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t H m t i m 10 H it n a i. i) n v it n o , II A II N K V (3 0 V N Tl , 0 11 JtJ 0 0 N' Hut unlay, June 12, i )j.o, CONDENSED CLASSICS 1 THE LAST DAYS OF POMrEll 2 By EDWARD OULWER lYTTON T CanJtmatto h Pnf. ihl'.lan ttntetsl Mfrtt X smi ., KM rc)vnrd dciirKi' Hnrlu Lytton lul wer luord famil iarly nown to novel rcuileri, n H u I wnr I.ytton Wnn born In Lon don. Mny 2ft, 1803. Un wns more, of u prodigy In IiIk youth uml hnd n much inoro public career thnn most men who ha'o nahlcvcd fa in (i ris novelists. At the ncc of 16. ho tils tlr.Ktilnlint himself by DtiblsliltiK volumu of pooins anil by fixtlliiK no violently In lovo that he heenme h I K h I v morbid when bin proposal of mnrrlnRe was not taken ncrlously by tho father of the Kir I be loved. Hhe died a few yeara Inter nnrt llulwer enld that the disap pointment embittered hi whole life. At Cambridge, ha won a tnedsl for tho xcellcnce of ,a poem and published -eiothcr.,teook of verso In .18J7, he. had sufficiently recovered from 4tle .premature levr affair to aarry.faaalftnt hi mother's wishes, a trllllaM'ttMHty of eoctety. Ta mateh wan fa4-4d to -he tHthaaay, for bth Batwer,' and hie wife' were too WireelrMHed to live , taffrtaar. Thny wnarteied,' were lTlly efmratea' and eentln'uid to quarrel In prlKl far, years, Mulwer waa rapidly winning renown. Ills first 'novels were' eucceMcs but It waa not' until "The Unit DayN of lom pell" (1834) that hln fame wae aeeured. Nine yea re later appeared The ImhI of the- Barons." which many Kopd Judgeq hnve considered hln heat work. He wrotu numerous other storlus. novel of society, of crime, of mys teries, of family life, lie wue tli mot nurrcsiful dramatist of hlH time. He dabbled In Journalism For 10 year ho wni n member of pnrllnment. was later ercretnry for the colonic, and In lltn wan ruined tn the peerage hr Baron Lyttoo. He died on January 1H 1873. 44 4 1AU0U8 tho Athenian. ( -ar III)' tltllO llUH COIIIO,' Sllljl - n IimiiI nnd flour voice; Mho lions nwult thee.' ,U'I nm ready,' wild tho Athenian. Ho had bent IiIk limbs so ns to give him self tho firmest posture lit th oxiioxt cil ninh or tho lion, with IiIh ynnill mill hIiIiiIiik woniKttiH nilfil on IiIkIii In tho faint hopi; that on wolNtllroctod thrust mlKlit poiiotruto through llmoyc to the hruln of hi Rrlin fK. "Hut to the HHintornblo MHtonlMi meitt of nil, the lant socniod not won awa.'o of, ' the prosonce of the crltn Inal. At the Unit inouioiit of Itu ro IfMte It hnltofl ibraptly In Mho nrrna, ra4No! Itxolf hnlf on cud, Hnutttng tho 1 apwanl nlr with impatlont kIkIix; thon Kuddonly It nprans forwanl, hut nut , en tho Athenian. At hiilfnpcctl II clrcli'd round nud round thu npuco, turnlni; ItH vnnt honil from Hldo tn sUlti with nn nnzloiiK mid porturhod guw, un if HeokliiK only moiiiu uvoiitio of oh capo; onto or twloc It oiiiJonvorod In loflp up tho punipot tlmt dtvldod II from tho midloniT, mid, on fulling, tit torod nithor n lmlllt'd liawl tliiin ItH doop-loiiod und kfiiKly ronr. Itovlnrod nif8ln cllhiT ot wrnlh fir Iniut.'or: Its tall dmopod uloiii; tho hiiiiiI, lnxitid of laflhliiK IIh Kiiuiit HldfH; mid ItH oyo, thouch It wmidcrod it t tlincx lo (Iliiu-i-um. rolli'ij ukiiIii listlessly from hint. At loncth, as If tlmd of nttomptliiK to rt'iipf, It rropl with u iiioun Into Ita rRe and ouco inure laid' ItKolf down to roar Tho flrt nurprlso of tho nssoiuhly at tho apathy oMIio lion soon grow Into roMontuient at lt cownrdlco: mid J tho populnco alrondy inorRod tholr pity, for tho fiifc of iIlauniH Into ancry 'conipiiKsloii for tholr own disappoint- merit. Tlio niniuiKor failed to tJin .koopor: "JIIow Is thlH? Talio u oad, nnll iprlok' him forth,, ttndr thon closo the looj of tho tlonr' 1 ' ' ' v ! "As tho lfouor,.,wltu somo four. jiut pioro iitaoulhJunelH, y;f;i!r,ll.'