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o'clock at night. when the down
town district is deserted, the mail
trucks travel through lonely streets
that are just what Postmaster Gen
cral Hays called them gulche1
that seem lonely as the gulchcs OF
the Rockies"
In just such n lonely "gulch," ,"
Leonard street, just off Broadway.
occurred the famous "million dollar
holdup" that brought Mr.. Hays to
New York for an investigation that
resulted in the suspension OF three
high officials Of tho local postoff.ce.
This holdup was the first OF n series
OF sensational attacks on the mail
that cyiminated in the Paxton, Ill,
holdup. In which a porter was snut
dead and a mau car burned. II be
came evident then that heroic meas.
uros were needed 10 make the mails
safe, and the marines were called
upon.
And now the postal officials IN
charge OF the shipment OF the mat
sleep again. For the marines hal q
reported and have the situation IN
hand
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

man onslaught in Bcllcau Woods
tore holes In the Hun line In the
famous offensive Ht scissors and led
the van clear into Germany. ThCy
have seen active service I'm Haiii
Mexico, the Philippines. and. Ike al
marines, they are handy with fire
arms.
The marines now guarding tho
mail are the heirs 10 "A fighting ira
dition 146 years old. And they can
fight mail robbers Just as well as
they fought Germans. one look at
the armed man riding beside the
chauffeur OF the mail truck Is
enough to take the ambition out Of
the would he bandit
The task to which the marines
have come in New York is u hard
one. Many OF the mail platforms
which they must guarA in the down
town section are practically IN the
street. with passersby mingling with
postal employees II is nt these
points that the most valuable mail
that from the local federal reserve
bank and the banking houses OF
Wall Streets landed. Aud after 4
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ny Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, -- Tanning the |
Missouri river, outlaw m n 8 (
American rivera ~ the task of the /
United states army river engineers, /
whose headquarters are here. Tneir
sector is the Missouri river from
Fort benton, Montana, TO a point op-
posito Alton, m, whore the Mis-
suuri with a roar and a rush Joins
the Mississippi, and thereafter
sweeps with some d gree of calm-
ness to the Gulf OF Mexico,
The task of the ivOr engineers IA
60 pCrsundc ana cucrcr the Missouri
river into staying put and TO coax
It out OF its longtime custom of
changing its channel whenever The
whim moves 1t.
This may sound like an cNagEcfa-
tion but to anyone who has spent
duy on the river With tug army
engineers. ana has seen the Nils
souri eating away at a corutiold
with wicked cncrgy swallowing. up
earth. corn. weeds, fences and trees,
Il seems sometimes as if the river
actually had personality ana an
outlaw one at that Aud while car
rying away farm land from ono
bank, somewhere else 10 ia equally
busy, piliug up sand mud and drift
wood. making land out OF what was
river few days before. Then, too
the river has a habit OF clogging its
own channel building sandhars sc
Tong and So high that 1t must nccds
become broad and shallow iu order
TO continue it's restless course.
II Is n constant struggle, hut it Is
not a hopeless one, and the en-
gineers point with a measure OF jus.
titled pride To those places along
the stream where they have huill
dikeR which resulted In the making
OF land; to the concave bends where
reYetments have stopped the riveI
from cutting its bank Given dixie
on one side and a revetment on the
other ana constant diligence, so
that small breaks may be repaired
before they become serious. the riv-
er engineers say they can keep the
stream fairly well anchored.
FIFTY years ago. before the COM
Ing of the railroads, the Missouri
was the great western artcrys or
commerce. and steamboats, plowcd
its waters as far as Fort Benton
Montana, Knowing how difficult II
always IL for the railroads TO handle
great wheat haryests. one wonders
why IL is not possible FOR the river TO
handle some OF this traffic
The engineer quietly tells you
thai II Is possible, then he goes on
and explains the Two general roas-
ons why A. ia not being dono. one
Is that there is now very little mon
ey for improving ana keeping up
the river
The other reason IS that many
mistakes have been made In the
type Of tow'boats used. Boats de-
signed for any other river in the
world but the Missouri, have been
usedr> and because of the shifting
depths OF the river have failed.
With all it's disadvantages, there As
good deal To be said, according
to the engineers, Tor The old aaaaIa
wheel stGtnser, side wheeler or
stern wheeler, that draws little or
no water which condition Is ideal
'"r service on the Missouri.
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clal qualities and his wit In society
first won the fame which endured
until his death, IN 1873, and lasts
oven 20 this day. So real was Car
rlck's acting that II is said when he
played Macbeth" the First Muir
deror IN that play one night started
back when Garrick said with con-
centratcd intensity.
There's blood upon thy face"
The First Murdere- put his hands
I'M with a start and exclaimed.
is thcre. by
hut while this may be most cm-
nhatic homage or perhaps humor
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
'' Iron Breakfasts"
for high h-poscered men goho forge ahead
delicious, served gVith cream

