THE ALAMANCE GLEANER J
VOL. LIV. * GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 26, 1928. HO. 12. T
WHAT'S GOING ON |
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Flood Control Bill Fought by
CooHdge and Others as
"Extortionate."
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
THAT the flood control bill passed
by tbe senate and, vltb certain
amendments, under debate in the house
last week, is the most extortionate
measure in tbe history of the govern
ment is the opinion of President Cool
ldge. His remarkably outspoken view
of this bill created something ot a
sensation in Washington and it en
couraged a group of representatives,
led by Mr. Frear of Wisconsin, in a
determined fight on the measure re
ported by the house committee. The
main issue was the 'question of local
contribution upon which the President
had Insisted.
"Contribution is a cardinal prin
ciple In federal, state, and municipal
aid," said Mr. Frear. "This case pre
sents no exception. Thousands of cor
porations and large Individual owners
under this bill will enjoy enormous
financial benefits through flood protec
tion. They should contribute toward
'the expense. If we pass this bill and
adopt the plan of giving away the tax
payers' money without limit to re
Uabllltate or benefit great Interests
that can bring political pressure to
bear on congress, a hundred other
flood control projects now knocking at
committee doors will all demand the
same treatment without contribution."
fteid of Illinois, chairman of the
flood control committee, said in reply:
"There is in the bill no provision
for local contribution. There can be
none if congress Intends to protect the
Uves and property of its citizens from
these destructive floods. No levee sys
tem can be effective unless It Is uni
fied, co-ordinated, and complete, and
should any levee district fail to pay a
contribution necessary under tbe rec
lamation theory the whole plan would
falL Nearly every levee district Is
now or will soon be bankrupt There
Is no possible way for them to get
money, as they are unable to sell any
bonds because of the default in tbe
bonds already issued."
There were conferences of bouse
and senate leaders for the purpose Of
modifying tbe measure so that the
President wonid sign it Senators
Bansdell and Sackett talked with Mr.
Oooiidge and reported that he would
approve a bill similar to the Jones
bill originally reported from the sen
ate committee. This draft, while it
eliminated local contributions, con
tained various safeguards which were
not In the measure as passed by the
senate and approved by the house flood
control committee.
By HOLDING op action on the $304,
000,000 naval appropriation bill
the radical Republicans forced the sen
ate to adopt the resolution of Blaine
of Wisconsin demanding from Secre
tary Wilbur Information aa to tbe cost
In Uvea and money of the operations
of the marines In Nicaragua, llr. Wil
bur Informed tbe senate that mainte
nance of the marine expeditionary force
In Nicaragua had resulted in the
death of 21 marines and the wounding
of 45 others. He set extra-cost to the
government of marine activities In
Nicaragua at $1530,170. The total
eost of maintaining the expeditionary
force, Mr. Wilbur fixed at 43530,000.
It was explained, however, that more
than $2400,000 of the total cost would
have been expended on the marines
even If they had remained In their
home stations. The secretary said it
was known that 202 Nlcaraguana bad
been killed In lights with tbe marines
-117A8HINGTON, New York and Chh
v V cago were making plans to give
rousing welcomes to the German-Irish
transatlantic aviators and were as
sured that tbe flyers would visit those
dties after getting away from desolate
Greenly Island In Belle We straits,
no stories of their flight show that
they last their way because their com
pass failed In the dark and tbe snow
storm, and they wandered far to the
north of their roate. Rellaf and aid
reached them by plane and otherwise
and they were busy repairing tbe
Bremen an they could continue their
flight to New York. James Fltt
maurlce, promoted to major by tbe
Free State government, was taken to
Lake Ste. Agnes, Quebec, by Duke
8chlt!er, Canadian aviator, to get a
new propeller witb which he Intended
by fly back to Greenly Island.
Baron von Huenefeld, Koehl and
Fltzmaurlce will be entertulned in
New York for Ave days, i|nd then,
proceeding to Washington, will be the
guests of President Coolidge, the Irish
minister and the German ambiusudor.
Tlie wives#of Koebl and Fltzmaurlce
will soon Join them In this country.
