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three points, compared with the clos- Ing quotations of last night. At the game time the more stable stocks, including coppers, rails and the higher grade industrials, weol down from substantial fractions to Stock Market , (Complete Stock Exchange jmore than « point. There was « ‘ amd Curb Quotations Appear | conspicuous lack of outside or public * Dally ta Wall Street Final | buying, and at times it required only \, Edition of The Evening World.) |[* Comparatively light volume of of- . ferings to cause fairly substantial re- Stock prices took on a heavy tone ale w 4 the usual crop of un- again this morning and it was egain | favorable rumors, must of which had ‘apparent that most of the selling was/to do with impending dividend reduc- from the professional bear| tions or new financing, and most of Gement. As a matter of fact, floor| Woh are sated in official quarters traders and the general run day to to be without any foundation in fact. International i Gay speculators seem to be more Harvester was a strik Dearish on the market than at ony ing cave in point, Following its 7 | time since last fall. point drop of yesterday the stock was | With the opening of business ag- x heavy in early trading to-day. The wressive attacks were made on the report was beard on all sides that the Jeading speculative favorites, such as |4!vidend will be wiped out at the next Crucible Steel, General Asphalt, Mex-|™eeting of directors, But one of the fean Petroleum and Houston Oil, and |™0st !nfluential directors of the com- these issues and a number of the leas |P&ny asserts that there will not be \ Prominent stocks soon showed de.|#8Y reduction in the dividend aod climes running from two to more than |furthermore, that the company will ba not svon have to enter the market for new funds. i BANKING AND FINANCIAL. Central Leather preferred, which The Rights was another deckledly weak feature yesterday, falling to the lowest point of Stockholders | spreading the report that the dividend on this stock will be wiped out at the next directors’ meeting, and while it is known that the forthooming state- ment of earnings, covering operations for the first quarter of this year, will make a very poor showing, no one can say with any degree of certainty what action directors will take on the dividend, for the board has not discussed the matter, even in a tenta- tive way. A reason for the heaviness of the rails was found in the published statement of the Interstate Commerce Commission that in January the rail- roads of the country as a whole showed @ deficit after taking care of charges, and that 106 out of 202 com panies faited to earn their operating expenses and taxes. Judging by the statements now being published, cov- ering operations for February, rail- roads as a whole will make a much iouched since 1908, made a new low explains many of record. Professional traders are clearly them; also those of bond- How to Indorsea Stock Certificate— How to Group Invest- ments. Call, phone or write for or Fryar He that month. But = 393 best judges of the rafiroad situation Le tld to be found in the financial district Ask fer latest conilable ee the Rates that the railroad ilies Vesa ituation has turned the corner and see. that statements for March and sub- Sequent months will make a much JONES & BAKER || "i'occtne known act, Degame known to-day that Presi- t Harding is conferring with In- rien cenrlp sacl lote terstate Commerce Commission offi- Market Securities clals and with members of the Labor Board for the purpose of evolving a plan to hetp railroads out of their present plight. There was considerabie profit tak- ing and new short selling in the lead- ing motors, and Studebaker and other Jeaders declined a point or more. jasithor\ nasa Wall St. Gossip LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty 31-28 opened 90.28, up .08; 2d 4s, 87; 2 4 1-46, 87.10; Sd, 90.24; 4th, 87.20; Victory 83-45, (97.54, off .O4; 43-46, 97.54, BROAD STREET OFFICE CURB Opened irregular. Int, Pet., 168-4, off 1-4; Intercont, Rubber, 10—101-2 Durant MOtors, 21; Simms, 7 1-4—7 3-8 Maracaibo, 