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bROADWAY ,JONE5 FROM TIll PLAY OF GEORGE M.COMAN EDWADD MAR5I ALL WITH PHOTOGRAPHS rROM 5CCNE5 I M[ PLAY oPYc,?7 /!/J, BY Cw 0/L L /tAJ CMOA IY CA n 14 SYNOPSIS. cI su Jackson Jones, nicknamed "Broadway" so because of his continual glorification ofe New York's great thoroughfare, is anx ious to get away from his home town of I Jonesville. Abner Jones, his uncle, is to very angry because Broadway refuses to settle down and take a place in the gum factory in which he succeeded to his th father's interest. Judge Spotswood in forms Broadway that $250,000 left him by m his father is at his disposal. Broadway w makes record time in heading for his favorite street In New York. With his St New York friend. Robert Wallace, Broad- w way creates a sensation by his extrava- h gance on the White Way. Four years h pass and Broadway suddenly discovers that he is not only broke, but heavily in debt He quietly seeks work without asue- t cess. Broadway becomes engaged to Mrs. si Gerard. an ancient widow, wealthy and very giddy. Wallace learns that Broad- a way is broke and offers him a position at with his father's advertising firm, but it t is declined. Wallace takes charge of Broadway's affairs. Broadway receives ti a telegram. announcing the death of his Uncle Abner in Europe. Broadway is his sole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Con- al solidated Chewing Gum company offers , Broadway $1,200,000 for his gum plant and Broadway agrees to sell. Wallace takes W the affair in hand and insists that Broad way hold off for J bigger price and rushes - him to Jonesville to consult Judge Spots- be wood. Broadway finds his boyhood play- i mate, Josie Richards, in charge of the plant and falls in love with her. Wallace 8S is smitten with Judge Spotswood's daugh- m ter. Clara. Joste points out to Broadway that by selling the plant to the trust he W will ruin the town built by his ancestors m and throw 700 employes out of work. Broadway decides that he will not sell. u Broadway visits the plant and Josie ex- sla plains the business details to him. He de cides to take hold of the work at once. CHAPTER XI.-Continued. ' hi "Great Scott!" he said, aglow with a genial satisfaction. "Talk about ex- ti citement! The whole plant is in ail ti uproar." re "What is it, judge'" the owner of tc the plant inquired. tl "Why, didn't you send a message out te there by Higgins?" ci "Er-yes, I did." w "Well, that's what they're cheering si about. The men are yelling themselves hoarse and the boys are dancing with re joy." The judge was beaming like a tl full moon with gray tufts of hair above tc Its ears. "You'd thiq* Bedlam had w broken loose. They're yelling for you. Ic . Broadway. Come out and et them seb al i r~a wssd. stf , t +ine, iof sheer, unspeakable at ' ' tribt. He ducked and looked .about b as if'endeavoring to Sad that avenue a through which escape would be easiest. e "No; not, now, please," he begged a pitifully. s They might have let it go at that v had not the cheering within the works i1 broken out afresh. C "Listen to that," the judge adjured 1 him, and urged him with a happy hand upon his elbow. His wife went to his assistance, "Oh, do go out and say something, Broad- c way!" "Yes," the judge insisted, "come and e make a speech." "I can't say axiything," said the mis erable and frightened Broadway. "II never made a speech in my life!" Joule, smiling gently, turned from them. When again she faced them she held in her hand the paper she, had I thrust so recently into that sacred, secret place. "Read this. to them," .he suggested. He took it, but he did not see whence It had been extracted, although Mrs. "They're Yelling for You, Broadway." Spotswood did. The eyes of matrons of her age are sympathetically attuned to signs of this sort, seeing them when others miss them. She smiled at Josle, Josle caught her eye and blushed furiously. "Oh, come on." The judge now took a firmer hold on him. "It will make them all feel good." His faithful wife went to his aid. She to'ok the other arm of the acutely miserable youth, and between them they propelled him from the room, through the short length of a wide hallway stacked on either side with boxes full of chewing gum already packed for shipment, through a breath lessly hot engine-room, and into the main room upon the factory's ground goor. Their appearance was the signal for Sa uproar of applause. The loudest cheering of the previous outburst was surpassed so notably that, by compari- to son, it had been whispering. In the - enthusiasm of the moment men, wom- ev en and the younger workers of the force lost all sense of