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vines converging towards the sea into
one common valley. In the center of
the basin Lot and Lots Wife. two
rocky pyramids, shoot their weather
worn p~innacles abruptly out OF the
surrounding %ccoria, the former being
nearly 300 feet high and the latter
about 260 feet. this one Deing narrow
er at the base than at top.
Fine Health Resort.
Two hundred springs of fresh wa
ter, a climate as fine as ny in the
world and the purifying sweep Of the
trade winds combine to make st. Hell
ena a health resort that Is almost un-
surpassed. Generally the temperature
Is decidedly pleasant, but twice a
year, during the short periods known
as the ROLLER seasons" the ocean
current sets strongly from the equa-
torial regions, a stagnant calm pre-
walls and Europeans suffer from head
ache and WEAKNESS. Then in a few
hours the wind shifts again to the
southeast and brings GOODNESS and
comfort.
On the north shore of the island. be-
tween two great fortified rocks, Nun.
dens and Ladder Hill, lies the little
city of jamestown, the capital and
only town Of st. Helena. Its white
houses nestle prettily in a narrow val
ley and conspicuous among them
stands a white, high-spired church
1t has a good sea wall, a deep moat
and drawbridge, a p~ortcullised gate
way and a spacious parade ground
for a garrison Is always maintained
there. The fort on Ladder Hill is
connected with the town by a flight
of 700 steps. Among the points of in
terest in the city are the Castle, wher'
the governor resides, the fine botan
ical gardens, a museum and an excel
lent civil hospital.
Where Napoleon Lived and Died.
1t goes without saying the place O.
greatest interest to visitors is Long
| wood, the house in which Napoleon
lived during his exile and in which
he died in 1921. This is called Long
wood Old House, because just befor'
the emperor's demise a new and NOR,
~pretentious residence, known as New
House, was designed for him an,
nearly completed. The Old Hous'
was merely a farm building of tn,
Longwood plantation in the east cen
trail part of the island, and until tn,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

~ AR OUT in the middle Of the
- South Atlantic ocean, 1900
miles from the coast OF Africa
and 1900 miles from South
America. lies the rocky little island of
st. Helena. one of the many outposts
of the British empire. Discovered by
the Portuguese about 1902 and settled
by the Dutch in 1916, 1t was taken by
the English in 1857 and almost con
tinuously since then has been held
by them as a naval station. It's eco
nomic and commercial Importance is
almost nil, and its population is only
about 5000, but its name will live for
ever, for to that distant rock one hun.
dred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte
was taken by his c%onquerors, there to
spend his remaining years In exile
under strictest guard.
There for six years the man who
had dominated and re-made Europe
lived In such state as was afforded by
the somewhat meager allowance made
him, and there, on May s, 1921, he
passed away. During all this time
several thousand troops and a feet of
warships were maintained at st. Hell
mi to prevent the escape of the great
Corsican.
Once again, many years later, the
island was put to similar use by the
British. for during the South African
war OF 1899-1902 nearly 5000 Boer
prisoners. among them General Cron-
je, were sent there.
The island is a crown colony and is
administered by a governor and a
council.
Among Oldest Land on Globe.
Because of its isolated position, its
peculiar fauna and its very remark
able insular fora. together with its
geological character. scientists believe
st. Helena is amongst the oldest land
now existing on the face of the globe
1t is said that out of sixty-one native
species only two or three are found
in any other part of the world.
The natural strength of the island
lies in it's compact form and size to
gether with its inaccessible coast
formed by an almost uninterrupted
belt of rocks which rise perpendicu
larlytto a height of 900 to 1000 feet
From the sea the lofty hills divided
by huge assures and deep gorges al
most without vegetation make the is
land seem grimly barren, but in tn
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arrival of Napoleon was used for some
time as the residence Of the lieuten.
ant governor of the island. After the
death of the great exile 1t fell into
ruinous condition and for a time was
used as a stable and threshing barn.
In 1857 the building was conveyed by
the British government to Napoleon
Ill and 1t is now restored so as to re-
semble. as nearly as possible. Its APP
~pearance as It was In 1851.
Close to Longwood. in a shady val
ley where Napoleon often quenched
his thirst at a spring of water. is the
tomb where the emperor was first
buried and where his body lay for
nearly twenty years. The little glen
is shaded by beautiful Norfolk pines.
expresses and frs. The vault itself Is
covered by a fiat stone, twelve by six
feet, now run over with cracked &C.
ment and bearing no name or inscrip-
ton. 1t is surrounded by a fence out
side of which is a privet hedge and a
wooden sentry box In which an at
tendant keeps a visitors book. The
grave and it's surroundings. like the
house, are o the property of the
French republic.
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connection with the government Of
ices, does one see any number of
males of military age who are o in
uniform, gray or khaki, with the little
Serbian service cap. like a khaki glen
garry without the tails. set jauntily on
the head, and queer heelless. moe
casinlike laced %footgear. which looks
at first unsmart but which is excel
lently adapted to the rough hills and
muddy valleys which make the Ser.
bian soldiers battlefelds."
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edge will no have to be finished OIL
Join the blue field to the stripes in the
same way you Joined the stripes.
With the field and stripes Assem-
bled, make a binding Of anvas for the
staff edge, doubling this over the
ends of the stripes and field, turning
in the edges and sewing with a dou-
BILE row of stitching Zig. ~. Then
buy a couple of large iron washers at
the hardware store, for grommets
Gig. A., and sew these in the doubled
binding edge, one at each corner. to
tie ropes to for fastening the flag to a
pole.
Cutting and sewing on the stars
neatly requires care and patience. For
the forty-eight stars needed you must
cut twice as many, because they must
be fastened upon both sides of the
field. To make a pattern for the FIVE
pointed stars, first describe a circle
four inches in diameter upon a piece
of cardboard, and divide the circum'
ference into five equal parts Gig. 81;
then connect the five division points
with straight lines Zig. g. cut out the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
HOLDS REUNION OF PUPILS
Reopens Sehoolhouse Started IS
Years Ago and Rings Bell as
of Yore.