!ir,iiik to (rfi(;v, ;i hiuj't.vrv. wis'ijrdjit onj, iOf tin; (Oiipnf oh of tfio ar;ija:( tloro( m-HHf" a. ojlf.iitilout Ji, (AimIIo, .vuIcph of 'rfim'f.t'vi'ctl tunlilT'iilv liruklnu forth. j7 T,VY-T"' ' r., ud sudden silence ut thu roply. All yoK turned Ir wonder toward tho" quarter of tho disturbance; tho crowd ave way, and suddenly Kullust ap peared on tho senatorial houchoH, his lialr dlshovclod, breuthless, heated, half exhausted. Ho cast IiIk eyes has tily around ITie rliiK. 'Honiovo tho Athenian.' ho erled; 'haste, he Is In ocentl Arrest ArhacoH tho Kjtyp tlan; he Is the murderer of Apati cldeal' "Art thon mad, O SalhiHt!' said tho praotor, rlsjiiff from his seat. 'What means this raving? "'Itomovo the Athenian I Quick! or Mh blood he on your head. Praetor, delay, and you answer with your own lire to tho emperor I I bring with me tho eye-witness to the death of the priest ApnocldcH, Itooin there! stand hack I (live way! I'eoplo of I'ompell, llx every eye upon Artiacos; there ho Kits. Jtooin there for tho priest Cale nus ! "I'alo, I inward, frcKli from tho Jaws of fmnluu and of death, his face fallen, Ids eyes dull as' a vulture's, his broad frame gaunt us a skeleton, Calculi was supported Into the very row in which ArhtifOH hiiI. Ills releasers hud given til hi sparingly of food; hut tho chief sttstonanco that nerved' Ida feeble HniliR wan revongul "ThQ prlOBt Cnlcnwal Calenr cried tho tnob. 'Ia It hef Me, It kt a dead roan 1' '? 'It la tho priest Calenus,' aald the praotdr, bravely. 'What haat thou to Hy?' " 'Arhacoa of Kgypt If the murderer ot Apaecldes, the priest of fals; these eyea saw htm deal Uie blow, it Is from tho dungeon Into which he plunged mo, it Is from tho darknesq ,and horror of a dca.Hi by famine, that the godH have raised mo to .proclaim his crlinol IlolctiRe file Athenian ho hi Innocent I' "'It Is for thjs, then, that tho lion npm-cd him. A miracle i u nilniclo t cried Piiiimi. '"A mlrnclel a liilriiclol' Hliotitojl th pooplo; 'roinov'o tho Athenian Arlntres to tho lion I' "Tho power of the praetor was as n reed bonetuli the whirlwind; still, at his word tho guards hud 'drawn them Hives along tho lower hunches, on which the. upper classos sat separate from tho vulgar. They niadu hut n foohlo barrier; tho waves of tho liu man sea halted for n moiucnt, to en able ArlmecH to cgunt tho exact mo ment of his doom I In despair, and in n terror which beat down even pride, ho glanced his eyes over tho rolling mid rushing crowd, when, right above them, through tho wide chasm which had boon left in tho velaria, he behold a strange and awful apparition; he behold, and his craft restored his cour age I , "Ho stretched Ida hand on high; over his lofty brow and royal features there came an expression of unutter able solemnity and .comtMUMl. M 'Behold T bo shouted with a rtfae of thunder whlchxatMled the rpeii;nf the crowd; .'bejioldi hoyr tlwj-,god!pr,o-tecUtho KtilltleHsl The Arcs of''lhn avenging Orctis burnt forth. agatVst the false witness of rsiy accusers Vt" The fires of tho "avenging Orcus" were those of tho great eruption of Vesuvius In 70 A. D. Toward such a melodramatic climax, furnished him by Nature, tho author bad been spin ning tho lives of his charartern In tho little city which nestled under tho shadow of thu volcano. Tho converging threads of tho story nro many, giving in the final weaving n complete picture of tho life of l'om poll Its shops, tiny palaces, baths, forum, theater, circus, and all that dally took place In tho energetic life of tills toy copy of Homo ut, the begin iiIiik of the Christian .tra. The story ceiilers around Olaieus the Athenian, brilliant, guy, witty. descendant of n nobler rneo frivolling himself awny amid the coarser pleasures of the Ho mmiM, until Dually all that was fine In him was brought forth by his love for lime of Naples, who, like himself, was u child of (Iroece. And alongside this tjtlo of love runs tho pathetic story of Nydlu. the blind slave girl, who renters all her hopes of happl-tiess-ln winning tho affection of fllau cus, To this end she gain's possession of a lovo potion which tho opulent Julia has had prepared In tho belief that It will bring lo herMlie tnurh-do-slred niaiicus. In reality tho potion Is a poison which will drive, tho tin- . fortunate drinker iijad. It N designed ny tne sinister rcgypiinu Arnuees to. clear Ids path to lone from his rival Clauciis. In his ravluu, filaueux conies upon Arhiiecs Just us tho latter liar killed one's brother Apacfldes, a young priest of Isls. who, much to the annoyance of Arbaces, bus. embraced the new Christian fallli. Arhaees throws the gull: upon poor Claueiis with apparent miii-cosh, llul tho priest Calenus was a hidden witness, with tho final result shown In the great epi sode of the book. As tho crowd In the circus turned tholr eyes toward Vesu vius, they beheld "a tiro that shifted and wavered In Its hies with every moment, now tlery luminous, now of n dull and dying red,, that again blazed terrl Ik-ally forth with Intolerable gtaro' Then tlior arose nfi high, tho linivorsH) shrieks of women; the'np'ii stared tit .touch other, but were dumb, Pull m&M-'k' American Merchant Marine The war resulted In Iho creation of a great merchant ' marine 10,000,000 tons of American ships .which cost us W,000,000,(H)0. Everybody agrees that we must keep this, fleet on the eat. If wo fall back to pro-war conditions when only II per cent of our foreign trade was carrledlu American ships Wo shall bo In tho position of a department store whose goods are delivered in Its competitor's wagons. Congress is considering legislation which will porpotuute our war-built merchant marine. Until this. 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No I longer thought tho crowd of Justice or of ArhnccB? safely for themselves was their boIo thought. iOnch turned tn fly each dashing, pressing, crash ing, against tho other," It was save himself who could In that night o horrors, Of tho many episodes seen In tho flushes of light Was Unit of blind Nydlu guiding (Jlaucus to lone, mid then lendllighoth to surely, she (ho only ouo ut homo In the dark ness In which she hud always lived. And then, when they hud gained a ship and put to sea mid alt hid Nydla bud fallen Into exhausted slumber, "May tho gods bless yon, Athenian 1" she murmured, "may you be happy with your beloved into; may you somo times remember Nydla 1" A sailor, half dozing on tho deck, heard a slight splash on tho waters. Drowsily ho looked tip. mu believed, us tlio vessel merrily bounded on, ho fancied ho saw something white above tho waves Copyright, IMP, by the Tost ruhllnhtn Co. ITheUoton Pot. All rlshta reery4. CONDENSED i t ' CLASSICS ROBINSON CRUSOE Tly DAOTKL DKFOK 85 I) a h I r 1 Drfoi was born In Lon don about 1600. After a life of varied nnd bril liant activity, h died, it IkiiiicIphh fucltlvr. in Hope makers' Alley. M o o r 11 c I nn April :n. 1731 11 1 tt fatlinr. a hutehT rduratrd Oanlel for thedlM fmilim ministry but th- tioy's un remitting energy Ird him to be a trader, a political IntrlKuer. and nn I n il fnt laable Journalist. He rosr to areat Intimacy with Klna; William Hf,. and abruptly fell to pillory and prlon.fir his too per fret aiitlp". 