reserve. Broadway ceased to be that terrible s thing, a new and untried boss, who must be looked at carefully, addressed rg with caution and regardied with re spect made up principally of fear. He ril was young; he had been fair to them; gc he was their economic savior. a They went mad, and, at first permit ting him no opportunity to make the th speech which he so feared, seized him as if he had .been the winning player at a football game and bore him round the great room of the factory upon their shoulders. There was affection in the strong arms of the men who lifted him; there were tears in many women's eyes fu which watched. Not only was this youth the boss; he was the young bE boss. They knew he had been plucky in his loyalty to them, rumors of the splendid offer which the trust ,had made had been circulated freely. He was accredited with that intention most admired by real Americans, and these workmen, in this old New Eng land mill, in this old New England vil lage, were principally native sons. He was not content to be an idler; he insisted upon buckling down to a man's job. And had he not decided to - take up the burden of gum-manufac Sture largely through his feeling' of responsibility to them and to the r town? Financially the offer of the trust must certainly have been more t tempting than the prospect of commer cial battle which, even should it win, would inevitably involve a long, expen Ssive and intensely wearing strain! 3 Would they ride him round and I round upon their shoulders? Would I they cheer him till the blood rushed Sto their heads? Would the woman I want to kiss him and the youngsters look at him as if he were a species of supierior being? Verily, y, ,ald. i In .htbe musttimim~2 `t'4 was left quitd aloibe. She may &Ive O tbeen aware that ioterestial things b were happening in the factory, things which she would very gladly have wit wI nessed, but beyond doubt she felt that something far more interesting-to t wit, the arrival of Bob Wallace-was a $ likely to occur at any moment in the office. She preferred the smiles of d Wallace to the cheers of working-peoa a d pie, and she waited for them. Wallace was not long delayed. She 8 1. greeted him with cordial liking. "You I- didn't ex'pect to find me here, did you?" v "Well, hardly. This is an unexpect- t d ed pjasure." "Mr. Jones will be back in a few t s" minutes. Hle went out in the works to i 'I make a speech." She gave this information with the r air of one explaining commonpliaces. eto To her everything,.in deed, was com 4d monplace, save Wallace. She held him l, the most extraordinary thing on earth. " But he was utterly amazed. "To make a speech!" He burst into a roar e of laughter. "Well, what do you think s. of that!" She smiled at him. She cared noth ing for the cheering, but she would tell him about it, because she liked to talk to him on any subject "Well, you should have heard them cheering! They've made more noise than this old town has ever heard before." "Yes, I dare say it is," he granted, as new cheers burst forth. But -he did not go to see the dem onstration, which indicated to him that he must find something most at tractive in this village belle's com pany. What other woman could have held him from the sight of Broadway Jones in his first effort an an orator? "Funny," he remarked, and smiled at her; "I was thinking of you as I passed the drug store just now." She laughed, delighted. "That's strange. I've been thinking of you, too!" "Have you really?" "Yes. Oh, those chocolates were -fne! I ate them all before I went to bed." Then, reproachfully, "but you *' shouldn't be spending your money the way you do!" ed He was unconscious of any mad ex en penditure of which she could be cogni atrzant and, therefore, was surprised. ed "What?" "Mr. Jones told me that you were a ok regular spendthrift." ke This from Broadway, the most fa mous spendthrift of New York's recent id. years! "When did he tell you that?" hly he asked, endeavoring to hide the nm meaning of his smiles. m, "Just a little while ago. He said you de spent over twenty-fve dollars one Ith night!" dy For a second this extraordinary ih- statement almost choked him. He had he been with Broadway when that sum nd would have been regarded as a modest tip for a head-waiter. for "Oh, did he tell you about that est night?" he asked, still caretulli en I deavoring to conceal the nature of his thefirm smiles at least. .. And as he smiled it came upon him that for reasons which he did not un- Age derstand as yet he should be sorry to Sl have this particular girl learn details i reft of some nights which he and BroadwaY moE Jones had passed together on the fa- see. mous street hey knew so well. H "Yes," she said, prettily admonish- not ing, "and you mustn't waste it in that gre way an nmore." one She shook her finger at him pilayful- out ly, but with a serious light of eyes be "i hind the playfulness which seemed to "wE indicate"proprietary interest in him. It men amused him-but he found it unmis- us. takably pleasant, too. nor The excited Sam came in. Sam al ways seemed to come at just those all moments which without him would car have been more interesting. 