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EBONY WATERS By Anna McClure Sholl H Copyright by W. Q. Chapman WNU Servlc# SYNOPSIS On her way to a faculty position In L>ostland Academy, Janet Mercer meets Prof. Arthur Fleming, also on his way to the Academy. At tho school they are struck by an air of mystery per vading the place. Gordon Haskell, pro prietor, welcomes them. Wilton Payne completes the Academy faculty. In a schoolroom Janet finds a group which the teachers had supposed were schol ars, are wax figures. Haskell explains unusual circumstances connected with the conduct of the Academy. Among the pupils Is Berenice Bracebrldgo, daughter of the late owner of the school. The story of the tragedy of I^ostland Academy is that of two sis ters and two brothers of Berenice, who lost their lives in the water, at the same moment, somo years pgo. The wax figures were modeled in the like nesses of the four children, and Doctor Bracebridge's will provided that they must be preserved. Payne learns from Berenice that the uncouth giant whom Janet had seen with Hsskell Is named Balder, and is a valuable servant. From an old farmer, Jerry Moore, the only witness of the drowning of the chil dren, Payne learns particulars of the tragedy. He begins to take an Increas ing Interest In Berenice, as Fleming does In Janet. CHAPTER IV? Continued ?14 ? , "Not tonight. Don't forget to put out the lamps when you go to bed." "I'll see to It," Janet said. "You won't come In, sir?" Payne asked. He had noticed Haskell's re luctance on other occasions to linger in that library. "No, I have work to do ? in my room." Berenice looked after him with a speculative, half maternal air. "I hope when I'm off his hands he'll en joy life a little." "Must everything go on like this un til you are twenty-one?" "Or until I marry ? If I marry before I am twenty-one. Then the guardian ship ? trusteeship ? passes to my hus band until 1 am twenty-one ? then to me absolutely." Mrs. Denver laid down hor knitting. "My child, why don't you marry?" A nervouB BlJence followed this re mark. Payne put his hand over his ?yes as If to shade them from the light, and Arthur and Janet looked like people at a play Just after the curtain has gone up. Mrs. Denver re lumed her knitting. Berenice stirred the fire ? and great tongues of flame sought the black case of the chimney. Then, feeling strangely Juvenile to gether and as If skirting the dark wood of fate, they drew around the fire telling stories. Then Payne said, "Someone must ybe delegated to get fudge." "I'll go," said Berenice, rising. "I'll go with you." "No, please." Payne waited; gave her a little stnrt, then followed* her. At tho foot of the staircase she turned, not toward the kitchen, but toward the room where the figures were kept. "Berenice," his voice had a stern yet tender quality. She started vio lently. looked back. "Oh, why did you come?" "Because I thought you might do this. You watched the door too much." "1 was getting afraid again? I sup pose the anniversary and Mother Mar tha's tolling the bell depressed me ? I wanted to see their dear faces ? be kept from thinking they could ever harm me. It's a foolish fnncy ? but It came, and I thought I would look In there first before I got the fudge." He walked with her down the pas sage. "Will you tnke one of tho lamps from the brackets?" He lifted It down. She turned tho handle. "Why, It's locked, nnd there's a new lock 5 Oh, he must give rne the key ; he must I" "Don't you think It's Just as well to have this room locked? The fig ures are safe from prying eyes and meddling hands ? and I am sure your guardian will give you a key." "Ho may not. IIo is very firm at time*." "Maybe he thinks It's better for your health and spirits not to go there *oo much." "Perhaps he Is right?and after all . ? now you Will think me foolish again, there was something else beside fear. I suppose Pve been like a little girl with her (lolls who doesn't want them to be lonely or unhappy, even though ?he knows they are not alive." Later In the evening she showed htm some old diaries kept by her fA ther. "I've often thought they ought to bo published ; he put down so many comments on current events, ss well as the academy news. Would yon look over them for me some time? and (t?ll mo what you think could be done wltlf ? thetn?" Ho promised her to look through i them. The four had played cards, Oftten fUdge, chatted, With Mrs. Den $ yak plicldly knlttln* In tho bsck gtound. They thought her quite ador able In hor faculty of being with them without any of tho middle-aged strlo HLfeSVS-- ' tures on their Impulses of the moment. They had a common uospokea feeling of being In a play. The wind aweep Ing wildly from the mountains rattled the heavy, window frames