The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, March 16, 1922, Image 2
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^ Pittl H and Fred G. Hearn E
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HUMOR IN CONGRESS 1
About the dryest reading one can
find in all literature is thought by the
average citizen to be the Congressional
Record, the proceedings day by day
of the solemn Senators and the slightp
ly less solemn members of the other
hmiKo. Esneoiallv in diseussiner that
grave subject, the four-power treaty,
one would not expect an injection
of humor, but read this extract from
the discussion of that subject by two
grave Senators. Senator Fletcher of
Florida, asked Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, if the treaty were adopted
would it affect our rlations with the
Philippines. When this exchange of
views took place:
Mr. Hitchcock. "My judgment is
when we get out of the Philippines
we will get.completely out. eW may
at that time enter into some sort of
treaty with the other countries to
respect the independenc'6 of the Philippine
Islands,but when we let go they
will be independent. If it desired, that
sort of treaty might be made."
Mr. Fletcher. "I gather that the
Senator's position is somewhat like
the two gentlemen on a.ship at sea.
The story of a father and son.A storm
arose, and the son went to the fathr
and said, "Fadder vake up, vake,
The ship is sinking." The father said,
"What do we care? We don't own it."
"We may not own and may not be
compelled to approve of action as the
result of the conference which -may
be held, but I take it yt th$ same time '
the Senator is a little afrnid of T)Hr"'
position as om? of
Not to-.fee .outxtyrwtby the Senate' fa
member of the other house, Congress-''
man Robert Y-. '?fWrtVas,'bf--Kentucky,*
got off tfiiS^&nei'' . " #T "
"The activities t?<1 tyU|i 1
tion remind o?,t an ^anecdote of ,, a. |
negro preachex^,\vho was possessed of
good, common and what is -usually
known as-"hoss" sense. The men of
his congregation did-not aft-end-church"
in warm weather, -hut alt'* crowded^
around the stdve'"irt cold woatfier and
warme^ their hands and toasted their
shins and got "ligiou.*' This preacher
in addressing his congregation 5jaid:.
" 'I knows you men. You come here
in the winter and set''by de stove and
warms your hands, and toasts your,,
shins and all get religious, but when
cummer time comes and it gets warm
you all loaf in de park benches and
wear out the seats of your britches
backsliding.' "
KEEP YOUR HATS Oft,
? ? . GENTLEMEN
The authorites of Birmingham,
Alabama, have requested that men do
not remove their hats when in elevators
even though the, ladies are in
? them. It is claimed' that" removing
hats scatter irerms. and causes inconvenience
elbows getting in the wav.
No disrespect t< ladies is intended by
the order. i>ut it is claimed that the
ladies themselves approve of the innovation.
Some times ladies are requested to
take their hats ort in ciiinclr'so that
persons sitting behind the n can see
the preacher.
SOME VANISHING 3EL1EFS
There are "a great many myths in
the novel that have no foundation
whatevor in fact. One of the latest
to bo contradicted is that a grain of
wheat wrapped in the bandages of an
Egyptian mummy had been planted
and later came forth in the green
blade.
Scientists have made experiments
with grains taken from mummies and
with wheat only a few years old and
in no case did tho wheat grow. ?
One scientist affirms most positliier
ly that wheat fifteen years old won't
^ grow if planted. So one by one stories
long believed one found to be unreal
and with foundation.
No Sale
"I want," said the very plain girl,
"a book entitled 'Cultivate Your Natural
Beauty.' "
"Hero if ia " cqi/1 tin. -.I
.. K?iu kiiv wnu
wanted to be sociable. "Are you getting
it for a friend?"
And the very plain girl put .-her
purse bnck into her hag and went
right out.
Everything comes to him who waits
but he who doesn't advertise waits
longest.
MICKIE/THE PIUNTEi
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OUTH CAROLINA PROGRES- a
SIVE AND UNAFRAID k?
