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hie lalhtr. Herhavt he wilt return
to the tropica to flnlfh up tht enoi'
netrino job ht and hit father had
beoun. tit hat boarded tht tatt
New Yerk train at a tank ttov and
it in the private oar ot Hay (vest
by accident. Wett It tht father 01
Altnire Wett. and Allaire it a Ctrl
Terrv met tn the tronitie and hat
not been obit to torret tinet.
Chapter 20
FAST WORK
JIIIS scanned Mm Interestedly a
J a moment, beginning to amlla.
"Haven't I seen yon soma place
sefore?"
"If you have you're been tn some
lueer places," Terry answered.
"That's not tbe right answer, but
rou're elected anyway. Come on In."
"Sure," aald tbe army officer.
'Have a drink with us."
"Thanks, no."
There was a study In amazement.
"You don't want a drink?"
"Not today." aald Willett.
The girl sat down on a soill divan
ind drew up a pair of silken legs
under her.
"Then what do you want, Lance
lot?"
"Just a ride to New York," said
Terry. "Who owns this work of art?'
"Ray West,'' said the girl. "We've
been over at a bouse party and we're
booking a ride back with him too.
He's In bis stateroom recovering
from a bad afternoon."
She gave him a long slanting
ria&ce. Her eyea soemea violet in
Quality. "My name's Carolyn Har
rington."
"Is It?" said Willett.
"Her old man's a Senator," con
tributed tbe officer.
"He won't be for long," said the
girl nonchalantly. "They are after
his scalp."
She put a dgaret In her mouth
and leaned forward for a light, a
subdued scent ot Jaatoln mingled
with rye whiskey brushing his nose
as he bent to comply. She patted a
place on the divan and ha dropped
down beside her.
Willett waa offered a drink again.
Again he refused. Too easy to drink
on this day when he'd left hla father
behind for good. The trek up from
the Palva hadn't been long enough
to make him (orget bla feeling of
numbness and a aense of onus.
Tbe army officer waa talking ami
ably. Hla name was Denbigh and he
informed Terry that be had joined
the Army because Puff had told him
he couid love a man la a uniform
and then after he got stuck with the
Army, he found she meant a gen
eral's uniform.
He waa on leave from Fort Myer,
and what good waa the cavalry with
out sabers? That waa Congress again.
Congress vaa ruining the Army, but
he'd die for his country Just the
same.
He waa very emphatic on that
point He repeated It half a dozen
times.
'pHE other man was Steve Perry,
very good-looking, with black
hair and eyea. He had big shoulders
and a sunburned face and waa In
troduced aa the objective fort of
many a fond mamma'a atrategy.,
Puff aald be played polo ao well
that a atrong suspicion prevailed
be could probably do nothing else.
Steve reminded her that he was a
vice-president of a big bank.
Puff asked hlra It he knew where
the bank waa, and Steve said be
wasn't aure, but his father waa
president, so what the hell difference
did It make?
Aa tor the girl, there was some
thing very Intriguing about her.
Her mouth waa scarlet with too
much lipstick, but there was some
thing leisurely, and careless, and
softly challenging In tbe way she
spoke and lounged lnsouclantly on
the divan.
She smoked a great deal, looked
at him often, and seemed perfectly
agreeable to Denbigh and Perry'a
doing their drinking out on the ob
servation platform.
"You don't aay much," she com
mented, "but 1 like your style
bind of"
"Thanks," said Willett. "1 can
see where you have a lot to learn."
She watched him, one hand
poised on blp, the other alowly ca
ressing her throat
"Have you, 1 wonder, anything
to teach me?"
"Who knows? But I'm not going
to try."
"You discourage me terribly," she
sighed. "You really do"
Somehow she seemed slightly
eloser to him suddenly. Once again
he was conscious ot the ecent of her
hair. Ha knew she wouldn't mind a
bit If he ktsscd her. She worked fast
Puff Harrington. Maybe that came
front riding on fast trams.
"But" she went on. "I Ilka you )ust
the same. You're brown and tall and
please smile more often Lane
lot."
Willett grinned. If Bucky Corrl J
gan were here! Bucky worked,
at a speed approximating airplane'
velocity.
"One ' of these days," be com
mented, "you're going to wake up
married."
"Well," aha said, considering,
"that would be a break for Honor.
Loosen up, Lancelot How about
youraelf?"
"Nothing much," be returned.
"Tbe name Is Willett Terry Willett
I've Just come from South America
and one of these days I'm going
back."
"Oh I" Her red mouth forued the
word. "How Interesting. 1 knew
you'd been placer Tbe dlckenal" she
said auddenly, sitting back. "Here
cornea Kay. He would recover now."
Ray West made his Initial appear
ance, coming from a private com
partment at tbe other end of the car.
He wore a sports camel's hair and a
wlilte silk muffler about hla throat
Hla gait waa a little uncertain
past the effects of the train's motion,
and he bad the servant mix him a
pickup Immediately.
"Say hello to Terry Willett." Puff
requested. "He dropped Into our
lives at Carteret"
Ray sbook hands.
"Haven't seen you before, hare I?"
he said. "Are you one of Allaire's
frlenCs7"
Willett aat up. Something clicked
in bla mind. He remembered Fox's
introduction to a lovely girl In tht
Legation Club gardens
"Whoae?"
