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. ; . ? > ... .,'* - t . rXE>W %*?- v' T "1 v * ' /, *7 'Vj ^ V - i,_ ;y fflfie KaaKngton -ttetalb "?? IFEA S'..f!?ION11 fortune yiiunier Continued from Yetterday. The Fortune Hunter struck in again with great coolness. "Coming home to be married, too, poor chap, wasn't her* Mr Harding flushed. % he realized now that the question was a direct challenge. and he knew that it was impossible for him to answer It with Anne present. "We shall know all about it before long," he said curtly. "The police have been rather clever in the way they have traced- him. 1 believe they have even discovered the boat he sailed on. and what he was dolog In Somerton." "It will be comforting to his people to hear about him at last, anyway." Anne safd. "T should think that's ratter open ' to doubt." the Fortune Hui*fcr said j th.>j?i tfully. "From what Fernie j told me. the man was a bit of an qurgiaer: however, as you *ay, sir. j as vei nothing is definitely known. , He was quite enjoying this little passage at arms with Mr. Harding. and to a man of his tempera- > ment it was a relief t<> have some of the cards on the table at last. 1 "What shall we do today?" Anne asked, smiling ^t him across the; V table. **! see that the paper says 'the weather is going to break up. | so we may as well make the most! of the sunshine." "Anything you like I'm quite at ! your disposal." the Fortune Hunter answered. When breakfast was over he followed her into the drawing room. "I've just got to put fresh flowers in the vases." she said, when he protested, "and if you want to be useful fro and tidy the music on the plan*." "I'm not going |o be useful, and neither are you." he insisted. He tcok the vase of flowers from her hand and unt it down out of reach. "I'm- coin* to have you all 10 myself today?for the whole day?so put your hat on and come out." "But, John. I've ever so much to d*>?moat important things, too," she protested, but hex eyes were sofr and smiling. "Today there can be nothing morf important in the whole world | fhan me." he declared lightly. I though there was something tragic ip ^is handsome eyes. "I'm going to have jou all to myself, as I said before. For the last time." he added in his heart, as she pretended to reluctantly agr*>e. "And?one thing more," he called after her. He folTowed her to the! door. "Will you put on that frock you wore the flrst day I came1 here? It wm white, made of flufTv ! sort of stuff." he explained, with' all a man's lack of eloquence. She laughed. "FlufTy stuff indeed! It was white embroidery! stand far American fcoywho Wild castlM in tha air aad boats?and vkoae achirrameats will build tba ceontry ? Praaldant Harding. Price **ree Wlia The Big Herald Nine Questions Submitted for District Boys Nine questions have been submitted to The Boys* Herald by Mrs. Pearl L Truman, of Takoma Park. The questions are nothing like the "Edison Questions." They should be answered without any trouble by any bright - person. How many can you answer? Try them all and send in the answers to them with your name. The Boys* Herald wiil publish the names of all perEons who answer the questions right. 1?How many States are there in the United States? 2?Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 3?What Is Magna Charta. and what rights did it secure? 4?What ia the highest mountain in North America? 5?What animal or flower Is associated with each of the following countries: France, England. Scotland. Russia and Ireland? ?What is the highest mountain in the world? What Is the longest river? What Is the greatest fresh water lake? What is the largest Island? What is the highest structure? 