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Ijr Clarence Poe, Editor Progressive ^
Farmer
South Carolina is grappling man- tc
ully, with the boll weevl problem. C
rVhen we visited the state in Novem- ai
jer we feared it was not doing so. S
Hut by February there were abun- r<
hint evidences that the farmers had S
>n their fighting clothes. Stalks had tl
Jeen cut, ditches and hedgerows a
Moaned up, and land broken. Green n
llelds of rye and oats were almost ev- o
erywhere in evidence. - People were d
talking of other crops to supplement
cotton?truck, peanuts, sweet pota- u
toes?and of hogs and poultry, cows s
:m(,l creameries. "I have been travel- 0
ing this road twenty years and tha. a
is the first time I have seen a cover J
crop on that land," one friend .re- y
marked to us as we drove to his home. I
t r ... _ ... n.. nr iir t I
d\ ii'w years ago r/r. ?. ?y . ijeiig
was a sort of John the Baptist crying,
"Prepare! Prepare! The weevil is
coming!"?and men laughed. "When
Clemson College sent a delegation
lown South to study the weevil, I
aid it was wasting money?the weevil
would be stopped before it got
here," says Mr. J. A. Burton, of
Newberry. "But now I thank these
.nen for their .foresigh' "
South Carolina unquestionably has
been hard hit by the weevil. In many
sections the more ignorant people are
depressed and demoralized. The intelligent
people, however, are facing
situation with confidence' and courage.
' "Other _ states have pulled
through and we are going to," is a
frequent remark. " And Dr. Long
points out that bad a? conditions may
be, there is "110 dtvntfiarisbn between
the" situation now and that which obtained
thirty years ago:
"Then South Carolina made 11
bushels of corn per .acre; now 19.
Then 138 pounds of lint cotton per
acre, now 24?. Then 10.6 bushels of
oats, now'tM-. Then the state made 1
bushels of wheat per acre, now
"Vt.$. Then the state had 600,000 '<
bogs; now it has 1,200,000. Then >
?.tbwxw were not ten banks outside
.Charleston; now the state has 100
banks.
Mortt Interest in Livestock, Poultry
and Velvet Beans
Interest irrho'gs, poultry, and cows 1
showsa gratifying increase.. Said Mr. '
L. I.jCiuion: "A few years ago when !
corn was $2. a bushel, rye $4, and .
labor scarce and high, there was no
pcofituin poultry except to help consume
waste products. But this year
my wife's poultry has proved about
the best paying thing on the farm."
It is gratifying to hear Southern
farmers talking of butterfat and
cream separators and arguing the
relative merits of Purocs and Hanipshires
or Guernseys or Jerseys and
of different feeds f. r meat or milk.
Velvet beans have -proved not only a
-wonderful; soil-builder but a groat
stock feed. District Agent Hem y
Johnson tells a good story about a
party of Pied m6Yi tors who visited
near Aiken in oiPriy fall. A great, level,
200-aore tield seemed to be about
kneVdeep in velvet bean vines. "Why
I djtdru't_ the blame fool plant some
<corn here2," asked one visitor. .Whereupon
the blamed fool" who happen.
.1 i: i-.- ? - ! ft >
<.-w ?.w IJC MitnuiIlK IIy SrtlU, LOOK I
here !" and pulled apart the mass of
bean vines, showed some fine ears of
of com underneath. "But how much
will .you get per acre?" "About !>0
bushels," was the answer!
And after going thpough the fields
and getting out the corn, the stock
convert the beans into beef and leave
four-fifths of the fertility on the land.
No wonder South. Carolina swears b>
the velvet beans!
Mar,lc?'tin^
Enterprising truckers are also
making profits, "if you have turnips,
'spinach, mustard, beets, carrots, we
stfaht it," was a message which had
just reached J. L. Walker the day
.we were in Jqhnston. Of course the
man who furnishes these things later
on Ttwh'en tne market is overstocked
makes no real profit. But early-bird
Walker catches the worm.
It is much the same way with
sweet potatoes. An average of $1.40
per bushel for No. l's has been received^
Gy the members of the sweet
potato^ cooperative marketing association,
but mongrel, diseased, or misshi\pon
potatoes are a drug on the
maritt't Rewards are for ?b<> mon
who-jgrows a high-quality product,
has it rejpYfy on time?and cooperates
growers. 'iW-here truck
l^rowjJrVtir^ not organized," one man
told'us,' "fhis sort of thing is constantly
happening: One man will
make a good profit by selling, say as
paragus on some'-particular market.
