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THE CKOSBYTON REVIEW
m$* ^jesb™.
By George Agnew Chamberlain - -
r0yce Sewell, oh the eve of her twen<
♦leth birthday, rebel* Inwardly ather lot,
ieDendent on her detested stepmother,
irma and full of traffic memories „«f her
mother's murder twelve year* before and
her father's death six month* ago. Irma
calls In Helm Blackadder, an admirer,
to help her persuade Joyce to marry
rich, young Michael Klrkpatrlck.
CHAPTER I—Continued
joyce started toward a chair but
stopped. "No; If we are going to
have one of our reasonable talks,
I'd rather stand.'*
"That means I'll have to stand
too," said Blackadder. sensing he
faced a wise and clever fighter. "It
doesn't leave me a choice, does it?"
"Not if you feel you have to stay."
"Joyc£j" cried Mrs. Sewell sharp-
ly."flow can you be rude to Mr.
Blackadder, a man twice your age
and my oldest friend?"
"I wasn't trying to be rude," said
Joyce coolly, "I was wondering why
he'* here."
"I've told you. Because he'r mjr
oldest and almost my only friend.
We were boy and girl together and
if I can't turn to him in my trouble
I can appeal to nobody."
"Your trouble!" exclaimed Jeyjys.
"If you'd only leave me alone, let
me go my own way, you wouldn't
have a thing in the world to worry
about."
"That's Just it—I can't. I can't
stand aside and watch you ruin your
life. It wouldn't be right. I can tell
you to your face, here before Mr.
Blackadder, if you don't take Mich-
ael Kirkpatrick while you still have
gf your life."
"So it's narrowed down to Mike,
has it?" said Joyce. "How did you
come to pick on him?"
As if she were resigning the floor
Mrs. Sewell made a gesture toward
Blackadder. Strangely uneasy he
straightened and braced his elbows
on the mantel. He leveled his eyes
at her, taking her measure.
"Let's see if I can talk your lan-
we ^tkI out?"
"No: I'll listen."
"You're young, Joyce, and you're
up against a tough situation. You
don't like your stepmother. Well,
there's nothing we can do about
that. Likes and dislikes dorTi ~go
by favor or obligation; they hang
on two Spanish words, easy to un-
derstand, hard to translate — sim-
patica and antipatica. Right?"
"Yes," said Joyce, amazed at the
boldness ofWs~4Uack "and startled-
by his idiomatic'use of a language
ihe thought sh^-alone in Elsinboro
knew. ^
clothes—because love doesn't grow
out of things. Even if you try*your
best to make it, it doesn't, it won't
I mean giving something that's in-
side you, that aches to be given
and—and—"
MI know, dear," interrupted Mrs.
Sewell soothingly, "but believe me,
you'll feel all that if you'll only
just—"
"Oh, you're horrible!" cried Joyce
desperately, "I wish I hadn't told
youl Do you think I'm blind? You
want to be rid of me—both of
you. All right. I give in. I prom-
ise. If it isn't Mike jt will be some-
thing els£, some either way. I pirom-
ise." She was gone from the room
before either of them could answer.
CHAPTER II
Her departure left Blackadder
breathless and somewhat confused.
He continued to stand with his. back
to the mantel, starjng at her as if
her hurrying figure were still in
sight, filling his eyes. And he had
thought she was licked! He became
aware of Irma's murmuring voice.
"You were wonderful. Helm, but
I knew you would be. I was sure of
it The minute I thought of you the
load began to lift off my shoulders
and__now, whatever happens, it's
¥r
r -
yd
hiU&i
"The yoke of living on Irma has
been galling you till' all you can
think of is escape. The first thing
you picked on was to be a teacher,
but you found out it isn't enough
to know your subject—you've got to
have a string of silly letters after
your name. So you thought you'd
be a stenographer and look for a
firm engaged in foreign trade. Un-
fortunately, you're unfitted for busi-
ness. You'd be an absolute flop." *•
"Why?"
-"Been use
thoroughbred; the first time you
found yourself-the mechanical link
in a gyp game you'd walk out."
