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TH E GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND Jane Bunker Oopyrlgh. -Th» M k »H v itU Ca "C L A IR E ’S J E W E LS ARE MRS. DELARIO’S DIAM ONDS." Synopals.—W hile In the little Swiss town o f Vevay, where the "staid, proper spinster” who telle the etory le upending a vacation, ehe la aaked to allow a younK girl, Claire de Itavenol, to be her companion back to the United State*. Although form ing an attachment to the girl, the heroine take* a dislike to Monster de Itavenol, Claire’s father, and declines. On the boat she finds Claire In the care o f a casual acquaintance, Mrs. Delarto, whom she had met while each was purchasing a pair o f slippers, exactly alike, which figure largely In subsequent events. When they reach N ew York, where Claire was to have been met by her mother, the latter does not appear, arid Claire perforce goes to Mrs. Delarto's home. In the confusion at the custom house, the spinster carries off one o f Mrs. Delarlo's slippers. Through that happening she learns later that someone unknown to her has been In her flat. Calling on Mrs. Delarlo, that lady shows her some remarkable gems, believing them to be rubles, but which are really blood-red diamonds, and easily worth a million dollars. Mrs. Delarlo admits the gems were smuggled, but offers no explanation. W hile they are talking, a [founding on the door throws them Into consternation. The caller asserts he Is an officer o f the law, with a warrant for the arrest o f Mrs. Delarlo's son on a charge of stealing the diamonds. She outwits him and persuades the spinster to take the gems to her home for safe keeping. Next morning, realising the responsibility In her possession o f the diamonds, the spinster takes them bark to Mrs. Delarlo, but while there she learns that that lady's son has been kidnaped, supposedly on account o f the gems, and agrees to keep them In a bunch o f hyacinths and has the lock o f her door changed and a chain-bolt added. Over the telephone De Itavenol Informs her Mrs. Delarlo has met with an accident and urges her to call at once. Hastening to her friend, and leaving the gems, the heroine Is met by De Itavenol, who for the first time gives a strong hint o f his real character. _______________________ C H A P T E R VI— Continued. “ Is mndame Intending to converse w ls me, holding a weapon In her hand?” “ Is monslenr Intending to converge with me behind locked doors?” “ F o r ze present— yes.” ‘‘V ery well, then, get It over. W hat Is It?” I felt very sure by this tim e It had nothing, directly, to do with Mrs. Delurlo. ‘‘It Is zls— my daughter, Claire, was robins! o f some very valuable Jewels on ze steamer coming over. Zere are hot tw o persons who could possibly have committed ze seft— Mrs. D elarlo and— yourself.” I was dazed— so dozed that I stam mered. “ You say Claire was robbed coming over on the steamer— and you think I did It?” i “ Precisely.” M y a lls came bock w ith that flat accuso^ u. ^ "T h en w hy didn't she soy something about It at the time?” 1 demanded. ’ “ Probably because she was not aw are o f It at ze time— one seldom Is, I f I nmy be perm itted to point It out to madame,” . I wns so com pletely Innocent o f even knowing that the girl had Jewels with her— except such little trinkets as a child values and thut nobody but a street th ief would have bothered his head over— that I sow monsieur’s ac cusation as blackmail. That word sud denly popped Into my head and gave me the basis o f a return uttack. “ You mean to tell me that Claire had valuable Jewels on the steamer yet never mentioned the fact to either Mrs. Delarlo or m yself?” ‘‘Naturally, she says nosslng— why should she? S h e 'ls under no obliga tion to speak o f such a m atter to you.” “ In other words, she was smuggling valuable Jewels Into the country— try ing to get them through the customs house without our knowing It, so we could tell her to declare them ?" “ Smuggling? She Is taking zem to her mStsser— zey have once been pur chased In Am erica.” “ I don’t b elieve she had nay Jewels," I asserted bravely. “ M erely to soy she hail— and she h n *i’t got them now— doesn't prove anything. You must have sense enough to see that fo r yourself." Ills face had darkened again. “ You doubt m y word? I have ze proof, madame, ze absolute proof— zat she hod ze Jewels wls her when she went on hoard ze steam er; and while on b o a rd ; and up to a certain dale. I can furnish proof znt would be accept In any court— I f madame renders It nec essary.” H is tone carried conviction In spite o f m yself; also, I knew he wns ready to have me put under arrest and fur- ■Ish