The news, gets o^X l^v grapevine telegraph.
N^xt da'y tliat" particular mar- '
ket is flooded *wfth cheap asparagus '
and none goe* to a dozen other markets
that really need it and would pay ,
R'S DEVIL .
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?33=?a IB ! !! I lllll || 1 iiJ JJL-LL
good price for it." Cooperative mar- \
eting is the only remedy for this t
tuation. . I
Progrenive and Sober Citizenship '
"Th^re are two. things I am ftlad t
> pay taxes for," said one South *
arolina farmer. "One is good schools f
nd the other is good roads." The f
tate is making rapid progress with 1
jgard to both schools and roads. *
outh Carolina also wisely decided <
lat the time has come not to put *
11 the tax burden on property, no '
latter whether it is paying a profit 1
r not, but to throw more of the bur- <
en on incomes and inheritances. '
And while speaking of schools, lut'j
is add that one of the most inspiring
ghts seen cr. our visit was the group '
f some forty hoys taking vocational
.griculture at Johnston. Those Smithlughes
students will be leaders ten J
'ears from now.
We were also gratified at waht we
iara relative to the whiskey situation.
3f course there are some blind tigers
ind blockade stills. But the people are
gradually going to root out those
?vils. The general conviction seemed
o be expressed by one man who said:
'A man needs all the brains he has
:o make a living now without be
fuddling himself, with liquor. If eight
Irinks will make me drunk, one drink
vill make me one-eighth drunk,-andhe
only wise thing to do is to let it
ibsolutely alone." * With
good schools, good roads, a
liversified agriculture, and a sober,
aw abiding people, South Carolina
:an indeed face the future with conlidence.
FIRST AID AND RESULTS
"No, I don't want to give up my
baby; can't you find some one to care
for her, so I can see her sometime and
Lake her back when I get strong
enough to work regularly?" Mrs. X
put this question with tears in her
eyes and a helpless pleading in her
^oice. The representative of the Child
Placing department longed to help
and resolved to find a way upon hearing
the full story of a young mother
of nineteen whose husband had died
a few months before, leaving her with
little Mary to care for and no money
to provide even the necessities. She
bad found work in the mill and was
earning twelve dollars a week but lior
health faild and the doctor advised an1
operation before she would ever be
1 "VAMPS" WHO
? MADE HISTORY I
By JAMES C. YOUNG.
US) by McCluru N?wtptp<r Syndicate.)
THE WOMAN WITH THE "EVIL
EYE."
iihi una ine ci > c;vi ou!d D'uITiuo,
U "she will bring a curse upon any
man who loves her."
History knows the beautiful woman
of whom he spoke as Lola Montez,
but she was christened Elizabeth, the
III llirtitor on W=l. ...n... ? - J I
uuuB?itvi v* * Uli moil nuuiail uuu 1<(MU
Byron, by the left hand. Afterward
the mother married nUd went to India
with her soldier husband. When
the girl was sixteen, her motlier came
hack to England for a time, and the
young mistress proceeded to .run
away, marrying a soldier and departing
for India.
Elizabeth left India, stopped In
Spuln, and changed her name to Lola
Montez. She studied dauclng and determined
to storm Loudon. Her appearance
In 1843 was heralded as a
great event, hut she could not dance.
Iler failure brought hisses, and she returned
to the continent, wandering
through Germany and Belgium. Then
she went to Warsaw. She conceived the
Idea of calling herself a Pole, foi*
whom everybody felt sympathy because
of their struggle for liberty.
So Lola came to Paris, under another
name, and started to dance. Once
more hisses greeted her. It was the
i?i->i aiiniv, one new into a iury, lore
off her slIpperB nnd garters, and threw
them at the audience.
