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'/ r> TTXOB «BVBf j CHMtftR>tROTHtni”in» -5»W wrvifee ture its next series in NoTember| Fdlowing the oeiisider»tioii ef the <ktailed finandml report^ the foltoir ihff bosrd of directots wm le-ri to se^ for <be ensuinir year; D. EL X 4- TWELFTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis:*—Barbnrm Keitlf^ wile of s prominent Philadelphia husiimss man, is murdered as she waits alone in a side room to testify in the dirorce case of Rowland va. Rowland. She iTas to hare testified for the hushidad, a friend, who was defendant in the ac tion. Detedtitw T^mmy l^kin is as signed to. the case from police head- qnartm. His * peel^iBary insestiga- tion disclosed that both Mr. and Mrs. Rowland' hiA gathered evidence against the other of infidelity. The will of Bdrs. Rowland’s first hurii>and directad bar lawyer brother, Mr. Wil- lard» io handle the estate until she re- ^rried when the new husband was to x-come into control. Detective 'Rankin finds motives and the evidence of guilt for the mmxier of Mrs. Keith, leading to the doors of virtually all the prin ciples involved. These principals are, the two Rowlands, Mr. Willard, Mr. Keith, husband of the murdered wom an, Hugh Campbell, paramour of Mrs. Rowland, and his underwbrld. confed erates.' (Now Go On With the Story). He had been^pamtei from Dennis Uvte to kill the goose that laid such and-hrou^ht back soipe of the loot; golden eggs; and she had given him a A'tiLAiRfk' A — 1 t ^ ^ t ^ ^ ■ * - _ ^ ^ J A — - A A ^ Tm* ^ ^ ^ A vk.S«*l^ then she realised his ocedpation.^. and taxed 6m with It.” ' . ’^And what’s your opinion of (kur- rett? Did you gather he was vicious or just weak?” Ihe lawyer spread hia hands. “Mies Trent insisted it was entirely Dmims’ fault; without his persuasion and the enticement of easy money, Garrett would never have gone wrong. She loved him eo, it was almost pitiful how she deluded herself about his worthi ness. Miiei I sympMhiied with her, '““W not nnine, Mr._ Uwi. nfc p*nnitt«i horself to confido! “ R«nkm probed more thor- . Wten I asked how ahe iot into "“*''‘5'' •«<>- ciates. “No wonder she detested Denn^ so!” Rankin exclaimed. “He threatei)^ her happiness, endangered the man she loved and brought hef endless * “Well, there was the fact that Ellsn and Garrett had only a small fraction of the stolen goods,’’ said the nurse who had attended the fomiei' Keith. “After she was herfe six mrnthe Ellen and on in me. Wj^en I asked how she got into this trouble, she didn’t try to justify her^lf, but only Garrett. He wasn’t naturally bad, she claimed, and she did her best bo stop him from going wrong. But he admired his friend’s smartness and his influence, and the temptation of easy money was toa much for him. 1 could tell she clearly feared and despised the fellow.’’ Rankin spoke eagerly. “Did she tell you anything about who he was and what became of him?” “She could hardly know what hXh- pened to him after her arrest.” The matron shook her head. “But she men tioned the name by which she knew him; more than likely it was an alias. If I’m not mistaken, he traveled as Fred Dennis.” ^ But the matron had no idea of her charge’s history, once she passed be yond the walls of the penitentiary. She had never heard from her. Nor could she supply any further details abo^ Fred EXennis, or his description, wl^h &mkin particularly desired.* An^-she was ignorant of how Ellen Trent met her lover or where. In court, had been represented by a M^ Nathan ^gLewis, a Fort Wayne lawjrer, in all probability appointed hy/the judge to defend her, berause shehad no money. Late that afternooii. Tommy Ran kin presented himse)f, by appointment made over the te|dphone, at the law office of Mr. Nathan Lewis. Evidently the lawyer had^ prospered ~«hce the day, six yeai^before, when he was ap pointed by Jtm court, an impecunious young lai^er, tp defend Ellen Trent. Mr. Le,^ etudied Rankin’s card and mbtibhpd him to a deep arm-chair. “Yps, Mr. Rankin?” he inquired po lity, but with quiet reserve. ‘‘You’re fidm the Philadelphia police bureau, I a^. How can I he of aervioe to you?” “I cafled you to .make sure you “Have you any idea, Mr. Lewis,” he asked, “how and where ahe met Gar^ rett in the first place?” After some cogitatum, the attorney recalled that the girl had mentioned tiiat they became acquainted in Akron, Ohio, late