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72ND YEAR.
RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1922.
PRICE, SEVEN CENTS
A Continuation of Oppfnhrlm'ii Thrilling .Yotel, Which Ucnl*
polltlcnl <'on?plrncy In tlin Author'* lltm .Style.
ft YNOI'RIS.
Shortly after >1 in defeat for re*
eloctlon to tho IIoubo of Commons,
Andrew Tullente has u illaputc with
IiIh secretary. Anthony I'alllser whom
he suspects ot stealing an important
political document. I'alllser sud
denly und mysteriously disappears
Whllo visiting l.ndy Jane Partington
.if her country home, Inspector Gil
lian. of Scotland Yarun, comes to in -
veatlgate l'ailtaer s disappearance.
I.ady .lan<- urges Talleute again to
tun for ofllce. Much to bis surprise.
Tallente Is asked liy Stephen Oart
icy, a dreamer, but the most power
lul force In Kngland. to head the
I icmocrutIc party us the r."Xt election,
lie accepts, and shortly aftei is
offered a seat In the House of J,ords i
liy 1'remler Horlocli. After his re-J
tusal he learns that I'alllser for
many months had lien negotiating
lor the seat. lor^'lni; Talicnte's
name.
Tallento has another interview with
ins wife, from whom he has separated.
.She is indignant because her hus
band rcfus'-s to enter the House of
l.orda. .She suggests that she gut u
divorce from him. litJt he replies that]
it would ruin his political career.
She refuses to allow him to cue for
the divorce because it would make
her a social out'-asC
Tallente calls on Imrtrey, but flnd
i n g hlru out beglnn a conversation
with Nora Mlall. the most brilliant
young woman In Kngllsh political
. ife. who helps direct the destinies
of Tall< tit- * new party. Miller, Tal
'rnte's Inriiwi iiolitical enemy, leaves.
Tallante a:id Nora have another
long conversation at the Sappho res
taurant. leaving Just in time to avoid
meeting Miller.
Tullente again refuses to assist the
prime minister's political partj
Uartrey almost promises blm the'
Democratic heat at Bradford, which
? ulatnes has resigned.
Tallente returns to the hmpf and
begins a dls.-usstIon with Lady .lane.
"This i? wonderful." she itiur
inured. "it Iv the one thing w.
nave always lacked at Woolhang*-1
We g?.t the booming of the wind
wonderful it Is-, too. like the hollow |
thunder of gun.? or tin- quick passing
of an uttdi i ground arm}*?hut wi
miss th.* I feel somehow, as
hough I knew now why it tears
past u^. uprooting tli< very tree"]
that stand in Its waj. It rt|>he? toj
the sea. What a meeting!"
Het hand tightened upon hl? arm I
ah a great wave broke direct upon I
the cliff below and n torrent of wind. |
rushing through the trees and down
wards, caught tho spray and scat
tered it around then: and high over
their heads.
"We humans." h? whispered 'are
taught our lesson."
"Do we need it?" jho asked, with
-uddetl Merceries*. "Do you believe
that because some mysterious power!
imposes restraint upon us, the pas
sion Isn't there all the while?"
She mis suddenly In his artn?. the'
warm wind shrieking about them,
the darkness thick and soft as a!
mantle. Only he saw the anguished
happlm?-? i!i her eycs a'tn y closed
beneath his kisses.
"One moment out of life," t-hc fal
fered. "one momrntV
Another ure.it wave shook the
- ound bMoath 'lieiii but site hail
il iwn ava>. >'h struggled fori
., , ;iti Tin ii oiiec tttore her h.nn'1
i.i- thru*-! tlivo'i^h his at :i II-1
i.ncw >o We|| ilu. ills bour wa?- ov ? r j
? lid be -tll'tnit t
Itack. plea ?? * -I ? hi -pe:
? a. k thro igh th? Plantation?oiii. '. !
b."
Aii almo.-t supernatural instlivft
dlvlni-d and acceded to her desire for
.silence. So they walked slowly hack
toward." the long, low houso whosa
faint lights lllckored through thp
trees. Sh? leaned a little upon him,
i ho hand which !>he had pa*i>ed
Through lil.? arm wns clasped In his.
