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She Sroumsuflle Herald!
Established July 4t 1892
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Americans Coming Back to Earth
Americans are coming hack to earth. This is the
message to the people or rather to the credit community
by Dr. Stephen I. Miller director of economics for R. G.
Dunn and company. An excerpt:
“Early business statements indicate lower inventories
receivables and liabilities than for any time during the past
10 years. It is reasonable to conclude that January state-
ments will show the best liquid Rendition since 1921.
This is an essential forerunner of business recovery.” Dr.
Miller reminds the people that credit is an endless chain
and that the control of credit is the problem of the world
today. Also that “credit represents the purchasing power
of the nation and it is like the volume or flow of water in
the stream. It may run full or it may run low. It may
be frozen or it may be wasted. The aim of the engineer
is to get such an even flow of water as will meet the de-
mand of the community throughout Ihe year. The aim
of the economist is to get such a flow of credit as will
maintain a general price level.” Another reminder is
passed on to the people: “The power to grant credit is
based upon the power to receive it and the prediction is
made by the director of economics for Dunn and com-
pany that the business world comes to the year 1931 with
a disposition to go farther in the direction ot managed
economy than for two centuries and the policy of two
steps forward and one step backward is now being chal-
lenged as a colossal and an unnecessary waste” is the con-
clusion of this widely known message maker as to econo-
mic conditions and their effect upon that credit which he
terms an endless chain. Regardless ot all this lead tht
prediction in the foreword: “It is reasonable ^ con-
clude that January statements will show the best liquid
condition since 1921. This is an essential forerunner of
business recovery.” Pass the prediction down the line
with this hint conveyed by all the ages the uoild al-
ways comes hack.”
Bill and Mabel Face to Face
William H. Murray is governor of Oklahoma. Mabel
Bassett is state commissioner of charities ami corrections
of Oklahoma. Bill used his veto knife on her appro-
priations. His secretary former Cong (laud Weaver
announced as a candidate-at-large. Mabel is a grand-
mother and a fighter. She led the democratic ticket m
Oklahoma at the last two general elections. She an-
nounced as a candidate for congressman-at-large and her
gauntlet or challenge hit Bill in the teeth. She charged
that the goveror had wrecked her department. Now she
' is out for revenge and a seat in the house of representa-
tives. She is going to ask her friends and followers to
send her to Washington next year and keep Gov. BUI 8
secretary at home. Gov. Bill is a very wise man. He is
a deeplv read man. He knows all about constitutional
law. constitutions of the dead and living ages Shake-
speare Pilgrims’ Progress The Downfall of the t°n-
federacy. The Downfall of Bolivia and the Murray Res-
urrection. Indeed William G. Sheppard a famous cor-
respondent for Collier’s Weekly introduces Gov. Bill to
the American reading public as one of the outstanding
figures hitting his brogans on the stage of action. All
this may be true but Gov. Bill should remember. “Hell
hath no fury like a woman scorned.” and it must be ad-
mitted that Gov. Bill did some active scorning when he
eliminated $18000 from the appropriations for Mabel
and advised her to get along with fewer clerks and
servitors.
New York [
Letter
NEW YORK.—Broadway Park
Avenue Fifth Avenue and a few
other Manhattan “rues ’ and ’ stras-
aes’ have managed to get into
print year upon year.
But anyone who even pretends
to know anything about New York
la aware that the vast percentage
of celebrities who have actually
done something to ment a transient
fame are to be found in an area
starting at Central Park weal and
ending perhaps at Columbus Ave-
nue. Two other sectors wherein
may be found important New York-
ers who seldom figure in the flashy
glitter of Broadway events are
Washington Square and Gramercy
Park.
m & m
Well let s see. there are WU-1
ham IVebe who hunt* down
strange fishes and plants in far-
away spots and*writes charming
books about them; the studio of
Howard Cltandler Christy with 1U
screens of lovely magazine-cover
ladies: W. T. Benda master of
masks; the studio of Ncysa Mc-
Mein and of Penrhyn Stanlaws and
of Henry Raleigh and of Wilier
Trumbull and a score of others:
there's the whimsical and almost
fabulous Oliver Herford coming
and going at the Players’ Club;
Wallace Morgan and Fannie Hurst
and the sumptuous apartments of
Edna Ferber. the cunning studio
of Will and Inez Irwin tucked away
In an odd comer; the menage of
the Will fstory of philosophy)
Durants—and a thousand others.
