The Alamance gleaner 1
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VOL. UII. . GRAHAM N Cf THURSDAY JANUARY S, 1928. NO. 49.
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HAPPENNINGSOF THE WEEK
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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Tragedy of Submarine S-4
?Hearst Is Bitterly
Scored by Senators.
By EDWA^O W. PICKARD
FORTY men went to their death
when the submarine S-4 was
rammed and sunk by the coast guard
destroyer Paulding outside the harbor
of Provincetown, Mass. At least six
members of the crew survived for
some days in the forward compart
ment, and there were desperate ef
forts to rescue them, frustrated b.v
tempestuous weather. Divers went
down, and communication was held
with the Imprisoned men by hammer
tapping In code, the victims telling
from time to time the steady deple
tion of their store of oxygen and plead
ing for speedy help. A big rescue
fleet stood by trying to devise means
to get the men ont or to get oxygen,
food and water to them, and pontoons
were gathered for raising the vessel;
but by Wednesday evening all hope of
saving any lives was abandoned, no
further signals being received from
the boat The men who were in the
torpedo compartment during those
agonizing days were Lieut. G. N.
Fitch, R. L. Short, R. A. Crabb, George
Pelnar, Frank Snizek and J. L.
Stevens.
One can but remark the pitiful lack
of protection for submarine crews in
such Instances as this, and, reading
that European undersea boats are
much better equipped with emergency
devices, one wonders if our naval con
structors are no{ at fault.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
certainly poked bis stick Into a
hornet's nest when he published those
documents purporting to show that
the Mexican government Intended to
present a lot of money to Senators
Borah, La Follette, Norrls and Heflln.
It didn't take the senate investigating
committee many days to conclude that
there was not the slightest reason to
believe the senators ever bad received
any money from Mexico or ever had
been offered any, and with tbls find
ing Mr. Hearst agreed. But be still
Insisted that the authenticity of the
documents was practically established.
Then Senator Norrls, from his sick
bed. Issued an open letter to the pub
lisher, excoriating him for his action.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, mi
nority leader and a member of the in
vestigating committee, also denounced
Hearst, charging him with the die
honoring of public men to further bis
own selfish purposes. The publisher
Issued a long reply to Norrls, in Justl
flcatlon of his action in giving the
documents to the public and asserting
that no proof had been produced of
their lack of authenticity. Next day
the committee was told by Robert H.
Murray, a former correspondent of the
New York World In Mexico City, that
Miguel Avlla, the man who claims to
have bought the documents from Mex
ican government clerks, had admitted
to him that a certain paper of this
character was a forgery. Avlla said,
according to Murray, that Joseph De
Courcy, formerly correspondent of the
New York Times in Mexico, was re
sponsible for the fabrication.
From Murray's testimony It would
appear that a large number of forged
Mexican documents were being circu
lated. He said it was common report
In Mexico Oity that the American era
bassy was In the market for docu
ments of thl? sort, and that he be
lieved former * Ambassador Sheffield
had the same material as published by
the Hearst newspapers. The opinion
was, he said, that the embassy bought
everything Avlla brought to them.
D EAR ADMIRAL MAGRUDER IS
^ another man who appears to hare
!'ltten off BKtfe than he can chew. Be
?nl c^Jled before the house naval af
fairs committee to explaiD his criti
?Isms of the Navy department, he as
serted that millions could be saved
annually If unnecessary shore estab
lishments were eliminated, the num
ber of high naval officers reduced, the
"aval transport, service and obsolete
?hips scrapped and duplicating dl
**ood Hearing Linked
Up With Good Health
Experiment* completed by the Bos
enlrerslty school of medicine end
n* Brans Memorial institute disclose
well-conditioned athletes bare
hotter hearing. In general, than any
other class of persons tested. Posi
*? correlation between physical flt
"*"? 9Kf erstainsi of bearing was
by the experts.
*?M those eis?n?it were gronps
'"?riansie whose dslly work aright
visions In the naval bureaus at Wash
ington eliminated.
