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MERRILY WE LIVE

PILECEDING CHAPTERS:

Trade Rawlins, novelist, rough- ing it on the Pacific Coast, la stranded when his car falls into a raving. He goes to the X- bourne house to make if he may une the phone, e la malakan for a tramp and as Mr. K hourne has a hobby for taking tramps in and the chauffeur has disappeared that morning, he is But engaged against hia tolli after a few exciting and humor- ous situations, he wants to stay in the strange household. It will be poed oopy.

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Chaptor Four

Jerry, despite her forceful man- ner, had doubts as to her windom in insisting that Wade should remain with them. Perhaps it would have bean better it she had not inter- vened when Grosvenor had tried to throw him out. There was some thing unusual about him and it dis- turbed her. He did not talk as if he wore a tramp, for one thing. Of course she had heard of hoboes who read Tomer in the original as ons lly as she read the morning nowe paper, but no tramp who had ever come to them seemed at ease with the English language as this young man did.

What worried her was her mother's saying as they drove of that it was wonderful Wade had come to them because he knew all about "thrip". She must let him know at once that she, for one would stand for no nonsenso.

"Will you kindly tell me what thrin may be?" afie domanded.

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"Please do. Horbert. I won't be there."

They drove for a few minutes in ellence and when it was breiten it was by Wade. Ito and the damage was alight; he thought he would o able to repair it in without going to a servico station, he re- Grotted the unpleasant ineldent.

"Oh, it's part of your education to learn that Harbort has a positive Rentus for creating unpleasant alt- uations."

"It wasn't wholly his fault," said Wade.

"Now, don't try to bocome noble,” she said. "I know, without know- Sug, all about it Who better than I Bho hesitated a moment and then said: "Herbert and I have known each other over since I can Tentmber. Sometimes I can stand him in fact everybody taltes it for granted we're engaged. But well be that as it may, I want you to know that I know you are a fiber and I admire you for trying to lot Herbert off easy,"

"Shall we wipe all this incident off the record!" Baked Wado.

"OK." she answered.

The car evidently had been dans- aged, so Jerry decided to forego her other stops and go directly too. It might take a long time to repair the car and Wade must meet her father on the afternoon train. a sho left the car, she opened her puro and took from it a bill,

"Bettor tako this," abe said. "The work may be beyond you and wo can't have my car out of commis- elon."

"I don't want to seem too inqulai- tive, Miss Kilbourne," Wade said, "But would you mind telling me what your father looks like?"

"Why he's about the size of a conductor on a local train and - the only other thing I can think of

"But, Jerry, if you'll only let me explain

can make it all clear.

"Your mother to of the opinion It! this minute is that ho shouldn't cat Rdores Is a discaso to which roans are sulu alrawberrien because bo Jock"

thom but only when they are out "Aflor you told her such non- of season and boaldes they always sense? Now let us got this on the give him a rash. Perhaps, if you record; you are staying here bo-00 mother, you'd better ask for. cause I said you would. But you Probably the can think of other won't stay one minute if I discavor things you see she had known you are up to any 'gamot Spoofing him longer than I have." mother comes under that heading." Wade did not nak Mrs. Kilbourne Vill you believe me when I my or anyone else to add to the de- I had no Intention of making sporti scription of his now employer. Hu of your mother or being disrespect felt anything any of them said ful. When some one ankë me a ques might be misleading. It was much tion, I always make a reply. It is simpler, just to wall in the car. He my great falllng, I think. And your did not know Mr. Kilbourne but mother lago charming as well as surely Mr. Kilbourne would know trustful that I hated to disappoint own car. Or would ho? Ons her. I'm sorry if I did anything to could not count on anything in this dintress you,"

strange household. "Veli Tergot it anyway, mother Fortunatoly Mr. Kilbourne did has, by this time, probably. But I know his car and evinced no sur hope you will be careful in your priso at mooing at the wheel a man answers. Tou soo I feel responsible ho had never anon bafore. Mr. Kul- bourne settled himself in the ear, for you in a way,"

"All you have said has

the record, Mian KUbourne, one on took from his pockat a olgar and Baldi tried, without success, to get a

In a mook tons, but if Jerry had spark from bla Ughtor. Between been looking at him she would have; altampts, he spoke. soen a twinkle in his eyes.

When they ranched the club she told him to park nor the entrance but not leavò the car, nái kho would be going on to town in a few minutes.

The other chauffeurs greeted him

They with smiles.

found great amusement in the procession of drivers who came so suddenly to the bournes and foft even more abruptly.

"Say, one of them drawled after a lang look at Wado. "You seam different from the usual run - more like the rest of us, wort of Give us the low-down — are you a tramp?"

"Mrs. Kilbourne will tell you I am and so will her daughtor," Wade answered snally.

"Not

"Tramp?" he asked nonchalantly. present. I am the new hauttons"

"Intend to stay long with un?" "That dependa --- "On my family?” "Zon, sir."

"Mrs. Kilbourne certainly didn't lose any time. Usually we have a

te interim bolwean tramps."

