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XXXVI (Continued)
Then, with a further desire to Inves
tigate the literary temperament even
If she were stabbed again In the
procees? she looked at him with pro
vocative eyes and said: “I've some
time* wondered why
Insisted upon a JEuSflp*'
I’rii told it can be done with a rea
sonable project of success in cer
tain states.”
“Don’t imagine I didn’t think of
it ► . . but— well—I think the
play would go fluey ,* , , you
see. ..."
“I seel And what about your
next!"
"The next will be a comedy. Hl
never be able to write a tremen
dously emotional play again.”
__ “And meanwhile you will not
deny that the artist has submerged
the lover.”
”1 admit nothing of the sort. But
you yourself let the artist loose
end what in God's name should I
be doing these cursed weeks if you
hadn't? You know you never would
have consented to a secret* mar
riage. • You've set your heart on
the Dolomites. . . . How about
that interval of travel, by the ivay?
Liners and trains are not particu
larly conducive to illusions.''
"1 thought I’d told you. My plan
Is to be married there, i should go
on a preceding steamer and see
that the Lodge was In proper con
ditioh. I want everything to be
quite perfect, and Heaven -ouly
knows what has happened to it."
"Oh! This is a new one you’ve
sprung. But—yes—l like the idea.
I'd rather dreaded the prelude.”
And then he made one of those
abrupt vaultings out of one mood
into another which had fascinated •
her from the first. "God! 1 wish
we were there now. When I’m not
writing ! How many men have
you.got In love with you already?
But no. I don't caro. When I’m
here—like this, Mary, like this—l
don't care a hang it 1 never write
another line." »
xxxvn
During the tollowjng jfeek she\
gave a dinner and insisted ’
his attendance. -She , had given
others tot that increasing, throng
tlia.l had been young with her in
the eighties and to others who had
stohned .and conquered that once
impregnable citadel, but, she in
formed him, now time to en
tertain some of the younger wo
men, and he must help her.
He consented readily enough, sos
he was curious to see her sur
rounded by a generation Into which
she had coolly stepped with no dis
advantage to herself and, from all
he heard, considerable to them. He
ktiew that not only Vane but other
men in their late twenties and ear
\ly thirties were paying her devoted
attentions. Dinwiddie, who rnfei
him in the Park one day and dined
with him in the Casino, had spoken
with modified enthusiasm of these,
conquests, but added that it was
yet to b'e demonstrated whether
the young men were egged by nov
elty or genuine coveting. When he
hinted she may have appealed
to that secret lust for the macabre
that exists somewhere in all men.
Clavering had scowled at him so
ferociously that he had plunged
Into«rhapsody and bewailed his
own lost youth.
And then he had endeavored to
sound the young man in whdfn he
was most interested, but of whose
■present relations with Mary Zattl
any he had no inkling; he had not
ween them together nor heard any
fresh gossip since her second de
but. But he was told to shut up
and talk about the weather.
Clavering, who knew that he
•would not Lavs a moment alone
with her, went to the dinner in
much thh same mood as he went
to a first-night at which he was
reasonably sure of entertainment
It certainly would be good comedy
to the detached observer, and this
he was quite capable of being with
nothing better in prospect. Never
theless, he Ka. utterly unprepared
for the presence of Anne Goodrjc*
and Marian Lawrence, for he un
derstood that the dinner was given
to the more important of the young
married women. But they were
the first persons he saw when he
entered the
were standing together-shoulder
to shoulder, he reflected cyjtlcal y
-and he knew that they private y
detested each other, and not on his
SC Ho U w like y Mari >&any! with
her superb confidence in
ask these beautiful girls who she
had heard.ranted » maryy him
to their little vanities.