GEN. UUBEKTO NOBILE and a
crew of fifteen left Milan, Italy,
In the dirigible Italia on the way to
the North pole, and on the first lap of
the Journey ran Into a fierce storm
over Germany. Finally the airship,
somewhat battered, came down safely
at Seddln airdrome, near Stolp, Pom
erailla, where repairs were made and
further trial flights begun. Two more
hops will take It to King's bay, Spits
bergen, which will be the base of op
erations. Noblle, who piloted Amund
sen over the North pole two years ago
In the dirigible Norge, Intends to make
several flights over thcjpole, taking
scientific observations, ae carries a
cross given by the pope which will be
planted In the Ice at the top of the
world.
Admiral j. k. robison, former
chief of the navy engineering bu
reau, was a star witness for the de
fense in the Sinclair Teapot Dome
conspiracy trial and be assumed full
responsibility for the change In the
government's' policy from conserving
the navy's oil reserves to storing fnel
oil In seaboard tanks and that be fa
vored the opening np of the whole re
serve. "Sinclair asked me what we
wanted If a contract was entered Into,"
declared Robison. "I told blm we
wanted a pipe line among other things,
and such arrangements as would give
him the largest possible profits, and
give -us the largest possible share of
his-production. The more money be
got, the more I got for the navy.
"I wanted to get the absolute maxi
mum for the navy, and 1 got It." Rob
ison almost shouted at the Jury, as he
banged the rail of the witness en
closure with his fist.
Under cross-examination Robison
was compelled to admit a close friend
ship for Slnclulr. Be disclosed that he
traveled for a week In Sinclair's pri
vate car and was Sinclair's dinner
guest at the exclusive Lotus club In
New York. Be also admitted he bad
played poker with Sinclair the very
night that Sinclair secured three val
uable contracts, one of them to sup
plement the Teapot lease.
The defense sought to show through
former Secretary of the Navy Denby
that the scheme to lease the Teapot
Dome reserve was conceived lu the
Navy department, but Denby'a testi
mony was shut out by a government
objection.
Before the senate Investigating com
mittee C. C. Chase, a aon-ln-law of
Albert B. Fall, made admissions that
were considered extremely damaging
to Sinclair's cause, and be was sum
moned by the government as a re
buttal witness In the trial.
SPRING In China brought ? resump
tion of the Nationalist campaign
against tbe Northerners and according
to latest reports the Southern armies
under Chiang Kai-shek are making
great progress In 8hantung province,
where the miseries of war are added
to those of famine and flood. Foreign
military observers In Shanghai predict
tbe collapse of Marshal Chang Tso-lln
and his withdrawal to Mancborla with
in a few weeks. Japan expresses re
newed fear for the safety of her na
tionals and her Interests la 8bantnng'
and therefore has landed marines at
Tslngtae and Is preparing to send a
large body of troops It Is almost cer
tain that what Japan especially de
sires Is to assure ths status of her
large Interests In Mancharla In case
Chang Is defeated there.
GOV. AL SMITH was formally en
tered as a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination tor President by
the New York stats Deasocratlc com
mutes at a meeting la the National
Democratic dob la New York eUy.
His same was pre seated by former
Lieut. Got. George R. Lunn, and the
laudatory resolution waa wconded by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Both
speakers centered tbe hopes of their
party on the oil scandals. Senator
Blease of South Carolina, who la
rtrongly against Smith, has put Into -
the Congressional Record bis opinion
of the situation In his state. Sum
marized, this la that South Carolina
will oppose Smith for the nomination
to the last ballot; that If Smith gets
the nomination In the regular way by
the two-thirds rule. South Carolina
will not Initiate or join In any rump
convention; and Anally, that If Smith
gets the nomination, some South Caro
lina Democrats, though not a great
many, will vote the Republican ticket,
while a considerable number of them
will remain away from the polls, but
not enough. In any event, to throw
South Curollna into the Republican
column.
