Money
to Burn
? By ?
Peter B. Kyne
? by Peter B. Kyno.
WNU Service
THE STORY
ti'rnvi Butterworth. miser, dlea
>j:S.T'% leaving his fortune of
rr>->r than a million to Rimer
?"! .r . n?>phew. Before his death
ii -*ui arranged for payment
i ? r.>st of $40,000 which he
h.i : wli.dled a man out of forty
v .irs r?"f'?re. Unknown to Elmer,
: .a v\ .. t heart Nellie Cathcart.
>????'< teller, la heiress of the
?v nJlfd man. Colorado Charley.
?*ul his partner. Mae, plan
t? ? Iu? k Elmer. Posing as a re
pi.T?-r named Doris Gatewood.
M ? ills on Rimer. Elmer is a
? it -1 ? ?-?te for school trustee. N??l
I ' Doris as an adventur
t lm. r Roes to I >?; Angeles
an-1 vi-its Doris and her ?brother."
CHAPTER VIII? Continued
?15?
I or arrived homo In a singularly
hfippy frame of mind. Ho had had a
perWtly delightful time In Los An
jeles. \t parting Doris had. In hor
hrot!:'T*s presence and with that can
dor and charm whirli so fascinated
Elnior. msistod upon kissing him good
la '1 1 ? n she had walked out to the
car with him end shaken his hand in
fare -veil. She said she wouldn't s!o??p
a wink until she know ho had arrived
home v rifely?- nnd wouldn't he tele
graph her the instant that happy end
tail freen accomplished? Elmer would,
pc nrornlsed her solemnly to that
effect- and he kept his promise.
He should have known better. Old
Lad I' ray handled that telegram,
made a note of the lady's name and
a?Mr?--s and promptly circulated a re
I" re " Vt Nellie Catheart had better
look oat? that a girl In Los Angeles
vras after Klmer Clarke and was in a
fair way of landing him.
1 :io theft of the queen bee from a
hive could not possibly have upset a
community of bees one-half so much
as th" three reports on Elmer's Los
Anc? >s activities upset 1'ilarcltos.
Tlie i own buzzed with gossip and idle
speculation.
If it had been pro-Elmer and antl
Klmer prior to that fatal trip to Los
Angeles, it was now pro-Nellie to the
ln>t man and woman. Elmer had been
regarded, the moment news of his in
heritance had become known, as first
prize, won by Miss Nellie Catheart.
N"v\ to have a stranger beat Nellie
out by a whisker in the last Jump, as
It x\ . re ? to employ racing parlance ?
f t the town agog with excitement.
Elmer arrived In Pitarcltos too late
In the afternoon to take Nellie to
hin.'heon, and as he was due that
night to conduct an initiation of a
class of thirty neophytes into the local
lodge of the Woodmen of the World,
had no opportunity of seeing her
until no,,n of the following day. By
that time, however, he had listened to
enough bucoli? badinage and Impish
Queries regarding his gallantry In Los
Angeles to realize that Nellie Cath
^rt must have listened to twice as
much.
Consequently he was somewhat
troubled of soul as he drew up !n front
of the bank and waited for Nellie to
emerge.
She came, flashing him a radiant
8mde of welcome from the top step,
where she paused to make deliberate
appraisal of the new millionaire, his
chauffeur and his new car. Elmer
steppoj out, opened the tonneau door
and waved her in.
* Oh, boy 1" Nellie murmured breath
lessly and popped In. "Elmer, darling.
It 8 gorgeous ? so gorgeous that I'm
grateful to be the second girl to ride
In It first.*
Nellie couldn't help thrusting that
one home ? and It went home. too.
Mmer flushed and looked as guilty as
a sheep-killing dog as he climbed in
beside her. Well, there was but one
thing to do and that was to tell the
truth, shame the devil and let the
chips fall where they might.
W ell, I'll tell you all about her ? **
e began, but Nellie raised a menac
ing finger.