In a word these are home sec-
tions. Here you'll find the people
whose books you've read and whose
art works you've admired running
across the stiyet for a loat of
bread and stopping at the tailor
shop to see whether the extra pair
of pan us has been pressed. So
hectic. Broad way esq ue phoney at-
mosphere; no fifth-rater* from
Hollywood being given an impor-
tance they will never deserve; no
psuedos of the theatre world!
• • •
And when you want to see the
famous artists writers and models
gathered about cafe tables you go
—oh. dear no. not within a mile
of Broadway! But to one of several
spots wav up Columbus Avenue
around fl7th Street.
I'll probably never be thanked
for tipping it off—but you might
peep in at the ’ Emerald Isle" Cafe.
Of a cold evening when the Irish
bacon is sizzling on the stove you
will find more real celebrities sit-
ting about in the "Emerald Isle"
than in all the Broadwe- spots
nut together.
Which being what It is. I have
often wondered why Brndwav
hapjx'ned to be picked as the breed-
ing place of so many columns! In
such moments. I stand in bewilder-
ed consternation as voices come
over the radio and dally outbursts
appear In the newspapers concern-
ing Broadwavesque persons of lit-
tle or no consequence. I find my-
self asklfie: who cares? And who
-<t i mv*er 0f does?
Barbs
A Minnesota man arrested under
a bed. said he was ‘looking for a
former sweetheart.” Probably
thought hed find her wandering
around under there.
• • •
Franklin D. Roosevelt and New-
ton D. Baker seem to.have the in-
side track as Democratic presiden-
tial possibilities. But “Alfalfa Bill”
Murray still ha show.
• • •
Soccer Is the most popular inter-
national sport. Looks like it ought to
be sockim.
• • •
But unless La Belle France be-
comes more agreeable the world will
probably soccer. v
• •
Laughter shook the rafters in a
courtroom when Eddie cantor testi-
fied. Nearly brought the house down ■
With King Carol. Queen Marie
Prince Nicholas or Princess Ileana
making page one every day looks
like California's press agents are
little potatoes beside Rumania's
Our Boarding House.By Ahern
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W9 U X. PBZLUPS
THE QUARTER-METER ICE BOX
(Electric ice box operated by quar-
ter meter is placed on market {tews
item).
Ia the gelatine too liquid?
Does the custard fall to “set?**
Is the cream a little sour
And the butter very wet?
Is the iced tea wholly iceless
And quite tepid stuff instead?
Quick I A quarter Jeremiah!
For the ice box has *one dead I
Is the celery quite snapless?
Does it bend instead of break?
Is the ice cresm melting swiftly?
Haa the )olly lost Us shake?
Is the salad quite a failure?
Have the oysters turned to brown?
Please some gentleman a quarter!
For the ice box has run down!
When It s time to shake a cocktail
Do you note surprised ly
That there's nothing much but
water
Where the ice cubes ought to be? ’
As you throw the door wide open
Do you feel a tropic bret^e?
James! A quarter for the ice box
On the instant if four please!
Is the beer warm and kickless?
Does one taste of it suffice?
Very early in the evening
Does the house run out of ice?
Do you find the cubes have van-
ished
Is there not a trace of one?
Quick. Erasmus with a quarter
Or the ice box will not run!
When the party's going nicely
And just swinging into high.
As you go to make more high-
balls
Do you find the Ice is shy?
Do you find in sudden terror
That the ice supply is shot?
Hey! Has any one a quarter?
Thanks! Ju6t drop it in the slot!
True the iceman had his failings
And deserved a lot of knocks; .
Messy did he leave the kite!- n
When he filled the wooden box.
He was frankly quite a nuisance
But to him I doff my hat—
He would never in the pinches
Leave the high-ball party flat!
• • •
EXCELLENT FI EL
Elmer Twitchell aays he knows a
railroad where the firemen have
stopped using coal and are getting
up steam bv burning the company's
stock certificates.
• • •
Washington has ordered the Coast
Guard to enforce the laws against
hunting ducks out of season aiong
the Atlantic Coast. Our idea of a
dilemna is a coast guardsman about
to pinch a man with two ducks Just
as ne sees a boat come along full of
rye and scotch.
• • •
FIFTY-FIFTY
Bald Dino Grandl to Mahatma <
Gandhi
"You maka too much propagand-
hi."
