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Nuys company's big offices at six
o’clock, to *‘go over” the thick car
•pct with vacuum cleaners, to dust
the desks and empty the waste bas
kets.
Moreover, she knew that at any
moment Agnes might discover the
loss of her office keys and come
back for them.
And so she workrd fast. The min
ute that Jean Gilday, who always
| stayed late, had left her switch
I board nrd vanished into the clcak
" room. Chatty was across the room
and into Agnes’ office.
There were three keys on the lit
tle metal keyring, and the first one
she tried in the drawer of Agnes' i
desk was the right one. It turned!
in the lock, and the drawer flew
open!
There w”as a big sheaf of plain
white paper in the drawer and on
the top of it lay the note!
Without stopping to look at it.
Chatty banged the drawer shut and
' fairly ran back to her own room.!
i There she read it:
"I'd like to see Mr. Van first thing
hi the morning if you can arrange
l it. It’s about those Consumers
I company bonds.”
r That was all. Just a plain little
| business note!
k But why had Dave written it hi
[ stead of just saying what he liad 10
Isay to Agnes about seeing Mr. Van |
lin the morning? ... "I suppose he
Ididn't want Winnie Talcott to heai i
Phun and know all his business,”
k Chatty decided, looking at it and
P wishing with all her heart that she
hadn't taken Agnes' keys. It had
■ been a frightfully dishonest thing
I to do. hadn’t it?
I "But all's fair in love and war,
I they say." she comforted herself.
[ ‘‘And Jove makes people do funny
| thin*- sometimes—”
f All^.'i.t* same, she was ashamed of
hrrs^ And as soon as she heard
' the office door close after Jean Gil
day she carried the note and the,
I keys straight back to Agnes Her
eford's desk . . . She would leave
|them there, and never, never, never.
Pwould she do a dishonest thing like
this again, she promised herself.
But as she laid the note back in
[ the drawer she saw that a man s
k clean linen handkerchief lay neatlv
■ folded, just behind the slack o!
I clean white paper!
Ninety-nine people out of a hun
dred would have looked at it with
| out really seeing it. Ninety-nine
people out of a hundred would not j
have touched it even if they had no
L tired it lying there.
I But Catty was the hundredth
[person—the born busybody!
| And so she stuck her little fingers!
I into the drawer and took out the |
square of clean, folded linen, almost,
[without thinking.
I It was a very fine handkerchief.!
I with a rolled edge. In one corner i
I three initials were worked in lighi
[blue silk—the initials "L. V. N.”
I "Lowell Van Nuys!” Chatty al
Ltnost spoke the name aloud. "Now
[then what's THIS doing here. I’d
Plike to know—hidden away in Miss
Ifimarty's desk?"
I But perhaps the handkerchief
had not been hidden there .. . Per
haps Mr. “Van" had dropped it
that afternoon on his way through
the office to the golf club where he
spent most of his afternoons these
fine spring days. Perhaps Agnes
had just picked It up and put it
away in her drawer until she could
give it back to him tomorrow morn
ing.
“Maybe so—and maybe rot.'
Chatty debated the thing with her
self. “Anyway, I may as well take
a look-see through this interesting
desk while I have the chance." Her
little pink nostrils quivered like a
hunting dogs when it is tracking
down some helpless, frightened
prey.
She felt that she was on the
scent of something — somehow.
Something that she could use
against Agnes.
For she was afraid of Agnes.
Afraid that she might go to Billie
Langeneau with the lie that Chatty
had told her that noon.
Besides, she was jealous of Agnes’
friendship with Dave Jordan—and
what is stronger than fear and jeal
ousy?
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Ho‘dale Returns To
Atlanta After Visit
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Texas. Aug. 88. —
P. H. Hoidale. in charge of the
Mediterranean fruit fly quaran
tine work in all states from Florida
west, and formerly stationed here
in charge of the Mexica worm
cleanup work in the Valley, has
left this section fer Atlanta. Ga.,
after spending several days here.
Mr. Hoidale was called to Florida
soon after the finding of the Med
iterranean fruit fly infestation
there, and since then has been
stationed at Atlanta.
He expressed the . belief whi’e
here that the Valley is the closest
guarded area in the United States
against the Mediterranean fruit
fly.
VALLEY CARPENTERS
GUESTS AT OUTING
HARLINGEN. Aug. 88—Carpen
ters from all parts of the Valky
were given a barbecue at the Val
ley Scout camp near here on the
eve of the scout encampment open
ing. in appreciation of helping to
bu:ld the scout buildings.
The carpenters of the Valley
gave their time free in order to
help build the scout structures,
carpenters alternating in the con
struction work.
About 350 carpenters were at the
barbecue. (,
PHARR CHURCH OPEN
FOR SUNDAY SERVICES
(Special to The Herald)
PHARR. Aug. 38.—Announce
ment Is made that the Trinity
Episcopal church here is open 1 r
Sunday services and Sunday school
at 11 o’clock. The rector is on hu
vacation. An invitation is extend
ed to all Interested.
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begins with a
Clear Skin
ITT’S the person with a clear,
X smooth, lovely complexion
|hat usually wins.