Only the wind spoke. When at last
they were on the terrace, she drew
a long breath.
"Dear friend." she said softly, "see
how I trust you. I leave In your
keeping the most precious few min
utes of my life."
"This 1? to l>e the end. then?" he
faltered.
"It Is not we who have decided
that," she answered. "It is just what
must l>e. You e - l? a very difficult
life, a very splendid one. I have my
smaller task. Don't unfit me for It.
We will each do our best."
Her servant was waiting by the
ar. His figure loomed up through
the darkness.
"You will come into the house for
i few minutes?" lie begged hoarsely.
She shook her head.
'"Why? Cmr farewells have bepn
-poken. I leave you?so.''
Tho man had disappeared behind
the bofnet of the car. She grasped
his hand with both of hers and
brushed it lightly with her lips.
Then she glided away. A moment
lator ho was listening to her polite
speeches as she leaned out of the
coupe.
"My dinner was too wonderful,"
?he said. "Do make my compliments
to that dear Holiert and his wife.
? iood luck to you, and don't rob us
poor landowners of every penny we
possess in life."
The car was gone in the midst of
his vague little response. He watch
?d tho lights go flashing up the hill
side, crawling around the hairpin
. orners. up until it seemed that they
hnd reached the black clouds and
were climbing into the heavens.
Then he turned back Into the house.
The world was still a place for
dreams.
I'linplcr IV.
Tnllfnte sat In the morning train,
..?? bis way to town, and on the other
-ido of the bare ridge at which be
uuzed so earnestly Dady Jane and
Segorson had brought their horses to
.1 standstill half way along a rude
cart track which led up to a farm
bouse tucked away in tlw valley.
"This is where .lames Orockford's
i.iml commences." Segorson remark
< d, riding up to his companion's side.
?Look around you. ithtnk you will
admit that 1 have not exaggerated."
thoughtfully- On
farming and neglect. The un
t rimmed hedges had hecn bioken
down In many places by cattle. A
plough which seemed as though it
hail been oinh(*'ir)Ml there for ;tpos
Mood in the middle of a half-plough
<?'1 field. Several tracts of land
which Movtnud prepared for winter
noivlng were covered with stone?
The farmhouKe yard. into which they
presently passed, wan dirty and un
tidy. Megerson leaned down and
knocked on the door with hi* whip
After a short delay, a slatternly
looking woman, with tousled fair
hair, answered the summon*
"Mr Crock ford in?" Hegerson ask
ed.
"You'll find him in the living -
room." the woman answered curtly,
with a stare at I<ady Jane. "Here's
himself."
She retreated Into the background
A man with flushed face, without
collar or tie. clad in trousers and
shirt only, had stepped out "f the
parlor. He stared at his visitors
in embarrassment
"I came over to have a word or
two with you on business, Mr. Crock
ford." Jane said coldly. "1 rather
expected to And you on the land."
The man mumbled something and
threw op? ii ' In- ?loor of the s tting
room.
? Wont von come in?" ho invited.
"I here's Just ,\l r t'cltlgri-w nere?
the vet from Ua in -staple. He's coint
over to look at one of iny cows."
Mr. IVttlgrew. also flushed, rose
to his feet. J a ne a-.'knowledged Ills
greeting and glanced around the
room. It whs untidy, dirty and close,
smelling strongly of tobacco and
beer On the table was a bottle of
whisky, half empty, and two glasses.
"There is really no reason why 1
-hould disturb you," .lane said, turn
ing back upon the threvhold. "A let
ter from Mr. Segerson will do."
' "rock ford. huRivii' had pulled
himself together. A premonition of
his impending fate had already pro
duced a certain sullennuss.
I'ettigrew," ht? directed, "you pet
out and have another look at the
cow. If you vo any business word
to say to me, your ladyship. I'm
here."
Jane looked once more around the
s'lunlid room, watched the unsteady
figure of Pettigrow departing and
looked back at her tenant.
?'Your lease Is up on March the
twenty-fifth. Crockford," she re
minded him. "[ have come to tell
you that 1 shall not be prepared to
renew It."