Ha was almost the last at the
, X ►hA had time to observe
guests, but hen 41
the two girlJ b« ford dlnner waa att ‘
hed By arrangement witn Aaaceiatad First National
Publl ‘ Watch forth» screen version produced by Franlj
Countess Zattlany. »
*’** ■ * GewrrUM 1»M »I QurUdda AtMerto* A
nounced, in spite of the fact that
he was Claimed by other acquaint
ances before he could reach them,
Anne looked regally handsome Tn
gOld-doiored tissue hud paillette's
that gave a tawny light to her eyes
and hair, and to her skin an amber
glow. She held her bead very
\high, and in spite of her mere five
'Teel-five, looked-little less stalely
than Madame Zattiany, who wore
a marvelous velvet gown the exact
shade of her hair. Marian Law
rence was small but so perfectly
made that her figure was always
alluded to as her body, and she
carried her head not regally, but
with an Insolent assurance that
became her. She was very b®ant!-
ful, with a gleaming white skin
that she never powdered nor col
cred, and hair like jjold leaf, parted
and worn In smooth bands over her
ears and knotted loosely on her
neck in the fashion known as a la
vlerge. Her large grayish-green
eyes were set far apart and her
brows and lashes were black. She
had a straight innocent-looking
nose with very thin nostrils, into
which she was capable of com
pressing the entire expression of a
'face. She generally wore the fash
'ionable colors of the moment, but
tonight her soft shimmering gown
was of palest green, and Clavering
wondered if this were a secret dec
laratlon of war. She, too, was of
the siren class, and it was possible
that she and Mary Zattiany de
rived from some common ances
tress who had combed her hair on
a rock or floated northward over
.the steppes of Russia. But there
were abysmal differences between
the two women, as Clavering well
knew. * Marian Lawrence, with
great natural intelligence, never
read anything more serious than a
novel and preferred those that
were not translated Into English.
She took no interest whatever in
anything outside her inherited cir
cumference, and had prided her
self during the war upon ignoring
its existence. She was as luxuri
ous and as dainty as a cat and one
of the most ardent sportswomen in
America. She looked as if she had
just stepped out of a stained-glass
window, and she was a hard, sub
tie, predatory flirt; too much in
love with her beautiful body io
give it wholly to any man. She
h'ad never really fallen in love with
Clavering until she had lost him,
and he, bls brief enthusiasm for
her unique beauty and somewhat/
demoniac charm having subsided,
avoided her ever since; al
though they danced together at the
few fashionable parties he attend
ed. He knew her better now than
when hf> had seen her dally, al
most hourly, a house party In
the White Mountains, and almost
as often for several weeks after
his return. This was shortly after
his mistake with Anne, and her at
traction had consisted largely in
her complete difference from a
really fine character toward whom
he felt a certain resentment for
having so much and still lacking
the undefined essential. He had
not deluded himself that he would
find it in Marian Lawrence, but her
paradoxes* diverted him and he
was quite willing to go as*far as
her technique permitted. ' ft had
never occurred to him for a*mo
ment that she was seriously in love
with him, but he 'had had more
than one glimpse of her claws and
he regarded her ‘uneasily tonight.
And what were she and Anne whis
pering about?
“You will take in Miss Good
rich,” Madame Zattiany had said to
him, her eyes twinkling, and he
h§d merely shrugged his shoulders.
He did care in the least whom
he talked to; it was the ensemble
that Interested him. Anne and
Marian were the only girls pres
ent, The other women were be
tween twenty-five and thlrty-flve-or
six. Madame Zattiany would seem
to have chosen them all for their
gdod looks, and she looked younger
than several of them.
Mauve was the fashionable color
of the season. There were three
mauve gowns and the table was lit
by very long, very thin mauva
candles above a low bank of or
chids. Mrs. Ruyler had disinterred
the family amethysts, but Mrs. de
Lacey and Mrs. Vane, “Polly’s”
daughter-in-law, wore their pearls.
There were several tiaras, for they
were going on to the opera and
later to a ball. The company num
bered twenty in all and there were
thr,ee unmarried men besides Cla
vering, and including Harry Vane.
Clavering found Marian Lawrence
on his left, and once more he caught
a twinkle in Madame Zattiany’s
eyes as the guests surrounded the
table.
