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The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

he went to bring the pearl rum the safe. When he finally re-entered the private office the owner of the pearl saw why. He had hunted ap some where about the bank small box. q tiny jewel case, covered with green plush, and was carrying the pearl in it-a little thing, but very graceful and gracious. The act went to the heart of the Pearlhunter and immense ly increased his confidence and self respect. which was probably the very thing the wise old banker hoped Ii would do.
 Louie Solomon knew fresh water pearls. Probably there was no great CT expert living. His first glance at the Blue Moon, when the lid of the tiny plush case was raised, betrayed him. Forgetful of the level eyes watching his slightest move, studying his every expression. he bounced upon the glorious jewel and caressed 1t with his hands, devoured 1t with his pro truding eyes-the crafty trader lost for the moment in the expert; the Jew in the man.
 But it was only for the moment. The enthusiast vanished in his place the hard-faced trader. He strengthened {; set the box. with the lid still up, on the table that occupied the center of the office floor. and looked around at the others.
 'SO-O-f' he said, with a slither of his hand toward the pearl-a gesture
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

only Louie Solomon could make ''Undt dot iss it for which de pear fishers should go crazy" | But even Louie Solomon couldnr | quite put over his accustomed bluff 1T the face of such a gem. It drew hi' eyes back in spite of him. Taking g lens from his pocket, he stopped over 1t again.
 You no see dot flaw?" he said, aft CT a short inspection.
 The Pearlhunter took the lens and looked with quick. studied care. Some times the most perfect pearl will de velop a flaw in ripening.
 "No." he answered. handing back the lens. Neither do you"
 It was a straight thrust. The buyer flushed and studied his man. Who was this Pearihunter. anyhow7
 "VelI. how much you want it?"
 "I told you"
 The Jew ridiculed the idea with his hands.
 T fought you make me some fool ishness. You dond't can meant it?"
 You've got good chance to find out"
 The Jew stopped again over the pearl. rolled it about upon the plush cushion inside the tiny jewel case, took small pair of calipers from his vest pocket and measured it, not only to determine Its size but it's roundness as well. The old banker looked across the table and winked at the Pearl hunter-a very distinct and unmistak able wink. A dry grin puckered the young mans eyes. It's not every pearl fisher that gets winked at by banker
 Solomon looked up after a while and growled:
 ''I giff you tree t'ousan'."
 The banker started. But the Pearl hunter said:
 "If it ain't worth more than that. might as well go down to Mud Haul and fish for bulIheads."
 Louie Solomon swore-a stiff little run of what the Flatwoods calls keen cussin'." His eyes stuck out; he stormed back and forth across the floor time or two. muttering to him. self in Yiddish. a language in which he doubtless swore more comfortably. It was the squirrel" whisky. Louie knew better. too.
 But the tempest was soon over. He stopped at the corner of the table. his face smoothed serene as a garden and like a garden. the better for the storm.
 Louie. many times say to mine self. Louie. you got it too much big hearted to be pearl buyer yet. Too much soft-hearted you got 1t. Hard hearted a pearl buyer should De. You giff too high, undt you sell too low. Misses Solomon. she die in. d'e poor house yet. hain'dt it? I giff you four t'ousan'."
 The PearIhunter glanced across the table at the baker.
 ''I reckon you might as well put it back in the safe" he said. "He knows my price, and he don't seem to want to do business"
 The banker picked up the little plush case. snapped the lid down, and started for the door. Taking the pearl from the room was like putting the light out. The Jews face was study. He drew his sleeve across his brow. Bring it back" he cried. "Himmel You pearl fishers iss all crazy. l giff l 1t de five t'ousan'"
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
America s Southwest Should Keep Its
 Natural and Historical Relics.
By PROFESSOR A J. FINN, Colorado Archaeologist.

