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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
Verdict Of $4,000 Given In
Suit Against Penna. R. R.


NEW BRUNSWICK, May AFTER
a two and a quarter hour deliberation,
the pury before whom the supreme
court cause of Thomas l.. Court, OF
New Haven. Conn.,, VS. the Director of
railroads and the Pennsylvania was
heard returned a verdict for the plain
tiff for $4,000.
Mr.. Court instituted the above suite
to recover for damages from the rail-
road company claiming them negli-
gent for not safeguarding a grade
crossing at which his son was killed
on August 81, 1913. DIR. MONTAGUE,
the owner and driver of the automo-
bile In which the son vas riding ut
the time Of the accident, was also kill
ed at the same time.
Young Mr.. Court, who was a SOL
der at Camp Raritan had left a train
at Franklin Park and stepped into the
doctors car, which had proceeded but
a few feet when struck by an express
train. both of the occupants being in
stantly killed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
SOUTH AM BOY

George Seward, Sr., formerly resid-
ing in George street in this city, but
now living in Perth Amboy visited
! with friends here yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday morning about twenty
five cavalry horses mounted and un-
mounted, passed through this city
en- route to Prospect Plains, it is said.
They were formerly stationed at
some southern camp.
The funeral of John w. Dfll. who
| died at his home in Mechanicsville on
Monday last, will be held tomorrow
afternoon from his late home at 2
o'clock and at 1880 at the John Street
Methodist Episcopal church. where
Rev. George w. Abel will off1ciate.
Interment will be made in this city at
Christ church cemetery.
Late yesterday afternoon a Lake
wood train passing through this city
had it's rear coach filled with soldiers
going to Lakewood hospital. On the
rear platform Francis O'Leary of this
weeks ago stationed at Camp Upton,
was standing and received great
cheers while passing through.
James w. Rea, Jr., Louis Borlund,
John Higgins and w. F. Brennan at
tended the celebration held at Red
Bank yesterday afternoon in the well
coming home of the returned soldiers.
IA az 40 - "Nh
great success on the wells that have
been driven thus far. So much water
is contained in these wells that they
are now overlooking at the top, which
indicates good results.
w. B. Dietrich of this city, was a
Newark visitor with friends yesterday
afternoon.
The Third Battalion band, connect
ed with the Militia Unit of this city
and state, were invited to participate
In the celebration at Red Bank yester-
day. The band turned out in fine
numbers and helped materially to-
wards the afternoons events and pa
rade.
J.. f. Paris, who has been one OF
the guards at the California Loading
Company for the past few months, has
resigned and secured a position with
the American Railway Express Com
pany in Perth Apboy.
Henry Steers Co, which did con-
siderable work at the Pennsylvania
railroad about a year ago, is said to
be coming to this city again. What
their work will be confined to or what
project they will tackle cannot be
made known.
Another dance was given by the
War Camp Community Service last
night al the armory Of Co. + at First
and stockton streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mullen were
out of town visitQrs with friends last
night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
District Court.

Judge c. c. Hommann rendered the
following judgment yesterday in the
district court: Gilinsky Brothers VS.
Mike Stropko, s62.37
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
Social Club Dance a Success
Bu Speoinl Correspondcnt.

By Special Correspondent.
ROOSEVELT, May THE Social
Club dance on Saturday night was
a tremendous success. Ukranian hall
was filled and there were people pres
ent from Perth Amboy, Elizabeth,
Newark, Paterson ad Railway. Como
and his band were in great form a.
were the entertainers who had been
under the instruction of Joseph Fitz-
gerald and who gave a splendid pro-
gram.
was presented with a handsome Elks
tooth by the club. The Harmony Cluf
was presented with q cup for having
| the most men in line. They had turn
ed out ffty-two strong. The Ramb-
lers were next with forty-two. Clubs
from Perth Amboy and Elizabeth
were also present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
ROOSEVELT LOAN
over THE TOP"
Biz DISSATISFACTION Will Be
Realized When Drive is
Finished
BIZ special Correspondent.