7?Who was the Maid of Orleans? Who was the kittle Cor-, C*!lor* Who was Le Grand cellor? Who was the I^e Grand Monarque? Who was the Scourge of God? R-?What was the original language of the Old Testament and what wai it of the New? 9?What is the Holy Grail? Send in your answers to the editor of The Boys' Herald. iMHMlblf. A New Yorker tells of h*? sojourn at a certain hotel in the Carolina mountains. At about eight in the morning he was aroused from a sound slumber by a knocking on bis door. "What' Is it?" he shouted. "Telegram fo* you, boss." replied the negro on the other side of the*door. "Will you open the door?" "The New Yorker was angered by tills "I will not!" he yelled back. "Can't you slip it under \ the door?" ^TN?^_boss." was the response; -It*! on V trajr." I ?American Boy. XoX.AJJ in T0?a. "Thomas,"' said his mother severely. "son>*one has taken a big piece of ginger cake out of the pantry.** > Tom blushed guiltily. "Oh. Thomas.' she aaid. "I didn't think it was in you." "It aln*t all," replied Tom. ' part of it's in Elsie." ti? * THE GUMPS?O, TH iNH I 5 ^ *] Y ea. I'll put It on, if ypu order me to." He heard her singing *s she went upstairs. and though she wa> wonderfully quick it seemed a lifetime to him until she Joined him again and they went out Into the sunshine. . "So river, today." she said: she gave a little shiver. "We'll go through the fi^Jda. John. That poor old crow has finished me for the river vfor a long time." "But nothing had has happened, you see." he answered, -trying to lavgh. "In fact, madam." and he glanced down at her wtih pretended criticism. "I think yon are looking younger and prettier than 1 have ever seen you before?bless you!" he added, with sudden passion that drove Uie color to her ' cheeks. "That's because I'm happy." she said. "Hut as far as the old crow goes " "I refuse to discuss her?him? or it. whichever it is." he declared , laughing. "I want to talk about you?and me! * "Together or separately?" she" asked with mock gravity. "Together ? today.- he answered. "And not tomorrow?" she inquired. raising her brows in pretended offense. The Fortune Hunter put his hand through her arm. drawing her closer to him. "Tomorrow; tet tomoxrow take care of Itself." h?said. a note of harshness in his voice. "Tomorrow never comes!" "Thia morning I wish that it never need." she said with a halfsigh. and then, quickly: "So. 1 don't; it'a wonderful to think that there are ever so many tomorrows waiting for us both?you and me!" she said. She put her hand over his as It lay on her arm. "John, there la Just one thing I want to say to you." she said with sudden earnestness, "and then we will never speak of it again till? (ZTfie Hoys'B< 1 Monday. on WHAT IS IT?. . . ! >/ a Here is a cartoon sent in by A When we received the cartoon the book which standi open on tof Alex has placed the book of 9c He has placed the boy underlies But the boy is not prostrated, an - Send in yo?r interpretation of i WHAT STORY DOBS THE P WHAT DID ALKX WRITE I ? pm? fu.i "Ms." said Bertie, "should I . say pants or trousersT' 'Trousers, dear." "Well. I think I'd better give W i?(o some water; he trousers awfully." ? *** ! * HU TlM?. "Johnny." said the teacher, reprovingly. "you misspelled moat ' of the words la your compost- v tlon." "Tes'm; I'm goinj to he a dialect writer." ?American Boy. j 1 1 1 . [AT MAN! ^ - Is ^ A Full Page of The G i?ll you say you want to. It's thla, dear: Everything that'i gone v. ion* since?you came home?1 m? an about the?the photograph of that girl, a>?d?and meeting her In J^onrion and?everything elae ? 1 just want to forget It, and?-and to think that some day you wll! tell ne all about ft. I want veu to believe that I do trust you .atUl?like I always did; and then?then we can be quite happy." Sh?? waited, almost afraid to rals?* her eyes, but when last she did. she aaw how white he waa. "You're *r?ot angr> \%ith me?" jhe faltered. '"Angry with you?' He drew hi* hand from hera aimoat roughly and quickened his* atepa ao that they took him a pace ahead of her. "I * Iron Id like to go down on my knees to you." he said hoarsely. "Anne." there wan a note of wjld* i.ess in his voice, "If. some day, you found out that I wasn't?all that you think of me. if you fouod out that I ? hadn't a'wave gone straight ? all tfieie ars" ? he turned and faced h * enperation ?"what you do?'