and swayed the maroon rep curtains softly. They had a sense of empty rooms and hid den projects about them. Berenice forgot even that she had ever felt fear In tl^e placed? though the ever present mystery was still sharply with her. CHAPTER V When every one but himself had gone to bed, Payne sat down to read the diaries of the late Dr. Jethro Bracebrldge, but he had no Intention bf going back to the eurller years first, on the track, as he was, of the situation In Lostland academy Just be fore the deoflw of the four Brace bridge children. It was easily traced, as the diaries ended abruptly on the twenty-ninth of Septemter of the year of the drowning. On that fatal day, Doctor Bracebrldge hud ceased his records, never to open them again. He evidently had been a man of deep scholarship, and of what Is some times missing In conjunction with scholarship? broad and deep sympa thies. In one place he bad written : "The ^linker Is sometimes more likely to go ustray In his conclusions than the warm-hearted man of action. Education should never be carried be yond the point where It stultifies spontaneous and generous deeds. Life was meant to be loved out; not thought out." Payne turned back to the approxi mate date of Doctor Bracebrldge'a second marriage, and found this en try : "Mrs. Haskell Is a dear woman ? most lovable. I would not be sur prised If after our marriage, Berenice did grow to love her as her own moth er. The child Is only four." The first mention of Gordon Haa kell rather surprised Wilton: "Well, he arrived at five to take up his new duties; and I must confe?* "Ohl Ha Must Give Me the Key; He Mustl" I nm disappointed In him, though whether this first feeling will wear off, and a heartier one take Its place, re mains to be seen." Two weeks later: "Jethro announced to me that he disliked Gordon Haskell, and did not Intend to be his student. I remon strated with hln}, but the lad, with all his line qualities, Is at times hot headed and obstinate. Althea, Nor man and Isabel show this aversion to Gordon; apparently only little Ber enice likes the poor fellow. She al lowed him to take her on his knee yesterday and hear her say her let ters. Poor baby I Kducatlon at pres ent Interests her but slightly." Six months later: "I Intend to appoint Gordon co guardian with Mrs. Bracebrldge, In case of my death, over the five chil dren. I shall, of course, provide for him, too; though not In the measure I do for the otherR. I am sorry the youngsters bate him ho, for It leads to a series of minor outbreaks between them. Privately I think Gordon a rather savage teacher; some men are like that ? too Impatient of a pupil's limitations I I have asked him to he more gentle and more nonchalant with his scholars. Children as a rule re spect and-" like people who are rather casual toward them. The Intense adult Is their abhorrence. Perhaps they know better than wo do that a rage for reshaping life Is not according to the sweet reasonableness of the di vine policy. Gordon Is ambitious I 1 doubt greatly If he cares to bury him self long at Ix>stland academy; so the children and their arch-foe may be sep arated naturally." In the last year, Gordon Haskell's name appeared very seldom. Doctor Hracebrldge evidently had other things to worry him ? an epidemic of measles In the school, and a series of thefts, particularly one large sum from the locked drawer of a desk In the library. In another place was written: "I am afraid It Is Haider; a sullen disagreeable fellow, but as he does twice the work, when he chooses, of an ordinary man, It doesn't seem right to. dismiss him merely from prejudice or the suspicion of something we can't prove. I've given up trying to recon cile my Incomparable four and Gor don. That, too, Is a temperamental matter, and with such chemistry, one does well not to meddle." "Poor man. It would have been bet ter If you had meddled," Wilton re flected. "Those hoys and girls prob ably diagnosed Haskell's character bet ter than you did!" TO niQ OOMTINTJBO, RECORD IS BROKEN BY FARM BOUNTIES 58 Million Is/ Paid Between Sept. 1 and Oct. 5. Washington.? The Agricultural Ad justment administration announced that rental and benefit payments of $58,000,000 w?re paid out to farmers from September 1 to October 5, bring ing the total of farm bounties up to $352,000,000. These payments are part of the es timated total of $7110.000,000 to be paid out .to farmers agreeing to reduce their production of corn and hogs, wheat, cotton and tobacco. The payments during September were by far the highest on record to date and those during October are ex pected to run much higher. 