Specifically Admiral Magruder urged
the abolition of naval yards at New
Tork city and Portsmouth, N. IL, and
the closing down of the yard at
Charleston, S. C. He asked for the
concentration of naval training sta
tion work on the East and West coast
and the consequent closing down of
tile training stations at Great Lakes,
111., and at Newport, R. I. In addition
lie asserted tbut four hospitals main
tained at unnecessary stations and
yards should be leased to the veterans'
bureau.
Then Acting Chairman Britten of
Illinois and other members of the
committee got into action, and to the
innocent bystander It seemed as If
they thoroughly riddled the admiral's
vessel with their shots. They criti
cized him severely for not furnishing
the committee with actual plans for
cutting the naval expenditures and as
serted that the adoption of all bis sug
gestions would cost the government at
least $1,000,000,000. Though contend
ing that his proposals were sound,
the admiral did not say what it would
cost to complete the dredging of Pearl
Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, or
what would be the cost of erecting
new btfildings on the coast and trans
ferring the stations. He had asserted
that It cost the government $2,500,000
to operate the Great Lakes station
last year, and Mr. Britten replied that
he had taken the trouble to check up
and found the navy estimates the sav
ings if the Great Lakes station Is
abolished at $200,000 annually. Ad
miral Magruder had advised the abol
ishing of the naval transport system,
and stuck to this even after the com
mittee showed hlra that last March
Gen. H. C. Smithers, chief co-ordinator
for the government, submitted a re
port showing that the navy transport
service had been operated during the
past year for less than the same work
could have been done by private ships.
n vvivon TI\t I?VVn nt VII ?ann r-t
^ has not declared himself to be a
candidate for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination, bnt his friends are
poshing blm for that honor and he Is
fully aware of that fact Now be has
cleared the way for his boosters by
declaring that be will not again ron
for the senate. This statement Is
made by S. W. Fordyce, chairman of
the Uissonri Democratic committee.
Of partisan Democrats and inde
pendent voters who believe in the
"fundamental principles on which the
Democratic party was founded," For
dyce said Reed's friends asked who be
sides Reed had a chance to carry the
solid South and Missouri, and as good
a chance to carry the doubtful states
of West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana,
Oklahoma and Kansas.
IN BEHALF of Gov. A1 Smith's can
didacy, Norman E. Mack, Demo
cratic national committeeman from
New Tork, Issued a statement assert
ing Smith is the only man who can
carry New York for the Democrats,
and declaring the "so-called religious
Issue dead forever."
Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas says
the dry Democrats of that state seem
determined to climb aboard the wet
Smith band wagon In order to be with
the winner. The Republican Kansas
delegation, be says, will be for Sen
ator Curtis as long as he is In the run
ning. Afterwards the' majority, he
thinks, will go to Hoover, as will the
governor himself and William Allen
White.
I /"> CONTROVERSY over rarm reuer
came up again In the house when
Representative Haugen of Iowa rein
troduced the McNary-Haugen bill with
a number of changes. The equaliza
tion fee, which furnished one of the
chief reasons for the veto of the bill
by President Coolidge, la retained, but
a concession is made in the method
of appointment of members of the pro
posed federal farm board.
The bill differs In some respects
from the modified Hc.Vary bill Intro
duced recently In the senate. The
McNary bill also retains the equaliza
tion clause. The $250,000,000 revolv
ing fund provided under the old Mc
Nary-Haugen bill is Increased In the
new Haugen bill to $400,000,000. The
new McNary bill retains the $250,000,
000 limit. The Haugen bill authorizes
the board to enter into marketing
agreements on all agricultural com
modities.
be expected to develop especially keen
ears, such as telepbooe operators, tel
egrapbers sod radio operators. Al
though many of these bad on usual
aptitudes. In general excellence ol
bearing they were surpassed by tlx
athletes.