Los Angeles.-How he returned to
his old home. reopened a schoolhouse
which he started sixty-tive years ago
and held a reunion OF his pupils. was
told by Frank G. Grant, eighty-two,
Of Santa Monica, who recently re-
turned from the G. A. r. encampment
In Washington.
While East Grant visited Kirby. Vt,
his home town. At a schoolhouse in
that place he held a reunion of the
pupils he taught more than a half a
century age. Nineteen Of the thirty
six who were his pupils attended the
reunion. Grant rang the old school
house bell and taught" his gray
haired pupils" their lessons as he
had done In 1860.
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shows it completed, and Fig. 3 shows
how the walls are built. Notch the
stick logs an inch from each end, on
two sides Gig. ~, and place the
sticks so the notched ends will come
over one another Zig. 81. Where
there is a window or doorway. use
shorter sticks, and bind together the
ends next to the openings with string
Gig. 81. The stick logs between the
doorway and window Gig. q are tied
at both ends with string.
There must be a windmill, and Fig.
8 shows one that is easily built. Make
a paper pinwheel &c, Fig. g., by creas-
ing a six-inch square Of paper from
corner t. corner Gig. y, then cutting
along the creases from the corners to
within half an inch of the center, and
then turning over one-half of each
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

corner and fastening with a pin
through the corners and center. Drive
a stick into the ground "a, Fig. 81,
pivot a short stick on it's top (B, Fig.
81, and to one end of this short stick
drive the center pin of the pinwheel,
and to the other end tack a cardboard
tail ID. Four sticks driven into the
ground several inches from the base
of stick A, with their tops tied near
the top of A, will complete the wind
mill. .
Figure 9 shows a hand pump, and
Fig. 10 shows how it is made Of a
clothespin (A), with a short peg (B)
fastened in its slot for a spout. and a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

He is not the least bit worried at his
predicament, nor about the charge OF
uniawfully riding on freight cars.
which has been placed against him.
The boy first went to Chicago, and
was arrested. but discharged. From
st. Louis he e to New Orleans.
then across Texas Il Ell Paso and
down along the Mexican border, al
ways using the rods under passenger
coaches or roomy empty freight cars.
After seeing the exposition he con
tinued up the coast 10 Vancouver and
down through Canada
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