Don't Elmer! It Isn't necessary,
ou do not have to. I know you Just
appeued to be riding along, you met
er, she was walking, she recognized
Jon and you just had to be decent and
give her a lift."
W ell, have It your own way,** he
replied gloomily -but bravely. "Only
hat wasn't the way. You see. I'd met
*er before. She's a newspaper cor
respondent and she came up here to
?et a story from me on how it feels
? be a poor man one day and a mll
onalre the next. She's a very charm
K girl and her name is Doris Gate
Wood. She's a correspondent for the
American Weekly of New York. I bap
pened to tell her I was going to Uo?
Angeles to buy this car ami she mit
geeted that If I would telephone her
she'd let me read her story before she
mailed it east. I suppose she didn't
want to write anything to which I
might object."
"Oh!" said Nellie. "Oh! <1 e write g
nice, interesting story about you,
Elmer?"
"I'll be hanged if I know/' he con
fessed. "We forgot to look at It."
"Just ax well you forgot, Eltuer. She
couldn't write a snappy, intert*>ung
story anyhow. She's as spurious as a
lead dollar."
"Now. how can you say su-*h a tning
about a girl you have never met?"
Elmer challenged.
"Saw you walking down to the d?pot
with her the night she was in I'flar
citos. Heard a fragment of her con
versation. Heard her laugh. Noted
her general make-up. That's all. but
that's enough for littl? Nellie Cath
cart."
"Well, I'll admit she Isn't In j**tt
class. Nellie, but nevertheless I think
she's charming. She's bully company
?so much so that I doublo-crossed
you and gave her the first ride ? after
I'd promised you."
Nellie's gay, gurgling little laugh
set him at his ease. "Now that I've
made you suffer, dear, you may pi-'k
yourself up and dust yourself off I'm
not miffed at you. but I could kill a
number of people in this town today."
"So could I. I wish I hadn't Jumped
into that campaign for high school
trustee. You're all that keeps mo
from leaving this town and never ??ota
Ing bark. I hope I get whipped to a
frazzle in that trustee fight ? honestly,
I do."
Nellie's hand came over and rested
on his. "You go in and win," she com
manded. "The day I catch yau drug
ging your tail in this community is the
day you and I are going to have oar
first real disagreement. I*eave Pilar
citos as often as you like ami have a
good time while you an> away, but
come btvk to Pilarcitos : When I be
gin to demand a detailed report on
your doings it will be time for you to
commence worrying."
"I don't think * could stand that,"
he confessed soberly.
Nellie laughed. "No man of spirit
would. Where are you taking me for
luncheon?"
"Out to .Too AngeUottiV
"Well, Klmer," Nellie announced
when they found them - solves seated,
"I've sold your house and lot ca the
terms you named. If you'll drop In ?r
the bank alter luncheon aixl sicn tho
deed. I II attest It and the deal will be
closed in twenty- four hours."
"Three cheers!" said Elmer. ?'Nellie,
you're a smart girl. When does the
new owner desire to take possession
of my house?"
"Immediately."
"0. K. I'll take a suite at the
hotel."
"Atta hoy!" said Nellie. "Now let's
talk about your campaign for high
school trustee and organize that. I've
been checking off votes, trying to esti
mate your probable strength, and It
seems to me you have a light on your
hands."
"Watch my smoke," said Elmer
Clarke.
Because ho was so easy to handle
Nellie favored him with a loving look !
and with difficulty repressed an im
pulse to lean across the table and kiss
him. Dear, blind, straightforward,
strnight-thinklng Elmer! All she had
to do to hold him in line, was to show
him a fight and then send him into !t.
He had been lighting and winning ;
since his twelfth birthday ? and it had
never been an easy fight. Ills path
had always been beset with obstacles,
which he had successfully hurdled, but 1
far down that path Nellie could dls- j
corn one obstacle that mast send him
crashing to the ground.