'I "He's - shaking -- hands - with - refi everybody," he volunteered. "Who? Mr. Jones?" asked Clara. F "Yes - Gosh! - He - was-afraid tho to - make -" a - speech! I - bet olu - I - wouldn't - be - afraid! If- yot ever - 1 - amount - to - anything - the - first - thing - I'm - going Sto - do - is - to - make - a - ed speech - about - myself!" wa ) Wallace laughed. "You've got the ing 1 right Idea, Sammy." rot "You - bet - I've -- got - the - itt Sright - idea! I've - got - darned - sot good - ideas - if - I - ever - get - a - chance - to - use - 'em!" ing Clara was reproving. "Sammy, stop this constant talking about yourself!" e "Stop - your - own - talking! You but S- don't - understand - me. I've abl 1 - got - brains - I - have!" to S"No one can tell," said Wallace. "Maybe he has." eap "I'll - surprise - you - all - some wa - day!" Th B Clara smiled at Wallace. "Ain't It be funny. He really thinks he's going to be a big man." "Well, maybe he will," said Wallace, p considering Sammy's bulk reflectively, riPl yo ''ig tlut be ed yo Ic ~wc br ut de dcc t- e deJudge eamed Hpp ,"· ay '. aas ~'vs ,7 to a ~ ro a in cd d It d tn ain t- The Judge Beamed Hap fly. . "and then, again, he's liable to fall a away to almost nothing." St he laughed, delighted at his humor. e f "Oh, I see what you mean! You're P' o. always joking, aren't you?" di "Aren't I the c it-up, though?" he cI te gently guyed her. ft b S It was very silly, and he knew how ti ?" very silly It was, but, none the less, fc the city man epjoyed the persiflage ml with this red-ciheeked rural msldee. In 1W the extraordinary ebullition of hiis spir- n ots he reached out his hand for hers, f' found it, and stood swinging it. She h he blushed, he laughed. He waskeally h m. burlesquing a flirtation, but she, did Snot know it, nor was the impulse of his y m foolery entirely burlesque. He was b h very much confused when an amused k ro cough from behind them told that at Joe had come in. akHe whirled. "Oh, good morning, Miss a Richards!" I Lb"How do you do, Mr. Wallace?" She t eli smiled with definite satisfaction. "Mr. I lkJones Ii causing quit, a sensation in 5 on the works." "So 1 understand." 1I g s "Shall I tell him you are here?" F asked Clara. "I wish you would, if it isn't too i much trouble, Miss Spotswood." "Not at all. I'll be only too pleased." She smiled at him. "Nobody ever calls me anything but Clara." Wallace 'felt that he was most em m- phatically in clover. "Oh, you Clara!" He was a large young man, with a , large, smooth-shaven face, particularly' led broad. It was one happy smile. She was giggling as she hurried to ward the factory. "I1l tell him, right It's away." Wallace turned to Josle. "Has Mr. Pembroke called?" "No; Mr. Jones was saying he ex pected him at eleven o'clock." to "Well, it isn't quiteeleven, yet." iou "He told me of the advice you gave the him. We have a good deal to thank you for. I'm sure of that," "I don't see why," he protested. ex- "He's only doing what is fight Any pni- man with a conscience would do the ed. same. Ot course my infuence may have had some bearing on his decision, ea but, believe me, his mind was made up when you got through with. him last ia- night." ent She was very earnest "Oh, It means tt" so much to so many!" the "Any way, I think he'd be a fool to sell." you "You do?" one "Certainly. A proposition which showed the profit this did last year ary without any advertising! Why, it's bad onderful! I know what I'm talking umr about. I'm with the biggest adver Lest tising firm in New York city." "But we couldn't afford to advertise, hat except in a small way," she said in ex en- Dlanation of what ha avidantly thasuht atheir lack or enterprise, "and the biI If you firms wouldn't take a petty contract." we both S"Why didn't you try the Empire and day ,Agency?" competi aShe shook her head. "We did. They chewing s refused to handle us at all. They do else met y most of the Consolidatrdi's work, you call for - see. I guess that was the reason." more ii He was quick to deny this, lie did Pepsin 1 not wish anyone to think that the who wo t great Empire Agency would favor These one concern to the extent of shutting workme 