his proof In court. F o r a minute > went limp and sick, nut I pulled my- -**!f together fo r another shot at him— "T h en you admit ahe wns smuggling Jewels Into the country?" H e shrugged—I thought to conceal ■Us uneasiness at the way I waa taking It. “ Ze Jewels belong to my w ife— a wedding g ift from her faser— I f you call It smuggling— ” “ But they w ere not declared— I know that, anyway. W ell, then— alnce they were not declared, they were to •11 Intents and purposes smuggled. W e shall now art as though they had been smuggled— we shall at once enlist the services o f the government In ynnr be half. A fter the Jewels are discovered, you can present evidence that they w ere not subject to duty. Or, o f course, you can pay the duty. I suppose they are worth that to you to get them hack?* “What do you mean, madame?” he exclaimed In • tone that to me sound ed ala-in. “You sink I ask your gov- ernnwsit ts seek for to te lost Jewels o f my daughter? Dlable— pardon— and lose zem so soon aa I And arm?” “Net you. but I— I will ask the cua-j toms house officials to take up the case.” "Y ou? . . , Y ou ? . . . Madame, o f what are you sinking?” “ I — yea, certainly,” I replied firmly, follow in g up my advantage; fo r lie had given It aw ay to me that he didn’t wish the customs house to know about this little smuggling o f Claire's. “ Since you have seen lit to accuse me o f a robbery I know nothing about, I shall — I must— do all I can to help Claire get her Jewels buck In order to prove iny own Innocence. I w ill go to the customs house and report the whole m atter tom orrow morning.” “ You w ill do nosslng o f ze s o rt!” H e fn lrly hissed the words at me. “ You w ill tell nobody zat ze Jewels have been stolen— nobody. And you w ill g ive me your promise before you leave zls room.” H e turned scarlet, and then deathly white, but he got control o f himself Immediately. ' f o tbul was the w ay the wind blew . M y s h o f had carried home— I fe lt I had him, a good deal worse than he LaA me. I gave him another dose o f the same ammunition— “ I certnlnly shall— there's nothing else to do. Now, then, what w ere the Jewels C laire wns smuggling In?" I lo kept bock a retort by biting his lip and glured at me. “ W hat w ere the Jewels?” I repented. “ Yott must at least tell nie that— since you accuse me o f taking them. What w ere they? I know absolutely nothing about them. You may b elieve m e or not as you choose, but It’s your own loss I f you don’t ” My words seemed to shake his con viction fo r a moment— but only fo r a mom ent; what he sold next le ft m e no doubt ns to the gravity o f my situation In the matter. "A n d now, madame, w e lay all sub terfuges and evasions to ze side. Zere are hut tw o persons who could have ze Jewels o f my daughter— yourself and Madame Delarto. I have already ques tioned her, fu lly— to he quite frank— I have search ze house— wls her permis sion I have also search her person by means o f a woman detective— and she has convinced me znt she has not ze Jewels o f my daughter." "N either have I." I snapped, l i e went on ns I f I hadn t spoken. “ M y evidence Is positive, and wls Madame D elarlo’s denial o f all knowl edge—l o r wish znt I send fo r you and give you ze opportunity to explulu “ W here Is Mr*. D elarlo— let m e see her Immediately," I broke In. “ Do you mean to say she accuses me o f robbing your child?" "I do not say she precisely accuses — but she has seen yon— and Claire has seen you— w ls ze package contain ing ze Jewels In your hand." I hurst out hotly, 'T h a t s a lie — every word o f tt I I never touched her Jewelry— or the package containing her Jewelry. N ever." n e flushed a deep red at the Insult, but he wns making every effort to con trol him self—seeing how enraged I was, he probably thought I ’d use my hatpin on him next— and I whipped him on, feelin g that I had the upper hand. “Yes, monsieur— I »h all make yon take this case to court,” I went on rapidly. “ A fte r that I «h all aue you fo r false arrest—and Imprisonment. I f I’m Imprisoned. But meanwhile, 1 shall im mediately set the easterns l ouse officials on the hunt fo r your daughter’s Jewels and And out wheth er they w ere actually brought Into Am erica or not. I f the Jewels are In the least valuable— as you seem to he trying to make out— there’ll he quite a neat little duty to pay, provided they’re not confiscated outright— which is more than likely. Monsieur, you have overlooked the fact that I asked Claire— snd I heard Mrs. De larto ask her—I f she had anything to declare and she told m e she had not. So I shall he a witness In the govern ment's cm»« against you." H is expression