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EBONY WATERS -By Anna McClure Sholl Copyright toy W. O. Ohapmaa WNU Servlc* SYNOPSIS On her way to a position In Loit* land Academy, Janot Morcor, youriK professor of Bngllsh literature ami rhetoric, meets on the train a young man, Arthur Fleming, alto on bis way to the Academy, as professor of math em at los and chemistry. They reach tho railroad station, and meet Mrs. Den ver, engaged as matron bf the Acad "?my. At tho school tho group Is struck by an air of mystery pervading tho lonely place. Gordon Haskell, the pro prlstor, welcomes them. Wilton Payne, teacher- of' psychology, completes the faculty. CHAPTER I? -Continued . ''??7 " look." MM. Denver ?aid frankly. ?Thi, mountain air makes on? hungry." t0 wa,t tor Mr.? Haskell?" I think we ought to," Mrs. Denver said. ? The servitor turned at the door on hearing these words. "Don't watt for him! Don't look for him until you see him." The quartette laughed a little nerv ously, and drew up their chairs. Mrs. Denver, at Janet's request, poured the tea nnd they all drank It with the Blight constraint of people only just beginning to know each other. Mi7J?yeuthe re*lon" Payne remarked. I think homesickness drew me to this spot; how Intensely quiet It is I'* "Intensely quiet. I wonder where the scholars are." Of course, they may all be In the c ass rooms," Arthur ventured. "Or else out at hare-and-hounds ? or In the gymnasium." Mrs. Denver was carefully putting ?ome dropped crumbs on the edge of the tray. MI want to get right into ? work? see where the linen closets are. the mendlng room, and know what Innoan!8. WlU b0 dIrect,y under my supervision ? there's so much detail In a house as big as this; and I am eager to know his rules and requirements." Tn nr,f hope there's a good library," Janet remarked. Solng into the hall for a Train fAVlFthUr 8aM' rIaln?. "t<> look ?gain at thor>e old portraits." He re turned In a little while with an air of UaiH * Wel1' 1 *,anced through a glass i door and discovered a handful or the scholars bending over their S! ?f absorbed students, "uJ\h fa<"n* ?*ht, too I Not ono wSiS! ?!!lnt tJ*e- 1 "hould th,nk UAm*ke a row about such bookV^^** 1 hope tho school raaps!M re modern than the sai?MrJ nhat 008 heara no bell8?M hnm-^I T ?enver* 'Td feel *ort of at homo If i heard a bell." dld hear was a lon*. low laugh? like the laughter of a verv EST* "*>?? bn, no? Zl friendly person, it was repeated to 0160 lnterval? then seemed on th0 staircase. Twl Jlr"Tg ,n' but no on? ^me to light the lamps. At last Haakon appeared, smiling, bending downhis est m?"uv* to ?me? k le^ht"hl?' W'ih and he led them down the hall past the Sw?U2T Tl" n<,wcomer" Klonood "There are some real students!" "markcd' "How Intensely ab sorbed they seem." Haskell at the head of the littin Procession turned sharply . round SSSfS*?* the door' and for ?? * h became deathly white ]^|L he recovered himself almost at the? th? ,,ght" ahou,d be ?n there. This way, my pedagogues. I this I?".' adm,raUon the curve of staircase; Is It not beautiful?" almn.r??! ?n, b6f0re th*ro w,th a light, Bntatola *1? 8t?p* Mrs- r^nver Ihi !!?!?!. thinking ? mU8t p,ac? needs "hJw JS5 ??^nu,,n* " 8he thought JSt. S/fi* 1,1 ** to gGt started?to to do ,?OWn~"to know what I have J?,'.V?Ur room" Haskell said Xe nnmfJr ir1!'* ,0p^n * d00r w,th the number 90 On It. -And yours is "IM wm"? "'*? ^"or. xou will flnd matches on the tabu hera0"'^*1?.:* 10 ?"o ?? !, .Zh* bathroom la Just opnosito Now, r Wilton, Fleming," hara'h h#d auddenljr become both folInwJ^M W??t,r* Th? two men ?nn!T^i d*Wn ?orrldor, dls t appeared around a corner nrm0*.^ * hand on Denver's t00'" "Ha Bast be rather stern or those *0??inf wouldn't alt so atlll," p J "J* ?*>? S>. tainp " M ? "?"? 