Big" business men are usually of
great vitality, robust and vimful-
Iron Men," so called because of
iron in the blood.
Scores of them eat what they call
iron breakfasts" every morning to
uphold their driving force.
For instance, stewed raisins-the
luscious dish that's given to, pale.
tired. anemic business men at a IA
nous sanitarium in Battle Creek,
For raisins are rich in food-iron
which promotes energy and vigor.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

Gus accident, the great dramatic
critics OF Europe as we'll as England,
Joined In the praises fashionable
London showered upon GarricS.
Yet the old style acting did not i'm
mediately succumb upon the ap-
pearance OF Garrick upon the Lon
don stage.
Headed by old favorites, and
their faithful admirers. there were
all sorts OF attacks leVeled at car
rick. But Garrick also, had his
faithful adherents. And when
Barry, "thc beautiful. played
"klnR f,ear" NJ Covent Garden. aft
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

HgpUrta figured out In other
tcpr4 iu thla state sboyy tb,t mn
uroNImatcIv "a pcr cent of ths parnp
,r1u lf Oklahoma is aold oufgiIe
Ihr stntc aud that too. In face OF
thr fucI that IL could an be toIo
were the nuts not grabbed up by the
homo folla And while tho DFlnb,-
man Is paying around /, ccnts Tor
uil supply tho residents Of ether
states. whore thcro ig mo- local rrop.
uny an The way from 20 10 90 cents
"a pound.
som, OF tho yrnvcg iu thIg vicioIty
produce nut of large size and do
IIrIouauopa. As "a rule these groves
belong Go men who have trimmod
tho trocg ana tnkpu the bcs, Gaze Of
them. Miuy Of the gfuvrH. ROW
,vcr arc hn lust ns nature pruvid-
cd them. uIl tcrarIy aud unkcmpt.
uut oven thcas produce "a crop that
uTIurs tho average plIcp por pound.
Tho owner Of thc former has the ad o.
vantage when tho harvest time
comes uq hp has mo- uudcrbrush ana
weeds to- contend with.
Trees ON the Dcrrrasc.
Tho number of bearing trees IN
this state has boon gradually on the
decrease brchugo Of the fact that
oWurrg' OF ucctn prpypa did not nm
dcra,and thrir value and some Of
them ylp,d out even acres Of these
trees. whose crop is now so much
sought Devastation of this Kind
hns hpcu stopped almost entirely
although fbprc will bo mo- bartlcu-
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Tanning Missouri River,
Outlaw of Waterways,
Tough Engineering Job

Tho river Is navgablc. say the
engineers, and with sufficient time
ana patience, IL can be made man
ageahle.
"a great game II YOU don't weak
en-" one saws to Major Wilkes, In
charge OF the river work. and his
puldcs.
you can't weaken they assur,
YOU, you just keep after Il, for the
riVvr Itself never Weakcns,"
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SECTION B

or Garrick had Just been pl,v,..
70 ut Drury Lane, the folIovir,,' .ts s.hs
gram went the rounds OF To1dlpl'' w
a king-nay, every inch a kine
such Barry doth appeay. ''
But Garricks quite another tbi,.
Hes every inch King Lear
In Boswelfs account of o,o 81,
nls seemingly endless talks p,
Doctor Johnson, Boswell asked ""a
would not you, sir. start ss ~.
Garrick does, II you saw a gbo..,, W.
II hope not" Doctor Iobre.
thundered. III / did. sbo,3,,
frighten the ghost"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

Men need but a small bit OF iron
daily, yet that need is VitdL Supply
it through raisins.
This is a suggestion TO you, madam
Gf you, too, are reading this.
Watch your mems food for that
iron content. It's important.
This brcdkfast-fruit is so well
liked that it is welcome daily, and
it is daily regularity that counts
Try tomorrow, learn for yourself
how good stewed raisins are, and
how the men folks like them.
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HAD NO PRAISE FOR GARRIcK
DIR. Samuel johnson Considered
Acting Pure IOoiiShncss

