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,4> , - v*V. S»-' • -irv,".' ; «^< By WILLIAM MaqHARG EDWIN BALMER ©BPTlisht by Little, Brown and m W; "M $frrb~ B. £ "SHIELD HIM?" Gabriel Warden. Seattle capitalist, tells Ma butler he U expecting K caller, to be admitted without question. He lnfonr.B Ills wife of danger that threatens him If he pursues a course he considers the only honorable one. Warden leaves the house In hla car and meets a man whom he takes Into the machine. When the catr returns home. Warden Is found dead, murdered, and alone. The caller, a young man, has been at Warden's house,- but leaves unobserved. Bob Connei* y, conductor, receives orders to hold train for a party. Five men and & girl board the train, the eastern express. The father of the girl, Mr. Dome, is the person for whom the train was held. Philip D. Eaton, a young man, also bearded the train. Dome tells his daughter and his secretary, Don Avery, to find out what they can concerning htm. The two make Eaton's acquaintance. Dome Is found nearly dead from a murderous assault. A surgeon operates. Dome Is revealed as Basil Santoine, blind, and a power in the financial world as the adviser of "big Interests." Eaton Is suspected and questioned. He refuses Information about himself and admits he was the caller at Warden's house. Katon pleads with Harriet Bantoine to withhold Judgment, telling her he is in serious danger, though Innocent of the crime against her father. He feels the girl believes him. Santoine recovers sufficiently to question Eaton, who refuses his identity. The financier requires Eaton t6 accompany him to tl e Santoine home as a semi-prisoner. Eaton meets a resident of the house, Wallace Blatchford, and Mildred Davis, a stenographer, with whom he Is acquainted, though they conceal the fact. Eaton's mission is to secure ceruun documents which are vital to his interests. Harrtet tells Eaton she and Donald Avery act as "eyes" to Santoine. While walking with her. men In an automobile deliberately attempt to run Eaton down. The girl recognizes one of the men as having been on the train. CHAPTER XII--CoRtlKMd. --10-- •To kill him, Harriett How do you know?" She caught herself. "I--I don't know, Fatiier. He certainly meant to injure Mr. Eaton. When I said kill him, I was telling only what I thought." "That Is better. I think no too." "That be meant to kill Mr. Eaton?" "Yes." She watched her father's face; often when relating things to him, ahe was aware from bis expression that she was telling him only something be already had figured out an<J expected CM- even knew; she felt that taken some Immense Stride; but she did not know whit that stride had been, or what was coming now when ber father saw Eaton. 4 She went on slowly down the stairs, and when halfway dWn. she saw Eatlon In the hair below her. He was standing beside the table which held the bronze antique vase; he seemed to have taken something from the vase and to be examining it. She halted again to wfctch him; then she went on, and he turned at the sound of her footsteps. She could see, as she approached him, what he had taken from the vase, but she attached no importance to it; it was "only a black button from a woman's glove-- one of her own, perhaps, which she had dropped without noticing. He tossed It Indifferently toward the Open fireplace as he came toward her. "Father wants to see yoa, Mr. Eaton," she said. , He looked at her Intently for an Instant and seemed to detect some strangeness in her manner and to draw himself together; then Jjte-fat** lowed her'tip the stairs. CHAPTER XIII M •^Father, did you expect Mr. Eaton ^ be attacked?" r . "Expect? Not that exactly; It was possible; I suspected something like this might occur." "And you did not warn him?" The blind man's bands sought each ether on the coverlet and clasped together. "It was not necessary to warn him, Harriet; Mr. Eaton already knew. Who was In the car?" ; "Three men." 'y "Had you seen any of them before?" t^-'ifYes, one--the man who drove." ; <>Wh<»e?" /, ? *On the train." ; J'he color on Santoine*! face grew brighter. "Describe him, dear." He waited while she called together her recollections of the man. "I can't describe him very fully, father," she said. "He was one of Che people who had berths In the forward sleeping car. I can recall seebig him only when I passed through the car--I recall him only twice in that car-and once in the diner." > "That is interesting," said Santltne. , "What, Fatherr 1 "That in five days Bpon the train you saw the man only three times." "You mean he must have kept out ift sight as much as possible?" •"Have you forgotten that I asked fWu to describe him, Harriet?" > "&••• She checked herself. "Height about five feet five," she said, "broadshouldered, very heajlly set; J remember he impressed me as being unusually muscular. His hair was black; I can't recall tiie color of his eyes; his cheeks were blue with a heavy beard closely shaved. I remember his ffcce was prognathous, and his clothes were spotted with dropped food. I tt seems hard, for me to recall him, and I can't describe him very well." "But you are sure It was the --mo nan 'in the motor?" "Yes. He seemed an animal tort of person, small, strong, and not particularly Intelligent. It seems hard for me to remember more Blient h»«n Jfcan that." jgf- "That Is Interesting." y, "What?" "That it Is hard for youto retnem- Jber him very well." "Why, Father?" « r":'- Her father did not answer. "The M«frther men ln the m°tor?" he asked. ^ "I can't describe them. I I wtt^ gX, #xcited about Mr. Eaton." ' - i; H "Thank you, dear. Bring Eaton to |vV . toe." , . i; "He has gone to hta r«o,n, to fix fc. himself up." .