The man simply blinked a: her.
Mis fuddled brain was not equal to
grappling with such a catastrophe.
^ our farm ? is favorably situated.'*
she continued, "and. although small,
has great possibilities. ! jlnd you
nre dropping behind your neighbors
and your crops are poorer each seft
Have you saved any money,
i 'ro. ri ford
"Saved a tit money." th. man
blustered. "w;m shepherd's wages
?tlon* .it two i?*?;.;ids a w ? ? 1:. and a
week'.- rain sturtiuy in the day I be
gan hay-making. Why. my barley "
' Voii started your hay-making ten
dav? loo late," Segerson interrupted
sternly. ou had plenty of warn
ing. And as for your barley, you
sold it in the King's Arms at Barn
staple, when you'd had too much to
drink, at thirty per cent below Its
value."
Jane turned towards the door.
I ncod not stay any longer," she
said. '1 wanted to look at your
farm for myself. Mr. Crockford. and
I thought Jt only right that you
should have early notice of my In
tention to ask you to vacate the
place."
The cold truth was rinding its wav
into the man's consciousness. It had
a wonderfully sobering effect.
"Look here, ma'am." lie demanded,
"is it true that you lent Farmer
Holroyd lour hundred pounds to buy
his own farm and the c.'rocombe
brothers two hundred each?
?Vuite true." Jane > ?? i?li?*?l coldly.
"What of it?"
"What of it'.'" tin inn it re pea toil.
"You lend them youngster# money
ami then you come to me. a man
who's been >? 11 this land for twenty
two years, and you've nothing to
hut get out!' Where am 1 to find
another farm at my time of life?
Just answer ine that, will you?"
"It !r not my concern," Jane de
clared. "I only know that I decline
to have any tenants on my property
who do not do justice to the land.
When I see that they do justice to
I it, then it is my wish that they
should possess it. It is true that t
have lent money to some of the
farme.rs round here, hut the greater
part of what they have put down for
the purchase of their holdings is
savings?money they had saved and
earned by working enriy and late,
by careful farming and husbandry,
l?y putting money in the bank every
quarter. You've had tho same "op
portunity. You have preferred to
waste your time and waste your
money. You've had more than one
warning, you know, Crockford."
"Aye, more than a dozen." Seger
son muttered.
The man looked at them both and
there was a dull hate gathering in
his eyes.
"It's easy to talk about saving i
money and working hard, yoti that
have got everything you want In life
and no work to do." he protested.
"It's enough to make a man turn j
Socialist to listen to tin." j
"Mr. Crockford." Jane said. "I am
a Social 1st and If >011 take the]
trouble to understand even tho rudl-j
ments of socialism, you will learn
that the drones have as small a part
In that schome of life as In any
other. You Jiave a right to what
you produce. *Jt Is 0110 of the plonn
tires of mv life trv lieto ih?
??One Moment Out uf I If.
'One Momc
also one of the duties. 'vinn J find a
non-productive person filling a posi
tion to which his <lailv life and < iiar
ncter do not entitle him, to pull him
up like .1 weed. That is in> idea of
socialism. Mr. Orockford. You u ill
leave on March 25th "
I They rode homeward Into a gath
ering storm. A ma-? ..f 1.1;; k , :ouds
was rollliiR ?J> from the north, and
an unexpected Ind came bellowing
down the coombs, bending the
stunted oaks and dark pin-s and
filling the air with sonorous but
ominous music. The hills around
?soon became Invisible, blotted out
by fragments of the gathering mists.
The cold sleet stung their faces. Out
on the moors was no Found but the
tinkling of distant she^p bells.
| "There's snow comint." r-'ergerso n
j muttered, as he turned up his coat
: collar.
"It won't do any harm."' she
answered. "Th?- earth h- - warm
under it."
The !!eht s of I'.t ? :
rlp;tou'- and Uliex peeled u .re I:';.
flocks it. til- ?uy. 1,\ a
sudden driving storm of \
: little w'nile later they i .uiti-ri il u?>
the avenue to Woolhanger and .fa no
[slipped from her horse with a Utile
i ;lgh of relief.
