The Detroit times. [volume], August 23, 1917, NOON, Image 8

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917
[/k Great Victory for
Goal Consumers; Greater
One for the Miners
Fin<t. wo want to have n voice in the
three cheers that are being sounded over
the country at this hour for President
Wilson, for the way he ha> taken the
coal price hull by the horns and jiu-
Jfttsued the beast into a harmless posi
tion in a far fence corner
The president has, indeed, made war .*
bit easier to take and many ate! "W wi!
Btep off to it with a much letter hear’
in the thin# he i- upp< -e ! to do.
Washington advice.' are * '.at a prel:’
of 70 cents (20 cents to the vvh lesaler
and 50 cents to the retailer) s all the
government intends to allow, -o t: >
profit, added to the mine price plus c
of transportation, will ri r< ’ t w: -it
coal will cost'in Detroit.
Anticipating the further go\, mm< nt
action, fixing the retail sci *ue
price dropi>ed yesterday in ( hicago m
$1 to $1.50 per ton.
The best of it is, the president -•>
vinced that nobody is to sutler.
The rest of us know that a whole lot
of us are going to be benefited.
However, we hear some protest raised
and this protest calls our attenti n to a
thing the president put over that is u v
as important in a way as the reduction
in the price of coal.
For many, many years men have been
engaged, far down in the earth in •
most hazardous pursuit of digging out
coal.
Now and then a mine ha- caved in or
gas has exploded, and we have been
made acquainted with the fact that these
men have families to support, children
to feed and buy clothes and shoes for.
We know they have families to look
after because we have seen these fami
lies standing ai>out the mines as they
have brought out the dead bodies,
eagerly waiting and hoping that the hus
band and father will show up alive.
Time after time, we have come aero'*
newspaper accounts of many lives lost
in our mine disasters, and have said to
ourselves, “That was the ri«k they
took* 9 ’
Then we forgot all about it.
President Wilson has suddenly aroused
an interest in our miners that these
miners never had before.
And the striking feature in connection
with the fact of this interest is that it
eomes from the very ones who first
should have considered these workers
but who never did so.
“These lower coal prices will work a
hardship to the miners,” we read in con
nection with the announcement frm
Washington of the war schedules.
And we read, also, that there is dan
ger of strikes by the miners.
We w'on’t worry.
The government will see that the
miners remain at their jobs at fair pay.
That stuff is inspired by the very in
terests who have denied the miner a
wage commensurate with his needs and
the risks he runs in his occupation; by
the very men who have kept the miner*
down; by men whose greed and whose
SLAVE-DRIVING have constituted THE
hardship with which the miner ha- had
to contend.
These interests do not care about the
welfare of the miners today any more
than they did a year ago.
They have in mind, just as they al
ways had in mind, their own unreason
able profits.
But they have served to call the at
tention of the American people to th»
man who is entitled to the first and
most consideration in the matter of coal
prices, that man being the man who
mines it; who takes all the ri'k-; who
does all the work ; who has all to 1< s<
and nothing to gain.
And having been reminded, maybe we
will keep the miner in mind and see that
he fares better after the war
Here Are Some Facts
Which the Public Should
Know and Keep In Mind
Here are some facts that ought to he
known in connection with the attacks of
Col, Robert M. Thompson, president of
the Nftvy League, on Secretary of the
Navy Daniels:
Colonel Thompson is chairman of the
board of directors of the International
Nickel Cos.
The cost of nickel ig more than half
the cost of armor plate and enters large
ly into many kinds of munitions used by
"the navy.
: Some of the directors of the Interna
tional Nickel Cos. are directors and large
Stockholders in munitions plants, steel
companies, and other concerns interested
in war contracts.
Xhare arev fur example. Ambrose
Monel] and W. L. Corey of the Midvale
Steel Cos., makers of project.les and
other munitions; K. C. Converse of
l mted States Steel and Inspiration
Copper; William Nelson Cromwell, one
of the organizers of l nited States Steel,
and C harles Hayden of the l tah Copper
Cos. Thompson himself is a d*rector of
the Oxford Copper Cos.
All these directors of International
Nickel have been hard hit on their pock
etbook nerve by Secretary Hamels' low
price policy.
Hamels has hammered down the price
t.f armor-plate and projectiles to a point
where !hen. are no ni< re exorbitant
profits, only .. fair margin.