301-2, off 1-2; Gait Creek, 13 1-8—13 1-2; Caribbean, 8$1-8; Retail : Candy, 71-4—7 3-4, $.E.cor. 6th Ave. & 16th St. FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPENING. Incorporated 1833 , New York Sterling, cables 3.92%, off 1\c. French francs, cables 0702, off ‘Deposit “made before .0003%. Lire, cables, .0410, off .0006. Belgian francs, demand .0731, cables nee 3rd will draw in- 0782, off .0004, Marks, cables .0159, terest from April 1st, 1921 unchanged. Canadian dollars, de- mand .8870, unchanged. Austrian kr., demand .0026%, cables .0027. Swiss francs, demand .1787, cables .1739. Guilders, demand .3451, cables .3453. Pesetas, demand .1399, cables .1401. Sweden kr., demand .2340, cables .2845. Norway kr. demand .1607, cables .1612. Denmark kr., demand .1810, cables .1815. Argentine pesos, demand .7620, cables .7640. DIVIDENDS. The N. J. Zine Co, declared the reg: vlar quarterly 2 per cent. dividend. payable May 10 to stock of record April 30. The regular quarterly divi- dend was declared for the following record ‘July 30. ‘The company an- nounced that the dividends were pay- able out of surplus. ‘Warren Bros. Co. passed the April 1 dividend payments of $1.60 on the Ist preferred and $1.75 on the 2 preferred stocks. Consolidated Cigar Corp, declared the regular quarterty $1.75 common Saige bowels and boarding" dividend, payable April 15 to stock of ig rd April 10 b r SED CARS FOR SALE. ia ian ae HUDSON NAVIGATION COMPANY Middleton S. Borland and James A. Emerson, Receivers Service (1921) Resumed | . Commencing April 1, Steamers of the HUDSON RIVER NIGHT LINES “THE SEARCHLIGHT ROUTE” Will resume operation with daily sailings between ‘NEW YORK.--ALBANY --TROY Pier 32, N. R., New York City G. B. AIKMAN, Phone: Canal 9000 Traffic Manager quarter, payable Aug. 10 to stock of Endicott-Johneon . 1 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAROR beta ‘Tems Company $1, 1921. tam Lame Oven, Hine ton lane 10% = 16% | Laclede Gas " a 4a od 40% 18% | Lackawanna Stor ™ a o* co MN MM | loo Dubber a He 4 ew BN OF THE 6% 0% | Linmett deren 14 1 6% 48M | laen'e. tow ., i” Ws 8h 19 ' 0% = —40% | Lortitent ” ad 6 io 146 FI% TN | Maontt Binge a | v4 4 ™ wai D | Man Berated 1H MY MH WH Am Car & Wary... 12) 1st 122% 122% | Meewell Motor 6% Oh OH OOM Am Wa L. 8% 8% 8% 8% | Mexican wet 141% Aen H&L ot. 49% 48% 43% 43% | nates Copper ert oe Min HE 4Ne 4 | Miadio States O14 Am locomotive .~ 1% AON 5 8H | Sites it au AMied Chem 42% 42% 42% 42% | te ectio 174 Ame Safety iam... 0% O16 | wo wecific of 6% Am Seoelt & Met «BY | seek wore bes To-Da' 'g Slo ‘an: i oa te Mt SB | eNations! tieonit 15% 105% 105K 105% i ‘am Games. Sid MWe hee ee ae ais | “Swat the Fly Today Am Sumer of... Lot 108 7 | Am Sommtra Tob 70% Tay | tetenel tent | He ny / Not be in Am T & T,....., 100% 100% 106 106 | Nevete Consol. each Tomo, “ow. | pda . 114% 114% KK 1 hing ere brit N i" phe fe Fried Pm a Sar ed Only two days more | ‘hie Tay Goode, Northen’ Pac 7" Friday and Saturday are the last} Atetlaon ‘iy. ‘Nova Gootia Steot two days of the great SWAT THE} Sante Bar & Att Omer & FLY contest. All essays and poems,| f othe a Mt ge to be considered by the judges, must! Baltimore & bio Pacific 01) be mailed before midnight on Satur- Bs Oot. Pan-Am Petroleum day. So if you want to win a part th Baoel.., Pan Am Poul 1 . aan eas tn | pres me id tees hoe by toa Hatch Rrookiyn Rap Tras. 18% | Penn Seaboard St, J ir the Nett delibearalit. tienes Oat (Paoking ¥ 0 | Peoph's Gas about the fly, don't delay a minute Oa) Petroleum... 41% | Pore Marqnetic longer. | aa Rese eeu sn | Geeuae oa ‘Then there will be tne party, to Contra) Leather... 36 | Preend Sted Car which all the winners, wilh one guest Cantra) Leather of 7 75% | Pullman Company. 106% 1044 |eaoh, will be invited. The exact date Chandon Stake Te eA Rake Ai tome 4% 46% | ig not yet known, but will be given Ohi M d& St P of, 87% BH BH ATH | Ket) Steel Spring. s a ide eaab iad we Lara ee Chi RL & Pac... 20% 28% 20% 26% | Hay Copper . m% 114} fore te event wi set Ohi & Northwatern 2% 02% 02% 2m | Reading .... &', 00% [assembly room of the Merohants’ As- Chile Camper... 9h 9% 9% 9% | Bow tron & Steal. 