The Lamar register. [volume], March 03, 1920, Image 8

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A POINT OF
CONTACT
By GEORGE ELMER COBB
(Copyright, 1110, Wcatern Nawapaper Union)
The dainty fingers of Lettle Austiu
had failed to unfasten the cutch hold
ing up the car window. She sat down
resignedly, although the breeze tossed
her fair golden hair and disturbed her
from reading the (took she had brought
on her home Journey.
“Let me try, please,” spoke a pleas
ant masculine voice, and. turning to
note the accommodating suppliant.
Let tie's face came so very near to
the handsome smiling one of the young
man In the seat behind that a swift
flush enhanced her nutural girlish
beauty. Fie had uo dlfliculty In ad
justing the window by leunlng over
toward It, acknowledged her thanks
with a courteous bow and resumed his
own seat with a companion with whom
he had been conversing.
The Juxtaposition of eyes in that
fleeting moment hud quite upset Lot
tie, and while sin set her gaze stead
fastly upon her hook her mind took
In little of Its meaning. She could
not help but take in the conversation
going on directly behind her. She
caught most of its Import—allusions
to “Juice," In which the speakers
seemed Interested in a business way.
Wadham, the young man Lertie had
not seen called the other whom Lettle
had seen and would not readily forget.
Leslie Wadham. who. Judging from
what Lettle overheard was a
salesman of current and electrical par
aphernalia for n great light and pow
er company.
“I’m on the track of a lot of wire
bought on a cheap market and prob
ably available at a fair price,” she
overheard Wadham say. and was re
minded Instantly of her father. He had
wire, colls of It. hundreds of yards of
It, thousands. Levi Austin was the
Inventor of an automatic telephone
system, and for over three year* Ills
one ambitious dream had been to util
ise the contrivance and bring to dead.
Isolated Rlalrvllte. the little town
where they lived, telephone connection
with the busy city of Springfield. i
miles distant.
It was dusk when Lettle arrived at !
Blalrvllle and she did not notice that
the chevalier of the window Incident
left the train also.
It was a walk of s mile to the grea'
barn of a place she called home It :
waa remote from the village, n l.Vromn
mansion of another era and had been
taken by her father because its room
iness favored his mechanical Ideas It
was the last hubltntlon townward
from the great stretch of woods be
yond except a hoy’s home sustained ,
by charity from the city. As Lettle
fame In sight of her own home she
started and stared. The usually
gloomy mansion was aglow with lights
from garret to cellar, and against their
radiance she could make out nimble
unfamiliar forms passing from room to 1
room. There was wafted on the |
gentle night breeze the echo of many
strange voices.
“What can It mean?" she spyke In
mystified vagueness and she hurried
her steps to reach the front of the
house where her father was conveying
what looked like sheets, blankels and
pillows from a wagon, assisted by half
s dozen hoys.
“Olad you’ve come.” sold Mr. Austin,
rellevedlv. "The hoys’ home burned
down this morning and they had no
place to go. A few things were saved
from the blaze and we’re trying to
make the lads comfortable.”
Between getting supper forth- J«1
ly. grateful group of castaways, and
seeing them comfortably bestowed for
the night. Lettle sat down finally com
pletely worn out but with si happy
smile on her face.
The next day there came word front
the city that the old home would be
rebuilt ami pledging repayment to Mr.
Austin for any cost he might Incur In
keeping the hoys together It was
the next afternoon when Lettle coin
Ing down the hall heard voices In the
library. Her father had a visitor: he
was the young man of the train
"There’s no use dismissing It.’ Mr. j
Austin was saying. ‘Til not sell my
wire after scraping and saving for
years to get It. I've Just arrived at
a point where 1 see my way clear to
string the line from here across the
woods to Springfield. Your company
will make the connections and sell
me current. I suppose?"
"Oh. thnt. certainly!" replied Leslie
Wadham. “I declare! you Interest
• me. If you’ll show me how you are
going to get the labor to string the
wires. I’d like to buy a share in the |
proposition."
"The labor?" repeated Mr. Austin.
‘Say! I’ve got nearly a dozen nimble
young lads here fairly wild to climb
trees and ford mornsses and get the
line strung complete within 60 day s.''
That was a great two months for
rhe old Inventor and his delighted
Juvenile assistants and Lettle and
Wadham. The day- were full of v
rlety. adventure and progress—of love,
too. The young man came to Lettle
iAJ wio| the i Sate meat J
“Well, your Tather’s great scheme Is
perfected. Tomorrow the company
niakes the point of contact and Blair
ville will have a perfect telephone
service."
"What Is a point of contact? asked
Lettle.
“The Junction of the service supply
line at Springfield. The point of con
tact of love at this end however, is
right here* so "
And their lips met in recognition of
thH treasured feature of ti e propos!
Hon.
People Who “Do Things."
The world owes moat to men of
Initiative. They are the people who do
things without having to he told. It
was this spirit that made James J.