He has cut the price of copper to the
navy half in twas o mpa red with the
i-e” ■
He ha- insisted on getting steel at
c< >t plus a fmr profit, '.ess than half what
•}u -tee! c >m; arue, have been shaking
the aides and the public.
In other w rds. Secretary* Hamels has
/■.. reed 4 ’ >ne] Thompson and his fellow
r, •* f !’■ tertiati ma! Nickei Cos.
and his a— vdates in the Navy League
to give up millions of dollars of war
profits.
Nat ly ' ev are s-re: naturally
'hey w<-»uid ’:ke '• discredit Daniels : nat*
[ urally they wo.il i like to see him resign.
That i a;' there i< to the attacks of
the Navy League on Secretary Daniels
Sand his administration of the navy de
partment. and the public ought to keep
i -his in mind whenever t’olor.el Thomp
son starts r s .f * - r-t-ri'-tiic campaign.'.
A “Bit” Women of America
May Be Called I pon To Do
Recently the Garment Makers’ asso
ciation suggested American women
would greatly sene the success of the
war if they would decide not to wear
mourning for any relative or friend who
(dies during its duration.
Travelers from France all speak of
the depression caused by the universal
mourning w*m by the women. The
psychological influence of madness is
heightened by the yards and yards of
somber black and swathing veils of j
crepe, in which the sorrowing sweet
hear tad wives sad - nothdl have
draped themselves.
The wearing of mourning is more or
less an edict of fashion anyway. It is
one of the barbarous customs that ha.-?
lingered from the unhappy lot of the
child widows of India.
One’s grief may be poignant and sin
cere but that is do reason why one
i should inflict it on other* who might be
happy even when we are sad.
This year brilliant colors have been
worn more than usual by women, young
and old. and if this war still persists why
may not our women do their hit by
flaunting the red badge of courage in
stead of wearing the rusty insanitary
: crepe that has long been considered the
insignia of woe?
From Another Point of View
By C. T. S. j
One of th»* prospective juror- examin
jed in the Kloka case VV»*dne-day never
1 heard of Kloka. never heard of his short
'age and never heard of the county build
'ing. We nominate him for county auditor.
• * 9
MEMORY test
In what and and C. e/e cave a ba
club ?
• • •
Did you notice the name of trie new
disinfectant for water, “Parasulphondich
lloraminol>enzoic.” We’d be satisfied if we
[could get a stream with that much force
[for the front lawn.
a a a
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
(Fr©p~ the D a~y c # Our C't ren
and Lorg R»» dert Mr. Ultimate Corn^r-e- >
\UKU«* Notified r,f *nr-«**«/. - rt a* r f
pie M*k« r,v*-.»!»*• 'r. Find increase ■
a* ur.f.’ f'-r • rii-.E purp^*/-
• m •
“Take me or take death, he said. but.
instead. I Uy.k the pistol." Her own de
■ -rription 1 .r-’orf- IV < .fustier* He-ton of
| how Miss Evelyn Lake of Witt-st. out
witted Her.ry Witt, of Witt- t. To V
explicit, Witt’* ;tddre- i- follow -:
2 Witt.
a • a
CY .of Be r.'l< r t n *.►.* W or. .!
it *rjp
And tkrfA'i -4
I fo r.amw-
Hr brs» ’he Te> - 1 many r 'rr.;
‘Twa» hard on < hies *o *t> r-
We're K'nd to the old bo. win-
We r* vrr * » re before
a a a
I The I nited State i engaged just row
jin pitting a s72,ofH),o<>o tax on th<* rich.
Nothing for us to worry aU>ut, therefore,
[until tomorrow.
• • •
Famouapeachel.
“You’ll find tbla cantaloup* nice and ripe.**
• a a
t'nlted S'ataa fear* prun* famine - • New* item
We regret to announce that upon this
I occasion we are not with the country.
DETROIT TIMES
A U.S. Soldier Goins: Over the Top With All the Thines Friends Have
Given Him.—l>y Webster.
