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i -1 ' , - .' fhe CHEGON STATCSIIAN, Safen. Oreca, Friday Herein?. Norenber 1, 1923 ' ; . - PAGIISZVU I iiil i PtN ft S . rtrrmi TV r I Tl Tl TTTT -iaTospt nardir wort. . iraiii. 'II 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 , J Is UMIUII L lnelMSKw 1 r r..,. Tiiiiiii RFiMnin CHAPTER VI . Althonsh Sloan, in making good out of hia own money the worth le&s chec which Nathalie had gtren the hotel, had done some thing which no cool-headed law yer would be likely to do, there were nerertceieas me makings oi agsat lawyer In him; For he pos sessed in a Wgh degree the fac ulty' of reasoning to a correct con ctosion any line of human conduct of Which he was in possession of one' or two important facts. So that although he bad seen noth ing of Nathalie since the moment when he told her to call on him it. she found herself in difficulties; he knew almost as certainly what had occurred during her Tisit to Southampton as though he had been1 at her fclde throughout and watched it all. He sympathised profundly with the panic state in which she had cashed a had check realized the fatigue of mind and body she must hare been in, and understood that she' meant to cheat no one; and that as soon as a train could car ry her there she would return to her , aunt and make a courageous confession of the wuole unfortun ate 'business. ,"j will hear from her by &lon daK" he said to himself as he Walked uptown. At his apartment he called the managing clerk of his' law firm at hl3 suburban home and communicated the fact that be was in New York and not ini Washington would be at the office promptly Monday morning. i,He rejoiced that one of thosej delays for which the law is fam ous had adjourned the business which had taken him to Washing- toft; so that he had been free to Ieate the capital city almost as soon as he bad axrtred there. , It had been oi the tram coming back that he had realized that he was, in love with Nathalie utterly and .that no other woman would ever mean anything to him. He had been conscious of it almost from the first moment be had ev er seen her. His feeling of un easiness about her when he began his journey to Washington had warned him of it. His vast re lief .when his Washington errand hid been adjourned had told him exactly where he stood with him self. Reaching New York, instinct, rather than reason had taken him directly to the Waldorf-Astoria and in time to render her an in valuable service. He wondered, after he reached his bachelor flat, whether Natha lie had returned to Southampton direct and considerad for a mo ment a plan of calling her aunt's house by telephone and leaving a memorandum of his. own home address In case Nathalie should Cvttrisbt. 1929, f Hark. jr. ARTICLE No If you are a fisherman, you have heard and told many a fish story and the oiggest fish u usually the one that got away. If you ape an auction player, you have heard and told many a story about the play and bidding of unusual Hands. Here is a new one. where the ("WlTgest fish" was actually caught. . Example Hand No. 1 Hearts none Clubs A, K, Q. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4 Diamonds none Spades Q, J, 10,9 t t A : B No score, rubber game. Z dealt and passed. A bid one no trump, Y bid two hearts and B bkl two no trumps. Z and & passed and Y bid three diamonds. B Example Hand No. 2 Hearts A, 2 Clubs Q, 10, 7. 2 . Diamonds K, 5 Spades 9, 7,6,4. 2 Hearts J, 10, 6, 5, 3 Oat J. 9, 5 Diamonds Q, 6 Spades" K, Q. J Hearts 9,4 Clubs A, 8, 3 Diamonds 7, 3, 2 Spades A, 10, 8, 5, 3 No wore, rubber game. Z dealt and passed. A and Y passed and It bid one diamond. Z bid one spade. A bid one no trump and Y bid two spades Bnow Ih1 three hearts, Z and A passed and Y bid three spades. B and Z passed and A bid four h arts. All passed and A B easily made four hearts. Z opened the are of clubs and followed with the eight of clubs which B won with the king. He now led the seven of nearts and forced Y in the lead with the ace of hearts. Y now led the queen ot clubs and fol lowed with the f our of spades. B trumped with the queen of hearts and followed with the eight of hearts, win ning the trick in A's hand with the jic. He now led the queen of dia monds from A's hand and whether or not Y covers, A B must win the bal nfce of the tricks. .This is a normal hand, well bid and welt played with oae exception and t hat U Z s failure to bid as dealer. This failure to bid caused him and. his FrobtemNo.3 Hearts I Club Q ; Diamonds K, 7 , Spades K, 8, 4, 2 X 1 ' Hearts r-10. 