2 **** th?r? warah;t go many nlnea i'Wa'U feel better when we've b^n , Are there other iaacharaf* oth*t ' ?tch U w<nUt bo a nttf ttnau faculty ? three people," Janet ventured In a weak voice. "My dear, you look pale. Sit dowu a minute. Let's keep quite atlll and listen ? maybe those children, who were straining their eyes, will be rush ing out soon." Janet sat down nervously, telling herself she was very foolish. But she kept silence, her eyes on the bit of black braiding on Mrs. Denver's gown. She thought of Wilton Payne, and was glad Arthur Fleming had a man to companion him as she had a woman. They sat very still. Outside, the wind moaned In the pine trees, and there was a splash of rain against the win dow. Within the house profound silence reigned. A heavy knock on the door mads them both start But it was only the man with their baggage. He entered and departed silently. "Really I don't want to unpack my trunk," Janet remarked. "I wonder If there Is hot water In the bathroom?" She found the bathroom as antl quated as the rest of the house, with a built-in copper tub? a baBin highly ornamented with colored flowers and gold scroll-work, with big clumsy taps. But there was hot water. Curiosity was getting the better of fatigue and fear. She went to the head of the staircase. As she stood ) At She Stood There a Hind'Wtl j Laid on Her Shoulder. there a . hand was laid on her shoul* der. She started violently, turned and saw Haskell's bright, restless oyea I fixed upon her. "Don't go down, Miss Mercer,* he I conmanded. I "The qulfet of the . house op I presses me." "I fear you are over-excited, over I tired. Go back to your room and rest." I Only, too glad to get away from him, I she returned to her bedroom. At the I door stood Mrs. Denver, who by way I of dressing for dinner had assumed a neat lace collar. "Have you heard anything yet?" I "Not a thing. I was starting to go downstairs when Mr. Haskell met me ? and ? really ? commanded be to go back to my room." "I've only unpacked a few things ? I I feel so strange here. I've not even heard A bell, and you always hear I bells In schools." "I suppose he will be sending tor us I ? soon ? unless ? " Mrs. Denver'* eyes were fixed on hers with apprehension. "Unless what 7" she whispered. .. "Unless he doesn't want those rery quiet students to be disturbed." ! "Poor children! I wonder If Mr. Payne's and Mr. Fleming's rooms are near us? Somehow I'd feel safer It they were in call." I "Why, we act as if this wasn't a big house full of people. Listen, the wind is rising again. There must be heavy" draughts. See the lamp flicker I" j Another knock on the door. Thir time it was the stolid maidservant. I "Dinner's ready," she announced, j Janet put out her lamp. Instead of turning toward the stairs, tlie young I woman led them down the corridor; ahead of them they saw an oblong of I light cutting the dark hall from an I open door. Arthur and Wilton Payne were I standing Just inside this door, looking with an air of bewilderment at a table I Set for four which occupied the cen I ter of what seemed to be an upstairs I sitting room. "Sit down and I'll bring the soup," I the servant said. j They looked at each other, then I silently took their places. When Ar I thur was sure that the waitress was I out of hearing, he leaned across the table and spoke to Janet, j "Mr. Payne and 1 haven't seen one I scholar yet? barring those in the I classroom." I Their dinner was excellent ? plain I food, but well cooked. At the salad I course, Haskell suddenly appeared la the doorway. 1 ? "Everything right?" he asked cheer* I fully, ."t believe that a good table la I a school la more than half the educa* tlon." < "Where Is the general dining room?" j Mrs. Denver Inquired boldly. "Downstair* In the west wing.** I "Your pupils ara certainly well I trained," Arthur remarked. "Are yon always so Intensely quiet here?" Haskell twisted a seal ring on his I finger. *^r. J?ayn?