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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-23


thing Is ,o true that If can be shouted
from the trco-tor,
Why va~ Fl,da uru.n tempting death
III tho Carlton RapId~:
She had heard 4 whisper us she wan
d'rrd among tho pine troo~ there at
Maut"u, and il said simply the one
Word "NoW ." She knew that She must
do il >h" had driven hor cauoc ont into
tive r"~i~tloS, current tu ride the Rapids
Of CnriIou Her Other Self had whi,-
pprod TO her.
Wonder. thousands of miles away in
Syria. th"ro were the Hills of Lebanon
and there was one phrase which made
every Syrian heart beat fa~t"r. if he
were on tho march. It was. "Thr Dru>o>
are up" When that wild tribe took to
the saddle to war uron the caravans
and against authority. from Lcbanon
to PALMYRA. from Jerusalem ~ namaS-
Gus mon looked anXiou~ly about them
and rode hard +" refuge
And here also in the Far Nurth where
the River Sagalac ran u wild race to
Carlton, leaving behind thr new towns
Of Lebanon and Nauitou "thr NruSeS
We're up
The daughter of Gabriel Dru>e, the
giant. was riding the Rarid~ Of tho
SagaIar The suspense to hcr and to
those who watched hrr rour~o-tn Tckc.
vaui and his braves, to Ostorhant
and Jovcrr-coud not be long. 1t was
a matrrr of minutes, oulv, in which
every second wa, miracle and might
BE- a catastrophe.
From rock to rock. from wild white
water to wild white water She sped. now
tossing tu death IL it seemed. now shoot
iug ON safely to the next test of skin
and courago-on. on. till at last there
was only one passage to make before
th" canoe would plunge into the smooth
water running with great swiftue>N till
it almost reached Carlton.
Suddrnly. as she ncarcd the last
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Biggest Bird i'm the World

Biggest Bird in the Norlu
TIME circus was in town. Peggy had
i watched the parade in the morning
and was now resting comfortably in her
hammock at home. She was resting
because her busy father was going to
take her to the performance that night
and had insisted that she have an at-
ternoon snooze so that she would not
be too tired.
As she rested. Peggy amused herself
blowing up two rubber squaker bal :
looms her mother had bought for her
while waiting for the morning parade
One of the bits of rubber when blown
up became bulging green watermelon
and the other became an elephant.
Down the street walled another
sauawker and along came Billy Belgium
with balloon in the shape of pig.
Lets see who can blow the big
gest balloon" suggested Billy. And
so they blew and blew until the ele-
phant and the pig swelled up until they
could swell no more.
Hoo Hoo! Too! Too! Is that part
of the circus?"
They looked up at this question and
there was Judge Owl perched on tree
branch above them. He was looking
at them through dark goggles. Of
course, it was queer for a bird to wear
dark goggles, but Judge Owl, being a
night bird, could not see well in the
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DREAMLANDA ADVENTURES -ByD Daddy
"THE CIRCUS BIRD"

care those freaks you playing
WITH" asked the judge, eyeing the pig
and the elephant.
NO, they are just rubber balloons
explained Peggy
IF | blew up like that would I be a
freak" demanded the, judge, after
thinking the matter over for minute"
You surely would be--a very funny
freak" laughed Billy.
Then blow me up. ordered the
Judge. And with that he swallowed the
melon balloon, all except the squawker
end
This surprised Peggy and Billy
greatly. but it seemed a clever idea. so
Billy blew and blew and Judge Owl
swelled and swelled. He was we'll on
the way toward becoming a freak.
when, suddenly, he began to wiggle and
then to jiggle, and finally he jerked the
squawker out of Bily's mouth.
"Waak awk awk - walled the
squawker and the wall seemed to tell
how Judge Own was feeling inside.
"Ilere, come back. You're not
freak yet" cried Billy.
IF that's being freak, / don't
want to be one," gasped Judge Owl,
.arlns the paiioon out oi HIS 'hroa''
nearly onrs'' -,
i"eet i"1e' lou look lunny
i"ugntu MIS-. hooin' VINO hau Deen
Watching thell from .ne a,, ia"n' nat
are you Trying 10 no
'ndge oW' wants TO De the cisgest
owl IN the Worid so he can JOIN the
| circus" said Peggy.
wee' INA, ima' easy. ilant MN IN
dardener nm ho'nouse' Everything
grows Dig IN there'
"A good idea cried Peggy and
Billy ana away they raced to Gardener
Phil hothouse with Judge Owl.
corner" said Billy, leading the way to
spot where tall tomato vines grew to
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ttT TRUST we are not .nterruptin