Uany of tbe special aptitudes dis
closed were amazing to tbe physicians
One telegrapher, with his right ear
to tbe Instrument, could listen to a
message coming over tbe wire, decode
and type it, using both bands and al
tbe same time, wttfe a Mapbaai re
/"MIIEF JUSTICE BRANSON of
Oklahoma, who, together with the
governor and others, was Impeached
by the house of representatives, called
a lot of the legislators as witnesses
in Ills case and aske? why the; lm?
peached him. The answer In general
wus because It was the sentiment' of
the people the; represented, but the
lawmakers admitted the; heard no evi
dence supporting their action. Speak
er Ilill of the house, however, testl
lled that the charges themselves, as
read to the house, were sufficient evi
dence on which to warrant a vote for
impeachment The main charge against
Braneon was that he declared Illegal
the special session called to Impeach
the governor.
FRANKLY determined to set him
free If possible, the jur; In the
case of George Remus, ex-bootleg king,
who killed bis wife In Cincinnati, ac
quitted him "on the sole ground of
insanit;." The judge had Instructed
the Jurors that that was the only
ground on which the; could return a
verdict of not guilty. A sanity trial
automatically wus certified to the Pro
bate court, and December 28 wus set
for those proceedings. Spokesmen for
the Jurors?ten men and two women
?said that all of them wanted to send
Remus from .the courtroom a free
man, feeling that he had been greatly
wronged and had suffered almost be
yond human endurance.' Another potent
argument Is thus furnished the op
ponents of the Jury system In crlin- I
inal cases. I
I
WHILE Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh '
was flying by easy stages from
Detroit to Uexico City to spend Christ
mas with tier famous son, that young
man was giving eminent Mexicans and
some others tbe treat of their lives.
Piloting a commercial plane be never
had seen before, Llndy took President
Calles up for his first experience of
aviation, and the President enjoyed
It Immensely. Then the colonel_toqk
as passengers In succession General
Obregon, who la going to succeed
Calles, American Ambassador Morrow
and other distinguished persons. The 1
correspondents say that Lindbergh
has Inspired more aviation ambition
than the Mexican government will be
able to satisfy In the next five yegra.
Hundreds of. officers of the army, whs'
had previously looked with more or
less disrespect on aviation, now are
anxious, If not to join the aviation
corps, at least to learn aviation.
Lack of fuel defeated the attempt
of Lieut George R. Pond, naval avi
ator, and CapL William Klngsford
Smith, Australian flyer, to set a new
world's record for endurance flight la
the trl-motored Fokker monoplane.
Spirit of California. After remaining
aloft over San Francisco and vicinity
for 49 hours and 27 minutes, and with
only three more hours to go to break
the record held by two Germans, tbe
aviators landed. Only four gallons of
gaeollne remained.
THAT France does not Intend to
give In to extreme Fascist opinion
concerning s new partition of the Afri
can colonies was made apparent when
the chamber of deputies passed by a
large majority the new naval program.
Before voting, the deputies applauded
violently this statement by Victor
Bremond: "Regardless of the peace
ful Intentions toward Italy, France
must have mastery of the Mediter
ranean and cannot sacrifice Its posi
tion under any circumstances."
IT IS believed that fully 0.000 per
1 rods suspected of being com
munists hare been Irllted by the
Chinese Nationalists in their violent
revolt against Soviet Influence, and
executions are continuing at Canton
and Hankow, averaging 100 a day at
tbe former city.' All Russians are be
ing expelled from the region. If their
lives are spared. Among those who
faced tbe firing squada waa the Soviet
vice consul at Canton, U. Hassls.
A MONO the deaths tbat should be
recorded are those of 8enator A
A Jones of New Mexico, who sue
combed to angina pectoris; Willis W.
Moore, former chief of the govern
ment weather bureau, and "King Red"
Puroell, leader of the House of David
cult at Benton Harbor, Mich., who bit
terly disappointed his followers by
not rising from tbe dead.
celver neia to uh mi cw vj ? ..|r
? port, be could carry oo a conreraa
tion over the ordinary telephone dr
CUlt.