Yes, nothing but death before he
should reach that obstacle could save
Elmer Clarke from having his nose
rubbed in the dirt and Nellie had a
vast curiosity to see how this man,
who bad tasted victory, would as
similate defeat, chagrin, sneers, gibes
and the varied cruelties of a world
which tramples Joyously over the fel- !
low who goes down in the fight. Stand
ing alone, in a stricken field, wonld
Elmer, defeated, acknowledge defeat?
"Why, Nelli<\ what are you crying
about?" he demanded suddenly.
Nellie's sweet mouth trembled piti
fully. "I ? I ? I can't tell you, Elmer.
I'm just ? s-s-silly, that's all. I ?
haven't any spunk. Please forgive
me ? darling."
Elmer was delighted. Most men are
when they think they have observed j
Infallible evidence that the girl th*?y
love, but aren't quite certain of,
evinces signs of jealousy. Poor Elmer
thought she was jealous of Doris.
( TO DE CONTINUED.)
Father of Poiti^e Stamp
It is not generally known that a
blind man gave the world R s postage
stamp, says an article in Popular Scl- i
ence Monthly. In 1S40. Sir Rowland
Hill, head of Great Britain's postal
service, suggested the idea which has
since spread to all parts of the globe.
The first American stamp appeared Id
1847 and bore the portrait of Benja
min Franklin.
improved Uniform International
SundaySchool
' Lesson '
IB. RE\ }? u KITZWATKR. r?. D. M?m
*<-r r,f Kar'iU*. V ?nlv lttbl*
iu ?t ituie of ?Jhl?"u:o. >
1 1 " ' A ?' -M"-- .'nton t
Lesson for August 9
SAUL CONVERTED AND COMMIS
SIONED
TKXT-A- ts 9:1-19; 1 Tltn
ot>... l 12-11
' TKXT ? Whereupon. O king
A?r:p;i-v. I wa^ not disobedient unto
th" heavenly visum.
I'iilMAiiY Tol*I< ' -Saul Chosen to Q?
a Mi---.-- narv
Jt VJOU TO?I("--S:iul Chosen a Mis
8CT : ?? the <;?ntiies.
intki:mki?iatk and skniortop
I' V Vr- .i.n and a R?" pon^e.
Yv>t:ni: \.\*;, aih'lt top.
IC Saul's Conversion and Commission.
I. Saul's Violent Hatred of the
Lord's Disciples (tv. 1. *Ji.
Saul kiituv : .ill w.?ll that unless the
movement >? ' ?! ??n foot by Jet~i?s was
stoppt-d it would supersede Judaism.
Th.' noble display of faith by Stephen
in sealing his testimony with his hh>od
did not soft??n Saul's spirit, but rather
intensified his hatred for the Ix?rd and
his disciples. It iaade hltn more de
termin??d than ever to stamp ??ut the
Nararone heresy. The intensity of his
madness and the extent of its opera
tions are nest set forth in his ow n
words (A? is 22:4 ; 20:1<M2 It. V.).
II. Saul Kicking Against the Pricks
(w. 3-9).
Tho figure here is that of tho east
ern ot driver following the ox with a
sharp iror. Hx?m1 to the end of a pole.
The nniinal is prodded on with this
Instrument and if refractory, it kirks
against the sharp iron and injure
Itself. This is a graphic nicmre of
Saul as he was madly lighting agiinst
Jesus.
1. ^ light from heaven (vv. .*?. 1).
The time had come for the Lord to
interfere. Saul was smitten with
blindness and fell to the earth.
2. A voice from heaven (vv. 4. .").
This was tho Lord's voice calling Saul
by name and asking "Why porseeulest
thou mo?" To this Saul replied. "Who
art thou. Lord?" Then came the au
swer. "I am Jesus whom thou per
secutest." as if to say that persecution
of the disciples is persecution of J esus.
It. Saul's inquiry (v. "What
will thou have me to do?" The Lord
told him to go into the .ty where in
formal ion would be given him as tc
what he must do.
