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PAGiJ SEC- the dark ships TOES By GLUYAS Will I AH STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HEX. BY HULBERT rOOTMK Tot further proof address the author, inelotmf a stamped ermloye tor rirty. Re. TJ. B. PtcL OIL SYNOPSIS: Neill, resolute voting federal agent, comes to Baltimore to spend a week's va cation with hie girl But thv quarrel. Janet, who it tall, attrac tive and independent, reuses to break a dinner date with Pre.cott Fanning. Angrily Neil! la 111 Fan ning ti too old lot Janet, too flick and spends too much money. Both peetied, they part and Nell! eeU out to check up on Fanning. He intervlewi an acquaintance of Fanning!, and a bellboy. Then a trange little gray man, David Eleter, iidlei up to talk evasively about Fanning, calling him "a devil to women." Chapter Threa Cocktail With Fanning "IHATS Fanning' business V ' here?" Neill pressed. "I haven't been able to find out," laid Eyster. "After all. I'm only one man and I can't let him get on to me. But he's up to no good, you can be sure of that" "What' his record?" Eyster shook hi head. 1 won't tell you . . . yet" . "Why can't we work together on this?" asked Neill. "We both dis trust the man and want to prevent him doing any further harm. . , ." "I don't care how much harm he does," Eyster interrupted. Neill looked at him In exaspera tion. He seemed part madman, part child and scarcely human. Eyster moistened hi Hp. "The rottenur he acts, the more fun it is to watch him," he said of tly. "And the more satisfactory hi finish will be." "What do you mean, hi finish?" Eyster declined to explain. "I like you, young man," he said with a grin. "You won t let anytmng on, but I can see that you nate mm. . . I'll tell vou something." he sud denly went on with a spurt of venom. My hatred ot i anning l all 1 live tor. Ana my ousiness, Mint vou asked me about lust now, Is to follow him around and watch him and feed it. v "Good God" muttered Neill. "Whv?" Evster turned cautious again "I'm not going to tell you anything more until I've tested you out," he laid. 1 don t want my pians inter fered with. "What's going to be the end of mis: asKea eui. "The end mav be alow in com' Ing," said Eyster, grinning, "but it's certain I" Neill looked at him, wondering how to deal with such a cracK-pot. "Do you know about hi yacht?" liked Eyster. Here was a bit of real informs Hon. "No. What yacht?' "He has just bought a yacht called the Nadji. I can't figure what he wants a yacht for. "Won't it be difficult for you to follow him If he goes off on a yacht?" suggested Neill, fishing. "I have made my arrange ments," said Eyster grinning. "Where's the yacht lyingf ' "At the City pier, foot of Broad aray." Eyster got up abruptly. "Have you ever seen Fanning?" he asked. "No." "Well, here he comes. I'll leave rou." Over The Bar ' FOLLOWING the direction ot Eyster's glance, Neill saw a tall, dark, handsome man coming in from the street At first glance he scarcely looked the 39 years he confessed to, but as he came closer Neil judged him about five years more than that He was in the pink of condition with a skin a fresh as a baby's. Hi black eye were et close together, giving him a foxy look; they were the kind of eyes that turn continually and overlook nothing. A hard face, but rendered superficially attractive by a good-natured smile. A crook and a slick one, thought Neill. Fanning, nodding pleasantly to his acquaintances in the lobby, strolled on Into the bar. After giv ing him a moment or two. Neill followed. He found Fanning leaning negli gently on the mahogany, watching the bartender stir him up an old fashioned cocktail. Neill lined up nearby and looked him over in the mirror without appearing to. Fanning was wearing a perfectly-cut gray flannel suit and an ex pensive Panama hat. His shirt and tie were ju.it a little different from anybody else's. Evidently a man who gave a good deal of thought lo his dress. Neill, who bought good clothes without thinking about them, resented it Just the sort of thing to catch a woman's eyel Since it was the hour before din ner when nobody Is in a rush and each of them was alone at the bar, It was natural to fall into talk. When Neill also ordered an old fashioned. Fanning said with hi ready smile: "Great minds think allkel" "Great ones and small ones too," said Neill. Fanning laughed. "Are you reg istered here?" "No. At the Stafford." "My name Is Prescott Fanning." "I'm Walter Patton." "Where from?" , "T-w York." mV town tor. But Fm thinking of retiring and settling in Baltimore." "You're a young man to be talk ing about retiring." "Oh, well, I'm not ambitious," said Fanning. "Forty or fifty thou sand a year is ample for my needs. I'm looking for J rlace in the Green Spring valley. Nothing opulent or showy, you understand. A small place, but perfect in every appointment That's my ideal. Two or three blooded horses in the stable, a flat field where I can land and take off In my own plane." Blow-hard! thought NeilL "Are you married?" Pleasantly. "No, Indeed," said Fanning laughing. "I'm too fond of the sex to tie myself down to one. Women are like wines you want a differ ent type with every course. I wouldn't give up champagne just because I like Johannisoerger." Neill fingered his glass longing ly. He had a terrible yen to fling the content In the man's face. Shrewd Questions TELL me, how did you make enough to retire so early?" he asked laughing. "That's something every man is interested in."' "In the Street" aid Fanning to! mmJi mm Nellie Tailoe A W9rVffiXK in her honor eYTHeU.rViKi; lSfUS0 Fff&T PlREcToR O? Trie MIKT MPtfrafWoMftri XO WMt HER MfMS INSCRIBED ONTHe CORNERSTONE OF As Fanning entered, Neill thought: A crook, and a slick one. carelessly. back. "Things are coming 'As an operator or a broker?" 