"When a Girl " II? \N \ 1.151.E A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing Problem of a Girl Wife CHAPTER CCXCII. [Copyright, 1919, King Feature Syndicate. Inc.] It was not the police rapping at my door. It was a private detective Jim had summoned to investigate i he disappearance of my ring. We told hi in the whole story from the"moment I replaced the ring in the box until that other moment when the box fell from Bertha's hands and she picked it up, fitted the lid to it and returned it to me— emptv. Carefully we went over each detail, and under the supervision of the detective we seat chert the dining-room again. The live looked carefully in each drawct and hit of silver. Then—as care fully—he went over the living-room But the search availed nothing. "You've searched the fflrl. 1 said at with professional im personality. "Do you want to 1 I'er charges?" .... T .,„ "Oh, no." I protested. No. i m sure Bertha had nothing to do with "Verv well, madam; do you wish to lot her go?" asked the detective —Wadley, was his name. Then Bertha broke An. "If Mrs. Harrison does let me go I want you to examine my room and mv baggage tirst, sir. I never lifted the ring and Mrs. Harrison knows I ain't got It by me. But 1 don t want them to say afterwards planted it anywhere." "Wait a minute, my good girt, broke in Mr. Wadley. shrewdly. "That's thieves' lingo you're us'ns-. How do you come to talk that. And before- my unwilling eyes I saw him torture the story or her husband from Bertha's white lips. "1 guess tve'%e enough to hold vou on." he sneered. "Mrs. Harrison," sobbed Bertha, "I told you how it would be. Te fore all the saints and in the name of my dead mother, 1 didn't touch that ring. Mrs. Harrison, you know I never was a thief. Don't let them take me and mark me for hfe. Don't let them get my man " Her words trailed off and she looked at me piteously. "Mr. Harrison anil I decline to prefer charges against Bertha," I said firmly. I know she had noth ing to do with the —disappearance of the ring. I don't think we'll need you any longer. Mr. Wadley." "Know who the thief is?" The detective turned on me ab ruptly as he asked the question. I shook my head, hut he smiled knowingly. I felt almost as if he might he suspecting Jim—or me. When a complete search of Ber tha's baggage failed to reveal any trace of the missing pearl. Mr. Wad ley condescended to let her go. But as' she left, he turned to us smiling triumphantly. "I got a man outside, with orders to follow whoever leaves this apart ment to-night," he said amiably. "He's a human bloodhound and you can take it from me. he'll know how many breaths that girl draws every day. I'll notify the pawn shops and while I'm doing that, don't you think you might persuade lliose other folks who were alone with the ring this afternoon to come hack for a nice sociable visit?" Wadley went into the next room to telephone, and I turned to Jim with sudden determination. "Jim. dearest, that ring was your present to me —and I loved it. Will you let me have my own way about it?" "Sure," said Jim. "I'm trying to do all T can for you now, don't you think so? Because 'if there's any thing else you can think of —" "I'll suppose it was my birthday present sent a month ahead of time." I said. .Tim looked blank. "Isn't your birthday to-morrow?" he asked. "It's the eighteenth," I replied "but the eighteenth of next month, "but, you dear old simpleton, don't you see? I've had the fun a whole month ahead of time, and I'll have it again on my birthday, remember ing how adorable it was and how more than adorable j'ou were to get the beautiful thing for me. And—• and that's all. Jim." "What do j'ou mean—that's all?" "I mean we'll send the detective awaj'. And just he happy remem bering the ring and that you bought it for me and I love it." "What? Are you crazy?" de manded Jim. "Dear. I want you to do as I ask," I pleaded. "It was my ring. I'ts going to he my birthday. I don't want people tortured over me. Poor Bertha mustn't be hounded. No one else must suffer. It would hurt me —and maybe I wouldn't get the ring anyway. Please drop it, Jim. Please." "I will not," began Jim. But I hobbled to his side, put an arm about his neck and laid my fare against his. "Jim, I think I know who took it —and why," I whispered. "If you love me, you'll let me get it hack my own way. It's the only chance we have of seeing the ring again. And if you don't do this for me, the ring wouldn't have any meaning for me. anyhow. If you love me, you'll let me have my own way. If you love me. Jim—if j'ou love me!" "You know I love you. you little cfo qoufaioto J4 mifCcoM. people. (wv wc SrtaXlr'fczMscLS imc£udAMXj only wivmt xUeJCT sufnuGs ? 