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NEW BRITAI DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930. Synopsis mountain Anne Wilmot visits the cabin of Scott Glenn to flirt with him, but was left t less and contused by the toll she piid. She determines to avoid Glenn as she waits for Leon Morse to ask her hand in a loveless warriage Morse is busily engaged dark plots against Glenn tion dum that blocks of way for'a rvailroad pletion. Two weelis daily walk in the hecomes lost. In her wanderings comes upon Glenn and Sheb. flces from Glenn who follows finally stops her. Chapter 18 ENCHANTMENT cheek went from wrenched fiercely at Glenn's casually restraining hand lcr shoulder. All the smoldering rage and humiliation of wecks surg- d up hotly. I supposc tell me that 1 hay dow Fain-—that off from sheer inabiliiy quaver out Yoice trembling from head to foot “Now, s ' he r calmiy the storm #pologized letter vou intend still his arey wWas ftrue, wasn't in whose irriga- Morse's right nears com- on her mountains, later she and Anne’s white searlet to on vou want to tracked She fo ke vou broke wsoned sht afr T've already it—abjectly—in the 10 read. and I fo do it again—-" ingered unmistakably “Ior th it it? You wanted to the spark you're uscd to sce- in a nan's cyes. and—if you et scorched a bit in the subsequent conflagration. you ought to havc heen 4 good sport and taken it as a malter of course. Anne to all appes the slirhtest anything She ing angei escape. unperturbed had in mind 1o ey concerned, for refused don't Humor in rest oyes. Alrilic ing a rances was attention stood some mcans on. however, ally “was not paying 1o he said about for slenn went S\Fhat T though,” pardon of princi said, for he ask your boring. You with all that stupid talk about | myself work that idiot cnough irt and offended hecause you and my or- noon, 1 was o the rprise that Anne lost sight wWus supposed to “But 1 was not bored.” smile Your sig ¥ zood imitation ther sighed because 1--1 ¢ Ann suid Wis deaf, e was a icd looking boot. Mer leaving ! il slowly of her anger ebbing. ber and faint Cnvied ulou m -your work enthusiasm done anything wortii while hands in an st mean You never Siie een threw conscio ‘O, anything out her sly futile g You can't cd seriousiy. still without “Yes. the only r I've ever had in n spending money and—flirting. “When T met you—thal morning the spring—Nut what's the good telling you? You saw through at once and—despised e a 1 deserve. Now me go home I must look at thosc acratches fiest,” reminded hes and swabbed the swelling 1ed wells copiously with antiseptic, from a little bottle he carricd. “Now. it youwll show trail” she suggested. lc propped one foot fallen loz. and leancd toward her, smiling. You can't possibly find 1t alone informed her. “Besides, I'm not through yet. The main thing T wanted to tell you is—I'm going to marry you.” Anne started to laugh, then ob- served with malicions gravity, “There’s just one objection fo that. 1 promiscd Sheb I wouldn't!” “Why, we don't cven know another,” she protested lightly declining to treat the matter ‘ousl) o 1ns he protest 12 nodded looking al lite at him. terests be il of e let have a sravely, me the against one stilt seri- s true.” he is, ut's not he straight into )f course it avoiding his gaze really be going.’ She move 10 pass stayed himself inst the log ‘No, you can’t 2t ly as that. You started comething this Jou can't stop.” “Please—T must go.” Anne Another movement to slip pas Ie halted and held lier: drew her towards him. onc hand on either elbow. “You know it was had policy letting me Liss your hand that first morning and then—the other --Unless you meant to go through with it—It set up a sort un- ienchable thirst!” He bent over her, his cyes golden with light. She twisted her head away with auick, deft move. in a low, imploring tone, “No—? Are you sure?” IHe did not wait for her answer; perhaps he read it in her panic- stricken eyes. Not cven a rustling in the bushes was able to break the spell of the long, cxquisite interval that followed. Ti : Anne leaned back dizzily against his arms, her eyes still closed. “What have you done?” she mur- mured. e laughed under his “What have we done?"” rected. She did not reply. She was al- ready dreading vaguely the mo- ment when she must open her cyes and dispel the enchantment which seemed to enclose her in a charmed circle with his arms. "“You can't really mean that you want to marry me,” she said in a whisper, “when you know what T'm like—" “I'm not afraid—I know I can Told you. Leon Morse never could.” The last words brought her at last sharply to her scnses. She pushed him away from her rather dazedly. "I must be getting back to the Lod che said. “and—if | marry anyonc. it will have 1o Morse to bhet" am look- Gishite laughed, “And—I must made a de- him more suid eyes she a but firmly cisive only he t ont of it Youy that e see time miade him x 0, no—" b he wth, cor- Leon “Have “Yes, | my aunt in honor hound te In answer to his ques- tioning ce. she went on, "I owe her cverything. She has spent every cent of her fortune that she can possibly get hold of on me— expecting of course that 1 would Anne look- | “No."” she said | centle- men's agreement, you s & “I sce.”” Glenn said gravely —what 1s the—total