ROOSEVELT, May THE Victory
Loan Committee met last night to
turn in reports to Chairman G. l..
Brewer. From the total reports re-
ceived it shows that the borough has
gone over tho top with many COM
Imittees yet to be heard from. The
amount to date is 1857, 600. or $4,000
more than the quota allotted to the
borough.
II is said that Che Wheeler plant
has more than $4,000 yet to report
with about six big plants also to turn
in large amounts.
The borough will easily go over
the TOP with an over-subscrlption Of
more than one hundred per cent. Of
their quota.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
SOLDIERS HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
Army Truck PlungeS Down a
Ban Near Draw Bridge at
keyp0rt

BIZ gpecfaI Correspondenf.

Bv Special C~orreSpOndcnt.
KEYPORT. May 7.-Several SOL
diers escaped serious injury on Mon
truck which they were driving to-
ward Keyport on the Keyport-Cliff-
wood road a down the bank on the
Cliffwood side of the drawbridge over
the Matawan creek at West Keyport.
One man received q badly scratched
face but none were injured enough
10 require a doctors attention. The
truck left the road on the right hand
side and wos hanging over the emf
bankment by the rear wheels late
Monday night.
Several accidents of this kind have
occurred at this point, the embank-
ment being at least ten or twelve feet
high and the tendency of the road is
to cave when a heavy a is near the
edge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07

He was born at York house, In the
Strand, London; was dellcately reared
and surrounded with every luxury. He
never found a way to live other than
his rich and titled relatives did, yet,
withal, he was able to lead the minds
of his contemporaries into constructive
philosophy after centuries of immature
generalization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
To Give Minstrel Show
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Corfe5Do1denE
SOUTH AMBOY. May THE Y. M.
c. A. mistrels which will eb given
at the Empire theatre on May Is. will
be rendered at both Camp Morgan
and also at the Colonia hospital for
the benefit of the soldiers at these
places. These renditions will be re-
hearsals and will be given prior to the
date which they will ebgiven here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-07
Unpleasant Suicide Route.

A favorfte mode of suicide among
the African tribes who dwell near
Lake Nyassa is to wade into the lake
and calmly wait for a crocodile to at
lack them.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

Las innovaciones que Lope &c We
ga INTRODUCE an el arte escenico es-
panoi, fucron tan grandes Y trascen-
denta,es. que alarmaron a muchoS
de los ingenioS espanoles que enton
ces s~obresalian en- ell campo de las le-
traS.
Hasta Lope de Vega el teatro es-
panol habia sido una imiJac!on del ar
tie italiano. que a Su e 10 era del
arte clasico. Ell Dante Y Petrarca
reinaban como soberanos en- la lite
ratura espahola Y los canoneS ciasl-
COS eran tenidos como l~ntocabies,
Con Lope de Vega el arte escenico
deio de ser c,asico, academ!co, para
ser eminentemenJe popular, refleJar
las tradiciones genuinamente espano-
las. eopiar las ccstumbreS de aquel
medic V revivir las giorias conqulsta-
das Dor IN pueblo heroico en- ocho
sjglos de combates por su DioS y por
su pa:ria. que eS Ia unlca manera
de fo-mar IN teatro verdaderamente
n~acioaal. V por ESQ solo los pueblos
libres Y con tradiciones heroicas tie
men I'm teatro nacional propiamente
d;cho. Por ESQ 10 tuvo Atanas, mlen-
tras que Roma, que era una cludaa
dominada por Ia ~tirania, 10 mismo que
TODD eI imperio romano, jamas tuvo
teatro popular.
A. misno Cervantes. que en- eI.
..Quijote" Sc habia i~ndependido tam
bjen de los :anones del clasicismo Ia
tho. sorprendido por ei nrevo giro
Que Sc daba al teatro, exclama en- I
~Ingenioso Hidalgo."
"Esas lccSredias) que ahora Sc
usan. asi imaginadas como hlstorlcas'
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06
La mayoria de los Gobernadores
son Obregonistas