0% 68, | sociation In the Woolworth Butiding. | Chino: Cone 19% 19% 19%, 19% | Republic Motor 18 18 Boys and girls who are taking part| Otuett & Poatoly.. 44%; 44% 441g 4g | Roel Datch NY @% @ |in the oontest will aid the fight | Ooh Gen & Liecttc 30% W% TH OK] L & Ban Fron 21's |egainst the terrible insect by point- . St L & Soutbwort “% ling it out to proprietors of restau- Columbia Grapho... 6% 8h 6% OM is Pi Ce Oe a a 34 | rants, stores and street stands when- Cuma Gals, ey m% 4% lever one is observed. If there are Consol Textile... a8 18 5%|more than one, the number may be nag itary 4 @ {counted out loud, and should prove! : m4 | very effective in convincing the pro- Cont Can ., 5846 @_ | prictor, wee a ®% |" As goon as the contrbutionsehave; Teeris Sud : 74% | deen sorted out the work of the . “gr? tape B% wo% | judges will begin. It will, of course, Ciba Cae Bea 2% 101% |be a week at least before the winners| Cea Cane sag iw. 8% 3osJare known, as the judges are very Cuban Am Suga 28% x6 |busy men and we shall have to wait Den & Rio Gr bd 74% | until they have time to give the con-| Weer cca ike ee 10M | Sttmmcine Bon: 8% | tributions full consideration. ome Minen itn % rey 7.| Here are some more poems and| essays submitted for the contest: | r 41% pled ta Ms. isa ‘Texas & Pacific. 2% fon & wrsiber wil be bet, | Hate bt pt 8 oo oe a Peles do car tary oat i Fairbanks : 3 ‘Third Avenue .... bob To be rid of this dread pest Fed Min & Sm xf 2 24 | ee) ee. bil Castes int oil do mee, Fisk Rubber... 15% 16% | Tene OF 10% | Do not let one of them tout. | Gen Acphalt |... 62 2 | Un Beg & Parr wm | Ro bot iet chaos eo by General Cigar... 0 0 | Union 08 2% | Se a zi General Hlectric 105% 135% | Union Pacific . 16% MARION BOWMAN, | General Motor 1346 13% | United Deux % i ten years old. Goodrich sees, OT st | United Frat 2... 101% | No. 106 Beach 64th Street, Arvenne, Granby Mining .. 18% 18% | Unmed Food Prox, 24 | i : : | Great Notthem pf 73% Bie 73% | Un Retail Stores, . 0% oe oe ae cesar Hender .......5 10 9 18% a | Each goon poisoa Dear Howion Of. 1% TH Th ry Wich carries Yo babs door. Trap Motor... 14% 4% 19% o% da seas ta Ge. lene jomestake Min o» © w& 6% 2% 2 we ‘And pray far them each day and mgit ilecis Central... 98% 80K 88M ‘SS Se SOK BON ie ot Be ir, aal o. tot free ‘iahoma Refining 3% 5% ‘ | y ere Refining ... 3% 8% reing te * ee SYLVIA ew pebeery eee eet. ne ar ; No. 62 Malta Street, Brooklyn. chalets tet ie 20% 30 Flies, little as they are, cause | ronal sand booidh alert re err so many diseases and deaths that a o 7% 7M 74 | they must be gotten rid of. Not | | ebb -dine = 1 10% 10° 10% | only are they dangerous to our | Eijar Cees s3208 18% 334 87% stu stu $74] health, but are bothersome and fae Ste Sarin: OS : 134 | Waging & UE. 8% 8% 84 8% | annoying. During the summer, it faecal aaa 50% 00% | winte Motor ...... 40% 40% 40% 40% | {8 almost impossible to eat with- Inter Ouctel + 1% ie 148 | White On... 6% 5% 1% 15%) Out having them around. It is Invincible Oil . “asad 18% 19 | WillOreriand ... 8% 8% 8% 8%| then, when their numbers are Inland OM oe. eees 4% 4 Witte Overland Of. 3% Wy My s34| great, that people begin swatting Kanma City 50 BW 2% 2544 | Woolworth wo. 1G ITA 11d them, instead of doing so now. Kelty Springfield 3s 3% 5% | Worth Pm . 1% 49% 49% 4%) Let's not wait. Swat them now. Kennoott Comer.. 17% 17% 17% 17%] Worth itumo of B. 624 @2% @% 62%! Our slogan should be, “A fly | Keystone ‘Tire 16% 15% 4% 1b | Sx, dividend. ewatted to-day is worth a bun- | COOPER UNION BAR LAID TO COMMITTEE Object, Not to Debs Meeting, to Persons Backing It, Says Head of Trustees. The use of Cooper Union foi meeting to create public sentiment in favor of the release of Eugene V. prisoners wag reiused not because of the pur- Debs and other political pose of the meeting so much as cause of the personnel of the com- mittee to be in change, avoording to R. Fulton Cutting, President of Cooper Union Board of Trustees. ‘Me Political Amnesty Committee ; of No. 7 East 15th Street, through | viting them to confer with the com- Adolph Germer, director, apptied for the use of the hall and was