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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
Before Calling a Doctor

disorders OF stomach, liver or kid
neys, try the good old fashion rem
edy SEVEN BARKS and we predict
that in nine cases out of ten you
won't need a doctor. This famous
remedy will give quick relief TO the
organs of digestion, kidneys, and the
liver, and when these important or
gans are in a normal condition, you
need not have fear OF other complica-
tons.
A very large percentage OF all our
ailments are caused by indigestion,
or deranged stomach, and you
can easily eliminate these conditions
by taking SEVEN BARKS accord
ing to directions for a short time.
This remarkable remedy is made
from the extracts of several different
kinds OF roots and herbs, every one
of which has medicinal value, scien-
tihcally blended. and for so years has
been a standard remedy for indiges
ton. constipation, liver, kidney, and
stomach troubles.
SEVEN BARKS has saved thou
sands of families large doctors bills,
as we'll as untold suffering. L. A.
Ames of Prospect, Maine, writes us
that he has used SEVEN BARKS
as family remedy for 20 years and
it has saved him many doctors bill.
He also states he found it most
excellent remedy for indigestion and
kidney troubles What SEVEN
BARKS has done for others it will
do for you. For sale by druggists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

years ago today. tsfB,
Julia Arthur, a celebrated actress of
the American stage, born at Hamilton,
Ont, 81 years ago today.
Charles G. Harrison, former provost
Of the University of Pennsylvania,
born in Philadelphia, n years ago
today.
Lincoln Hulley, president of John y.
Stetson University, born at Camden,
n. j., 56 years ago today
Eppa Rixey, pitcher of the Cincin-
natl National league baseball team,
born at Culpepper, Va, 80 years ago
today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
Wanted "JcweIry" Currency.

n Jimmy received two dollar bills for
EUhristmas and was quite excited about
eft. He wanted to put themin his small
'savings bank, but didn't understand
how to do It, SO he ran to his father
and exclaimed: Daddy, daddy, will
you please give me two jewelry dollars
for thesc?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
GROWING DEAF WITH
HEAD NOISES?
TRY THIS

If you are growing hard of hearing
and fear Catarrhal Deafness or II you
have roaring, rumbling, Kissing noises
in your ears go to your druggist and
get ounce of Parmint double
strength), and add to it 4 pint OF hot
water and little graduated sugar
Take tablespoonful four times a day.
This will often bring quick relief
from the distressing head noises. Clog
ged nostrils should open, breathing be-
come easy and the mucus stop dropping
into the throat 1t Is easy to prepare,
costs little and it's pleasant to take.
Anyone who is threatened with Catar-
rhal Deafness or who has head noises
should give this prescription trial
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
Wisdom Comes With Ane

At twenty-one young man wants
to join a movement to reform the
world; and he is considerably older
before he discovers that his efforts
would better be devoted to his own
shortcomings Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

"No-To-Bac" has helped thousands
to break the costly, erve.shattering
tobacco habit. Whenever you have a
longing for a cigarette, cigar, pipe,
or for a chew. just place a harmless
MOTTO Bac tablet in your mouth In
stead, to help relieve that awful desire.
Shortly the habit may be completely
broken, ard you are better off men
tally, physically, financially. It's so
easy, so simple. Get box of No-To-
BAG and II it doesn't release you from
all craving for tobacco in any form,
your druggist will refund your money
without question.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
Today's Birthdays

William H. Upham, former governor
OF Wisconsin, born at Westminster,
Mass, so years ago TO-DAY.
Edgar w. Howe, noted Kansas editor
and author, born at Treaty, Ind, CT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

A man may I've a great arithmetlcian
and yet be bothered by one fraction
his better hnif.--Roston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

WANTED-The Island Harbor House
has several positions to offer those
seeking employment for the coming
season. Cooks, dining room girls,
chamber maids. kitchen and laundry
help. God wages eats and sleeps--long
season and some work To those deBir-
ing further particul@Ts address. B. A.
'''"' ' - 72t2Ss
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE-Bicycle in good running
condition, price reasonable. Call at lis
Putnam Street 95t6s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE-Bay Horse 10 years old,
"a good farm horse true to work or drive
| If taken at once price $4,000. w. j.
Percy, Tel. 372--3l 95t6s.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
Sepia 8
Portraits
The WHITE Studio Main 81.