definen blen 81 opinion o cue. GUAM
do me7os no han hecho ninguna de-
claraci6n en- este sentido son: Andres
Ortiz, de Chihuahua; Juan NJ. Gar
cia. ~go5ernador electo de Nuevo Leon;
Candido Agui'sr, de Veracruz, VI.
Arias. g~obernador eiecto de Campo
che: J. Felipe Vale. de Colima: j.
Villanueva, de Chiaras Y Severino
Martinez, g~obernadc< de San Luis
PotoSi.
Tambien existen ctros ~gobernado-
res con dis.i.tzs opi7iones, entire
ellos e eEcuer,ran EustaquIC Naz-
Z r~ecienremente nombraGo gober-
uador del Estado de Oaxaca Y quien
Sc ma declarado decidido berlanguis-
"a: Alfonso Cabrera, que es furibun-
do c~abrerista Y por ultimo el gober-
nador del Estado de Aguasealienses
Aure,:o Gonzalez, que trata de yer
en- Ia s;lla presidential q cualQuier
civil.
Per los a~nteriores dates. Sc podra
tener una idea ap7oximada del carlz
que tome Ia lucha poIitica en- Ia Re
pQbIica, Seniendo en- cuenta el apoyo
innegable con cue cuentan los candi-
datos en- los d;srintoS g~obernadores
de los EStadoS.
FL gobenador del Estado de ia
Iisco. Luis Casteilanos Tapia, no ha
definido todavia 81 actiCud. slenco
IN pu7to importantisimo cue Sc ira
IA de ~acIarar, va que generalmente
Dor Ia poblacion total del Estado que
gobierna. puede ser IN factor decidido
en- favor del triunto del candidate
que apoye.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

MEXICO. n. F, julio 2-Consi-
derando que mucha Importance tie
ne para 81 future. conocer IA fila
zion p~o,itica De los gobernadores de
los differences EstadoS De IA Repu5li-
ca. los Representatives. de Ia pre0sa
c-aDitaHra. Sc propusieron sa5er las
opinioHes de los gooernantes de pro
vincia, acerca &c las proXlmaS cleo
clones presjdnecialeS.
De las ayeriguaciones pCactradaS
Dor los periodist2S, sc vino a COMO
cimiento &c que existen dec gcoerTsto
res. cue decididamt1te apoyan "a can
6idarura de Aware Obregon para Ia
Presidencia de IA RepubIica: cInco son
~partidarios de Pablo Gonzalez; uno
es berlanguista: uHo ccbrerlsta :
otro que quiere a tolo trance yer
en- Ia P~resiGencia i Ut civil, cualqule-
"a que sea.
Los o~bregonistas son los SigUieC-
ties: Adolfo de la Huerta, ~go0ernador
e!ecco Ge Sonora; Carlos Green. -
TabaSco; Carlos Morales. &c YUcata2,
Ramon Fturbe de Sinaloa; Domingo.
ArrieJa. de Durango: Enrique Est-a-
da. de Zacacecas; Pascual Ortiz Ru-
bio. de Nichoacan; Agustn Alcocer,
de Guanajuato; Nicolas Flores, de Hi
Galgo ' Maximo Rojas, de TiaNcala.
Los gobernadores g~o1zaEsCas, son
los que sjguen: Gustavo Espinosa
MireleS. de CoahuIla; Andres Osuna.
de Tamaulipas; Francisco F~igueroa,
de Guerrero: Er1esto Perrusquia. de
QuereJ2ro AglScin MILAN. de NeXl-
CO.
Los Cobernadores que Codavia no
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

todas o las mas son conocidos dispa-
rates y cosas que no llevan pies nj
caoeza. Y con TODD ESQ e. vulgo las
oye con gusto V las tiene Y las aprue-
ba por puenas, cstando tan lejos de
serlo, Y los autores que las componen
Y los actores que las representa-. d.
cen que asi han de ser. porque asi
las quiere ei vulgo. Y no de otra ma
nera, Y que las que llevan traza Y ST.
guen la fabula, como el arte pide,
no sirven sino para cuatro discretos
que las ~entienden, Y todos los demas
Sc quedan ayunoS de entender su ar
tificio; Y que a ellos les esta mejor
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