refused dred swatted to-morrow.” | IRVING JAMES, ten years old. No. 962 Aldus Street. I am now ten years old and it SEEK TO BETTER ROADS’ CONDITIONS [RULES GOVERNING | THE “SWAT.THE-FLY” © ESSAY CONTEST The contest began March 15 and will close at midnignt Satur- , April 2. All contributions, to be considered by tne judges, must be mailed before that tim: The immediate to line verse telling of means for the fly's destruction. contest will be limited to the five boroughs of New York Th compose an he fly and su City. The prizes donated by Edward Hatch jr. enemy, will be awarded through the medium of THE EVENING and the names, dresses and ages of all pri winning contestants will be pub- this paper. WORLD, s. EIG SEC! dressed to the ished Priz authors of t which are judged to be the best. The judges will be Dr. Comm Health, and Dr. W tinger, Superintendent of School ESSAYS MUST NOT CON. TAIN MORE THAN 200 WORDS AND VERSES MUST WITH THE FOURTH, NO OTHER CONTRI OTIONS BUTI WILL BE CONSIDERED. ONS The $1,000 will be divided of of 10 of $5 the will be Copeland, iT LINES, ND, 116 All contributions shall be ad- NING WORLD, CITY.” Each w preferably in the name, addres ind the rent or teacher seems as if I spent seven of those years in swatting flies. the fly is the worst insect I can think of, but in the summer, when they are bound to come only thing I can think of is to swat them. Those flies often car- ry many sicknesses. not for the fly I think there would not be # much s cause a fly may have been in some garbage, then in some very If everyone tried like I do to help out I am sure there would be no more flies to cause sicknesses. Another thing very tiresome is to have a fly buzzing good food. in We also have many swatters around the house, and we always have found it fly ten on one one’s ears. to swat it. FLORENCE HOLLOWAY, No. 63 Hunt Street, jim is to invite and induce CHILDREN OF TEN YEARS OF AGE ANO UNDER contributions “SWAT - THE - FLY CAMPAIGN, THE EVE- NEW YORK contribution je of the paper, ind shall bear id age of | easy but) Securities Owners Invite Brother- hood Employees to a Conter- \ ence Monday. roa NEW PARACHUTE Alarmed by the greatly decreased imcomes of railroads, the Executive Committee of the National Associa- tion of Owners of Railroad Securities appointed yesterday in meeting at! No, 60 Broadway a committee to in- quire into the causes of the situation and to confer with representatives of the four brotherhoods of employees. In a letter to the brotherhoods, in- Declare Two-Umbrella De- vice a Succes Three army flyers at Mitchel Field, | be- height of 2,500 feet a new type ot | parachute equipped with two “um- brellas” he device was pro- nounced successfal. the mittee in the Hotel Astor next Mon- day morning, S. Davies Warfield,| check the downward speed and the! after information had been given| President of the association and of]. ety device. None of the bout the speakers, purpose of the|the Continental Trust Company o:| “chef's @ safety delice: Store ne meeting, &c. Explaining the stand| Baltimore, wrote in part: experimenters found 1 “i ¥ of the trustees, Mr, Cutting said: “T have no objection to a public meeting in the Cooper Union audito- rium to advocate the release Eugene Debs, but I object to let the hall for that purpose my judgment, were thoroughly loyai during the war.” ‘The committee to which Mr. Cut- ting refers consists of the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Mrs. Harriet Stan- ton Blatoh, Judah L. Magnes, Jere- miah O'Leary, Sidney Hillquit, Ben- Morris Hiliquit, jamin Soblesinger, Ernest Bohm, Aigernon Lee Charles W. Ervin. of Debs and others. NE ad A chemist, of (No, 230 Riverside Drive, taken to fering from carbotic acid poisoning. sister, when working in his laboratory. It Bellevue that ‘his condition CROWLEY.