Both Republicans and Democrats of
Illinois held their state conventions,
the former being strong for Lowden
and the latter turning the delegates to
Houston over to Smith. Republicans
of Colorado refused to instruct their
delegates at large for Hoover. Those
of Delaware and Connecticut chose un
Instructed delegations to the Kansas
City convention, aud It Is expected
these delegations will do their best to
"draft" Coolidge. Senator less of
Ohio, temporary chairman of the- na
tional convention, says he believes It
wilt be the duty of Mr. Coolidge to ac
cept the nomination If a deadlock,
real and not manipulated, develops.
Meanwhile one national ticket al
ready Is In the Aeld. The Socialists
held their national convention In New
York city and nominated Norman M.
Thomas of New York for President
and Jauies U. Maurer of Reading, Pa.,
for vice president Thomas Is a min
ister and lecturer. Maurer Is a" mem
ber of the Reading city council and
president of the Pennsylvania Stata
Federation of Labor.
PUBLICATION of the government
engineer's allotments for river and
harbor work during the Sseal gear
1929 discloses that Eastern and South
ern waterways, together with the Mis
sissippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, have
the lion's share of the Items running
over 11,000,000. Of the big allotments
$7,225,000 goes to the Mississippi river
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers
and between the Missouri river and
Minneapolis, $4,500,000 on the Ohio
river, $3,030,000 on the Missouri, $1,
700,000 on the Hudson rlvpr, $1,200,
000 on the East river, $2,150,000 on the
Delaware river, $1,000,000 on the In
land Waterway from the Delaware
river to Chesapeake bay, $800,000 for
the Savannah, On., harbor, $800,000
for the waterway from Beaufort to the
Cape Tear river, N. C., $050,000 for
Miami harbor, and $1X125,000 for the
Sablne-Neclies waterway, Texas. The
Illinois river Is allotted $575,000 for
Improvement work with the develop
ment of the Illinois link of the Iskes
to the gulf route.
PRESIDENT COOI.IDOE, In an ad
dress at the opening session of
the annual convention of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution In
Washington, criticised federal en
croachment on the rights of the states
and the growing Interference of gov
ernment In business and the life of
the Individual. Be was warmly ap
plauded when he asserted that the
American theory of society "rests
upon a higher level than communism,"
and ottered a plea that the nation re
turn to the high Ideals for which tba
American Revolution was fought
GEN. OSCAR CARMONA. dictator
of Portugal, was inaugurated
President of the republic, having been
elected by regular suffrage without
opposition In March.
Violent earthquake shocks, extend
ing over several days, caused the loss
of many lives and vast destruction of
property In the Balkans, mainly la
Bulgaria. There were also destruc
tive temblors la Peru and In Oaxaca
date. Mexico.
Ellsworth Mil too Statler, sixty-Ave,
who rose from bellboy to ownership of
more hotels than any other man In the
world, died of pneumonia at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, New York, which be ep
aratqfL
Forty parsons were killed In West
Plains, Mo, by a mysterious explosion
that wrecked a dance ball.
Auto Make? it Easy
far Get me to Traoel
Dlgbwajra and automobiles, whllo
raw n( the standards of health
through the mdhaat IM* air. hare
alao had a deterrent effect la that the
Increased truffle baa given germa a
larger Odd of operations.
Prof. Uojd Arnold of the college of
medietas. Ualrerdtj of nilnole. mode
that statement la Hemming the ever
automobiles," he said, "has changed
the popOlatloo la more ways than no
be easily estimated.
"One effect of oar Improved mesne
of eommunlcatlso and travel la that
diet est can ha spisad rapidly hp coo
tact over a la rye area as compared
with former times. We are more to-,
terceted to welt people as germ car
riers aow thaa we are la sick people
as germ carriers. Sick people Immo
bilise the aw aires: they go to bed.
Oarma are carried ffooi the rick to the
- - t*.-?
tbe value of Isolation gad qua ran tins.
"The development of oar highways,
however, and the associated ecooomlc
and social ehancas have leaded to
raise the general health level. The la
creese In tbe hazards of contact with
germ carriers has been offset by the
increase In the health of the Indi
viduals In ear population, and high
ways and health are still Intimately
bound np with the welters of the peo
ple of tbe present day."