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This DEPAR t vest « r**a ~ta>cd to shed the ght of truth on the
ope*at an* of tne advent sing fa»e r , the quack a"d i* "O er
we comes letter* •eiati"g e»per ence* with advertise-s who *ave
been unfair in them mcdiort cr p'lmiiej —<*>*o ha.e rn s'ed or
duped the nead **g public it w I pay p-oce- ‘•ecog” tor to honest adver
tiser* 0 sronest who may be found m ‘ rK e T mes w i -ot be
spa-ed It ai!; p- nt etters deemed of pubi c int« r est. Advlca wII alto
oe giver to Or y signed iette r s, giving tne writer’s rarre and
add'ess wjll De considered. Names will be pr.rted or w thheld as preferred.
Address, Tre Ad-Mirror, The Times. Detroit, Mich.
• Organica T l>r. of a Be**#>r Business Bur»au, an. Ins'; *titioti fostered hv
•he national rig.lance nor* .mt*tee of *he Ad v*»rti*lnic flubs r ‘s
*he World, v» 1 1i tK- con-idered by the Adoraf* club of Detroit In the n*a.r
future
The bureau in essentially a lr«“.sl vigilance crriniltiee and Its purpose
broadly -'H’ed, s 'to create suie i-t. put . rcr.Cdence by making a
advnr* *;ng trustworthy “ Bureau? &r>* r.ow r operation in I'hlcaico. f'leve
*nd. I >-s Moines Ir i!anapoi> Kansas « , Milwaukee, Portlar.il, St,
l.< : • F’hul and Sjx- - ir* WorkT.g \~ *• oiij~* f ion with adverMsef*
•ho r. ( ws paper* ar.d wi*h public official* ’h* accomplished r» 'il
result? In some • a*c- the bureau js < per • *••«! h> a vigilance committee
of rhe local advertising flub - in *her- ;* an incorporated body for.
trolled by a board of dir* • rs eiected ir. th* -**eular way Any business
house or individual .-.•er* *cd in -;»»ar b':*:r*-« e*hlre rrav participa’e .r
rhe service f ’he bureau b*. p.v-::g *h*- proper -ibacrlpflon price for *be
4g-ry jr r-
Adcr'-.f’ r’ ;b M- *ida * i r. •* -. "re for some time, and if
\ bureau is r rgav.t* -1 here •• wil’ i der the direction of this
romr. "• n A r- ire* : g • « r :<~h further :n ’he way of protecting the
pub; dga:n«* f'l.iul*- - adver*i- r.g 'io n*t vigilance committee, and
wh*"-r. properiy cot iuett 1 a«-r • * * r<- i-e public conflder.ee in ad
ver is r. g
M r her* of the Adcraf* chib are r°T r'nr copies of a booklet Jus*
.».• led bv ’he national v *. iso commit'ce <• ;• intng the fnndamen’als of
•he work of »p.> Better Bu-.r- - Bureau ar.d gtv ng concrete examples of
its se-v-i « n fitper < ‘ties .Sonne of it f.r • ’ r. < and benefits are seated
brief;. a s follow*:
The .-'■*'l v'! #r*<" or* * • .• r rw^)ts<•!ncr false state,
mer•» ■! 1 *»ii*r»'a! n * *’• * <• r • %■ ■* fherferm« .f*eliing
ntala accuracj and
!:*!»’ ' • .n .t * »Iv»e » n*
• f ' -*• • .;»*** operat'on* r * * vr
(-* Tj.r • n*•,• * fnK»* »yi ' **. *t> *»- j *i-- -<• -• nahl« type* <>f Nusloe^*
-ern «••» .•■ rnr .nla*f>i m.»t| - ty ». • *r.<)