.' "You don't mean that?that?you were guilty of?of?when you went r.way?' she faltered. "No. no! I swear to you, I told You before." The color came back to her fa?e; she drew a long breath of relief. "There couldn't be anything elae very bad. then." she said: and once again his impulse to tell her the whole wretched story died away. They spent the morning wandering through the woods, and fields; and they came back past the fivebarred gate. where the Fortune Hunter had sat that evening in th? sunset and counted the silver in his pr.cket. To be Continued Tomorrow. Carefulness will safeguard your family and your home. # aily Itlecalb OBER 3, I?21. . By Mendelsohn * m i. . lex Mendelsohn. Alex bad something written ia i of the pile of books. hool on the top. ith. d he can easily 'jet from under.' Alex's cartoon. ICTURE TELL YOU? N THE OPEN BOOK? Wise Willie. "Can you tell me the difference between a lake and an ocean. WlIHe?" Willie (who had spent his summer vacation at the seashore)?"Tesaom. a lahe Is pleaaanter to swallow when you tall In." f * ' v S?M* MeeanU BiekM. "Coming hone from downtown on the street ear last ni*ht," said Sandy to Jim. "the car turned a corner suddenly and I covered three laps In one minnte." ^ 1 ?: ." ?' * i1 i'*Wi1jia*'in'il - ,(t '-vl * I I ^ . ; ' i i f r /wTTjim * f "* ? \ gal [ MM* TO V Iwil-r 1 ^???-3. I ?g%? limps," in Four Colors, in the Comic Section of The Su I ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT * - I ! By ROY K. MOULTON. PROM THE CURRENT HEADLINES. The immigrants are bringing in a lot of foreign germs, And tliey arc mainly all we win according to peace terms. The prijes are all going down, they're dropping day and night. Rut go and walk around the town and see if this is right. A man and maid went up in a plane to marry in the air, And this was just about as sane as wedding anywhere. A New Yt>rk man, we understand, tried to kidnap hjs Svife, I She soalacti him on the berzer and she nearly took his life. * * * DON'T LIKE THAT KIND OF MUSIC. Dear Roy: Did you know that tin- Drum Ruilding in San Francisco is loeated at No. 1 Fife street??;Spoo<fles. ? : - Andre Brule, a dilettante, has won the kissing championship of | Europe. The ladies whom he kissed during the contest say his kisses were "chaste," the American entry's kisses were "flaccid," the Englishman's "tepid," the Spaniard's "vampirish." But we. saw where an American kiss cost $20,000 the other day and Andre would have to go some to beat that Then again, there are all Winds here, a taxicab smack costing only about $2 for the fare and the Fifth avenue 'bus variety only 20 cents. Some of' these^kisses are chaste and others are chased. * ? Marshal Foch boasts that the French army could now sweep Eu-1 rope. But there isn't much of Europe left to be swept. As some slangist might say. there isn't any place in Europe that is so very "dirty." ^ ? Headline says that Mexican trouble worries the administratjon. There will always be trouble in Mexico so long as there are so many Mexicans there. * What lias become of the old-fashioned man who used to own two ! pairs of trousers,, both with suspenders? ? NOT A BALANCED RATION. One thing about the Chautauqua just closed: It wasn't very much in the way of a leg show. Another thing: There was too large a proportion of the programs singing and not enough playing. Singing j """" LEAVES PROPERTY I VALUED AT $5Sft31 p.t.nt .f s.MHty U th. modern ?rM."?Ea-PrssUsst Henrietta B. Hei.kell, who died Wm4?w WUhl June 20 last, left an estate valued 155.031. according to the peti? tlon lor probate of th. will and Copyright lMl. rodtcila filed yesterday in the Pro1 ' ? bate Court by the American Secir- ! w _ p Ity and Trust Company and Joseph I .prrilrt* <3CnCS v Reeves. the executors. The estate, consists of personal 1?