"T TRUST we are not .nterrupting
L you. Roger" said my uncle.
His voice was caustic and his eye
severe, and as the costume he had select
ed for this thunderbolt entrance was
apparently designed to suggest a com
bination of North Sea pilot and pirate
King (including fur cap with ear
flaps tied under his venerable chin) one
might have fired twelve inch gun in
to the room and produced much less
impression.
"Not a bit," said. bounding to my
feet, "but-er--wouldn' you like to
unite your bonnet, Uncle Francis?'
He frowned at me heavily but l was
thankful to notice that his eye did
twinkle for an instant.
"What is the meaning of this?" he
demanded.
THAT is just the question, sir, !
was going to put
My cousin interposed.
"Uncle Francis arrived this morn
ing to see how things were getting on,
and when | got your wire | brought him
out with me. What mas happened!"
"Got my wire." exclaimed. Sure
ly-I'm certain I never sent it off !"
l put my hand in my pocket, and
there it was right enough.
MY dear Jack, here it is. It never
was sent
His hand 6iycd into his own pocket
and then held out a crumpled telegram.
l took it and read this message:
Request permission to be visited by
my own doctor. Hobhouse."
do you mean to say you never sent
that off yourself?" exclaimed Sir
Francis.
Never :"
"Then who the My uncle 5
expression completed the sentence.
Jack Whiteclett was looking uncom-
monty grave.
This is somewhat serious matter,
Roger" he said quietly. Didn't you
write this either?'
He handed me half sheet Of paper
on which was written in pencil these
words:
Go to doctors. If no further mes
sage there go on to Scollays' immedi
atcly.'
1t was printed in capital letters so as
to give no clue to the handwriting.
when cid you get that | cried.
IT was handed to me as we landed.
The messenger went off again at once,
but I assumed, of course, it was from
YOU"
Roger" thundered my uncle. "Who
have you taken into your confidence
His eye turned menacinGly on the
doctor and ! hastened to intervene.
Doctor Rcndall-Sir Francis Mer.
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Doctor" said, "I am devilish
thirsty myself after this bout. Let's
each have whisky and soda -
1t may OR may not have been the
wisest suggestion to make. I am not
an expert in these matters. But any
how il he enjoyed his drink as much
as I enjoyed mine, It was at least q
happy idea.
We had lit our pipes with our glasses
at our sides, and / was in the midst OF
giving the doctor some further repara =
ton in the shape of the true tale OF
my adventures, when l saw him sud
denly start and glancS guiltily at his
tumbler.
''Is that some one in the hall?' he
exclaimed.
Probably the servants" I sug-
gested.
The next instant the door, opened
and without any announcement, in
walked my uncle, Sir Francis Merton,
followed by my cousin, Commander
John Whiteclett.
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The Whisper from Beyond

TNGOLBY had will of lis own, but
it had never been really tried against
a womans will. 1t was, however.
tried sorely when Fleda came to con
sciousness again in his arms and real
lied that mans face was nearer to
hers than any mans had ever been ex =
cept that of her own father. Her eyes
opened slowly, and for the instant she
did not understand. but when she did.
tn" blood stole Swiftly back to her neck
and face and forehead, and she started
in dismay.
Put me down." she whispered
family.
"I'm taking YOU to my buggy" he
replied, "I'll drive you back to
Lebanon He spoke as calmly as he
could. for there was strange nut
tcring of his nerves, and the crowd
was passing him.
Put me down at once" she said
peremptorily.
She trembIed on her feet and swayed.
and would have fallen but that Ingolby
and woman in black, who had pushed
her way through the crowd with white,
anxious face, caught her.
Give her air. and stand back -
called the sharp voice of the constable
of Carlton. and he hcavcd the people
back with his powerful shoulders.
space was cleared round the pIace
where Fleda sat with her head against
the shoulder of the stately woman in
black who had come to her assistance.
\ dipper of water was brought, and
when she had drunk it she raised her
head slowly and her eyes sought those
of lngolby.
"One cannot pay for such things"
she said TO him, meeting his look firmly
and steeling herself to thank him,
Though deeply grateful. it was a trial
beyond telling to be obliged to owe the
debt of life to any one, and in par
ticular to man of the sort to whom
material gifts could not be given.
II couldn't very well decline. could
II" she rejoined, quick humor shooting
into her eyes. Il was helpless. |
never tainted before in my life"
II am sure you will never faint
again." he remarked. I'VE only do
such things when we are very young. ="
She was about to reply, but paused
reflectively. Her half opened lips die
not frame the words she had been i'm
PEELED to speak.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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day time, SO Peggy had long before
given him that pair of glasses.
Hello, Judge Owl! What are you
doing so far from Birdland?" cried
Peggy and Billy.
I've come to join the circus, &"
answered the judge. Its n bit dull
in the woods Just now, and | long for
excitement"
'But how can you join the circus. "
asked Billy. "Circuses like freaks and
you re not freak"
whats freak" demanded the
judge.
why, something different from
others of it's kind. If you were the
biggest owl in the world, or the small
est, or the fattest, you'd be freak"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-23