• - • rw-• < ir n pen d ■ ' e . .j *■ »!-.*• * i»r any •• ther sales i*r
•- " r r "’so* r ■n< T*f a- • hy the bureau will
he "; i " j Iv»r »er f r • h~re «-ich course i* ad
• * w ***a i-«r” '• it r *■-"* * their •c-ur'-e which if
• 'i<*n'-* ,n aiJve'tli nm
in* • ' - r>. men- * a -■- • < fr m srralsrht-f rward
and beiievat .* ad-»r - «*r*n’>
The Keep Weil
Column
HURRY
Htir-v wr nr tj-jgg i:k<
•vorr> H»;rr* ;» 6** triK
# r 4 f ;r: if >v?i ori and ainar* !
t r . n f . V.inrv V - - • j
. r b’-h ' rnt .i' and phw. j
* ■ n*rr>| arid a lU’tnhar of varleM'
rs narrow- l .f, l( irr« rnav result
f r r, r' t « , •'».,» f • r. f a (| a| f f |
Hurry fwirc* ?h* 1
P • it a v v«h tin\f than would b
\ho- e r»ti /Jon* hi;r-'. a* "our
It i:\ *h« n.nrr mp, |v > A't have • -nl/> \ i
cv. :•;r:jr«•« in a*i* *S to anafc/i u
foreroL*»h# u*ual ».r*akfa t
»hi*h careful ma tlcatioh,
Inr’cnd. takf a /li, « nt milk'fir
break a couple of 'nt cire« (pto r»
,c..p of ml*k Tt.' S'* yr.u n : i> rw..|
bw quPkljr -.nd ih«y v ill and im-*
*a°.l> wlthoii* r'a'jflng ih* b< 1> ’>
become ov. rbafttadA
Ibe c>ateiu cwu btaod an lui ,
T A e Ad-Mirror
And Advice to Inve>tors
If The Time* Print* It, The Time* BeMeve* It
t<• A- ' ;n* of phyafcal w»ar an !
*/ar fr labor # or an Ind f, finlf<'
> . in." even under adv*-r
r * nri:t(or . bu' 1 T canr.o
\ r r.y ‘ nnd th* wear and tear r*
i hurry .
• >.a’her hire plenty of *x
t a!*-' in vour work Hut
and • • 't up all your or*TKy fu*'
r *■ airs' tl*r.c hv hurryinr
Ir - wca'!i»r fh<* w»<- r;nr
av early. P.y to dolnsr Y •
• r* don*, and In *hc cool
r.* • ■ t wi ,^lOu, nc«d of hurra
I Ink
• - 0 j-%« ora Anawared
’■fan you t#?l in*
* • *f j - Tcrav{v«* per"; - ration’ In
' • "»• r ■ daily At hor * I per
r - frr-f-ty I K*t wet alrro*-'
r ,t n tr, r / wal* • line “
p y »o bed a* niEht take
, I arm lath, tf.en «pon*:<
vr-.r ■ - odr with A *’ronr »o! ;
; > r, * m powder
< r-e lb* p«T*plmt loti I R
’ « |rh a atearate of zinc.
Pointed Paragraphs
<• ’*k. often Adulterated with
" T •, n »hn earn* the mon» ••
th» one \* h" K' ’«
F*c r* i ,i. » «om»n t r |j r be
j'"!. *- *,ej |a Afraid of forgetting
|vt r . \ j *
P f./’tar to be Judged by your
Appearance than by your disappear
Put • 1 • » the people who do
j ' k ' y p « i■ a -< #*rn to cet ~lontt
-♦bout «ell as those who are
| ».trying to yleaae others.
Anniversaries
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a* • today
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of ■Mn K nr.' ' f rr, n «n I'ran
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Not So I.ttud
"I rouldn’* »orv<* a* J iror, Judfr
nno look «*. that f<H*r convlno* tno
ho'» rutl*\ "
1 ,-vs ' ’! y tf‘ attorney fnr *h»*
= »at* " F'a. a *inir Show.
Weary
BY BERTON BRALEY
It's a pretty g*H>/l sort of a world
Hut I'm sick of on** place in it,
Aral I'm oil iik** the du t that is swirled
To »*ek for more space in it;
To w;«n'l**i the east and thr* west of it,
T*i know all th** wor.-1. and the best of it.
ft’s a wondr rful worM and there's so much to .s»*o of it
So much that’s novel and strange,
That I want to know all there may be of it;
I want to be footloos** to range.
The near and the far and the whole of it.
Till maybe, in time I shall get,
■ A hm* of the mystical soul of it.
But now row it's time to move on,
For the avor of this place is gone
Aid try heart is athrob and afret
For ‘h«* road like a ribt>on ynfurle/l,
lt'* a nretty gr>od sort r>f a world
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A Storv for Parents
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in ii nniTR
Author f !•»<■• RwMIo of IVrion*
ait' 'l*- > h 'logy and
l\n til iv 0.1." *to.
from lh#» ra-«c record-* of
*»n timnenl neurologist, t* a lit tit*
!*tor> of particular Intercut to par
*'U'> ! tell it in the hop*' that it
max help mu' some boys and Kiri*
of from future nervous m
I' is the sti<r> of a man of <O.