—Oo March 31, 19 UOHN G., President of the ‘Transportation Company, age 65. Funeral service et CAMPBELLS NPRAL PARLORS, on Saturday, 2, at 1 P.M. Kindly omit flowers. to a com- mittee in the membership of which I see the names of individuals who, in Mr, Germer said yesterday the plan of holding the Debs meeting had been abandoned until the return April 13 from Washington of the committee which is working there under the di- rection of Mrs. Blatch for the release CHEMIST TAKES POISON. David Ghagiteh, nineteen years old. al p. at Rellevue Hospital last night from his establishment, at Second Ave- hue and 26th Street, by Dr. Robert ©. . maf: cording to Miss Marcella Schagiteh, hi he took the poison by aristake SS" | was deided to show it publicly + Capt. Const wine | The He resort to the second. The test was made in a De Haviland | four-plane piloted by Lieut. Lucas V. | Beaux. His passengers were Lieut. | “At @ meeting of the Executive Committee of this association a spe- cml committee was named to make of | inquiry into the conditions surround- ting |ing the railroads of the country, which at this time are not producing net earnings as a whole sufficient to | Meet their fixed charges by miHions of dis- | dollars. ‘This committee desires to be helpful in this erisis of American transportation, in which the em- phoyees of the railroads are greatly concerned, together with the owners of the securities of these properties and the general public.” ‘SHRINE FOR ‘SACRED BEAN. 2st; carves wena o¢ curiet tw we| ETHER FED TO MAKE wxntbiea Peottety. | CHILDREN EAT LESS: A Florida bean, on which is carved 3 the head of Christ, will be placed on|School Authorities Act Over public exhibition, beginning next Mon- ) Drastic Means of Re- Gay: on the recedtion floor of Aeolian he ng Ui CG Hall, on reet, between 5t! aval st. bh ‘Avenues, between 11 A. M. and 5 nei ms A fee of 15 cents will be charged! |WESTFIELD. Mass. March 31.— gpd the proceeds will 50 to eretias| Chester D. Stites, Superintendent of | the work of the unidentified artist Schools, is taking ap with State educa- | thonmi and health authorities the cases ‘of school children who are said to have ‘This action was taken by Mrs. Willis H. MoFadden, owner of the bean: Mre Oliver Harriman and T. Howard Kelly, & writer, after a conference in the| been fed lumps of sugar soaked in | home of Mrs. McFadden. No. 3 Wash-|ether. The children, when questioned | ington Square North. The bean bas| in an investigation by the local author- | been on private exhibition here. and| ities, saki the ether was given to them | in response to hundreds of letters, it] by their parents to reduce their appe- tites, thus lowering the cost of living. and also to quiet those who got too borsterous —_—_———- and Lieut. F. B. Johnson. | liarksuaie leaped first, trushwood and abrading bis nose. later. His right shoulder was wrenched when the parachute opened woo quickly, but he landed without further injury in an open lot. mile from the others. His parachute | ae in a nearby field extricated him. was A Mre. Harriman, who wilt cruise in the South this summer. said efforts will be made to learn the identity of litkeal prisoner who died in @ furas jail just before be was to TU" |S"the tales as te arin cnesones t0 Agri ‘es his dying m "| nis family Fatlea te Pay FUNERAL DIRECTORS. MKS. JESSIE B. WAILLERFERT BRIDE OF GUY 0. ACKPRMAN. Mrs. Jessie B. MaiWarfert of East Rockaway, ba 1 irect descendant | wel Hill, for many years associated wi of Roger Wiiiame, and Guy O. Acker-| jer father in the railroad business, than of Worcester, Mase.. were married | sued yesterday by W. & J. Sloane fo | Jast Tuesday at ‘the Church of the | balance on the construction and fur Transfiguratem. Mrs Maillerfert met | nishing of her country place in Norc | Mr. Acverman at dance given in Pro-| Tarrytown, amounting to $292,029. |t) vidence last summer. She is the sister | was alleged that she had accepted © of Mrs, Philip H. Piaget of Flushing. | work, but had failed to pay the baianc whose husband is an importer of Jap- anese goods, » > Ls ee ler Mae a) CB. Pinter, Lieut. BH. Barksdale | Geld Hom: ‘Two Heuer School School children at Rockaway Hollands and Arverne ave jubilant over @ rumor that beginning Apri! 1, because lof the congestion of the pu Par-|1n those communities, the daily ses- sions would be 1. An eighteen~ | SEIZED IN BERLIN IN THREE TESTS! FOR SCHWAB THEFT Army Fliers Drop 2,500 Feet andjLondon + Hears Germany Tracked Down “Trust of Thieves.” LONDON. March 31.