(Tomorrop oiH be told,horo Judas
Otol goes TO join the cirous.J
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The Man From the Clouds ss? sy Store; ess:s"
Arthor Of "The Spy In Black"
"The Lunafic at Larse," etc.

, ton" I introduced. But it certainly
wasn't Doctor Kendall who sent these
messages. He had only just learned the
facts"
My uncle bowed very stiffy to the
doctor and turned on me again.
'And how many more people have
learned the facss'-the facts, / may
remind you, which it was so vital they
should not learn?''
| barred my metaphorcal breast, and
with as close an imitation of a clear
conscienced young man revealing the
harmless necessary truth as / could
achieve without rehearsal, told him,
81 have only informed one person,
and she is thoroughly Trustworthy"
She! !" said my uncle, not very
loudly but extremely unplcasantly.
''She is Miss Rendall,'' | added.
My relations to the doctor not having
reached this stage when we were in
terrupted. | think I can honestly say
that no utterance of mine ever pro-
duced more telling effect on these men
simultaneously.
Jean - exclaimed the doctor.
"Oh, is that her name?" said nv
uncle as soon as he could trust himself
to speak.
My cousin alone came straight to the
point.
Then she has sent me this wire and
this. message?'
''She must have I agreed.
I'm that case we had better push on
/ fnp hn
she means"
"You don't think it's trap?" asked
my uncle.
Jack Whiteclett smiled slightly. The
idea of the navy pausing to weigh the
risk appeared to amuse him.
1--WE must take our chance" he said
briefly. "We've both got our shooting
irons
"And so have l." 7 added. "and
certainly / am going to the Scollays.
You can trust Miss Kendall !"
You can that!' said the doctor
heartily. "And if you don't mind I'll
come with you
| / saw doubt in my uncle's eye and
put in quickly.
"Certin1y, doctor! We may all be
needed. Come on"
1t was quite dark, and mortal cold:
the road was frozen hard and the
nor east wind swept over it without
break from wall or hedge row. We
all four trotted for n little to get up
our circulation and then settled down
| to fast five mile an hour walk About
half the distance had been covered when
| first heard a little sound ahead.
"What's that" I exclaimed, and
we stood still and listened
Somebody running!' said my cou-
sin.
Yes"
Palmer and palmer sounded the pat
tering steps on the frozen road, and as
they drew nearer I thought ] could tell
that they were light steps-a woman's
or boys, they seemed.
Lets drop into the ditch and see
who it is whispered Jack.
We broke. two of us to either side
of the road. and l found myself with
my uncle stopping in one ditch, with
Jack and the doctor across the road in
the other. Thus bent down, one could
see AFFECTS against the sky more dis
tinctly and in u moment | spied the
runner dimly. pattering down the middle
of the road straight for us. And then,
in few seconds, this runner gradually
took shape and my eyes at last could
see the swing of a skirt and thought
they could even recognize the slim fig
urc. | jumped up.
Wait" muttered my uncle.
"It'S all right. We mustn't frightep
her." I said.
! tTO BE CONTINUED
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CTO BE CONTINUED)
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ative, but they were more concerned In
the incident than Osterhaut and Jowett.
They knew little or nothing of Ingolby
the hustler, but they knew more of
Fleda Druse and her father than all
the people of Lebanon and Manitou put
together. Fleda had won old Teke-
wants heart when she had asked him to
take her down the Rapids, for the days
Of adventure for him and his tribe were
over. The adventure shared with this
girl had brought back to the chief the
old days when Indian women tanned
bcarskins and deerskins day in, day out,
and made pemmican of the buffalo
meat; when the years were filled with
hunting and war and migrant journey
| ings to fresh game grounds and pastures
new.
Danger faced was the one thing which
could restore Tekewani's self respect,
after he had been checked and rebukeG
before his tribe by the Indian commits
sioncr for being drunk. Danger faced
had restored it, and Fleda Druse had
brought the danger to him as a gift.
If the canoe should crash against the
piers of the bridge, if it should drift to
the cataract below, if anything should
happen to this white girl whom he wor-
SHIPPED in his heather way, nothing
could preserve his self respect; he
would pour ashes on his head and fire
water down his throat.
Suddenly he and his braves stood
still. They watched as one would watch
an enemy hundred times stronger than
Tbn N,hit, al,
near the dcrelict canoe; the bridge was
near also. Carlton now lined the bank
of the river with it's people. They ran
upon the bridge, but not SO fast as to
reach the place where, in the nick of
time. Ingolby got possession of the roll
ing canoe: : where Fleda Druse lay wait
ing like princess to be walked by the
kiss of destiny.
Only five hundred yards below the
bridge was the second cataract, and she
would never have walked if she had been
carried into it.
To Ingoby she was as beautiful as a
human being could be as she lay with
white face upturncd, the paddle still in
her hand.
Drowning isn't good enough for
her" he said, as he fastened her canoe
to his skiff.
ITS been a full days work" he
added; and even in this human crisis
he thought Of the fish he had caught,
of 1.-THE big trouble" he had been think
ing out as OSterhaut had said as well
as of the girl that he was saving.
II always have luck when | go fish
Loo l,n ,,Ifl lnI a. n
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I'm this story Judge Opl turns into
the Jiggest bird in the ,rorld, aud
PENN and Billy erhibit him in cir
Gus, rhere strange things hoppen.)
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Money
1915. JD Harper q BrosJ
"The Druses Are Uni"