A radio operator bad the ability to
i listen to two messages on the same
wave length received with similar In
tensity. one seat In Moire code and
the other In International dots aad
dashes. He coald distinguish each
i from the other And could decode and
i copy either at win. The man had do
reloped the aMllty to Ignore lam Id
lag signals la a high lagrsi.
South Dakota's
m Black Hills
Gam* in tha Black Hilla.
(*T?parea oy me national u?on.?pui?
Society. Washington. O. C.)
TN ALL bat name, tbe Black Bill*
I ot South Dakota are more than
JL hills. They rise higher than
either the Appalachian or the
)xark mountains, and Harney peak,
heir loftiest mass, Is the highest point
jetween the Rockies and the Atlantic
>cean.
They form a veritable Island of
noontalns In the Great Plains, and the
istural attractiveness of their heavily
irooded peaks and ridges and their
sell-watered valleys Is made doubly
ippealing b> the contrast of the sur
rounding country.
Touching the hills on the southeast
Is one of tbe most desolate yet Inter
esting areas In America, the Big Bad
Lands of southwestern Booth Dakota,
where, through thousands of years,
rains hate carved the light days and
sands Into fluted columns and cones.
Jagged buttresses, and a thousand
other fantastic forma.
The Black Hills sre not a part of
tbe Rockies, but they may be looked
upon geologically as dwarT brothers
to those giant mountains, showing tbe
family characteristics on a smaller
scale. Both probably were formed
about tbe same time. Data assembled
by geologists show that millions ot
years ago. during the Mesozolc age.
a vast sea washed over the entire cen
tral portion of the continent covering
the site of the Black Bills It was
at this time that the softer rocks of
tbe region were formed as sediments
When at the end of the Ifeaozolc, tbe
great flow of melted granite welled up
from below to raise the Rockies, It
found a weak spot at tbe site of the
Black Hills and rose there, too, poking
the surface limestones and other rocks
up as a rising tent-pole pushes up the
canvas
JLIJC CUUKlUg I?l WV.CBO WIIIVU IMC PUI -
face rocka underwent at that time bad
mncb to do wltb making the Block
Hllla one of tbe rlcbeat mineral re
flona In tbe conn try.
In tbe area aince theae mountain!
rose, tbe softer atones bars been
weathered away In nany places, ex
posing the bard granite, as at Harney
peak. Around tbe base of this peak
stand great spires, remnants of the
softer rock, which constitute Tbe
Needles, one of tbe most striking bits
of scenery In the region.
Hunting Grounds of Indians.
The Black Hills derived their name
from tbe bine-black appearance of the
dense pine forests when viewed from
a distance.
Tbey played a peculiar and Interest
Ing part In tbe frontier life of Ameri
ca. Before tbe coming of tbe white
man these wooded nplands were one
of tbe favorite bunting grounds of the
Indians of the surrounding plalna
Tbey were unsettled by whites long
after emigrants bad established them
selves In California, Texas, Colorado.
Utah, and other territories farther
West. This was because nil of west
era south Dakota was reserved for
tbe 8loux Indians.
What Indian tribe possessed this
choice bnntlng ground of the. West
before the white man came to Ameri ,
cats la unknown; but since the open
ing of tbe West several distinct tribes
base occupied tbe region, each In turn
farced out by a stronger group, lo all
cases these newcomers have appeared
from tbe East and almost without ex
ception tbe alder residents have
atoved farther West.
Tbe Crow Indians are bettered te
have been In possession of the Black
Hills near tbe beginning ef the Eight
eenth century. Later tbe Poncas en
tered the east two portion ef tbe high
land* but boding them scrupled,
turned back eastward. The Cbeyennee
were tbe rext aecreeafUl Invaders
tram the Em* and wave in peaces
oiuu ui uiv lermury wnfii urma ami
Clark passed In 1904. Next came the
Sioux, the last of the red men to
hold this desirable region before the
advent of the whites.
The flrst -written" history of the
qpuntry is a pictorial chronicle of the
Sioux on prepared skins. It reconU
that the famous chief, Stnnding Bull
led a party of warriors to the hills
about the lime of the American Dec
laratlon of Independence, and took
back to his plains home a little pine
tree, a type of tree never seen before
by bis immediate tribe. ,
Explored by Army Men.