'Th" Bhortrst Wny with Dtseentrra." From Newaate h! launched his remnrkable Itevjew. a Journal writ ten entlre-ly by himself He advocated an Income tux and hinder education for women. He wrote JR0 distinct pamphletn and honks, but tils master piece, "lloblnnon Crunoe." was not pub lished until 1719, when the author wae nearly 10 years old. This, the, first Krent Knirllnli novel, has In some re spect never been surpassed. Its lm mediate popularity Incited Defoe to write n ecpiel and many ttirllllnK tales of tdrates and ndventurers, of courte sans and ndviitituiTHNffl. His vivid story of the plague appeared three years after "Rnblninii Crusoe" "Defoe was perhaps the rtrentest liar that evr lived. Vet If wtf ko deep Into his rich nnd strangely mixed nature, we come upon stubborn foundations of eonselenee." Whatever the ultjmate Judgment of his honesty, "nohlnson Crusoe" llvee Immortally to attest his Kenlu In Invention. 'V father designed tuo for the law. but 1 would bo satisfied mil v with uolni: to sea. a nil' being ouo day at Hull and ouo of my "oinpanlons about to go by sea to Ion- Pi ddiiln blltiilbofrt fliTTi, liotiilfig'Vvoind servo mo hut I must go with him this on September 8, IflM, and I being then nineteen years of ngi. 1'hu ship yns no sooner out of port thnn tho wind begun to blow and tho sea to rise lntho most frightful man ner, Which piudo mo nidst terribly sick In body and frightened In mind. In lay rigony"! Aiwed that If (lad would spare mn 'through this one voyage I would g Imiuedlnloly I sot foot on land., directly homo to my good pur ems nnd bo ever nfler guided In my conduct by their ndvlce. Hut next day tho wind wn abated niul tlio sea calmer, and the sun went down Jo n jierfcrlly Hue evening, and when to that was added howl of punch inudo by u Hilpinute, I forgor my resolution to return homo itftor tho voyage; nnd 'sued has been my habit, lo my great misfortune, nil my life; to dlsvow In the hour of peril tho hendslrnniT art Ions which hnve brought tuo to peril, and when the iliumee I piifit lo forgel nil vows mid pjiing" headlong once more on ihy hecdlois collides. Various were my adventures after Mint lrs( tempestuous voynee. Trad ing to nuliiea In Africa I wns cap Hired by a Turkish rover nnd sold Into slavery, from whence nfler many perils I escaped to tho Urnr.lls, where I set myself up for n sugar planter nnd was enjoying u fine prosperity Uierent. when I fell n victim to temn tatlon. Help being scarce In tho lira alls and snnlo planters thorn knowing that I hnd traded with tho slave roasts of Africa, they bemitled mo Into n voy ngo to those ports with the Intent to seeoro. slavn labor for our plantations. Only evil does ever eomo of evil counsel, Our ship win wrecked on "nn unknown Island off to. the northeast roast of HmiMi America, nnd of all the ship's company I alone, by the. bless ing of (Jod. wss allowed to escape through the high surr to the shore. All 1 pfioMd nt tho time was a knife, a pipe nnd. a llttlp. tobacco Jn a box. Walking , idong the short, when I had recovered sufficiently In stremrih so lo walk. I found fresh water, a great Joy. Having drunft and put a little tobacco ncalnst the hunger In my month. I took up my h'',,.,lng In a tree rud did there sleep to t v meat refreshment through out the niidif. Next morning the weallior'wnM clear mid tho sea mild, but what pleased me mot was tho dghl of tin ship which as thcjlde ebbed. Iny so close to tho shore Hint I found no trouble In swim ming out to If. No Hvliitf tiling except a dog nnd two cats wen left on the ship; but therowrs a store or nceo sltles. nnd sued f took. oiiilnt n'rnff ror tin purmwo of irmwnnrt'n': thorn lo an Inlet in the Island where wn: fresh water nnd u flat bleb place for my htih'tuMon. in lb" ii'irbt of th" thirteenth day. my work of irnostio--latlon being ilnn'. 