bad changed from anger to cynical contempt, and he sneered: “ V ery clever, madame— very creditable to madame'a nerve—ha. ha I Madame Is afraid o f nosslng bat to lose zoze go valuable Jewels o f my daughter— " and with that he stepped so close I thought he was going to lay hold o f me. I stepped back, Just out o f Immedi ate reach and took a firm grip on my hatpin. “ And sow , madame— we— lay— all— subterfuges— and evasions— to— ze— side: W here are ze Jewels o f my daughter?” “ And now, monsieur,” I mocked, “ we — lay— all — subterfuges — and — eva sion— to— the— side: I don't know.” W ith a quick dive o f his hand Into his pocket he whipped ont a small re volver. “ Perhaps zls w ill refresh madame’s memory," he leered.. W ell, It refreshed madame’s some thing— fo r want o f a better term I ’ll call it creative genius. I waved the revolver aside with a gesture o f con tempt and began: “ Since monsieur has been at all this trouble to obtain an Interview with me, may I ask a few questions? It may be o f Importance to both o f us.” “ Proceed.” “ Monsieur Is, I believe, a stranger In America. Has monsieur ever ac quainted him self with N ew York state laws?” ‘T o some extent— yes.” “ W ell— ah— I wns merely wondering, you know, i f monsieur were aware o f the fact that In N ew York state, kid naping Is a capital offense— that Is, punishable with death?” “ Hut what has kidnaping to do wls our present case?” he asked frowning. ‘‘Oh, only that monsieur Is, at the present moment, In the act o f kidnap ing me.” That hit him, but he held his ground. “ I do not see It, madame. Kidnaping consists In taking ze person by vio lence and against ze wish.” “ N ot In N ew Y ork state. Monsieur forgets that he Is not In France or Germany, but In N ew York. The New York courts hold that forcible deten tion against the w ill is kidnaping. You are at this moment, in the eyes o f the law, a kidnaper.” “ Im possible!” he exclaimed. “ Certainly,” I returned. “ You have only to look up the cases and convince yourself. In the Ilallorun case, a year ago, Halloran only locked a girl up and refused to let her out when she asked. H e did her no barm and made no threats"— here I looked at the re volver In a significant way— "but he got twenty years. But In the Comlnsky “ Perhaps Zis W ill Refresh Madame's M em ory." ense— the man who was electrocuted last week, as you probably read in the papers— Comlnsky locked a woman up and threatened her with a revolver, l ie got the death penalty.” As these fictitious cases dropped off my tongue, monsieur, with a catlike slyness, slipped the revolver hack Into his pocket, though he made no move to open the door as I had hoped. Still, I saw I had gained ground with him— though the ground I longed fo r lay out side the house. “ Very good,” said he, a fte r some sec onds o f consideration; “ w e are not kidnaping madame. Madame has ze Jewels— o f zat I am positive— elzer upon her person, or In some place con cealed, and until madame decides to return zem, she w ill make herself com fortable here wlsout food or water, but I f she wishes to g ive zem to me now, she may depart at once.” I laughed In his face. I think this disconcerted him more than anything I’d done. “ H ow long do yon think yon can keep me here?” I demanded. “ Zat depends on madame,” he re turned with a shrug and a significant glance at the shuttered windows. "T on speak as though von supposed nobody knew where I waa.” “ It Is useless fo r yon to call to Mndnme Delarlo— she will not come.” “ I wasn't thinking o f doing It. But iny brother w ill com e! H e knows that I am here and he la coming fo r roe. He was In my house when your message came. H e had com e over from Phila delphia with hla law yer and some pa pers fo r me to sign. When you told me Mrs. D elarlo waa so 111, I waited fo r nothing— rushed down here as fast aa I could. My brother and his lawyer ware to follow me here In an hour sad r first I did not reeogulze their rolcesj then they mentioned your name. Bruce paused, made another effort, then went on. Mrs. Warren "a s then saying aome nice things about you, when Mrs. Travers remarked : '"h u t a pity she allows her young husband to run everything. Why, when you asked her where she bought her pretty cushions and the reading By J. K MARSHALL lamp, she looked confusedly at her husband and he hud to answer, - l1 should hate to think that I would (Copyright, 191». by the McClure News ever become a nonenlty In my heme. paper Syndicate.) I wonder how sueh men would feel There was no more devoted and If their wives Interfered In their happy couple than the Wards, who had business?’ 