4. Saul entering Damascus (vv.
7-0). The proud persecutor went hum
bly into Damascus, led by his attend
ants. For the space of three days he
remained blind, and fasted. What
went on in his soul in those days no
mortal can know. Doubtless in this
time he got hold of the truths which
he later proclaimed to tin? world, for
his conversion was the basal fact of
his theology. The day is coming when
all men shall behol.i the dazzling
glory of the Son. either in salvation
or in condemnation (Phil. 2:P>, 11;
Rev. 6 :ir?-17).
III. Saul Ministered to by Ananias
(vv. 10-19).
1. Ananias' vision (vv. 10-12). The
Lord appeared to him and instructed
him to so to Saul. He gave him the
name of the streets and Saul's host,
and informed him that Saul was now
a praying man and that he had pre
pared Saul by a vision for the coming
of Ananias. The I/ord knows the
name of the street and the number of
the house In which his chosen live.
2. Ananias* fenr and hesitancy (vv.
13-16). He knew of Saul's ministry
and the authority by which he came.
The Lord encouraged hlrn to go. as
suring him that Saul was no longer an
enemy but a chosen vessel to bear
his name before the Gentiles, kings,
and the children of Israel, and that
the badge of his commission should
be great suffering for Christ.
S. Ananias' obedience (v. 17). His*
fears being removed, Ananias went to
the house where Saul was stopping,
put his hand upon him and affection
ately addressed him as brother. The
hitherto savage persecutor is now i _
brother in Christ. Ananias informed
him that the Lord had sent him with
a twofold mission:
a. "That thou mightest receive thy
sight."
b. "Be filled with the Holy Ghost,"
He received his sight forthwith.
4. Saul baptized (vv. IS, 10). After
Saul received his sight, Ananias bap
tized him. The Lord bestows the gift
of the Spirit upon whomsoever he will,
and may designate anyone, whether
occupying an orticial position or not,
to lay hands upon individuals.
IV. Paul Put Into the Ministry
(I Tim. 1 :12-14).
He was commissioned for his work
among the Gentiles by Jesus Christ.
He did not enter the Christian minis
try. but was placed there by the sov
ereign act of the Lord He was trans
formed from a blasphemer and a per
secutor through the abundant grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and made th?
apostle to the Gentiles.
TWO ARMY PILOTS
DIE IN COLLISION
Civilian Plane Flies Into a
Military Formation.
'
Hartford Conn. ? Two army livers
were kilinS, two others saved them
selves !>y leaping with paraehutes and
a ? i\ il. a on the ground was injured
hy falling debris when two service
planes. n collision over N ??wing; on,
plunged i.inm) tVet to earth, oue of I
On m bursting into tiames.
Tin* i\\?? planes, part of a formation 1
-?f v\ traveling from Mitehel field. j
1- 1., to the Pratt ?V Whitney aircraft
plant it; K;ist Hartford, crashed as the
J army -roup dived to avoid :in ap
\ proaching eivilian plane.
t I.ieur. I?enjamln Laiirv. reserve pl
I lot. of llompsiead. L. I., ami Corporal |
Harold Jft rosy i'der, whose home was in j
Willi : i. Kan., lost their lives and '
; were burned with their ship.
The plane into whieh they crashed J
was manned hv l.ii-ut. Francis X. Kelly. |
i reserve pilot, of Brooklyn, and Sergi.
I Mvid 1- Spi? i-r ? ?f I'airview, N.
who looked their parachutes and
leaped <!? ir. Lieutenant Kelly latid
ed in i tree and Serpen tit Spieer
! among telegraph wires, but both es- I
caped wilh a few scratches.
WriM-kage from l.ieutemiut Kelly's !
plane struck Michael IVtricelli of Mer
iden. who was standing near a laun
dry. lie was tak?Mi to t hospital sttf
feriTi.- from :i IjroUcn leg other in
juries.
In toiling what led up to tne collis
ion aloft. l.k-ut. I.eon Johnson. com*
maudlin; tl.e >i\ planes, which were
proceeding in ,i formation of two V's
.if three plants earli. would make no
direct a> nidation, hut said that a com
iner< i ill plane, paillted hlue and silver,
approached on ihe same level. l**ol
'owing a >ignal, the army planes dived
and turm-d s-liglit ly to the light.