1 lay down In mv usual fear of wild bensls. Imt nlo of thankfultiess In the knowledce that 1 was pretmrell for some linn lo come against tho Imrromies of Mil Maud. Then wen wild fruit Ir'cs on the Islntid. but If was manv days before' t discovered Ihem. There were also goats running wild, but 'without the firearms mid ammunition I hadbrousht from tho shjp of what avail wen they to mo? Bo I had reason to bo thank ful fur the good Providence which hold the ship lo tho shore until I had taken off all that was of ice to mo. There was much to he done If I were to secure my oYlNtonco on this strauee Island. The needful things I did as best I could In turn, but mil ulwiiys wlln good fortune attendlnt; my efforts In my first planting of bailey and com eed lb llf of nil mv o-telniu ieV March3, 1920 the Ford Motor Co. advanced the prices of Ford cart because the increaed cost of Production. No specific announcement was deemed necessary at the time, but it has developed that misrepresentations and misquotations of these advanced prices have been and are being given out So to safeguard the public against the evels of Misrepresentation, we herewith give the present prices: , Runabout Touring Car . $575 "H"' ',""!CM Coupe . Sedan 4. XwaaL Pl a mmlm w,t M I TUCK VnaW4i (wkk rmlC Un mmi Fordson'Jractor $850.00 f. o. b. Dearborn Mich. Burns Garage wtl m . '-.v TeilROd oTnTiit plfnireil In the very wrong lllne. f spent weary mouths In milking; eiirlh-wnro pols ror holdlng fresh water j mid forty-two days It took hie to how my first long plnnk from a 'free trunk. I strove ror weeks to fashion n stone mortar 4o stump grain In, only to come-nf Inst to a block of bollowed-outwood. Five months I labored In, felling a great cedar tree, hewing nnd shnptni: II to the,' hull of a splendid boat with which i'Vas, to ecnpo from the Island, only in bo forced lo abandon It for want of it, means whereby to launch If Into the sea. However, every failure Inught mo something I hud not known before. For' the element's, therefore great winds .and mIih mid cirthqunkox. Htt I became used In lluio to nil th'ngs. I plmiled and hiirvoHted my crops of mirley and corn; I plucked mv wild g"apes uml dried I Hem Into uotirlslitti;r rulslils; f rdsed nnd hilled mid Miiiii''ed and salted my latiio gatM. belli" Uhh for variety of good not so badly Served. Andw) through thei twelve years dur ing which I saw no sign of hetniin existence on tho Islnnd other than mv own, tinlll that eventful day on which 1 mot with the print of a mini's nuked fool on the sand. J was then like one thunder-struck. I listened, I looked, but I could hear uothlig, see nothing. I went up the shore, down tho shore; but there was only that single foot-print! Terrified to tlio last" degree. I ran to my habi tation like one pursued ; and for three days nnd nlghls thereafter I did not stir oHt. After observation I learned that II wns the hfihlt of cannibals frotn the main-land to come to h part of the Island which I seldom visited to fensf upon the bodies of their captured criemlei One morning from my look out I perceive!! thirty savages' dancing around a flre. They bad, cooked one victim i id had two more, ready .or the fire, when I descended upon them with two loaded muskets and my great sword, and was In tlm to save one which they had tint yet eaten. The nvod man I called Friday. In bono" of the day of his rescue, mid Id- wn the first voice J heard In nil mv ' yean on the Island. ITo wns youn-' Intelligent, of n superior rare of sue nges and became my trusted compan Inn for nil tho time I remained on the Island. What Friday told mo of the tnnlti land, after I had taught