Said Mahatma Gandhi Jo Dlno
Grandi.
"What's aiuce for the Due* Is
sauce for the Gandhi.’’
A. F
CALL FOR MII£S STANDISH!
• From the New York Herald
Tribune*
• • •
RUSSIAN INN
offers old-fashioned Thanksgiving
dinner. Entertainment savage wild
exotic. 100 West 57th Street.”
• • •
“Mrs. Baker Gets Football Son
Kicked for Winning Field Goal.*’—
headline. Nice way to abuse a boy’
lady.
• • •
Incidentally there is poetry on the
breeding farms else how do you ac-
count for some of those trotters’
name—Evensong — Laurel Spirit—
Fantasie — Enchantress — Autumn
Bronz—Dancing Brook—High Ad-
venture— Melodie—Spirit of Summer
—Silver Moon and Purling Brook?
Daily Health
Talk
mmm—mmmrnm
Tne digestive system includes me
mouth the throat the esophagus
the stomach the small and large
intestines.
The mouth breaks up the food
and contribute* through the saliva
a substance that digests starch. In
the act of swallowing the food
passes through the throat. The
esophagus is apparently just a tube
for transmitting food to the stom-
ach. It Is however a fairly long
tube and if it becomes Inflamed
or develop* ulcers or varicose veins
or any other type of disturbance j
a serious condition results.
Physicians who study the diseases
of digestion are convinced that the
habitual bolting of rourh food ;r j
drinking fluids that are too hot
may. by repeated Irritation lead to
the production of ulcers and even-
tually to narrowing of the esopha-
gus. The food once properly chew-
ed and softened leaves the stomach.j
where It is converted into a still j
smaller consistency.
The stomach Is capable of stand- I
ing a good deal of punishment and
does. However a willing horse can I
be overworked and it Is not safe
to overtax any stomach.
• • •
Overindulgence in sweet foods. In J
starchy foods in meats or a de- |
parture in any way from a well
balanced dietary as is pointed out |
by Dr. William Gerry Morgan may
so tax the functions of the stomach
as to result In time in disturbances.
In the small intestines other
processes are carried on because
other ferments come to the small j
intestines from the pancreas. The
small intestine is 23 feet long Here
the food reduced to somewhat uni*
form mass by the stomach is fur-
ther digested and absorbed. On an
average six to eight hours are re-
quired for food to pass from ♦he
mouth to the end of the small In-
testine.
The large intestine Is chiefly as-
sociated with elimination.
Doctor Morgan emphasizes the
fact that the person in good health
whose various systems and organs
are working normally is not likely
to have any digestive disturbance
if D« umi oocamcp we and has a
I Out Our Way.By Williams
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heroes ARE MAPS- mot SORM
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good cook If he is careful to ab-
stain from food when overheated
chilled or in a state of fatigue; if
lie will use tea colfee nulk or oth-
er drinks tn moderation and neith-
er too hot nor too cold he will
probably find that hia digestive
process will go on with but little
trouble.
TODAY IS Till
Anniversary
lll'GE WAR BUDGET
On Dec 3 r17 Bec'y. of the
Treasury McAdoo submitted to tha
opening congress the largest ytars
budget in the history of the United
States.
It totaled $13500000000 TKU
mas to carry on the war and gov -
ernment departments. More thsn
$11000000000 of this was a dir* *
war budget.
Following this government war
saving stamps were placed on sa.e
for the first ltme.
The Oermans launched a U -
rlfic attack south and west of
Cambral. The British troops were
forced to dram' back east of Msr-
coing and at Vacquerte
The Inter-Allied War Conferei •
in Pans closed with an address bv
Colonel E M. House chairman *
the American Mission. He fell -
tated France on her sacnfices s.d
work.
Berlin stated that local am <-
tices had been agreed to by tin-
man and Russian divisions hold'-.*
the lines from Pnpet to Lipa
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Quotations
Americans and Arabs are the
most courteous people m the wor
—Baron Max von Oppenhe n
archeologist
• • •
Noise overloads the nations
annual payroll by S373.000.000.
I —Dr William Braid White acous-
tic* expert.
• » •
Prohibition 1* a ghastly mutate
—James W Wadsworth former U
S senator from New York.
• • •
We are being swamped with
architectural works of people
large purses and small mind*
—A. B Knapp-Fisher Brit*
Architectural Society.
