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CHAPTER XV
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Lady Cynthia ran into Sir Timothy
near the end of a dinner dance at
Clarldge's, Just when she had about
reached the end of her endurance
. of boredom. « (
"What brlngé you here alone?" she
asked him.
"I have an engagement In a few
minutes,''"he explained. "My car Is
waiting now. I looked In at the club
to dine, found my favorite table taken
and nearly every man 1 eve» disliked
sidling up to tell me that he hears I
am giving a wonderful party on Thurs
day. I decided not to dine there, after
all, and Charles found me a corner
here. 1 am going In five minutes "
"Where to?" she asked. "Can't 1
come with you?"
"I fear not," he answered. "1 am
going down in the East End."
"Adventuring?"
"More or less," he admitted.
Lady Cynthia became beautiful. She
was always beautiful when she was
not tired.
"Take me with you. please," she
begged. "I'll get my cloak."
They drove along the Embankment,
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cityward. The heat of the city
to rise from the pavements. The wall
of the Embankment was lined with
people, leaning over to catch the lan
guid breeze that crept up with the
tide. They crossed JjMt and
threaded their way through a night
mare of squalid streets, where half
dressed men and women hung from
the top windows and were even to be
seen upon the roof, struggling for air.
The car at last pulled up at the corner
of a long street.
"I am going down here," «lr Tim
othy announced. "I shall be gone per
haps an bony.—The neighborhood Is
not a fit one for you to be left alone
In. I shall have time to send you
home. The car will be back here for
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me by the-time I require IL"
"Where are you going ?" she asked
curiously. "Why can't I come with
you?'
"I am going where I cannot take
you," was the Arm reply. "I told you
that before I started."
"I shall sit here and wait for yon."
«ne decided. "I rather like the neigh
borhood. There Is a gentleman In
shirtsleeves, leaning over the rail of
the roof there, who hag hls eye on me.
I believe 1 shall be a success here—
which is more than I can say of a
little farther westward."
Sir Timothy smiled slightly. He
had exchanged bis hat for a tweed cap
and had put on a long dust-coat.
"There is no gauge by which you
may know the measure of your suc
cess." he said. "If there were—"
"If there were?" shq^asked. leaning
a little forward and looking at him
with a touch of the old brilliancy In
her eyes.
"If there were," he said, with a little
«how of mock gallantry, "a very Jeal
ously guarded secret might escape me.
I think you will he quite all right
he continued. "It Is an open
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thoroughfare, and see two policemen
at the corner. Hassell, my chauffeur,
to*. Is.a reliable fellow. We will be
back within the hour."
"We?" she repeated.
He Indicated a man who bad silently
made his appearance during the con
versation and was standing waiting on
the sidewalk.
"Just a companion. I do not advise
you to wait. If you Insist— -au revoir !"
Lady Cynthia leaned back in a cor
ner of the car. Through half-closed
eyes she watched the two men on their
way down the crowded thoroughfare—
Sir Timothy, tall, thin as a lath, yet
with a certain elegance of bearing; the
man at hls aide shorter, his hands
thrust into the pockets of his coat, his
manner one of subservience. She
wondered languidly as to their errand
in this unsavory neighborhood. Then
»he closed her eyes altogether and
wondered about many things.
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Sir Timothy and bis companion
walked along the crowded, squalid
«treet without speech. Presently they
turned to the right and stopped In
front of a public-house of some pre
tensions.
"This Is the place 7" Sir Timothy
asked.
"Yes, sir!"
Both men entered.
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Sir Timothy
made hls way to the counter, hla com
panion to a table near, where he took
a seat and ordered ■ drink. Sir Tim
othy did the same. He was wedged
In between a heterogeneous crowd of
shabby, depressed but apparently not
Ill-natured men and women. A man
In a flannel shirt and pair of shabby
• plaid trousers, which owed their pre
carious position to a pair of worn-out
braces, turned a beery eye upon the
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"I'll 'are one with yon. guvnor," he
said.
"You shall Indeed," Sir Timothy as
sented.
"Strike me lucky, but I've touched
first time!" the man exclaimed. Til
'are x doable tot of whisky." he added,
addressing the barman. "Will It run
to It, guvnor?"
"Certainly," was the cordial reply,
"and the same to your friends. If yon
will answer s question."