"That'a bis daughter," Puff ex
plained. "But don't get him atarted
on the subject. He's peeved."
"Well, why wouldn't 1 be?" de
manded Ray, with the argument
tlreneaa that la rooted In strong
waters. "She won't do a thing'l want
her to. I'm her father and 1 can't do
anything with her. Nobody can."
DUFF waa raatly bored. She called
In Denbigh and Perry and re
sumed tbe crap game. Willett re
jected an Invitation to participate.
He sat down next to Ray Weat. Ray
seemed favorably Impressed with
him.
"Awfully glad to meet you," hs
said. "You look like a nice young
fellow. Did you aay you knew Al
laire?" "I'm not sure whether 1 do or not,"
said Terry. "Was she In South Amer
ica recently?"
"Yes," said Ray. "So waa I. Polo
trip."
Pur sat back from the game for a
minute.
"They're talking about Allaire,
Steve," she aald to the broad-shouldered
man. "You'd better retire to
the platform."
"Why should I?" said Steve. Hs
rolled the dice In his hand and
looked moody. "Don't mind me. bat
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PAYNB
Strange aa It seems, all the discov
eries of medical science since medi
cine began have been unable to in
crease the span of human life. Man
today lives to no riper age than he
did centuries ago when Hla were
treated with crude end sometimes
worthless or even harmful "reme
dies."
Nor la there sny reason to believe
that science, on lta past record, will
be able to Increase the life span.
In aplte of the great advances In
public health and disease oontrol,
nothing has happened In bhe last
hundred years to encourage the hope
that the span of life might be length
ened. Today, aa It was a thousand
years ago, tho upper limit of man's
of man's life Is a few years past the
hundred mark. There have been,
however, notable exceptions.
i ne greatest success oi meaicine i
life In giving everyone a greater ex
poctancy of life. As each frontier is
pushed back, and one after another
disease la conquered and controlled,
the average life increases. A new
born baby today has a much greater
chance of living through childhood
and on Into middle age than one that
was born a generation or a century
ago. People do not live to any great-
TAILSPIN TOMMY The Plane Is Destroyed I
was nice enough about the whole has been in Increasing the average
tning even though 1 felt like aeven
kinds of a tool. Oh, the hell with It
Ray. Allaire has always done Just as
she damned pleased and she always
will."
He bent over and rolled the cubes
"She's too enooty," said Ray.
"That'a ber trouble. She has somi
queer ideas. I told her ao this morn
ing."
"This mornlngl" said Willett
"Where la she now?"
"I don't know," said Ray. "Wash
ington, maybe, with Nell. New York.
maybe. Havana, maybe. 1 don't know
whore she Is half tha time or what
she does."
He fined something into his s-lssa
He was Just gottlng warmed up.
rou d think ber own father
would know where she was once In
a while," he oomplalncd. "Well. I
don't unless she chooses to let me
know. And she's had a lot of chances
to marry nice men and some down.
1 don't know what the devil ahe's
waiting for John the Baptist, may
be, to come down on a mow whits
ox
That'a Jupiter, Ray darllna."
Puff interrupted lastly to Inform
him.
Perry asked them please to talk
about something else, and then ha
got up and went out on the platform.
roor Steve," said Puff. "He's bad
to take it for once In hla life Instesd
of dish it out He's still bouncing.
its a damn shame. " ssld Ray.
"8tev'a all right"
The train waa coming Into Ut.lon
Station. Puff war standing up, pull
ing on a smart little black hat She
turned to face him.
"This is wbsre I get off," she said.
Ever been in Washington? Lovely
city. Give me a break, Lancelot and
1 11 show yon the town."
Wsshlngton, maybe. That's what
her father had said. He stood up.
1 think," he ssld, "I'll get off here
myselt
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Ctatea now may look, forward 'to 01
years of life. A summary of old life
tables from 1687 to 1814 shows a life
expectancy at birth of only 26 to 38
years.' Many diseases have been con
quered, but old ar-- has not.
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Drinking of salt water can change
a man's life Iron, one of acute fa-
I tlgue and Inertia to one of bright
ness and activity, said Profeswr K.
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LOCAL RESIDENTS
Two
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real estate sales for the
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commission were snnouneed todsy
by Carl T. Tengwald, local com
mission representative.
A 4-acre tract comprising a fl
room modern home and several out
buildings on the Pacific luhy
near the Howard school was sold
by Mr. TfngwBld for the commis
sion to Mr. and Mrs. J. K frsw
ford who had h-en rf-ntlnR Uie
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lent llaht farm tract. Mr. Craw
ford, an Installer for the Pacific
Telephone A Telegraph company,
plans modernlMtlon of the prop
erty. Mr. Tengwsid said.
The former Seeiy V. Hall prop
erty on the Parltlo highway two
miles south of Medforri was sold
for the commission by Mr. Trne-
wsld to Mr. r,nd Mra. HnnaM I.
Brenner who formerly realdrd at SU I
Cottage slrret.
Tlie property romprlnes aroit four
acres. It contains a fl-room home
and severs! arcrwory buildings.
Mr. Brenner Is employed bv the '
Peoples Electric company and Mrs. I
Brenner by the Farmers k Fruit
growers bank. They have taken pos
session of their new home.
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