FOR SALE-Flock of laying Barred
and White Rocks. Also chairs, tables,
stands, kitchen utensils and other arti-
cles. Call 229 West Main St, Benning-
ton. 96t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALT passenger touring car.
For particulars telephone 1871 94t5s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE-Over value used cars,
one reground Ford practically all new
parts. runabout s375; one Pullman
with magnetic, ) passengers, s40O. 3i7
School Street. VIM. E. Hawks. 95t6@
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03
WANTED

WANTED-Side car for 1917 Indian
motorcycle. John Vail, tel 50IM. 93tb"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

WANTED-To buy 500 head of live
poultry of all kinds, John j. Storey.
Pleasant Valley Poultry Farms tel,
1928. 95tl2t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE-Horses and cows at the
State Line Farm. Tel. 164-X 94t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

! FOR SALIs--Several second hand gasI
stoves and coal ranges. III. II. Warren, n
| 528 Main street. aSt6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE-The Cromack property.
corner Main and Branch streets, two
tenement house, garden and barn.
George A. Mathers, Adm. Estate of Sar-
ah Cromack. lis South st. 1877.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-03

FOR SALE--over value in used cars, r,
One Buick; one Essex; one Baby Grand
Chevrolet 90; two 490 Chevrolet tour
ings; 3l7 School ST., Phone 27-W. Vim.
T.. Hawks. SSt1Bs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

An editor away down in Texas pOr-
trays the human interest side of news
papering after this manner:
Getting out a high class family
Journal" said the editor, els no pic
mic. If print jokes, folks say am
silly-if don't they say am too ser
ious. If 1 publish original matter,
they say lack variety-if I publish
things from other papers, they say 1
am too lazy to write. If 1 don't go to
church, they say l am a heathen-if
1 do go, 1 am hypocrite. If I stay
in the Office, 1 ought to be out rus
fling news-if I rustic for news, am
not attending to business at the office.
If l wear old clothes, am slovenly-
if wear new clothes, they are not
paid for. What in thunderation is a
poor editor to do anyhow? Like as
not someone will say I swiped this
from an exchange. So I did"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Methodist Episcopal Church
Glenn A. Baldwin, pastor.

Christmas Sunday will have its
special services. The quartet direct
ed by Mr.. Malloy, will have special
music and the pastor will preach on
"The First Advent in the morning,
and SIS Christ Coming Again at
night.
The only mid-week service will be
the Wednesday night service at 1880
and the Watch Night Services on
Saturday night.
New Years Sunday will see the
launching of the big Eight Week Tour
of the World to get acquainted with
the work of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
FOOTBALL BANQUET

The winning of the intercollegiate
conference football championship in
1921 was celebrated by a banquet,
Friday night, December 16, at the
Normal Cafeteria. In order to honor
properly the occasion, it was decided
to have a football banquet not only
for the men of the institution, but
also the business men of Hays, who
had taken an active interest in the
football of the season, and also sew
eral out-of-town guests.
The following menu was served:
Olives Celery
Fruit Cocktail
Roast Turkey Stufing
Mashed Potatoes Gravy
Candied Sweet Potatoes
String Beans
Cranberry Jelly
Parker House Rolls
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream
Coffee
MINIS
After the banquet there was a pep
py program, with Ralph C. Archer,
All-State Center, and Captain of the
Ever-victorious Team of 1917, as
POSTMASTER.
School Song, led by Glee Club.
Pres. w. A. Lewis -------- ''Kickou'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Question for Consideration.

at is not right or proper to inter
fere with nature" said an English
clergyman, In denunciatiOn Of an at
tempt to produce rain by bombing the
clouds. If man never attempted TO
improve upon nature what would be-
come OF the BARRIERS detroit Free
Press.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Grabs Walk OF with Clocks.

Christmas Island. in Oceanica. is in
tested with landcrabs two feet across
which swarm over the camps Of
travellers in such large numbers as to
be dangerous. A party Of astronomers.
led by Admiral Wharton. were unable
to protect their supplies. and the
crabs even carried away two large
chronOmeters.-P cpuIar Sctence
Monthly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
insects Cause Small Loss.

It is said insects cause a loss OF
$1.5O0,OOOOOO annually in the United
States. but that's a mere bagatelle
compared with the loss caused by
human stupidity and incidence
Houston Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Ten Thousand Theories.