"Vou'd better stay and have some
tea. Mr. Segerson," she invited. "John
-R-ill take your horse anil give him a I
ruh down."
She changed her habit and. for
getting her guest, indulged in the
luxury of a hot bath. She descended
some time later to And hiin sitting
in front of the tea tray in the hall.
A moro than usually gracious sinllol
soon drove the frown from his fore
head.
I really am frightfully sorrv," j
she apologized, as she handed him
his tea. "I had no idea I was so
wet. You'll have rather a bad ride
home."
"Oh. I'm used to it." he answered.
"I'm afraid they'll lose >t good mam
sheep on the higher farms, though,
if the storm turn* out as bad as it'
tlmateus. Hear that!"
A tornado of wind set-med to shake'
the ground beneath th-ir f....t .Ian
shivered.
"I suppose." -In- I.lle.-ted "that
mnn (.'rockford thought I was very'
cruel today."
"I Will till loU I *l*Oeli t\i !'ll's point j
of view." Segerson replied. "lie'
doesn't exactly understand what!
your aims are. and wherever he goes
he hears nothing hut praise of the
way you have treated your tenants
and the way you have tried to turn
them into small landowners. He
isn't Intelligent enough to realize
that there is a principle behind all
this. lie has simpl> come to feel
that he has a lenient landlord and
that he has only to s?t still and the
plums will drop into his mouth, too
Orockford Is one of the weak spots
in your syst?m, Lady .lane. There
is no place for him or his kind in a
self-supporting world."
S'he sighed.
"Then I am afraid he must go
down." she said. "He simply stands
in the way of better men."
"One reads a good deal of Mr.
Tallente, nowadays." Sogerson re
marked, changing the conversation
a little abruptly.
Jane leaned ovo? and stroked the
head of a dog which had come to lie
at her feet.
He seems tu be making a good
deal of stir," she observed. *
The young man frowned.
'Vou know I am not unsympathe
tic with your views. Lady jane," he
said, a little awkwardly, "but I don't
mind admitting that if i had a big
stake In the country I should be
afraid of Tallente. No one seetnq to
bo ablo to pin him down to a deflnlto
program and yet <5ay .by day h|. |n
tluenoe grow,.. The )abt>1. party la
dlalnt?flrr<Lt?rf Tim : ho.ii
Il? is prartIcally loail^r of tho op-'
position jiurty today and I don't see)
how they are going to stop It 1m lie- >
ing Prime Minister whenever lie
chooses."
"Don't you think he'll make a good
Prime Minister? .I:uie asked.
"No. I don't." was the curt .in
sw ,? r. "He Is too dark a horse for ?
my fancy."
"I ?"?Xpert Mr. Tallente will he ready
with his program when the titne
comes." she observed. "Ho is a peo
ple's man. of course, and his pro
posals will sound pretty terrible to
a good many of the old school. Still,
something of the sort has to come."
The butler brought in the postbae
while they talked. Segerson. as he
rose to depart, glanced with curiosity
at half a dozen orange-colored wrap
tiers which were among tht rest of
the letters.
"Fancy your subscribing to a press
?iittn.g agency, J.ady Jane!" he eje
"laineil. "Vnii haven't be, n w riting
i nm i I under a pseiiilonj in. hav?
> on ?"
She laughed ,.s siie gathered up
her '-lit i e.-pi.inlei,,.|. in i,,.,. hand.
[>nn't pry into my s. . r. t.-." -he
njoitn-il. "Wi may meet in Harn
stapl. tomorrow-. if the w.ather
clears. I w antv to go In an.I th..s.
cattle for myself."
The young man took his reluctant
departure. Jane crossed the ha!'., en
tered her own little sanctum, drew
the lamp to the edge of the table
and* sank Into her easy chair with
a little sigh of relief. All the rest
of her correspondence she threw to
one side. The orange-colored wrap
pers she Joro off, one by one. As
she read, her face softened and her
e.ves grew very bright. The first
cutting was a report of Tallente's
last speech in the House, a clever and j
forceful attack upon the govern- j
ment's policy of compromise in the !
matter of recent strikes. The next i
speech at the Holborn Town Hall,
on workmen's dwellings, another a
thoughtful appreciation of him from
the pages of a great review. There
was also a eulogy from an American
journal and a gloomy attack upon
him in the chief Whig organ When
she had finished the pile she sat for !
some time gazing at the burning log.