1- out another in fair coimpetition. truth; "Oh, no," he confide:tly asserted, nized tli o "we don't make that sort of agree- way laic It ments. No corporation can dictate to fair; the 9- us. The Empire's my Afirm. My Guyv'- like Jot nor's its president." industri 1- "Oh, well, then, perhaps, you know of pers e all about it." She evidently did not dustry d care to be so firmly contradicted. the own This daunted him. "You say they power. Srefused to handle your work?" that tht "Absolutely." After h For a moment he stood lost in reiterat d thought, then suddenly reached a res- pledges Solution of Importance. "May I use them tl -your 'phone?" he asked. Swee g "Certainly." plant. g "Give me long distance." he demand. sweethi ed of the operator; then, while he was treason waiting, he turned back to Josle, say- thers w 1e ing almost angrily: "That's a pretty sneered rotten trick, if it's so-to squeeze the have c - little fellow out like that. You're ab- would - solutely sure it was the Empire?" who of "Yes; we tried all the big advertis- curred. ing firms." ers, dr V "There isn't any other big advertis- ers, wi ing firm." he valiantly declaimed. His pers it U business patriotism was unquestion- their h e able. "If there was we'd whip it over were I to the Empire in pretty quick shape." declare The receiver, which he held at his for his ear, showed signs of life. "Hello, I Ther want New York," he told the operator. buzzed Then, to Josie: "What's this num- clatter, tber?" tagiouB to ber?" o "Two-two Main." was a "This is two-two Main, the Jones Broad` e plant," he informed the operator. "All depart y right. Get them for me as quickly as make you can." about After hanging up the receiver he attend turned gravely to Josie. "There must ties, I it had be some mistake about this," he assur- it h ed her. Evidently he was seriously He I worried about the charge of favoritism he got brought against his firm. to gr painfu "I have all the correspondence, i of thepainfu of the you'd like to see it." resent "rd like to very, much." knowl "I'll have it here in a very few min- repres utes. .Excuse me." anoth anothi Fortunately for his telephonic en- by thi deavors 'there had been a period of The quiet 'in the oiuter factory. But now, game as the crowd approached across the nothir vast workroom adjoining, from a visit his hi Sto the other portions of the plant, the oblige roar of cheering was renewed. He He si went to the door and opened it, look- and s ing ipto the workroom. Almost at the that door we the Judge and Mrs. Spots- realizs woo 4 ust behind them, Broad- gloon w ere smiling happily and1 . to ge "We shake* bans with everybody his e in tae world." said Broadway. "Hi "I CHAPTER XII. "Ju .all Out The celebration ever, the mill once He : or. more settled down to that industrial are i 're peace which is accompanied by the gets deafening roar of machinery, the ".R4 he clamor of the busy hammer pn the me t nail, sinking home in packing boxes, ingly ow the shouts of workingmen and women Th ass, forced to thrust their words above the I'led. ige strident medley which surrounds them over In There was new life in the old mill, "N pir- new cenfidence had taken place of urge irs, fear and fierce antagonism in the Th bhe hearts of hundreds, an esprit de corps satis: illy had been born suddenly such as had did not existed in that factory for many his years. In one happy sentence of his was bashful speech Broadway had struck a Ke sed keynote. He had said:r of b hat "And--er--now, you fellows, keep ing I your brains-er-busy with this situ- in a [iss ation. I have bucked the Trust. I've first bucked the Trust for you and the old any She town. Now if you don't help me beat the Mr. it to the ropes, "stagger it, blind it, ton in pulp it, put it down and out as the all- pIe powertul force in the gum-indurtry. spot: it's going to wipe me off the map, and j betti re?" when I'm wiped you''e wiped. its a "I've fought for you, and lots of circi too folks will say I am a tool for doing it. lowa em -h 4 Ito- L~~ .4'h*--~-" ALLOYS OF HIGHEST VALUE Remarkable Products That Will Add Greatly to the Commercial Wealth of the World. Two. new alloys that are in many respects remarkable are described by the American Machinist. One, called argental, and produced by the inventor of the McAdamite alloy, is a com pound of silver and aluminum. It has been put out to compete with sil ver, over which many superiorities are claimed for i( for industrial purposes. It can be cast rolled, spun, drawn into wire, takes a good polish and has greater strength than either aluminum or silver. It resembles silver in ap pearance, is not affected by nitris acid and does