9 dobs J. JO, a Diamonds Q, 9 ipides 9 , t A Hearts 8,6 Clubs K, 7. 6 Diamonds none Spades . -V - - ' - ' J5 - i 'i; Tnere are no trump, and IZ is in itbe !ead.Hmcaa YZ wiasevetottlweteU f Irkks against sqrjdefense? Solution in the next article. . v!r " ' -J 4? BLAIR STEVENSON require it. He decided finally that such a measure was unwise that it might -emJarras Nathalie f or complicate nee situation in some-manner he could not fore see.. It was Just , as well that be took the negative course he did for she did not reach Southamp ton until Monday just before noon. . She had no plan at all when she left the. Waldorf-Astoria. To the taxicab chauffeur who looked at her inquiringly , as she stepped into his vehicle she gate the vague order. "Around Central Park after ward I will tell you where else." The man nooded and turned his cab into the heavy traffic of Fifth Avenue, but long before the park plasa at Fifty-ninth ' was reached Nathalie realized that her first need was rest and sleep. That if she did not have it her . mind would never clear and she would never be equal to the difficult in terview she had determined she -must go through with her aunt. So when the taxicab, in the course of traffic, was halted at a street corner in the middle forties and Nathalie noticed a . sedate looking hotel a few doors east of the avenue, she had herself driv en there and inquired if she could be given a room: , "A quiet one please." she ex plained. "I as frightfully tired and wish to sleep straight through until tomorrow." The clerk bowed. "I can give you a very pleasant one on the top floor. Do you wish not to be disturbed at all or shall I have you called at some hour in the morning?" No." said Nathalie. "I will rest better If I do not think about when I am to awaken." She registered as Olivia Swayne using her aunt's name so that she would not be traced to where she was from the Waldorf when as she was sure. It would, her. de celt about the' check would be discovered. In her innocence of business she did not know that even it Sloan had not "picked" up her bad check, it would not reach the bank on which it was drawn before Monday or possibly Tuesday. In her mind the streets were already filled with detectives looking for her and it was with the feeling of a hunted criminal that she wrote the name Olivia Swayne on the hotel register with trembling hand. - As a further precaution, against being followed and Identified she took the money she had received for her check upstairs with her instead of leaving it I : the hotel safe and placed the roll of bills under her pillow. i "Perhaps I may be robbed of it How to Play BRIDGE Wynne Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIQCE bid three no trumps, Z and A passed and Y bid four diamonds. B doubled and Z and A passed. Y now bid four hearts, B doubled and Z and A passed. Y now had the stage set for the big scene so bid five clubs. B and Z passed and A doubled. Y redoubled and all passed. Needless to say. Y made the bid, losing only two spade tricks. The only reason Y was able to land the "big fish " that is, get away with such extraordinary bidding, was due to the fact that his partner, Z, was a very alert and intelligent player. After hear ing Y bid hearts and diamonds and suddenly switch to five clubs, it wasn't difficult for him to deduce that the previous bidding was camouflage only, and that the five-club bid was the real article. For the one "fish" landed by such tactics, however, many snore get away and the ultimate loss is more than offset by the occasional gain. Learn to play sound auction and leave the fire works for the other people. r Hearts r-K, y, 8, 7 Y Z : Clubs K, 6,4 B : Diamonds A, J, 10, 9, 8,1 : Spades none partner to lose the rubber. With a hand of this type, containing two quick tricks, one of which is at the head of a five-card suit, Z as dealer has a justi fiable bid. Just suppose, for example, Z bids one spade. A's hand is pretty weak in everything but spades so the chance are that A would pass. He is welt satis fied with the spade bd and his heart suit is hardly strong enough