Acting Pure IOOiishncss,
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In the days when David Garrick
came up to London crom LiChfield--
where In short lived private
school he had been a pupil Of the
soon-to-be grcat Or Samuel John
son'-thcrc wcrc urUn the stage a
host of worthy actors who enter
tanned in the ancient manner Of the
stago--"ranting in unreal romantic
fashion" However stilted we
thcater gocrs OF today might think
the acting of Garrick, the witty
David in his day was considered the
essence OF, naturalness.
II was With this slogan, well car
ricd out in his art, as we are told
by countless enthusiasts, that Gar
rick-helped out by his engaging So
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

mortgages ana leases with but on
prCconCeivCd Idea that there shall
be no prejudice either for or against
any OF her 100 employees bcc1 dse
they happen to be women.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

less (grown without seeds; Clus-
ters (on the stem). Also a hne,
ever-rCady dessert.
Raisins are cheaper by 80 per cent
than formerly - see that you get
plenty in your foods.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

Speaking of deliberately un-
'friendly acts. dry agents raidcd a
saloon belonging to a polieA officer
at Jefferson Junction, ~~-Bir-
minghnm kgpsHerald.
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How to Stew Them

Serve for breakfast every MORN
inO aHdiRst your daiiy iron
in tais 0dV
Cover Maid Seeded
Raisins with cold water and
add a slice OF lemon or
orange. Place on IRE; bring
to a boil and allow TO sim
mAr for one hour. Sugar
may he added but Is not
necessary. as sun Maid
Seeded RaisinH contain rs
per cent naural fruit sugar.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

Everybody Claims tho Title.
IL don't know whore a freighter
went
or whence freightor came;
But on the Shipping Board I'd be
An expert lust the same"
brooklyn Eagle.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
SUN-MAID RAISINS

Use Sun-Maid Raisins, made from
California's finest table grapes -
American raisins, processed and
packed Immediately in a great
modern California plant.
Seeded (seeds removed; Seed
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Zlevneni obilin.

