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snd gnjely of Its wholesomeness and
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“Things that would have been
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regarded ns virtue* and lack of them
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“Some college coeds were decorat
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when one of the girls asked the head
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“ ‘Aren’t we going to hove any
mistletoe this year?’
“ 'No,' replied the other, ‘I’ve found
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wa re engaged In turning out the prod
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plants engaged In the business, and
Illinois ran second with 100.
Malaria’s Victim* Many
Of all diseases found In India, trop
ical Africa, Central America, south
eastern Europe, aud ether places, ma
laria Is the most deadly. It kills not
by the thousand hut by the million
and it Is still a deadly menace.
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33
“Do any of us?” he inter
rupted, steadying himself
against a heave of the vessel.
He turned fully to her. “Have
you, for instance?”
She avoided his eyes and
took a Inop time before reply
ing. “I—I don’t know,” she
laid. Sometime—later, per
haps. T shall be able to answer
that.”
“When?”
“Later,” she evaded. Smil
ing, she added, “Later, too,
I'll know more of you—after
you’ve won and T see what
you’ve done with your vic
tory.”
“But—what can T do with
It?” he demanded. “It’s what
I’ve just been saying. Beyond
the fact that you want me to
win, and the fact that to lose
simply isn’t in my make-up—
what’s next?”
He knew, deep m ins heart,
the reason for his dissatisfac
tion. TTe wouldn’t lose—he
couldn’t hear the thought of
losing. But the long journey
was nearing its end. In New
York, he and Natalie were on
separate planes, whereas here
they were toget,'vr.
She had helped him to win;
if he could keep on now, vic
tory was his But the very
victory—the very finish of it
all meant that he must see no
more of Natalie. There was
only Frances, and Frances he
had forgotten. lie knew at
last that she was unworthy.
It had been for her that he
had done all this; he was re
turning to her. Yet—it was
Natalie he wanted, and he lost
her in the moment that he
gained—what ?
It was a bitter thought.
Natalie, as she turned to him,
was more lovely, more infinite
ly desirable than ever, the pal
lor of the moonlight making
purest marble of the finely
chiselled enotours of her fea
tures, shining deep into the
wells of her eyes, half veiled
with their curving lashes. He
felt a wild, savage desire to
sweep her into his arms where
she stood—to forget Cecil
Broadmoor, the ship—the mor
row—everything but the mom
ent : the last moment, he real
ized in a sort of panic, when
he could be as near to her as
this, as happy in their isola
tion from all the world.
He looked up, away from
her. A reeling full moon be
hind the dizzy mainmast, ca
reened drunkenly and turned
into showers of silver and
pearl the spray that dashed
free of the Faustania’s prow;
it kissed the million petulant
wave-tips with a Bacchanalian
overflow of affection. From
the salon, the faintest wisp of
orchestra music drifted for
ward; and in Jimmy’s nos
trils, part of the night, and
the poignant beauty of it, was
the elusive scent of black nar
cissus.
lie closed his eyes. Never
never after tonight!
“Jimmy, don’t you see why
you must-”
Natalie started to speak; he
opened his eyes, staring at her,
at the new, torn note in her
low voice. In the same move
ment, even while his eyes de
voured her and wondered at
the pain in the depths of hers,
a huge wave—more monstrous
and more vindictive than the
rest, struck the Faustania a
mighty blowr on the port side
of the bow.
The ship careened. Jimmy
put out one hand to grip the
rail, and Natalie’s speech
broke off with a little gasp.
But Jimmy’s hand never found
the rail. Instead, it caught
the girl's arm as she fell to
ward him.
Instinctively his other hand
went out. She had fallen
The Dishrag
Dr, Vlzetelly. editor of the New
Standard Dictionary. Is a capital
story teller as well as a distin
guished lexicographer. In a recent
newspaper discussion of the dishrag.
which he says dates from the vear
700. he tells a yam about No3h Web
ster, our original lexicographer, in
which he gave his wife a lesson in
the proper use of two words. It runs
as follows:
The great Noah, while snooping
around the kitchen, was suddenly
brought face to face w-ith the cook,
who was a sonsv (sweet and pood
looking) lassie. So the gallant Noah
stepped a bit closer and bussed her
on the mouth iust as Mrs. Noah
stopped in at the door. Horrified
as she professed to be. the Rood New
England dame was far from speech
less and exclaimed:
"Well. I am surprised!"