Probably the first whites to see the
Black Hills were two Frenchmen
Louls-Josepl^tandrye and bis broth
er, Fran3f^^Wndrys, who wandered
west with a party of Indlnns In 174.1
They entered the hills and claimed
them for the klhg of France. The
era of military exploration of the hill
country was opened by Geo. IV. S
Harney, for whom the highest of thr
region's peaks Is named. He skirted
the southern end of the highlands In
1853. The first real explnratlont how
ever, was carried nut hy officers of the
United States army In 1837 and 1850
After these expeditions rumors of the
existence of gold In the Black Hills
spread throughout the nation, and a
horde of would-be prospectors Insisted
that they be permitted to seek their
fortunes In the new F.I Dorado.
In 1874 the secretary of war sent
an expedition to the region and Its
mineralogists discovered gold. Whpr
this became known, prospectors en
tered. In spite of the best efforts ol
the United ttntes army. After a yen'
or two of unsuccessful attempts l<
eject these white lnterloi>ers the fed
eral government fnurd It necessary t>
purchase the hills from the Indians
Altogether more than Hd.nnil.flno tin
been spent hy the federsl governmen'
on behalf of the Sioux as a result ol
their relinquishment of the Black
Hills.
The region was thrown open bj
President Grant In 18711. Just 51 yenn
ago. A frontier life of the most tnrhn
lent sort developed In the mlnln;
camps that sprang up, and Dendwood
the lending camp, became the Insplrn
tlon for the American -dime novel
which came Into being nhout that lime
Quiet Minlna Region.
All If changed now. Mining hat beer
pin ret] on t corporation and mnchln.
basis, and the on re hectic mlnln;
tump* have become qnlet. prosperou
little dllct. The llnmeftnke mine a
Lend If one of the Inrgest In thi
world and hna taken nut cold value,
at more than two hundred mlllior
dollar*.
Dcfpite the Industrialisation of gob
mining, there atill dwell in the henn
of the lillla anrvlvora of more prlml
tire day*. Still under the spoil of the
yellow metal they fare forth dally
from tbelr tiny log cabins In endieai
scorch. ?
A large port of the niacfe Hills li
covered by two adjntenl notional for
esta. tlarney end Itlnck flllla forests
Custer State park, one of our f>~
splendid state park areas throughoui
the nation, le almost entirely stir
rounded by these reservations. TIm
park extends from neer the south
eastern edge of the Rlnck Hills west
ward about eight ndles toward lh<
town of Cinder and northwestward it
Include Harney peak and Kylrau lake
The petk las an altitude of 12*'.
feet Sylvan lake covert 40 acres ant
Ilea at an altitude of approximately i
mile and a quarter.
Game l-odge, the state-owned hote
IB which President Ceotltlge spent bit
racatlon. Is situated a few miles fron
the eastern edge of .be pa:k. In a ral
ley among the lower hllla. Ita allltndt
le approximately 4JU00 feet.
| JOHN I
I SPEAKS FOR \
\ HIMSELF j
(? by D. J. Walsh.V
#AY I present my son. John
\/| Allien Woodward, Miss
X V Trevor? Joliu Alden this
Is Constance Trevor of
whom 1 have told you. 1 am sure you
are going to be very good friends."
The elegant Mrs. Woodward smllpd
complacently U|H>n the young couple
before her. ,Her son, tall and hand
-some In white flannels; the girl boy
ishly slender in her riding habit, the
little tii-cornered hat flitting snugly
over her tawny hair.
Constance Trevor extended her
hand. "John Allien Woodward," she
repeated and then added mischievous
ly, "Any kin to the John Alden who
stole the love of Prlsclllu away from
denr old Miles Stundish?"
John Alden Woodward scowled
darkly.
"indeed he Is," said Mrs. Woodward
hastily and a little proudly. "He Is
named for the very same John Alden.