1 he AAA estimated that payments from September 1 to the end of the calendar year would approximate $300, 000,000, or more than was paid during the whole of 1033 and the first eight months of 1034. The rental and bene fit payments do not represent all the government money that has been dis tributed among the farmers. A total of $101,308,008 has been spent in the purchasing of surplus hogs, butter, cheese, and cattle; In export wheat operations, and In the conservation of seed. The rental and benefit payments dis bursed up to September 1 were divid ed among the commodities as follows: Cotton, $152,903,510; wheat, $70,505, 594 ; tobacco, $15,978,733, making a to tal of $294,809,508. The detailed month 1 ly report for September payments, to taling about $58,000,000, has not been prepared. In addition to the $101,30S,00S al ready spent on surplus removal and related activities, the AAA estimates that another $103,000,000 will be ex pended by the end of the year in the cattle and sheep purchasing program With the projected expenditure of $300,000, 000 in rental .and benefits up to January 1, this will bring the total outlay of cash to $S57,117,030 by the end of the year. On the basis of these expenditures the bureau of agricultural economics estimates that the cash Income of the farmers for 1934 will be approximately six billion dollars, as compared wit ti five billions in 1933 and four billion (hree hundred and thirty million in 1932. The rental and benefit payments, to aggregate seven hundred and ninety nine million dollars for the 1933-'34-'35 reduction program, come out of the pockets of the consumers, who pay more for the products they buy as a result of the processing taxes. The $101,308,008, already spent inrlive stock purchasing and surplus removal oper ations and the $103,000,000 to be spent by the first of the year, also comes out of the pockets of the consumers in the form of regular taxes. Roosevelt to Open National Crime Meet \Vashington. ? Science, law and the church have been called In by the gov ernment for a diagnosis of the national crime alTllctlon. Attorney General Cum mlngs has Issued the call, announcing that a four-day conference here begin ning December lu, would have as its objective the Integration of all forces of law and order "to build a founda tion for a more effective administra tion of justice." President Roosevelt will keynote the meeting with an opening address. The sessions will bring together gov ernors, various state and federal offi cials and representatives of all phases of modern life that figure Importantly in the crime problem. Legal, medical, sociological, religious, pdncatlonal and other societies will bo asked to participate. The press, motion pictures and radio will piny their pnrts. Kansas City Massacre Solved by Government Kansas City, Mo. ? Three outlaws, , nil with records as killers, were named by the federal government as the men who fired machine guns, killing four officers and their prisoner, at the /Un ion station here January 17, 1933. Those said to have done the actual killing were wimed as Charles (Pretty I Joy) Floyd, Oklahoma desperado; his confederate, Adam Itlchettl ? both fugi tives ? and Verne C. Miller, who since has been killed nenr Detroit by gang sters. Employee's Chase Futile; 4 Bandits Flee With $3,100 New York. ? Pour bandits escaped with a $3,100 pay roll of the ICIfenblen llakery corporation after an employee chased them for two miles through the crowded Kast side. William Weiss, n mechanic, braved n fusillade of shots from the bandit guns during the auto mobile chnse. He attempted to stop them by running bis car Into the ban dit nuto, but succeeded only In dam aging their cnr. G?m RoKbery in St. I.oui* St. Louis, Mo.? -Joseph Ooldmunt/., New York Jeweler, was robbed of ? trnvellng bag which contained between $50,000 and $00,000 worth of uncut diamonds when two men held him up In a taxlcab nenr the Union station. Rfthhit Saved, . Autoist Killed fit. Louis, Mo. ? Swerved from the highway hy its driver to avoid htttng n rabbit, an nutomobile overturned near here, killing an occupnnt, Tom Held, Duquoln theater owner. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson IBy REV P D. FITZWATKR. D. U., Member of Faculty, Moodv Bible InstKuto ?f Chicago.) ?, 1934, Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for October 28 THE CHRISTIAN'S STANDARD OF LIFE LESSON TRXT ? Epheslana 4:17-5:21. GOLDEN TEXT ? And be not drunk with wine, wherein la excess; but be (UJed with the Spirit. Epheslana 0:18. PRIMARY TOPIC ? Growing Like Jesus. JUNIOlx TOPIC ? Learning: to nule Ourselves. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP re ? Evils to Bo Avoided. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP rc ? Evils to Be Overcome. In order effectively to toach this les son. the book of Ephesians us a whole nn\st he apprehended. The first three chapters are devoted to the setting forth of the high calling of the believ er in Christ. The last three chap ters set forth the worthy walk of the believer, In the light of the high call ing. I. The Believer Does Noi Walk as the Heathen Do (4:17-10). The believ er Is a partaker of the new humanity In Christ. Relng such he Is no longer to follow after the "old man." It should be observed that the believer In Christ Is In conflict with his broken human nature called the "old man." In order to see the walk of the believ. er In contrast with that of the world, we should see what the walk of the heathen involved. 1. The mind (v. 17). The unregen erate have no clear or settled princi ple or sound theory of life. No man of a sound mind will worship Idols, or practice vices which are odious and ruinous. 2. Tho spiritual nature (v. 18). Paul says they were "alienated from the life of Clod." They were Indeed Ignorant of God. 3. Their moral nature (v. 19). Paul ?ki.vs they were "past feellnc." Re cause of this, they could neither love Cod nor hate sin, therefore gave themselves over to shameless profli gacy. II. The Believer's Walk as Taught by Christ (4:20-24). Christ la the pattern of holiness and unselfishness for the believer. a. The "old man" is to be put oft (v. 22). The habits nnd deeds of the old nature, which are grossly corrupt, <tre to be put away. b. The "new mnn" is to be put on (vv. 23, 24). The "now man" llvis^iT life of righteousness and holiness ? the unmistakable signs of a new na ture. - ? III. The Vices Which the New Man Discards (4:2,r>-5:0). 1. Falsehood (v. 25). The renewed man puts off lying. He tells the truth instead. Soundness of faith makes an 1 honest tongue. 2. Anger (vv. 20. 27). Ry anger is rfieant not burning indlgnat^n against sin, but personal bitterness, which means giving place to the devil. 3. Theft (v. 28). The new man will not steal. He will render honest toll Instead. It should be borne In mind that Ukto are other ways of stealing than rifling a cash drawer or seizing another's poeketboolc. Taking what does not belong to you, not making proper change in a business transac tion, riding on a car and not paying your fare, are Rteallng. 4: Idle and corrupt speech (vv. 29, 30). Pure conversation Is the sure sign of regeneration. Corrupt speech grieves the IIo'v Spirit. 5. Malice ,,(4:31-5:2). This means nadness of ^lisposltion expressing it self In blttpfrness. clamor, and railing. This is~T??^be supplanted with kindness and tendor-heartedness. 0. Impunity (vv. 3, 4). Uncleanness of life Is peculiarly common among the heathen. "f. Covetousnes or greed (v. f>), Whenever business Is allowed to crowd out our spiritual interests we are brought under the control of the flesh or the "old man." IV. The Walk of the Believer us Filled With the Spirit (5:15-21). 1. His life in relation to the world about him (vv. 15-18) a. Circumspectly (v. 15). This means to walk with one's e.ves open. Kvery step Is to be thought fully and prayer fully taken. h. Diligent to seize every opportu nity (v. 1(1). It means wntchlng the time, that Is, bringing It under person al control. c. He abstains from the Intoxicating cup (v. 18). The believer Is a total abstainer. This obligation la Incum bent upon hlrn today as perhaps In no oilier day. 2. The Inner life or personal stat* of tho believer (vv. 18-21). Tho one who Is filled with the Spirit has an exhilaration from within which er. presses Itself a. In supreme Joyousness. t>. In thanking Cod at all times for all things (y. 20). e. In lowliness or mind (v. 21). Lifit'a ProhUma The problems of life aro not solved mainly by those who sit Idly under the trees mooning over the Ills of trx Ifttence ? thoy are solved mainly by those who eat nnd sleep, look up at the stars and down at the flowers, trust In Clod and In tho goodness of their fellows, and steadily accomplish their appointed tasks. Not That Way We do not. often draw people closa to us by telling them what I* wrong with them. "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOUR" By CHET GRANT hnif k , 86 screeched to a cinr i i? , ab(?1 P0rt<?r'8 house. Georgie Blake luhaled deeply. Ex a1?^ K.Ml0Wed' "Hey- Mabel I" A not shimmering silence. " "Hey. Mabel 1" No answer. leop?d <" ground and ? Iked Up tho driveway. Mabel orter-Maybelle to you? was a pic ture of cool loveliness reclining in tbe hammock. Geofgle." she drawled. Hello, yourself," Georgie retort ed dropping on the grass. "Say why dldn t you answer me; you deef or somepln'?" . ' Mabel closed her eyes and seemed to Buffer an exquisite pain. "The *ord is 'deaf.' Georgie." There was no comment so she opened her eves Interest- resardln, her with ln ihlf,' fI"beJ' y0U ,0"k ,he in that rig. he enthused. "But it's too bad you got them freckles on effect"086' 11 kI?