—A ’ ‘out from é,| Bloch had been arrested in Berlin, says Mineolts yemarsay S669 a despatch to the London Times from the German capital, on the charge of having offered to sel! to the representa- | tive of Charles M. Schwab in Berlin for $5,000 a gold cigar box which it is re- One of the “umbrellas” ts used t©| oored was stolen from the residence of Mr. Schwab in New York. The despateh adds that the German police expressed the belief that they had succeeded in tracking down “a German- American trust of thieves.” ic School called? 2. Where did the incas live? 3 What are the sealskin canoes of |the Eskimos called? 4. What Vi of MRS. MARY HILL IS SUED. | Yistwy., 6. Which is the most northerly of the Central American States? 7. What ts the capital city of Costa | life Rica? 10. In what year did the War of| ANSWERS. | #. Khedive. Her city home is qi No 270 Park Ave- 7. San Jose. jed? How many pounds of wool in a! youth pack or bale? | 1812 end? Black eye. 2 te 1615, Has man nomed M. Schwab in New een stolen ¥ esidence. The was tangled in the branches and he | funtgor: a golden one, was declared Was beld prisoner until men working | have been presented to Mr. Schwab by | the City of Baltimore. Rockaway. school» two for each room addition Rockaway but not built, DO YOU KNOW? Coperight. 1921. by the Press Publishing Ce, (The New York Evening World) QUESTIONS. 1. What is a hypopyon commonly to 5. Fate. 8. Wainwright; 6. Guatemal: 2 DAYS FOR POEMS AND ESSAYS © Contest Ends at Midnight, Saturday and After the Awards Are Made to the Winners © Will Come the Big-Time Party. Presented to Schwab by Balti tanding in| It was reported in New York in De- | cember that a seaman from the eteam- Lieut. Johnaun followed & moment | tno Mongolia and a man who formeriy was an assistant to the butler in the home of Charles | York Sad been arrested here on infor- re ree half a! mation from Bertin of the recovery of a Finter landed in @ tree top half a Aumidor alleged to, have ‘ ‘rom, the official title of the Ramet? PESKY AND NOXIOUS FLY | i | HING at 5 dispassionately, " You} *i" ‘a girl who is so | | and weep away the burt of his harsh | believe to be responsible for words against his rough tweed coat, Neata’s ind he swore vengeance straightened her slimness and an-jon him. He w do all in his power swered frigidly to wean Neata’s affection from Colia, “You are rig I very much de-/ He had been as honorable as his: sire that our engagernent end. We j|transport of love made possible. He} could never agree on any subject and | had forced himself to utter common- | at her derisory | He was human throw | disliked Prnneli and of autumn foliage, was/ like a 1 him, you deliber Pd Dalen acinar Seek invite nim (2 my home artist, laying aside Ita colors fpr the my knowledge and make of; h , ne Sur trusted confident.” Ia sou acid be ceneea eae Ay Yl by gine SYNOPSIS OF PREGEDING CHAPTERS. has just returned from abroad, poet's bet alls, ambitious Min Cartriah Ap been netued at is eugau na {0 hi Coiln, know that she ven ine, dane tears. OF But belleven, because his 6 murder that will help--only please weepin nngil kneeling beside he| patted her gently on the shouldg ed Litt soothing, care in an effort to comfort CHAPTER IY, ntinived, end be I Colin| released from youl the trouble?” he repea |promise. You have shown that we) “Tell if it will help and don't sa | could never be " Our|4nything if you would rather I @ Hveubernint. Mit sai mis. HOt Know, but for heaven's sake let | : bipeohe nition edi ape me do something. {t will kill me if fake. You shall go your way and I/y jear you sop that way any Jonge! mine and, e, fo! nis un} Nothing in the world is worth ¥ ibapalit. coourrence é tears, darling, Now, that’s better Lponenaieh Las apa as he with his immense linen hand- circumstances which led up Mrchiet wiped Away het: SoReal unhappy moment. However, i tpouring etter by far to have discovered ou ory,” said Neata, her voice incompatibility before marriage) catching breathlessly as does @ rather than to have lived together | chijd’s when it sobs itself to sleep bitterness.” “I want to leave nere—immediately, Having