damage “Oh. a million times more I'm worth! You have no idea how sinfully extravagant I am,” she went slowly time, "I | could spend all &3 in | mountains—or all over been mined! “No. L.con out. and I shall rainly marry him-—if ne cver decides Lo me! Her lips twisted in a mocki contemptuous smile IHe did not speak. Inste furned and led the way trail not & stone’s t They tramped along for same time in silen pose.” he said at last, “or make that good to fo your ransom you, as it were, enemy she shook solutely out of “I'm not 5o P'resendy they came out n whosc and clambered drew out “and than soid that on ¥ tiesc hus Morse is my only way ad toward a side Sup- coul; unt from her i high . d side turncd Glenn slasses alonz with apecimens of the into Anne it o 1y tely. field unnoted had precips of crammed sight of he said, nificent | ras.” You're tryi sliowing the out-o she gazed upon the Before he could answer tention of hoth was distracted by sudden stirring in the undergrowth | dust beneath bluft. Glenn put the glasses lis pocket and scanning Anne motionle time, she pick rock which she had from with idly finally put his pocket at "You must s of the moz=t in this,” is onc mag- pects lie Sier- of ingdoms Anne said cone, -doo the at- to the the fc stood edge o reground for watching him. sto d one of the had rolicd pocket TO1ENEN into a intentl some moments absently and o feet; fallen played nd d up fragment to her had She no Glenn's it moment hoclket ning to down ame on Sheb, where head ctched ety his they him in h slumberously Glenn looked at' h You don't mind he T'm going to the rest of the works He looked down at carnestly. “You will et You again, won't you scnd Sheb for a note Sheb and Anne started the trail. Glenn stood. hat watching until they were sight, then {urned 'a in the opposite (Copyright, Luth Cross) Gut Anne had not reckoned L.eon Morse nor Douglas. her ene- niy. v complications wvelop Monday. ANDY FAGETIOUS ON FUNNY WORLD He Sees Humor in News as He Reads His Paper Japheti lis feet watch, “If fo Annc you 10 at a talic have at the hy her hand took her me see soon? I'll and down hand of off tion o in out walked dirc and pidly with (Contributed) The bachelor who mary the courage of the young chap who in- ends to marry in order to get a job isn't a dyed-in-the-wool hache- lor unless he sadly murmurs, “I°rown the frying pan into the fire.” A farmer who once got us up at 4 o'clock in the morning writes he is much disappointed in a new horse which always pitching Knowing him as we do his disap- | pointment is probably due to the [ fact that as yet he hasn't taught the borse to pitch hay The dry speaker who got as “Among other things prohibition has laught would probably be talking yet if the sleepy looking in- dividual in the third row hadn't terrupted with, Is that the legger's bottle and the casket have much in common Neither can he used until filled.” A news item telly us airplane manufacturers have sent their nu- merous products skyward. And so we scan the photos on the next page showing the wreckage in which the downward trend was taken care of I'by the pilots. | Somecone defines a knicker outfit as “our $18 suit after a rainstorm.” ut fails fo mention that when |sending in a complaint we always £0 to the clerk who was formally a used car dealer as he allows us something for shrinkage, besides tossing in an umbrella as an ac- cessory. We've ¢ as far us.” in- hoot - undertaker’s d wondering where some of the authors got the back- |ground material for their books wfter hearing the one who wrote | “How To Bring Up Children” was formerly an clevator operator. Politics get blamed for many things. But the biggest shakeup in any police department is caused by | the patrol wagons. | A Massachusetts hospital superin- {tendent says factory system aids | feeble minded. If the brilliant su- |perintendent didn’t make this | statement how else could he prove | that he is still under the effects of | the cther, with no relicf farm or otherwise. After sceing a movie version of the gmold diggers of today we've come to the conclusion that memory what you have if you can recall when a gold digger used pick and shovel instead of lip stick and rouge. in sight, is thought. The fel- low who carrics a matiress (o work s0 it'll be casier to lie down on the job is related to the chap who gocs to bed early ecach night so he'll have more time to drcam of the days he spent loafing | ANDY Just as we DALE. (LD NAVAL RIVALS - NOWWORK AS ONE Anglo-American Co-operation Attracts Diplomatic Attention This is the third of a scries of articles by Byron Price. chier o Washington burcau of the cd Press. on the conférence Lo don beginning January i to limit naval disarmament. Mr. Price, v accompanies the American del tion. has stripped the naval sirength question of its perplesing technicali ties and tells plainly and tundingly what may b fixe the ociit npen. 3.