^ what^art the ' Made National Beauty Spot ? <? ? ' - ?' ? v Florida Everglades, Set Aside as Park Area, Will Open Tropical Wonderland to Americans and ^ Visitors From Other Countries. Approval by congress of the vast Everglades area In Florida as a na tional park opened the way for de velopment of. an Interestingly tropi cal project which will rank In size ^nd slgniticance along with tlve Yel lowstone and Yosemlte attractions. Known by most persons only aR the home of the Seminole Indians and as ideal territory for hunting and Ashing, the Everglades park holds a strange lure for the adven turer and the student of nature, once they have forced their way into the pristine Interior. The park area is about twice the size of Rhode Island, embracing more than 2,000 square miles. It offers an incalculably valuable study of plant and animal life in a distinctly trop ical environment. Only a few scien tists and a sprinkling of the more venturesome hunters among Flori dans fully realize the Importance of what the Everglades offer. It sounds like fairyland Action to say that the Everglades contain or chids so large that they have to be carried by four men, but that Is the report of a scientist, Dr. John K. Small, head curator of the New York Botanical garden, and other respon sible persons who have made their way into this exotic Jungle area Doctor Small, whose Interest In the Everglades began more than thirty years ngo, found orchids there with ?stems IT) feet long, on which were growing ns many ns 1,0-00 -flowers. Moi-e thnn 25 varieties of orchids grow there. Many carloads of them have been shipped to northern mar kets during the past few years. It Is estimated that some of the plants are 500 years old. A large part of this area consists of thousands of Islands and lakes and winding waterways teeming with many kinds of fish. One enthusias tic explorer, impressed with the heavily carpeted lands, said 10,000 persons could march through there and leave no footprints. Mangrove trees there, many of which reach a height of 100 feet, have a strange beauty. There is a forest of them which covers 100 square miles. Coconuts, of course, are plentiful, and it Is an odd fact that oysters grow on trees In this area. The current In the rising and falling salt water streams flows In such a manner as to make It possible for oysters to attach themselves to the surface roots of the mangrove trees. . . - Besides mangroves, this little-ex plored expanse of forest and water ways Includes maple, ash, sweet gum. oak,, magnolia, pine, cypress, gumbo limbo, mahogany, lignum vltae and other species of trees. These, to gether with the rubber trees and many kinds of strong trailing vines, form such a dense living barrier that many parts of the Everglades are almost Impenetrable. Thousands of huge sen turtles, weighing from 100 to 300 pounds, come ashore at night to lay their eggs In the sands and leave them there to hatch. Natives have made extensive commercial use of both the turtles and the eggs. for one tur tle lnys from 150 to 200 eggs. The turtles are caught as they move be tween the water and their nests. 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Perhaps^ the most Impressive fea ture of this project, so far as the student of bird life Ib concerned. Is the mysteriously beautiful flight of thousands of birds to and from their feeding grounds and roosting places. - When they spread . their wings and sail between the sun and a spectator, they offer a fascinating spectacle. They become a veritable cloud concealing the sun, their grace ful I bodies sailing in regimented rhythm and their wings reflecting a delicate pink. ? Among the birds to be seen there are egrets, herons, cranes, 4bla, fla mingoes and spoonbills. Animals such as bear, deer, fox, wildcats, panthers, raccoons and opossums- nre there in large numbers, as are alligators, snakes and mosquitoes. Florida's legislature has already made available 325.000 acres for the park, and the Royal Palm State park has been offered by the Florida Fed eration of Women's clubs. Donation CLEAN PLUGS WINJ INCREASE SPEED . . . SAVE GAS . . . START EASIER . . . 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