As the planes leveled off after the
dive, the rear right plane of the lead
ing V scraped jhe rear left ship of the
? ?ther V .xiiaped -roup and both planes
. rumpled and fell. The commercial
plane. I.-utinant .Tohnson deelared.
? lid not tnrii to the right.
I?eput\ siate Aviation Commission
er John Lenox look oil from Hrainerd
tield, HarMo' d, in a state owned phtne,
painted b!u- and silver, lie said that
he had pa-sed the army formation
when, looking baek, he witnessed the
collision.
Centralia. III. ? K. Kdward Ilainann.
air mail pilot for the University Air
lines company on the Kvansville-St.
| Louis air route No. T. was killed when
j his plane crashed during a Minding
; rainstorm on a farm south of Hoffman,
nine miles west of here
Although the plane did not burn
when it crashed, the body of the pilot
I was crushed almost beyond recog
nition. It Is believed that the heavy
rain sliorted the Ignition system, caus
ing the motor to go dead.
International Army Is
Proposed by France
Paris. ? An international army, sub
! 1ect io the I .ensue of Nations, to po
! lice the world, was proposed by France.
The suggestion was made in a mem
l orandnm dealing with disarmament
1 and proposing that united forces of
] members of the lea sup he placed at
j the disposal of the organisation. which
inisht "intervene in conflict to support
i he I ensue council's decisions or rec
ommendations."
| The memorandum set forth that
; France had reached her own anna
1 ments to a point which she considers
: fo bo the lowest consistent with na
I Lional safety.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS
President Hoover accepted an in
1 vitation to speak over the radio to
I the world's conference of the Y. M.
j C. A. at Cleveland. Ausust 8.
! A nationwide investigation is under j
j way to determine whether racketeer- 1
ing pYevails in the International Union ?
of Operating Engineers, it vas ad- j
milled at the Department of Justice, j
John II. Madden, former assistant !
prohibition administrator at Kansas j
1 City, who was recently transferred to
Seattle for special work, was sus
pended for failure to report in Seat
tie, It was announced by the prohi
bition bureau.
I Major tier. Stephen O. Fuqua, chief
of infantry, left for Mount Gretna,
Pa., to review the Pennsylvania na
j tional guard in camp. He will go
from there to review the Wisconsin
national guard in camp at Sparta.
Despite the fact that drought has
cut the prospective California grape
crop some per rent below last
year's production of more than 2,
lOb.OOO pounds, the grape growers in
tend to r.sfe the federal farm board- for i
another loan, it was announced by
Ralph Merritt, Washington represen- 1
tative of the California grape con- |
trol board.
ChiHs and fever go,
strength and pep re
turn?when you take
GLOVE'S
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XJ^t,
CHILL
/>. saut*-'*
vjL/ Xv r, H, X ?/ 3 ?y? l.atiom
rrUevea atnl cnn-s sur?? and : nflantxd inlttoil
b???srH. Ili'lps th? wt-ak oyod. run s without pain.
Ask jrnnrdrtioilsturilMVr for SA I. T Kit's. Only
Cruni H^fonn l?iMprn*ary r (>. lt<>i i ..I Atlanta G*.
One Agent Wanted
f-r !'. . T-.ni- . r. , . .| Writs
Ititiil I. i(c ?'<?.. I ::?> \tnll>rr St . Allunla. <??.
lir?|Kirul > welling "f HuiiiIn no. I Fret, ,<nf
i. ?'i ? n, ft-- ?ur ?? iri.-m.J :i ::l ? ? f-avmie
-t'-n' ? -I i trial ?f 30 day
?i <? m , ft ti -i . j.-il unsat
: i ??tv Wi . 1? <?'?*ro.CJJk?
