YELLOW MASK By CHARLES N. HOOD (® by Short Story Pub. Co.) HE cleverness of Lemuel OC. Loomis was ingenuity raised to a very high power, and If he had any local rival it was certainly his Ingenious helpmeet, Lucinda L. Loomis, born Laurence. When they were married the groom had reached his ffty-second year and the bride had bidden farewell to the frivolous thir ties, As nothing will develop a latent tal- ent for labor-saving devices more thor- oughly or impart a more intimate knowledge of one’s own peculiar traits than living alone, the couple entered upon thelr new experience unusually well equipped in both these respects, and their house-hunting was rendered both easier and more difficult. They examined a great number of houses in thelr little village, and made the real estate agents a great deal of trouble, but they knew so well what would and what would not answer their purposes, that they were able to give prompt and decided decisions after one inspection. Finally the choice narrowed down to two houses, at about the same price. Sach was three squares from the chureh which they attended and four from the post office, and the interior arrangements ‘of both were, In the main, satisfactory. Each, however, had one great defect. The house on Locust street had no hall, the front door opening directly into the sitting room, while the Elm street dwelling, with an ample hallway, had neither a bathroom nor any space that could be converted into one, “Which shall it be, Lucinda?" “What do you think, Lemuel?” would much rather that you would my dear.” decides, darling.” “Well, then, without either of us de- ciding it,” said Mr. Loomis, diplomat. ically, “let us each write our opinion oun a piece of paper, and exchange them.” “All right,” agreed Mrs, Loomis. Mr. Loomis unfolded his wife's opin- fon with much curiosity and read: “1 have always said 1 would never live in a house which did pot bave a front hall” Mrs. Loomis read on her husband's slip: 1 I were has always seemed to me that if I'd build a first-class bathroom, with what mwoney 1 had left build the best house I could around it." Both laughed heartily and rose with building a house, and inspection. “It would be pretty hard to build a hull on that Locust street house,” Loomis, sald Mr. “But by building an addition on the west side of the Elm street house,” re plied Mrs. Loomis, “we could have a nice bathroom, withotit much cost, and build it when we can best afford to.” Loomis complimented his fo aal. wife on this happy solution of the difficulty, and before night had secured a deed to the Elm street property. Then figured a little and said: perform ablutions In a washtub or—-"" “Oh, 1 have thought that all out” replied Mrs. Loomis, smiling, “and 1} huve such a nice idea. We will buy a Landsome tub—just such we will wunt for our new bathroom—and set it up back of the kitchen range. There needn't be any plumbing, except the exhaust pipe, for It will be so close to the range that one can dip the hot water from that, and by turning the top of the raln-water pump In the sink around, cold water can be pumped directly into the tub. We can have a nice broad shelf on hinges to let down over the tub, and that will make a splendid kitchen table, and nobody need ever know that there is a tub there.” Wille this Ingenious arrangement would hare heen very Inconvenient for some families, it was perfectly sult- able for the Loomis menage, free from even a kitchenmaid., Down behind the range proved an exceedingly cozy, warm spot in which to take a leisurely bath. The new tub was a beauty, and when the broad shelf, practically amounting to a folding table, was dropped down over It, supported by two swinging legs at the right height for a work bench, Mrs. Loomis sald it was the most convenient for washing dishes on that she had ever seen, and it was not at all uncommon for Mr. Loomis to assist her In that employ- ment, that their Sunday forenoons and all thelr evenings might be longer, Mr. Loomis was a member of the vil lage board of trustees, which held its sessions on Saturday evenings, and [it was his custom, on returning from these meetings, to enjoy a thorough, leisurely bath before retiring. Then he had the kitchen all to himself and could take his time, One particular Saturday night the village council had held such ‘a _pro- tracted sitting that It was actually Sunday morning when Mr. Loomis stole Into the kitchen, swung up the portable table, and as silently and rap. idly as possible filled the tub. A flood of moonlight came In through the