Troop np. lads." tbs man shouted.
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"We've a toff 'ere. He ain't a 'tec—
♦ ' 1 know the cut of them. Ont with the
^ question."
"Serve everyone who desires It with
drinks." Sir Timothy directed the ba. -
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I understand they cull Billy the Tun
ner frequents?"
The question appeared to produce
an almost uncomfortable sensation.
The enthusiasm for the free drinks,
however, was only slightly damped,
and a small forest of grimy hands
were extended across the counter.
"Don't you ask no questions about
'lm, guvnor," Sir Timothy's Immediate
companion advised earnestly. "He'd
kill you as soon as look at you. When
BUI the Tanner's In a quarrelsome
mood. I've seen Tm empty this place
and the whole street, quicker than If
a mad dog; was loose. 'E's a fair and
'oly terror, 'e Is. 'E about killed 'Is
wife, three nights ago. but there ain't
a living soul as 'd dare to stand in
the witness-box about It,"
"Why don't the police take a hard
In the matter If the man Is such a nui
sance?" Sir Timothy asked.
Hls new acquaintance, gripping a
thick tumbler of spirits and water with
a hand deeply fncrusted with the stains
of hls trade, scoffed.
"Police! Why. 'e'd fake on any
three of the police round these parts!"
he declared. "Police! You tell one
on 'em that Billy the Tanner's on the
rampage, and you'll see 'em 'op It.
£heero, guvnor, and don't you get curi
ous about Billy. It ain't 'ealthy."
The swing-door was sujJJenly
opened. A toiiSle-hatred urchin shoved
bis face In.
"Billy the Tanner's coming!" he
shouted. "Cave, all ! He's been 'avln'
a rare to-do In Smith's court."
Then a curious thing happened. The
little crowd at the bar seemed some
how to melt away. Half-a-dozen left
precipitately by the door. Half-a
dozen more slunk through an Inner en
trance Into some room beyond. Sir
Timothy's neighbor set down hls tum
bler empty. He was the last to leave.
"if you're going to stop 'ere. guv
nor." he begged fervently, "you keep a
still tongue In your 'ead. Billy ain't
particular who It Is. 'E'd kill 'Is own
mother. If 'e felt like It. 'E'll swing
some day, sure as I stand 'ere, but
•e'll do a bit more mischief first. 'Op
It with me. guvnor, or get inside there."
"Jim's right." the man behind the
bar agreed. "He's a very nasty cus
tomer, Bill the Tanner, sir. If he's
coming down. I'd clear out for a mo
ment. You can go In the guvnor's
sitting-room. If you like."
Sir Tlmofh" «hook hls head.
"Billy the Tanner will not hurt me."
he said. "As a matter of fact, I came
down to see him."
His new friend hesitated no longer,
out made for the door through tvhlch
most of hls companions had already
disappeared. The barman leaned
across the counter.
"Guvnor." he whispered hoarsely,
"I don't know what the game Is, but
I've given you the office. Billy won't
stand no truck from anyone. He's a
holy terror."
- Sir Timothy nodded.
- "1 quite understand." he said.
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There was a moment's
lence, The barman withdrew to the
farther end of hls domain and busied
himself cleaning some glasses. Sud
denly the door was swung open.
man entered whose appearance alone
was calculated to Inspire a certain
amount of fear. He was tall, but hls
height escaped notice by reason
the extraordinary breadth of hls shoul
ders. He had a coarse and vicious
face, a crop of red hair, and an un
shaven growth of the same upon hls
face« He wore what appeared to be
tRê^ popular dress in the neighbor
hood—a pair of trousers suspended by
a belt, and a dirty flannel shirt. Hls
hands and even hls chest, where the
shirt fell away, were discolored by yel
low stajns. Be looked around the
room at first with an air of disappoint
ment. Then he caught sight of Sir
Timothy standing at the counter, and
he brightened up.
"Wheres all the crowd, Tom?" he
asked the barman.
"Scared of you, I reckon," was the
brief reply. "There was plenty here
a few minutes ago."
"Scared of me, eh?" the other re
pea ted. staring hard at Sir Timothy.
"Did you 'ear that, guvnor?"
"I heard It," Sir TliWhy acqui
esced. \
Billy the Tanner began ta cheer up.