My ancestors came over In the May
flower. . . ."
A group of young people came down
the veranda and carried Constance off
for the afternoon ride. John Alden
dropped Into a clmlr facing bis
mother.
"For the love of Mike, can't yon
forget that Mayflower stulT, mother?
I've been fed on it?brought up on It
and I tell you. I'm sick of It! Ever
since you came down to school in my
freshman year and spilled the beans
about your Illustrious relatives, the
follows have panned me right. Forget
It I What good is It anyway?"
"1 should think you would he glad
to claim such ancestors, my son. Sure
ly a young man with your education
must realise what It means to have
forbears such as yours. I would like
to blazon the fact from the Imusetops
that my courageous forefathers sailed
across tlie ocean in the search of
freedom of worship?I nin disappoint
ed, JohD Alden." Then she changed
the subject. "Isn't Constance charm
ing?"
"Didn't notice her?much," he re
plied, moodily. "1 might have If yon
hadn't made that crack about my
name. John Alden wat nil right?so
was all the rest of the crowd maybe,
but they lived their lives?let me live
mine. Is site going to stay here with
her uncle nil summer?"
Their genial host. Judge Henjamln
Cardiff. Joined them, lie was giving
llils house party over the week-end In
I honor of his niece who had conte from
the South to s|>cnd the summer with
hint.
"Well, John Alden, nil through with
the nth-rnh stuff and ready to enter
Hie scrap with the world, eh? Law
Isn't n hud game. either, and I'm qual
llleil to apeak after thirty-nine years
of It. Ilenr you are going In with
I'nrter Druinmond. You are fortunate,
i'nrter hua eatubllahed a remarknhle
irurtlce and II Is a splendid oppor
t unity for you. He la coming down
on the i :.12. Connie asked him when
we met lilin In town yesterday. It
will lie a pleasure lo entertain the
partners of the new Inw Arm of Drum
mond & Woodwurd."
"If you have not already sent your
ear I would like to run down to the
station and meet him. Judge." said
John Ahlen. "Haven't a thing to do.
(lot here too lute to tret In on the
ride."
Halfway to the station he met the
riders returning hoine. Connie and
Hilly Hnrwood were In the lead and
she wnved her riding crop to him. By
Jove, she was attractive?his mother
hail written ohout ber. Mother wai
' ambitious all right, rather raw the
, way he had Jumped ?n Iter uhout the
ancestor stulT. hut a fellow gets tired
of that hunk?Constance Trevor?
| darn pretty name?pretty girl, too?
how the deuce had old Carter Drum
I tnond. handsome, debonair, man about
town?not u day under forty?the old
fossil, ever got In so strong with het
* ?darn nice-looking girl?rolled bet
, r's?
The next time he raw her the was
In h daffodil-yellow frock und (.'anet
Drummond. hi* law partner, was lech
Ins ever her. She was Piushlng up at
him. John Alden turned away and
tried to be pleasant to little Poppy
Ijinvhorne. Then Judge Cardill
touches) him on tlie arm.
"Would It be agreeable for yon tc
take t'onnle In to dinner. John A.?'
Unfortunately Carter Orummond
wua at her left and monopolized hei
tinpardonably until John Alden made
a desperate resolve.
"I any. Mian Trevor, don't you think
yen might show me ? little attentionl
la-t old Carter there talk to his part
ner?you talk to me."
Constance Trevor turned to him
laughing.
"Well, yon do Inherit some of tbt
courage of your Puritan ancestors af
ter all, John Alden. 1 Just thought I
didn't exist?tor yon. Ton hasunl
said a nice thing to me since ma met
me, as Mr. Drnmmond does."
"Bunk I I mean that ancestor stuff.
Forget It 1 I'm net for It, honest! And
yon look just like a daffodil In the
springtime. How many dances do I
getr
"We-ll," she drawled, 1 think we
can munage three?and, of course,
there will be some cut-Ins. And?
honest?1 promise?never, never, nev
er te mention the breaking waves and
the rock-bound coast and the dear old
Miles Standlsh to yon again, unless?
for some very good reason."