Southwest offers unlimited opportunities for arceO- logical geological investigations and research and local educational making the most of the natural advantages of the Rocky region institutions of the East invaded the during the last and carried prize specimens of the localities visited
 There famous things the East that part of history content to allow those things where they belong We do protest against allow which belong to
 We should have the most colossal this country The great filled with specimens and relics which brought from and nehbong states Are going
 sleep let the of the country take advantage of harg in this respect?
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

hard to read. An old broken crock lay against the cabin near the step He picked if up. turned it upside down over the heel print and went hack into the cabin.
 He kindled fire in the cook stove and when he had it going good dropped both masks in and watched them burn to cinders-and afterward raked the ashes.
 The Pearlhunter, with the horse sense 20 years of hard knocks had beaten into him. knew that this was his day-his one first day-his to seize; to have; to hold:
 Five thousand dollars; a gray ghost in the easy chair in the cabin of the three gables; a girl that trusted" him and the big day going It was enough to make il man restless.
 The forenoon was nearly gone when,
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
4FIve THousAND!"

ynOpsis.-Never having known
 father. and living with his mother on a houseboat on the Wa 5a Ih river. Pearlhunter-the only ,:sue he has-learns from her
 at of the story of her sad life tne recital is interrupted by a fearful fit of coughing and he hur- res ashore to seek a root that af- lords relief He meets a young girl whom he mentally christens the Wild Rose. She eludes him be- fore he can make her acQuaint- ance. A vacant cabin on the shore has attracted the attention of the aiIing woman. and they move into it. Their first neal is interrupted by the Man-in-the-Fancy-Yest- Pearlhunter strikes him. Gunplay threatens. The mother dramati- caIly drives the intruder away Sie says he is the "Other Man" whom she has not seen for 2O years They find a red mask dropped by the Other Man. That night Pearlhunter finds the Blue Moon. a great freshwater pearl. His mother dies without revealing his fathers name. PearIhunter and the Other Man meet in the village: a pistol fight is narrowly averted- PearlhUnter believes him S7toa be the Red Mask criminal. Pearl s-ilunter rescues Wild Rose from the Other Man and meets Wild Man. her father. He IS a man of cul- ture. crazed from cOncussion of the brain. the result of an attack by someone wearing a red mask. No ..O-J knows ms identity; he is nowr at the post office simply as Box 9. PearIhunter proposed that he sell the Blue Moon and send for a surgeon to operate. Wild Rose agrees.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

the deterioration Soon every organ pakes of this With his work worry and with that worry irritable cond ton of the Suddenly he brought up with round stop and learns from his doctor that something with him.
 Then begins the of hea vacations which formerly pleasure him. full of the oebodng wondering he will be all right in month months And all this pre- vented not by of exercise by doing things such as to still further load the vitality and the small doses daily of moderate exercise which takes nothing of
 man but ehates him and after methods m gradual rather than violent changes With the improvement that
 from this moderate exercise his will becomes more normal that he readily
 oderaon and enjoy that food And proportion he practices peran just much does his improve he soon finds that there double the enjoyment the kind of eating does when vigorous and under ntro praced before Every part helps part and when the
 leads around to greater deterioration and when
 leads around to better and better in all respects
 The average man knows enough take of machines to see that they have oil that they badly feet condition The will that his IS properly taken of He will proper exercise and sports When himself feels that take liberty license forget all the dictates of health expect to go on with his work just the same.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Mule Kicks Man and Dies.

Huntsville, Ala.-The claim of Jo- seph Jones to hospital attaches that he had some bean was borne out when his story that he had been kicked by a mule on the head and that as a result the animal was lying helpless with a broken leg, was investigated and found to be true. Jones said his way was blocked by a stray mule and he made a threatening gesture to frighten it away. It refused to stampede. how ever, meeting the assault with a we'll directed kick to the brow. The mules leg was broken in two places. It was pronounced helpless cripple and shot. Jones will recover.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