<v ••••<$ |i "I'll send for him, then." Santoine ^ pressed one of the buttons beside his bed to call a servant; but before the > bell could be answered, Harriet got • P . . . . "I'll go myself," she said. Sbe went out into the hall and Close*! the door behind her; she waited u^tll she heard the approaching jrteps of^the man summoned by Santolne's bell; then, going to meet him, •be sent bim to call Eaton ln his rooms, and she still waited until the tnan came back and told ber Eaton fead already left his rooms and gone downstairs. She dismissed the man And went to the bead of tbe stairs, but f>er steps slowed there and ^stopped. She knew that th$ blind 'Man's thought ln regard to Eaton had It Qrows Plalne^'V vii'VY". Basfl Santolne's bedroom was so nearly sound-proof that anything going cm In the room could not be heard In the hnll outside It, eveq close to the double doors. Eaton, as they approached these doors, listened vainly, trying to determine whether anyone was In the room with Santoine ; then he quickened bis stdfct tc bring him beside Harriet. One moment, please, Miss ^Santoine," he urged. • >' .>»$• She stopped/ "What Is '1$. fdu want?" Your father has received somer answer to the Inquiries be has been having made about me?" '1 don't know, Mr. £;•„ "Is he alone?* ' ; "Yes." k ..i. Eaton thought a minute. "That Is all I wanted to km>w, then," he said. Harriet opened the outer door and knocked on the inner one. Eaton heard Santolne's voice at once calling them to come in, and as Harriet opened the second door, he followed her into the room. "Am I to remain, Father?" die asked. • • "Yes," 'Santoine commanded. Eaton waited while she went to a chair at the foot of the bed and seated herself--her clasped hands resting on the footboard and ber chin upon her hands--in a position to watch both Eaton and her father while they talked; then Eaton sat down. "Good morning, Eaton," the blind man greeted him. "Good morning, Mr. Santoine" Eaton answered. Santoine was lying, quietly upon his back, his head raised on tbe pillows, his arms above the bed-covers, bis finger-tips touching with the fingers spread. "You recall, of course, Eaton, our conversation on tbe train," Santoine said evenly. "Yes." "I want to call your attention In a certain order to some of the details of what happened on the train. You had rather a close call this morning, did you not?" • "Rather, I was careless." • "You were careless?"'aintotne smiled derisively. "Perhaps you were--In one sense. In another, how ever, you have been veqf careful, Eaton. You have been careful to act as though the attempt to run you down could not have been a deliberate attack; you were careful to call It ifn accident; you were careful not to recognize any of the three men In the motor." "I had no chance to recognize any of them, Mr. Santoine," Eaton replied easily. "I did not see the car coming; I was thrown from my feet; when I got up, it was too far away for me to recognize anyone." "Perhaps so; but were you surprised when my daughter recognised one of them 'as having bee^ on tbe t*nln nrlfK uoV tuid ever since, 1 have continued to occupy myself with those questions. I am going to tell you a few of my deductions. If you fancy 1 am at fault' In my conclusions, wait until you discover your error." Santoine waited an instant; Eaton thought if wds to allow "him to speak if he wanted to, but Eaton merely waited. "The firs? tiling I learned," the blind man went on, "was the similarity of the attack on me to the more successful attack on Warden, twelve days previous, which had caused his death.. The method of the two attacks was the same; the conditions surrounding them were very similar. The desperate nature of the two attacks, and their almost identical method, made It practically certain that they originated at the same source and were carried out--probably--by the same hand and for tbe same purpose. "Mrs. Warden's statement to me of her Interview with her husband a half-hour before his murder, made It certain that the object of the attack on him was to 'remove' him. It seemed almost Inevitable, therefore, that the attack on me must have been for the same purpose. "I found that a young man--yourself-- had acted so suspiciously both befol-e' and after the attack on me that both Avery and the conductor In