Cetl's, re nase move dvaceti-
halere budou miti ma lici sva-
EEK klasu?
Znamenity napad! Alespon
budeme mocisi-ici, re "a 20 hal.
'yI!qo lsIq 7sBz IN 81
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knihy ke .cteni, takze jsem my
slela, re chces ze mne u6initi
nejakou lady, ga kterou by isl
Sc nemusel stydet. Oh, boze
jak jsem Sc tob6 sklamala
Jednoho dne vid6la jsem te
jak isl jestrabu, jehoz isl ma
honbe postrelil, kirk zakroutil
Tu teprve jsem poznala, ze pr
hezkem obliceji jemnych
zpGsobech mas ukrutne srdce
Brzy ma to zacal tvdj otec ma.
sledkem cetnych navStev y
tomto dome byti neddvefivym
tusil, co te sem tahne; rozzufil
Sc postal te do mesta ma stu
die.
"A pfisel z deste pod O.
kap," mumlal Greylock polo
hlasite k sobe.
"Tam dole ma nabrezi jsme
Sc rozloucili. Cd te DOLBY stala
isem po kolik hodin u okna q
divala jsem Sc ven ma ono mi
sto. Polibil isl mne a slibil isl,
re budes casteji psat a re "a
n6kolik tydnG Sc do Blackpor-
tn navratis. Byla to Iez, ha-
nebna lez! Nepsal isl mi ami
iedine psani - vice isl sc ne
oratil. o m6sfc pozdeji jsem Sc
dozvedela, re isl 81 wal tanet
nici. Nepochopuji po dnes, re
mne pri one zprave neranila
mrtvice."
Divka naruzive lomila ruka-
ma a pokracovala jeste prud-
ceji:
"Jisty pfitel meho otce pri-
sci jedenkrate k nam a vypra-
voval mi I've svatb6 zurivo-
sti tveho otce mad tim. Mysle-
la jsem,- ze zemru; ,vyb6hla
isem z domu ma nabfezi -
tam, kde jsme naposled stall
klnula jsem ii 2 hloubi sv6ho
nest astneho srdce, = proklf-
nala jsem hodinu, kdy jsem Sc
zrodila! PAX bezela jsem dale
a dale do bafin, skryla jsem
svou tvar We vysoke Sede trav6
a zGstala jsem tam celou noe
lezet. Kruta boure zuiila made
mnou, nevSimala jsem 81 toho.
Kdybych byla one noci dosta
la tebe i tvou zenu do svych
rukou byla bych vas oba u
smrtila -
Robert pohlizel vyjevene ma
divku. Kdyz mlcela, zdvihl Sc
a pravil: PRO boha, Mercy
Hrala bys znamenitou trag-
edku; jak jsi hned vazne bra
la ono milkovanil isl nerozum
ma, nechci rici hloupa." ]"
Mercy Sc zdala, ze neslySi
tato slova, nebo pokracoval;,
Sc vzlykotem dale: cod ono
ho vecera, kdy jsem slySela c
I've syatbe, svet sc pro mne u
pine zm6nil; me srdce jest
mrtvym, jako omen jestrab, je-
muz isl tehdaz kirk zakroutil
"Mela jsi davno ma mne "a
pomenout; myslel jsem, ze t6
naleznu st'astnou po boku ne
ktereho 2 mladiku, kteri Sc ii
" driv6jSich letech korili.
"Nemohu zaromenout!' - cd
pov6dela zive;" nikdy vice Sc
neproVdam, Roberto"
"Kdyz jsem Blackport O.
poustel, mel jsem skutecne Y
umyslu dostati svemu slibu
Mercy" pravil Robert, "bole-
sti touto stay Sc mekcim; osud
vsak rozhodl jinak; zapomen
ma minulost, Mercy = co Sc
stale, media Sc vice zmenit. "
Mercy zbledla jako mrtyola,
nynf il bylo zrejmo, re Robert
nelituje ami V nejmenSim sve
verolomnosti, coz il roztrpcilo
jeste vice. "Mela jsem prav-