John Alden Woodward was a fre
quent guest at Judge Cardiff's home
that summer. He danced, swam, rode,
motored and golfed with Connie Tre
vor, but It altvays seemed that his
partner managed to make a three
some of whatever tbey planned, and
Connie generously divided her time
between them. Then on a Saturday
morning In the fall Drnmmond came
Into John's office.
"Will yon do me a good tarn, oM
man? I am going to be tied up with
the Widow Uorganthau all afternoon
and have aaked Connie for dinner and
the theater. I won't have time to go
over and get her and was wondering
If you wouldn't do It for me. Connie
will surely understand. Thanks, old
man. By the way, yon might plan on
being best man In n few months."
John Alden looked np at bis part
ner. "What?"
"Best man?best m-a-n. I'm deuced
ly tired of living around at the clubs, ?
and all that. Want a home. Never
thought much about getting married
until I met Connie."
John Alden ant stamped down bo
hind the wheel of his car. hardly no
ticing the gorgeous autumnal land
scape as he drove to Judge Cardiff's
home. What an ass he had been, to
be sure?thought all the time that
Connie had liked him?bad been bat
ting In on her and Carter. Jove that
was a blow?Carter and Connie?his
partner and the girl be loved. -
Constance was carted ap In her
uncle's favorite chair before the fire
place reading. John threw off Ma over
coat and stood gazing at her.
"Ob," she drawled. "I thought It
was Carter. Where do yon toppnee
he la?" '
"In tbe cltj," snapped John Aide*.
"1 am his emissary, sent to take yen
to the city, that he may dine jwlth
you, make lose to you, propose to you.
I apologize for being such a fool thla
summer, Miss Trevor. I?1 didn't know
that I was?a third party." >
Constance unwound herself and
brought both heels down to the door
with s resounding whack. "On-h-h!"
she said slowly. "How very Interest
lag. So Carter sent you for me, that
he might dine with me, make lore to
me? Are yon very sure that he dldnt
nsk you to propose for him, John?"
"Fortunately?not."
Constance stood up and took hctb
lapels of his coat In ber bands John
looked straight over tbe top of her
red-gold hair at the mantel, over
which a huge painting of Judge Ben
jamin Cardiff smiled benignly down
upon them.
"Jack," she said softly, "do you re
member the story of the courtship of
Miles Standlshr
"Lord, yes! What of It?"
"Then?then?why dont you speak
for yourself. John Alden?" she whis
pered and a second later her fare was
hurled close against bis tweed shoul
der. "I?I take It back." she laughed.
"I dldnt mean to call you that. I
meant?why don't you ask me to mar
ry you, John, I'm ready. Are your
Medical Advice
"Iley. Doe!" called Gap Johnson of
Rumpus Ridge, addressing Doctor
I Slash, who was rushing past In his
I car. "My boy. Banty, has got some
thing the matter with him. He Is
? aching all the time, and can't stand,
i ret or lay down. I wished you'd stop .
i and sorter look at him!"
r "Can't now. Gapl" responded tbe
I physician. "I'm sent for to see a
gent that has been shot all to pieces
by his brother-in-law. Tell Banty to
climb n tree and hang on tilt I come
hack. Ui-on. Flivver I"?Kansas City
I Times.
Noise
There !? ? class of men that gets
I along fairly well for yean by mak
ing an Impression upon the tmpets
ilonable, whose sole sioctL la trade
is noise. They do not li?^ foresee.
but some of them lasi an asiimleli
Ingly long time. Like toy ballwias
these wind-Inflated beings >Wba a ?
gaudy appearance for a while, ^pt tat
lime collapse. When the balloon M|ai
down, a child somewhere Is madfipSy
happy, bat when the public ntrecftH
an Inflated man ends suddenly noh^S
but himself Is even aware of It?llX;
de Evening Post.
i * V
Helen Wills, la a tacetteaa amntat.
. set oat to pnm that Mauls sad aafr
rlmoojr are such alike. "T^u see.*
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