trades at Lebanon.
s"She amt such a fool as all that
why, no one ever done it alone. Low
water. too. when every rocks got its
schance at the canoe. But, my grucious
she is goin' TO ride 'em ~
Jowett, the horsedcaler. had a sports
mans joy in n daring thing.
"See, old 1njun Tckcwani s after
her! He's calling at her from the bank.
He knows. He done it himself years
ago when there was rips in tho tribe
an he had to sew up the tears. lie
run them Rapids in his CanOc--
"Just as the Druse girl there !,
'doin'--
x "An' he's done what he liked with
the Blackfeet ever since.
x"But she amt chief-Whats the
use of her doin it? she's goiu' straight
For them. She cant turn hnrk now.
She couldn't make the bank If She
WANTED to. She's got to run 'cm.
Holy smoke. see hor wavin' the paddle
at Tekewani, Ostcrhaut, she's thc
limit, that pcttIcoat-so quiet and shy
and don look at me. too, with eyes
like brown diamonds,
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3on that dcsncra,n io1rur, IIcr canoe
struck n rorl; >Iautvi>c. ~huddrrcd and
s,yrng rorrL hut n, 81 Irytrnr, stroke
she freed tbc fraH craft. II rishIcd
ond rI,ngod fnr,.ori py9iu into rrr.h
Sost %na pIgnES" trnSS i"''"'" "S''D '"'' '''S"
n was these unyy DANCER, winch had
made Tekevuri tr, rn warn her FROM
the sbore-hc and tIIc dozen braves with
him. bu+ il was characteristics Of IN,
race that after tnp first warning when
she must MIA, ont tnr game IN the
hitter end no raJo no further ottcr.p,
"a sto,, bor Tba Irdior. ror. dour. rho
r;vsr @ bank hovrya With eTr, lntcnt an
her beadIonr rrorro.s. crurtinc ap-
nrovaI as she pIuDged safely from danger
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Copyright. 1919, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
Arkansas Apples
May Invade the
Virginia Market

VIII the Arkansas apple crop make
any impression on Virginia prices Is a
question wholesale men on Cary
street are asking each other. From
Little Rock comes the news that the
season is the largest and most valu-
SO large that the estimates of its value
vary by millions OF dollars. The Ar
kansas peaches command top prices
In the Northern markets. and have
taken precedence over Delaware and
other states long noted for superior
fruit.
and the apple crop, There IS no
way of arriving at an estimate that
can be considered accurate. II lis
90 per cent perfect, where the
orchards have been cared for properly
and the demand for the fruit was
never greater.
, Stories that have come out of Ben
ton and Washington counties. the
worlds greatest apple orchard" oftc:l
challenge the creduiity of the public.
1t is readily in keeping with the
stores of tremendous fortunes over
night in oil wells an0 leases
One man sold the apples on the
trees for $50 900, another for $40, 600.
The buyer does the picking and ship
ping. one man who offered his farm
for sale last year at $500 has Just
sold the apples in his orchard for
$4,000. There are many instances
where the apples are worth more than
the lard would have been sold for
before the big crop.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
Soldiers Wives Duck
Beans at Food Sales;
bubbles Had Plenty