are; delicately effective; hideously ef
 ticent. A kind or dread crept out Ot
 he silence and the solitude ant
 .ripped his spirit. Danger; death
 Inc Red Mask juggled with them as C
 king juggles empires. Why didn't he
 draw there In the saloon; why didn't
 he draw at the fence? There was
 death in his eyes.
 The scene in the cabin that first evening crossed his mind. when by chance he had learned the secret of
 he mans identity; a secret shared by no one else in the FlatwOods; a secret he dared not reveal for want of proof He had often thought of it. ] Tonight freshened it In his mind com | pellingly; the strange actions of his mother; her fiaring scorn; how she : rad sprung from her chair and beat 1 he intruder off with the imperious dig uity of her eyes. Her story, the one i all too brief word that had reached i liin out of the sealed past, came to him again. Long and long he sat with his head bowed over the table.
 Dawn at the east window surprised hin. He stepped to the cabin door. 1 The square of moonlight upon the floor was pale and sickly. Great shafts of oronze thrust up out Jf the east ana diInmed the stars. A mist lay along the river like a cloud that had fallen from the sky and loved the warm earth so well that 1t refused to return. He stood in the door and watched the world wake up-his world; the only world he knew. A half sleepy twitter here and there among the trees; a crOak down by the waters edge; squawk over in the bayou; and on the higher ground al trill now and then of distilled witchery-he knew them all. every voice. crow wal lowed along in the purple light and rasped the silence with his raucOus call. He was answered by another from somewhere across in the bot toms. The woods lifted its thousand voices; multitude shouting. as at the coming of a hero. And the hero was at band. The gates of dawn opened and he drove in. Bronze turned to gold; the hills away in the south barred their heads; a soft breeze crOoned along over the trees and blew out the morning star.
 In the early light the Pearlhunter searched the ground about the door step for any tracks that might have been left by the night prowler. In the hard and moldy open ground he found the marks of a boot. The heel had only touched the ground once or twice. He was struck by it's small size. It was said by some that the Red Mask had been a gentleman and an artist before he took to the road. The PearIhunter could well believe 1t, for certainly no other boot in the Flat woods could leave a print so small.
 The heel had been somewhat worn, so that the nails protruded slightly. They had left very distinct row of prints around the edge of the mark. The track was made by the right boot He hunted one of the left. No nails showed. From the circumstances he concluded that the outer heeI-cap of the right boot had come off, allowing the nails to prOtrude.
 It would be hard to say what train of thought the finding of the heel print plunged the man back into as he strengthened and stood crumpIing the two patches of stiff cloth in his hand. His gray eyes and passive face were
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
ro Lessen Abuse of Permlts.

Washington.-To lessen the policy of abuse of liquor permits, Prohibition Commissioner Kramer directed that all applications for new permits or re- newal of old permits to sell liquor at wholesale or to use it in the manu- facture of alcoholic preparations must be approved by state directors and su- pervising federal prohibition agents. Regulations requiring similar approval of applications for permits for retail druggists also will be issued soon. Mir. Kramer announced.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Will the Big Lone Star State Ever Split
 Itself Into Five States?
By W. W. ELLEN. of Fl paso, Texas.

thousands fertile untouched by the plow and the could easily support popua ton 5OOOOOOO people, and the figures announced show people, Onetrd of the population lives F counties yet the state has 53 counties The population all way the county of Crane away 21O0O Dallas county Ten Texas counties showed gain of than 100 per cent in the last decade
 It be remembered that Texas when into the Unon had its annexation treaty clause providing that time desired
 
 Washington without action the of being will before divides but eventually such action taken of Texas entirely dissmilar.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Man Sentenced by Woman.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Robert Momens. 32, was taken to Columbus peniten- tiary to serve a sentence of life im- prisonment imposed by Judge Florence Allen, the first woman judge in Ohio. It was Judge Aliens first murder trial. Three women were on the jury. Mo mems was tried for second degree murder for shooting Henry Thompson. He pleaded selfsdefense
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
cambIinu caritaI offense.

Canton, China.-Gen. Chien Chuing- ming has announced that he will issue a manifesto making gambling an of fense punishable by death. Agitation against gambling has been going on in the south for some time, and late last month 30,0O0 people joined in a giant demonstration against the vice The gambling houses, especially the fan tan joints, have been attractions for tourists visiting Canton for many years. If the manifesto is carried out many deaths are expected.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Mexican Policy Wet.

Mexico City.-President Obregon of Mexico answered newspaper mems in- quiries on reports that he intended to make Mexico dry, by calling a servant. "See what the gentlemen will have" he commanded. When they had been served, Obregon remarked: "The only vice recognize is that of excess"
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
First Alternate to Annapolis.