"Then what's left?" asked Joyce
dismally as much of herself as -of
hinii
"We're coming to that," said
Blackadder sharply. Perceiving he
had shaken her, his head moved for-
ward between his shoulders and his
eyes grew beady. "You don't like
Irma, but you've lived on her since
you were eight years old. She's
given you everything you've h£d—
shelter, food, raiment and care—
and you've never paid fora!fy~of it
ia love or in cash."
"Oh!" gasped Joyce, wincing un-
der the sting of a lash she hadfused
on-herself again and again. ^'How
<ould I? You know I have nothing-
nothing!"
"That's not so," said Blackadder,
•hooting the words at her. "You
nave plenty if you take it to the
"ght market. Let's get down to bed-
Jock. Do you dislike Mike any more
than you do your stepmother? Do
you?"
'No!" said Joyce.
"Then why not live on him for a
while where you can pay ten for
one?"
i#^atchlng *ler ,ln,t Into A chair as
® ]?" had knocked her knees from
Jr™ her he felt i curious elation,
f^^ad beaten her, It had been a
rd fight, but he had won out.
,3« way out that Helm sug-
8*id Mr - Sewell—"this
3,1 been begging you to do—
tt'« «°n * lhink it>8 'or me, do you?
w , r you—for your own good.
°,lder than you are, we can
TftrTTTr a* welL,aa ahead.—Can't
onr k !Ve u*7 Can'* you '«« It's
"M . chance for happiness?"
, "appines«!" breathed Joyce. "I
hannin6 CVery girI ha* her dream of
JJPptees,." Then her low voice be-
ty I?. ^°W 111 volume and intensi-
<h a -?°w 1 ljave and it's a
J giving, not taking. I don't
living things—money, food.
A Pungent Odor of
Age-Old Paper.
rouble. I
can't tell you what it means to me
to see you standing there like a pil-
lar giving sense and reason to ev-
erything in the room, including
me." sfc-i "
She smiled up at him expectantly.
His lips parted but iTwas ordained
the maid should enter then.
"It's Mr. Kirkpatrick, ma'am."
The young man entered, flamboy
ant as to hair, complexion, manner
and clothes. "Michael, you know
Mr. Blackadder, don't you?'
"Sure thing," said Mike, holding
out his hand.
and almost crushed his knuckles
then let go too quickly for a come
back. Mrs. Sewell came to the res-
cue.
"You can go right up, Michael.
You'll find Joyce in her sitting
room. I—I wish you luck."
Something in the mapiier of her
final words mad? Kirkpatrick glance
at her curiously. He nodded and
started for the back where a side
staircase supplemented the one in
the main hall. Arriving at Joyce's
door he knocked softly, pretended
he heard an answering call, turned
the knob and stepped in. Joyce was
on her knees before the petaca. in
-the-aet~of fitting a clumsy key into
:JShe homemade lock,
"Where did you find the Ellis is-
land trunk?" he asked jovially.
She turned her head and stared
up at him out of unbelieving eyes.
"It was my father's," she answered
automatically. Then she rose, hold
Ing tight to the key, and stood at
her full height "What are you do-
ling here?" she demanded. "Who
told you you could come, in?"
He backed against the door until
the latch clicked shut "You did.
I knocked and I thought I heard you
•Come in.' "
"You were mistaken. Please go
"Aw, get off the horse, Joycie.
-Can't you talk from the floor for
opoe in your life?"
Abruptly her frown deepened.
"Did they send for you?"
"Who?"
"Mr. Blackadder and my step-
mother."
"They did not; I brought myself.
"Then take yourself away."
. JJWMt'Jimrush, Joycle. nowTm
here? Listen, let's have a show-
down. I've told you over and over
again I can give you a lot of things
and so ca$ you me, but I've done
all the crawling I'm going to do.
Besides, I've Just had a tip. I may
not know books like some of your
rah-rah friends, but I can see out
of both eyes. So I'm asking you for
say.
the last time—will you marry me or
won't you?"
"I won't, now or ever."
He stepped toward her, his fingers
itching but his eyes frightened and
wet. Abruptly he stopped. Why?
He didn't know. Sh'e had not moved.
She stood with the big key held
tightly in her right hand as though
it were a dagger. Pressed against
her dark dress her fist seemed small
and white yet' powerful. She had
brought him to a halt with only a
look-r-a look of loathing beyond
words. He turned, tore open the
door and rushed from the room.