1, well, I was furious. I been married a few short w eeks; but couldn’t bear to hear any more, hut today Helen was not happy. Tills was when I got to the office and thought due to the fact thut she hud taken the things over, I knew thr.t Mrs. Trav time this morning to review the events ers spoke the truth. Oh. please don’t o f the past fe w weeks. She knew cry, Helen.” And Bruee dropped tils that Bruce loved her dearly, and head on his hands. “T o think that In his good-heartedness would deny I should ever give anyone cause to her nothing to make her happy. But say those things and to pity the now she was to acknowledge he had one serious fault, which was a men dearest girl In the world.” Helen dried her tears. She was ace to their future happiness. His hurt, and she knew what Mrs. Trav belief that it was his sole right to ers said was true, hut how dared she supervise everything about the house speak that way and how humiliating hold clashed harshly with her free for poor Bruce. and Independent ideas. “ Bruce, you have never given any Helen had religiously refused to one reason to pity me. Don’t sny allow these thoughts to enter her mind that. And, even if Mrs. Travers did until last evening, when they had en suspect, she doesn’t belong here. As tertained fo r the first tim e in their you know, Mrs. Warren Is my dear new home. She had looked forward est friend, nnd I have no doubt that with much pleasure to this event, and i f you had heard the rest of their thought with a touch of pride how conversation you would have heard Mrs. Warren would compliment her on Mrs. Warren telling her, kindly but the haven o f delight thut she and firmly, that she knew us to he the Bruce had created fo r their home. But happiest o f couples, and that she what a bitter disappointment It had just Imagined those things. Mrs. been to her as she stood by and heard Warren never speaks unkindly of any Bruce, In answer to the many pleas one, nor lets a chance go by to ant exclamations from the guests, ns say something nice about one when they viewed the furnishings, assume nnother in her presence makes dl.<- the credit to himself. In a proprietary ngreeahle remarks.” manner, with not one word o f praise Bruce lifted his head. “ Well, fo r herself. T h e realization o f this from now on things will be different. trait In Bruce had spoilt her evening, I have been brought to my senses. and she was unable to be the gay, I f I hnd only listened to you when C H A PTER VII. light-hearted girl they had always you talked o f those things, Instead known. o f being so sure I was right, in my I See Through the P ie t A fte r the guests hnd departed way. I wonder that you There are moments when I fa irly Bruce hnd nsked her what was own thrill at the thought that I am an w rong; but her efforts at an expla didn’t— ” “ I did, this afternoon,” Helen In American citizen. Such a moment nation only aroused In him a feeling terrupted, lending him out to the came a fte r I had shot through the ves o f resentment. H er gentle remon “ And, o h !” and her tibule door and found m yself In the strance at his persistently Ignoring living room. complacent street. I was safe— safe— her, not only In the selection o f the face lit up. “ Why, Bruce, Mrs. War safe. I was where I could appeal to household furnishings but their ar ren nnd Mrs. Travers came into the first passing man to protect me In rangement as well, had brought forth Gambles’ Just hs I was buying these new curtain nnd cushion covers.” the name o f American womanhood. from him his declaration that he was “ Thank heaven for that!” mut In the Jubilation o f my freedom and mnster o f his home. tered Bruce. ‘T h e y are a great Im safety I stopped and looked back at She realized the futility o f further the house. The holland shade was discussion o f this subject with Bruce, provement to the room, Helen, and drawn downstairs, but as I looked, a becuuse she knew hint to be too posi from now on, you— ’’ “ No, not Just me, Bruce dear— t s.” finger— I knew It must be monsieur’s— tive In his ideas. She thought over pulled an edge o f the shade and an all this carefully, and made up her Helen said, softly, as she slipped Into his arms. eye peeped at me. mind to change things. Yes, she “ I hope I have ¡earned my lesson I was hi the midst o f a grin o f de would begin right now. She called rision at him when my eye was caught her mother on the phone and asked in time,” murmured Bruce, as he hent his head down to kiss 1 the by something at an upper window. It her to go shopping with her. dearest girl and wife In all the was a hand— a waving hand— a hand Helen bought new silk covers for that said, “ Go away— go away— go the round