him some KtiKllsh. decided mo to leave my Island. Wo built n boat, this time not too far from tho Mn for launching, nnd were nlmost ready to set sail when 21 sv nsres In throe cmioeH landed pn the lilaud wllb three prisoners for a feast, fble of tlio prisoners was n while man. which enraged me. I dnuhlc-ehnrged two fowling pieces, four muskets, two plslots. ami giving Friday u hatchet ami also n great dram of rum and myself my great sword, we descended and killed nil but four of the savates One of the prisoners wns .Friday's rather. The white limn wns a Spaniard, a survivor from u ship of which 1 had seen 1be wrecked hull on my Island some years before this, and from which I bad taken some l.'-HK) pieces of gold, but of which I made small account because' of Its being of less value to mo than so milch sand of the beach. The Spaniard and Friday's father I sent with lire-arms and food In my new boat to bring bark the wrecked crew of tho Spanish ship. While wait hie for their return an Kngllsh ship with a mutinous crew put Into my Island. I helped the captain recover his shlti 'and took pitsage with hlin for F.ngliind, leavlutr on the Island tho nu luminous piembors with two THE UNIVERSAL CAR $550 with dual electric etartiwg ad Kchtiag yetem 2 . a . 7CA witk dual electric atarUag mm4 Kgktiag f eetaae aad dematMtabU riwa tt0 Q7C wMli dual aleetric atarliag mmd ligkUag deat. 1 TheM prkee ar f. , b. DalrsH ,liri.rl. ..... ...... .."tlF (l main, Litter, my Hpniilardo retnrr hnd all settled together on tlm hi, having fholr dissensions at first, selfllng down finally Into a HanrUi,,. COIOII.V, which runir ,y-hii- iiiht fcH . -,A- . ..... . .... !.... - my nuppmoKS to visn. Afdof lu'unl v.cltrlit vonrs. tun . and nineteen days I left my lMnnd t ------ - ---r ..."ii r. hI li.t.wl I nil wtU.ll. 'if til tf tte.l... . Kiigiatid. nut J was iiko a Mmtif.r there. My mother and father both dead, which was unforlnnnte, I could havo been of great service t thorn; for besides the il.200 pler. gold fro:n the FiMinlsh ship, Mu re ti 10,000 pounds sterling uwinilnjr t from an honest friend, a I'nrliicj captain to whom I hurt etiiniMiil 15, eslato In the IXrnyM heffi Hlb forth 011 Iho Ill-fa ed erruinl wh'r!i ihryv me for ' . 5nly-elg't venrn my Inland. Ho 1 " 's"'l "'if ' Mlih lj honesty tlmt I sett'-d K'O )ilnre, ! yenr 011 hlin and llfty mnfrit .cm h,v 1 oi his ion, both for life. I T married mid begot fhroi chililrr-a, 1 and oxeo'i for Iho one vov to (h, old Ihlalid, of which I have sunken. I roamed 110 more. Ko here I i"i, hii.inj lived n life of Inlliille vati-iv fur a years, btested with more 'bnn 1 t servo and resolved to pn m now fur the longest JonOiey or nil. If I Un lecrned nnylhlug It Is 11 knowiedire i the value of retirement mid th" tdv Ibg or etiillng our days In peace. Copyrlg t, 19l!. by the Post I'ublUhlneCl tTlie noton I'osii, Childhood. "ITow " long did It take you te fe berr ' "Twenty years." "That's a longtime to go a-cnorUg. "We started early, aim murte tkf( nrst mua pie 1 ever ate. nirnunf Age-IIeraW. t - CONNIE'S KELLY HAS PASSED AWAY The last notable landmark el the famous Philadelphia Athletic championship baseball team hi evidently passed Into oblivion. It waa the "ironed kelly" the etlff derby bat always worn by that rreat aasnager, Connie Mwk. Here Is Connie In 1920 woee". wearlag a cap. Ceanle is slowlr building a winner again and be ays maybe 1121 raayte 1IU but well be taare again. EtTope la again a bunch ot tfodtr, with every nation dreading tbe tin when another will apply tho torch, Tho wcatnur man, wo noto, new kicks nt tbe roasts bo gota la Ut 'press. It's an Jnoxponslvo methyl 'of keeping In tho public oyo v . --,-r.TtrK rs-- $61 rime $C4e)