• • •
Prohibition is a monumental
failure prohibit* nothing but tem-
perance.
—Ida Tar bell celebrated writer.
HAZEL
ROSS
HAILEY
5 m* BOB Small*
RKUIA lll.lt L. I Oil AY
MARY IIAHKNF.SS plots to ra-
annrr Thr Fly. who “frnmrd’' her
brother tlllllF. with the murder
of MR*. JM’ITF.R and rna him
down to keep him from telling
She Is aided by AIR. JUPITER
and ROW l)> of the Sitar. Alary's
(Inner. IIIRK RTYTHFH believes
fiddle guilty and breaks with
Mary when she will aol give up
the Investigation.
Mary sails far Aflnml on the
Jupiter ynrht to fallow The Fly.
HHt ( F JIPITKR nnd n que.lion-
able friend. COFM’KSS 1.01 ISE.
go along. Thry vow to rout Alary
who they consider a gold-digger
trylag in stent llruee’s Inheritance
llruee quarrels with l.nulse aver a
diamond hraeelet she anya belongs
•a Mary He 1 omn cave It to her
ns security for a loan. Itrure
makes her give up the hraeelet
to Alary who discovers It was
stolen from Airs. Jupller the night
abe was killed.
l.nulse Introduces tke party to
CorAiT HB 1.0At A. who Mnry
learns Is The Fly. I'slng tke
Jupiter nreklaer as halt. Mnry
dnnrra with him. He gets the
nerklnee from her by a ruse then
kisses her. Ilirk tnorki him
down.
Injured nnd unconscious. Ilirk
Is taken on hoard tke ynrht the
“Gypsy.” The Fly goes along and
tries ngnln to steal the arrklnre.
Bowen gives Mary proof that the
eounlras la an adventuress. The
“Gypsy" anils with all on board
The Fly realises he has walked
luta a trap. The “Gypsy” goes
aground an a reef.
KOW CO OJI WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XUV
I J. JUPITER was the first man
on deck. Although It was past
his usual early retiring hour he
was still dressed. He was there
when Captain Hendricks came hur-
rying down from the bridge and
together the two men retired to the
port rail. Bates and Mary fol-
lowed.
"What’s the matter captain?*’
Bates Inquired somewhat nervously
He had a landsman's Inordinate
fear of accident on sea and even
Mary felt a childish Impulse to rush
to the captain and cling to hts hand
until the danger was over.
"We’re fast on a reef” Captain
Hendricks was explaining to Mr.
Jupiter. “She’s apparently not
hurt—the engineers say she's mak-
ing no water below—but she seems
to be well stuck."
“Can you get off by yourself?”
Mr. Jupiter asked.
We ll have a try at it tomorrow
morning. I’m afraid we'll bare to
bare a tug out of Key West tbougb
to give us a pull.”
-Do what you think best.” Mr.
Jupiter answered mildly.
“I shouldn’t have come in to-
night.” the captain continued "but
the moon made it almost like day.
and I’ve been around here so much
1 thought I could make It even In
a fog. This channel isn't used ex-
cept for small fishing craft and
apparently some of the buoys have
drifted over. See that mtd-cbannel
buoy there?”
He pointed to what looked like an
upturned funnel to Mary. It was
floating almost in the shadow tbe
ship cast on the water.
“Mid-channel buoy and It’s stick-
ing right up on top of a reef with
only about five feet of water over
It! Fortunately we were coming In
■low. just barely turning over.”
“Where are we?” Bates asked.
-Just a half mile from the old
pier at Fort Jefferson where 1 In-
tended to make fast. In another
five minutes we’d have been there.
That’s Dry Tortuga* there a couple
of miles off tbe starboard beam.”
They turned to look and the ray
of the big lamp in Us white tower
■wept across their laces and off into
the moonlit night
“I ni going fishing in the morn-
ing then.” Mr. Jupiter said cheer
fully. “How about It. Bates*** i
“Fine."
“We'd better be getting a little
sleep. Oyght to be out by six any
way. They bite better early In the
morning. Everybody back to bed
now. There’s nothing we can do to
help and we’d only be in the way.”
• • •
'JMIE day tbat followed was one of
unutterable tedium for those
left behind while the fishing party
cruised happily about. Mary sat In
a deck chair a book in her lap.
watching the unexcited labors of
the distant fishermen through a
telescope loaned her by the captain.