du. kdyz jsem te nazvala u
krutnym! nemysli 81 vsak, re
ujdes trestu odplatyi"
UMi1a Maro,r ,,noEoi co. ii2
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'vym kourem naplnena, nemz
jasne zarila rozzhavena kam-
ma. Okolo tohoto hOrkeho sire
diska stalo asi pul tuctu muzd,
jichz dymek vystupovaly
mohutne kotouce koure, kteri
bavili Sc hlasite.
Ike Poole, hostinsky, muz
s kratkyma nohama, tlustym
brichem a oblicejem, jenz ma
sledkem dlouhe znamosti ie-
no vlastnim rumem zaril jake
ohen ma majaku, sedel nejbli
re u kamen zdal Sc, re ie
chce obejmout. Jiny muz Y ia
sne zelene kazajce posadil Sc
ma stIl a klatil nohama o.
brovskych botach namofnic-
kych sem tam, pfi cemz n6ko-
likrate prisly do styku Sc zady
hostinskeho.
"Dej pozor, Calebe Brow,
me-" pravil hostirisky konecne.
oorativ Sc k svemu muciteli a
pri tom mluvil tax hlasite, re
Robert mohl venku kazde slo-
vo slyset; bud tax laskav a
del 81 ma sye nohy trochu po-
zor; nemam zadne chuti 81
nechat jimi bubnovat DO "a
dech."
Starry morsky medved podi-
val Sc ma Ikea vyvalenyma
ocima a pravil kratce: "Chci
sklenici rumu." ag
"Napfed zaplat'te, co jste
jiz vypil!" oval Sc ostry hlas
ma druhe strane rozzhaI enych
kamen.
"Chci rum," opakoval
Brown d1razem, "ktery ne
nj smichan S luCavkou, terpen-
tlnem nebo jinymi certovina-
mi; u vas no vsak nedosta-
nu."
"Kdyby sem Mercy pfisla a
videla tie V usmolene kazajce
sedet ma stole, dobfe by to ne
vypadalo," pravil Ike.
Boty Caleba uderily znovu
do zad hostinskeho jako kla-
diva ma kovadlinu. "Myslis, re
boiim Sc carod6jnice dlou-
hym jazykem?" zvolal po-
smesne; IS takovou potvorou
jsem brzy hotov. Kdyby byla
mou, porucil bych il chytat
raky neb kopat zakopany po-
klad kapitana Kidda."
Ike, jenz byl mirumilovnym
muzem, odstrcil svoji stolicku,
ably nechal noham Caleba do
sti mista a odpov6del: My
slis? Jako mladenec ner0zu-
mis- zenam." "
Brown hlasite sc zasmal.
"Jsi pod pantoflem, muzi!"
pravil, "chces mi nalit rumu ci
nic?'
MAS jiz vice nez dost," od-
poved6l hostinsky klidne; "ude
lal bys nejlepe, ably Sc ode
bral domu, pokud slime, neo-
hrabane nohy tvou sluzbu upl-
ne nevypovedely."
S proklinanim ch'opil Sc
Brown sklenice a mrstil il do
stredu kuraku. "Pryc S vami
Wy krysy zemsk6!" brncel a
postal "a sklenici lahev a
dzban, zkratka, Caleb Brown
dial Sc do sklenic a pfedmetu
stojiclch ma nalevnim stole k
velikemu prekvapeni hostin-
sk6ho a hostu, nichz ami Je-
diny nezdal Sc miti chute zadr
yeti no.
Najednou otevrely Sc dvere
a mlada divka ukazala sc jake
kometa uprostred tabakoveho
mraku. Nepromluvila ami slo-
va, nez chytila Caleba "a IL
NEE u kazajky a strhla no Sc
stolu dolu. Odpor jeho byl
marnym, Mercy Poolovou ne
mohl Sc merit. Tahla no po ze
mi do prujezdu, otevfela do
movni vrata a vyhodila no sill
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NEMECkO-AMERICKE
STYKY.
G. T. X.