Chicago. Sept. s.--Among the thou
sands of women who crowded depots
where army food was sold at cost In
Chicago, there were few foreigners
The smart tailored woman was not
there, neither was the bride The great
bulk of the crowd was composed OF
American Observation-Disclosures who day
In and day out, all through the year.
must provide substantial meals for
large families that demand the Ameri-
can standard OF living.
T-tes~ -weT.ea bought with care.
They showed they knew the worth OF
foodstufrs. Their years OF training had
taught them how to do the best for
their famiiies--and that meant keeping
down household expenses. as well az
catering to tastes OF their families, do
ing as much of the Homework as pos
sibIe themselves and putting up fruit
and vegetables in seasons when they
could be bought cheapiy.
II would take some more OF those
beans" said one. but Charley has Just
come hack from the army and the last
thing he said when I came down here
was Don't bring home an beans,
mother"
Another said she would like sorne
canned meat but her son -eeidn.t stand
the slight of it, since he came home
from tho army.
In almost every case the mothers had
a desire to please the tastes of mem
bers all to be satisfied. And they
wanted their money to 60 just a. far
as Ii would
long limo WAS passing where army
blankets were betng sold.
They are awfully course. said one.
.sbut they ought to keep as warm" and
she bought four heavy blankets. such
as the boys had in the trenches. for
50 %
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
Textile Mill Notes

The erection OF a silk hosiery mill
is contemplated by the Kaufman
Loeb company, New Orleans.
R. +. James and associates have
chartered the Keowee Yarn company.
Walhalla, s. c., with $4,000 capital.
"a 40-foot addition will be built and
equipped with 1000 spindles by the
Spencer Cotton Mills, Rutherfordton,
N. C.
An additional installation Of 1920
snindles has been decided for the
Red Springs IN. CO cotton mills.
Additions costing $4,000 will be
BUILT by the Victor Monaghan mills,
Walhalla. S. c.
J. p. Sizer and associates have IN
corporated the Peerless Wooden COM
rany, Chattanooga with $13o,000
capital.
H T. Norris, r. B. Robards and
Eugene Faulkner have incorporated
the Vance mills, Henderson, N. c..
With 100000 capital.
Klots Throwing company. New
York, viii rebuild its Keyser wv. Va )
silk mill previously burned. Con-
to the John W. Ferguson company.
Paterson, N. J.
A. r. Pryor, Jasper. Tenn, has
decided plans for his proposed hosiery
mill. A building has been secured
and it will be equipped with fifty
knitters. ten loopers, ribbers and cleo
trio power.
s. w. Black. trustee, Bryson City,
n. c., will erect a 1oox50-foot con-
crete and steel building, to be equip
ped with disappointing machines
operated by electric power. This Is
the mill recently mentioned as plan
red by J. L Gibson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
|orth Carolina
Ia OBJ &C Z o Crop
Damaged By Rain

Ihe tobacco crop In North Carolina
u b. greatly reduced this year by
lscn or the long and heavy rains In
y. which Ii ycurirg-time in the
stern part of the state. The rains
Pre- not disastrous west OF Durham.
the, mountain region no. tobacco
Prth speaking Of L. now grown. At
nptsi, were made to grow 1t about
rty years ago, but the cold caught
crop so often that it was aban-
ped, and in some places the leaf
ffeh0nses were turned into the cab
ne tnade, which lis important in the
kfemA West
I'm tAAgreatest hright-leaf area
pm Durham to the seacoast, many
rehouses and stemmeries have been
1T this, year. At Rocky Mount the
ina-lADsrica Trading and Tobacco
fnpartt~is building 100000 plant.
IN sssrage for 1000 hogsheads of
r. This company Is TO have two
per plants in the South. It's stem
prizes At Rocky Mount VIII be of
Pat dimensions and it's drying
uses .pf such size that they can
ndie 90 600 pounds every ten hours.