Use?Ity mahan the ttarid brae*
What Jumatra
Is Like
' f
Sumatran Woman of tha Rural Olatrlcta.
(Prepared by the National Ueocraptale
Society. Washington. D. C.)
SUMATRA, largest of (lie Dutcb
East Indies, und unlil fulrly re
cently in the hands of savages.
Is rapidly undergoing develop
inenl by Its methodical rulers. It Is
un Immense islund. nearly four limes
Hie size of Java and thirteen times
larger than Holland Itself, but Its war
ded muted population amounts to less
> than 3,200,000, most of which, for vari
ous reasons, Is not srullable for labor.
Ilecsuse of this the Island has been
slow In attracting attention, although
more favorably altuated Ihnn Java and
rlclier In naturhl resources.
Java bns already been developed.
8umutru Is an Hand of great future.
In the development of thai future
practically all the labor has lo be Im
ported on short-terra contracts t'hletlj
ll Is Chinese, which Is ezpenslva;
Kllng, wldcb Is viewed with dlsfuvoi
by the Rrltlsh Indian government; ot
Javanese, wldcb Is unwilling to come
und does not thrive In the climate.
The best Idea of current life In
Humutru Is to lie hod by leaving the
towns behind aud striking Into the In
terbir. From the capital. Mednn, the
roud to the south at first lends through
some miles of country dense and green
with vegetation, with liny Ihntched nu
live huts making pfciures<|ue brown
spots In the midst of fruit trees and
coco palms. As one approaches nenr
er to the hills, this glvee way to open
plains covered with high gross and
low bushes, the characteristic tobacco
land of Hell.
The larger estates, especially those
of the Dell company, are divided Into
sections under the administration of
assistant managers. Knelt year only
one-tenth to a fifth of their enormous
area Is nnder cultivation, since to
maintain the high quality of the to
bacco grown the land la lefi fallow for
from Ove to ten years after each crop
During the flrsl year the native* arc
la-rmllted to grow rice upon the fallow
flelda; then th* soil Is left lo Itself
und to Hie bustles nud rank grass
which rooa cover It. The totfllcco crop
Is a rich one, bnt lie demands II
makes upon the land and upon labor
are such that It If not tnrprlslng to
find the newer estates annually devot
ing more and more "of their attention
and territories to rubber aod otber
lesa exacting products.
Up Through the Plantation*.
Gradually ascending In altitude, the
roed peases through many miles of
these monotonous, fa How lying plaint,
their desolate appearance only In
creased by an occasional row of on
used drying sheds and a few flro
blackened trunks of hog* toealnng
trees, solitary survivors of the primeval
forest
'Hit sections actually In cultivation,
however, art extremely Interesting,
with many arret of magnltJcent tobac
co plants growing to a height of Ore
or aix feet In ctoeely planted parallel
ridges. Frequently they hedge the
road on both aldea and extend la on
broken rows aa far aa the aye can
follow over the rolling BHda.
The work of the plantation la many
?Ided and the enrloua nationalities em
i ployed are usually engaged In I belt
own distinctive branches of labor.
Thus, altboogh aotnetlmea replaced by
olber races, cblocsa predominate In
the actual work on the tobacco plants;
the bollock-cart drivers are Klluga;
the carpenters are Boy ana; the Jav
anese are woodmen, road builders, and
gardeners; and Ilia Bataka and Su
matra Malaya, wbo are not obtainable
la large numbers nor reliable for sou
talned labor, dear the land prepara
tory to planting, and bo lid roads and
imbeds.
The yblqoltooa Sikh la often found
la bis favorite capacity of guard or
Unas ad lag Mill beUoefc cans
wltb loose roofs of thatcbed palm
leaves, matting, or even sbeet tin, rum
ble slowly up and down the roads,
bnullng supplies and mnterlal for the
estates. Many of the slow-plodding In
dian oxen are magnificent big Gurerat
animals, wltb large humps and long
silky dewlaps, and, wltb their red-tur
baned Tamil drivers sitting on the
floor of the open-fronted carts, are
strongly reminiscent of the tea plan
tations of Ceylon.