Purls had been won. Lola, dropping
her other name, became the fashion
of the day. An editor was killed In
a ilucJ about her, nnd Dutnaa pronounced
the line quoted above, which
drove her from the capital. She next
turned up In Munich nnd enslaved old
King Ludwlg. Then folly took hold
of her. She started to rule the state
and soon got Into water so deep that
she almost loot her life. A mob surrounded
her palace and angrily demanded
that she come out. Lola
came, in her nightgown, pistol in
hand. She emptied the contents Into
the crowd and barely escaped the
mob's fury when Ladwlg arrived at
the head of the royal bodyguard*. She
had to flee, nnd Ludwlg loet his
throne.
Lolu had exhausted Europe. She
name to New York and tried again to
dance. Once more she faUed, and
went West, dipping Into the mining
ramps for a while, then on to Aus
irnun, nnn nnany Duck to New York.
Now s*ie lies lii Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn, and not even an epitaph
marks her simple headstone.
t>y Uutftw Sugtrror '
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r-j JO'ST ttEKDVUG *|?B| \
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veil again. When working in the mill fj
he mother would leave her baby to t]
5e cared for by strangers who now re- <
used to care for her. Poor litle crea- *
ure! She looked so pathetic as she ^
ried to tell, in her baby way, all i
ibout her troubles. Mary was just (
'ourteen months old and was so pale
ind thin that the. iyorker knew ?n- 1
itantly that she was not getting prop;r
nourishment. She had only two /
eeth and could not ^ven walk, indeed
ier thin little legs did not look as
though they would ever be strong J
jnough to stand on. Neither Mary nor '
ier mothpr had a change of clothing
ind their condition wus desperate.
The first step was to have the baby
examined by a good baby specialise,
who pronounced her sound but badly
under-nourished. He gave orders for ,
a chanee of die* and :?rri?p l tn 1r?nV
after her free of charge if she remain
in the city. The next step was
to find some one to take care of the
baby temporarily; and this problem
was finally solved through a relative,
who consented to take little Mary and
and care, fpr her. In the meantime,
arrangements had been made for
Mrs. .X to have hospital treatment.
As this littie true story is being writ
ten, the mother has regained health
and is on her way to join her baby.
She will be with little Mary every
night j during . the day, little Mary
w.ijl be under the careful oyes of her
devoted aunt, while Mrs. X is at
werk. . .
Cases like the abeve are often included
in the working program of the
Child Placing deprartment of the
State Board "of Public Welfare. This
shows clearly that the work of this
department cannot bo confided sile'y
to the placement of children fn homes
where they will--be>. adapted. Advice
and assistance are given in many difficult
cases, and it is the policy of the
department to study each case and if
it is for the best interest of the clii'd
a strenuous effort is made t? keep the
child with its fi.ther or mother.
A LARGE COTTON ACREAGE
RUINOUS THIS YEAR
Columbia, Feb. 6.?Convinced they
say, that any increase in cottoli acreage
this year would be absoltuely
ruinous to the state, officials of the
South Carolina Division of the American
Cotton Association today issued
a statement setting forth tlie
I I
oiuues ui
Great Scouts IVatfon I I
?, Western Newspaper Union.
"YELLOWSTONE" KELLY AND
HIS RIFLE. "OLD SWEETNESS"
It vvus the year 1783. The hostile
Sioux had surrounded Fort Stevenson,
N. D? and any white mhn who went
out alone went to his death. When
the until was sent to Fort Buford, 218
miles away, a full company of soldiers
went along to guard t{. One
day, while the troops were out on a
scout, ' Important dispatches came
which had to he delivered at once, and
there was no one who would dure attempt
the hazardous journey.
A young man, named Luther S.
Kelly, learning of this, went to the
commanding ofllcer and offered to get
thom thrmieh olnno k'pllv wnn t
New Yorker who hud come west seeking
adventure. Because of his youth,
the scouts around the fort had nicknamed
him "The Kid," and now these
men told him he would be scalped before
he was a mile from the post, lie
laughed at them.
i guess "UU1 Sweetness' and I can
take care of uny Sioux who jumps
usl" he said. "Old Sweetness" was
his pet name for his favorite rlfie.
A few tiours later Kelly walked Into
Fort Berthold, 18 intles from Stevenson.