To which the great Noah non
chalantly counter: d:
"Nat at, all. mv love; not :A r.II!
For it is T who have beer uronsed
—you wcr** mutely rs'cn* bed."
Dr. Vizetr‘ y <1" "« the dithmg
as a utensil “formerly” used by
housewives in »he c'r r ;..z cf d ■dicr
in the kitchen sir.::. I: is still so
used. When we v:e•? r -\v!v merrled
w» undertook to wash the dishes
, after * Sunday chi:k. :i d.iU'.er, as
an evidence of love and affection.
But we washed them with hot water,
soap and hands. Those who watched
our performance found much merri
ment in the fact that we gave the
dishes three rinsings before we dried
them. There was no running water
in the village, so we used a pan
for the rinsings—none too many for
thorough cleanliness, we thought.
♦ ♦
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n the United States. A. E. G.
A. Th"1 following are the highest
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United States: 341 eggs laid bv
Rhode T?'snd R-xl at the Connecti
cut agricultural experiment station l
Storrs, Conn.; 339 eggs laid bj
White Leghorn in the Georgia eg.2
laying contest, Athens, Ga.; 333 egg
laid by Leghorn at western Wash
ington egg laying contest, experi
mental station. Puyallup, Wash.
--
The forest service says that
amape is a wood of tropical Amer
ica. It is found in the West Indies
Mexico, Central America, and Ven
ezuela. A common name for it L
Roble, which is Spanish for oak
However, it is not an oak and bears
only a superficial resemblance to it
Its color, weight, and strength are
similar. It is used for interior finish,
for building purposes, ox yokes, pil
ing, and boat building.
against him. He straightened,
recovered his balance, and
gave a little gasp to find her
head against his breast.
“Natalie!”
His eyes flamed. It was the
first time lie had ever held a
woman he loved in his arms—
so close; and for the merest
seeond she did not move. To
feel of her, soft and delicate,
lighted a fire that raced
through his veins. Tomorrow
—yesterday — the days that
had passed and were to come,
reeled away like drunken
planets. His lips were on her
hair, black as midnight, and in
her nostrils was the delicate
scent that was part of her.
“Natalie—Natalie — you’re
mine and-”
For a moment, while Ihe
Faustania recovered its keel,
as though frightened by the
moment and all that it por
tended, she had lain there qui
escent, her face buried. Now,
as he spoke, her figure tight
ened. Hungrily, Jimmy leaned
forward. He had a swift vision
of her lips, red and soft, like
the parted gates to Paradise.
“Natalie!”
“Jimmy—no!”
Tt was the frightened, fear
ful look in her wide eyes that
recalled him. Her hands,
tight together, were pressed
against, liis shoulders. She was
shaking her head, pleadingly.
Dully he stepped hack; his
hands fell away. That look in
her eyes. Good God—she was
afraid! lie dashed his palm
against his forehead and
groped for the rail.
“Natalie—I’m—sorry! So
sorry. I didn’t realize it was
—that, bad ...”
He turned, but be felt sud
denly weak. She must bate
him! That bad been fear in
her eyes; there bad been fear
in her voice. One tiny white
band caught at bis sleeve and
held him. Miserablv, he wait
ed.
“No, no. Jimmy—not that.
It isn’t that—p'pnse! Only
wait, Jim. Wait till you’ve
won and the choice is yours.
Can't you see?”
Ho nodded dully. The words
were kieomprehensible. He
was aware, vaguely, that
Natalie was trying to spare his
feelings; she knew that he had
glimpsed her eyes, had seen
the haunting fear lying there.
She knew the misery inside
him, too, and she did not want
to hurt him—too deeply.
He understood.
Jimmy stumbled toward his
suite, alone, and flung himself
down on the bed. He was glad,
staring at the ceiling, that to
morrow morning the rail for
action would come again. Wo
men—be bad never understood
them and be never would.
Probably he’d always be a
fool.
