BANNER SERIAL FICTION She Painted Her Face ??r ,? i r < A slot# of tout and vhUtyue . . .ty DORNFORD YATES ? DanMTatM WMUfaiki CHAPTER VI? Continued ?11 * "Herrick's mother," said Elizabeth gently, "was my mother's greatest friend." "You're not staying with his mother," snapped Old Harry. "By consenting to do as you did, you were playing straight into the hands of father and son. Supposing you'd been discovered . . . Brief would have seen his chance and have flat tened you out. He'd have trumpet ed the scandal, played the outraged father and ordered his erring daugh ter out of his sight. 'Never darken my doory again.' And you would have had to go? your cousin would have seen to that. Father fooled, police tooled, Austria fooled. And, ring or no ring, I couldn't have helped you at all. I used to be able to drop a soul-shaking hint, but I've never mastered the art of raising the dead." c There was at little silence, pnly disturbed by the sleeveless fret of a bee on a window-pane. At length ? "You.must blame me, madam," I' said. "That Elizabeth should stay at Raven was my idea." "Are you proud of It, Richard Ex on?" "No, I'm not," said I. "I'm great ly ashamed." "Good," said Old Harry. "In fu ture stick to your last. Take ac tion ? that's your forte. But never reflect. From what I hear, you have instinct ? a precious faculty. Well, be content with that-^and drown your ideas at birth. And now take a seat." She touched a chair by her side. As I did her bidding, she turned to Elizabeth. "What were you going to tell me about your mother's jewels?" Elizabeth recited the facts. When she had done, Old Harry wrinkled her brows. "I'm not surprised that your cous in found you de trop. That he's drawn and sold the gems, there can be no doubt. And that by forgery. Now the English are a tolerant lot. They'll overlook treason and fight for a murderer's life, while a healthy theft in England is nearly always worth while. But they've al ways loathed forgery ? probably be cause they feel that it isn't playing the game. Witness, your poor fa ther . . . Now Cousin Percy has committed that 'loathsome' crime. But yours is the only voice that can send him down. Without you, he can't be arrested, much less ar raigned. With you, he is ? doomed . . . And so you had to go." She glanced at a clock. "Lunch," she said, "will be served in a quarter of an hour. For you two: in the. Medici room. After that, you may sti on the terrace un til I send. I must think this matter over. I don't want to let you down, but I can't make bricks without straw." We could not talk freely at table, for never less than three men were constantly in the room. The meal was royally served, and the dishes set before us were fit for a king. All the appointments were flawless, and, ruled by the major-domo, the footmen moved and waited as though their duty had been tirelessly rehearsed. At these things I shall always wonder, for Elizabeth told me later that months had passed since the Duchess had left her room, while no guests had been entertained for nearly two years. Indeed, I can only submit that they showed forth Old Harry's dominion as nothing else could have done. The palace was out of commission, its mistress was out of sight: and yet, At a nod from her, the machinery sprang to life, to move with all the precision of practiced vigilance. Coffee was served upon the ter race, above an Italian garden, run to seed. And there we were left to ourselves ? and the lizards that stared and darted over the molder ing stone. "She deserves her fame," said Elizabeth. "I know no more than you what line she's going to take: but whatever she does, I haven't wasted my time, because I have seen and talked with 'Harriet the Great.' " (Here let me say that that sur name does her justice as can no periods. A few men and women have borne it, since Time was young. If she had had as fair fields, I have no doubt that she would have borne it, too.) "I wish," said I, "she was not confined to her bed." "She isn't," said Elizabeth, swift ly. "She stays there because she likes it. She told me so. She said she had crowded so much into fifty years that she never had time to digest 'the brilliant burden they held.' And now she is doing that. She goes leisurely through her di aries, considering in detail the play which, because she was leading, she never saw." "And she never gets up?" "Never. She says that the mental exercise keeps ber perfectly fit and the more she rests her body, the clearer her brain becomes." I felt rather dazed. There were more things at Tracery than were dreamt of in my philosophy. "Her English," I said, "is better than that of an English Judge." Elizabeth nodded. "Her brain's like mercury. When I came in, 'Why you and not Brief?' she said. I gave her the state ment at once. She read it through in silence. Then ? beg your par don,' she said. 