The little epitome of his daily life
there were records there even o< !
many of his social engagements? j
seemed to carry her into another at- .
inospherc, an atmosphere far remover
from this lonely spot upon the moors
She seemed to catch from those
printed lines some faint, reflective
thrill of the more vital world of
strife in which he was living. For
a moment the roar of T.ondon was
in her ears. She saw- the lighted
thoroughfares, the crowded pave
ments, the faces of the men and
women, all a little strained an<l eager,
so different from the placid immo
bility of the world in which she lived.
She rose to her feet and moved rest
lessly about the room. Presently
she lifted the curtain and looked out.
There was a pause in the storm and
a great mass of black clouds had
just been driven past the face of th<
watery moon. JOven the wind seemed
to he holding its breath, but so fat
as she could see moors and hillsides
were wrapped in one unending man
tle of snow. There was no visible
sign of any human habitation, no
sound from any of the birds or ani
mals who were cowering in their
shelters, not even a sheep bell or
the barking of a dog to break the
profound silence. She dropped the
curtain and turned back to her chair.
Her feet were leaden and her heart
was heavy. The struggle of the day
was at an end. Memory was as
serting Itself. She felt the flush in
her cheek, the quickening beat of
her heart, the thrill of her pulses as
she lived again through those few
wild minutes. There was no longer
any escape from the wild,- confusing
truth. The thing which sho l\p.d
dreaded Tlad come.
WOMAN FURNISHES FOOD FOR
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
> a y s (fCiiuine Hospitality i
More Important Than Mod
ern (lonvcnienccs.
I?OS AX?iKLES. June t J.?Ponder
this. perplexed landlords:
"Genuine hosoitality is more Im
portant tluui more moflcrn con
veniences in successfully operating
apartment houses and hotel.* "
Anil tills, tenants who rail at high
rentals:
"The average apartment Iiouba
dweller is responsible f<>r one-llfth
increase <.f ins basic housing cost by
sheer wastefuln-'-ss."
.Mr? Oliver Philips, striking figure
ninom,' American hotel managers,
has in four years converted a hand
ful of pennies into Of'O.
She li.is just confirmed her opin
ions in a national tout of hotel in
spection to g'.can further 'comfort
ideas for her new nlnety-eight-sultc
hotel apartment.
"While' I tot i'v.v material sugges
tions." said Mrs. Philips. "I was
vividly impressed with the fact that
hearty courtesy has failed to keep
pace with smartness and sumputous
ness in many of the country's big
establishments.
"And that is the source of many
hotel, failures or just limping suc
cesses.
"Magnificence devoid of warm, sim
ple friendliness repels thousands of
would-be patrons.
"With my two children. I used to
live on a remote ranch." she ex
plained. "I served fruit, milk, shar
ing whatever I had. to the occasional
traveler free. f?>i she-er love <>f com
pany. I.oneliness tauuht me the power I
of simple hospitality. And buylnir
and running a home on $50 a month
taught me frugality.
"When four years ago I not my j
first furnished apartment lease on a!
bare promissory note for $150 a month. I
I applied the same system of eco
nomies and the same genuine desire
to serve.
"J initiated the practice of requir
ing tenants to pay their own boat.
MIIS. OI.1VF.ll PIIII-IPS.
light. phone. cleaning and laundry
bills in uddition Jo a proportionately
reduced rent.
"That Kuve mc an assured, if
smaller profit, and at the same time
relieved careful tenants uf sharing
the burdens of the extravagant.
"I found that guests used but half
the light and heat when they paid
the bills direct, and if the practice
were universal in furnished apart
ments. rents could and probably
would be considerably reduced."
During her short business career,
Mrs. Philips has acquired, enhanced
and profitably resold equities in
?even hotel apartmentH.