In her most recent book Court Life
From Within" the Infanta Eulalie OF
Spain, aunt of King Alfonso. gives
some new and interesting facts about
the kaiser. The court life at Berlin
is the rlost formal, the most medieval
that the infanta describes. Her pic
lures of the kaiser are very interest
ing. The quality hat makes him
most misunderstood, both in Germany
and abroad" remarks the infanta. rs
his religiosity. He has an intimate
sense of the constant direction of a
personal God-how intimate no one
will believe who has not seen the ex-
preston of his face when he is silently
praying. Since he believes that God
directs every incident of the life of the
world, he believes that he has been
divinely appointed to rule over Ger
many as every one else has been
divinely appointed to the station of
life he occupies and the work he has
to do. He rules therefore, under God.
responsible only to God, and going to
prayer frequently for direction"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

short stick (C) pivoted with a small
brad above the spout, for a handle,
Make a "paddle-wheel" boat for the
lake Zig III. A piece of thin wood,
pointed at n end. with a one-inch
square notch cut in the other end,
forms the hull; the mast is a short
stick; the sail is a piece of paper;
Sad the paddle is a small piece of
wood held in the notched end of the
hull by meals of a rubber band Gig.
12).
Plant branches and twigs for trees
and shrubbery. make fences with
stick posts connected with strings
Zig. -.
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A TOY VILLA.

rhe suggestion in Fig. 1 for a villa
beside a lake can be elaborated upon
by adding cottages, summer houses,
paths and roadways, II you wish. First
find a dlshpan, washtub, or other re-
ceptacle to hold water for the lake.
Set this in a hole several feet away
from a corner of the yard. Then be-
tween the lake and the corner, pile up
earth to form hills.
The log house is built of straight
sticks cut from branches. Figure 2
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

: HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
= BY
: A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
49, 49, 49, ssSsh a
A HOMEMADE AMERICAN FLAG.

Flag-making is within the ability Of
any girl handy with the needle. A
medium-sized flag requires but little
more work than a small one, and for
this reason l have shown in Fig. l
a diagram for a flag six feet in length.
1t will be easy to alter these dlmen-
sions IL you want a flag OF different
length.
Red, white and blue bunting for the
stripes and field can be purchased at
any dry goods store.
After cutting the stripes three inches
wide, by the lengths shown in Fig, 1,
sew them together, turning In their
edges slightly. as shown in Figs. 2 and
8, and sewing with a double row OF
stitching. The top and bottom red
stripes should be cut from the SEW
edge Of the cloth, so their outer
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

Bellefontaine. Ohio.--A gymnasium
has been provided in the Logan county
tail for the pleasure OF the prisoners.
Sheriff George Smith. feeling that the
men needed some other form OF recre-
alton than reading. has put I'm the
equipment at his own expense. Mrs
Smith, the sherin's wife. has placed
two canary birds In the jail to help
divert the minds OF the prisoners
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
BOY TRAMPs 10000 MILES
Youth Completes Jaunt Around coun.
try During Which He Visited
Almost Every State.

Baltimore.-Locked up here recent
ly was q slight. wiry boy OF fifteen
years. with keen blue eye and a shock
OF red hair. who has just completed
a swing around the county that GOV.
cred more than 10000 miles and near.
ly every state. His name is Donald
Burke and his home IL PHILADELPHIA.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
HoldInu OUT ON sundaxa.

Idon't know how It is in your church.
comments Deacon Bert Walker.
but know that in mine II every men,
Der gave one-tenth OF all he made to the
Lord We could hire the finest preach.
or IN New York city and build q
church building IL stories high and
then have money enough left to save
q whole army Of observation-disclosures
City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
cuffs of biscuit colored rabbit angora
York Sun.
Rover's Lesson.