It was not very entertaining but It
was better than nothing.
The burning sun drove Bruce and
Louise downstairs where they
played Interminable games of soli-
taire. De Loma prowled the ship
like a caged animal. He had run
out of cigarettes long since and bis
nerves were all a-Jangle. He roved
from one end of the ship to the
other leaning on the rail and
studying the prospect in every dl
rectlon. They were all very much
the same which must have been
discouraging.
He avoided the landward side.
Mary observed but whether this
was due to her presence there or
to the view—which consisted of
glassy sea out of which old Fort
Jefferson prison reared Its ugly
head—she did not know.
Presently to give him the range
of the boat and also because his
restlessness had begun to get on her
nerves she resolved to go below
and take a nap. She met a steward
with a tray headed for Dlik'a state-
room. and stopped him. She rear-
ranged It a bit to make It more in-
viting. Then she bad the steward
wait while she wrote a note. It
was only three words.
Mary pulled a book from the rack
on one side of the salon and sent
that along too. She promised her-
self that she would drop in and see
Dirk after he had lunch.
Once she beard an altercation out
on deck. De Loma was berating a
steward because be bad locked up
the liquor cabinet at Mr Jupiter's
order as it turned out. Mary dls
missed it from her mind until a I
violent knocking at her door forced
her to take notice of It.
De Loma was In a towering
white-hot rage.
“What'a this all about?" he
snarled. “Am I a guest on this damn
fishing-smack or am I not? Why
can't I get service from these deal
mutes you've got for waiters on this
tub? 1 want a drink and 1 want
it now do you bear! Tell this cub
to toss out that key! What does he
think I am. a baby?"
Taire your troubles to Captain
Hendricks. He's in command”
Mary replied.
“Yes? Well there's something
else I want to know—why doesn't
that radio operator send my mes-
sages?”
“Doesn't her
"N'o. If he did. I'd hare had an-
swers before now. What's happen-
ing to my trunks? Damn it. if that
hotel seizes them I’ll hold you re-
sponsible!”
Mary smiled shakily.*
“You flatter me. As I said before.
Captain Hendricks is the man to
see.”
“That-!”
From his choice of ezpletlves it
was apparent that Captain Hen
dricks bad already been seen and
added his refusal to that of bis
subordinates. De Lome was ap-
pealing to Mary as a last resort.
He was almost beside bimseif and
his bravado was fast crumbling.
Mary shut the door and an Instant
later she beard tba captain's low.
steady voice.
"We’ve a sick man In that cabin
down there. Oe Loma. I suggest
you lower your volcet Better •till
was Impressive particularly to a
man whose courage was not of the
stay up on deck. What were you
bothering Miss Harkness about?
Miss Harkness Is not to be an-
noyed!"
• • •
J^E LOMA obeyed without a word
There was something about the
sturdy figure of the captain that
physical sort Mary listening to
the encounter between the two with
a loudly beating heart opened ber
door a trifie when De Loma bad
gone. Captain Hendricks was still
standing there.
“Keep your door locked." be said
very low. "The steward Just sur*
prised him trying Mr. Jupiter’s
door. That’s what he’s so hot and
bothered about Though I reckon
he'd like to have a drink at that
Good thing Jupiter's got the only
boat—I think he'd try to row to
shore."
"Are we off the reef yet?" she
asked hopefully.
All morning the crew bad worked
at the Job of dislodging the strand-
ed “Gypsy" first dropping an an-
chor off the bow and trying to pull
her forward with a winch and then
repeating the performance off the
stern. But the lovely whltfrand-1
gold yacht was firmly seated upon
a rock and there she remained as
alluring a sight as Circe of old to
the tired and grubby fishermen now
plying toward her.
"No luck. We're hero till we can
get a tug to pull ua off." The cap-
tain shook his head. “He'll be
balmy before then. You know what
1 think?** He whispered almost
gleefully. “1 think Its that old
prison that gets his goat! He's so
Jittery now he can t eat. And when
appetites fall on shipboard a man's
either seasick or got the fear of
hell-flrc In him.**
In mid afternoon the fishermen
arrived and even the sullen De
Loras was at the rail to watch their
coming aboard. Any kind or ac-
tivity was better than the stillnesa
and utter lack of human association
from which he had been suffering.
