"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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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."
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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
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Starts Tuesday Morning 1
September 9 |
Thousands of dollars worth, of §
the very best and most useful i
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been gathered together for this 1
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I the utmost in savings. 1
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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.
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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.
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A Nutritious Diet for All Ages
Quick Lunch at Home or Office
Avoid Imitations and Substitutes
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