win. ws, and he did not trouble to light le gs, but was soon soaking placidly the warm and comfortable bath, / A heated discussion over the pur my as chase of a road roller had wearled Mr, Loomis considerably, and while re viewing the arguments as he lay in the tub, he fell asleep. This he himself denles, asserting that he heard the first touch of the burglar's hands on the window fastening. This latter statement there is no means of con- troverting, but It Is positively known that Mr. Loomis did not enter the kitchen later than a quarter past twelve o'clock, that the {ntruder’s pres ence was not observed much before two, and that It had never before taken Mr, Loomis an hour and three- quarters to bathe, However, when he did hear the fum- bling at the fastening, his first inpulse was to leap from the tub and repulse the Invader. His second thought was merely to flee. What he did, In the excitement of the moment, was to reach upward, grasp the swing shelf and pull it down just as he heard the kitchen window gently raised. Either the water had cooled a great many degrees since he entered It, or else Mr. Loomis was very much fright- ened (he leaned toward the former theory), or the two reasons combined to cause such a shiver that it was with difficulty that he prevented an alarming swashing in the bath, Peer ing cautiously over the rim of the tub, he shivered more violently than before. A man was crawling through the win- dow. The moon had now nearly gone down, but the solid black silhouette indicated a rogue of monstrous size. The suspense was horrible, Before the intruder dropped quietly to the floor he shot a tiny searching ray of light Into every corner, and the head of Mr. Loomis slid out of sight as a startled turtle slips off a log. In an agony of apprehension the house- holder heard the burglar tiptoe across to the pastry and back. Waiting as long as he could restrain his curiosity and alarm, he again peered cautiously between the table-shelf and the tub rim, The burglar was sitting in the mid- Mr. Loomis, wriggled a little his feet man was doing, and higher up. As he there was a slight water, and Mr. Loomis realized only too well what it moved disturbance meant. had, with his accustomed utilized a large cork as an this, loosened by and had bobbed to the surface. exhaust his foot, The water plug, was running out rapidly. nearly all a hideous, gurgling wall, startling the burglar, Mr. Loomis would be discov- ered. and in his helplessness probably murdered. He fumbled wildly for the cork, it eluded every clutch, not make a He tried to check the flow of the water by Inserting his rd ang noise, toes in the orifice, but this only slight- ly delayed the end Nothing could stop the water—his moments were ntuimbered. Discovery being it better to be prepared for defense, inevitable, wus he As quietly as pos shelf upward on Fortunately, It He rose siowly on his upright In the tub. The water was getting lower and lower and he had but a moment to decide upon a pian of action He could now see the burglar, who was engaged In devouring a lembn a sort which Mrs, especially well, and of which Mr Loomis was particularly fond, which had intended for Sunday dinner gold, and topped with thick, frothy meringue. haust pipe came, gible he pushed the its made no noise, y p well-olled hinges benumbed limbs and stood ple, been a beautiful, masterpiece of pastry, and with a knife at that. Loomis felt around for a weapon, but could find none. He was In despair. The last wave of the retiring water ankles, it. As he straightened up with It poised in his hand, he was dismayed to hear a light step on the back stairs—Mrs. He reached down and grasped had not come to bed. It was a fearful crisis, At that very moment the bath- tub exhaust emitted a ghastly, gling groan, followed by a sucking, swirling shriek. The very worst had come, and Mr. Loomis, steadied by a realization of the critical situation, raised the satu rated sponge with careful aim, and let it fly. With a soggy swash It struck the burglar squarely in the back of the neck, forcing the villainous face 'vio- lently Into the center of the lemon ple, to the very bottom of the dish. When the burglar’s countenance was withdrawn it wore a mask of yellow fringed with frothy white, from which twq beady eyes protruded with a hor- rible stare. They fell upon the open doorway of the back stairs, where a plump matron In snowy white just then sat forcibly down upon the bhot- tom step, still clinging to a smoking lamp, whose shattered chimney fell upon the