'Both. . . . You hear a lot about the cleverness of Wall Street men, but believe me it's all a mvth. They're so dumb that a fellow of just ordinary intelligence like me can go in ana clean up in snort order," he laughed. "What's your line?" he asked. 'Contact man for a firm of con tractors. What's your firm?" I m out or the btreet now. . . Have you heard this one?" Me tola a tunny story about Wall Street While his mouth was full of humorous fnendlj talk, the foxy black eves never relaxed their vigilance. Neill had theson.se that he was being keenly sized up in his turn. He matched Fannings story with another. Fanning laughed and clapped him on the back. "1 like you, Patton! You and I speak the same lingo." He beckoned to the bartender. "Set 'em ud. Jim. This round is on me." Neill reciprocated. By the time they had had three, a perfect bar room friendship had developed. But while the drink ariDcnred to loosen Fanning' tongue, he made no disclosures about himself. When Neill asked a question, he told a funny story. From time to time he slipped In a shrewd ques tion of his own. Neill answered with seeming frankness, but Fan ning' sharp eyes hardened. tie la auspicious ot me. Neill thought, and he doesn't mean to let me go until he's found out what I'm after. Well, two can play at that game. Neill answer an tnerlmlnatlna phune rail tn Fannin'! room, tomorrow. Camel Popularity Theme Advertising Campaign Launched In a new series of advertisement appearing this week R. J. Reynold! Tobacco company potnte out It lontf established policy of uslna costlier to baccos has marie Camels the moat popular cigarette In the world. "Can people appreciate the choicer tobaccos In Camels?" the first of the new advertisements asks. And, ans wering this question, the Camel man ufacturers say people "smoke more Camela than any other cigarette In the world." The advertisement reads In part: "The deeper you dig Into the facts the more you find that real mildness and real flavor must be grown into cigarette tobaccos. Nothing man ran do lo Interlrr tobaccos ran take the place nf good tobaccos to start a.th. As you'd expect naturally milder. better-tjistlng tobaccos cost more to buy. And Camel willingly pays mil' lions more year alter year to get them. That'a why Camels are differ ent why they appeal more to men and women in all walks of life why they re the largest selling cigarette In America or In the world." Camel superiority Is supported by statements from athletes, explorers, svlators and others who have noted the dlfterenoe In Camels. "To me, Camela mean 'cheer' with a capital 'C'." Oeorge Rels. famous mctorjoat sportsman Is quoted. "1 like Camel s hearty flavor. 1 like the quick 'llff I get with a Camel after I've been through a tough race." Others who report In favor of Cam el In this advertisement Include William niden. famous tennis player; Joe Crnne. parachute Jumper; Chaa. Beldrn, rancher; Mlra Helen Slant, bury, aviation executive and Mlaa Doroihy KilnMlen, famous round-the-world repotter. No jwu NO POLICE NO TofcfcCCO NO WORCE NO COUR. NO NO coFFee, NO JEWELRV NO CRIME, HfcrWIFICCPftST BASEBALL LEftfiliS WtlHlN Ili-HOURS, III s Bt ' mi jz. . i m 00HEMI&N faRMCRS ftfiNT COFFIN GPltNTeKS IN 1HE1R 6f?MN fiftC 1b KEEP ftRPS rWfV. VH. Naught Syndx-tU, lat. -37 1824, Nellie Tuyloe Row. Although on November Texas tut well an Wyoming elected woman governor, the Inauguration of Wyoming's governor took place several weeks before the Texas gov ernor received her oath of office. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, the Wyoming gov- ernor-elect, became the first woman tn American history to become a governor of a state. Since then she has run up quite a string of "firsts." In 1033, Mrs. Ross became the first woman to attain the post of director of the U. 8. mint, a position which she still, holds today. Through this post she also became the first woman to have a medal struck In her honor by the U. 8. mint. It is customary for the mint to make a medal of each president, secretary of the traes- ury and director of the mint. Mrs. Ross Is the first woman to have her name Inscribed on the cornerstone of a federal building. Both the U. S. bullion depository at Ft. Knox. Ky., and the new mint building in San Francisco bear her name on the cornerstones. Baseball Fan Howe Rated as the Pacific coast's "Num ber One Baseball Fan" is Frank Howe, newspaper man of Los Angeles. By way of Insuring this rating against growing competition. Howe recently went on a baseball attendance pil grimage that eclipsed ell similar rec ords. Within the Bpace of 74 hours, eight minutes, July 31 at 2:45 p. m.. through July 24 at 4:63 p. m., he miw all eight teams of the Pacific Coast league play in full, regularly scheduled games. Within a period of ten days he attended games at every one of the league's baseball parks in California. No Town A Seventh Day Adventlst commun ity, Keene, Texas, has some 600 in habitants. Following closely the stringent dictates of their religion, Kene's citizens do not gamble, dance, go to movies, wear jewels or cosmetics, Indulge in athletics' other than tennis, nor take part in most of the other pastimes common throughout the country. Keene has no crime, hence has no provisions for dealing with criminals. Tomorrow: Fame After lieiithl MEGLECTED HUSBAND UNABLE FEED BABY PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7. ( API AO apologetic voice came over the police telephone at midnight: "It's thla way. My wife she went out with another man. 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