(la Spol,s the whole Mabel glared. "Georgie Blake, your manners are absolutely vile'*' "Guess my manners are 'just as good as yours." ,n fror>t of the house," c othi???ntlDUed- "WonrinK your Old TalHn; T 8artPrS ?n your so<*?. piking slang Why cairt bc like Ferdinand Floyt? n0 why here he comes now." she fin ished with delight as a blue road ster rolled up the drlvewav. I' erdy Hoyt, son of Elston's wealthy citizen and banker, nodded briefly . "Hollo, Blake, " and then bent above a palpitant Mabel. "Mv dfrlne "h?,dlng LCr handS' "you l00k mn"iMn"nk y?U'" Mabel twittered, making room for him to sit beside her. I' erdy tugged at < the sharp creases In his flnnnels. He looked Impossibly cool in his shirt, blue tie find hlnzer. served 0 ?hnrm,nff day'" he ob ^Isn t It," Mabel agreed. Geor?i,? growled It p lousy. He began to Fx'e* his polo shirt o(T his brown torso. Ma bel s nose tilted. nn'lred! ^ W"rm' Fen!'v?" s"c "A little," he admitted. "Would you object, Maybelle, if i took off my coat?" Ple.a?e t3?1" she urged, Ignor ing Genrgie's snort. What I really came for." Ferdv Da?S' "? t0 "Sk tZ ' "Tr! l"ka "> " danee n , 7 , W" ovor ,he ??<*" ' ? thJ Ir'ncl1? Loafers bakery. I ? bought it would be n lark to ?o you yRnow." ' Georgie scratched his ribs. "That's R tough place, Ferdy " tJZ"" nm of i. cari' ot J,lss Porter." he re. plied grandly. w??t Lu5ky Lonfor3 bakery donee nnnr IUK? ?nd 11 Wns rouKb? ?nfl 1 I I f K dnnco Fer'Jlnnnd de cided to take Mabel elsewhere. Thev w ere approaching his roadster when u voice Inquired, "What's your hur ry, little one? It was a hard voice. Ferdy looked Into a hard face, a big hand held c . no ?? I !'T wrl8t- "Not 60 f?*. Mi lie Hutch Mil lor said. "How'd >ou like to shake a leg with me?" L>o you know who I am?" Ferdy demanded. nvhaTif Ii'r im"h *"* B'"U1C"' "IC Tn"nis lady go at once, i< erdy ordered. Int'o'n0 th-,8?," Hl,tch ynnked Mabel Into the circle of his nrms. "Now you see here . . ,?? Ferdv .'^n whpn n high-pitched falsetto Interrupted him. Mabel recognized t as Georgle's before he came up to them out of the shadows "My dear Hutch." Georgie greeted tne tough lad, taking hold of the arm around Mabel's waist, "you look simply divine tonight." Suprisod. Butch let go. "Say, what Is this?" he growled. "Manners." Georgle squeaked. . me urn iiri In which Ferdy stood bedraggled, smeared from head to foot with some white substance. "Why, that was Ferdy !" Mabel ex claimed. "Dh-huh," Georgle grinned. "Re was posing." "Posing?" Mabel puzzled. "For what?" "When Knighthood was In Flour," Cieorgie chuckled. "Say, loosen this collar lor me, will you, I'm sutlo catln'." If). McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WXU SvrvH'n. Zoo Polar Bears Refuse to Take Bath in Cold Weather It will come as a surprise to many people to iearn that the zoo polar bears detest the cold. During the win ter months they are probably the dirtiest animals In London. Nothing will Induce them to take a bath when the temperature falls below 50 de grees; and If the water bears a coat of ice, they gingerly make a circuit of tholr tanks with their backs towards It, trying the Ice with their enormous hind feet. In winter all tha elephants are ollod from head to foot, we are told. Though an elephant can be acclimatized to an lCngllsh winter, Its tough, non-resilient skin quickly cracks in cold weather, dirt and in sects finding their way Into the fis sures nnd causing endless discomfort. A few buckets of oil obviate this, and until the lubricant soaks In, give the animal the appearance of a gigantic bronze statue. Salvador Still Cherishes Its Iron-Grated Windows Shn Salvador, capital or I'll Salva dor, still cherishes Its Iron-grnted windows and the memories of a ro mantic past In grandma's day, the young blades of the village gave the girls the up and-down In the evening pnseo nround the plaza. If a caballero saw an Interesting little number, ho fol lowed her home, nnd proved his de votion by pacing back and forth be fore t-ho bars for hours at a time. This practice was known as "play ing the bear." Now all that Is changed. There's still bars on them thar grills In San Salvador, but they don't me-nn nny thlng. The Renorltas no longer be lieve In bears; they know It's Just nnother of granny's bedtime stories. . - ""."IK fists. Georgie side-stepped nnd whanged his fist down behind Dutch's ear Just as Ferdy was low ering himself Into a convenient bar rel. Hutch stayed down. Georgle raised his hand on high nnd with a limn wric? - Mier. ne hacked the Iron llorse round and then shot by the barrel NOW! GENUINE BAYER ASPIRIN AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES! JBlg Price Hut on Bayer Aspirin! POCKET TINS OF 12 NOW 15? 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