floor, Then, as they turned In the direction from which the cold, paralyzing mis slle had come, and beheld the stark form of Mr. Loomis, their owner gave utterance t6 a cry very like that just emitted by the bethtub, and disap. peared throvgh the open window, The clock strucl, two, Fountain Pen Production By the use of a newly perfected ma- ¢hine 1,000 fountaingpen barrels are turned out every minute, wr nn! Vv THE MAGIC EAR MUFFS Ld ON'T' go any farther, Ranny,” screamed Polly Parrot, “or you'll step on it! Goodness, Mr. Cheerups, I was so frightened! Please excuse me for not saying good morn- Ing, but my friend Ranny Rhino’ near- ly kicked over your house a minute ago, He really couldn't help it, though. You see, his eyesight Is very bad" “I'm glad to see you both” cried Cheerups, looking out of his door and waving his hand In greeting. “It's a fine morning, Ranny!” “Yes, it Is, slr, thank you, sir” stammered Ranny, who was a little confused by Polly's screams. “It really a “hlrans Ranny Rhino Began to Dance Frisk About With Joy. wasn't my fault that I almost crushed your house, That's just what I came about.” see YOu Cheerups, smiling, "but 1 am sure you didn’t do it on purpose, Ranny.™ “Oh, Ranny. “I am not Something to be ought such =a boy, sald Cheerups, merrily. “Now good it seems to nodding me." about your eyesight, would It? Quick Quickear! Where Is that scamp, I wonder? Oh, you are; that's good! Hurry with E Moffs!™ and Quixie ar there ve Mr. Rhino.” sald Cheerups Quickear looked at Softfoot, who had along to see who the and Softfoot looked How to do It.--that were, ear, Wns the Magic Ear Mufls right down on Ranny Rhino's gars startled, but he wanted to be polite, ing to help him. until It was so ting in two, little nearer to the shelter of his house, “Now, shake them off, Mr. Rhino!" called Quickear and Softfoot from the tree top. And Ranny, with a mighty | toss of his head, sent the Magic Ear | Muffs flying Into the bushes, i “After this" sald Cheerups glee | fully, “you will have no trouble with | your hearing and it won't make so | much difference about your eyes” | Ranny Riiino began to dance and | frisk about with joy. He looked so | lke a brown barrel trying to be live | ly that the Quixies giggled. But his | heart was light If his footsteps | weren't, ! “1 want to try my ears right away,” he cried. “I belleve I could hear the rustle of a butterfly’s wing. Oh, thank you, thank you, Mr, Cheerups; I'm so | grateful! I'll take you to the finest sugar-cane plantation in Africa any | time you want to go. It's just de | 3 liclous! Or maybe you would ke | Theodore Kosloff, popular actor in bamboo better.” | the “movies,” was born in i ‘ i “Not today, thank you, danny.” Russia, He was Sduated in the hy iaughed Cheerups, “But come and see perial ballet school, Moscow and Pe- us again soon!” | trograd, (now Leningrad). He was L agai ¥ . i “All right, sir, I will. Goodby, | trained i . everybody I" and Ranny Rhino | '"9 | trudged away into the jungle, prick- | Ing up his ears and listening as he and brown eyes. Previous to entering the pictures he spent 15 years on the by Little, Brown & Co.) stage as a dancer. HATS IN A NAME nee By MILDRED MARSHALL Facts sbout your name; its history; meaning; whence it was derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel ® { cin. Clarice was the § ang next sie] evolution i named the wife Lorenzo Medicl mported to England by ea by them Clarisse, CLARISSA of de This Iatter was though It With “rendering es back Latin meaning "bright or the first bishop of Brittany In A. D, 280; an Clarus was a en ji interesting sig- it adjective in origin, WE every ’ i But when heroine of the erent ! day usage the Tw lin Lag 3 alled the nificance all other i Clarissa igning favorite of the hour famous.” of 5 4 fim | Richardson « Pe to the old . novel Inriss; forms dat 2 ‘1d ndoned clear.” | re claru St. Clarus was in imported France Clarisse, of . Richardson-—the fey . : 8%0 nw other famous hermit near Rouen The first in Italy where Chiara appeared title of a disciple of St. Fran- fees imitation 1 { origin being naively overlooked, feminine of the name was | : ; : | while Clarissa flourished In her vogue occurring | the reign of “precise” England, greatest during as the : iternture here has never been but she Is regarded as a i popularity {| puted, whole i ancestry has slmost been forgotten. A LINE O’ CHEER By John Kendrick Bangs . gem. It will bring her era and a { cording to an many admire marriage, old superstition successful Boolean cli LL J Je a de ae CHILDREN a number (5 by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc) ’ K Dominions HILE there are round about, With singing romp, playful rout Their cheeks agiow with all the wenith endless health, . laughter sounding air As though the world were free frm Care, matter In gErope find hope And go ahead and do my bit Rejolcing that I live In it {(® by McClure Newspaper Eyndieate.) children and N BBREVIATED STORY Of stores of joyous And on the No what clouds 1 4 3 the earth a sphere of ' THE BEAMING ITH a V dull Collar realized | pessimist, “What's 2 8.8.