lineas que Sc leen en- ell prdogo de luego eli monstruo de la nautraleza,
sus ocho comedias Y entremeses: De ell gran Lpe de Vega Y alzose con
10 la pluna Y las comedias, Y entro la monarquia conica"
\ en- Ia "Gaatea Sc encuentra esta alusl0n:
mo entrare con alguno n competencHa,
Y mas 81 acaso a sus oidos lega
Que contraiga III verdad tan Llama;
Que 10 dgo por vos, Lope de Vega"
En- su "Viaje al Parnaso' hae el me bardo"
siguiente eogo hiperbolco del insg-
"Llovio una nbe al gran Lope de Vega,
Pota inSgne, a cuyo verso @ prosa
Ninguno k aventaja nj lie lega"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

FL gran Lope crey6 de Su deber
ccmbarir ell gongorismo, que en- los
momentos en- que Ia literature his
pana llegaba a 81 mayor e~splendor
Sc iniciaba la d~ecadencia con ell
culteranismo, cuya bandera levanto
en- Espana Don Luis de Gongera,
hombre de gran inteligencia Y de gran
des arrestos literarios, que comenzo
enriqueciendo ell idioma castellano
cor terminus Y frases de las lenguas
cultas especiatmente Ia latina, Pc
70 POGO a POGO el, Y sobre TODD sus
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

En- verdad cue de mayores elo-
GIGS es n~lerecedor ell gran dranatur-
20 espanol, pasmo de los siglos por
su prodigiosa f-ciiidad para elabo-
rar un drama. De Shakespeare Sc di-
&c cue componia un drama cada seis
meses, pero Lope de Vega los compo-
MA en- dos dias.
Ash Sc exp!ica que haya product
do 1900 comedias, y 400 autos, sin
contar los estreneses. Y 10 mas To-
table era que corregia sus obsas es-
meradamente. Una vez escrihio una
connedia antes de almerzar, y cuatro
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

para ridiculicarse d 81 misno, CO.
mo 10 vines mas arriba.
FL insigre name de Lepanto ma
rio creyendo que habia sidc ~expulsa-
do del teatro por Lope de Vega, Y asi
10 da q entender en- las siguientes
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

veces escribi6 una comedia Ell un dia
Sus verses Sc calcula que pasan de
100000
81 no fue maestro en- detalles ar
tisticos, acknowledgements fue un gran
genio creador, que encarno el espi-
ritu nacional. que adopto Ia poesia
popular al fin d~ra1stico, que s1bsti-
tuvG las abstracoiones con la crea-
ci6n de caractercs bien definidos, que
expres6, en- una palabra, Ell genio es-
pahol.
J. A PEYES
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

Que quien con arte ahora las escriba Qas comcdias}
Nuere sin lama Y galardon; que puede,
Entire los que careccn de Su lumbre
Mas cue razGr V fuerza Ia costum5re.
Nerdad es CUE yo he escrto algunas wees
Siguendo Ell Are que con ocen pocoS,
Mas luego que sahr por otra parte
Feo los mCnStruoS de aparencla lenos
AGonde acude ell vulgo y las nujeres
Cue este triste cjercco canonizar.
A aquel hahto barbara me vuelvo:
! cuardo ne de escubir una comedia
Encierro los preceptos en ses laVes
Saco q Terenco Y a Plauto de mi estudio
Para que woes no ME den cue suele
Oar gritos la verdad en- ibros Hudos;
Y escribo por ell arte que !rventaroa
Los que ell vulgar APPLAUSE pretenGiercn
Poruue. como las paga el vugo, es justo
ilab!arle en- neGo para darle gUsto.
800. 800. -. -. -. $50. . .'. 80. ''- ''' 80 - -'''' 80 ''
Mas pues del arte varos tar remotoS
Y en- Espana lie haccmoS mil agravlos
Cierren los doctoS eta vZ los la3ios
"A nincuno de tcdos lamar puGe
Mas barbara cue yo, pues contra el ate
Ne atrevo a dar preceptos V me dejo
Llevar de Ia corrente. dondc
Me llamen ignorante Italia y Francla
"Sustento en- fin 10 que escribi, Y conozco
Que aunque fueran nejor de otra manera
No tuvieran cl gusto que han tenldo
Poroue a veces 10 Que IS contra 10 justo
Por la misma razon dchita el gusto.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