—Anglo-America (By By Price) Among all of history-muking cvents which usher in the London conference. one eentrul clement con- tinues to hold the unfailing at world diplomacy. It is the speetact areatest nower | equality as between themse tozether joint crusade ments the 1"or cent United States o othcr cntion o sponsot 1o 5 standing of a new on 1 Gr Britain | oved inquirinzly the cach Atlantic quarrels oy ways have filled of diplomat and once inte arm chiapte prote retort them hey for -in bro became the leaders in t vorld naval In 1921, at the forence. they agreed hetween themselyes the largest type airplane carric pointedly over or Miict. Years ugo he rac supremacy Washington upon 5 to battle wreraft con- cquality hips of anl nevit. they an equal vessels. In i Prosident Hoover Prime Minister Macbonald definitely committed their res countrics 10 the principle that the two greatest should b as ncar cqual as may be It is for the meetsdn London January 1 practical application of of cquality, 1o which s attached the name of Tn theory. parity means the pairing- off of the two navi for ship, gun for that cannot be dons The American navy with its bases scattered wants to build large British navy wants Tow shall large and with difiering gt and design and spees 3 off one against the other? is usele r the layman to fill his mind with the technical cle ments and the formulac of higher mathematics which enter in the answer to this question. Lven the naval experts are trouble providing the solution, they will be asked to do at London There is precisely the diff between them the rel tive fighting power of ships, as is between automobile manufuactur- crs over which type of car is for the ayverage driver To compare two flects scientifically like determining which i3 better provided for, the man who owns old six-cylinder coupe and a new four-cylinder touring car hi neighbor, with an old cight-eylinde; sedan and a new motoreycle Nor have gthe naval experts any trade manual, like that of the auto- | mobile dealer. to guide them. They still are seeking a “yardstick” which will enable them to lump together and measure accurately such el ments as size, speed. gun capacity and a dozen besides In the main, the difficulty arisc only as to cruisers. The other type of ships are not of great concern as between the two countries. But the British have been unable to sce why the United States needs so many of the bigzest type, 10,000 ton cruisers with their § inch guns. So far as the practical application of parity gors this is the major unsettled question Of course, in the end. the wholc problem must be solved by diplo- matic compromise. rather than by mathematics, for parity in practical application can be no more than a velative term Even if the two navies themselyes were oxactly equal, there still would remain the question of the relative military value of naval bases, and Uie potentiulitios of arming mer- chantmen in time of wan Despite its complexitics. there optimism in both Washington and London over the yuestion of parity. At this writing i perhaps, the one major project of the conference | which appears nearest solution. pective navies made possil confercnce which to make condi- diplomacy parity.” exac gun far apart Th ones. cruisers, smaller small of different age balande cruisers, must having s e ence ove ere is an o1 is, QULSTIONS ANSWLERED You can get an answer 1o any, | questio of fact or information by | | writing to the Question Editor, New | Britain Herald, Washington Bureau | 1822 New York avenue, Washington | D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps | for reply. Medical, legal and marita; | advise cannot be given, nor can ex- | lended research be undertaken. All | other queslions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. ! ot be answered. Al letlers are confidentiul.—Editor. Is there an American lan- rican lan- Mencken There isno Am although Menrvy wrote @ book cntitled “The Ameri- can Lunguage™ the purpose of which was to show how difterent ihe common Amcrican idioms arcsfrom | those used in Great Britain and other English speaking countries. | Nevertheless, the language of the United States is English ‘ Q. What is the queerest auag animal in the world? A This is somcy of opinion and definition, William M. Mann. dircctor National Zoological Iark at Was ington, . C., said: ew Ameri cans ever have seen the duck-billed platypus or the cchidna, those ous cgg-laying Australian which seem like reptiles process of becoming warm-blooded mt undecided whether to become Is or mammals. They arc the ot curiosities in the mammal and would be highly prized «xhibits in 200." ut @ matter but Dr. of i curi- ar Is ALY any What i ST orm ery o quicksand?, and mised with pulpy mass. 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By brothers-i 1s th from is ne actual re courtesy they are w P wist witne ng a No. H woord cour Sometimes they ) ting attachme ing michine are a lathe, ¢ ment. or dr hn; radbors 1 and most with special the » usu tory way ‘ W lreland? \. This is position. isolated as region in is to broav om whicl akes origin (d which they now occupy. A have heen m duce harmless species the records shos stablished there, This may be dur of proper ironment discase or other abnormal The lag-worm, or legless ally 1ooks very attempts to but as far as been lacls climate, condition lizard which superf much like a snake, is native to Ireland and may or some of the snake records of that co to a weount HOOVER ASKED 10 TAKE PART AT MIDDLETOWN Sen. Walcott Presents Dr. McCon- aughy and Urzes President 1o Attend Centennial GEORGE 1. MANNING Durcau, X. 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