The Mnndan, Gros Ventre and
Arikara Indians, camped about that
post for protection against the 81oux.
gathered ubout In admiration of his
daring, for they lived in terror of the
Dakota warriors.
Kelly stopped at Berthold only long
enough to eat and then pushed en to
Buford, 200 miles nwfty. Feur miles
from Berthold he came to a timbered
valley. When he reached the bottom,
a bullet whizzed past his ears. As
the scout dropped behind a log, three
.Sioux warriors rushed him. "Old
Sweetness" spoke three times and the
warriors dropped In their tracks.
Kelly returned to Fort Berthold and
told of his adventure. The friendly
Indlnns were wild with Jqy, and after
that they called Kelly "The Little Man
With the Strong Heart."
The scout started again for Fort
Bnford and delivered the dlspntohes
without further adventure. He became
the regular mnil carrier, but the
Bloux were so frightened of his
"strong medicine" thut they never at-.
tacked him again.
Kelly remained In the United Stntes
service as a scout until 1883. He was
n lieutrnnnt of voJunteers In the
Spanish-American war and In the
Philippines the old Indian scout, as
captain of the Filipino scouts, added
further to Ills laurels of war before
he retired as a flirhtlng man.
HMM*. V BHY NOO p'
MEXfeft eV)EV> HEAdfrP
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acts.r-in the ,situation,: -ds ^h?V
ienv and urging every
South Carolina to uqi(4^i>^9 -nC
;o r'hold the acreage down at feast nj
?o that .of 1921. A.fu^thftSjpetlvietioft <<i
A Qqld be' strongly ad^ia^hje.' the H&wO\ * ]
:iation says, four majof^r?vasaii*,iwrtf 5?
?ive'n by the association jvby;thfp:acre* V
age should not be inc repaid, it ?'W1
says that are nymerou^ minor re*V. as
*>ns,the four pFincipa,! gn<?s a^e: *tV*??9g|
"Fir^t. An increase?in cotton a^
age*\yould chqapea ?H oelfetfcfal WeflH ^
by Southern banks. * ^
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' "Second. Under boll weevil condi
tions an increase in actdage'hieans an 11
increase in possible disaster-by--tfie Pr
boll weevii. . v.; ???? ' jti
"Third. An increase in cotton apre- 'd,\
age means a decrease in fodd a'rid'feed r,o\
crops. Let's make the Southern fai^
self sustaining before weaghih'uricfer- .ei
take to raise a surplus of ddttoii.
THE REA
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Not what you get by chance or'Wife
in life, but what you gain by hohea
I successful. What ard you doling .tp ji
j funds for future ne-ds by starving'
THE FARMERSli
M. L. RALEY. J. S. McGREGC
President . . V.icfe&rb
DIRECT
F. D. Seller, j) S. Sni
T. H. Burch,I
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Inted of accommodation or you I
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!Let us show you this wonder. A
R. B. LANEY, President
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j M. J. Hough, Vice-Pr*?Hl*nt.
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D. H. DOUGLASS, President '.*<
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lurrripr known as tfie ,"d#ad ".lino"? \
a .point beyond* *^nlch**crook#- edtlttf
Hbt .q|^(tekraW^x<^ptt--under peril of ' -" ?
I^iniedlabe Attest,1*fcven Kthdpgh..':i&* ',,
charges were pending against theft *'
#t th# m?igpn'*, The device wAs ortgy" *
lgated by William Melville, rtpefta*"'* -. i
yuident of Rcotlaud Yard during the. ? ~
reign of Queen Victoria, / % ;
', ,But tt warn, la ^connection witfn> Mm
pt?v?ntWn of a irline, .rather than ln..i- ,
jftie deivthg qf one^ that Melville hadUv *...
t^ls riioit, bistinguislied success, fqr.Jf?\i>.
Mr hid dpt. bepn gble -to capture Vreff, %
Ibe fAiMUs "aihrdhTSt^t Is quite* ppf- t ^
st^rie tfiat the caar t)f fttihsla and.poe- ^
Stt^y. \iqvne of the member* of the *
jy|gnljig family4f\Engtflftil weuM her* *'
iheen blown Into eternity. .1 .