He walked all around this stranger.
"A toff! A big toff! I'll 'sve a drink
with you, guvnor," he declared, with a
note of incipient trdculence In his tone.
The barman bad already reached np
for two glasses, but Sir Timothy shook
hls bead.
"I think not," he said.
There was a moment's silence. The
barman made despairing signs at Sir
Timothy. Billy the Tanner was mois
tening hls Ups with hls tongue.
"Why not?" he demanded,
"Because I don't know you and I
don't like you." was the bland reply.
Bl|ly the Tanner wasted small time
upon preliminaries. He spat upon bis
hands.
"1 dnnno yop and I don't like yon,"
he retorted. "Dyer know wot Pm
going to do?"
"I have no idea." Sir Timothy «re
ferred.
Tm going to make yon look so that
yonr own mother wouldn't know yon
then I'm going to pitch you into the
street," he added, with an evil grin.
That's wot we does with big toffs
who come 'anglng around >rc
"Do your Sir Timothy said calmly.
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"Perhaps my friend may have some
thing to say about that."
The man of war was beginning to oe
worked up
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•Where s your big frlendr he .hout
ed. 'Come on I I II take on the two
of you .
The man who had met Sir Timothy
In the street had risen to hls feet He
strolled up to the two. Billy the Tan
ner eyed him hungrily.
"The two of you, d'yer 'ear?" he
shouted. "And 'ere's Just a flick for
the toff to be going on wlthl"
Be delivered a sudden blow at Sir
Timothy—a full, vicious. Jabbing blow
which had laid many, a man of the
neighborhood in the gutter. To hls
amazement, the chin at which he had
aimed seemed to have mysteHoualy
disappeared. Sir Timothy himself was
standing about half-a-yard farther
away. Billy the Tanner was too used
to the game to be off hls balance, hut
he received at that moment the sur
prise of hls life. With the flat of hls
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hand full open. Sir Timothy struck
him across the cheek such a blow that
It resounded through the place, a blow
that brought both the Inner doors ajar.
■ftntt"brought peering eyes from érary
diifctton. There was a moment's st
lence. The man's fists were clenched
i.ow, there was murder In hls face,
bit Timothy stepped on one side.
/ "I am not a fighter." he said coolly,
Leaning back against the marble table.
"My friend will deal with you."
Billy the Tanner glared at the new
comer, who had gilded to between him
and Sir Timothy.
"You can come and Join In, teo." he
shouted to Sir Timothy. "I'll knock
your big head Into pulp when I've done
with this little Job!"
The bully knew In precisely thirty
seconds what had happened to him.
So did the crowds who pressed back
Into the place through the Inner door.
So did the barman. So did the tand
lord, who had made a cautious appear
ance through a trapdoor. Billy the
Tanner, for the first time In hls life,
was fighting a better man. For two
years he had been the terror of the
neighborhood, and he showed now that
at least he had courage. Hls smatter
ing of science, however, appeared only
ridiculous. Once, through sheer
strength and blundering force, he
broke down hls < pponent's guard and
struck him In tho place that had dis
patched many a man before—Just over
the heart. Ills present opponent scarce
ly winced, and Billy the Tanner ■ynid
the penalty then for hls years of bully
ing. Ills antagonist paused for a single
second, as though unnerved by the
blow. Red fire seemed to stream from
hls eyes. Then It was nil over. With
a sickening crash. Billy the Tanner
went down upon the sanded floor. It
was no matter of a count for him. He
lay there like a dead man, and from
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streamed Into the room. Sir Timothy
laid some money upon the table.
"This fellow Insulted me and my
friend," he said. "You see, he has
paid the penalty. If he misbehaves
again, the same thing will happen to
hlm. I am leaving some money here
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With You. Oiiv'nor," Ha Oaclarad.
with your barman. I shall he glad for
everyone to drink with me. Presently,
perhaps, yon had better send for an
ambulance or a doctor." ►
A tittle storm of enthusiastic excite
ment, evidenced for the most part in
expletives of a tnrld note, covered the
retreat of Sir Timothy s$d bis
panion. Out In the street a small
crowd was rushing toward the place.
A couple of policemen seemed to be
trying to moke op their minds whether
It was a fine night An inspector bor
ried up to them.