Mrs. Philips doesn't undervalue
material comforts. These in her
apartments Include: a. basement
grocery, with almost instant delivery,
exclusively for tenants: air refrigera
tion. doing away with ire: kitchen
mnid service by a trained corps of
employes; and a social floor with
mir.wry, ballroom and billiard tables
for entertainment.
LARRY SEMON TO OPEN
A NEW FUN FACTORY
NEW YORK, June "I.?L?arry Se
mnn has op^ntd a new Cdctory.
The output of the new plant, which
was erected by Vitagraph. will be
fun.
l-'or a lon.r tinif Larry has craved
a plant alt his own. and was not
satisfied wi- i the rubber plant that
sits in his front window. Ho Vita
graph gave tho order, and soon work
was started on the new fun factory,
and from now on all of l,arry's
comedie* will be made under his
own direction.
It is said Larry is drawing down
$1,000,000 a year now. Was a time
when the only thing" Lany could
draw were his breath and some bad
cartoons for a New York paper. Ijnt
times have changed.
DOG DISHWASHER
APPEARS IN MOVIES
NEW YOHIC. June 24.?Somebody
had to do it sooner or later?so it
might Just as well have been sooner.
In the films they've had dogs res
cuing children and grown-ups, de
tecting criminals. playing dead,
climbing ladders and doing most
everything, but. as far as is known,
never until now have they sprung a
dog dishwasher.
In a scene In Paramouiit's "To
Have and to Hold," a shiftless ser
vant is shown passing the dishes to
a hungry Airedale for cleaning.
Fortunetely, however, the servant
in discovered in time to prevent the
dog-laundered dishes from being ac
tually used.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON
BARS ALL TRADESMEN
Most Exclusive Club in Worltl
lias Just Elected Eight
Members.
1 Bv Associate! Press.)
LONDON*. June 24.?The Royal
Yacht Squadron. styled tho most ex
clusive club in the world, has jU3t
"iected oiKiit. members, a majority of
whom are peers
To achieve membership In the
Royal Yacht Squadron is equivalent
to obtaining a certificate of uoclal
position far more widely recognised
than a patent of nobility. Wealth
alone, as some very rich men havo
discovered, will not sufflce to secure
admission t? what some detractor.*!
have termed the last stronghold of
"s no hoc racy" in England.
Tradesmen, however philanthropic
or patriotic, arc barred. Sir Tlioman
I.ipton has issued several challenges
lor the America's cup. and no man
, in the country has done anything
I like as much to encourage yacht
luilding and designing as h>: has.
j Hut because he is a tradesman, it
lis said, he has never been elected n
j member of the Royal Yacht Squad -
iron. Kine Kdward. though a yachts -
j man himself and the most popular
I of monarchs. discovered that even
j his Influence was not strong enoug:i
I to procure the election of a frtoud
J in the Royal Yacht Squadron.
NEW SARGENT CANVAS
CALLED MASTERPIECE
I LONDON, June 21.?.lohn S. Sar
| gent, having turned his brush mo
mentarily from portraits to land
j scapes, is being credited by London
1 critics with having produced a mas
j terpieco in the summer exhibition at
tirosvenor ? ialleriea. His canvas.
"The l.oggia." is a scene full of sun
' light ami that indefinable texture of
| open air which proclaim tho genius
I of nrtists. says one critic.
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Smart One-Piece Styles
$3.95
Suits that will look good out of the water and be com
fortable in and out the water, for they are carefully
made of all-wool yarns in solid colors of Kelly Green,
Jade, Buff, Cardinal, Brown, Black, with combinations
of silk or contrasting wool. Very chic. Very economi
cal at $8.95. All sizes.
"Going Away" Suits
Silk-Lined Tweeds
$8.90
Values to ,$27.50
Some of the smartest Tweed
Suits of the season, entirely
silk-lined. They have chic
box coats, or long, slender
lines (as illustrated), and
may be had in a host of the
most desirable colors.
For the vacation or week
end trip or honeymoon, you
couldn't get a more desir
able garment at any price.