The road Is very good, wide, and
well made. There la practically no
rock In this part of the Island; and
the metaling, for the roads must be
Imported; nevertheless, the chief high
ways of the coastal plains and the
pass over the mountains are all macad
amised. In tbe highlands, where
metaling has not yet been attempted,
such roads as exist are of a very dif
ferent type, "fhese are of dirt or clay,
well built and maintained, and good In
dry weetlier. Rut Sumatra has an
enormous uunual rainfall, and during
the wet season there clay roads be
come almost Impassable.
Mountains and Qrsat Forests.
The roud from lledan to the In
terior, however, gives no warning of
what Is to follow. Leaving the plains
and die tobacco plantations. It grad
ually uscemls through wilder country,
and presently, with well engineered
zigzags, begins to climb Into the
mountains.
As the road climbs higher die sctnl
tropical vegdtatlon which has suc
ceeded the coarse grass of the denuded
plains gives way In turn to magnifi
cent virgin forests, unbroken except
for the narrow, winding path of the
road. Tbe enormous stralgbt-trnnked
trees, ensnnred by giant creepers,
vines, and huge air plants, make so
thick a canopy overhead that only a
dim twilight filters In, and that falls
to reach the ground through tbe dense,
Impenetrable tangle of vegeuUon.
Little brooks of clesr water rush
steeply down the mountainside, hurry- .
Ing to the sluggish yellow rivers of the
plains their tiny contributions for tbe
cxtcnslcme of Sumatra's coast 11 up
tcrflles flit In lite blue-black rhadows;
Jungle fowl, their brilliance all sub
dued In the obscure half light vanish
silently from tbe edges of tbe road as
one approaches, and other little creep
ing and fugitive things seek tbe se
curity of the anbetraylng Jungle.
Insects with voices ont of all pro
portion to their probable size scream
shrilly from the branches, sod the
occasional whistle of a bird or the
dull boom of a falling tree echo
through the tllenL dark recesses of
tbe wood.
Much of (bo life of tbo Jungle I* to
bo mo aloog thlo little frequented
road wblcb opeoa ap tbo rary heart of
tbo rlrglo forest; bat Infinitely mora
Is tbo observer observed. Sometimes
tbo craek of a broken branch betrays
tbo hurried withdrawal of a larger
animal, or a whirr of wlnga that of
soma startled bird; bat only ooe's owa
sixth sense tells of tbo bidden watch
ers who silently follow an Intruding
man's progress with wondering, nn
frteodly eyes.
Tbo swaying of branches overhead
as one slgrags ap Mm peas does not
mean wind la (bo quiet forest; K
means monkeys, and tbafp antics ana
aa unfailing amassment. Some wait
In all en co on til tbo traveler draws
oaar, then plunge back Into tbo forest
with a crash of branches wblcb In
evitably produces tbo shock they seem
to have designed. Some tear furiously
aloog through tbo tress la a desperate
attempt to ernes la Croat of tbo car.
When they do cross, far overhead,
la a stream of small gray bodies flying
through tbo air between tbe trsetopa.
they aa fartoaaly race along on tbo
otbar aide and erase bock *ala.
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l CUPPED I
| WINGS |
Kkr Dk J. Walsh.)
NETTIE QBIOSBT stamped her
toot Impatiently, but the neat
Uttla white baa in the pansy
bed went right on with her
angleworm entree.
With an expert ewoop Nettle had
the hen by the legs, and la aplte of
fluttering and squawks carried her
Into tbe aummer kitchen. Shining
aclaaora anipped the ben'a white
wings.
"Iou'11 atay pat from now on. Un
tU your wlnga grow, at leaat Now
try your orer-tho-tonce atunt 1"
Beleaaed In the wlre-incloaed poul
try yard tbe hen did In truth try her
wlnga almoat at once. It waa moat
boring In that pen. Out and over tbe
fence were dellcloua tld-blta hidden In
flower beda and potato patchea But
queerly enough the trnaty wlnga
which bad alwaya before borne her
up over the top wire of the netting
about the yard utterly failed ber now.