"What's doing In The Rising Son'?"
he demanded sharply,
"Someone's giving Billy ths Tanner
a biding." one of the po(Icemen replied.
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"A fair, ripe, knock-out hiding," «os
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the emphatic confirmation. "I looked
in at the window."
The Inspector grinned.
"I'm glad you had the sense not to
Interfere." he remarked.
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seat by the chauffeur. Sir Timothy
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stepped In. It struck him that Lady
Cynthia was a little breathless. Her
eyes we re marV eioualy bright,
wra , iped around ber knwa w „ Uie
chauffeur's coat.
-Wonderful !" she declared.
haven't had such a wonderful live mln
ut „ slnce , can renlemb ^ r! You alv
a dear to have brought me. Sir Tlm
othy."
"What do you mean?" he demanded
"Mean?" she laughed, as the car
swung around and they glided away.
"You didn't suppose I was going to
sit here and watch you depart upon a
mysterious errand? I borrowed your
chauffeur's coat and hls cup. and slunk
down after you. I can assure you I
looked the most wonderful female
apache you ever saw! And I saw the
fight. It was better than any of the
prize fights I have ever been to. The
real thing Is better than the sham,
Isn't It?"
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Sir Timothy leaned back In hls
place and remained silent. Soon they
passed out pf the land of tired people,
J of ..stalls decksd.cxt vrtth ungntotj
provender, of fetid smells and un
wholesome-looking houses. They passed
through a street of silent warehouses
on to the Embankment. A stronger
breeze came down between the curv
tag ore of lights.
"You are not sorry that you brought
me?" Lady Cynthia asked, suddenly
holding out her hand,
Sir Timothy took It In hls. For
some reason or other, he made no an
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The car stopped In front of the great
house In Orosvenor square. Lady Cyn
thia turned to her companion.
"You must come In, please," she
said. "I Insist, If it is only for five
minutes.'
Sir Timothy followed her across the
hul' to a curved recess, where the
footman who had admitted them
touched a hell, and a small automatic
lift came down.
"1 am takmc yon to my own quar
ters," she explained. "They are rather
cut off, but I like them—especially on
hot nights."
They gilded up to the extreme top
of the house. She opened the gates
and led the way Into what was prac
tically an attic sitting room, decorated
In black and white. Wide-flung doors
opened onto the leads, where comfort
able chairs, a small table and an elec
standard were arranged. They
were far «hove the Tops of the other
houses, and looked Into the green of
the park.
"This is where I bring very few
people," she said. "This Is where,
even after my twenty-eight years of
fraudulent life. I am sometimes my
self. Walt"^—
There were feminine drink» and sand
wiche« arranged on the table. She
opened the cupboard of a small side
board Just Inside the sitting-room,
however, and produced whisky and a
siphon of soda. There was a pall of
ice hi a coot corner. From somewhere
In the distance came the music of vio
lins floating through the window of s
house where a dance was In progress.
They could catch a glimpse of the
striped awning and the long line of
waiting vehicles with their twlh eyes
of fire. She curled herself up op a
settee, flung a cushion at Sir Timothy,
who was already ensconced In a lux
urious easy-chalr, and with a tumbler
of Iced slt^rlx« In one hand, and a
cigarette In the other, looked across
at him.
"I am not sure," she said, "that you
have not tonight dls|M>lled an Illusion."
"What manner of one?" he asked.
"Above all things," she went on.
have always looked upon you as wick
ed. Most people do. I think that Is
the reason why so many of the women
find you attractive. I suppose It I»
why I have found you attractive."
The smile was back upon hls lips.
He bowed a little, and, leaning for
ward, dropped a chunk of Ice Into hls
whisky and soda.
"Dear Lady Cynthia." be murmured,
"don't tell me that I am going to slip
hack In your estimation Into some nor
mal plaça."
'T am not quite sure." she said de
liberately.
upon yon as a kind of amateur crimi
nal. a man who loved black things and
dark ways. You know how weary one
gets of the ordinary code of morals In
these days. You were such a delight
ful antidote. And now. 1 am not sure
that yon hare not shaken my faith
In yon."
"In what way?"