This time it was Miss Kilbourne who really insisted."

"Ifoavens above! She too?" "It looks like it, doesn't it?" "And here I've been kidding my- self that Jerry was the only mom- bor of the family with any sense, Except myself, of course."|

Thoy rode for about a mile with out further conversation. When Mr. Kibourne broke the silence it was

It was just then that he saw Jor-) with a question asked in the most ry come out from the clubhouse, casual manner.

He started to back out, but another "Stolen anything yet?"

car pulled up behind him in such a "No air. I've boun busy cleaning way that a collison was unavold-myself up, getting the car in can- able. Wade and the other man dition and driving. I've been in tho jumped from their cars to see what house only a few hours.

"Well, of course, you haven't ́hnil damage had done.

"Em a member of this club and much chance in a few hours. Any- 1 shall protest against allowing way, it's hardly worth your time drivers, who can't drive, being al- trying to find anything. Nearly lowed on the olub grounds" the everything of any value has been young man sald haughtily to Wado carted off by your predecessors."

"I assure you it was unavoid Thank you, sir," said Wado, able Wade answered quietly, "but When

they had reached tho

I think that sinos you saw me try- house, Wade opened the door for ing to back out you might have Mr. Kilbourne and asked if he had walted a minute before trying to any or Mr. Kilbourne, "Pút

orders for him." edge in."

Do you know to whom you are the car in the garage, tako art that speaking in this insolent nahlen? I am Herbert Wheeler and I won't uniform and clear out of here."

"But if you will allow me to pay xland

Mrs. Kilbourno said - Two or three club members had know what she probably said. been attracted by the altercation what I pay is that you take your and were trying to soothe Herbert orders from me. I will make one One of them was asking him not te concession, As it is growing late, be a fool. He was still angry but you may stay here tonight. In the suddenly his voice changed Jo morning I will pay you, for your ry cams

up to ask what the trouble day work, a wook's wages. Then MAHNYA you go and don't come back was.

The other follow's fault again, ever.” wasn't it, Herbert Strange how It's always the same story."

"But Jerry, it you'll only let me explain: I can make it all ofear,"

"Don't waste your breath nor my time. I'm hurrying on." "Til call you at home.”

(2% de continued)

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanier

By Paul F

A FLEA IN HIS EAR

FLEAS ARE DANGEROUS PESTS WHEN THEY ENTER THE HUMAN. EAR, AND AS EARLY AS THE 147"," CENTURY THE FRENCH COMPARED A DISCONCERTING REBUFF TO THIS TORMENT BY SAYING “HE WENT AWAY WITH A FLEA IN HIS EAR"

—A PHRASE WHICH STILL SURVIVES.

ARTIFICIAL PLANT

FERTILIZATION

THIS IS NOT A MODERN SCIEN- TIFIC DISCOVERY. ANCIENT HIN- DUS, MANY CENTURIES BEFORE THE CHRISTIAN ERA, USED POL- LEN TAKEN FROM THE MALE DATE PALM TO FERTILIZE THE THE BLOSSOMS OF THE FEMALE, THUS INSURING A CONTINUAL SUPPLY OF THIS HIGHLY IM- PORTANT FOOD.

SCOTLAND YARD says

There is NO FLAW

in FINGER-PRINTS

FINGER-PRINTS are

still proof of your identity; in other words, the ridges and furrows of your fingers can still land you in gaol in spite of claims that an impression can be faked. It can't.

RICHARD JONES

went to the G.H.Q. of crime investigation to ask about the faked prints' case. This is what he learned.

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came all four obstacles would indeed be a super-criminal.

Even were he able to obtain the finger-prints of a man he planned to shop," he has then to reproduce them and repeat the process before he can obtain the correct Impression, and by that time, the experts say, the characteristics would be prac tically indecipherable.

What does not appear to have been commented on at Croydon la the fact that the Anger-print on the mirror was a reverse impression.

FURROWS

Scotland Yard, with 40

prints being alike and they were years' shrewd experience estimated by Sir Francis Galton, ploneer of the finger-print system, behind it, is to-day more at no less than one in 84,000,000,000.

THE lines that were shown record of Certainly there is no

on the glass were convinced than ever of the

any finger-print having been suc ridges, but furrows, A simple but infallibility of its finger- cessfully faked in any part of the telling point when it comes to crime

world.

print system, the finest in There are four things which the

detection.

not

Criminals have adopted the most the world.

intended forger would have to con- amazing ruses in an effort to beat With the aid of a small mirror tend with if he planned to take a the finger-print expert. All have and a pad of plastic substance anger-print.

a man accused--and subsequent-

ly acquitted, as the evidence did

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falled.

Not so long ago thora, was n case of all American gangster who

States desperadoes.