Henry Doble, a NorwoOd, Colo, youth attending Philips Exeter acade- my, New Hampshire, has been chosen first alternate for the appointment to Annapolis Naval Academy. The choice of Doble was made by United States Senator Charles s. Thomas.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Mother Nature Meant Man to Earn His Bread by the Sweat of His Brow.


Nature meant to our bread by the sweat of the brow, and if man does that generally gets him in good physical condition But if he for gets all this, rides instead of walking confines his energies to swivel chair, stays within the four walls of room persists in the belief that he is the exception to every other animal that nature made she soon be-
 gins to exact her penalties of him. He finds his re- sistive power lower He finds he has more weight and
 less muscular strength to carry it. He dslikes exer- cise because it tires him. and the less he exercises the
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
Will Sensitiveness to Criticism Make Woman Raise Political Morality?
By EDWARD H. REEDE, Psychologist.

purely thinking mind fundamentally alike both foundation for the traditional nfero of the feminine te The great handicap apparently first the craving the little the maiden uo tn tho the appreciation of her band her employers
 in the business world that this tendency the greatest handicap Shrewd employers of that well timed approba praise will entirely satisfactory in salary the payment of a just wage.
 Whether the of political morality good to hope it will.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

Senator Nelson of MnnesoThere spirit socialism this socialism There many who believe that the govern ment should undertake to do everything.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

Let no man presume to give ad- vice to others who has rot first given good counsel to himseh--Seneca-
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11

Mrs. Henry Brooks Club-We sur the carrying coumbnes Bear parks days July counted eighty huge punches of which had the attached If this condition continues will be long before there wild flowers The legislature will be asked pass legislation covering the situation.
The Holbrook news., 1921-02-11
"He choke mel tear off de mask-he shtick mo. Himmell De Blue MoonP

lTO BE CONTINUED
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-09-30

The boat went along TOR qlarler
Of mile as steady as an old horse,
and she whirled half around and made
for the other shore. The friends
yelled at Mr.. Bowser and got ready to
leap overheard, but after half min
ute Mr. BoWser regained his control
and said:
Easy, gentlemen. my nand slipped
little, but it will not occur again. II
there was any danger would not have
invited you. | will now throw over my
shark line hook and we may capture
monster"
The hook and line were thrown over.
board and dragged behind the boat,
which was on its good behavior OF q
sudden there was a jerk and stop.
page and Mr.. Bowser quietly said:
Gentlemen, we have got shark at
least fifteen feet long, and our days
pleasure has begun. You two men
haul In the monster, and will see to
TIE boat"
The men hauled. but they could
make no progress. The boat wns TT,
Ing to go ahead, but she could not
move. After repeated efforts one OF
the men said.
SAY, old man, do you know what
your shark ISL It's wreck or a log,
and the hook has got fast hold OF It.
You will haveFto cut the rope"
The rope was cut and the boat pro-
ceeded on its way. Nothing occurred
in the next half hour, except getting
on shore twice and on sand banks
three times, There was schooner
loaded with bricks coming up the riv-
er, and Mr.. BoWser ran his boat very
close to her to ask the price of bricks.
The captain threw one of the missiles
at him and called him the biggest
fool on the river. Then a catboat,
which was sailing peacefully along.
and fearing neither man nor beast, got
bump from the motorboat. and the
owner Of the cat said he would meet
Mr.. Bowser some day and punch the
head off him. Mr.. Bowser made no
reply. His unalloyed was too great to
be interfered with by scrap. He was
sworn at and abused by his guests,
but be was untroubled.
The boat finally reached what Mr..
Bowser believed was good fishing
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-09-30
Trees In the Parlor.

In Maine the latest thing Is to have
trees In the parlor. Frank Anderson
of Patten finds three young birches
great decoration for his bungalow
on the shores of Shinn Pond. To be
exact he has the pleasure of gazing
mainly upon their silver trunks, for
the greater part Of the fronds stand
high above the roof, finding the way
TO sun and rain through convenient
holes. To allow them to sway with
the passing breeze. as all birches like
to do. he has made the holes very
large, but to protect the heads of his
guests and his family he has cleverly
tackled a waterproof cleth to the roof
and to the trunk and plastered the
edges together. with cement so that
the joints are watertight. Now he
can sit In his armchair tilted back to
nature under his own roof tree.
-------------
w. j. Darby and wife, of Ram
err were in Selmer Sunday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-09-30
BOWSER WINS
AGAIN
And Again He Lowers
Mrs. Bowser's Colors.