- / /, n /7/> re property valued at S43.C0S and real r Or CU U 6 10 estate, described by lots and _ _ ? squarea. valued at $11-521. f|* K/sv \rnflfc George J. Mueller, proprietor -A j yyi MJUjr JIUUIS tbe flrm of George J. Mueller. Inc. wholesale candy merchants, who' The annual training course for X scout leaders conducted by the dren accor4in^ to the wm fu** f ,r District of Columbia Boy Scout probate yesterday. The sons. Carl Council, will open Its sessions and George J. Mueller, it. ate . .. _. . ? given their father's shark of stoak In the rooms of the Chamber of ,n t||# {,rm >n)J a daughter. An Commerce. Homer Building, toinette M. Shumate, is to hav* Wednesday evening. October 19, a sum equal to one half of the par with Huston Thompson, chairman of the Federal Trade Com- i-aid to a servant named Margaret mission, and president of the Blunt, the thxee children arc In I District of Columbia Boy Scout ?h?re equally the balance ot the estate. Council, as speaker. A comprehensive proBram, Platl to BlulA SeWCT z:z. 4hL 'ZriZrZ System in Clarendon with tbe special purpose of help- CLARENDON. Va.. Oct.- J.?Coming particularly new leaders un- mlssioner of Revenue H. K. Oreen familiar with the work. Csre- jg preparing flgurea on the taxable ful following of the course values of sanitary districts Nos. ? should equip any man Interested ,nd 10 for use of the board of suin boys to take charge of a perrisors at their meeting on Octrcop. This year's program fol- tcber 10, to determine the rate neclows: essary ?o Install water and sewer October 19 ? Scouting idekls systems in these two districts, and objectives, Huston Thomp- which include Rosslyn, Park Lane, son. Activity for the evening: ^Thfifton, Ch^rrydale. Ballston. Au-| Games. * Z. 2 rowt Heights. Dominion Heights, October tf-*Boy psychology, a arid' a portion of Clarendon and discussion of the adolescent and -Fort "Myer Heights. Estimates for preadolescent boy. Dr. Shepherd Qii* work by Sanitary Engineer I., Franz, George Washington J.- Howell w>ll be presented to University. Activity: The troop, rfiC-board. museum. * -T/ t. ?, w > November 2?Troop manage- Clarendon Po&t NOm 8 ment; a discussion of organlxS" t- s.' . ; /** i tlon, records, regi it ration. patro4 AddltlOflQl OfflC T8 system, etc. Charlei A. "Bell, tU0p 4 s j executive. Activity: Scout * CZ^ARENDON,. "^g., Qet. i. ? Ar- J tests. }y X\. ' Post, No. ISf, American L#e-j November 9?Troop techni^ai^'V4 gfcmto enlarged Its corps of officers] tenderfoot and second ciasS* ? ky the.selectlon of Dr. S. "T. Noland tests, Maj. Frank Moorman, as aerttce officer, to handle quespresident Scoutmasters' Club. tt<m? between the government and Activity: Tenderfoot Investiture ^ the mamb^rs; J. P. Devine, of Ballceremony. _ stoo, 4*s employment officer; HerNovembar 16?Troop technique,-. . *bert H. Porter, of Clarendon, histoflrst class tests. Dr. Walter Mef-- r'M. and W. C; Crack, of Ballston. rill. Scoutmaster Troop 33 Ac- ' athletic officer. C. W. Fitch has tivlty: Bandaging. bofH named as chairman of cornNovember ?3?A definite pro- irrWtoe to arrange for partlripation gram and its advantage. Edward *n .ArmlaHce Day exerciaes at ArD. Shaw, scout executive. Ac- li?*gtpn Cemetery. - j tivlty: Model bridge and tower building. Police Appointments. November 26s?Outdoor prob- -Four appointments and one pro- } lem. what to do. when and how motion in the Metropolitan Police to do It. Hike to Wilson Reser-v Department were announced by Invation, Dr. Paul Bartsch, Ng- apector Daniel Sullivan, acting sutlonal Museum. Activities: Hike. perlntendent of police, yesterday, cooking supper, games. Harvey H. MoGulhn was appointed November 30?The troop com- aasigned to tho Eighth premittee and its job, A. E. Aspln- cl?,ct: Romn>*? E. Turner, a crossing wall, troop committeemen, Troop ? .,c?r* w** assigned to the Sixth 39. Activities: Compass, map- prectnct: Mabel T. Young was made making. *- attendant, and James G. Ljou - than a driver at the House of DeJack had an ugly face. On. JTb, ,. "" day a neighbor met him on the n a bicycle. "And how are ye.. Jack?" ' ; ' ?!j'j Kills Spectator. asked the neighbor. " V'^ mountain bull which Bad. It s starvation that's twlong the speoUtMs at a I a-atarln' me In- the face." , flght In MadHd recently attacked I "Is that soT sympathised the r wl^only one of them. Sanor R.glno I neighbor, "aui-e an- It can't-* We ' v*l*ac#. .a printer, who for years I pleasant for either ofce of ' >???;'jijol?'