'It seems you are Brief. No need to ask why you're here, but who opened your eyes?' I told her all you had done. 'And here's a man,' she said. 'Don't let him go. I may or may not help you: but such a man's little finger is thicker than my old loins.' " Before I had time to expose this ridiculous estimate, the major-domo was approaching? to give me the shock of my life. "By your ladyship's leave, Her Grace will receive Mr. Ezon with out delay." Elizabeth smiled and nodded, and. generally bound to respond to her call, I am not bound to make a fool of myself. If she likes to wish for the moon and comes crying to me, I have every right in the world to send her empty away. Do you agree, or don't you? Not that I care a curse, but I may as well know." "I agree with you, madam," said I. "The request must be reason able." "Very good. What is her request? Not to reach her the moon, but to help her uproot a tree which is more than twenty years old. 'All right," say I. 'It certainly cumbers the earth and it ought to come down. Where are your tools?' " She slapped the quilt with her palm. "Mr. Exon, she has no tools. And neither have I. "For me to move in this matter would be to fail: and for me to fail in this matter would bring me into derision, if not contempt." As I made to protest, she held up a sparkling hand. "I don't expect you to agree. You'd cheerfully sell my soul to buy your pretty darling an "So I'm Going to Treat Ton as an Equal ? 'the Play's the Thing. ' " begging her to excuse me, I got to my feet. Two minutes later I stood before Old Harry, as a sheep before her shearers is dumb. The piercing eyes held mine, as a magnet the steel. "Mr. Exon, I have formed of you a very pleasant opinion, and I am usually right. But I must request your assurance upon one point. That is that you are aware that you can not possibly marry the Countess of Brief." The bedroom went black about me, and the blood surged into my face. And I felt as though some thing had taken me by the throat. Somehow I answered thickly. "I am well aware of that, ma dam." "Good," said Old Harry, agree ably. "I thought as much, but I simply had to be sure. And now come here and sit down, and I'll do the talking until you've got your breath." As I took my seat, her hand went on to my shoulder and held it tight. "Always remember ? these things cannot be helped. I loved a commoner once, and he loved me. But there are some bars, Richard Ezon, more rigid than those you loosed. So we both of us did our duty. He bowed and went, and I married the Duke of Whelp. And, all things considered, it turned out extremely well . . . And you are the only person to whom I have ever told that ? not because no one else would believe me (though that is a fact), but because I have met no other person for whose sake I felt disposed to open an ancient wound." I believe that I thanked her there, but I cannot be sure. I was like a man sunk in deep water, whose senses are out of hand because his soul is possessed by a frantic in stinct to rise. I had harbored no hopes, of course. But, because I was only human, I had made me a dream to play with ? a pretty dream. And cow, as one takes from a child a toy that may do him harm, the Duchess of Whelp had taken away my dream. Old Harry was speaking again. "I have no other questions. Fate, that great producer, has cast you for one of the parts in this highly in timate play, and I am far too wise to question her choice. Besides, I think it's a good ore ? to date you've done very well. So I'm going to treat you as an equal? "the play's the thing.' "Elizabeth, as you know, has in voked my help to dispossess her uncle of the birthright which he stole from her father some twenty one years ago. Her request is a natural one, for it is her bounden duty to do her best to bring this parricide down. But, whila I *m easy hour. But what I say is true, and, though you will not admit it, you know it as well as I. Very well. Now listen to me. I am go ing to move in this matter, cost what it may. And this, not because I am bourfd, for nobody can be bound to bring themselves into con tempt; but because, if I do not do something, Elizabeth, Countess of Brief, is going to lose her life." After a pregnant pause the Duch ess went on. "In her cousin's sight, the remov al of Elizabeth was always to be desired. Once he had forged her name, her removal became expedi ent ? I think that's clear. But in view of what has occurred in the last seven days, her removal is now essential to Percy Virgil's health. A week ago she could have sent him to prison for seven years: to day she can send him to the