%Patos del aqua chirle caStelIana
De cuyo rudo ingenio facii riega
Y tai vcz dulce inunda yuestra "Fega"
Con razon Vega per 10 siempre llama,
Pisad graznado la corriente cana
Del antique idioma: y. turba leCa,
Las ondas acusad cuantas os mega
Aztec estilo, erudicion romano.
Los cisnes venerad cultos, no aque!los
Que escuchan 81 canoro fin los rios.
Aquellos 81 cue de 81 docta espura
Virtio Aganipc. Huis?....No quereis voHos?
Palustres ayes. vueStra vulgar pluma
No bore. no mas charcos. iZabullios.'
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

Fl misno Cervantes Saavedra,
emulo V admirador de nuestro gran
poeta. Sc revelo contra las innova-
clones Il introduce en- el teatro. Ell
narrafo que del "Quijote' henos
transcrito es una satira muy fina
contra Lope de Vega, que este recogio
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

paTtidarios abusaron tanto de los
neologismo l%atinos, del hiperbaton,
de las figuras rebuscadas Y de los
terminus mas estranboticoS, que ejer
cieron una funestisima Influenza en-
la literatura espanola.
Lope de Vega combatio al congo
rismo cen entusiasmo Y dentro de los
linlites de la decencia. pero Gongora
indignad9 contra ell gran poeta, le
contest6 con Ell siguiente s~oneto, que
da una muestra de 10 que fue la es-
cuela c~ulterana:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06
Combate a Sonetos entire Lope de Vega y G6ngora

ganar de conner con los muchos, que
no opinion con los pocos."
FL mismo Lope de Vega intento dis
culparse de su atrevimiento. y quiza
como una satisfaction a la Academia
Poetica de Madrid, que pretendia ser
la que dictaba las leyes del buen
gusto ' la dispensadora de la glc-
ria, V que e~jercia ~despotica i~nfluen-
cia sobre todos los ~cultivadores de Ia
poesia en- Espana, IN ell siglo XVI,
Y en- su libro: carte Nuevo de Hacer
Comedias' Sc burla de 81 mlsmo en-
los siguientes verses:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

mo ha tornado en- nuestrcs dias Ia
forma de 'decadentisno."
FL gran dramaturgo Sc indlgno mu
cho contra Gongora al leer los YER
SOS que lie dedico, Y justificando e!
genus irritable vatiuum.' de Ho-
racio. replica con un soneto en- que
despues de lamar a su adversarlo
"cisne calavera," ~prosiCue ash:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

En- los anter!ores verses Congo
ra Sc burla de Vega que acabaoa
de publican su obra: La Vega del
Parnaso." La Erase: ia corriente ca
ma del antique idioma" da una idea
de 10 que fu6 el culteranismo. Ca
ma" hace aqui alusion a las canas
u alderman Ia frente de Ia ancianl-
dad. pero aplicads a "Corriente" es
de IN gusto ~detestable. FL gongorls-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

con este soneto. uno de los mas her
mosos del habla castellana, y que
compuesto en- honor de su encarniza-
do enemigo, da idea de alteza de SEN
timiento de Lope de Vega:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

"Claro cisne del Bolts. que sonora
y grave ennobleciste el instrumental
Mas dulce Que ilustro musico acento
Banando en- ambar puro ei arco de orc,
4 ii Ia Ira. a ii ell castallo coro
Debe su honor. 81 fama Y
Unico al siglo Y a Ia envidia exento
Eencida, 81 no muda, en- tn deccTo.
Los que por u defensa escrioen sumas
Propias ostentaciones s~olicitan
Dando a tn immense mar vlles espur1as.
Los Icaros defiendar cue te imitan
Que como acercan a u sol las plunas
De III divina luz Sc precipTan
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-07-06