delivered himself of thts! please get your car and take me lengthy discourse, Colin halted help- home. Say nothing to anyone, Meet lessiy. It had required strenuous) me at the side entrance. [ will be will-power to appear calm when / ready in half an hour.” every fiber of his being cried aloud) fmory, wondering at the swift for this lovely creature who appeared change in plans, sensed the tragedy i hich lay beneath Neata’s determina- home now as cold as mist on the se ‘And she, who a ing to put her hed with the long ms about his neck | { of her be- ampbell. He n to leave the thed. despi hinges he desired to when it is much wiser not to attempt (0) place ni tranquilize our present difficulty. Our| acquaint Neata with his passion for life together would probably be «her He had respected Campbell's series of discords.” claim upon her, but now he would “That, at least, is one topic on) woo her with every attention con- which wé agree,” was his unfeeling | ceiv to mind of man. repl. He bounded up the stairs to the 1 “Your conduct has been an insult | room he ha¢ upied since joining to me,” he continued resentfally, | th house arty notified 4 ser- “No sooner was my back turned than va t around from the { | you felt called upon to make of our | sara he threw his,belong~ i engagement a travesty. I can toler ag and, in th } jate anything but ridicule.” ew excited moments, Wem, To her, his tone was that of the | waiti A taskmaster. Jane was right. He evi sts were out on) on~ dently bad anticipated curbing her s visible a will to ideas formulated along cer- 1 ring a tan tain restricted boundaries—old-fogey | vetyn frock, embroidered heavily beliefs which, if she had conforme? | brown silk and a close-fitting tur to them would have ma her a to match, soon appeared. She ¢ flaring blue cape and, jiag to the servant following ci, © behind to put her bags in the rear Did you think nt | the machine, climbed in to the drivel will of my own | seat. my individ I want to drive, Emory’ she mu Vt) accept|mured, and he, who would, at tha your ideas and ide 12 moment, have granted her any re. “Our ideas fegarding the conduct 01 | quest, nodded assent to be married are) Pinnell jumped in beside her an : slammed the low door of the long, laughingstock, ; lose he “And what of me?" she ask 1 imagine that 1 we you your whim: moment that I had ne + that [ would sini uality in yours—be s. evidently widely “Did you think that 4 om- | graceful car, which was his pride a! ised to be your wife, I then gave Ub | jo the right to select my friends? Did|" Neata put her slender, stylish! RA te persuade you to the! cing foot the starter; ‘she Teller that 1 would. pe you ty tasly ed gears and, switl choose my acquaintances birds on wing, they started on Neata’s bitter anger gained control way to the city of her tongue. She took umbrage At “From an upper window | Colin's critical attitude chiefly be- watched their departure. Di Sanae on the » expectation of he stood, foolishly twirling a cw his forgivene > silly episode cord and casting a longing, Kr 7 with Pinnell, with which she had gone jook at the little tan hat, against to him, ay, | Which And now, had he been wise enough tresses to have been forbearing. would have melted toward him. But he was white and cold with despondency attack. PS) could never have love him if thoughts had be n her mind nd her disposition to him asic @ easily, without ny apparent qualm, piqued him and roused his wrathful indignation “What you term ‘arrogance’ is my natural desire to prevent the worn which they were travelling. He T had intended making my w) from sly orabeloua. cartnerent ais 5 » a simple coave ity See ror tne Ninecrity of her ad- The sun, which had painted, tg mirers. You knew p «t glory the burnished copper of ty+ nestled Neata’s lovely goldem CHAPTER Y, MORY was content to watt E He did not attempt to ques- tion Neata as they sped along the wide, smooth road, of which a Roman Emperor might been proud. He wondered these if she rf ‘You are jealous,” declared Neata. | toy “Are you certain that you are not fattering yoursclf?” . “Q, you poor! [ hate you! “Better that than that your for me