gal lows for the murder of Max. Why? Because she ? and nobody else ? can switch on that current which makes all evidence live. Motive. Prove the theft of the Jewels, and you prove the abduction: prove the ab duction and you prove the murder of Max . . ." The sweat was out on my face, but still Old Harry laid on. "Do you see now, Richard Exon? Have I chipped the scales from your eyes? "Don't lose sight of two things ? first, that any day now Virgil is going to turn into a desperate man; and, secondly, that if you come into collision, you must not expect him to keep to the Queensberry rules. Oh, and one thing more. All that has passed so far is between you and me. Elizabeth is to believe that I have come into this business be cause I desire to honor my ances tress' tond." "May I tell Herrick, madam?" Old Harry wrinkled her nose. Then ? "Yes." she said. "He should be informed. If he resembled his uncle, he wouldn't be 'one of the best.' " "Lord Naseby dislikes him," I said. "Ca va sans dire. To find favor in Naseby's eyes, you must be sanc timonious and servile and reap where you have not sown. He de mands, but never supplies, and he still has family prayers. But I un derstand he's failing." "Herrick. gives him another three years." The Duchess picked up a tablet and made a note. "I'll have that checked," she said, and laughed at the look on my face. "My agents are paid to find out what I want to know. Some people, when they retire, devote themselves to the study of bygone days: each to his taste, of course, but I've al ways preferred a live ass to a de composed lion. For me, the crea tion took place some sixty years back, and while I respect the ages that went before, the present is the dunghill on which I shall always scratch. "And now to business. "Elizabeth must stay here ? no doubt about that. You will return to Raven, to fetch her things. Noth ing of hers must be left there, and everyone living at Raven must for get her visit as though it had never been. Very well. Tonight I shall write to Brief." She picked up a penciled sheet. "And this is what I shall say: "I have the pleasure to Inform you that the Lady Elizabeth Virgil Is now at Tracery, happily Done the worse. I am loth to part with her? I wish I bad known her before ? and since her place la at Brief, she has persuaded me to restore her to you myself. This will en* tail a visit: but the occasion warrants a breach of the rule X have made, and you may expect us on Tuesday at live o'clock. "I had invited to stay at Tracery a Mr. John Herrick. whose uncle I used to know. He is staying at Raven, by Dever. not far from you. Since I cannot now receive him, I shall be obliged If be and his friend. Mr. Exon, may be invited to Brief for the length of my stay. "Now I think that will do very well. "You see. Brief can't refuse to do as I ask: and so we shall all be together within the enemy's camp. Brief will be ill at ease, because he will have to pretend to be the brother I knew. And Virgil won't be rft his best, not only for reasons we know, but because to entertain Herrick will undoubtedly shorten his life. "I've set the stage, Richard Exon: and on Tuesday at five o'clock, the curtain will rise. But I can't give out any parts, because I have none to give. The performance will be improvised, but it shouldn't be dull. And now you be off, young man." 1 got to my feet. "See your darling first and send her to me. How long will it take you to get to Raven and back?" "Madam," I said, "I can do it in less than five hours." The Duchess glanced at a clock, which said it was a quarter past two. "Then do it in six," she said, "and dine here at half past eight. Bring Mr. Herrick with you." (TO BE CONTINUED) Old Law Bans the Flying of Kites in Washington; Dueling Also Forbidden The District of Columbia, national legislative center, has a law forbid ding kite-flying and many another strange statute. Under the Jaw, you can't tie a horse to a tree, and if you use French or Latin during a trial you have to pay your legal opponent $331.33. The dusty code books do not ex plain how that figure was agreed upon. Neither do they explain an other amount ? $26.87, which, if lost in a game of chance, entitles the loser to sue the winner. The loser not only may sue for the $28.67 or more but can, if he's rea sonably lucky, collect three times the amount lost. Some gamblers think it's a fine law. So do District officials, for tfie city receives half the sum collected in such gifts, ac cording to a Washington United Press correspondent in the Phila delphia Inquirer. Sometimes the lawmakers appar ently ignored old statutes when drawing up new measures. A wom an has to be twenty-one years old before signing a contract. Yet when she is the