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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
DOUBLE PILLOWS
THE WORLD.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
(UIUIATK
WITH A FENCI
Tot farther proof address the author. Inclosing s stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V, 8. Pat OttA
A New Novel b Marian Stmt
GE SIX
nritoptsin: Carol reaUtee that
although she hat tried not to fall
in love with her employer, Blake
Thornton, that i exactly what the
hag done. And he with her. But
Blake ie married to a telflah wo
man, yeare older than he, who will
not divorce Him. and there eceme
little that they can do about the
matter. Carol jvet hue been wak
ened early in the morning by a
telephone call from the huehand of
one nf her college frtende, obviouely
in dietreee.
Chapter H
DISASTER
"pHEY'VB Just taken little Hal
to the bodpUal to be operated
on. Mastoid. ..."
The word reverberated in her
sleep-clogged mind. Mastoid. She
' whispered, "Oh, Harry . . ." and was
(lent.
"Marge wanted to know If you'd
come and alt with her while they
operate. I'll bare to go back and
its? with Dollle until the girl comos.
It's after Ave now. ..."
"Of course I villi Whore are
JT0U7"
"St Martin's. Would you take a
taxi? I'll come back here as soon
as I possibly can."
"Of course. But wouldn't you
rather have me stay wltb Dollla so
yon can be with Margery?"
"No. I'll stay at home." She
guessed that the blow had so stag
gered him that he wanted to be aura
of Dollie.
"I'll be there Inside halt an hour."
8he hung up the receiver and
snapped on a light, then called a
taxi before she baaan tn dress.,
Tha tail was waiting when she
came down ten minutes later. At St.
Martin's the switchboard girl said:
"Third floor, sitting-room at the and
of the corridor . . ." and she ran
or the elevator.
Margery was a amall frozen fig
ure huddled Into a lumpy couch. She
whimpered: "Carol!" and began to
cry.
Carol sat down and took her In
. her arms. "Hold It! Don't do that,
darling." She sat still, holding Mar
gery tightly. "Have they started
ytr
mastoid, but tha words naa a con
fident, comforting sound.
"TTAVB you had anything to eat?"
Carol demanded. -"Oh,
no. I It would make me
alck."
"Not coffee. I'm going and see If
I can't rustle some."
She found a young nurse who aald,
Vca Indeed; ahe would see that they
had coffee right away.
Minutes stumbled past. Coffee
came, and Inside and outside the
hospital the world stretched and
yawned and made noisy prepara
tions for another day. Sunlight atole
between two walla and poured Ita
pale gold on the floor at their feet.
At Intervale Margery asked from
the loneliness of her anguish:
"What time la It?" and her voice
was small and unmodulated, like A
child's.
"Twenty-live minutes of eight."
"He said It would take about two
hours, probably." She turned to
stare at the doorway. "Harry ought
to be here before long. I wish 1
had my knitting; I was making him
a sweater to wear to kindergar
ten. . . ."
Harry came a few minutes later,
looking gray and drawn, walking un
necessarily on tiptoe. He went to tht
couch and put his arms around Mar
gery, and Carol got up and stood al
the window with her back to them.
"Shall I clear out now?" she asked
without turning.
"Please don't," Harry said. "Un
less you think you really ought to.
If ho stands It all right I'll have
to keep two appointments this morn
ing." Business aa usual. Because, Carol
knew, be would need hla commis
sions more than ever, to cope wltb
all this. Well, having to cany on
would porhapa be bettor than this!
A SOUND in the doorway brought
them to their feet, white-faced
and silent and questioning. Dr. How
ard atood there, dragging a white
cap from hla head.
"So far ao good," he aald, and his
steady voice Bounded loud and
clashing In the hushed room. "He
went through It better than we
could have hoped for. Wa got It
Just In time. . . ."
- Margery whimpered with relief,
and Harry's arm tightened about
her shoulders.
"How soon will we know any--thing?"
be aake.4 hoarsely.
"I can't exactly tell. He won't
out of the ether for some time may
be an hour." He eyed them keen
ly. "Why don't you go home and got
a hot bath and some breakfaat?"
They atlrred and sighed. Harry
aald: "I guess we will do that.
Thanks, Doctor."
In the car Margery said: "Carol,
can't you como on home and have
hrenktnst with us?"