charge of the train had become convinced that he was my assailant, and had segregated him from the rest m "Yew Understand AI ready," Asserted. Santoine train with us?" Eaton hesitated, but answered' almost Immediately: ' "Your question doesn't exactly fit tbe case. I thought Miss Santoine had made a mistake." "But you were not surprised; no. What would have, been a surprise to you, Eaton, would have been--if you had had a chance to observe tbe men-- to have found that none of them-- none of them had been on the train I" Eaton started and felt that he had colored. How much did Santoine know? Had the blind man received, as Eaton feared, some answer to his Inquiries, which had reveuled, or nearly repealed, Eaton's Identity? Or was it merely that the attack made on Eaton that morning had given San tolne new light on the events that had happened on the train and particularly-- Eaton guessed--on the cipher telegram which Santoine claimed to have translated. "You ' assume that, Mr. Santoine,' he asserted, "becanse--" He checked himself and altered his sentence. "Will you tell me why you assume that?" "That that wonld have surprised you? Yes; that Is what I c&lled yon ln Ijere to tell you." Ail Santoine waited a moment be fore going on, Eaton watched him anxiously. The blind man turned himself on his pillows so as to face Eaton more directly , "Just ten days ago," he said evenly and dispassionately, "I was found un conscious In my berth--Section Three of the rearmost sleeper--on the transcontinental train, which I had taken with my daughter and Avery at Seattle. I had been attacked--assailed during my sleep some time ln that I first night that I spent on the train-- and my condition was serious enough so that for three days afterward I was not allowed to receive any of the particulars of what had happened to me. When I did finally learn them. I naturally attempted to make certain deductions as to who it was that had attempted to murd$r (Pd wfaj; of the passengers. Not only this, bat --and this seemed quite conclusive to them--you admitted that you were the one who had called upon Warden the evening of his murder. It seemed likely, too, that you were tht only person on the train aside from my daughter and Avery who knew who I was; for I had had reason to believe from the time when I first heard you speak when you boarded the train, that you were someone with whom I had previously, very briefly come In contact; and I had asked my daughter to find out who you were, and she had tried to do so, but without saccess." • , Eaton wet* his lips. "Also," the blind man continued, "there was a telegram which definitely showed that there was some connection, unknown to me, between you and me, as well as a second--or rather a previous--suspicious telegram ln cipher, jvhlch we were able to translate." Eaton leaned fc ward. Impelled to speak; but as Safitolne clearly detected this Impulse and waited to hear what he was going to saji Eaton reconsidered and kept silent. "You were going to spy something about that telegram In cipher?' Santoine asked. "No," Eaton denied. "I th Inky you were; and I think that a few minutes ago when I said you were not surprised by. The attempt made today ,to run you down, you were also going to speak of it; for that attempt makes clear the meaning of the telegram. Its meaning was not clear to me before, you understand. It said only that you were known and followed. It did not say why you were followed. I could not be certain of that; there were several possible reasons why ..you might be followed-- even that the 'one' who 'was following' might be someone secretly Interested In preventing you from an attack on me. Now, however, I know that the reason you feared the man who was following was because you expected him to attack you. Knowing that, Eaton--knowing that, I want to call your attention to the peculiarity of our mutual positions on the train. You had asked for and were occupying Section Three In the third sleeper, in order--I assume and, I believe, correctly--to avoid being put In the same car with me. In the night, the second sleeper--the car next ln front of yours--was cut off from the train and left behind. That made me occupy in relation to the forward part of the train exictly the same position as you had occupied before the car ahead 6f you had been cut out. I Ws in Section Three fn the third sleeper from the front." Eaton stared at Sfantoine, faitinated; what had beeh only vague, hfclf ffelt, half formed with himself, was becoming definite, tangible, under the billed man's reasoning. His hands closed Instinctively, in his emotion. "What do you mean?" . * v "•You understand already," Santoine asserted. - "The attack made on me was meant for you. Someohe stealing through the cars from the front to the rear of the train and carrying In; his mind the location of Section Three in the third car, struck through the curtains by mistake at me Instead of you. Who wAs that, Eaton?" .^1 don't know," Eaton answered. "You mean you prefer to shield him?" .