For some tina after the interurban
was built through u place." related
the farmer. "our dog would chase the
car every time 1t passed. He would
tear after 1t, raging and roaring. until
1t crossed the line, and then return
strutting and putting with Importance
over having driven the intruder on
the dear old farm. But one day while
he was ripping along behind 1t some
thing went wrong. and the a stopped
rather suddenly. Faithful Rover Ut
tered a yell OF surprise and %apprehen.
sion, and streaked for the house. New.
or afterwards could he be induced to
chase the car. He evidently imagined
that he had bluffed 1t once too often
and it had turned on him."-Kansas
City Star.
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starhsh FertIIIze Rice.

The Janapanes use starfish as q
fertilizer, and 1t is said to give ex,
cellent results on rice. An analysis
shows the fish to contain nearly s per
cent of nitrogen and a small quantity
of phosphoric acid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
Mans Real Business.

The great business OF man is to
improve his mind and govern his man
ners; all other projects and u
suits. whether In our power TO com
pass or not. r anly amusements.-
Pliny,
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e, and slipping peg F through the
three, the end of the pole will be held
securely. But before this end is
fastened. the stays Gig. 81 must be
tied to screw-eye G and to screw-eyes
screwed into the sides of the window.
as shown in Fig. IL. to carry all of the
weight of the pole.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

Turks drink coffee while Il Is boil
ing. and swallow the grounds with the
LIQUID,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11

Perhaps the Amszons gave the mil
linery salute.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
Optimistic rhouoht.

Why persist in importantly to ears
that are closed.
Głos polek., 1915-06-03
w
Anneryce
No. 22


anaIlze powietZa moralnego, kt6rym
my tn - Ma wychodztwie - zyiemv,
Gdyby MONA bakcyle pOwietrza tego "a
trut"go wziQc pod mikroskop, to nape-
VINO odkrytoby GAIA Scisfo$cia, ii bak-
cYlc te nazyWaja sic - nienawiScia, ze
zarazkami choroby tel epidemicznei Jest
przeSlaknlete nasze zycie pOlskie dla
togo sic W MEM dusimy, cierpimv, wy
krZyWlamy, nieraz - jake czqsto =
upadamy moralnie W koncu. Straszno to
powI"trze, zab6jcze, w kt0rem mic ME ro-
SHE ME kwtnie, a wszystko wipdnie,
pacZy sic Obumiera. Dlaczego? BO ME
ma W MEM s4onca mi4osci - tego sfonca
zycla, It0re jedno dale rozrost buinv.
moe l radoSc ludzkim duszom - ninste
ty, my zyJemy tn jak w ciemnicv. W
podzlemlu ciemnem, oSlizg1em, peincm
strachow, grOzb brutalnosci, do kt6re
go to s}once zyciodajne dusz dostepu
prawie niema.
Ola tego tel, kto duchcm ayw ie-
sZcZe l nlezatruty Ostatecznic, MECH por-
vic sic do plenienia tych truiacvch
chWaStow naszcgo zycia, wyrywajmy Ia
cZnlc, SmlafO, 4 kOrneniam, OSliZgfe te
ziclsla bakcyli nienawiSci sieimv mi
lose, zyczliwOSc, siejmy wsp6Iczucie Gle
pie, zrozumienie chetne, serdeczna, do
bra, dzwigajaca wole dusz. TAX, my -
kobloty zw}aszcza - q pierwszym re
DIE te - co SwieciG chca, przodowaG,
przekfadac move drogi Swiatia, budowa6
prace dzie}a dobra publicznego, bo tyl-
10 posiewu uczuG tych goracych, czy-
stych wyro5G moae owoc plon. Tymcza-
sem co widzimy?
Walczymy, dziafamy, poruszamy sic
tylko Ma tie uczuG zfych, osobistych, "a
trutych, kt6re nigdy prawie ME obejmu-
Ja troska szczera danego dzic1a, ale
szukaja wnet walI osobistoSciami DO
nizania ich, spychania. NajIepszq dobra
wolG, czyste chqci, dazenia szerokie, OBJ
rzuca zaraz ta nienawiScia, podejrze-
MEM, obnizq insynuacya, zazdroScia XII
piqca, zjadliwa.
Ma takim pod{ozu uczuG sunie sic
zycie nasze zbiorowe, a raczei grzeznie
cicmnO5cie, zaduchu, ma}o6ci. A slcu-
tex - jaki skutek tegoY Jak powietrze
to zaraaone aycia polsl1iego oddzia}ywa
ma mfodziez tn urodzona lud polski,
ktory bakcyle to nienawisci zbiorowej
W siebie wch}aniai Oto przytocze, jako
fakty. kr6tlrie pokIosie dni ostatnich,
Głos polek., 1915-06-03
Chicago, ILL.,, Czwartek 5go Czerv
Powietrze moralne naszego zycia polskiego