Joyce knelt on the floor, then bent
over the little rawhide trunk, turned
the key and raised the lid. /^pun-
gent odor of age-old T>®Per, rust,
leather and rotting tape greeted her
nostrils. •
Her father's last years had left
her memory of a weakling, a lov-
able weakling. Now, immersed in
his fervent letters and shocked by
the impersonal frigidity of the re-
plies they had evoked, she Saw him
in his true proportions as a inartyF
burned at the stake. Slowly, day
after day, month after month, yet
uttering no cry. Unshed tears stung
in her eyes, blinding her. Anger
at injustice mounted into rage and
rage into the incandescent heat that
tempers steel to a' cutting edge. He
ha'd left no son to avenge his wrongs
—only a girl. She dug;her nails inta.
the palms of her hands. Some day,
somehow, she would find a way.
Again there came a knock at her
door, a hesitant knock quite unlike
her stepmother's.
"Who is it?" . she whispered
hoarsely.
"It's me, Miss Joyce," answered
the maid's voice. "I've brought you
a letter and a bit of supper."
"Thanks, Ellen, but I don't want
a thing to eat. Please slip the let-
It was long and without a stamp,
probably a circular. Her inclina-
tion was to let it lie, but abruptly
she was seized by its' similarity to a
dozen envelopes in the p_etaca, all
beaming the penalty-for-privatp-nsp
formula. A pale yellow slip flut-
tered to the floor as she tore open
the official envelope and unfolded
the letter within. She read it at a
glance, then again slowly, word by
word: "At the instance of the Mexi-
can ombaBaadui'i who hag deposited.
the necessary funds, I beg to en-
close a warrant on the Treasury of
the United States for $10,000 com-
pensation, in full for the death of Ann
Burden Sewell" Your endorsement
.Witt b'e s'uflicic«VTfrC€ipt."-__
She caught up the pale yellc^y slip.
Sitting cross-legged she stared and
starpd at .it, 'for- it looked like^r^
purport was -unmistakable — -the
• George Agnew Chamberlain
WNV^ervlc*
"Mr. Bradley, are bankers like
doctors, lawyers, and priests? I
mean are they bound to keep a se-
cret if you ask them to?"
"They are and they aren't A
court order ' can open wide our
mouths and our vaults, but short of
that we're bound to respect our cli-
ents' wishes. Why? Have you a se-
cret you want to deposit?"
"Yes; oh, yes."
for ten thousand?" She sank back,
her eyes wide, the color draining
from her cheeks. He patted her
knee reassuringly-'and chuckled.
"There, there,- that was a mean
trick. Nobody knows but me, my
dear. It was I who supplied your
name and address."
"Oh!" breathed Joyce. "Please
don't ever do a thing like that to me
again!"
"You're safe. I doubt whether
I'll ever have any other chance. But
why the secrecy?"
"Because I'm going away and 1
Me O
Another ■
A Quiz With ~
Answers Offering
Information on
Various Subjects
1. Has there ever been an air-
plane flown around the world?
2. How long does it take to get
a telephone call through to London
from this country?
3. Ho\r many miles of sub-
marine cable are there? ,
4. What town is nearest the geo-
graphical center of the United
States?
5. What is pectin? ~
6. ' Why- are some tin cans en-
ameled on the inside?
7. What is~the..population of the
eacth?
8. How rhany hospitals are there
in the United States? Hotels?
9. What is the largest vote a
He leaned toward her and asked ... . . .- .. „ j
in a whisper, "Is it about the check" Party ever. cast in the United
otates?
10. Did the United States have
diplomatic relations with the Vati-
can during the Civil war?
Answers
1. There has never been a
round-the-world airplane flight in
that such a flight would require
girling the globe at its greatest
circumference, either along the
equator or along a single degree
of longitude.
2. It takes from 10 to 30 min-
utes, although it rarely takes 30
minutes. • It cosis $15 for three
donH wa^ any^jdy^ to^ k now minutes' talk in the daytime, bU
urnara " sna lAonaW f/vrina«>4v # «, . , m ...
the rate for Sunday and for night
where.*' She leaned forward. "Mr.
Bradley; you know my father's sto-
ry, don't you?"
"No, man knows it better, and that
goes for his one-time lawyers."