cushions, new curtains for world.” away 1” as fast aa It could, and said It the windows and a beautiful rich to me. brown cover fo r the library table. COMING CHANGES IN JAPAN An Instant later I saw a face and She had wanted these things In the recognized Mrs. Delarlo. Then the face living room, when she was first mar Many Symptoms That Revolution, was gone and the hand said, “ Go ried. W ell, now she was going to Probably Peaceful, le Due in Land a w a y !” again and disappeared also. of Chrysanthemum, have them. Mother had always se Monsieur, seeing me standing, ap lected these things at home. Other parently Interested In something hap women planned the arrangement o f Tn the kingdom of the Chrysanthe pening upstairs, pulled the shade out their homes. So would she. mum there are symptoms which cause a little farther. So what I did was de A fte r they had tea, she left her observers to pause. All over the coun liberately to cross the street and sig mother nnd went home. Hurriedly try small groups are forming—not of nal him to raise the window. slipping Into her large blue gingham labor men—hut o f Intellectuals— of “ Raise the window— I want to speak apron, she went to work. First, she students with a fair admixture of the to you 1” I shouted. took down the curtains in the living middle anil even o f the upper classes. T h e window was raised about six room. Mrs. O ’Brien hnd cleaned the There Is something coming In Japan— Inches and monsieur put his evil, ratty windows Just two days ago, so she a great ehnngc— no man yet quite could now put up the new curtains. knows when it will come or whither it face down to lister,. she opened her packages. will go—some call It revolution others “ Now do your darnedest 1” said I. Then a beautiful, rich golden restoration. Another symptom ts the And then I snapped my fingers at him “ W hat brown,” she thought, as she held the attitude of the Japanese woman. The and walked away. “ And Japanese woman Is thinking and act Though It was early I began to feel curtains up to admire them. ing; did she not start the rice riots hungry and I kept on till I reached a how well they looked with the brown one year ngo? Religious movements French restaurant where I generally ru g !” Soon the room took on a new, have been started within the last SO lunch when I ’ :n downtown. It was too pretty effect. True, the curtains nnd yenrs with Japanese women—women other things that Bruce hnd bought soon fo r the music, but my own of the people— at their head. These thoughts were music enough Just then, were lovely, hut they were not just what Helen had wanted; and then, movements hnve millions of adherents. and anyway I felt safe. Then outside of Kyoto what Is that But by the time the salad came the she must show Bruce that she. too. growing conglomeration of buildings? could plan and furnish a room with reaction set In. Th e world turned drab, Actually a city of refuge to which Jap excellent taste, nnd that It was ner mottled with black responsibility and anese o f all classes are coming, sell right. streaked w ith red indignation. I roh H er work completed, she found It ing their possessions nnd coming—ex a young girl I Good heavens!— her fa traordinary ns It may sound—as to a ther must be Insane to bring such an would he a little more than an hour sanctuary in prevision of the times to She accusation against m e! I seen with liefore Bruce would he home. come. In the midst of the clt.g, Is a her jew el case in my hands! Prepos would have plenty o f time to dress strange-looking structure built In rend- nnd read aw hile before starting to terous! And poor, poor Mrs. Delarlo— She bail Just been Iness for the emperor. Much may hap she, too, hnd been accused, on top of prepare dinner. In the sun parlor a few minutes, try pen In Japan, but there Is nothing to all her trouble about her diamonds. show that ties 30 centuries olil—be I had raised my coffee to my tips ing to become Interested In a lute tween sovereign nnd people—will snap. but hadn’t tasted It, when the words novel, when Bruce arrived. She saw The I vends are religious, far more than went through iny head like a shot: him coming up the walk, carrying a political, nnd the revolution or restor “ C L A IR E ’ S J E W E L S ARE MRS. square white box under one nnn and ation to come is economic, not con a long box in his other hand. “ Flow D E L A R IO ’ S D IA M O N D S !” stitutionul.