to justify a bid. If A passes. Y's proper bid n three spades. B will then bid four dia monds and all will pass. With the club opening as before. A B can make four diamonds and so willfaiito score game Don't pass a justifiable original bid if vour hand contain tw nMwsin values. The foregoing hand is a good " Happens IV IDC limxj bidder. It is a well known rule of the game that if you axe eoinc to be an overbidder or an eader-bidder, the tormer is the lesser of the two evils. Hearts Y Z Club 9.1 Diamonds 5 Spades A. J, 4 Q, 10, 7 but that is a risk X have to take." she said as she slipped into bed and. closing her eyes for s mom ent, let herself enjoy, Its yielding comfort and the serenity of the room, high above the city's traf fic. Before she could open them again she tell into the deep sleep of .otter exhaustion. - - : No one disturbed Iter and oo one touched her-money during the more than twenty hours that Bhe lay sleeping, and she was greatly refreshed when at last consciousness returned to her. The maid who answered her call told her that it was Sunday afternoon and after three o'clock. After telephoning to Pennsyl vania Station, and learning that no. train would leave for the east ern end of Long .Island before morning, she hid a light meal brought up. At five o'clock she went back to bed again and to as sound sleep as before, after : de ciding that she would defer all thought about what explanation she would give her aunt. and what her aunt would have to say to her, until during the three hours which would be occupied by the train journey from New York to Southampton. She was the first person aboard the train when the gates to ad mit Its passengers were opened the following morning, and throughout the long journey east ward she went over mentally in every detail, what she proposed to say when she arrived at Mrs. Swayne's and virtually threw her self on that lady's mercy. She did not count on her aunt's charity or understanding. She knew Mrs. Swayne hatl no comprehension of the situation of anyone who was without money and did not know which way to turn for It. But she was sure that her aunt would make good a bad check in almost any amount before she would per mit a member of the family to fall into the hands of the police and polite society chuckle over POLLY AND HER PALS If VSK ME, MM V I M0BUDDT 1 I t- , a. lb SOOBR BEHOrr) UsKrrD J M 9 IHAKi H4FT WER yU Vffl ffi! .-A W A V . zz 'j; ill H4-f. . like m&i- RQ6miW MS TILL1E, THE TOILER THE fco uvvs QONr4A 3VB ME A RAISE , THEM HE CAIX3HT MB LEEP AT MVJ DE'SK MRS. AAEAAJV (juejt rmouuc OOWAJ THE HOSPITAL STAIRS IAJ AU EFFORT To ESCAPE FXOAA HIM ' O'FLAIAJ SBMT IAJ A CALL POffTHE TO COMVEV HS LUJRULV PR1SOAJER To THE JAiLHOOSE m lam r ! sUC ani I'M V 1 1 ... . a.i a. II r V ' I f av iv M l-aa 1SC f I T 11 II sm'S J -W "V w ! - "Mf-, -jtUADer iv i i .:rinr.'. vzj r- i i vi i i i i 1 -ss r l.rwxv jv e?- u meat:' LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY -Birds of a Feather" By BEN B ATSORD. 1--i - - . - - wilill 1 I " JU JPJP . I TOOTS AND CASPER "7 . i-r WAfi MQQTIMFQ. - Mi!J Xmf HELL ANSWER. "TO ME POO- Y 1 PLEASE DOHT I x M -TEa.lBuY WORiEt I I CJWJtt f HOW COULD IP rf H3 DIRTY WORl VLL ,1VE. nEACL HTM, CA5PgQ. ABOUT CAFQl! HE? I METD LOS& Haooa ) Hfe TOOP TO UCH 1" JHZ" 1 N0TMN4r I 30 FURIOUS THERE'S NO i the scandaL "I have spent, nardly any of the money, and will tarn over The Firs to her besides," said Natalie to herself when finally her train journey was over and a taxicab was taking her to her aunt's handsome bouse on the dunes. The Fire la only s, burden to me but the moment she owns it, it will be worth a great deal ot mon ey. It has always been that way." But at the house she was in formed that her aunt and cousins were away and would not be back till after luncheon. The butler asked her if she would not have luncheon herself meanwhile. With her reply that she would be was about to give' th'enecesaarr orders when another servant woo had answered a ring at the main door of the house came and whispered something to him. fha butler turned again to Nathalie: "A person to see "you. Miss Van Slkick. A very dubious looking person who refuses to state what his business with you is Do yon care to speak to him or shall I send him away?" Through a window curtain Na 1 thalie looked out. and saw a man dressed