Something waa wrong. She fell
back, to cluck her Indignation In ber
gravel-covered run.
Nettle watched ber with amuse
ment. Then auddenly ahe discovered
that ahe waa wasting a morning
which she had meant to spend quite
otherwise than with tbe chickens.
"Myrtle will be at the library by
this time. Uncle doesn't mind If bis
luncheon la a bit sketchy this warm
weather. Or bis dinner either. It will
be so easy for me to slip o# tor the
afternoon with Myrtle. And such en
trancing work) If 1 must be burled
here In this bole of a town while
uncle thinks be baa rheumatism, rm
entitled to soma relief.
TU tell Myrtle I must have the
work. She la sympathetic, and every
body knows ber Hear' undo Is. It
will be settled la no time."
Nettle, on ber way to ber own
room to cbangi ber linen a mock tor
an outdoor costtnne, glimpsed a hit
of color whirling down tbe street A
second glance aaaured ber It was Sue
Badley. Sue must have a new dress,
and such a red. too. Tbe flivver cer
tainly was the tladley car. A little
twitch at her eonacletcp disturbed
Nettle for an Instant Sue bad been
helping Myrtle at the library for two
or three rears. And bow Important
that helping waa?to Sue.
"But abe doesn't need the money,
and ahe baa so much to do on the
farm, anyway. It really will be a
kindness If I take the place." Not
away from her. Nettle did not call |
It ithnL Just fill In temDorarllv.
There were all the new book* to cata
logue and, for another thins, her ex
perience In filing op there In the dty
would be welcomed by the over
worked Myrtle.
"Indeed you are a godsend. Nettle,"
the librarian Informed her an boor
later, "We bare *o many new con
venience* that are a nuisance, really.
And you will know all about them.
Sue I* a dear, bat, well, b'm." #
A page of Soe'a acrlbbly writing
lay on tba desk as the two talked,
and Nettle contrasted In ber mind
her own neat copperplate. She waa
doing a favor In taking this place,
with ber accuracy and efficiency.
Bo every one aAmed to think, too.
Tho Elderrrlll* Argns carried a pleas
ant little Item that week about "our
talented townswoman. Miss Nettle
Grigsby, who ha* consented to assist
Miss Myrtle IIalnes In the manage
meut of the Eldersvllle library. Miss
Grigsby left a lucrative poeltloo In
the dty office of Goldlng A Ooldlng
to care for ber aged and Infirm uncle.
Clayton Grigsby. Success, Mis*
Grigsby, aays th* Argus."
Very nice, thought Nettle's neigh
hers. Little Miss Alma Austin flat
tared out to ber gat* as Nettie paaasd
ou* night and begged ber to accept
the leadership of the En tie Nona Li
brary drd* for lbs year. Ber. Mr
Maasay beamed en bar when he hap
pen ad to moat bar la the post office.
All at one* Nettle Mt aba bad b*
com* a. public character.
And Code Clayton waa carod tor
well enough. H* never bad maeb to
say anyway. H* could mad hie "Bo
awn Empire" just as well with bar la
the cool library three blocks away aa
with ber cooped ap la the hot kitch
en, or chasing tba bona out o< the
*U*tb*1nMls war* a bit bakaky fla
vored It wouldn't matter. It waa only
afternoons she stayed at lb* library
aad who could cook an tba aftaraooo
la summer! Not Nettle.
The only ana who did not soma
overjoyed with the now arrangement
was So* Badley. So* did not bring
la great bonthaa of daisies aad jar*
of cottage' Hi eras any mor*. Whan
Nettle mot bar at church Sua only
amllod stiffly. Instead of the jolly
evenings on tba side parch while
Dado Clayton smokod his pipe la tba
dining tosa^Sno^sMdoai wgiatMnwh
* A.. ' 'uJj S -Ki. 'Si fi*? ii t.'.ftf;-!
after bar errands at post office and' Jt
grocery aba whirled the flivver teat 3
past tba Grlgsby house.
Myrtle had duly reported NetOefe Jd
need of tba position, of course. Bat
Sua did not believe the atory. aba
thought aba bad failed u assistant.