She shook her head. "No. I'll get
a bath and put my clothes on prop
erly, and have breakfaat downataln
In thn tea-room. Would you like for
v 5
c x x
At nine she called Blaht.
"A few minutes ago," The gatos
were down, and Margery found mo
mentary relief In words, "llo's com
plained of earache tor two days, and
I took him to Dr. Howard yesterday.
He said to watch It carefully and let
him know at once It the pain got
worse. ... He waked up about half
past three, screaming, and whon 1
called Dr. Howard he came right
out, and we brought him hero. . . ."
Her voice faded.
"Then you must have gotten holt!
of It promptly, and that's the main
thing."
She wondered It that was true.
She knew nothing of the ways of
me to sit .with you while Harry Is
away?"
"Oh, if you would!" Margery whis
pered. "Mother will get here late
this afternoon, hut I'd bo so glad to
have you if the office can spare you."
"I'm sure It can."
She waa Immeasurably touched
by the fact that Margery had turned
lo her.
At nine she called Blake and told
him, as steadily as possible, what
had happened. "I hope it's all right?'
ahe concluded.
fCcrvujM, If Si, Sy lfuMfltt Slm)
And tomorrow Bl.lt.t r.t.rva
brtaka.
DKTROIT. 6t-pl. SI. (API lout
B. Ward, former Washington repre
sentatives of the Rev. Charles E
Coughlln's national union for aoc-tal
Justice, notified (lovernor frank D.
Fltvtrald today that he would de
mand a recount of votes cast ttr
V. 0. aanate aspirants In the Michi
gan Democratic primary.
On the basis of Incomplete returns.
Ward was trailing Congressman Pren
tiss M. Brown for the nomination by
J.9A0 vota with .M prr.-lnru vet .to
oe IslllK). His telrji.nl to l,4 ov.
ernor explained that h was Mkiug
a re-check "In the Interest of good
government" and because "tlila result
is so close."
Ward asked the tioernor to warn
election oltlclala that the law re
quire them to preserve the ballots,
declaring "It lisa te.-n the history
of all nia.-hliie-eohtmllerl politics In
thla country thai ballots often un
happily become destroyed hrfore the
recount can he had."
He referred to his opponent aa the
"pjveKtetillal-Jliu Ksrley-Prsntt Mur
phy, haiKtplrkxd candidate." Murphy,
appointed by President Roosevelt sue
eesalvely aa governor gensral and
high commissioner of the Phlllpp'ttes,
wa. the aucvessful candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina
tion .
The lateat returns gave Brown
133. 4BO votea for the Democratic nom
ination for seuat.ii. and sard 110.-
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With- their ehip. the "Polaris."
Jammed In the Icepack at latltudo
70 degrees c the northwest coast
of Oreenland in September, 1873,
strong fears were felt by the Arctic ,
expedition's leaders aa to the possi
bilities of the veosers sides crack
lng under the strain.
The situation became even mora
precarious the following month when
a terrific storm arose and 19 me-;
bars of the party quit the ship to
take refuge on the Ice. Included in
thin group were two Eskimos, their
wives and children, one of the latter
a baby only a few weeks old.
A few hours later a booming noise
waa heard the loo field on which
they stood had split and a yawning
gulf of water lay between themselves
and the ship, the dlntnnce widening
more and more as the ItiAhlng storm
drove the broken field apart. By
the time the storm lifted no trace
of the ship was to be seen.
Left with two smnll boats and
scanty provisions, the lce-marooncd
party built snow huts and shot a
few bird end seals, using the lntter
animals' blubber for fuel.
After being afloat for 197 days,
the party was finally rescued by the
steamship "TlKrpBR" on April 1, 1873.
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in latitude 63 degrees,
N., having drifted
miles without the
life!
35
minutes
total of 1700
loss of a single
Electricity Conductor
When the standard for the electri
cal' conductivity of copper was es
tablished, the purest copper obtain
able was considerably less pure than
It Is today. Based on the old stand
ards wiiich aid o'v.ll accepted, the
purest copper used at present is more
thon 100 per cent conductive of
eleotrlcity.
Strange as it seems, 1-80 of 1 per
cent of phosphorous in a copper wire
reduces Its conductivity by 30 per
cent,
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