beneficiary of ? will she reaches her "full, mature or lawful age" at eighteen. To win title to property by ad verse possession, a Washingtoniah according to the law books, has to show tax receipts for IS years ? or sometimes for 20 years, depending on which part of the code he is gov erned by. Although the district forbids kite flying, dueling and certain other per sonal activities, the law permits coo certs on the Capitol grounds by "any band in the service of the United States." The law provides one exception: the band cannot play while con gress is in session. The music might disturb the legislators. Said to Be Smallest Cfcnreb A tiny Methodist church, the smallest church in New Zealand, is probably the smallest in the world. It was built by the very early pio neers who landed in the far north of New Zealand in 1850, and settled in the little village which is named Waiiti, and is situated about 100 miles north of Auckland. The church is built of Kauri. The tree from which it was built was felled by the pioneers themselves and hand pit-sawn. It is an octagon in shape, having eight sides, with a shmglr root It scats 30 persona. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson B j HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST. O. D. Dean at The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. ? Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for November 13 THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE LESSON TEXT? Exodus 10:13; Matthew 5:21-26. 38-42. GOLDEN TEXT? Thou shalt not kill.? Exodus 30:13. Whosoever hateth his broth* er ts a murderer.? I John 3:15. Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. , The sanctity of human life finds its foundation in the fact that God created man in His own likeness and image. Because that is true no man has any right to take the life of another for any cause except at the direct command of God. Only by the orderly process of law for the protection of society and in ac cordance with the Word of God may there be any such action by man toward man. Both of these truths are declared in Scripture in God's covenant with Noah (Gen. 9:5, 6), which was made possibly a thou sand years before the Ten Com mandments were given to Moses. Life is held rather cheaply in our day. Nations count their boys and girls as only so much "war mate rial." Life is destroyed on the highway, in the shop, or in the home. Let us declare again the solemn command of God, "Thou shalt not kill." I. The Prohibition of Murder (Exod. 20:13). The word "kill" in this command ment is one which means a vio lent and unauthorized taking of life, and is therefore more properly translated "murder." Not all kill ing is murder. A man may kill an other entirely accidentally, or he may be the duly constituted legal officer carrying out the law of the land in taking the life of one who has forfeited his right to live be cause he has slain another. There is also the right of self-defense, be it individual or collective. But these are the only exceptions; let us not attempt to justify any other. Murder is too prevalent in our land. In 1936 there were 13,242 out right killings ? a murder every 40 minutes. The head of the United States secret service estimates that there are 200,000 persons at large in our land who "have murder in their hearts and who will take hu man life before they die." Also in 1936 there were 37,800 deaths in au tomobile accidents. Some of these were by unavoidable accidents, but many were really murder because the one responsible drove with de fective brakes, dangerous tires, or while he was intoxicated. Add to these the deaths in industry caused by failure to provide proper safe guards or healthy working condi tions, and by the exploitation of child labor, and we say again, that we should cry aloud, "Thou shalt do no murder." n. The Cause of Murder (Matt. 5:21, 22). The Sermon on the Mount, from which the rest of our lesson is taken, while it "describes the character of the citizens of the earthly king dom which the Messiah came to set up" and "assumes a class of people already saved, regenerated, and in fellowship with their King" (James M. Gray), does provide fun damental principles for the guid ance of the Christian. In this matter of murder, Jesus cuts right through the outward as pects of the matter and points out that an angry hatred in the heart is the root of all murder. If we hate, we have murder in our hearts. Circumstances may hinder its ful fillment, but the danger is always there until we remove the cause. Just being angry? calling our broth er "Raca" (the modern equivalent of which is "nobody there"), and calling him "thou fool," which clas sifies him as "morally worthless"? these are the three dreadful down ward steps to murder. And they begin in anger. May God help those of us who have strong feelings that we may not yield them to the devil in such anger against our < brother! 