not tarnish on exposure to Sthe air. Its specific gravity is only - one-third that of silver. SThe other alloy is a blend of co g baIlt and tin of about 40 to 60. This . is said by the official chemist of the American Institute of Metals to be especially resistant to acids, but o'ing . to its brittleness it has little commer t cal value. Experiments, however, If you start In and fight for me: if we both fight heart and soul and night and day to win against the wildest competition that was ever known in chewing-gum, we WILL win. Anything else means our sponge in the air and a call for doctors and an ambulance, or more likely, undertaker, for Jones' Pepsin Gum, its owner a:.d the men who work for him." - These words had struck home. The workmen had all understood their truth; furthermore, they fully recog nized the justice of the burden Broad way laid upon them. Workingmen are fair; they are fairer in old, little towns like Jonesville than they are in great industrial centers, where the element ,of personality has passed out of in tdustry and the worker is a cog, while the owner is an unseen and mysterious power. The men had shouted wildly that they all would help and meant it. After he had left the shops they had reiterated among themselves the pledges of their fealty, and they meant e them then. Sweethearts, that day In the Jones plant, would have scornfully rejected sweethearts who showed any sign of 9 treason to the young proprietor; fa thers would have thrashed a son who Y sneered at Broadway; mothers would e have chided daughters (more likely ).would have spanked them fiercely) who offered slurs upon what had oc . curred. The capacity of mixers, cook ers, drawers, molders, cutters, stack ers, wrappers, packers, boxers, ship pers increased as if by magic. Foi A 1their hearts were in their work; they . Swere hustling for the boss who had declared his firm intention of hustling s for his workers. Therefore in the works everything ' . buzzed and hummed and banged and I Sclattered with a pleasurable and con tagious enthusiasm. In the office there was a warm glow of satisfaction, but , Broadway's smile, after the ladies had 11 departed, Clara and her mother to I make calls and pass the joyful news about the town triumphantly, Josie to attend to necessary details of her du- I se ties, became somewhat weaker than 1 it had been. 1 He had gone into the fight, but was m he going to win the fight? It wgs fine I m to fight, undoubtedly, but it would be I if painful to get licked. His knowledge Sof the business world was amply rep resented by the figure "0." The Trust's knowledge of the business world was n- represented by the figure "0" and then another figure "0," the two preceded by by the figure "1." of They knew 100 per cent. of that Sgame of which he knew absolutely be nothing. He had defied them, shied sit his hat Into the ring, and now was he obliged to chastise them drastically Ele He sighed, thrust his neck out stiffly k- and said, trying to be cocky, but, now he that the excitement had died down, 't- realizing that it would be easy to be ad- gloomy: ad "Funny Pembioke isn't here." S nosed to sce that on, pow*L of hot contempt, but hi wanted to get at nt, get it over with, before "his energy had oosed away. "He'll be along," sa'd Wallace. "Is it eleven, yett?" "Just" Out came Broadway's neck again. iee He was even rather nervous. "What are we going to say to him when he the gets here?" the "Remember that you promised to let the me handle him," said Wallace warn :e, ingly. "He thinks I'm your secretary." len The judge saw that they were wor the rned. "If you boys want to talk things em over I'll skip along." 1111, "No, stay here, judge," Broadway of urged. "We may need a lawyer." the The judge's face glowed with his rps satisfaction. bad (TO BE CONTINUED.) any his Borax Water for Stains. :k a Keep upon your toilet table a bottle of borax solution, made by dissolv eep ing a teaspoonful of powdered borax itu- in a pint of hot water. When the I've first suggestion of soil appears upon old any of your light cloth gowns rub peat the spot with a piece of absorbent cot it, ton wet with the solution. This sim all- ple operation will remove dust, mud try. spots and perspiration stains. It is and better than gasoline or paphtha, as its application does not leave the ugly of circle of stain that so frequently tol g it. lows the use of other cleaning flulds. 