24^S^ f SATURDAY EVENING, SEKRRXSBT7RG (Elftsll TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. witch, Jim cried, catching me to mm with strong arms. "And I like jour tender heart and the fine mind So you want me to go in and get rid of Wadley? Is that it?" h P .t? BO \ dear," I begged, eagerly, breathlessly. | All right." Jim squared his j shoulders. "I don't pretend to un derstand you. but I'll do what you I are asking. And I guess you can | kiss your ring good-by. Sure vou larent glad to get rid of it?" i "Jimmy!" I cried. "Jimmie. I I loved that ring! It was exquisite. I'll never bo contented until I get lit again. But something tells me i that my only chance is to do things my own way." "You win," said Jim. "But I'll . just bet you a fiver we never see the ring again." (To Re Continued.) Gen. Connor Scores Herding of Prisoners By Associated t'rcss. Paris, Friday, Sept. s.—Brigadier General D. W. Connor-, chief of the service of supply of the American Expeditionarj' Force, was before the Congressional subcommittee inves tigating Army affairs here nearly all day, to-day. giving evidence regard ing the sale of surplus supplies and prison abuses in France. He said that prisoners accused of simply infractions of military rules should have been separated in prisons from men who were convicted of crimes, but thought that Brigadier General W. W. Harts and Colonel E. P. Grinstead, of the 158 th Infantry, could not be held responsible for abuses which have been under dis cussion. Colonel Grinstead was brought before the efficiency board instead of before a court martial as a result of charges against him, and General Connor said to-day that this action was taken on a report by the judge advocate general, in whose opinion a conviction could not he obtained in the case. . Democrats Eat Crabs and Hear Candidates Seventh ward Democrats were guests last evening at a smoker held by the Camp Curtin Democratic League, where Dr. G. W. Hartman, candidate for the Democratic nom ination for mayor, outlined his plat form. A number of other candi dates spoke at the same meeting. Frank C. Sites speaking on local and national politics and Lewis M. Ncif fer on the League of Nations. At the Central Democratic Club another well attended meeting was held. A hardshell crab supper fol lowed this meeting. GIRDLES PARIS IX PLANE By Associated I'rces. Paris, Friday, Sept. s.—(French Wireles Service) —The French air man, Sadi Lecointe, won the cup donated bj' Henry Deutsch de 'a Meurthe, president of the Aero Club of France, by fij'ing around Paris on Tuesday last byway of St. Gct main, Senlis, Meaux and Melun. a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles) in forty-eight minutes and eight seconds. Lecointe made a.i average speed of 240 kilomtcrs, thirty-seven metres an hour. The cup was last won in 1914 by the late Emile Gilbert, whose speed was 175 kilometers an hour. INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS In the yearly table of statitics is sued yesterday by toe Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, ►he number of fatalities for the past ear in industrial plants in Dauphin county is reported as 74. There was a total number of 4112 accidents. Dnuphin county was less fortunate than surrounding counties. Berks Iliad 3797 accidents; Lancaster 1776; | Northumberland, 3114, and others I suffered even less. In 67 counties in the State there were 84,844 accidents, j The fatalities from these were 3403. HEAVY GOLI) SHIPMENTS By Associated Press. New York, Sept. 6. Gold ship ments exceeding 14,000,000 are in progress to foreign countries it was announced here to-day. Gold coin valued at *300,000 has been with drawn from the subtreasury here for shipment to South America. Gold bars valued at $1,350,000 were withdrawn from the assay office for shipment to India and arrangements were made here for gold shipments of $2,500,000 by transfers through San Francisco to Japan. LEAVE FOR COLVMRL'S Isaac Radabaugh and William Me <neer, two veteran members of Posct 58 G. A. R., left yesterday morning by motor for Columbus, Ohio, to at tend the national encampment there. Other members of Post 58 who will leave to-morrow evening arc George W. Rhodes, department commander; H. S. Watson, commander of the post; Theophilus Zimmerman, and wife; William Davidson, and David Chal lenger. Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service By McManus THE THIRD T,ME TT I'M COIN- TO COMPLMN VANT TO gJ WHT- HE OUST WENT Tl THE LADT IN THE Ror,M I IS 6 AT THE OFFICE-SHE'LL THE MAHACER CShSSSW = "TH HIR LOSS STnon'- HAME TO QUIT ~ ) 1 y 'b?7 TOO- THAT SEE CAWT WODV- L THE LOVE GAMBLER By Virginia Terhune Van de Water Chapter 1.11 l Well, she had done her best, and to no avail! Such was Helen Goddard's re- I flections as she drove home from 1 the Leightons' on the night of the affair in celebration of the signing of the armistice. When she left David in the dining room, and gtbne out into the hall in reply to Desiree's summons, she - learned that the taxieab she had | ordered . was awaiting her. Mrs. Duffield's cab was also at the door. I Helen was secretly rather glad of this, for it meant that the widow i would have no • opporunity for a tete-a-tete with her brother to [ night. But of course the evil hour had only been postponed. In a day or two Mrs. Duffield would tell Samuel Leighton what she had learned. Then Smith would be under sus picion. j Yet she had done her best, Helen [ reiterated to her uneasy self. To be I sure, she had talked too freely with [Jefferson and Mrs. Duffield. But she had tried to make reparations by putting Smith on his guard. And, in return for this, he had as good as told her he could not be equally frank with her. He had declined to answer her simple question about his knowledge of the pendant. It was strange that even now she could not believe him guilty. He might be shielding someone else one of the maids, perhaps. Yet that would surely be a most ridiculous thing to do, and very unfair to his employers. Anyway, she would fret herself no longer about it. Smith had evidently considered her warning of too little consequence to he"d. Very well—let him look out for himself! This was what David Smith wanted to do—but not in the way He'en Goddard had in mind. The evening had given him cause for much anxious thought. First of all, he knew that Walter Jefferson had recognized him. That in itself meant that an exposure of his identity was imminent. Such exposure would naturally incur his employer's anger. And this anger would be accompanied by displeas ure—even disgust—on the part of Samuel Leighton's daughter. In Dove With Desirce This. David De Laine felt, was' more than he could endure. For he could no longer pretend to conceal from himself that he loved Deslree Leighton as he had never supposed he could love any woman. The time was past when he could reason with himself. He could not stay where he must see her frequently and maintain his peace of mind. DAILY HINT ON FASHIONS A POPULAR STYLE 2911—This design will readily ap peal to the growing girl. The model is nice for combinations of material, chambray and striped seersucker, plaid and plain gingham, plutd or checked suiting with Serge and other seasonable material ure all at tractive. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size 8 years will require 3 3-4 yards of 4 4-inch material. A pattern of this illustration mailed to any uddress on receipt of! 10c in silver or lc and 2c stamps. I Telegraph Pattern Department I For the 10 cents Inclosed please I send pattern to the following address: Size Pattern No Name Address City and State i V Even now, as he walked home ward, he thrilled at the memory of her huving turned to hint with a half-confession of something that was troubling her. It was something about her pen dant. She had started to tell him of it when Miss Goddard had ap peared in the doorway. What had she been about to say? Could this talk of the pendant in dicate that there was suspicion in the family as to his relationship with the former owner of the trinket? David wished it had never come , into Desiree's possession if it hud •led to her unhappiness. But why j should she be unhappy ahout it un less she knew that he was the nephew of the original owner? In | that case, she could not be dis- I pleased with him or she would not I have tried to-night to give him her confidence. I He must not let himself think J along these lines any longer. He was | her father's chauffeur. In that I practical thought lay his only safety. In that thought and in flight. He would seize the first opportunity to give up his present position. Then he would go away and start life again. ■ Perhaps sometime he might make I good, away out West somewhere. [Then he could come back and con fess all to this girl— Ho caught himself sharply and ] set his teeth grimly. The Great Obstacle 1 She was a rich man's daughter. I That in itself would keep him from I confessing his love until he had a good incom of his own. He would not demean himself by marrying a I rich woman when he himself was poor. The suggestion was intoler able. And it would be many years before he could make enough money to support Desiree as she should be supported. Moreover, she would never give him