in 1925. She worked aa a wrapper in a large department store there and met the young man at a dance hall. Mr. Lewis was net better informed than Mortimer Keith had been. She had no relatives left, he be lieved. The lawyer told how her sweetheart became acquainted with Fred Dennis. It was at the Indianapolis race track, where Garrett began to hang about when he failed to obtain work, in hope ■ of acquiring some loose change. But check as recently as June first But there was a limit to the bleeding pro cess. If driven to the wall by his de mands, she might have turned on him finally, threatening both to bftray him to the authorities and to admit the truh to her husband.The fact that the day before she died /she had broached a subject, the delicateness and importance of which her nervous ness . and alarm att^ried, supported this supposition. Instead of wishing to speak of divorce, as Mr. Keith sup- THB BILL OF RIGHTS The Constitution could not take ef ffect until it 4iad been ratified by conf vent^ns itL:;at least nine of the thir teen states. Delaware was the first to ..4 raitfy. Pennsylvania- was next, New Jersey third, all in 1787. By the mid dle of 1788,* Georgia, Connecticut, Mas sachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina aiKl New Hampshire had given ^ their sanctions, and the federal government was at last actually in existence. Vir ginia and New York ratified later in the same year. The feeling that the rights of the statM were 'oot^ sufficiently protected was so strong that thb vote for rati fication was very close in many states, little Rhode Island refused even to oall a ratification convention until as- b^ arhf^, to be secure against un- reasbl^l posed, the may have intended to con- ^surances were given that immediate / wouldn’t leave the office before I. ar- *riv^,” the detective replied. “It’s about a young woman whose myste rious murder I am investigating in the East. Her name is Barbara Keith and she was once your client, charged with concealing and disposing of stolen goods. You knew her as Ellen Trent.” The lawyer looked genuinely shock ed, and sboolc his 'head solemnly. “I’m sorry to hear that,” be mur mured. “Of course, I recall the case quite well. Exactly what happened to her?” Briefly Rankin related enough of the tragedy to enlist Mr. Lewis’ coop- eration. The latter listened attentively. “I have reason to believe,” Rankin concluded, “that this affair in Fort Wayn^—^r airest and imprisohment —has a bearing on her deaiUi. She was being blackmailed by some One famil iar w^h her paiA. And you can prob ably tell me more about ii> from her angle, than anyone else.” Mr. Levris pondered. “Under these circumstances, I suppose 1 am justified in revealing whatever I can to help ^ you. To me, it has always seemed a most distressing situation, for which the girl was not to blame'at all. Her misfortune was to love a'ne’er-do-well. Yet, there were the goods, the evidence that sha knew of the robberies, and her obvious relations wirii one of tho - men. I considered it most wise tl^ she plead guiky and trusted to the .;«eouit’8 leniency for a minimum sen- tence." . “That’s one of the details I want,” worry and anxiety for his w^fare.” “Exactly,” Mr. Lewis agr^. “That is the reason, when Garrett Was killed, she consigned him his inurderer. I have a vivid picture of , her in prison, crushed and nuntbed b]^ his death; she didn’t^care what happened to her without Xim. But ^ one interest — a grintv dete;:mination that Fred Dennis shoihd stiffer for it.” The deteotiro nodded. “1 suppose he realized her bi^sition and enmity.” “He co^d har^ help it, the way she always tried ta, persuade Garrett to br^ away. It Was a continual stru^le for ascendapey.over him; she S ine that when she’^ almost win away, Dennis could ^ring him ^ to heel with a word.” \ “But the police didn’t catch him, even with her information?” Rankin vouchsafed. , \ Mr. Lewis ^yed with a pen on 6a desk and pushed back ha chair as h^ replied. ' “No, -he escaped again,” he related, “by the skin of hia tc^h, just before they broke in.” “And nothing wja heard of him afr terward ? No trace of his where abouts?” * The lawyer shook his head. “No, he dropped completely out of the picture.” “But at least you have Miss Trent’s de^ription of him,” the detective put' in. “The police could give you that,” Mr. Lewis replied. “It