«bo h,».1 for >* i- suffered from it
>• i> ■■v- th.it tncluii* «i anion* its
symp'otna b"< of appetite, nausea.
. o . - t rim, ti ■ pains Me had lon*
< n »! >* ’orine without benefit, and
" thin that he weighed less
»n .1 hundred pounds
J s *-: oas organic >1: ease was stis
i* ti Put iepea'«d testing bavins
■at’e i to verity this, the neurologist
v* n’ '.i w »■•>. »he theory that the
• ! , ;si k n .;h* {>.- a h> stet leal af
fee? ■n. the r».- *!t of some unpleas
•’ .*;.•> IV e that had greatly dis
w s strengthened by
■ v e rig ’’.i t fha* the tiy«peps| (
i on- ui ii worse at regular In
rx i•-. c.i ns I** victim gpectal
't.i’i • r a f -a days e\ery n* x\
T i t- »r* on If possible the r- a
f • ; '(fiit .?v and f,i t*e of
th** i:v ’ • .t, the neurologist put
his # ant r.to an artlflciitl semi
w sine, s, t > .].-# p'.nc state Such
•t •t' < x'«ri«nee has shown, is
• -n* x% h forgotten exp* r;# n *o*
1 - •
x •I •> • • i state deepened
T ! ’low T.g th* ne«*>
r*>: c ' *i -ions, uttered his
* i i, he v iddenlv ex
*
•1 XVerf* tike it' It's horrible
• es ‘ O- v. o‘h* r . won' you please
TV** liutniDK for wa rd
whispered softly
' Phe new moon **
'1 noA ;• •; •* n* w moon,*' eame
the answer, in a tone of petulant
<1 s*r# i * Haven’t I been counting
th*- dav.« ’ M 'her. w it you stop?
!' makes me sick, so sick ”
He opened his eye--. H** was fully
a wake
"That’s queer** said v e "I’re hr«>n
1 reaming out loud, and about «ome
thing 1 hadn’t tho rght of for years
something I’d clean forgotten.**
*■ yo« comment e 1 the neur*»lo
kisi Not a plea-an s dream ePh#-r
Ail a’ u* 'he t’tr.e »h f n you were a
I*t_*le b<iv, (rd your mother every
• ard th<n used to give you ii
] «#> i•* phy*>!e.
‘Tt it ‘hat's nil errer and done
w;th, ' h*' went on "The *roub’#' Is
y i 1 ive b> >■ n auScon*< lously ear
-x u* »h*> memory of it In your ays
The « ’'ration wa.s perfectly rt#>xr
* ” c rvurt logis*
H- r> :M picture his p»*>nt as a
senst’ivo. Inij*re v’onaMe child
made doubly lrrnr» *el on aMe by lack
of prr; . r discipline «*tmggllng
franticftl y against the nauseous
drug glv#*n to him periodically hv
a m->* r always oter anv. us abou'
v ij, h# -a’*h
?v h*- had l -nr *nee f- .
rotten >*!l ihou’ ih*-»c a nf'i. epV
*. d> P.» » .I** orrs<unualy he had
uever forgotten the horror and
and •id and a* v ns wl’h which he
had look* I forward to the monthly
ordeal.
t >u» r 9 ’h’s s'ihcon»# io’is emo
tional "complex'* his dyspepsia had
- rudua ly d# v* loped, bearing e!o
j .p* if hither’o 'in •uap«*eted. tea
t imor.y to th** j s\« hie storm with
\ O *’ w n# *-d* and *-> ete *r
the wav to a la-'flng cure wa» treat
•nt by -upge“Mon to ror*t out th»*
di«< .-# crtafmg memories
The moral to paron’s is obvious
'V* *.• k *r* n early in emotional
1, gu.wd ’bf m at* ait •-* pr<*
v#r.tab’o emotional shocks, and
‘-r* by vo i w'll be doing much to
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The Price <>r a Pedestal
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, li»15, by Frank Crane)
“If you want a paradox," said a fa
mous actress to nu* the other day, “take
thiNi If you want to he well known re
main unknown."
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More populations have been destroyed
hy an undue thirst for personal publicity
tiian by any other means.