"Oh. what marvelous luck!“ Mary
called out Involuntarily as the boat
came alongside and she saw several
shining fish in the bottom. “What
are ther? I never saw such beauti-
ful fish before.'* Both Mr. Jupiter
and Bates were grinnlug as they
climbed out albeit rather stiffly
and came up the gangplank.
"hlngnsb Gates replied "and
they’re rightly named too. What a
fight one of those fellows gave me!
He knew I was an amateur so bs
gave tbs works."
"Didn't you get any barracuda?"
"No. No luck there." Mr. Jupi-
ter called a deck hand to bring
their catch up from the dinghy "i
wouldn't want to try to bring one
of those Into that cockleshell. Got
the boat loose yet?"
“Sorry air." the captain replied.
“And now there's something tbe
matter with the radio. Tried to get
Key West to order a tug. but It
wouldu't work. Couldn’t raise any-
one.'' A sudden thought made him
look suspiciously in De Loma s di-
rection. “If I thought anyone bad
tampered with It—"
De Loma brought his eyes back
from a moody contemplation of
Fort Jefferson prison turned and
walked away. The captain's specu-
lative gaze followed him.
Ft IRK was either asleep or feigned
^ it when Mary went down to aee
him. Hla atony unresponslveceta
was beginning to wear her spirits
down at last It was not human
she felt to be so stubbornly resist-
ant even to the ordinary claims nf
friendship. He must hate her.
There was no other explanation.
She almost ran to her own eabtn.
locked herself in and 1st the tears
come. Then realizing that she
could cot go up on deck again with-
out exciting curiosity she sent a
steward to ask Bates to loan her
hit half-complete "picture puzzle."
If she must be a prisoner sbe could
at least be doing something useful.
For two boura she labored over
the heap of paper scraps fitting
them together expertly until she
bad the finished poster. It was al-
most imposslbls to gain a clsar Idea
of the man's looks until another
hour’s labor bad succeeded In past-
ier the scraps In place. But bo-
yond a doubt It waa De Loins—a
younger De Loma. almost a boy. in
fact The same thin hawklike
face the beady black eyes the ar-
rogant bead. He wore a whits shirt
open at the neck and white trou-
sers curiously clipped In at the
ankles as if for bicycle riding and
what appeared to be a pair of old
tennis ahoea. The curiousneas of
this get-up waa heightened by bla
pose—arms folded across tbs chest
the feet at right angles In tbs “first
position" of the ballet dancer.
Below was printed: “Harry Hill
the Human Fly." Mary pondere-1
this for some tima The came was
not familiar and she had no Idea
what a “human fly" waa. Leaving
it for Bates* Interpretation aba
went up on deck. 4 I
Night bad Battled down aa •hT'
J«ned the reat of the party grouped
on tba main deck Juat forward of
Mr. Jupiter's cabin. A half mile or
so to tha east gleaming ghostly
clear In the moonlight the prison
rose abruptly out of tha sea. A gold
moon swam In the deep blue tropi-
cal sky. The whole scene was like
a vivid lithograph or a highly col-
ored postcard picture.
Louise was talking as Mary Joined (
the group describing an old castle ’
she bad visited the year before. "It
had tha most marvelous stained '
glass windows made In Italy by
the monks during the Renaissance
and transported over tha mountains I
on donkeys. 1 remember particu-
larly a deep crimson ... tha glass
was so finely colored it looked like *
precious atone ... m
She turned to Mary. j
"What reminded me of It were
your rubles. What have you done
with them? Do you have tbem on I
the yacht? I should love Just to
look at tbem again." i
“I have them hers* Mr. Jupiter
spoke up. before Mary could d*v
cide what answer to make to this <
amazing request. He reached Into
the pocket of bis dinner jacket and
pulled them out bolding tbem up
to the eyes of tbe others. There
were several sharply drawn breaths (
at tbe unexpected glory of tbe
stones.
•‘Try 'em on Mary do" be
urged. "It s a sight worth seeing.11 1
be told the others with naive pride.
He rose and laid tbem In ber
hands. Fumbling with nervousness
Mary reached up to fasten tbem
about her neck but they slipped
from ber fingers. She made a fran-
tic grab for them but only suc-
ceeded In striking tbem with ber
hand. They fell flashing Into tbe
sea.
“You fool! Oh you fool!" De
Loma screamed at her Insanely.
“Now see what you've done!"
(To lie Continued)
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