in dark clothes and wear ing a hard derby hat above a grim and Inscrutable visage. A glance at him and in' her. nervous state she waf sure of what he was a detective there could? be no doubt about that She 'clutched the butler's coat sleeve: "Say that I'm not here that I have gone to New York again say anything you can think of." And while the butler moved noiselessly to communicate her message and parry with the visit or after the manner of his kind, Nathalie ran from the house by one of its service doors and across the back lawn to a gate she knew ot which led out into a side road. (To be continued) PROBE UNABLE TO F E KENOSHA, Wis., Oct. II. (AP) A federal inquiry failed to ascertain today the reason why the steamer Wisconsin sank, but DOM'T LET I a a h aaw aa aa a aaar aaaaai ai b aaarai b m IX WRECK CMS LISTEN, OLD TIMEK gonna TOR VUHIPPLE when you THEriE'LL XAJOR.K FOR. BE AN IMCEKfTlVE ME VDO'i WORK1M6 THE E6 PROTilS I SHE MAH TURW OUT f&BE Af V ttOi? V -, ' MI fS ts A OAJAIA oTJCK MOU p3 OF ALL . ' ' . .- ' ' nmsianis ii.a H ;t aaaaaaaaaaaaMaMBaavaaaHaaaBaaMaaaM aMaaaaaaaiBaasaaaaaaBaiaaaaBaisSS?""" SffTP? . B nnaaanaaananaaaaasaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnanasBSiaaaaannnaB ABSsaaaaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaanaBlSana mmmf ,mmw rmm mmm- My -5 7 James Rae Clarke, former head of the New York bunking house of Clarke Brothers, who died in his cell at the Federal Prison in At lanta, Ga. Mr. Clarke who was 53 years old. was sentenced in August to serve a term of eight years for violation of the bank ins; laws. The collapse of his banking house is said to have in volved the loss of about 95,000, OOO... Heart disease was given as the cause of Clarke's death. This is the third death in the wake of the financial catastrophe. In the early part of the trial the first wife of Hudson Clarke, Jr., died. Shortly after sentence was pronounced on his three sons, Hudson Clarks, Sr., died. tt fixed definitely at 16 the num ber ot persons who died in the wreck. Because the chief officer went down with the passenger-freight boat, yesterday morning off this port, government Inspector Fred Meno ot Detroit, said he did not think It likely the cause of the disaster would be ascertained. ' "The Silver - I - 'Not The Break She Expected 1 I KMOVO I'M WHAT THE vmopk IKiCEMTlVE THAT, GXJY LTOM AVERV A 1 r J . I -Sa . J I LONDON (AP) London has moved itelf back to the ocean, where it used to be in the days ot Drake. By spring, when the next rush ot trans-Atlantic tourists begins, traveling Americans will find they can sail up to London's very door-step in the biggest and fast est ships. instead ot disembarking at Southampton or Liverpool and go ing 78 to 200 miles by train, they will be able to land at Til bury docks, a halt hour's ride from the big London hotels. The new Tilbury entrance lock; capable ot handling any passenger ship afloat, was opened recently. By spring the new landing stage and railway station are scheduled to be ready. World competition in the build ing of bigger and faster liners be gan to have its effect on London more thin a quarter ot a century ago: The growing number of passenger ships "too big" for the port of London began, in effect, to push London 'farther from the sea. London's answer to the threat which this Involved, has been the pouring of millions of pounds sterling into harbor improvements. The new entrance lock is 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide and 45 feet deep, or roomy enough to handle the 915-foot length of the S. S. Majestic with plenty, of space to spare. ; The new landing stage, which floats in the river a few hundred yards east ot the lock. Is 1.142 feet long and lies 170 feet from the concrete "shore" which has been built upon what used to be mud flats. Poised on 60 steel pontoons, the floating stage is connected with the customs halls and railway station by five bridges for foot and motor traffic. A 750-foot drydock, capable of being lengthened to 1,000 feet without Interference with opera tion, is also under construction and will 'be ready by spring. Lining" OH, HELLO , TOM - WHAT MOW 'SuriELyJ e KteHT out I'M NOT VUAftfTEt i ron The war-Path ISy JIMMY MUKPHX Home-Making Helps By ELEANOR ROSS. Tempermtmr i TmbU Service. : : ' this restaurant aas.medlnm wwt ..