By M. QUAD.

Mrs. Bowser," began Mr.. Bowser
the other evening, this afternoon |
have known, for the first time In my
life, what gigantic enjoyment and stu
pendous pleasure meant"
''That is" she replied, after long
look at him, "y0u have been looking
over the dictionary and remembering
all the hard words you could"
my dear, am talking Just as /
always talk, and don't you get up any
riot about 1t. I have, this afternoon,
been taking a ride on motorboat.'
$50 you have got around to that.
have your
II have, madam. A friend of mine
who owns a motorboat invited me to
go with him on trip, and he permit
ted me to have the whole management
of the boat"
'And 1t didn't dive to the bottom, or
try to jump over the sum-" queried
Mrs. Bowser with smile.
ut went along just as easy as
rocking chair, and nothing whatever
happened. 1t took me less than two
minutes to get the hang of the thing,
and my friend said he never saw
boat better managed. Tomorrow am
to 20 fishing In her with couple of
friends and shall have unalloyed
pleasure and unexampled recreation"
Il don't see why you go fishing, Mr..
Bowser You never caught a fish. in
Jour life. and you always get almost
drowned"
II have caught barrels and barrels
OF fshw roared Mr., Bowser, land
never even fell into the water. shall
20 tomorrow, ishd I viii bring back
snch a string Of fish as will make your
eyes bulge outl Besides the fishing,
thefe wal be the amusement of rum
ming the boat. All In all, ! win pass
such q dayaas has not come to me for
year1."
Every well, Mr.. Bowser. will go
down 10 the store the first thing In the
mornine and order my mourning. !
will also stop and consult with the un-
dertaker."
Mr.. BOwser. Instead Of getting an
cry, smiled In pity and announced that
It was useless to argue the matter. It
was. consequently. dropped. but the
cook was ordered to have breakfast
half an hour earlier than usual.
Next morning Mr.. Bowser set out
With two friends In search OF the un-
alleged. That Is, they did not set out AZ
once. They took their seats In the
beat and II was ordered to 60 ahead,
1t did not 60. It remained at the
wharf like schoolboy sulking.
what in thunder ails your old
boat?" chorused the friends.
''Nothing tall, gentlemen" replied
Mr.. Bowser, who was not worried In
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-09-30

grounds, and was stopped and the an
Choir thrown overheard.
Gentlemen, IL IL pleases YOU" OBJ
served Mr.. Bowser, I'VE win do some
gigantic fishing here"
1t didn't please them. They wanted
to swim ashore or have the coastguard
take them ashore, but when Mr.. Bow
ser had caught his first fish they also
cast In their lines. It simply was good
fishing. The fish were running strong,
and they were to be caught at the
rate Of three a minute. In hauling In
big one, one OF the men fell over
board. but he was rescued, and the
'unaloid" went on. Mr.. Bowser's boat
was anchored In the middle Of the
channel, and during the three hours
there five or six steamships passed up
and down. They whistled for the mo-
torboat to get out Of the way, but she
did not move. Mr.. Bowser said 1t was
for them to turn out, and they had to.
Many an epithet was hurled at the mo-
torboat, but she did not seem to care.
She did not seem to care when humps
Of coal followed the epithets.' A tug.
racing along, kicked up such sea
that a barrel or two Of water came
into the boat, but oil the occupants
had to do was to elevate their feet
Mr.. Bowser and his friends fished
for three hours. Then they counted
UP. They had 70 fish of good
size. The other men told Mr.. Bowser
that if. he would start the boat for
home they would give him their share
of the fish, He agreed to this and. by
sheer good luck. he got the boat started
and headed in the right direction. The
trip up the river was made without ac-
cident, but Il was by the grace Of
Providence that she did not run into
seven or eight crafts or go ashore to
pick hlackherries. The BOAT