^jtfhe affair. In .qty?slipm occurred home * '
months after Melvlllo l)ad taken charge :
T&r Scotland Yard. ^Ttae visit *pstbe+ v. ?>?
flear had'b4en widely hfcValded through
the" press and every governmental ap- ^
.ertftlve |n Oreat* Britain . had been
pressed Ipto service to secure the safe-Jt',
ty,'of this vlsltlng<rnleftiKTheveditfre .
Island was contk#1 For men who Wetw' 4 f
^own to be hiding^ and, as a lfnal' ",
resort, Melville,. Ispuad an ordet that - * *
t suspicious. character fojmd within ?
square raftes of' the Mne of march \ ' * ,
4jrt Ru'^klnglHiim vpalac$ \o the Ifan-W
wflrit'hQti^e wmfld be-a'rrested on sight. x ( ., ^
^^Three*1 dit>V"before" the arrival .of ; v *
thfr oznfk Melville's reports Indicated
tlmtr tliq etty. -hrfd beftn thoroughly^ *.
cleahod iip. - * ^
? . j lv..si !?
,-But nt| tjie -very dAy* Ytf the proces- .
slqq,. only two houret-l^d'fbre the rbyfll % 5.
.families were; scJ>e^uled.ito "leave the
'pajace. Melvlile was Informed. tkaLj|ls
men had failed'fo dpfifemAqfthe most
drift dermis nlljll I.^J ..oif' that torri|iWW^hil 1 J>.?
n ytdflng Kytvs^ji tjMsngjge o| VrofT,
whf. hndf escnjio^ froiQ <^4^{l8egi?|n.tltsai^la44
> Petersburg nn(!'"lipd*enter?\ Kijglwid*
||i bUoli A ttfrtiidabfiTit mffpner^tjuv^ h|^ >vt . *
arrival had nop'hrtfh feftorded. * Afr.j .r T ?, %
^orill^vK "to* the 'word whlMt"' inched ...
t.AjfelyOle.l VnoCT hmVstMdred hfnplhytftfent'" * ,
In ? wbie merchant's ' o'stMrthfhnfrnt ' *"* ,
alhns tile line .whljqh tht: proftOffcAftn1 ^ '1 !
'wotyld frfllow, and ha^Hwoni to throw ' ^
u'honib 'under, the .csjpr's carriage Ag** ;?.
It. passed.' .."J . v.. 'd'' s?'
Melville realized \fint f,t]ere wgsn'jte,- %
a moment to he lost. Also. .It \\as a- j hy
Job whirJi lie muijt hhhdT^""itlone. t ^ \
;As ^It {happened, Meivllle knew ttye 4.;
establishment where VrofT worked, and^ ... . ..
he, nlso fknew that a certain vinrafcfc* * '**
jf .^ainpagne was kept Jr. th'e <"?lhir? > v < ; '
' wirence, jt was prodA"oe#h#i!jr nt^iT soe^ "' * .
fclnr request. ^I;mas d*#- Wils c>aso^v * ' V
therefht^, that hogiadP. tils wat to fha *
wine -shop "and*^s<nted% that hg woull|. *A"%'
like to nurchase-hnlf A dqzert< bottles. .. ?! v-V*
.of the <fb^ifii|inV5f?'y*" * ^ t %, v t?; . * V
iqfdbetMj, trie.; prpprletiOTf in*-... . ? o
formed him that* the A-lntajje'wap(^
Jhe ljliv^nit-offered\o hhVe'It, broqgh^ f ,"y
nn Inimedlntolv .. * *' 1 I .