Z zctkniecia osobistcgo, Iub bardzo bIi-
skiego.
NledaWnO rozmawiafam T. Danicnka
I'll urodzona / Wychowana, obracaiaca
sic wSr0d lycia naszego, zbioroweeo.
Jall to Il mas, sypafy sic uk46cia ray
z' stron wszystkich, opedziG sic prawie
ME Spos6b - mfOda dusza bury sic,
clerpi, wrzy, broni sic, wciqa iatrzona
plem l buntuje ostatecznie, do giebi Z
uczuciem p0nizenia b6lu s4yszaiam
sfowa m6wiOne Gaia g}ebia, szczeroScia
prawdq: ia chce wypu6 siebie te pol
SkoSc Gala. ia ME chce jej, ME chce.
ia chce zapOmnieG, ME znaG tel poIsko-
sci. To okropne, to piek4o Gale. >. w
tom rye ME MONA. =. Juz zadusifam sic
i ME chce wiecej, do obcych p6jde tam
bedc zyc, jak czfowiek" Oto s4owa O.
sire, cierpkie, raniqce, ciskajqce sfuszne
przeklcnStwo zyciu takiemu, kt6re dv
sly tylko nicnawi$cia zatruwa snrca
n}odc dusze zdrowe.
TAX sic wSr6d mas dzieic - mfo-
dzicA polska meska zenska wynarada-
via sic szybko cd zycia polskiego tax
zatrutegO ucicka chroni sic Zapamie-
taJmy soble dobrZe, takie krzyki duszy
m4odziezy naszej, jest w Mich straszne
memento" dla aycia tu naszego pote-
picnic grozne dla przyszIo5ci ca}ei. A
dalcj, lud - ten lud, kt6remu sic dale
gfoSnc wykTykniki obchodowe. =. czy.
Smy ME s}yszafy gfos6w pe4nych jadu
cd ludu tego - cd mezczyzn, ciskaja-
cych je kolektorkOm w "dniu Polek?"
"A MECH sic potopia tam oni wszyscy"
= 81 MECH wygina, pomra - a mech"
l t. d., lub takie plucie do puszek, "a
miaSt ofiary dla Ojczyzny Straszne.
A kto tenn zyciu nienawi$cia zatrutcm
clerpi / wyklety jest2... Kto opluty?...
Strach pomy5let, a wym6wic cieako. -.
Otto - ia Polska Meczennica narod6w,
rozdarta przez wrog6w, krzyzowana CO.
dzien, co chwila, co godzina przez VIA
sne, zatrute powietrzem tego zycia -
dzieci. Opamietajmy sic. =. t.. To So sIo-
wa znaki zaglady straszliwej dla ma
rodu naszego, jeSli sig ME opamietamy,
ME zaczniemy wyrywaG zbiorowo truia-
cych chwast6w nienawisci ne stosunk6w
zycia naszego, jeheli ME zaczniemy zabi-
JAG bakcyi tych $miertelnych, przepe4-
niajacych powietrze nasze,
Mi1oSci, mifoSci, dobroci, sprawied-
liwo5ci, uznania. =. Siejbe czystq rozpo-
czniJmy wszyscy, potykajmy sic, walcz-
Głos polek., 1915-06-03