• , -.if1' - "Shield him?*jf ^ • ""tfi. '.-:1 ; '£ »' ;"That is whflH*ra ft** It not? For, even If you don't know the man directly, you know in whose cause and under whose direction he murdered Warden--and why for whom be is attempting to Aurder you." . • Eaton remained silent. «"" • In his intensity, Santoine - hid lifted himself from his pillows. "Who is that man?" he challenged. "And what is that connection between you and me which, when the attack found and disabled me. Instead of you, told him that--In spite of his mistake--his result had been accomplishedT told him that, if'I was dying, a repetition of tbe attack against you was unnecessary?" Eaton knew that he had grown very pale; Harriet must be aware of the effect Santolne's words had on him, but he did not dare look at her now to see how much she was comprehending. "I don't understand." He fought to compose himself. "It Is perfectly plain," Santoine said patiently. "It was believed at first that I had been fatally hurt; It was even reported at one time--I understand-- that I was dead; only Intimate friends have been informed of my actual condition. Yesterday, for the first time, the newspapers announced the certainty of my recovery; and today an attack is made on you. They did not hesitate to attack you In1 sight of my daughter." "But--" 1 "You are merely challenging my deductions! Will you reply to my questions?-- tell me the connection between us?--who you are?' "No." "Come here!" • "What?" said Eaton. • "Come here--close tb me, beside the bed." c ' Eaton hesitated, and then obeyed. "Bend over!" Eaton stooped, and the blind man's hands seized him. Instantly Eaton withdrew. "Wait!' Santoine warned. "If you do not stay, I shall call help." One hand went to the bell beside his bed. Harriet had risen; she met Eaton's gaze warnlngly and nodded to him to comply. He bent again over the bed. He felt the blind man's sensitive lingers searching his features, his head, his throat. Eaton gazed at Santolne's face while the fingers were examining him; he could see that Santoine was merely finding confirmation of an Impression already gained from what he had been told him about Eaton. Santoine showed nothing more than this confirmation; certainly he did not recognize Eaton. More than this, Eaton could not tell. "Now your hands," Santoine ordered. Eaton extended one hand and then the other; tbe blind man felt over them from wrists to the tips of the fingers; then he let himself sink back against the pillows, absorbed ln thought. ( "You may go." Santoine said at last "Go?" Eaton asked. "You may leave the room. Blatchford will meet you downstairs." Santoine reached for the house telephone beside his bed--receiver and transmitter on one light bar--and gave directions to have Blatchford await Eaton ln the hall below. * There seems to be no end to the pretty sad distinguished* touches which Paris Wtt to give to her clothes thi* observes a Paris fashion w^e* In the New York Times. • 1 Now each designer ban something essential to 'say and each one Is sending forth an original idea of some sort or other. Take, for Instance, tbe dress where the plaited Section, appears at one side. That dress has the most subtle meaning behind its simple exterior. The chiffon plaits which appear at the side are -only a' I "You yourself will assume charge of the correspondence of which I speak, Daughter." <TO BE CONTINUED.) , , ' It Broke His Fall. Mose (ilghtfoot, one of the best hod carriers on tbe job, lost bis footing and fell to the street, fdur stories below. Mose lit on his head, struck the cement pavement, and went through to the basement. When the foreman went to the basement, expecting to find Mose cold and stiff, be met Mose coming up tha steps. "Great Scott, • man, aren't yoa killed?" he cried. ^ "Not" Mose rolled, dusting off Ms clothes. "I guess dat concrete pave* ment musta broke mah fall." Bustle Drape of the Spring Season, Including a Lace Ruffle at the Hem. peeping oat of a whole dress of plaited chiffon that lies under the overdress of kasha cloth. You can see how perfectly plain the top; part Is and how simple of construction Its design. Well, it merely fits over the chiffon dress as a sort of extra covering for tbe days that are cool and I he occasions that demand that sort of forfnallty, in dress. On the other hand, when the warmer and more sultry days put 1n an appearance and you must appear upon the street in something that Is plain, but still cool enough to allow you to move about, you can wear the chiffon frock with Its underdress of silk and without any woolen coyering. Of all the utility dresses that have ever been created, this one by a French designer ,|s decidedly the smartest and best. It is something which, in its original state and with many adaptations, will adapt itself to the needs of the American woman, so that shg will find In it a real addition to her wardrobe.. It will be an added boon for the set of costumes With a limited Income. All