He had not seen Anne since the
night of Suzan’s party, when they
bad varied the program by sitting
on the floor in front of the fire,
roasting*chestnuts and discussing
philosophy: then playing poker un
til two o’clock in the morning. He
asked her it she were comfortable
dnli happy in her new life. •
“Rather!” She smiled with all
her old serene brightness and her
eyes dwelt on him in complete
friendliness.
(To Be
ra cum cost of
GOVERNMENT IS $5.34
Figures of Department -of Com
merce Shew How Much It
Costs to Live in Georgia
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The
department of commerce announces
that thu. costs pf government for
the state of’Georgia for the riscal
year ended December 8.1, 1922,
amounted to $15,864,27'9, which
was a per capita cost of $5.34. In
1917 the per capita cost was $2.69
and in 1914, $2.32, tho totals for
these years being $7,5*79,017 and
$6,330,346, respectively,. The per
capita costa for 1922 consisted of
expenses of general departments,
$4.00; payments for interest, $.09;
and for outlays $1.26, over $3,-
5000,000 spent for highway
improvements.
The net indebtedness (funded
and floating debt less sinking fund
assets) of Georgia was sl.Bl per
capita for 1922, $2.14 for 1917,
and $2.39 for 1914.
For 1922 the assessed valuation
of property subject to ad valorem
taxation was $1,190,515,726; the
amount of taxes levied 1 was $5,952,-
579; and the per capita levy $2.00,
WILL CO-OPERATE IN
COMING FARM CENSUS
ATLANTA, Dec. 28— Both the
federal and state agricultural de
partment probably will participate
in the farm census that is to be
taken in Georgia in 1925. It is
not likely that they will combine
forces in the work, although there
is nothing officially known to this
affect as yet.
In the meantime, however, both
departments are going ahead with
plans for an agricultural census.
Ths. Georgia department is working
on plans for its annual report show
ing the agricultural progress of the
state. s
The federal department is plan
ning for a nafion-wide census of
agriculture, the value of which Dr.
H. C. Taylor,, chief of the bureau
of agricultural economics of the
federal department,' emphasizes as
an aid in developing national agri
cultural policies.
“In working out the details of a
properly balanced system of nation
al agriculture under conditions, thy
basic agricultural statistics collected
in 1920 are-inadequate/” Dr. Tay
lor says. ‘‘At that time Ameri
can agriculture was still in a period
of readjustment front war condi- ,
tions, and the statistics reflect the
transitory effects of the war rath
er than to provide data from which
national agricultural policies may
be developed.”
smith-hughesactTs
PRAISE DBY PROF. DAY
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA,
Dec. 28.—The Slnith-Hughes Act
providing for the teaching of agri
cultural education, trades indus
tries, and home economics in • the
United States is destined to have an
important relation to the prosper
ity and progress of the American
people in the future development
of the nation, according to Janies
W. Day, professor of agricultural
education, addressing one of his
university classes.
Former Congressmen Dudley M.
Hughes, of the Twelfth Georgia
District, who resides now near
Dudley, Ga., is one of the authors
of the Aflt.
-Since the bill was past in thq. war
period of 1917, in Order to insure a
greater production of crops to the
United States and the world at
large,, there has been a gratifying
increase in the amount of farming
along scientific lines, said the pro
fessor. He added that this went
hand in hand with better crops of
finer quality, increased yields on
the same or lesser amounts of
ground, and the whole was done
with less effort and worry on the
part of the operator due to know
ing»how to plan and carry out the
operation so as to accomplish lhe
most with the -least effort.
The highest hotel in Europe is
now built near the summit of the
Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps at an
altitude of 11,800 feet.
—A
Co-education has existed in Tur
key since 1914.
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But Don’t Tell A Soul '
Marie Mosquini is'married. Yss,
\»ir! And she kept it a secret for
a long time. Husband of the
famous screen star is - Roy A.
Ha'rlow, prominent New York
business man. The ceremony was
performed last August. Can a
woman keep a secret? Say!