111. The Prevention of Mnrder (Matt. 5:23-26, 38-42). Prevention with God means more than putting up a barrier to keep us from killing. He deals with the heart, and thus puts the whole life right. It Is not even a question of how we may feel against our broth er. If he has aught against us we are to do all we can to win him. He may be unreasonable, grasping, and unfair. However, the spirit that will win him is not that of retalia tion or sullen submission to the in evitable, but rather a free and will ing going even beyond what is re quired. The full interpretation of this pas sage is not possible in our limited space. It is clear from other scrip tures that it does not mean that wicked and unscrupulous men are to be permitted to defraud and de stroy God's people. At the same time, we must not explain away the heart of our Lord's interpretation of this great commandment. Let us seek His grace that we may, like Him, silence by our loving deeds and words even the bitter gainsay ers of the gospel. Star Dust ? Greta Suits Garbo ? Felix Gives and Takes ? Good, Hard Advice By Virginia Vale Uli i ureta Uarbo! She has 1 been criticized in the past for practically everything that she did, and when, on arriving in New York from Europe a short time ago, she did some of the things that she had been criti cized for not doing, she prompt ly walked into more criticism. People had jumped on her because she didn't go out more. So she went everywhere ? to night clubs, thea ters, restaurants. She walked down Fifth avenue and looked into win dows. She had fun. And she dressed as she likes to dress ? in a tailored suit, flat heeled shoes, a classic felt hat. She wore her hair in a long, straight bob. And what a storm of criticism broke over her head! She ought to dress up, said her critics. She ought to wear the kind GRETA GARBO of clothes that the department stores want to sell to other women, said they, (only not in so many wordsl). Because, if a glamorous person like G4rbo could wear such simple clothes, all the other girls who want to be glamorous might decide that it was the woman, not the clothes, that counted. And her hair! Here was all this controversy going on, about wear ing the hair np Instead of down, and all over town women were break ing down and having their hair done high ? which delighted the hair dressers ? and then along eame Garbo with hers down, and lin ear led! She oaght to wear her hair high! She oaght to wear clothes horse clothes! She oaght to be ashamed of herself! And Garbo went right on wearing her hair down and wearing her com fortable old clothes, and looking beautiful and glamorous I ? * ? If yoa are in New York and go to the big movie houses on or near Broadway, the chances are that the other people in the aodienee will also be visitors from oat of town. New Yorkers, most of whom used to live In smaller places, flock to their neighborhood movie booses, the kind they'd And In smaller cities. Mach pleasanter! . ? . JC "Sing In the shower if you are learning how to be a linger," says Felix Knight, who's become one of our most popular young tenors of the radio. "The tile walls of a bath room lend resonance and size to the voice and this makes it easier to hear yourself sing." Neighbors who live on the same road in the Connec ticut countryside with Felix report that they always know when he's taking a shower, so apparently he practices what he preaches. * According to Billy House, the CBS comedian, if you want to get on the air and stay on, all yon have to do Is be fanny. Just as simple as that! He's been at the business of amus ing people for more than 25 years ? circus, vaudeville, musical comedy, motion picture and radio aodiences have laughed at him. He admits that It's quite a trick to land on the air (complete with sponsor) in the first place, and that you have to work like a dog to keep the popular ity that yoa've woo, but be points to various headline rs to prove that his advice la good. There'* Fred Allen, who's had the same sponsor since 1934. So has Jack Benny. A1 Jolson, Eddie Can tor?any number of them have climbed to success on a ladder of laughs. And Bob Burns' record shows how fast you can shinny up that ladder, after years of trying, it you can just And the formula that makes people chuckle. Two others who have made a fortune by being funny are George Burns and Gracie Allen. ? * ? ODDS AND ENDS-lft ? tpeciaUy built microphone with an electric filter that makes " The Shadow't" laugh sound to creepy . . . 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