. < , ^ - -rf J.'u,
"Don't; botlier to -do "that,-** replied.. ^ ,. .
the Srotj?n?l. Ynr<> -nhrtv'TlT *6 dol*^ , ?
wlt.lf .'olio of ojg^i^^r^HiwiVMi"
out"tYio'n>ottjuHj|for. ntygpt/. ' .'1
HI sod ?omethln{c..?hje ^jyt
the- KiitnC tlnie. !^'yyj;),Vnt?VW1 eV>nf ? ' ' r.'16!
wlfli m?Y to point out tlje .w^y."* sg?d ;' .
tje . Indicated ^rifle :6f tfie. employees . ;v? ' *
j^honi h\ hd<f reeoBnl*e<l fr5m the de-' ''.-? ,. ,*'v \ .
crlptlorf Jan* Vroff. ' . . V ?' :
As thev t*ench*d the of the .
stairs, the'rafceMfa-jtofntett'to'd'bio*'f
nearby tynd-.-atfited .itinvtt -tt-*Yoritahied ' *'
0b? ohhnlpiV^po^y^^xyttpmerilsked Yer. f *" V ' "Realizing
that he,.eouJd not t stage hf#?* ' * '
coop so cloae'to.a means et e*tt? -Mob* * * *
vllle examlrfeif'rte"bottles. ofTfWbdoase-* v. v>. vobjection
to t!He hge of the wine-^n4 uiA^
Jnquire<Jc,wl*?t lay In pie J^ack <rfvtb*;
.<*?*&***. " -
rCT^dy,M r**),,e<5 *h? <**?* .,capmenclngj
to b^.a blDTeadlv^.for' tna 4i'TJ t H'ou'r
of ' the ^approach hf 't?? proceeslon
Ura^tflawlng rapidly nearer. ? " >/*
'ahiffirtirttfctf "
"I. thinlr 1$ pre'fer lfcai^?dr*?r aH.<M > '!? > '1
me' nee' ftftrie 'qf .It. j^yi yony..'- i
Qrumbilng a bit Under hlr'breath.!* 1
, -Vn^ led., the w?yU>ack into the ;dla .. ">
,i*re8?ei*ef Hhe cttHrf^Alrlis he beat ... v
,fpjrwar(^^,<hacuna?a>V?He, lfetvilfe'' " *,
-is?ed 41*! 4 4^ ' ,r<: J01.
t~_\vlth ? ghh\>yt?e, oeMINe slip* -Vroff '* *'
flfitifedt ot^ .from. updffti<the detect' ' *'
''tlvtni 'h/rnfu nn^U , before. Melville- '..; ?*
lrrfow1- wPhaV tie was dolnp; he had
*ros?rhed Hfm a ^mli^tie'eenter of the . ^
cellar, aad seoored.a big, murderous ""
Vrfnih, ' which 'he held high above hta
iieAki.. - . . > \ y'
'*hin HA OAniman/lttM "? **??. t' *
vuuhiioiiucui uo me nrui"
land Yard operative started toward
him. *?>ne mare step qkjal I'll blow 4*
wlKue placw to K^-l and yfp with >.
aSfUlvlHe^-fs-r^tn the ki^fU$of
.iMtochlal pWnclpfira, reallzedthat thla
was n^bluff. *
"You've Rut me " he admitted. "But'
for God's Hnke?<hm?t*tWrow that thing
In hero! We'd lioth be kllle<l!"
"TJjen back< Into .thaU^qull^^i," dl^tc.ted
Vtuff, "and rfon'flimRe a bound.
Slowly and hesitatingly, so aa to
brjng the- Ku*x(nri nparfr <0>]Pr H?*l rlille
obeyed orders. Then.JuajfLas tha
anarchist reached'oqt^odfpae the dj>?*\ a
avlll^ Hi^^^an4 tli^^#bb ,\ - \ '
?'one hand, and Xt-lth the other delivered
an uppercut on the point [ ?Lth? ajuarohlats's
lay fCfflfctifMB
TllNflT recover for fully five minutes.
When he finally came to, he found that
he had been seeu^yly handcuffed to
one of (fie stanchions?there to remain
until the sounds of the pugging procession
In d faded Into the distance,
Total of Nothing.
There were seven of us In all, at
lunch. One proposed: ,
"Gentlemen, for diversion, suppose
we each take u piece of paper and,
without consultation, write down
many benefits of war as we can think
of, and then put them to#e?ber and ae#
what th?v m?ir?"
Bo, being essentially children any- ,
how, each busied himself with tile part