White 81 Ik Crops, • Another gown in this handsoin# collection is ji dinner creation in all white silk crepe. It Is embroidered with a mixture of brilliants and silver bugles which extend over its entire surface, except at the front of the skirt where the fullness is bunched into thick folds turned toward the center, the skirt being raised at the waistline In front to Introduce the smart up-front movement. This drapery Is of distinctly Egyptian origin, snd the girdle of Mae-cotopVd moire Is crossed it Intervals b$nds of brilliants. Black and white, this season. Is a favorite combination, and Worth shows a dress of figured black and white foulard combined with plain black silk crepe. These figured crepes are also used by this designer to trim some of the smartest of blue twill and serge frocks. Finely plaited deep cape collars of the printed silk and a touch of th<* same silk at the sleeves and vestee appear on this type of frock. The more pretentions gowns or capes, especially those developed In black or dark blue silk marocaln, are trimmed with printed crepes In cashmere colorings, while rich embroideries in silk or bead work are likewise carried out In cashmere bordered designs. Quite charming Is a Worth creation carried out in tortoise-colored moire. This frock Is straight and slender though it Is belted at a low waistline. The skirt Is cut In the new three-tier apron effect, the lines of which round up to the waistline at the left sldct where a smart buckle Is added. A black silk crepe frock drew admiring comments. It Is sleeveless and Is slashed down the entire sides from arm to hem, revealing a drop of vivid green crepe. Extending the length of t^e gown at each side of the front and back and over the shoulders Is a six-Inch band of gold lame embroidered ln green. It Is a simple but distinctive frock. With It is worn a cape of black crepe, a half-length model, also trimmed with green. Capes, ln fact, are exceedingly prevalent. Most youthful of all are the hip-length models, attached to the shoulders of the frock, being fashioned from the same material that goes to make the gowns. They enhance the .wearer's air of vivacious, expectant youth, hurrying with enthusiasm to meet whatever the day may bring forth. Worth supplements several of the more, simple gowns with these charming half-length capes. More pretentious are the threequarter length or draped capes of crepe also matching the gown and likewise attached at the shoulders. Very graceful, too, are capes of fuller lines edged with two even more circular fiounces curving upward at tbe front Separate coats are of two types, namely, those designed for sports wear developed in huge, checked worsteds, or ' plain, highly colored thick materials, and eut upon full-flaring, raglan lines. There are still others made for essentially more formal occasions, which are chiefly characterized by the wealth of all-over embroideries which decorate the entire surfaces of them or at least portions of them. These new embroideries very often resemble braiding. In fact, some of the coats are really braided and then tinted by hand, the color merging from, say. a dark tortoise or reindeer shade, through all of the autumn shades. Then there are many of neutral beige used for the upper part of the garment with th lower section loft plain and In, perhaps, a darker tone. This latter trick Is employed ln many of the Brandt creations. Tailored suits were never more attractive nor smart than they are this season in Paris. In fact, there seems to have been jt distinct reaction In that direction. Interest in the taillenr in America Is destined to undergo a marked revival In the near future If the tendenci'*'! of the Parisian designers are !*> be taken with anything like the seriousness that w» havs shown them in the past .. Dedares Tanlac Overcame Stomach Trouble When He Thought End Near. - **wlsh I could give every Mcl son a treatment of Tanlac, « an(' fl n Illinois know it would help them, too,v fbr three of our family have ased It with splendid results," e&thuslastlo •"$! - ally declared George R. Leadman, 215 - Bridge St., Peoria, 111. "Fori five years I suffered terribly ^ j from stomach trouble and a run-down ."•*> •. <.$ condition. Nearly everything I at« i hurt me 'and at times I thought sure 1 my day had come. I was constipated, ; f < bad splitting headaches, couldn't slee^^"",,'!*.^-" right, and often while at work I was • - v'-.aso weak and sick I felt like I should '>* be home In b e d . , v ? "Well, I Just fed Ilka getting on a soap box down on the square and)' telling folks how the Tanlac treatment ' fixed me up. Every ailment is gone. A.- j and I never felt better in my life. I"**•>"a ^ never saw anything to equal Tanlac.**- ,• '" fi Tanlac is for sale bv all good drug- ; ' -1 gists. Accept no substitute. Over 8T!\ "i.v • " million bottles sold.