"Von really seem to have been en
gaged tonight In a very sporting and
philanthropic enterprise. I Imagined
you visiting some den of vice and mix
ing as an equal with these terrible
people who never seem to cross -toe
bridges. I was perfectly thrilled when
I pul- on your chauffeur's coat and hat
and follows«! you."
"The story of my little adventure Is
h simple one," Sir. Timothy said. "I
do not think It greatly affects my char
acter. I believe, as • matter of fact
that I am Just as wicked as you would
have me be. bat I beve friends In every
««.Ik of life, and. as you know, I like
to peer Into the unexpected places. I
bad heard of this man Billy the Tsn
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ner. lie beats women, and has estab
lished a perfect reign of terror In the
court and neighborhood where he lives.
I fear I must agree with you that the-e
were some elements of morality—of
conforming, at any rate, to the recor
nlted standards of Justice—In what I
did. You know, of course, that I am
a great patron of every form of box
ing. fencing and the various arts of
self-defense and attack. I Just took
along one of the men from the gym
nasium who I knew was equal to the
Job, to give this fellow a lesson."
"He did It all right," Lady Cyntbl«
murmured.
"But this Is where I think I re
establish myseff," Sir Timothy con
tinued, the peculiar nature of his smile
reasserting Itself. "I did not do this
for the sake of the neighborhood. *
did not do it from any sense of Jus
tlce at all. ! did It to provide for
myself an enjoyable and delectabl'
spectacle."
She smiled lastly.
"That does rather let you out," she
admitted. "However, on the whole \
am disappointed. 1 am afraid that
you are not so bad as people think."
"People?" he repeated. "Francis
Ledsarn. for Instance—my son-in-law
In posset"
"Francis Ledsarn la one of those few
jw.tJmrArtlMMMgrwnt;- srtey wht
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'My Narvaa Ara Going With My Old
Ags," Ha Apetogliad. "That Sup
port Seems Teo Fraglla,"
trlved to keep sane without becoming
a prig." «he remarked.
"You know why?" he reminded har.
■'Francis Ledsarn has been a tremen
dous worker. It la work which keeps
a man «ana Brilliancy without the
capacity for work drive« people to the,,
madhouse."
"Where we are «II going, I suppose,"
•he sighed.
"Not you." he answered. "You have
Just enough—I don't know what we
moderns call t t—g CBt shall I say?—to
keep you from the muddy ways."
She rose to her feet and leaned over
the rails. Sir Timothy watched her
thoughtfully. Her figure, notwith
standing Itssuggeetlonsof delicate ma
turity, was still as slim as a young
girl's. She was looking across ths
tree-tops towards an angry hank
of clouds—long, pencil-like streaks of
black on a purple background. Below,
In the street, a taxi passed with grind
ing of brakes and 'noisy horn. The
rati against which she leaned looked
very flimsy. Sir Timothy stretched
out hls hand and held her arm.
"My nerves are going with my old
age," he apologized. "That support
seems too fragile."
She did not move. The touch of uis
fingers grew firmer.
"We have entered upon an allegory,"
she murmured. "You are preserving
me from the depths."
He laugheo harshly.
"I !" he eAclulmed, with a sudden
touch of real and fierce bitterness
which brought the light dancing Into
her eyes and a spot of color to her
cheeks. *T preserve you! Why, you
can never hear my name without
thinking of sin, of crime of some sort!
Do you seriously expect me to ever
preserve anyone from anything?"
"You haven't made any very violent
attempts to corrupt me." she reminded
him.
"Women don't enter mnen Into my
scheme of life," he declared. "They
played a great part once^ It was a
woman. I think. wBo~first headed me
off from the pastures of virtue."
"I know," she said softly. "It was
Margaret'a mother."
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
Kill* and Cure• in Coal
Healing medicines and deadly explo
sives He latent In every lump of coal,
and science is extracting one or the
other In a thousand laboratories over
the world each day. Half the drugs In
the phormacopla probably are coal-tar
products. While one laboratory may
be extracting salicylic add. for gout,
for Instance, or aspirin for congestion
and rheumatism, another chemist will
he distilling the products from which
TNT Is mads or even lyddite, the pew
erfui explosive 0rat need to the Mu
KILLS FHUR PEOPLE
TEARS THROUGH THREE MILES
OF TRACK AT HIGH SPEED
STRIKING AUTO
OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE CASE
Pour Men Held In Inquiry Int* Causa
of Starting Switch
Engine
Chicago, Ill.—Police end railroad of
ficials have begun an Investigation
Into the starting of the Baltimore &
Ohio switch engine, which tore at high
speed through three miles of switch
tracks early Sunday, April 20, killing
four persons and Injuring two others
before It wrecked Itself.