—Christian Science Moni Mrs. D elarlo had sworn to me that ers and candy,” thought Helen. This tor. they w ere hers. Had she robbed Claire had happened once before, when coming over In the steamer? Im pos-) Bruce le ft the house In n bad humor His Misapprehension. slble! She was too good a woman. | after breakfast, beenuse Helen had “ H i! Whur nr 1 at?” feebly served bacon with their <eggs. and But even so, how had monsieur con inanded Mr. Gap Johnson of Ram nected me with them? Had she told Bruce did not eat pork "in any way. Ridge. Ark., after the aeeidt shape o r form ." Flowers and candy him? That seemed Impossible a ls o ; “ What’s been coming off arotin 1 ,i snd yet I fe lt I ’d really never shaken were his peace offering, which should anyhow?" Well, he must his conviction that I had thisn— and cover any breach. "You drove onto the railroad cn She usually ran that he meant to get them by fa ir learn differently. Ing Just in time to be struck by to the door to meet him. but today means or foul. tiyer.” replied the physician. •lie pretended to be reading. engine demolished your wagon, nnd Bruce entered the house and. plac “ Aw. that’s it? Must have sot ing his packages on the table, he knocked me plumb out o f my head Enter a friend in need— went to her quickly. a spell, fo r 1 shore thought my 14 c Billy Rivers. "H elen, dear.” he began. “ 1 want dren had mobbed me for something to talk to you. It Is about last nuther they didn't like.”— Kan night." (T O BE C O N TIN U E D .» City Star. Helen gazed at him In surprise. Marvelous Hair Rope. Why. what did It mean? This peni The Psychology of 11 One o f the moat remarkable hair tent tone from Bruce. And he had “ H ow do you like your ne ropes ts mentioned by Sir Frederick never before said he was sorry. Per Ivor*?" Treves in his hook entitled “ The haps she had been too hasty about “ All right. The first thing Other Side o f the Lantern." H e de buying the new things fo r the living was to borrow our lawn-mow scribes it as lying curled up like a room “ Have they returned it?" gigantic caterpillar within the grez* “ Oh. Bruce: w a it! I want to tell "N ot yet. and I hope they’ll Buddhist temple at Kioto. It meas you about this afternoon. I— " Then they'll be careful not t ure* 800 feet In length .a d three ghe was Interrupted by Bruce. ‘1 early In the morning or at i inches In diameter, and Is made up of have been a selfish cad. I know contributions from the heads o f many how you must feel about my select- when It would attract my hundreds o f thousands o f Japanese log everything fo r our home, and unduly."—Boston Transcript. ♦»omen. Long nan It was used to drag trying to supervise their arrange Regal Paraphernalia. file timbers to the building and to hoist ment. But I must tell yon how I “Jack told me l was quee them Into place, and now tt is care came to realize this. This morning heart.” fully preserved, a sacred relic. wlth- going to town Mrs. Warren and Mrs. “ W ell?" Ut the fa s t edifice It helped to e iU a Travel* got on at Homewood. They “I asked him where the <-r took the seat right back o f me. At •Is were." I am to go with them to the notary’* to sign the pa par*. The hour la al most up !” Monsieur bit his tip*. H ere was a contingency he hadn’t reckoned with — that I had arranged to have some one call fo r me. Then a bright Idea struck him. “ Zat m atter Is simply ar ranged," said he with a wlcktd smile. “ I tell your dear brozer zat you have already gone home to him, and he w ill not wait.” I tried to laugh again, though I fear I made hut a poor attempt at It, fo r I was beginning to be frightened. Bui I said: “ Don’t flatter yourself you could deceive my brother with a tale like that— he knows me too well. I told him I would wult and he knows 1 would keep my word. H e would know the Instant you said I had gone— he would know the minute he looked Into your face— that something was wrong — here. In five minutes he’d be back with the police and break In the door.” This took the wind ont o f hla sails fo r a minute. Then he rose to the situation In a masterful w a y ; and I must say fo r him that he was no mean adversary. Drawing the key from his pocket he unlocked the door, saying, "And now madame w ill telephone her brozer zat Madame Delarto la dying and he Is not to come today about ze important papers." I saw my one chance lay In pretend ing I ’d do It and then breaking loose; so I stepped out— he at my heels ready to grab me— and making a fein t o f going upstairs to the telephone, he fo l lowed suit by putting one foot on the lowest step. A t that, I gave a loud, wild-western “ whoopee!” right In his face, and punched him In the chest as hard as ever I could. H e lost his bal ance, went rolling backward and sat down on the floor. B efore he recov ered from the shock o f my unladylike behavior, I had bolted through the front door and reached the street. A Lesson in Time