"I learned^it- last night" said
Joyce. "Tread every letter, every
paper, every deed back to the origi-
nal grant from the king of Spain. Is
there any doubt La Barranca be-
longed to my father?"
"None whatever. He had as clear
a title as I have to my hat or my
coat or anything els? I've paid for
in cash."
"Then it's mine now."
"I wish I could answer no to that,
but I can't."
"Have you a conscierice, Mr.
Bradley?" she asked soberly.
"Me?" he ex'claimed, puzzled and
astonished. _
"I was wondering whether it's
ever right to—to take your con-
science and choke it."
Treasury of,the United States held
$10,000 at-h^r disposal. The finger
of fate was upon her. If this amaz-
Jpg windfall had come an hour
^sooner she might have signed it over
to her stepmother, flung it at her
with actual Joy, in payment for back
rent and-board. But not now—no,
not now. SherpUt "her arms around
the petaca, pressed her cheek
against its arabesques of brass
tacks and bowed her head as if she
were making a vow. presently sne
went to bed, but lay awake for a
long time, dreaming, planning, then
floating off into a restful haze mid-
way bptweeti sleep and conscious-
ness.-
In the morning she was up early.
She drank her coffee with eyes on
the clock and shortly after nine was
being shown into the private office
of the president of the City National
bank. Toward the last Mr. Bradley
.had been her father's only remain-
ing friend.
"It's Joyce," she reminded him,
"Joyce Sewell."
"Why, of course! How you've
grown, my dear. You're lovely!"
His eyes "twinkled violently but he
did not laugh.- "I see. What's your
conscience been telling you to do?"
—"Give" this moirey—to—myrstep-
mother."
"What for?"
"Well, for all she's done—keeping
me all these years."
Mj\. Bradley's eyes shone with a
strange and increasing fire. ."Who's
been stuffing your head with lhatY"
he demanded. "Anyway, let me
put you straight. In the first, place
step-parents' are required by law tc
do whatls been done for you; it's
an integral part of their original
bargain. In the second Irma'a
KinHnoct niinpri—your father by
keeping him from going to work.
In the third, since she's a do-gocid-
.to-others a'ddictT^fie's had her mon-
ey's worth out of the two of you
ten tim$s over."
. "Thank Jfou," Bhe murmured.
"You don't know what you've done
for me. Now I can do whaUI've
been planning; I can go."
"Where to, Joyce?"' ..
*-«She looked at him steadfastly.
"All those years my father stayed
Here. Mr. Bradley. But La Bar-
ranca isn't here; it's in Mexico. I'm
going to Mexico."
re laid the warrant, aire
endorsed, on Mr. Bradley's desk
and rose. "I'm leaving the money
with you, but you understand I may
need a great deal of it any day,
don't you?"
"Sit down, Joyce," he said sober-
ly. "Do you know what I've been
asking myself?"
"No, sir," said Joyce, sinking to
the edge of her chair.
"If I had a girl—your a^e, your
looks, your background — what
would I want some other fellow to
do in this particular case?" He
frowned. VOf course you remem-
ber Mexico, but do you remember
what happened?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
calls is $10 for three minutes.
3. -The earth is encircled with
more than 300,000 miles of sub-
marine cables, 100,000,000 miles of
telephone wires and v. 5,000,000
miles of telegraph cables. .
4. Lebanon, in Eastern Smith
county, Kan., is the nearest.
5. It is a substance which ap-
pears in many vegetable tissues
as a constituent of the sap or cell
wall. In making jellies its pres-
ence is necessary to cause the
fruit juice to solidify.
6. Red fruits and vegetables
bleach in contact with tin plate
and foods with sulphur content
discolor the can just as a cooked
egg discolors a silver spoon. The
stain is .harmless but uninviting.
7. There are about 2,000,000,000
people on the earth,, according to
the 1930 estimates of the Inter-
national Statistical institute of the
League of Nations at Geneva.
8t There are 6,189 registered
hoadtftak in the United States.
There- are approximately 29,000
hotels.
9. Iri 1892 a ,fusion of industrial
Workers and farmers knowji as
the Populist party, and roughly
comparable to the Farmer-Labor
party of today, mustered 1,027,000
popular votes and 22 electoral
votes. The vote was about one-
tenth of the total vote cast.