And bar brows eyas took a bard laafe '
that came from toe many tears aba
abed alone. Whatever happened aba
would never bag any one's sympathy.
Many a farm woman knows bow aba
ML
But few farm women are the harp
In ea of their own stories; as Hdara
villa awoke to find, one bright as- -
tumn day. ; !
A celebrity was la their midst A
real one. Mo leas than a poat so
groat that ba wgs rated above at
Uonalres. And be bad bind a car o<
Sam Hook at the Elite garage and
inquired the way to the Hadley tem.
Only thoae who have lived la small
towns can understand tba excite
ment rife In Elderavllle about that
time.
Some cousin of the HadleysT They
came from that vague region knows
as "Back Bait- Come to think of ft ' '
Mrs Uadley bad such an lntellectaal
look, now didn't aba? A noble brow.
Miss Alma Aastln said.
And Mr. Hadley waa really quite t
bright man. Ever so many bad no
ticed It Postmaster Rankin mam*
t toned tbe fact that they took soma
One magazines. Druggist Thornton
remembered that the Hartleys never
bought patent medicines. Or, at
least only |pe ones he personally as
sured them were doctors' prescrip
tions. Discriminating family, all
said. Tet no one Included Soe la
tbe glory. 8be bad failed. Sue hadn't
been quite satisfactory as library as- .
slstant Miss Nettle Orlgsby bad had
to take bold and straighten out a lot
of things after 8oe?a bam, hi signed.
Nettle beard all tbe talk, a bit
touched up by Myrtle, who dearly
loved romance. In our book covers.
But that afternoon, at tbe Literary
dub, things happened. Tbe celebrity
was real. And he came accompanied
by the high-school principal, who had
met blm before. Everybody waa In a
state of blissful fneslnces Even Net
tle held her breath when tbe visitor
grew eloquent over his errand la
tbelr "charming little dty."
"To award tbe year's poetry prise
given by the Pacific Quarterly. And
I may say we have found a genius.
Yea. a genius."
Tbe celebrity was not so good at
speech-making but he might bass
done bis showing off by singing Jaaa,
for all tbe attention the Uterary
dob paid to blm. The ooe who held
their eyes was Soe Hadley, blushing
and trying to back around behind
somebody after she had thanked tba
gentleman for the check so hand
somely presented In a leather and
fffltfl MM.
Sue Oadlej 1
Utile Sue, who never had time to
put ber dress on the rlfbt way, and
who bought the flrat one (he M* -
anyway. Sue, wboee bands were so
cramped with tarn work that In ber
afternoons at the library ber poor
angers just wouldn't write legibly.
Sue, who had gone borne and cried
her eyes out, who wouldn't go to tat
tle and snap out of ber the "why" of
It alb
The celpbrlty was chatting on. taw
that tbe presentation was made and
be could just talk, he developed a
tery pleasing style.
"Like a little bird with dipped
wings, Is your Miss Hadley. Bat I
find She doesn't waste her ttaie mop
log, or fluttering vainly abost Or
getting Into other people's gardens.
A tame little bird, as pretty domerile
fowls are. But bow we should miss
tbem were they gonel Bow we.
should miss them P
Everybody smiled at Sue, egiwelng
down In a comer by fat Bra. A twill.
Everybody wanted to Use her and
congratulate ber. Been Nettie har
ried up and bagged her until aha
gasped. But It was not the bag whkh
made Sue look so pretty, with the eld
smile spilling all over bar then. It
was something Nettle whispered:
"I never dreamed yes loved the
library ael And you had a right
there so much mete than tl And
you're going back. Tomorrow, ru
not have a adnata for work Uke that
this winter. Dade wants as many
attentions In the cold weather, and
neat summer Tm going to raise
chickens really. Not Just a tow eg
them, but a let I believe 1 like them
better then books. They get soma*
where eoam of them."
Bee took NetdCe speech with ?
grain of salt but tt that lady had :
made ap her toted. that settled tL
No more clipped wtnge for the peat
of Bdersvilla.
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places of a brtUtaat aeariat ?oetrans
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