HE would first of all have to obliterated the characteristics of his not justify a conviction-at

obtain an exact replica of Angers with acid, He knew full well that if he was caught his finger- Croydon Quarter Sessions of the finger-print he proposes to forge; prints would have identified him as breaking into a club pavilion as- secondly, it must be left in a place one of the most callous of United serted that a finger-print could where he has no business to be; and

thirdly, a cast-iron alibi might be The skin of his burned Angers [be faked.

established by the man he was going grew again, and he thought his past He pressed the pad against

was safe. He fell into the police net A fourth point, too, is that he over a small crime; his "dabs" were warder's finger, applied the pad to

and the finger-print would have to ensure the "fake" taken, and found to be identical with the mirror,

being discovered by the investigal- his original prints! appeared on the glass,

"That," he declared to the Reing officers, corder, "is a finger-print of this officer and he has not touched the mirror."

But Scotland Yard still maintained (that it is impossible to fake or forge anger-print by any method which its experis could not instantly detect, million identifica- More than half tions have been made by Anger- prints; and they have never yet been

known to err.

bureau yesterday.

READING PRINTS

some

a to betray,

No wonder, the Yard pins its Inith The man who successfully over to the finger-print system.

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1 The interval is apparently not

a generous ant (8). 5 Do men who workc

sewers-catch this complaint? (B).

9 A classical potboy (8).

10 A radent in time makes

inkes (0).

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14 Coy clerle? (10).

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18 An expression of regret, it seems, but not sorry all the same (10).

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(8).

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HERE can be few things more pardon me II 1 suggest, with all pleasant than to sit and drink respect, that you must be lucky in Secrets by which Yard men have something iced at a pavement table love. And, after all, such a hand- trapped and brought to justice of the cleverest criminals in the of one of Rio's cafes. The tables are some gentleman..."

I knew the tactics, ar thought t20 Historical battleground world I learned in the finger-print placed out on the masuk pavement,

under bright awnings. Brilliant did, and replied as politely as pos-27 Though he wouldn't catch crabs pt Great Scotland Yrnd sunshine makes the shadows under elble.

the trees look almost palpable by "I am not sure that. I believe in contrast. The hot air induces a luck, at all," I said. The little man tropical Inziness, but the interest is threw up his arms as if in despair.

st passage

of every men

"But surely you must belleve in THERE are in existence to-held by the

luck!" he cried. "Is it not luck that day some 11,000,000 or race and women of exotle beauty.

Like all pleasant things, however, the gentleman is so handsome while vels of anger-prints taken more

means good- convicted from

criminals alt It is not quite perfect, for the later I am, well, by no

of countries. The bureau has a col-at the little tables is the first victim looking? Is It not luck that your parents were your parents? respected lection of more than 900,000 sets, or of the dealer in lottery tickets. 0,000,000

I was awakened from a comfort- Imagine If your parents had been individual prints. More

ut my those of that negro boy who is sell than 20,000 are added yearly, and able daydream by volen

side. an expert can "read" them as easily

"No, thank you,”; I auld -- "Perhaps, then, you prefer the

Ing papers. No doubt his parents

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I capitulated and, bought a ticket.

I was thanked with many thanks,

na the average man reads a nows- "Would the gentleman be interest- are worthy too, but, sir, I beg of paper.

ed in purchasing a ticket for the Suo you, think of your luck!"

"Well," I said, "this gambling Franidy, Anger-print experts Paulo State lottery?" said the volce. would like to meet any man who I looked round. A little dark- business is largely a question of aware that they are made in ten a foreign gentleman with fair hair. has found a flaw in what has proved skinned man with bright eyes re- habit, In my country there are no portions. One portion will cost you He was eloquent for fully twenty

two milrds, cavalheiro, and with minutes, for 40 years to be the most infallible moved his hat with a flourish as I lotteries."

"The cavalheiro is Inglez, I think," your luck you can receive twenty Identifcation system in the records turned.

and "God be with you, St. Antonio of criminology. Ho would have to

sald the little man. "Yes, I have contos for your two milrcial" hoard of this before. It strikes mo be an astonishingly clever man.

He went on in that vein for 'fully help you, and may all the saints be It is contended that the method Federal lottery," said the dealer In an utterly incomprehensible that in shown in the Croydon court was so fuck. "I have a very lucky number a free country people should not be twenty minutes. He told me of the kind to you. Mil agradecimentos e

allowed to gamble. But there you dozens of lucky tickets he had sold. passe bem." erudo thint a finger-print expert for to-day's lottery?"

I looked at my of on "Inglez (very like

ticket or too loud "I am not are excellent sir, it is all the more He told me et al, he won twenty milreis it cost, and the salesman would have immediately detected

reason why you should take advan

you, excellent that it was not genuine. In this interested in lottery tickets."

ingo of the more liberal customs of thousand pounds the day before he gets 10 per cent. commission On caso, however, the other evidence was also in the man's favour.

this country. If you do not care, to left Rio. He told me of how his milrels, or twopence, for almost half Indeed, the chances of a, angor- The little man looked at me with buy whole ticket for to-day's daughter (who had second eight) an hour's work. The dealer in luck print being forged are almost as re-ļa speculativa oyo.

lottery / could sell you a portion of had prophesied that very morning must hope far luck nome day. mole as the chances of two anger-#Ah, then, he said, "you must one. No doubt the gentleman is that he would sell a lucky ticket to

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