There can be no greatness without
mystery.
Those Kinps of old were rijrht who
dwelt in awful isolation, whom to look
upon w.l death, unless pardon was
prantcil by holding out the golden scep
tre. That i> the only way for u kirn?
to hold liis job.
The most marvelous beauties of the
world are th* y that wear the seven
veils.
If. therefore, you crave the strong
;.e of fame, know that its secret is
illusion.
IVwan of T'ttinjr any on* know you
as you are. Beware of friends intimate.
Beware of newspaper reporters who tell
the plain truth.
If you would have a groat name you
mint observe the theatric rules. Every
would-be jrreat man needs a Belasco to
set the stajre for him.
Tie medium must turn down the
Hjrl ' . ddi*' conjuror must have his cur
tail shadows and stngre trappings. The
pn ;u ; .er must have his pulpit, choir and
church. Even the democratic politician
needs a certain amount of hocus-pocus.
Just as the human body must have
clothes.
E.ime depends up°n illusion.
Not you, but the part you play must
he known and talked about. And tha
less the public know about you the more
they esteem the artificial you which car
ries your jarreatness.
Napoleon was a master at posing l , and
i harle.s Phillips’ word of him explains
his vojrue: "i i rand, gloomy, and pecu
liar, he sat upon the throne a >ceptered
hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his
own originality."
Fame is a prison. Its occupant dares
not emerge for fear the populace w’UJ
l*dt him with mud.
Monarchs and millionaires, gTeat fren
erals. famous players, popular writers,
and great orators, even society favorites,
if they would keep their pedestal, must
have clouds and darkness.
To the famous it matters little what
is said altout them, so lonjf as what is
said is not true.
Fame i a cap of lead, a corset of
steel, sryves, and manacles. It is a house
of jrlass that at any moment may b«
shattered.
The magnificent must have no confi
dant, no free comradeship. Tfccy dare
not eat and drink till they have pulled
down the blinds. They dare not speak
until they have plugged the keyhole.
They look longingly out of their high
window at the tramp’s campfire on tht
highway.
Not for them the open road, the care
free '••ong, the ki ' of the laughing maid,
the gay quip of the shirt-sleeve fellow,
the untrammcled opinion. These birth
right h of the soul they have sold for a
mess of pottage.
"There are per on?." says Thomas a
Kempis, "esteemed on their reputations,
who hy showing themselves destroy the
opinion one had of them."
Laugh With Us
They had plighted their troth and wore talk
mu tbit k* over Th**' both derided to be quite
unlike oh*i married couples
forbearing and lons “offering I” y m
ud | .ir.. i t wfh earl: oth* j ,-gol
-aid the man "I *hall I
r;i * b> li: <■ n’l • r bn band*, who J
tr< < ro' and h>rs' '! n>o about ' Jjt/m
‘lf \MU • v*»i dl"l.'' “aid the A
girl .we.-t! I would make It I* "SPSBa ’
hot for you!"
And th* man wondered what *he meant.
At a little- ronntn village ever r man who
w i n't actually bedridden Joined tfe .olunteera
One of the moat hoary wa* fold
*7* c.ff to guar*) the **ipnal box on
r.F”y , f t ‘ local raflwtn On hi* first
y fdL/wrV tiipht he- offleer came round
> • Mfh ’M and k< r.mllv Inquired:
f ’Jfth. -Pa "Seen anything?"
ft f * h “md th/ hnanr ona.
. «►»* There ummat moving over
L thee"
"Have vou challenged?"
"Ave. and he won’t answer."
’ Then why don't >ou fir**'.'" raid the surprised
officer.
"Who- Vo* if I did vlre V might turn round
and vir* at I."
Th" fii^ r or of i p* ppf town
an* e with Mi** regulation*, to mak** out a pass
port for a re li and b'ghlv re
p ted lady of' hf* arquaiii’ f ' 1 y^
at'*. *ho |n plte *rf "'‘rat
•If ..:ur* me' t wi . ** rv • -tin !* * t+lU\
of h* r p< r ei'.al appearance. ,
r v; ,, ;;rrr , ; h 'C* -A*
s "A
of pep.onal description "Kjrea ' " m
Dark, beautiful, U odor. et»**i\u, but cue of
thuut miHalng."