- 1. HT ich a reputation for good food la a myatarr to me. pondered the friend who had sug gested it tor dinner. It's a small place menaced by two women, and located In a rather inconvenient section on the outskirts of the shopping . die trlet. When on r4 ih. mi r.t fare, you wonder why you've chosen t o here of as peaces. , Because aiway. the same bore a'oeu or a choice ot soup.. Evidently the owner knew enry two kinds t ant - male that are used for food-chicken and lamb, because 1 don't -member ever seeing anything else offered, Of fresh vegetables, however, them Is plenty ot variety everything you ever beard of and oeciciu.,ly some that are aew. ,On th whole, however, the food im mim pia. ana cenaimy woura STOW monotonous It jna U.-m an it ax elusively. Tet there is always the feelinr of having a perfect dinner. True, thf service la dainty but not more so than dozens of other places. And in its ordinary way the tood is well cooked. But what ic extraor dinarymost unusual even In all the blg-h-type dining places is that these women have made a rtsid rule about temperature in service. It the bora d oeuvr is a tiult cup (which it almost always is) then It is wen chilled, and comes in a chilled sherbet class n a cold plate. The soup is served in a heated plate and th service plate beneath it is hot. too. And so on throughout th meal. What a marvelous difference this small matter makes can only be understood when on deliberate! notlees it, and makes mental com parison of contrary b. bits. One of the most common tn in IS HT J INCREASE WASHINGTON (AP) The combined volume of America's ex ports and Imports for the first eight months this year is approxi mately 500,00D,000 more than last year. Trade With, every major geo graphical department figures, shows aa Increase this year over FOREIGN TRADE mm, IF EV&RTHEy WAS A USELESS I IT! we 6rr AVOAy- AMD happens la tba expensive enea cen. tonally, too) to aerr a steak e ) a lamb chop on a cold plat. -One of the Incredible perversittes that : occurs reawlarly lu a certain eJnk ; restaurant Is to serve not meats en these frigid plates, yet the plates foe? the salad are always wannV ; A BMl ! 1nn nifi... . M I service plates of aU kinds are beat ' In bOt water torn tb. JL IzZSt 1 to hot wTter atr in tnTWL .tiST FuJeTor .taass SfrSY Sn.! eecktaUV Lienor a wSs ft-SSf ! piled m the icebox 1 feTnXf St ; before use wmreserv. ih2 essential atterrvice eoM or custard, er even lee' cream sev2f in a lukewarm dish to anltal crime. cuunary Some foods Indeed reouire. ' not only that! the plates aa-hiiu tii th.T they bTeerved ta a Oysters ar ta their oerf M-t mtmt2 bed of cracked Ice. . If thev ar i.e? - - 7 " w aervea in a '..I. wWaa .k. cn th half shell, then these are pted on cracked ice. and, t a Bute Class; cup containing: the cocktalF sauce, is placed la th middle. aW; th cocktail sauce must be chilled ;oa ice between the time it is prepared1 and th Cm it Is served vlth tbe oysters. On no account should tblsr1' ' be left lukewarm. Fruits ar at th best stat if keef on ic until th moment before servinc. But the addition of cracked Ic to any fruit rather spoils" the flavor a .bit. Oranges for iule should, fee kept on ice f.r at leasfV fiv or six hours before using. Then th squeezed ulc will be perfectly chilled. But . to .add cracked Ic ta orange Juie 1s to spoil th Havoc by dilution, and perhaps mak it s eesslveiy cold too chilly to be e. "- last. The major divisions are Eur ope, North America, South Ameri ca, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Only II countries report small decreases In their purchases from the United States. They are Ger-' many, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Swit zerland, Dominican Republic, Co lombia, Uruguay, British India, Japan, and the region of Hong Kong. . Nine countries report decrease! in their sales to American con-, Burners Holland, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Central Ameri-' ca, Mexico, Dominican Republic,; Brasll and Ecuador. By CLIFF STERRETTJ WULDkJT h EVERTH1NS I IMSECXTHATll LISES.V. r ETHIOPIANS m ' 1 1 " J lji i' too O By RUSS WESTOVER HERE'S SOME 'STATEMENTS I WANT VOO TO GET OUT RQHT HvV THE UJA. VM eNtttf TrrXT RAVSE eosK Aii?n EVEJ2. ocmA set ATT-l ar at k AT TW1 MOMENT CAMPER. TO THE snaF" - snnaw :Of - MORTIMER. CLAMBYJ theVll- 6CON BS. PACE. TO .FACE