficient to Abolish hunger and to give a sense of euphoria or well bejng, although in the long run | the habit is injurious to health. Natives of the Orient chew the betel nut for the same purpose. It has been estimated that one. tenth of all human beings in the world indulge in this habit. The use of opium and {ts de- rivative, morphine, and the use of cocain are addictions apparently dependent to a large extent on weakness of the will as well as on some changes brought about in the body by the habitual use of the substance. Tea and coffee contain caffein as their chief drug. It has been bald of coffee that it is the drink which cheers but not inebriates. It is a stimulant to the higher brain centers; it quickens the pulse and relieves the sense of fa- | tigue. | The amount of caffefn in a cup of coffee or a cup of tea is usually sufficient to produce the drug ef- fects. It is not habit-forming in the same sense as are opium and | cocain. The best scientific evi- | dence {indicates that taken in mod- | eration, tea and coffee are not ‘harmful. Many persons are known who have taken tea or coffee daily for periods of 50 or 60 years without apparent ill effects, On the other hand, children, | persons with unstable nervous sys- tems, persons who react unfavor- ably to stimulation of any kind, should avoid tea or coffee. In such people sleep Is interefered with, and the system is constantly whippzd up to a point where the nervous system is unable to withstand the strain. It is also {nadvisable, when greatly fatigued, to attempt to re- lieve this feeling by drinking tea or coffee. This is like whipping |a tired horse. The caffeln does rot relicve the fatigue, but merely | gives stimulus sufficient to over= ome the fatigue, placing. howe ever, an added burden upon the worn-out tissues, A person engaged in mental ac- tivity sometimes finds a cup of coffee a temporary bracer of great value. Used in this way, it may be highly desirable, but not when repeatedly used without rest so that the effects of fatigue accu- mulate.