was -their job to hunt him. And,,! believe they still hold such of Dennis’ possessions as didn't 'have other rightful owners.” “In that case, I’ll want to see them at once.” Abruptly, Rankin rose and extended, his hand. But irotead of shaking hands, Mr. Lewis gianii^ at his watch and also rose. “If you don’t mind, Mr. Rankin,” he said, “I’d.like to go along with you to headquarters. Recalling how favor ably the girl impr^^ ime. I’m inter ested rn the case and wish to learn what develops. In fact, if Dennis is responsible for her murder, I feel al most ipvolved in it myself.” “Why, certainly, Mr. Lewis,” the de tective returned pleasantly, “You’re quite welcome to j^n me and follow it ff ■ /Up. V The lawyer had put into words the possibility to which his invesiigai^ions and all tl^ information he obtained on this Journey pointedL Certainty, Fred Dennis'hid «i)|3e~reasoii for harbor ing malice against Ellen Trent and de siring her death. From the beginning, her oppofition to his control over her sweetiwart, Garrett constantly threat ened to disrupt his plans and endan- geij his crimhial enten>rises. Then, wito Dave Garrett’s death, her more active hostility resulted calamitously for him. She made him a fugitive frmn Justice. It was hardly. likely that a man of his Character, vicious and re- vapigeful, yet astute and daring, would hesitate to commit murder in retali ation. ^ He was. familiar with Barbara Keith’s paac and in .a position to dis close it; and as part of his revenge, be could blackmail her by anonymously calling her husband’s ‘ attention to fees. ’Though she lost her nerve in the crisis, yet desperate and hounded, she constituted a fresh menace to Dennis. > And always, so long as she lived, l^r knowledge of his criminal career, which she could pass on to the authori ties, endangered hi* freedom. Mr. Lewis drove the detective direct to headquarters. It was his presence rathdr than Rankin’s official card that gained them a prompt audience with Lieutenant Becker. He was the officer who had arrest ed Ellen Trent six years befo^, and led the subsequent raid pn Dennis’ flat. Even now he was sensitive about that fiasco and mention of it brought a wry frown to his features. Rankin briefly' related the story of Barbara Keith’s murder and'the trail that led to Fort Wayne. W’hen he explained its pUnnection with Fred Dennis and his desire to • obtain information about him. Lieutenant Becker nodded. “Df course, we still have all the things from his apartment,” he de clared, “that isj his personal things. I’ll have them here in a jiffy.” He^summoned a policeman from the recoil room. Within ten minutes the officer returned with papers, reports and several suitcases. ^ (Continued Next amendments would be made to further protect state independence and the rights of cRisens. The result of this was the submission Of the so-called “Bill of Rights,” constitution, the first eleven Amendments to the Constitu tion. . As things turned out, these amend ments were as'impbrtant as the peo ple of many of th4 states believed they were. Most imporUnt of all of them is Article I. “Congress shall make no law re specting an establishment of religion,, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the fi’eedom of speech or of the press; or''the right of the people i>eaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” On Article I rest the liberties which the people of America have enjoyed from the beginning of our nation and still.enjoy. Relying upon the Consti tutional guaranty of freedom of reli gion, of speech and of the press, and the right of assembly and petition, the cit(^zens of the United States have suc cessfully resisted innumerable efforts to limit their freedom. lOxsearch and seizure and ar rest witlwut warrant, and to a speedy and public ti^^ krhen accused of crime are^inong the guarantees sought and givbi^^ the BUI of Rights. Herein was eatamished the principle that no person canNi^e twice put in jeopaitly for the samhseff^nse, nor compelled to be a withe^ agmnst him self, oi: deprived of. lifAi nberty* or property without due proci^s 0: The principle that private^rope may'not ba taken for public use with out just compensation is laid down here as is the prohibition of the ex cessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments. And to.