Ten thousand beautiful theories for
lettering ones fellow beings lie in
wreckage along the shores OF time.
The fellow beings objected.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
THE CHURCHES
ST. MiehaePs Episcopal Church

Fort and Crawford Streets
XMAS DAY
Holy Communion at 8:15 a. m.
Celebrant, The Rt. Reverend R. H.
Mize, D. D., Bishop of Salina.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
1890 a. m. Morning Prayer and
Sermon.
All Welcome.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Sherif's Sale Notice.

-------------------- Defendants
Sheriff's Sale Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that Twill
offer for sale and sell at public auc-
ton at the South Front door of the
Court House in the city of Hays, in
the County of Ellis, and State of Kan
sas, on the 25th day of January,
1922, at ten O'Clock A. M. of said day,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
Lots One, (1) Two, (2) and Three,
% in Section Two, ~ in Township
Eleven, (11) South Range Sixteen,
90 West of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, in Ellis County, Kansas.
Said real estate having been taken
under an Order of Sale, issued out of
the District Court of said County and
State, as the property of E. L. Hughey
and J. L. Hughey, to satisfy a judg-
ment of $2727.11 together with in
terest thereon from the 5th day of
December, 1921, at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum and costs, and to me
directed and delivered as Sheriff of
Ellis County, Kansas.
Frank Loreditsch,
Sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
orris Root.

Orris root is the root OF several
species OF iris. which, on account Of
its violet-lIke smell. is employed in
perfumery and in the manufacture OF
tOOth-powder-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
A nInfana@

Jud TunkiAs says he knows a man
Who never did a days work who uses
the word unemployment" as a suhstI-
tute for plain lOa6ng.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Sheriff of Ellis County, Kansa.
COMMISSIONERS, PRocEED1Ncs

Hays. Kansas, December 5. 1921. 500 a m.
The Board of County Commissioners met
this day in regular monthly session. Mem
bers present: John Jacobs, Chairman; Frank
Atwood. Christ Won Intel Commissioners :
Nj. A Basgall. County Clerk
The following bills were presented, exam
ined and approved. and the County Clerk
instructed to issue warrants for same:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Receptive.

a girls mirror may constantly tell
her she is beautiful. but it never bores
her 10 have a young man confirm the
statement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

Don't fuss with your neighbOrs about
q few shortcomings know a very
distinguished man who says "et" for
S'ate."-LouisviIle COurier-Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
HOW,S THIS :

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it-rid your system
OF Catarrh or Deafness caused by ca
tarrh. We do not recommend it for any
other disease.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a
liquid. taken internally, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces of
the system, thus reducing the inf1amma-
ton and assisting Nature in restoring
normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
Presbyterian Church
Gerrit Snyder, pastor.

Presbyterian Church
Gerrit Snyder, pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
11:0O a. m. Christmas service with
appropriate music. Sermon, ''The
Meaning and Message of Christmas y
1880 p. m. Sunday School Christ
mas service. Offering for the chill
dren of Syria and Persia. Come with
your children.
No young peoples meeting on &C
count of the Christmas entertainment
at the church.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

Lionel Andrews, witness fees s16
Allen Miller & Co. trimming c. H
trees $4,000
\; ". rouse road labor $3.50
= n, nughes' culver rwork 1920
Jake YOunker. culvert I'LL "a SO
Standard Oil Co.. fuel ~ 90
Sehlyer ArnhOld, Avery Road
Razor 10000
Adam Younker, road labor 100
Joe .. GleDiers use Of tank $50
C. }. LOreditsch, auto hire % 90
nome On Co. 1ueI 1854
Joe Quint road labor 2I25
Henry Stramel * 40
Bids for the construction of approaches 10
Rupp bridge were opened. as follows:
John EngeI seos IN
Peter DingeS 725 M
A c. Wasinger 7sO an
Philip Rupp 75O "a
commissioner Won Linetl moved that the
Boar dreject all bids. The motion prevailed
and the Board instructed the County Clerk
70 advertise for new bids for the construe-
ton OF approaches TO the Rupp bridge
On motion Of COmmiss ioner Won Intel the
meeting adjourned until / $50.
Board met pursuant to adjournment All
members present.
The following bills were presented. exam
med and allowed and the County Clerk in
str1eted to issue warrants for the same
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

Power Cannot Be Resisted.
No receptacle has ever been made
with sufficient strength TO resist the
bursting power OF frozen water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

Previus to the banquet, the team
held meeting at which time Pete
Albert was chosen as Captain for the
1922 football team, which was an
noucced at the banquet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22
LEGAL NOTICE