?lca4 on posters advert!*- I . i, 'f ?"- - W?vb?r VeU"eei 0'*<> ?? th* I *. > '.L\ - .>^A ? Jj ?By SMITH | i??y? ; "V ia? *.? ?: ?**?? n , , im . fc, ^ \sbm '' ^ w flP nday Herald. |L" .'? b' mighty good to entitle it to crowd violin solos, orchestra K?,I ."ir L ,r,0 *h.c programs And Chautauqua singing all rounds pretty much alike?thin, quavering sopranos, lightweight tenors, asses that bawl out in%unmusical tones, and everybody trying to ise the tremolo stop all the time.?Howard Courant. * * * * * Official kissing has been discontinued by the President of France . . ,^?n,' necessary now for the Amerioan-about-to-be -dec6r?ted t(Exclaim affrightedly: "Here, here?none o' your chetk!" ... u 1 .*s sa?d Mr. Burleson has a plan to send our cotton to Europe. Hope he won t send it like he used to send our letters. ***** Has anybody called it the Cuckoo Clan? ??^ ' Moobwath&l Ope. J: 15 A. M. New Y?k?WASHINGTON?Pari Two Favorite Crava This Season In Diagonal Striped Silks and Handsomi New Pencil Stripes in diagonal effects and every imagassortaent t h a t comprises ^ ^ Knitted Cravats are the most elegant we have ever shown. I a j R $2-50, $3, $3.50, $4 aid '* 1 B I Hand-made Knitted of Crocheted Tie*, plain colon and heather mixturea, fc.50. Introducing to Washington Our Direct Importatic English Brogue O From the Best Maker in Southamptoi Southampton, England. is to the shoe industry of the Brockton, Mass.. is to the American shoe industry?the r These Brogues are of Velour-Finished Russia CaJfskii made soles, having a rubber inset between welt and sol' dampness. Lined throughout with French calfskin aa smooth and comfortable aa a gio' A strictly bench-made English custom Brogue in black i i Also a strictly hand-made light weight Patent with hand-turn sole, silk bound top, and moire ail throat; very light weight, $ii pair. (Mea'e 8ho? Section?First Floor.) v.''.'-'i - ^ i ..?. < i , * ? -- i 1 'i?j IMaminc/JucUjet Court (ScJioes by&ludolph&erkins 4KD COIBT MVCmCATtt. Matt Boswell and his wife. Katharine. 1lr? with their three ?ma:i children at 4(1 E street south ??*i For the put six months. Mrs. Boswell said, her husband has t.*.? drinking too much and treating h.r shamefully. On several occseims he stated, he has choked her ni.l Insensibility and kicked and , ufr^.i her about, besides refusing to provide for her or the children The laai time Matt attacked his wife, sha declared, she hit him ?,<>! a pitcher and knocked him out. The* ahe got a warrant an<l harged him with making threet? The husband remembered none ?l these attacks He admitted that he drank, but did not know what he did when he drank He argued that be often lost money through a hole in his pocket. .1 n alleged fact which he cl?im-<1 was responsible for the non? pport charge. He said that his wife ordered him out of the house snd pa. ked his suitcase for him. but just what he did afterward has si pp<-<| h ? ettlrely. Witnesses said thst he remark*.! that he cared nothing for either hts wife or his life and that he going to murder her. Judge McM hnn thought It rs:her Queer that a mas could W k . t* of these sdt and not rem. mber thess afterward. iotlvrop | i Qos* 6 P. M j j t Styles ij |. e Knitted Silks Men m xfords i, England United Kingdom what ecognized leader. > with thick custome to resist water and and re ind tan. $15 pair. Dance Pomp k bow at the %