Ife tried to put the memory
of those last moments from his
mind. It was difficult. And
yet—her words . . . What
could they have meant? Tn
retrospect, he could remember
them all. And when she had
lain against him; there had
been seconds, her face close to
his breast, his arms tightly
about her shoulders—seconds
of Paradise before she awak
ened.
lie shook his head, dropping
slowly into slumber, telling
himself that tomorrow lie
would come into his own
again; the only life for which
life had fitted him. Tomorrow,
there awaited danger—danger
and speed and thrills. These
were his heritage.
Yet there was no comfort in
the reflection.
CHAPTKRXXIX.
The morning of the 28th day
of the race dawned so clear
and cool ns to have dissipated, 1
in the very f I Opel of sunshine
\fliieh drowned tho sea and air,
nil the clouds of tile night be
fore. Jimmy, who was on deck
es ly, waiting for the moment
of action to come, found him
self able to forget most of the
scene on the foredeck.
He had thrust it from him.
For the present, there was
work to be done, for which he
was grateful. Rogers’ next
move must he watched. With
every pulse of the great en
gines in the hpart of the ship,
they were nearing the goal.
The passengers of the Faus
tania, too, seemed affected
with the same spirit of excite
ment. During the trip across
the Atlantic, once the two ra
cers had become known, bet
ting on the result hail been
free. At Montauk Point, be
fore the rivals could got out of
sight, those on board would
know the winner. Whatever
method either used, its value
would he proved by then.
Natalie, too, seemed to have
forgotten the night before.
She sought out Jimmy after a
hasty breakfast, smiling as
she approached him where he
stood beside the Jacob’s Lad
der on the starboard side. He
had on the same clothes that
he had worn during the whole
journey. His outer clothing
had suffered slightly from its
salt-water hath, and his bag he
had left in the Bleriot’s cock
pit with Cecil Broadmoor; but
he had been able to purchase
fresh linen aboard the ship.
Natalie, however, was as
fresh and cool as the morning.
Jimmy stood alone. Smiling,
she came up to him and laid a
hand in comradely fashion on
his where it rested on the rail,
ignoring the curious eyes that
were fastened on them.
‘"It’s your day, Jim,” she
said.
He smiled rather wistfully,
looking down into her eyes
with an unspoken question.
“It s got to be,” he answered,
non-committally. “You’re go
ing right on up the bay with
the ship?”
llis eyes were strained land
ward again. For half an hour
there had been a gray line on
the horizon—the shores of
America. Now this was taking
shape. A lighthouse loomed
up ahead.
Natalie nodded. “I’ll have
to—have to go through cus
toms and quarantine. I’m not
exempt.” She looked beyond
him, to where, the center of a
small group of carefully
dressed men and women, Aus
tin Rogers stood smiling and
chatting lightly. “Jimmy 1”
she exclaimed suddenly, “lie’s
too sure. Nothing—nothing
must happen now!”
He smiled, glancing at his
rival and then away.
“1 wouldn’t be surprised if
lie had something up his
sleeve,” he said. “But one
thing is certain—he can’t get
to New York faster than Gra
ham’s plane’ll take me.”
Rogers’ eyes were strained
in another direction now.
Where Jimmy had been look
ing toward land, searching
the skies for Graham’s sea
plane, his rival stared back
ward, along the side of the
Faustania and up the shore
line.
He s waiting for his yacht
all right,” Jimmy decided,
with a certain sense of relief.
‘ Jn>t give me one fair jump
He broke off suddenly. Rog
ers was staring past him; but
he, too, jerked up as one of
the passengers cried out:
“Here comes a seaplane!”
Jimmy’s eyes lighted as he
turned in common with all the
rest, shading his gaze to stare
westward. There it was, hard- I
ly more than a speck on the j
horizon but growing larger ,
momentarily, the low hung
pontoons underneath the
graceful wings revaling Gra
ham’s ship. He waited for a
sign of some boat to put out
from the shore that they were
nearing; but there was none in
sight.
Inadvertently he glanced at
his rival and was conscious ol
a quick twinge of uncertainty
as their eyes met. Rogers had
merely given him a flickering
look—but in it were mingle<
confidence and amusement
Jimmy's eyes narrowed. 13y t
tightening of Natalie’s fingers
where they lay over his owi
on the rail, he knew that sin
had seen, too.