No solo Gongora, sino tambien mu-
chos de sus partidarios, hicieron una
campana de d~icterios V de ridiculo
contra el poeta genial. quien Sc do
DOR vencido V contesto a su rival
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Education of the Township
of Woodbridge, for the erection and
completion of the alterations and add
tions to School No. Z, located on King
Georges Road. Fords, New Jersey.
Bids shall be made out on forms sup
piled for that purpose and shall be de-
livered to the clerk of the Board, MIR.
E. C. Ensign, Woodbridge, N, j., or
presented in person at the meeting to
be held in the High School, on the eve-
ming of August 25th. 1919. Bid will be
received up until eight o'clock and then
opened in the meeting.
All work is to be done in accordance
with the plans and specifications pre-
pared for same by John Noble Pierson
and Son, Architects, 173 Smith Street.
Perth Amboy, N. J.
For the convenience of intending bid
ders plans Will be loaned to them on
and after August 18th, upon deposit OF
certified check or cash in the sum OF
Tw Dollars ($20.00). Deposit to be
returned when the plans are returned.
PLANS will be issued until the supply
is exhausted, but at all times a set ef
plans and specifications will be open for
Inspection at the office of the Architects
Before a or certified check is re-
Turned a forfeit of 500 of the deposit
will be required from any bidder who
fails to submits an estimate after receiv-
ing the plans and specifications for this
purpose.
Bids must be rendered separately fol-
any or all of the branches as follows:
General Construction comprising all
Masonry. Carpentry. steel and Iron,
Painting and Roofing For Heating and
ventilating, for Plumbing and for Elec-
trio Work.
Each bid h be accompanied by GER
tilted check upon a National or State
Bank drawn to the order of the Board
of Education OF the Township OF Wood,
bridge in the various amounts as fol-
lows:
General Construction 100000
Heating & Ventilating . 10000
Plumbing ....-....... 10000
Electric .....*....w.. l00.0U
binding the successful bidder to exc.
cute the contract awarded to him..
The successful bidder will be required
10 furnish a satisfactory bond in full
amount of the contract price.
The Board reserves the right to rejecf
any or all bids.
{Signedl BUILDING COMMITTEE
NJ. =. Clum, Chairman,
Morris Dunnigan,
Benjamin Walling.
694S-S-S-7t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-15
SQUIRREL FOOD

Squinty a declared that some one,
had been near the boat while he and
the other boys were eating. To prove
his assertion he pointed to fresh
tracks of large shoes in the wet sand.
Maybe they were there before we
landed" said Tom. Not ON your
life" returned Squinty and he pointed
to the tracks. They are on top OF
our tracks and besides anyone a see
they were made just a few minutes
ago." he said. The tracks could be
traced distinctly and indicated that
the person who made them had ap.
preached from a heavy clump OF
bushes about fifty yeards down stream
and had returned to the same bushes.
Look" said Tom, h sneaked Off on
tip-toe. The tracks show that he
ing! he ran away and fast, too" ex-
ploded Squinty. That's how he made
tracks with his toes only
Tom was doubtful but Squinty made
him convince himself by running a
Few yards along the bank at top
speed. Toms own tracks showed only
toe impressions and the case was
proved.
"Gee fellows, we better beat it.
hadn't we?" Chuck asked uneasily
Jaw. what d'you want to beat it for?'
Pickles replied. stop talking and let
me think it out" interrupted Squinty.
He sat down on he river bank and
studied the tracks, the boat and the
river while the others watched him.
II got it," he exclaimed triumphantly.
Got what" asked Pickles. What
went on here; that guy was going to
| steal the Mary Anne and the big
launch came along and scared him
away. That means that he's done
something wrong and is hiding. Why
he must have run into those bushes
inst as we came here from the oven"
"Gollyi Squinty is a reg'ler detec-