Hill the developer of our great west
ern empire. It gave John Wanaroaker
visions of princely commercial enter
prise. It made Edison wrest front na
ture her secrets and harness her laws
for the good of mun. And to the list
names might be added Indefinitely.
Among them would he those of moth
ers who have dared schemes to make
ends meet on meager incomes There
would he men with the odds against
them striving with might and main
to turn calamity Into success. Ajid the
surprising thing about It is they often
succeeded The everlasting plodding In
the right direction gets the results.
Any man can begin fitting hlinself for
high station by seeing what needs to
be done and doing It before he Is told
to get busy.—Grit.
Clock Gives Sidereal and Sun Time.
UITl» aiuci
A clock with foor dials, yet small
enough to he carried In the pocket,
and rending simultaneously In both
nenn solnr and sidereal time, has been
designed by a Danish astronomer and
engineer. Two of the dials are for the
two kinds of hours. The dial for min
utes has two hands, one making 866
revolutions while the other mnkes 368.
Th* seconds’ dial Is for mean tine
only. Either set of hands may he ad
lusted to local time or that of any
meridian desired. Seamen astmnn
nor* and geodetic survevnrs will find
rhe new timepiece particularly useful
Popular Mechanics - Magazine.
Make Your Speech Short.
It's a mark of business ability to
■ay much In few words. It saves
time. The man at the other end of
the wire doesn't want a sermon from
you. He called you for facta, not en
tertainment. If that were on his mind
he would go to the theater and get
the real thing. Neither does your cor
respondent want to read a page to
learn thnt you want six sectional
eases, quartered oak, dark finish, size
124. grade 299, shipped by express.
He wants your order in the fewest
words. It saves him time and It will
save yours, too. It’a a good thing to
aim at the greatest conciseness and
exactness of expression. You are apt
to make fewer mistakes when you can
make few words tell your whole story.
Yon will rise In the business world
as you are able to do It.
Pons Sublicius.
The first bridge built over the Tibet
at Home waa the famous Sublldus. It
was a wooden bridge, as Ita name im
plies. erected on piles and disappear
ed long ages ago. but modern Rome
has erected another at the same plare
between the Transtevere nnd Testnc
do quart era. This bridge was begun
in 1914 nnd continued building through
the years of war. In the year of th-?
peace and on the day. April 21. 191 Y,
on which the anniversary of the foun
dation of Rome waa celebrated, th**
Pons Sublldua of the modern world
waa declared open. As befits the dig
nity of Its nuiue and Its ancient tradi
tions the new bridge Is severe style
with no ornamentation but a shield
with the arms of Rome on the crown
of the central arch. That It should
have taken as much as five years to
build Is due to war conditions and
the uncertain temper of the undent
stream which It spans.
His Own Medicine.
A physician stepped into a barber
shop next door to his office and while
waiting for his turn picked up n news
paper and started reading. After
reading five minutes or more he threw
the paper down and exclaimed, “Why,
that paper Is more than three weeks
old!’
The fellow sitting next to the doctor
laughed long and loudly. The doctor
turned to him and snld. "Well, I don’t
see anything funny about reading a
newspaper three weeks old.”
“Yes! But It’s funny to see you
take some of your own medicine,” was
the reply. “I found myself read'ng u
magazine, two years old. In your office
the other night.”
Cows Do Go Dry.
Yeast —I understand your neighbor
has a good stock of bottled goods in
his cellar!
frlrosonbeak —Yea. he has.
’But I nlwaya thought he was a
prohibitionist?”
"Well, he Is."
•Why the cellar full, then?"
i "He says he doesn't want to take a
' chance on his cow going dry next sum
war*"
EARNING A
BRIDE
By ALVAH J. GARTH
(Copyright. 1»I». Western Newspaper Union)
There was no reason why Richard
Clyde should not be u happy mun. He
hud a beautiful home, a loving wife,
a daughter good and beautiful. His
business cares were nominal In a hand
somely furnish) d office, where he an
swered a few letters and had a steady
Income from a prosperous Investment
business.
The worm lu the hud was fancied
illness. Clyde had leisure to nurture
all kinds of dismal forebodings. Thus,
for a year a slight siege of rheumatism
had magnified into locomotor ataxia,
and for double that period of time los
ing weight was laid to anemia. When
his physician had dispersed the final
symptoms of both distresses, Clyde
looked around for some new ailment
—and found It—a wen 1
“It Is simply n growth In no wise
connected with the nerves or arteries,
harmless ns a wart or corn.” his physi
cian told Clyde. “The slightest opera
tion In the world will remove It en
tirely, for It lias no roots.”
“No cutting <>r slashing, or blood
poisoning for me!" objected Clyde,
with vigor. “I shall let It develop till
we see what comes of It.”
“Nothing will come from It except
vagaries." tersely responded the physi
clan, hut the wen became a petted
Idlosyncrncy of the Impressible Clyde.