The Mccormack Company, a corpor-
alton, Plaintiff,
VS.. No. 6967
E. j. Hughey and J. L. Hughey,
j
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-22

=. p Brungardt, labor Codell road 1920
simon Jacobs. burning weeds 1850
J Q. GriDpen. $500
And Graf. dragging and burning 400
=; p Brungardt. burning weeds 1920
Tony Zimmerman $50
s. M Enfield. material for culvert 63O
W. A. Baker, culvert work 2IOO
Peter Beilman. bridge work $40
Margaret Unrein. allowance $500
W. A Eppler rent Mrs Grabbe 10 90
Sarah Price. mothers pension 1000
Peter Mermis, allowance 1900
And. Keiner, 1900
Godfried Speier. allowance $500
St Anthony's Hospital, Mrs. Grabbe 2O.5O
Ben Weigel, burning weeds 1850
J. A. Grippen. dragging 100
Walker Lumber Co., coal pauper 2I78
Wolf Bros, supplies 2 40
Mike Urban, burning weeds 400
Oldham Bros, fuel 7eO
Clemens Orth. bridge labor $40
J. L. Riedel, gasoline 226
Treat & hSatfer, material for culvert l6O.77
Wolf Bros, supplies $50
+. B. Brungardt, mdse pauper 25.O7
Ethel Louage, mothers pension 1900
John Graft, caring for R. Graft 1000
A. A Wiesner. mdse. pauper 1000
L. o. Akers, allowance 1900
| c. Schwaller & Sons. coal pauper 1906
And. GOetz, allowance $500
GOdfried Speier, allowance for Oct. $500
Carl Leiker, mdse. pauper 54.91
The bond of u. G. Tholen for Township
Clerk of Walker Township was approved
The report of DR.. H. s. Caps. County
Health Officer, read and approved.
Refund warrants were issued as follows
A. P. Brungardt erroneous assessm'nt s8.15
Eta L. Ward S712|
Jacob Schumacher. %" III
he following bills were rejected: Alex
Weltz. quarantine services Carl Newcomer,
damages, S162.15.
On motion of Commissioner Atwood. the
meeting adjourned until December 19, 1921.
John Jacobs.
M. A. Basgan Chairman.
Cunnty Clerk.
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

Advance study OF the booze-supply prob
lem had convinced Mr.. Letter that, while
II would be advantageous to have a reserve
stock Of whiskey in barrels, IT was best
to keep the bulk OF his alcoholic fluids in
glass. g. In bottles-for the sake OF
accessibility
The store OF rum was needed for punch.
The gin and vermouth were required for
the Justly popular Martini cocktails. The
liqueurs included curacao. absinthe. char
treuse, creme de menthe. and benedictine.
In figuring out the space required, II
was reckoned that the seventy-five whis-
key barrels, piled two high, would occupy
about l15 square feet OF floor. The l,640
cases OF real booze-whiskey. gin. brandy
and rum-would take up 615 square feet.
II stacked in tiers OF eight. Allowing for
total booze 730 square feet. another 73O
square feet would suffice to accommodate
the rest OF the drinkables. while providing
passageways through which to get about
To grant a margin OF safety, making
sure of convenience, 1t was decided to build
thc IOol why ny Aoi'' hCO'' o'iO"ih6
1000 square feet Of floor space-the bins
and racks along three of the sides neces-
sarily taking up considerable total area.
barrel OF whiskey is equivalent to
thirteen cases of a dozen full quarts each.
Bartenders, when such persons existed
were accustomed to reckon seventeen
drinks to a quart. Some OF their patrons
took snorters while others we're satisfied
with snifters, but that was an average.
1t may be said, then. that a barrel OF this
kind OF hard liquor represents approx
mately 1852 drinks. The seventy-five
barrels stored by Mr.. Letter contained
900 drinks OF whiskey.
or additional whiskey in bottles. he had
1000 cases.. O., 10000 full quarts, rep
resenting 204, 900 drinks. He was thus the
happy possessor of total OF 402 900
drinks of whiskey.
His stock OF three-star Hennessy brandy
was 400 cases OF twelve quarts each,
Brandy is powerful stuff; hence drinks
Of II are customarily smaller. Commonly
IL Is served in tiny glasses called ponies"
Reckon thirty drinks to a quart, and you
will see that Mr.. Letters $500 quarts
represented $4,000 fair swigs OF brandy.
or gin this fortunate millionaire had
200 cases, or 2,400 quarts. II was needed
for cocktails, as already explained. Sup
posing that one quart would provide for
twenty-five Of those delectable appetizers,
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