a second glance. The humility that accompanies true love told him that. Yet —it would be long before he would have a right to ask any girl to marry him. Meanwhile, the one girl in the world for him would undoubtedly be married to some man far more worthy of her than he could ever hope to be. But nobody would ever love her better than he did. On that fact he would be willing to stake his life. There was nothing else worth working for now, he mused. He was young, yet without Desiree life stretched before him like a dreary vista. Wearily, he climbed the steps of the lodging house on Lexington ave nue and softly let himself into the narrow hall. The place had a rank, stale smell that sickened him slight ly. As he fitted his key into the lock of his own room he saw an envelope stuck under the bottom of the door. When he had shut himself into his room and turned on the light, he picked up the envelope. The corner bore the name of Henry Andrews. Miss Jeanne De Laine's lawyer. David remembered that, moved bv lan inexplicable impulse, he had sent j his address to this man soon after taking his present position. He had confided to him that to his employ er he was known as "David Smith." With a stirring of curiosity, he tore open the envelope and drew forth the letter. (To bo Continued) Daily Dot Puzzle 20 2 * 2 23 25 27 | lft ./ 5. 6. j • *26 j * e ** II 30 . .4 A* 1 • . •26 '7 15,1. • 10 -31 • • 14 -I3 'I j te 71* V * 32 7°* \ \ * \ \ •55 \ <■? . 1 - \ . '• * SI! • 4.. 51 • . 43 " 4z i *47 Draw from one to two, and bo on to the and. MARKET PRICES REMAIN HIGH jKggs Are Higher and Peaches Sell at Top Figures at Middle of Season With the exception of the price of I eggs only slight changes in prices | in the produce markets were notice | able to-day as compared with last | week's figures. Eggs, however, were not plentiful I and had jumped from 52 and 55 , cents to 58 and 60 cents a dozen. ; Peaches were $1.60 to $1.75 a half ; bushel husket for the large yellow and white varieties while smaller ; fruit sold for $l.lO to $1.40. Large varieties of apples were to be had at many of the stands, the prices ranging from 10 to 20 cents a quarter peck, depending on the size and quantity. Lima beans wore 15 to 20 cents a pint. One or two dealers to-day were using measures which were not standard pints and did not make any explanation of this when asked ! about prices until the customers 1 queried them about the quantity the | measures held. Other prices were: Bananas. 30c; beans, green. 8 61:10 c quarter peek; (yellow, 10®12c quarter peek; | beets, rhubarb, onions, bunch. sc; butter, country, 60®62c; I cabbage. 5® 15c; cantaloupes, 5, 8, | 10® 15c; celery, 5® 10c; corn, 20- I @3oc; onions, box, s®loc; peppers, ! box. sc; potatoes, quarter peck, 12, j 15 ® 2 0c; pumpkins, 10c; sauerkraut, .quart, 12® 15c; sweet potatoes, quarter peck, 15@20e; tomatoes, box, 8® 12c; basket, 50@75c; wa termelons, 40® 65c; pears, box. 10®i5c; chickens, live, pound, 35- ©3Bc; dressed, 55®60c; lard, 40- ® 42c. Letter Carriers Want Half Holiday Each Week Rl/ Associated Pre is Philadelphia, Sept. 6. Among the measures discussed at to-day's session of the National Association of Letter Carriers was the bill that has been introduced In Congress by Representative Kelly, of Pennsyl vania, which provides for official recognition of all organizations of employes in the classified civil ser vice of the United States. It also provides for the establishment of a court of appeals for such employes. The resolution was unanimously adopted subject to the approval of the council of administration of the association. Among the other resolutions adopted to-day were those abolish ing the carrying by letter carriers of parcel post packages weighing more than four pounds and the introduc tion of half holidays on Saturdays. E. J. Ryan, president of the Rail way Mail Clerks' Association, made an address in which he denounced Postmaster General Burleson. "The day is not far distant," he declared, "when these postal organizations will have something to say as to who is to be postmaster general and something to say as to directions of affairs. I say this calmly, because such a system as the one now in ef fect cannot endure." BITES-STINGS Wash the affected surface with houao- Wvd hold ammonia or iSVK warm salt water; than apply— YICRS VAPORUftIr "YOUR BODYGUARD"-''" " | RESORTS j AT ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. j 91.30 up illy. Sp'el. vvkly. Kur'pn. plan I 92.50 up illy. 914.00 up vvkly. Auir. plnn LEXINGTON ! Pacific at Arkansas ave. Cap. 600; | running water In rooms; private baths; extensive porches and dance floors; choice table. Bath houses on ! premises for guests; private entrance! to beach. Garage. Bklt. ' W. M. HASLETT. 