He nursed It. he measured It dally.
He thought of It the first thing In the
morning, and the lost thing at night.
He guarded It from contact as though
a wrench might tear It loose and
drench him with his life blood. He
studied up tumors, cancers and goltrea.
One afternoon a stranger entered the
Clyde office. Its proprietor had been
reading an article In a medical Jour
nal of a case that bore a very distant
annlogy to his own, where abrasion,
metallic poisoning and inflammation ,
had raised a lump the size of an egg !
on the foot of a man In England. The I
Instance persisted In monopolizing ]
Clyde’s thought, and he was nervous.
Irritable, and scowled at the caller. !
“Mr. Clyde." spoke the latter, a well- j
groomed, refined appearing young man !
with a slight air of timidity. ”1 have !
come to see you about a subject of
great Importance to myself. I sup- j
pose you don’t remember me.”
“I don’t." responded Clyde, gruffly,
barely glancing at the card tendered
and scanning the nntne It bore. Then
a faint recollection of having seen a
person resembling his visitors among
guests of his daughter at a house
party eatne to him. Refnre he could
speak, however, there was a sudden
and startling interruption.
Overhead there was a terrific detona
tion. then a sound of crashing glass.
From windows overhead there rained
down outside a shower of brittle par
ticles. Bits of plaster from the cell
ing fell all about the desk. Frantic
erles and rushing fonfstejt* on the
floor above fold of an unusual com
motion.
"An explosion! There’s s Chemical
i-oncem overhead!" gasped Clyde. He
struggled to his feet. His visitor
grasped his arm and as he noticed the
hallway without rapidly filling with va
por. rushed thither, urging, dragging,
half carrying the shaken Clyde with
him. The latter gave utterance to a
terrible yell.
"My arm! I«et go! The wen!" bat
he was forced to the nearest elevator,
crowded with excited people, and
pushed In.
Agitated, bareheaded. Clyde stood
on the ground floor, confused nnd
frightened ns a second detonation fair
ly shook the building. Then In a min
ute or two a building employee came
down. !!*• quieted the fears of the
muddled group by announcing that two
explosions had occurred, a Are start
ed. but quickly extinguished, and
no further danger. Timorously Clyde
went back to his office.
He shuddered as he noted the ef
fect of the second explosion. A great
hole had been torn In.the celling, driv
ing down the heavy plaster and a
shattered beam. Had he retained hla
scat at the desk he wonld have been
maimed nr killed.
“Where’s the fellow who dragged me
out. Just In time?” he panted. “I owe
him everything. His card? Ah. here
It Is —'Ronald Weston.’”
“Oh. pnpa! are you safe?" cried an
anxious voice, and Wanda Clyde stood
in the doorway.
“Incredible!" ejaculated Clyde, as
something rolled down his Inside
•deeve Into his hand. “The wen!”
There It was. the object of no much
interest and worry, clean swept from
Its place by the vigorous handling he
had received from his rescuer. Clyde
tore ofT his coat, rolled tip his sleeve.
Clean as a whistle, he had been bereft
of the crowning burden of his fancied
ailments'
" 'Ronald Weston,’" he again read
from the card. “He must be found at
once! Wanda, a strange yonng man
has saved ray life! And he delivered
me freip the fitful negate of that
wen! ?')» telephone immner."
“It Is 2991 Central, and his address
Is 227 East Seventh avenue."
Why how fin you know ihnt?" fa*
ly shouted h«r father.
“Been use —been use —oh. papa !" fltit
tered Wnndn. “he came to see yon
alwnn me. We are engaged, nnd lio
wants yonr permission to marry mo."
“Ho cnn have It !'* declared *be Jubi
lant Clyde. "Saved my life' Deliv
ered me from the power of that hate
Ini wen. Yea —you both have by bless
Made Her Blink.
Mrs. Church—Wlmt’* tile mutter
with your eyes?
Mrs. Gotham—Why?
Mrs. Church —You seem to be squint
lug them more tliuii usual todn\.
Mrs. Gotham —Oh. my husband uu
thlnkingly flushed u $29 bill on me this
morning.
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Blow-Resisting Paper Caps.
DIOW-ncsiil'iiy rapsi wap*.
Astonishingly strong paper caps, ca
pable of withstanding powerful blows,
though extremely light In weight, have
been Invented by n shipyard employee,
and are Intended to be worn by work
men whose duties expose them to dan
ger from falling objects. The process
by which the novel headgear Is pro
duced has not been divulged, says
Popular Mechanics, but It Is known
that chemicals are employed to hard
en the material, without adding to Its
weight. Several styles have been
made, the lightest weighing about sev-l
en ounces, and others only slightly
more. In a recent test, a one-pound
bolt was dropped on one of them
from a height of 40 feet, with the re
sult that a barely preceptlble dent
was made in the paper. The novel
head coverings ore proof against wa
ter and acids, nnd are poor conductors
of electricity.