^ make it doubly certain that all natural rights not specifically delegated should be pre served, Article IX of the Bill of Rights says: “The enumeration in the Constitu tion of certain rights shall not be con strued to deny or disparage others re tained by the people.” The Bill of Rights was speedily rati fied by all the states, and the new na tion was off, in 1789, to an auspicious start, with C^rge Washington elected unanimously as its first president. TribblVTi D, Copeland, B. Hr Bqy4» W. A- MWhead, W* W. Harris, W. J. Duncan, Dr.\ M. J. McFadden, D. C. Heustoss and Jv P. Prather, ^the lattse having bden ejected at the meeting -to suroe^d R. L Bailey, resigned, who bad rendered the assoeiatiqn valuablo servifse for a, number of years past. Officers re-named by the director* are: Dr. M.,Jj. McFadden, president; D. E. Tijbble, vil^president; B. ,H. Boyd, ■'secretary-treasurer; R. W. Wade, attorney. Citizens Closes Splen^d Year WHAT DO P. S. JEANE3 DOT common cause OF' BADNESS ■£*C Thoottsds *t ifa( fMidti aai UcMas acals.' WmA glL» ASMS X ifa( rttulto ia ins MW hair iaf daadntff JaptaeM Oil eoata bat 60c at titL F.conotny tUa. tt. PRItE “Tha AUmI the iiair." Write Dept. M. NATIONAL RBMRDT CO. as Wsat sath atrsat, Naw Ysrk X \ Week). WHAT DO P. S. JEANES DO? the Bill of Rights, is Artile X. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor pro hibited by it tQ the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.” * . T^e right of the people to keep and Annual Meeting of Duilding and Loan-Stockholders Held. All Officers Re-elected. The annual stockholders meeting of the Citizens’ Building and Loan asso ciation of this city, was held last Thursday afternoon in the secretary’s office. The meeting was presided over by the president, Dr. M. J. McFadden, with a majority of the stockholders represented either in person or by proxy. The fiiM^ncial report for the year The other most important article of presented by B. H. Boyd, secre- o Rill i« Y **T*kxi a a .1 * 1 _ tary-treasurer, which showed the as sociktion in splendid condition. The of ficers were thanked by the adoption of a unanimous resolution, for their capable services of the past year. It was announced that the Citizens’ has just completed twenty-six years Rid Yourself of Kidney Poisons you luffer burning, icinty or loo frequent urinetion; bsdcsdie, hsedsche, dizzinen, swollen feet etkl Mikles? Are you tired, nervous—feel •il unstrung end don't know whet is swong? Then givef some thought to your kidneys. Be sure they function proper ly, for functional kidbey disorder per- nUii excess ureile to stay th the bloody and to poison and upaot the whofp system. Use Doan’s Fills. Doan’s are for the kidneys only. They ere recommended, the world over. You can get the gen uine, time-tested Doen’a et any drug store. \ the detective cut in quickly. “It’s been^ them, he would eetablish her rriations suggseted to me, from other sources, that shp was really quite innocent.” | “I’m firmly coovin^ of that,” Mr.' Lesris declared. “At our Hrat interview In.thfB city jail she assured me she was ignorant of Garrett's dishonesty iu^il nftef they Imd lived here for six mo^hs. At times she woN<l«F«d why he stayed out no late mt night. Sh* found out sb<N|t him seentually when hi letunasd atTdamn; Rlthr a namnr oseapf during an attemptad roWbary. with Garrett and her prison sentence is a thief. He mi|^t even have been aware of the expected baby. To. silence him, ,Mrs. Keith would undoubtedly ve been willing to pay dearly. ^ Why, then, had he chostn to ehloi^ form her during the diyrree hear ing? And how had he reached her there? To these obstacles tOjhis theory ^ Dannie’ guilt, Rankin hid^to pro- a aolfiUon. So long as Mn. EMth eontinasd to pay hhnf ha 5<ookl hsai^ IllI c Tol 4 ...J} Send the Children Here for \ - We are rea<^ to serve the school children’s and teachers’ needs with everything for the dass room except textbooks. We have ample Msortments of all school supplies from the small ■*«k _ . tot to the coUege students. s, Looseieat nmoers, Pencil and Ink Tablets, Pencils, all kinds. Erasers, Pmi I^ints, Paste,^ Rulmni, Gompaisses, Spelling ^ Books, Note Bool^Looseleaf Fillers, Fountain - % Pens, Pencil Boxes, Ink, afl kmd8,~CrayoRS, Glue, ^ Chalk, Pencil Sharpeners, Second Sheets, Car bon Paper, Etc. We Sell QUALITY MERCHANDISE Only! / The Chronicle Publishing Co. 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