92.30 Up Dly. 915 Up Wkly. Am. Plalij OSBORNE Cor. Pacific U Arkansas Aves, Safely I built (no so-called tire-trap construe- ' tlon). wide halls and stairways; ele- 1 vator; hot anu cold running water In I rooms; private buths; bathing from I hotel; use of bathhouses and shoiver I baths free; private walk to beach orchestra; dancing; white service 1 fireproof garage. Booklet and auto map mailed. PAUL C. ROSECRANS. MSis* XoOfclslgS? j Kentucky av. 6t Beach. Heart of At lantic City. Cap. SOU; modern through out. $3 up dally; 116 up weekly American plan. A. C. EKHOLM. j NOIITII JERSEY SHOIti; HESOIITS Visit the NOItTH, JERSEY SHOItE HESOIiT* A welcome always awaits you. Writ* the Mayor or any one. STRIKERS WILL FORCE UNIONIZATION [Continued From First Page.] to their homes, but informed them ! that would do all in his power to aid them, and that he had called aj meeting of operators and mine offi cials to discuss a charge that the! miners were refused permission to! organize at Guyan. The Governor told them further that he had proof that propaganda! intended to incite them hud been spread among Cabin Creek miners and that there was no verification! of a report that miners had been j shot down by guards at the Guyan mines, and that women and children I wore being ki'led. Rumors and reports of which Gov- ! ernor Cornwell spoke spread through | the Kanawha district J'esterday and I many of the mines were closed. j During the course of his appeal, I Governor Cornwell was interrupted frequently with e'eors and with the! conclusion of the address he de parted amid volleys of rifle shots 1 fired by the men in his honor. ' j School Board Unable to Muster a Quorum. For the first time in the last few ' years, no quorum could he secured for! the regular School Board session yes terday afternoon and President Rob- ! ert A. Enders postponed tile meeting! until Monday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, j At previous meeting where there' were not tnough members present to I begin the session telephone calls were ' successful In locating and bringing additional directors to the Board of-' llees. Yesterday the only directors ! who wore present were Mr. Enders, ' Harry A. Boyer, Cameron L. Baer and i C. L. L. Keen. Two of the other five! were reported out of the city, a third was moving from his country home to | thw^ city, another reported he could! not lm- his place of business and a fifth Sohl he was painting his house. u expected that the junior ANNOUNCEMENT | Our Big ! 0-Day I Bargain Basement Sale I Starts Tuesday Morning 1 September 9 | Thousands of dollars worth, of § the very best and most useful i household goods and utensils have I been gathered together for this 1 || sale to make it the greatest in our if i| Bargain Basement's career. The | I prices we will name will afford I I the utmost in savings. 1 i Full Details IVill Appear 1 1 In This Paper on Monday High Mchool situation would be dis cussed und a report would be subpiit ted to Dr. R 10. Downes, city super intendent, but action will be deferred until Monday. Story of Fight in Jail Denied by Official* Prison authorities to-day denied that there had been a fight between William Evans, colored, convicted of first degree murder, and Theodore Martin, waiting trial in another hom icide case. It was explained by one of the officials that about two months ago the two men had an argument, but there WHS no fight. Evans, ac cording to the prison authorities, wan much concerned about lite report that he had been in a fight in the prison and said that he would not want such it statement to Injure Ills appeal from i. death sentence which will lie heard soon by the Board of Pardons. S. of C. graduates receive the National Seal of Efficiency; this is absolutely the Largest, Oldest and Best Business College in Harrisburg. Enter Our New Classes Now Our management, courses, methods, teachers, require ments for graduation, etc., have been examined and approved by the National Association of Accredited Commercial School of the U. S. School of Commerce J. H. Troup Building 15 S. Market Square Bell 485 Dial 4393 Individual Promotion IIKM) FOR FRAUD Charles Morgan, Harrisburg. was hold in default of $5OO bail for the | next term of Federal Court for at i tempting to cash a money order ' drawn in favor of Frank C. Knif j fen. Mr. Kniffen, who is also of thi3 eity, had lost the money order. No Cooling A Nutritious Diet for All Ages Quick Lunch at Home or Office Avoid Imitations and Substitutes 5
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