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 bb 8 Bb Bo beballednd ITT TI TT I IST RTTs rrr vr oh A Eo oe $8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 AS AS Added EIT IIT TTR RN TYTYTYTTYT'TY the good | flected cynically. | shucks for anybody else in this world. Not a soul takes the slightest Inter est In me. Who cares whether I do or whether I don’t? Nobody. 1 could go and drown myself from the nearest By H. IRVING KING lamp-post and nobody would even TWIN FRUIT O FIND a twin fruit-—that Is, ap- ples, pears, etc, grown together ro as to form one mass—or to run fruit which has two stones superstitious both in this country and in Europe. This superstition would Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis stop to ask who made the splash! What's the use of everything? What's the good of anything?” At that moment a beaming stranger approached him with outstretched hand, exclaiming. “Well, well, well! Isn't this Celly- lold MacCollar of the class of "09? Well, well, well! This is a pleasure and a privilege and an undiluted joy! Well, well, more wells! I'm sure you don't remember me. Perhaps you never even saw me, but 1 was in the class below you and I used to see you often going to and from about the campus. And 'lI assure you this chance meeting fills me with jublia- tion, ecstasy and boundless rapture!” Celluloid MacCollar shook the prof. fered hand fervently, ' “How do you do!” he exclaimed. “You restored my faith In human na- ture, sir! How are you?! 1 was never so glad to see anyone, I assure you Folks all well? “Yea, thanks” replied the other heartily. “As for myself, I've gone into life insurance, and I trust I can interest you in" “Squolxbb I" howled MacCollar, and leaped unavallingly in front of seven sutomoblles, (® by George Matthew Adams) sims Pussesmunitrs Measure of the Great Great men are the ambassadors of Providence sent to reveal to thelr fel- low men their unknown selves. There is something about them better than The twin fruit, or the twin stones, are representative of the twin god and goddess. Apollo represented the be- neficent and life-giving powers of the sun--that which ripens fruit-—and his twin was also a deity of light, but cocnected with the moon, the source of nll moisture, which caused fruit to flourish and mature. Apollo was a might protector of mortals from all evil and Artemis profected from dan- ger and pestilence. In one of her many forms Artemis is the patroness of fruits and grain and pastoral pur suits while Apollo protected from in- sects and animals which destroyed the products of the fields and orchards. Therefore it is easy to see why a freak of nature ilke a twin fruit or a double-seeded fruit should have been regarded by the ancients as a mani festation of the heavenly twins and an omen of good luck to the finder. (8 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) hd hh She Knew One of the biggest attractions to the middle westerner who comes out here is the visit to the battleships, some of which are always to be seen at San Diego, says the Los Angeles Times. Many of these visitors have never before seen the ocean, let alone a battleship, but for some reason they do not like to let this fact be known. Thus It was with the fair young thing who was being shown about by a saflor. He had explained about yeomen, able seamen, engineers and | they do or say. If measured at all, one thing and another, and now the are to he measured In the re pretty girl pointed out another man ve action of what others do or whose insignia was different. . They come and go, In part a mys. “That's the coxs'n" explained her | tery, in part the simplest of all ex. gulde patiently, “His duty is" the compelling influence of “Oh, 1 know,” interrupted the girl They leave no successor. The The cox'n crows the revellle, doesn't ge of greatness descends to the he!” dCimlvip Conlidge . , : Elderly Wives Preferred Judge T. G. 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