'a'-~uc tend to show that when this 1s mixed with other mesds, such as copper, for instance, it produces a series of al loys which may be turned, forged and machined and have a high degree of chemical resistance. Old Measurements of Time. I Sand glasses for measuring time Swere made as soon as the art of Sblowing glass had been perfected by I the people of Byzantium. These glasses were used fot all sorts of 3 purposes, for cooking and for making speeches, but their most important a use was at sea. In order that one's I position at sea might be figured, it i was important in those early days to know the vessel's speed. The earliesf I method was to throw over a heavy b piece of wood of a shape that resisted Y being dragged through the sea, and with a string tied to it. The string - had knots in it and the block of wood s was called a log. The knots were so e arranged that when one of them ran e through one's fingers in a half minute g measured by a sand glass it indicated r- that the vessel' was going at the speed r, of one nautical mile. ma heo. HENRY HOWXLAND ]3IFOP]E A START Stay. you that Sproudly plan to dare And you that S eek to do: Bcfrre you hurry '4 forth to try j To protollvj plant y o t Ir 4ttn lard high, An hontest word with you. Who e.'hlek to ralso I.srný«if above The to vel of the crowd I Must dirag through Imany aJ slough of woe c And sul!f:'r miny a blina hinw·~ Ali ol sit hulm bly bw'ed. ºiJ For every little Sgain he makes Who tries to taklie the lead A hIundlred disappointments leave STheir Impress on him; to achieve SThe heart must often blend. Stay, you that plan to gain renown Or play a splendid part: g Ten thousand sore discouragemenets d Upon your heart shall leave their dents - Before you get a start. it Love's Triumph. d With a fluttering heart the beautiful o girl approached the inagniticent old s duchess. ,o "I have come," the lovely American a. said, in low, sweet tones, "to speak n to you about something that is very that is very-very-" is "There, there, sit down," the state. te ly dame interrupted. "Compose your, te self. Won't you have something to ,e quiet your nerves?" p "Oh, thank you, you are very kind. 's As you doubtless know, my father 8 began his life as a tin peddler, and in my mother in her younger years had d a job as dining-room girl in a board ing house. But you will not let these at things prejudice you against me, will ly you? Please say that you will over ed look my family and judge me for my a$ worth alone. I love Bertie so much. ly It would kill me if you were to tell ly me that he cannot be mine. Please )W please say that you will give your In, consent?" be "H'm! Have you and he arrived at an understanding?" "Yes. I asked him last night to be an mae.and hp.cofesedLthat he loved. mbs AU tht*Wq need.how to complete d our happiness is your consent" r "Well, it you can support him In the style' to which he has been accus tomed, I suppose I must yield." "Oh, you dear; sweet old thing! I will give orders tomorrow to have the in. castle fitted up with modern plumb ist ing and an elevator-" he let PERCY AND LIONEL. "Yes, it's pret or' , ty hard to tell just how to name ba bies so their names will be ap propriate when his they grow up. There was mi Uncle David. He had two sons, and he called them Percy and Lionel. Percy is a black tle smith now." )l- "What's Lionel doing?" ra "Lionel? Oh, he's doing well. Runs the one of the biggest sausage factories fn pon St Joe County." bub ot- The Last Hope Im- On Thespis woman e'er relies mud. To be her willing benetactress; is If ever there should be the need Sie thinks she could at once proceed To earn her living as an actress. fol- For man there is anothel' way: ida. When his best plane go to the dickeag He runs his fingers through his hair And thinks of sitting down somewhere And getting wealth by raising chick BSens. Good Cheer. "What makes you so cheerful today, Ophelia? You look as if you had just inherited about a million dollars." "Oh, Alfred! What do you think' It has been found out that Mrs. 'Sim pleigh, that blonde the men have all been crazy over this winter, was dl for vorced by her frst husband on this for l-one's account." and e of The Office and the Man. "Do you believe in letting the oflce seek the man?" "Well, that depends on whether the man can get along just as well as not ime without the offce." L of i by The Difficult Part, hose It doesn't take a man very long to B of become wise, but getting other peo king pie to recognize your wisdom, after tant you have it, is a long and tedious job. une's 1, it Art. !5 to "I didn't know she had much of an 'Iesi idea of art." eavy "Oh, yes. She's had all the doors sted taken ofr and hang Navajo blanketa and in their places." tring Rood A Hundred Years Hence. -e 50 "She is always boa'iting about her fsamily." note Yes. Her great-grandparents were lated arrested by customn inspectors whea ithey came to this country."