were abs y dead,” Neata’s only answer was an im-| patient little shake of the head, Pinnell relapsed into silence. He} s wise enough to know when not fe, with a slight bow. re) | His sarcasm drove Neata wild, Le isi He had dealt long with) il hit ‘ould cast * . And you thought that 1 would ie: ‘They skimmed the side of a hill oa] hrabpey goad re hae which stood the Moorish castle of om ted brows, “You have tioned, with 1 AMS Ui L i a of Gotham’s plutocrats, Its ture! ‘ore than your share of egotism. In 3 8 plut momher century it might have ieen|Were burned acariet with saneets owtustom to accede to the wishes | Soon the scarlet became orange, the} iy our fiance. . . to submit orange faded to rose, the rése Our il cf your lord and master | mauve, then to gray and the eet ines fave changed, thanks be! blue ight was about them. S it is not ci y, at present, to | first star came out and then was lost| change one's life to. alter |iu the hazy, smoky outline of the city, Coane abits and thoughts simply be-| pierced by millions of Nghts resem Cause a blustering male has consent- | bling paralyzed fire-flies. ed to pay one's bills.” Neata put her heel down savagely “So that is w marriage means |on the brake as they entered the city’s to you. I am indeed fortunate to) outskiris, ‘The car jerked to @ slower scovered it go soor |gait have disevo nave learned that you, The girl longed for the quiet, the intemled to ruic your wife with an | warmth, the confidence of home, She ee earee You should have hoped her mother would have no lived in the dark ages. guests. The situation would be diffi- “Then we are both satisfied—which cult at best. She had to explain to 8 it should be.” her mother the breaking of her en- He cleared his throat with a r gagement, the cancellation of all her ing sound. She had turned way. plans. Her family had expected an Hie waited anxiously for some change carly marriage. Tt would be a hap@ in her, How hard she was blow—embarrassing. ‘A slight bow of her beautifully | She wished she might escape any shaped head, which sat with such | questions, at least until she bad » queenly dignity on her slender w \night of rest. Rest? She wondered i¢ throat, st evcoumneds the conversation | ye) mind d heart would ever rest effectual again, She was tol twee! one sv doo, losed pening Calls eye torn between pride Neata's tense form relaxed and, fling- |“) U8 was home, Ghia ing herself into the maroon- Nie the long drive, she rose stiffly ‘and, Yet a eto subes “Te{With Emory's assistance, slowly Campbell, she burst into sobs. It) aiehted in front of the curving, high seemed that she was Weeping away q f he tears which had been give ano ates. Hetore Naming eae nee bes et pirth to moisten her heart and | She stepped a moment in an effort to with their shedding, her very, ® athey ‘pourame ion the ordeal through ea ood wae Co tar ee Bae Lees Emory followed her through the had she been forced to love this man | hesvy walnut door, opened by Henry, the aged Kents, H eneral factotum” of the put down Neata’s bags who apparently cared so litle for her affection? If only he had let he Mrs. Mary Hill Hill, daughter of the! 8 What is a maker of wagons! men deemed her worth the effort late James J. Hill and the wife of Sain-| oe n, the Mi lower floc d-Victorian hall. The of the Kent home had hanged for alone. She had not known the mean Jing of love until he e into | e, 8 had been childish in| ene. un many years, Bee re shad been ebildish In| Everything about it was heavy, ime oer. of Posing and much adorned. | Peete tha aneing UF “Your mother and aunt are fn the [payee and beauty. But it was living room, Miss Neata,” offered the eumieas thing, innocent of any|Servant, ought of injury to the man of her| Neatas heart sank. She shivered nervously, It was bad enough ta make her confession to her mothe 3 vould be impossible to find. sym-) Manse cut ot bia heart It would be f; } “Neata dear, don't cry like that with “Aunt Tres,’ , What has happened? I'll do any- Read To-Morrow’s Fascinating In) « thing in the world—I'll even commit mea, q { \ |dreams—the man who, in such high- anded and unfeeling manner, had pathy Bi ich