The engine, starting at the com
pany's coal shute In the soutMpide
switching district, soon gathered a
speed of more than 50 miles an hour.
The killed and Injured were occu
ltants of an automobile the engine
tossed aside at a grade crossing In its
runaway path.
Hoza Lattle, negro, one of the four
men held In the Investigation, said
he fired the engine and was waiting
near by In a shanty for the crew to
take it over. Suddenly he saw It start
the
thought crew
charge, he said, until he saw a man
Jump from the cab. Elmer Howard,
Calk# and Max Orr, alt In the
shanty at the time, also are being held.
A derail wrecked the runaway en
gine Just before it reached the main
passenger track of the railroad.
VOLCANO MENACES ISLAND
IN PHILIPPINE GROUP
Manila P. I.—Inhabitants of Batan
Island are menaced by the eruption of
a volcano three mîtes northwest of
San Dionlslo village, according to a
wireless message from the yacht Apo,
on which Governor General Leonard
Wood la Inspecting the northern
Islands of the Philippine archipelago.
The report describes the eruption as
violent, with stones and ashes and
devastating clouds of gas rolling down
the mountainside.
The Inhabitants have taken refuge
in shelters near the water's edge. The
people are terrorised bnt loath to
leave their homes. Food and medical
supplies have been furnished by the
governor general's yacht
The message from the yacht came
In confirmation of perslatent rumors
of volcanic activity on Babuyan Island,
near by.
Run Dl-.nlslo, Batan Island, has
a population of 7S natives.
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Discoverer of Tut'« Tomb Lands
New York.—Howard Carter, co-dis
coverer with Lord Carnarvon of King
Tut-ank-araen's tomb In the valley of
the kings, arrived on the Berengarla
April 19. He hoped, he said, the pres- t
ent litigation between himself and the
Egyptian government might he settled
so that he could resume work at the
tomb next falL Mr, Carter said that
he did not believe In permanent de
spoliation of tombs and he advocated
that when pending researches were
completed, the mummy of King Tut,
as well as other royal mummies now
adorning museums, be returned to
their native resting places.
In answer to one query from the re
porters' questlonalrre, Mr. Carter said:
"On many ancient tombs I have found
this Inscription : 'Let all those who
love life and hate death wish thou
sands of geese, loaves of bread and
beer to my soul.' That Is what tho
old Egyptians thought of prohibition.
And I believe I agree with them."
Whseler Furnishes $1.000 Bond
Washington.—Senator B, K. Wheeler
of Montana has appeared before
United States Commissioner Mac
Donald here and furnished bond for
*1.000,for hls appearance May 5 at
Great Falls, Mont., to answer an In
dictment charging him with accepting
money illegally for appearing before
the Interior department In land cases.
The Daugherty committee prosecut
or went before the commissioner vol
untarily soon after he was advised
by the district attorney's office that
the Indictment and a warrant for hla
arrest had been forwarded here with
a request for service.
World Court Plan Gets Hearing
Washington.—Early hearings on the
proposal for American participation in
the world court have been ordered by
the senate foreign relations committee.
A sub-committee of five headed by
Senator Pepper. Republican, Pennsvl
vanta, was selected to conduct the
hearing and make a report to the full
committee.
Requests for the hearings haye been
received from a number of chambers
of commerce, the federal council of
churches, the .Nonpartisan league, the
Association of University Women, ami
League of Nations association.
Preaidant Takes Saatoe Cru las
Washington.—President Coolldge en
joyed an Easter of complete rest, bar
ing finished the preparation of an ad
dress to be delivered flLSd* York.
chief executive and Mix. Oool
Idge attended Easter services at tho
regular place of worship, the Find
Congregational chnrch.
Instead of Joining In the usual
Easter afternoon parade, the president
and Mrs Coolldge took another Sun
day afternoon croire on the May
flower. accompanied by a smalt party
of friends