ce americkym kongresem nena
sledovaly dosud jeste zadne
dalsi oficielni kroky, pfece
vsak mozno pozorovati zvyse-
nou intensitu We vzajemnych
stycich nemecko-americkych
Zatfm co americke oficielni
kruhy ukladaji 81 dosud jistou
reservu, V Nemecku horlive Sc
debatuje 0 osobe pfistiho ne
meckeho zastupce We Washing
tonu. Nemecke casopisy jedno-
myslne prohlasuji, re diploma
ticke toto mlsto vedle moskev-
skeho bude miti pro Nemecko
nejvetsi vyznam. Zatfm jevi Sc
zvySena nemecko-americka Gin
most navSt6ve cetnych ameri-
ckych missf. We Frankfurte a
V Berlin6 doslo k vyzvam, no
spodarskym konferencim a po-
radam. Jde tn hlavne stabili-
sovani nemecke marky, move
kabelove spojeni n6mecko-ame
ricke a dalsi vybudovanf ne
mecko-americke soucinnosti V
namofnf plavbe. ZvlaStni kapi-
tolu t6chto jednanf hraje otaz-
ka kreditu Nemecku, pTede-
vsim kreditu k nakupu surovin,
hlavne medi a bavlny. Meme
cke casopisy soudi, re vyjedna-
vani tato budou miti priznivy
prubeh a pripravi pudu pro ne
mecko-americkou obchodni
smlouvu.
Nelze ovsem popirati, re Wy
jednavani jsou caste obtizna.
TAX ma pr. otazka n6mecko-
americkeho kabelu, Zde cht6ji
dTe lanericlke skupiny zfskati
pro 4sebe monopoly. Mackei
Compani konkuruje 5 Western
Union Telegraph Company. Ia
k6 vyjednavani zrizeni anne
rick6 stanice pro bezdratovou
telegraph V Nemecku narazeji
ma podobne Obtize. zde 81 kon
kuruji dve velike americk6 spo
lecnosti.
Americka financni komise,
ktera byla nedavno V Berline,
studuje hlavn6 moznosti stabi-
lisace nemecke valuty. Jeden z
jejich clenu prohlasil, re Ne
mecko jest nejdulezit6jSim
clankem V fetezu evropskych
statu. Soucasne Berline me-
skajicf americky financnik Ba-
ruch byl tam pouze "a privat-
MIN obchodem, zatim co zmi-
nena jiz misse vedle studij-
Mich ucelu snazi Sc navazati CO
nejvice obchodnich spojenf,
zvlaste slime representuje pry
zajem jihoamerickych bavlnar
skych statu.
Vedle zminenych iiz missi
meskala V Nemecku delegace
americkych obchodnich ko-
NOR. Nemecke casopisy prime
sly referaty o konferenci Gle
MI teto delegace Sc zastupci
berlinske obchodni komory S
mem. prumyslniky. Ma otazku
Americani, jakym zpusobem
by Sc op6t Nemecko mohlo sta
ii staten, jenz by mohl odebi-
rati co neivetSi mnozstvi anne
rickych surovin, bylo pry od-
pov6d6no: mirove podminky
musi byti zmirneny, Horni Slez
sko ponechano Nemecku, "a
hranicni situace musi Sc zlep-
siti, Nemecku musi byti umoz-
nena stabilisace valuty poskyt-
nutim kreditu. Americtf dele
gait ZduraznoVali nutnost ne
mecko-americke spoluprace.
Porady clend americke de-
legace nemeckymi prumysl-
Milky sucastnil sc mimo jine j
SHINES. V porade bylo konsta-
tovano, re toliko spolecna pra
ce vsech kulturnich zemi pove
de k vybfednuti z dneSni neu-
teSene hospodafske situace.
ZIoxue1s -L.l:x-
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smichem pomohl mu opet ma
nohy. Bud zdrav Calebe!'
pravil, "Mercy ma silnou ru-
ku; byl to pekny kousek caro-
d6jEice dlouhym jazykem,
COZ"
Caleb ohledl Sc S podivenim
kolem sebe a pravil: "Aby il
icert wal" S temi slovy dal Sc
do pohybu a kolfsal dold po
silnici.
Robert vstoupil nyni do no.
stince. Pocket zvolal k
divce, ktera chtela prave dve-
re zavrit, ''nezayirej prede
mnou, Mercy!'
Pfi zvuku znameho hIasu
potacela Sc Mercy krok
zpet a zbledla jake mrtvola.
"Roberte!' vyrazila re sebe /;
"to's ty?!"
"Ano," odpovedel S nucenou
veselosti; "jsem to, tvdj starry
pfitel = po dlouhe dobe jsem
Ease jednou Blackportu."
Divka otevrela dvere ma
protest. stran6 vchodu; ruka,
ktera zmohla Caleba, trasla Sc
nyni jako osykovy list.
"Pojd' sem," pravila po-
hnutym tonem. "Muj otec Sc
di Sc starymi soudruhy V ma
LEVINE. Jak isl mne polekal; ne
mysleia jsem, re Sc kdy jest6
uvidimen'
Odebrali Sc do prazdne svet
nice, ktere horel jasny ohen.
Robert lehkym usmevem ma
rtech pristoupil k divce. "Ne-
podaS mne ruku ma uvitanou,
Mercy? isl tedy dosud zde?
Obaval jsem sc, re te zde vice
nezastihnu; myslel jsem, re
nektery st astny hoeh odvedl
81 liz pred nekolika mesici nej
hezci divku Blackportu do
sveho domu."
Mercy byla velmi velikou
| kdyz Sc postavila Sc vztyce-
nou hlavou, cinila zvlaStni do
jem; mela krasny oblicej pra
videlnymi tahy, opalenymi Ii
cemi a plnymi cervenymi rty.
Slime vrkoce havranich vlasu
vinuly Sc kolem jeji hlavy a
dive ce~nych, ohnivych oci po-
] lhlizelo peVne a uprene Rober-
tovi do tvare. Nechtela Sc dot
knouti jeho ruky chovala sve
"a zada. "Podivno! Prave ted
isem ma tebe myslela!" !" pravi-
la.
"Skutecne? TEST mne, re 81
nekdo da tim praci a mysli
ma mne," odpovedel; "byly to
prijemne myslenky?"
"Kazda byla prokletim!' cd
povedela Mercy Poolova.
"Prosim, nepfedvadej mne
dnes zadnou tragedii," prosil
Robert a klesl vysilen ma po-
| hovku; po male chvili pokra-
| coval: "Jsem k smrti unaven
cd rama jsem nemel V ustech
dovol, abych 81 objednal vece-
lri.'
Mercy podivala Sc ma nehc
zufiv6; aniz by slova odpove-
della, vysla re svetnice, aby Sc
odebrala do kuchyne a prene-
chala Roberta jeho vlastnim
myslenkam.
Myslenky, jimz Sc mladJ
muz oddaval, nebyly nikterab
prijemnymi. Napolo zmrzly
hladovy, omrzely pristrcil sto,
lici k ohni a zacal Sc V zname
svetnici ohlizet.
| Vice nez osmnacte mesicu L
plynulo, co zde sdel a Mercy
Poolove vyznal svou lasku. vi
| del, ze Sc We stare svetnici mic
nezmenilo; zmeny vubec patr
" Y Blackportu k nejvzacnej-
| sim vecem. Byly zde dosud
.rakosove stolice, snehoblla po'
dlaha, mosazi oblozeny buffet
- zrovna TAX, jako kdyz tou
4 L. i