what would be reqIired for his own per-
sonal consumption, hut to include all rea-
sonable future demands upon his hospital
iiy. The Letters do a good deal of enter.
tanning When prob bition should arrive, a
handsomely stocked cellar would be a So
cial asset OF importance
The problem confronting him was in a
way like tnat, considered by Father Noah
before the Deluge. Inverted, however;
for great drought was in prospect,
whereas Noah was obliged to provide
against a flood Noah's outlook was in
one respect much less serious, inasmuch
as he had to prepare for a ilood of only
forty days, whereas the drought ahead OF
Mr.. Letter might last forty years, II he
lived that long
How much wculi be necessary-that
was the question. What kinds Of drink.
ables, and how much of each? Wines.
OF course, in quantity. But in real alco.
holic drought the stuff most needed was
bound to be substantials-whiskey and
other spirits; in other words, straight
booze.
Mr.. Letter spent many wakeful hour
at night thinking the problem out He
decided to cut down his first figures for
champagne and other wines. and to put
most OF the money into real hootch. At
least half OF the sum he had decided to
spend must go for whiskey
He put a list OF the fluids he wanted in
the hands OF his liquor dealer. Buying in
great quantities, he was able to get liquors
and wines OF the best brands for less than
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

with proper admixturs II vermouth and
other ingredients, 1t appears that Mr.
Letter had on hand the fluid materials
requisite for compounding $4,000 cocktails.
He had $50 quarts OF rum. the best Ja-
maica. How much rum punch would that
make? 1t depends on the maker. One
must guess that out as best he can.
The stock of liqueurs cached in the vfr.
ginia house was 1,400 bottles. Mostly they
we're not full quarts. On the other hand,
they are such strong stuff that II is Gus
tomary to serve them In little glasses.
Say thirty drinks to the bottle, and you
have total Of 43,200 drinks Of chartreuse,
creme de menthe, etc.
As already stated, Mr.. Letter did not
invest very heavily In wines, relatively
speaking. His strongroom, at the time
OF the robbery, contafhed only sbous 200
cases OF champagne and 200 cases Of other
wines Gncluding port hook, sherry and
madeira). or 5000 quarts. This was not
much, when It is considered that dozen
or more bottles may be drunk at a single
dinner party. In fact Mr.. Letter seems to
have been rather badly off for wines
only 5000 quarts.
Summing up what has gone before, II
appears that, without counting the wine
and rum, Mr.. Letter had in stock a total
OF over $4,000 drinks.
II Mr.. Letter had himself undertaken
to consume unasssted those $50 900 drinks,
at a rate Of ten drinks a day, they would
have lasted him over one hundred and
eighty years!
Mr.. Letter was convinced that his liquor
vault was impregnable. But as events
have proved, II wasn't. On a dark night in
October, during the absence OF the fam
lily, and while the caretaker was away,
The Washington times., 1921-11-06

T HE saddest multimillionaire in the
United Stats to-day is Mr.. Jo-
seph Letter, of Washington He has
suffered a loss which is beyond repair.
He is the victim of a great tragedy.
Mr. Letter dwells In one of Washing
toms proudest palaces, a white brick man.
sion with a noble portico on Dupont Cir.
Gle. With a beautiful wife, unlimited
money to spend. and nothing to do but
amuse himself, one might imagine that
he would be happy.
So he was, until the other day But
since then a frightful an irremediable
misfortune has befaIlen him. He has been
robbed of his stock of hootch!
And such a stock! Three hundred thou
sand dollars worth gone at one fell crash
A gang of enterprising bandits broke into
the strongroom wherein the stuff was
stored, and carried off the whole OF it in
motor-trucks.
A misfortune? II was a catastrophe.
When the cloud OF approaching prohibt
tion appeared on the horizon, couple OF
years ago, Mr.. Letter took counsel with
himself. The menJ,e O.. so frightening to
the many, gave him no alarm. All he
need do was to lay in a sufficient store of
wet goods to last him the rest OF his life,
and tho dry law co9id go hang And he
had the money to do IL.
Mr.. Letter took a long look ahead. He
was then fifty years old How much stuff
would lie need to see him through, suppos-
ing thas he lived to ,e ninety:
He figured it out carefully-not only for