“He's got something, Jim
my!” ehe whispered tensely
“lie’s got another card!”
Jimmy nodded coolly in re
ply, his gray eyes cold and
calm. In the face of the *risi;
which every sense warned hin
was approaching, he was re
covering his old self-onfi
denee. The moments of inac
tion had passed; face to face
with danger and excitemen
once more, his old grip on hit
nerves returned.
“ft can’t matter,” Iip said
“He’s got to have something
awfully good to beat me out
now.”
He turned toward her again
aware of her hr ’ on his arm
just as lie caugio sight of a
little white speedboat putting
out from shore and skipping
over the waves toward tin
Faustania.
“I’ve got just one more bet,
Jim,” the girl was saying. “I
don’t know why. but I radioed
to Billy last night.”
“To Billy!” he repeated
For what?”
“I don’t know.” Natalie
shook her head. “I’m nervous
I suppose; perhaps I’m over
suspicious. But I told him tc
get a plane and fly overhead
to watch for anything’s going
wrong.”
Jimmy laughed. “You dar
ling!” he exclaimed. “It’s
good of you, Natalie, but
there’s nothing can happer
now. There’s my plane and
that’s my boat, come to tales
me off. Besides, Billy wouldn’t
have access to a seaplane at
such short notice, would he?”
“It’ll be a laudplane,” slit
returned, “but lie’ll be there
I don t know what lie could
do, but there’s always i
chance. Tell me I’m not fool
ish, Jim.”
He looked down at her fond
ly. “Foolish? After all you
’ve done? Natalie, if yoi
liadn’t been foolish enough tf
look out for me in the firs,
place, I wouldn’t be here-’
He broke off suddenly
swinging about at a sound
from behind him. Following
Natalie’s surprised look, h(
was just in time to catch sight
of Rogers, with a quick movi
and a laughing sally, turning
to dive down into the, eompan
ionway that led below decks.
“Now what in blazes—?’
V\ hy was the man going
down there, at this time? Ever
now, the big ship’s engine.1
were slowing in their pulsa
t’.on: the white speedboat was
nearing the steamer rapidly
Ahead, Graham was 'circling
pi eparatory to a landing, wait
ing ior the Faustania to eomt
to a stop.
Aiiotnor cry broke—excited
and sharp, from some of the
crowd that now lined the star
hoard rail on the promenade
Jimmy let his glance turn from
where the seaplane was set
tling into the wa'-er and swung
about again, just in time to see
a graceful white yacht emerge
from around a point slightly
northward. The sides and fun
nel of the trim vessel were
newly painted; a thin streak
of yellow ran about it. Its
crew was lining the rails as il
bore on, with all the speed ol
its light build and powerful
engines. On tlie prow, as it
approached, its name came te
be deciphered:
VULTURE
New York
“It’s Rogers’ yacht, at.
right!” Jimmy cried. “Tiim
for the big noise, Natalie—
though what, lie’s doing belou
decks at a time like this L can't
make out.”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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Woman Artist an Inventor
Miss Anne Aclieson, the Irish sculp
tor, whose child studies have created
a furore in Europe, lias been revealed
as the inventor of the paper mache
splint which proved a godsend to
wounded soldiers in the World war,
and for which she received a decora
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Doubting the Majority
“Do you believe in tlie rule of tba
majority?”
“Sometimes," said Mr. Chugging,
“hut not when my wife and two daugh
ters combine to drive this old tlivvei
from the hack seat.”
Added Intuit
We don’t mind if a lban takes his
Watch out when we’re talking to him,
but we do hate to have him take it
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Red Cross Ball Blue is the finest
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this statement to he true.—Adv.
Mostly Chicken
Landlord—How old do you think
this wine is?
Guest—The combined ages of the
wine and Hie chicken make at least
fifty.—Dorfbarbier, Berlin.
Einstein Might Fix It
A man could save himself a lot of
trouble by marrying liis second wife
first.—Judge.
Very Much So
“Is she addicted to a lipstick?”
“I should say so. Slicks her lip in
every chance she gets.”
Sweepstakes—the “dust.”
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Why Ha Succeeded
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