HANCOCK QOTTON CROP
EXCEEDS LAST YEAR’S
SPARTA, Dec. 28—The latest
report of cotton ginned in Han-|
cock county shows that there were
2,877 bales ginned, counting round
bales as half, N in th|s county prior
to December 13, 1923 as compared
with 781 bales gignned to Decem
ber 13, 1922. This is a consider
able gain over last year. Next year
the gain promises to be even great
er than thig as many of the farm
ers have learned to combat the wee
vil in a more scientific manner. The
falmers next year, many of whom
will diversify their crops, planted
two to’ fottr merer of tobiu co along
with a few acres of cotton, corn
peas and beans. With the good start
already this ycai' r Jagi<cultural
conditions in this*c-ouf.ty will be
back to normal by next fall.
ONLY
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A Few Fruit Cakes
Left
FOR NEW YEAR
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Invest ybur Christmas money in Jewelry—something that
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We have just what you want in Wrist Watches, Bar Pins,
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TOILET SETS
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Lines
NATHAN MURRAY
Druggist
120 W. Forsyth St. Phone 7Q
SIX DAYS ALLOWWED TO
ARGUE CONSOLIDATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Time
for argument before the interstate
commerce comission on the subject
of railroad consolidation was assign
ed today to cover six days begin
ning January 7. Counsel for rail
roads and interests concerned in the
tentative plan for general consoli
dation of the railroads of the
United States into 18 or 19 great
systems will be given opportunity at
that time to discuss evidence and
showings which have been elicited
by two full years of hearings be
fore the comiSsion and its examin
ers.
WILL BREAK UP GANG
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 28—Local
police believe they are about to
j capture the ring of a rob
bers gang which has been operating
in and around Louisville for a long
fperiod of time. Recently a negro
boy was caught while taking things
from rooms in a hotel and was ar
rested. Since the arrest of the boy
clues have developed which ppir.t
to • other arrests in the immediate
future.
CORN BRINGS FARMERS'
CASH RETURN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28—Esti
mates by the Department of Agri
culture just made public fix the
farm value of American crops as
►of December 1 at $8,332,695,000,
compared with $7,449,804,000 in
1922. This represents an increase
of approximately $880,000,000. The
value of the 1921 crops was $5,829,
548,000.
The corn crop which showed the
greatest individual return to the
farmers showed an increase in val
ue of $302,238,000. The value of
the wheat crop in 1923 was $147,-
911,000 less than that of 1922.
KELLY UNDER ARREST
AS BOY’S KIDNAPER
WANKEGAN, 111. Dec. 28—A
man giving the name William Kelly,<i
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Bread ‘'E . . 5c
Cranberries lb 1 5c
Fancy Howe
Flour ld aX e . $ l O5
I tird Rm ewe " $ 1
Wesson Oil gn 4jsc
Irish Potatoes 25 c
Sugar 99c
Flour 24 0rt1 F b g s a *1’ 25
White Meat ,b ‘ 14 c
Kingan’s Best Grade
Flour I:i" b J , a *!•“
Octagon Soap ‘g 6jc
Eggs G X a yr J 39c
PureLard K B U ck n et ss l' 59
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PAGE THREE
of Birmingham, N. Y. is under ar
rest here charged With kidnanpia-g
Arthur Clifford, 16, -sen of Mrs,
Viola .Clifford, Johnsqn City, Da.,
and William Troy, 14, son of Wil
liam Troy, Birmingham.
The boys are being detained in
juvenile court. They claimed Keliy
was their father but later said, ac
cording to Edwin Ahlstrom, sheriff
that Keliy had kidnapped them and
silenced them through threats.
GEORGIA BOY GOES TO AFRICA
MACON, Dec. 28—Roland Ellis
Macon boy, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia and the Colum
bia school of journalism and mem
ber of the staff- of,the Paris edition
of the New York Herald, has been
delegated to accompny the African
expedition of the French according
to reports reaching here. He will
leave immediately for the Algerian
lesert.