To be sure, not much is said
about skin eruptions, but
they influence many im
affairs. Personal likes
dislikes arc quickly formed.
Everybody wants to be attrac
lave. It is a just and natural ara
jbition. A clear skin makes every
one more attractive.
Skilled physicians recognize the
of pimples, boils, cc
and other skin eruptions as
ao indication that the body’s
power of resist
a nce is
low—that
there is a
deficiency
of red
blood
cells.
The sure way to remedy thi*
condition is to restore the red
blood-cells to normal.
This is why so many thousands
have been enabled to free them
selves of those unsightly blem
ishes and painful skin annoyances
by taking a course of S.S.S.
S.S.S. helps Nature restore the
blood to its normal state. Healthy
blood makes the body strong and
resistant to disease.
Without plenty of Tich, red
blood there could be no strong,
sturdy, powerful men, or healthy,
beautiful women.
If you are troubled with so
called skin disorders or if the
count of your red-blood-cells is
low, take a few bottles of S.S.S.
Seek energy, vitality and a clear
skin through the remedy, tvhich
is made from fresh vegetable
drugs, and has stood the test of
over 100 years.
All Drug Stores
sell SSS. in tvo
sizes. Ask for the
larger size. It is
more economical.
CapyrWh! 1929 a R a. fa
fmm within
Telephone Employes
Will Attend Picnic
Employes from all exchanges of
the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
company will meet at 4 p. m. Thurs
day at Rio Hondo for a basket pic
nic and outing.
A program has been arranged
which includes games, speeches
dancing and other amusements.
There will be sack races between
men and girls , from Brownsville,
Mercedes, San Benito. Harlingen.
McAllen. Weslaco. Edinburg and
Pharr. A four inning indoor base
ball game will be played between
the gir’.s and men also.
A $5 gold piece w’ill be awarded
in a pole climbing contest lor line
men. The linemen will climb a 30
foot creosote pole, go over the cross
arm and come down the opposite
side. The following are entered in
this event: T. Thompson, W. A.
Franks, J. Mayo. O. A. Sigler,
Jno. Hocut, and A. L. Corder.
STORE HEADS BACK
FROM BUYING TRIP
•Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Aug. 8. — Mr:?.
Blanche Jones. Harlingen, and Mrs
O. Brasher of Weslaco, owners of
the Ladies Supply of Weslaco and
Brasher-Jones of Harlingen, re
turned to the city Monday alter an
extensive buying trip in New York.
Chicago and other eastern markets.
TRAFFIC CONFERENCE HELD
TYLER, Aug. 8.—(#)—A traffic
conference in which various tele
phone problems were d! .cussed fea
tured the second day gathering here
of the district meeting of the Texas
Independent Telephone association
here today. Oscar Burton of the!
Gulf States Telephone company
presided.
ELKS MAKE HAWAIIAN PILGRIMAGE 1
With a great ocean liner painted purple and white and bearing the
gigantic Elk insignia on the side, the Elks of lodges the nation over
are shown as they sailed on the official pilgrimage of the B. P. O. E.
to Hawaii from Los Angeles.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 8. —<>P) —
Charging that Harry Rlchman, film
and stage actor, had drugged her
and held her prisoner for four
hours in a Pullman car. Ellen
Franks, entertainer in a Pittsburgh
night club, today filed a bill of
complaint in federal court, asking
$250,000 damages. She asked for a
1 jury trial.
Sees Extension of
Citrus Quarantine
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Aug. 8 —Results of
the mass meeting earlier this week
at Laredo, and o/ the general move
started recently looking toward
cleanup of other citrus and fruit
section's along the border were pre
dicted here by J. E Bell as probable
adoption of the host free periods in
the Winter Garden and Laredo sec
tion.
This will mean mainly the re
moval of a large quantity of sour
oranges and other citrus fruit from
orchards and home trees, in the La
redo section especially, Bell said.
He said it is likeW that peaches
will be exempted from this, since a
considerable quantity of peaches
have been planted in the Winter
Garden section. Also it was brought
out by the inspectors that the peach
crop matures and is picked in a
comparatively short snace of time,
and hence is not a menace, especial
ly when growing as for north of the
border as the Winter Garden sec
tion.
Bell said that the representatives
of the Laredo and Winter Garden
district will carry out plans of en
forcing the host free periods in
those sections with the posible ex
ception of the peaches.
“The point which was emphasized
most” Bell said, “was the necessity
for personal inspect !on of baggage
at the borders. Valley people ex
plained at the meeting that Cali
fornia Inspects all baggage at the
entrance to the state.”
ALL-WHITE COSTUME
LEADS FOR EVENING
PARIS. Aug 8—<T*>—All-white
costume leads the field for evening
at ail smart summer resorts, dres*
makers’ mannequins report, back
from the fashion parades which
open the season at such places as
Vichy, Dinard, Deauville. Le To
quet and Juan-les-Pins.
With the white evening dress of
chiffon or satin is worn a white
coat, usually without fur and of
hip length or leas. The short
wraps recognize the flared and
long-skirted evening dresses which
now are worn to the exclusion of
even hemmed frocks by the ma
jority of smartly gowned women.
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