10f. Yes. At the commencement
of the Civil war, John J. Stockton
of New Jersey was minister resi-
dent at the Vatican. He was suc-
ceeded by Alexander W. Randall,
of Wisconsin on August 9, 1862,'
Randall was succeeded by Rich-
ard Milford Blatchford of New
York. Rufus King of Wisconsin
succeeded Blatchford on October
7, 1863.
Ship's Military Burial
When the U. S. S. SmithfThomp-
son was damaged almost beyond
repair during^ maneuvers in the
Pacific a short time ago, officials
decided that she deserved a bet-
ter end than to be sold for junk.
So she was sunk ten miles off the
Philippines while her funeral par-
ty watched, marines fired three
volleys over her bow and a bugler
sounded taps. This was the only
military burial ever given a ship
in the naval history of the United
States.—Collier's Weekly.
m
For That Nutty Flam,
dropping a teaspoonful of
butter into each muffin pan
pouring in the batter. Thii
the muffins a delicious
yor. ^"-19
Storing Linens.—In
ens for a long period, it ia
to roll them, as the material
be weakened by continued
ing.
• • •
Cleaning Woolen Clothe*^
woolen clothes which pick up
easily are quickly cleaned by
ting a rubber sponge, then
ing it dry and sponging the gar-
ment. ■
• • • -
To Freshen Salt Meat<—Put it
into cold water, quickly bring to a
boil, then let simmer.
* * *
Cleaning Brickwork.—Brickwork
around the fireplace can be
cleaned by scrubbing with any
scouring powder with only enough
water to form a thin paste. Fol-
low by thorough rinsing.
,s Egg Savories.—Boil some eggs
hard. Halve them and mi* thft
yolks with grated cheese, anchovy
paste, or sardines. Add a little
butter and seasoning. Fill the
halves with the mixture and place
on founds of toast or fried bread.
Put a slice of tomato between the
egg and the toast.
* * *
Onion Fritters.—Boil 4 large on-
ions until they will mash easily.
Cook 2 ounces of rice, drain off
the water, and allow to cool. Add
3 ounces of breadcrumbs, 1 tea-
spoonful sage, salt and pepper to
taste, and 2 well-beaten eggs to
the onions and rice. Divide into
several portions, coat with egg
and breadcrumbs, and cook in
boiling fat until a light brown.
WNU Service.
%il
United States and Great Britain Have
Thirty Per Cent of World'* "Who's Who"
The United States and Great Brit-
ain have more than 30 percent of
the persons listed in the internation-
al "Who's Who" published in Lon-
don. This book, 19,000 biographies,
of persons who were considered by
the editors to be of "international
prominence.," had 3,150 persons
from Great Britain and 2,650 from
the United States.
The total percentage of women in
the book was only 1.6 and Great
Britain's contribution was only 2.8,
but the United States women had
5.6 per cent of the space.
Frank B. Llttell, of Washington,
dissected the lists in the magazine
"Science" and found the following
percentage distribution of interna-
tional celebrities by nationalities:
Great Britain. 16.7; United States,
France, &!*?-Germany,'8.2; Italy,
3 7; ^Weden, 3.3; Japan, 2.6; Den-
mark, 2.3; Hungary, 2.2; Canada,
2.2f Netherlands. 2.1; Australia, 2.1;
and Poland, 2.1.
A comparison of the distribution
of internationally known men in the
United Statef snd Great Britain
.howt-wfiw* th most striking rec-
ognized advances have been made
in the two countries. For example,
politics is first on the British list and
fifth on the American list Since the
British have dominiorft all over the
world and thus are, in a sense, in-
ternationalists, this could b&expect-
ed. On the other hand, scientists
led thfe-American list, as might be
expected from the "inventingest"
and most science-worshiping nation
in the world.
Of the 2,650 Americans in the
"Wli'6's Who" 610 attended two col-
leges or universities, 200 attended
three institutions and 110 attended
four or more. On the other hand,
420 did not list any college educa-
tion. Harvard is the alma mater of
more famous Americans than any
other school. -Columbia and Yale
were next. .. .
Many Immune to 8easlckness
Many persons are relatively im-
mune to seasickness, particularly
acrobats, tightrope walkers, profes-
sional dancers and others whose oc-
cupations require considerable body
balancing.—Collier's Weekly.
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