--Advertisement New Bustle Types Shown Rolande has bustle types that are most Interesting ln the way they are draped. They are not the old-fashioned extremely draped bustles, but the bows and the puffs that appear at the sides and the backs of many of the evening gowns certainly do look as though we were coming Into an era of at least a partial revival of the bustle Interests. We have done the bow at the front at the side front, and It is only natural that It should be wending its way around to the side back and the center back ln order to complete the circumference of the movement Black with touches of extremely bright color Is one of Rolande's predilections. Many of his models have been developed In supple moire, alpaca and ln plain and printed crepes. Bernard announces the fact that suit skirts will be shorter than they have been in the past, and In the making of all his models of this character he carries out this standard. He hss many paletots or short coats dono over varying models and worn with either plain or plaited sklrti.' Jenny emphasizes the gown with • supplementary Jacket to match. We must still call it a suit for we lack a new name by which to distinguish It from Its' more tailored sister. The suit Jackets of this collection range from short full-cat boleros to straightline hip-length or finger-tip-length coats. So^ie of them are bloused and others are of straight tubular lines, clinging to the figure snugly at the hips. • Suit stylet art ao varied at Jenny's that they Include the regulation Jenny taillenr with a flat back and a slight flare at the sides of the peplura. Extreme models among them have Jackets of knee length, a strikingly circular movement being apparent below the hlpline. Charming, too, are those suits whereof the gowns are of a light shade of beige, putty or,.perhaps all white, while the Jackets of dark blue or black rep reach the hems of the gowns completely eov^- ing the dresses ilult are worn andsrneath them. / Too Qreat a Danger. Sbe--Shall we make mud pies? He--No, mud pies gets ye ail dirty an' first tiling ye know somebody springs a bath on ye.--Life. -- 1 • Hot Weather Desserts. V When hot weatlrer comes, tho cold dessens taste better and are much! easier to make than hot pied or pud-| dings that must be cooked. 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Thus, if one sneezed between midday and midnight, the augury was hftfv py, unless the moon chanced at the time to be In the sign of the Virgin. ! tlie Balance, the ('rub or the Scor- I plon, when it became an evil omen'. Both Greeks and Romans regarded "sneezing to the right" that is. turning to the right side as the sneeze occurred, as a most happy omen. Father Famien Strada, who has made the most erudite researches Into tbe history and literature of the sneeze, says tliat Prometheus Introduced, It ttt mni-tola «mU o • ' "/ t • > *' V' J ; 'i" i f stntde which he wished to endow with life, and for this purpose he stole a beam of sunlight. Wtshing to conceal the theft from Apollo, he hid the-beam In his snuff box. Shortly afterward, being deslrlous of taking a pinch of maccaboy, he absentmindedly put the beam up his nose--causing himself to sneeze violently. Bringing Him to the Scratch. •. Father was angry.' "Are you|wrlting to that young man of yours again, Elsie? You've been writing to him for years! How do you sign your letters?" "Oh, I always say: 1 remain wpr your loving Kdith Jones.'" Father thought a moment Then hs said firmly: "Well, strike out the 'I remain ever* and put three lines under the 'Jones.' It's time that young man was coming to tbe point.* Being suspicious of others makes § o>an bfffittfqi gt his vn lagaMj^ Very Interesting are the printed fabrlcs carrying embroidery ln large floral patterns. Crepe de chine may be printed In black and embroidered In vivid yellows and blues. Or it may be printed in black and bine and embroidered in bright red. White crepe de chine frequently carries a one-tone embroidery of a vivid hue, such as golden yellow, tangarlne or deep blue. The treatment Is sometimes carried out on satin. Chinese, Indian and Moorish designs are scattered In beautiful color schemes on' backgrounds of natural Kasha. 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THE ABNEB BOYCE COMPANY Statin s, s«* sa e, amM, e. W. H r i l c r 7 ( u m H i l l s -- T o r L i v c r • ' ' ^ orated, but the fabric itself carrying such trimmings may b« bought by ths ; . iy,Renewing Yarn. J-V.r• • Kinky, raveled yarn Is not pleasant to work with, nor is It possible to knit a fine garment wltb It. To remove ths kinks, however, and restore the original flufficess. Is a short ana simple process. Wind the raveled yarn In skeins and place It In a steamer over a pot of boiling water, permitting It to stenra for about five minutes. Kemov* It and hang It up to dry. An excellent way after this to wind it In balls, Is to wind It on a long lead pencil or a knitting needle. In the tashlon of a figure 8. When the desired size is attained, draw oat ti« pencil or needle and start knitting with the "Inside* end of the yarn. 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