my, krytykujmy poprawiaimv wzaiom
uczuc1ami dobrem w duszy, wyrywai-
my jady ze sicbic, trucizny, kakoie cho-
re, roplQce naroSIe uczuG zfvch. ziadIi-
Wych Irecz tenn OczySZczaimv DO
Wlctrze chOre naszego zycia, W kt6rem
Juz dnSl sic nlfod2iez nasza, W kt6rpm
ona l lud nasz .juz pluie ma poIslloS6
SWletq, tax skazonq hanbiona przez
stosunki zycia czyny os6b g4oSno pol
skosc te noszacych Ma ustach, a zaprze-
czaJqcych pieknu iej nienawiscia, zaz-
droscla, spychaniem, zfa VIOLA. Precz
TEN - zacznljmy siejbe mi1osci uczu6
dobrych pod grozq zabicia naszei pol
skoSci wystraszenia Il mel wszystkiego,
co goretsze, szlachetniejsze mniej od-
pOrne.
SpoJrzmy ma narody inne, ma wszv-
StHIe mne dokO}a mas, a ME zobaczymy
tego nigdzie, oni sic mocno "a roce trzv-
maya l pomagaja sobie zyG wzaiem, "a
mlaSt sic spychaG, obezw}adniaG, kale-
eye l zabija6 nieraz. Opamictaimv sic.
Fokl czas, my - polskie kobiety zw}a-
sZcHa, co screen czujacem narodu bv6
muSImy, saczmy z serca naszego mi}O3G.
zrozumlenie, pok0j to zatrute, ciczkie
poWletrZe naszego zbiorowego zycia. Pa
mletaJmy, IL hasfem organizacvi kobie-
coJ musi bye mi4o8G, scrdeczne ciep}o,
zgoda, dobra VIOLA o te dobra wole dIa
PoIski modli1 sic wznios4y duch wiesz-
cza kraslnskiogo, on wiedziaf le dobra
VIOLA to cement narodowcgo zycia. to
spoldfo prac i czyn0w, It0re wiaze spo-
feczenstwO solidarna rodzine icdna.
PrZez MIA W niej dOkonywa sic poster,
dzwiganie, oSwiecanie narodu y dofu
wzwyz - do szczyt6w. Przez MIA tez,
przez tG dObra wole okrasza sic ociepla
mdzkie aycie, ona -- jak magnes -przy-
c:aga jednOstEi do Srodowiska wsp6lne-
go, broni Cd Odpadniecia, wynarodowie-
MIA, OdejScia. WSr6d swoich i re swoimi
musi bye radoSc, ciep}o, pOmoc, otucha
- ME pleldO, naganka, krzywda, ponie-
wlerka,. deptanie. Chcieimy, O chcieimy
naprawic, uzdrowi6 nasze polskie zycie,
warlrnkiem pOwOdzenia, naprawy jest
wgladnaG surOwO sumienie wIasne. "a
czac cd prostOwania tego, co z}o, b}edne,
krzywe W mas samych, powiedzie6 sobie
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had encountered in finding an opportunity
in keeping with his capacity, delicately ex-
pressing a latent fear that financial need
might force him into a business environ
ment that would interfere with the develop
ment of his career, and in the back of young
Bolen's mind there rather hope that
Uncle Ben would send him sufficient money
to finance further search for position that
would afford real opportunity to young
man.
AS he neared his boarding place young
Bolen's thought crystallized. If Uncle Ben
had sensed the situation, and had sent him
a sum of money, he would return to the
office and notify the manager that he would
not take the job that had been offered him.
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OF course, it might be that letter had
come from Uncle Ben, and in that case he
would simply go ahead with the distasteful
job until he did hear from Uncle Ben.
The distance to his boarding place
not great, and young Bolen covered it in
short time 1t was mid-afternoon when he
stepped from the hallway into the front
room, which served as reception room, par
lor and sitting room to patrons of the place.
and there about. Bo1en stepped
to the mantel and hurriedly over the
mail left there by the landlady for her board
ers. Sure enough, there a letter for
him. and Bolen thrilled with pleasure he
noted the address in the familiar heavy
handwriting of Uncle Ben.
He opened the envelope eagerly, but his
smile gave place to expression of sur
prised disappointment he disengaged a
two dollar bill from the written pages. How
strange that Uncle Ben should send him a
paltry two dollars! And then he read:
Dear Nephew:
'tYour letter received several days ago.
Maybe you were looking for answer
sooner. but l couldn't answer until I had
figured out what l ought to write Because.