Aki-iiI*. mr ?:.- r <5r.v-?ln*
an- 1 M?t s-ri?i-.? . o ? pH>pl?.
lt!C * ' ? i : - 1 T i ? i ; I i r . - \\ t for terri
tory. Rainbow l.atroratories. I 'harlottv.N-d
Miuiut nr*- Table*. n-iiu>'t? '?? an-i ae
r .? ? ?iua1i' ??? II .? :- ii oti
S KM I. NT CO..
i\li? *>ulTer Kiilnry or
"?? drinking n t.-w eol
U i' r Will itI v?
? n.l for df- ulur. Saino
t ? l?i. ..J. iitnti. I' la.
I.AIHI V II WKV \>\ \\ with
? t t uj?fui h?u hold
?i f i. ? - m !?-> ???? Trapp,
CIU / iliti^ ? .? i . v- >ti stn., lvntnu
BIG MONEY
? jM-f t . I ? ?maW
'owl..- I till I' I ? ' . .Kii;. ;?!!.- -. ?? n nil -im-nt. a I MO
euiapl<-*< 1 r -t.:. . i? low w-li..:- -;?ii prices.
Al'Ti 'MATIO \ V.I s KM K NT
T.ic ; ii M?-n: t-fi -. T--n?.
^19 nflll V i*> rrnan. nt .-?nne?:i?n. I*utor(Bll
?3*^ l/HILI ? , M?'ii. Komi-n. I*n>ilt? grraMl
I'iIi.-. -l 1 1 '. r..'; % -t . ? : r '-!l"u>.-*??sary.
WORTH AMFRICAN AID SOCIETY. WICHITA. KA.HS.
Crinuo'i I "lct\ t-r : : -- <t annual i-l.wer
f ? ? til- .- all ! -tlill vv \'iRU>t and
S.-ft. : ti l tun* l '.I w it;t'-r. Plow
U- M . . . w 1 1 ? ? i..!'; n.- - oin or
?>' -r ? r- : ? ' . " I will
<|oiiM-- ' illty ? ii it . ? I > 1 <it" crop
1 i ?? '-r. I lr> at" - 1 ol' I !???? |n-!lin%
Willi in ' tn. ? ? W 10 to 1". |1>- ,i< r?\
? :? ri'iii .- T- i - ? -? l- ::: wn ? ? ? i ; M? - bu.t
>?- hu. It . 'i ? l'<: 2 ?>u. .-.t lm.
s?. . t Mtn. I": ."liii t I Ti-nn.
A switl* done cf Dr. Peery"* "De*d Shot" |
expvi-t worms. lone* up the ?tnrnach and
bowels. No nft? r purk'alivo ntci-iisary.
All M*.
Vermifuge
or Jr.' iVarl Si r?*r*T . N- w * or* City
Rained in Nick of Time
Tho most timely rain over experi
enced !?y 1 ?r. A. F. I lard t, Williams
j*?rt, l'a., foil on a recent night aa
tho doctor di*?'ovorod next morning.
A lire from burning tnsh noarby
reached tho house some time during
the night. htirned up the side and
through the roof when a sudden rain
storm came along quenching it. No
one knew anything about the fire un
til next morning when Doctor Hardt
saw the big hole in the roof. ? tap
per's Weekly.
DON'T ENDURE MALARIA!
No need to endure icy chilU and
burning fevers. Take St-Joseph'a
Lax-ana (double strength). Marked
improvement in three days. Costs
less per dose; does more per doss.
At all druggists.
Gem at Roadside for Years
After lying at the side of the road
outside her residence at Southwold.
England, for four and one-half years*,
a diamond valued at has just
been restored to Mrs. K. T^ewia.
The gem fell from her ring on August
s. and a thorough search for it
was made at that time. A street
sweeper found it among his sweep
ings, and received reward.
The Will of the People
"Of course, you have a mind of
your own?"
"I hope so.** replied Senator Sor
ghum; "at the same time I've got to
remember that while I atr supposed
to make the speeches, my constitu
ents represent, the real intellectual
authority."
STOP
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bites!
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Safe!
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