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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Love at first sight.
30 BE CONTINUED
HUNTING THE SPERM WHALE
One Taken OFF West Coast of Scotland
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for Its Captors.

A graphic account of the hunting
and killing Of a sperm whale is told
by.One who took part in il. Starting
from the west coast of Scotland the
whaler made for ROckall, a lonely
granite pinnacle that jutS out of the
Atlantic about two hundred miles weSl
of the Outer Hebrides. Why the
whales go there is a mystery, but in
early summer schools of them may h"
found in the neighbOrhOOd. The look
out soon spies a blow" that is the
fountain elected by the whale as il
comes 10 the surface to breathe. Away
goes the whaler in pursuit. After
some tense maneuvering the whaler
gets into suitable position, the skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoon gun and
a harpOOn is embedded in the mon
ster's body. The whale disappears
taking yards of hemp line With him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately a second harpOOn is fired
at him and he goss. aSwn- with. yards
of cable rafting paF6oard. About
fifty minutes later he floats on the
surface of the water, quite dead.
Immediately the sailors fall upon
him. Air is pumped into the carcass
to make it buoyant, his flukes are
trimmed off, so that he will float in
tow. and the whaler makes for Scot
land again, with a host of screaming
birds in her rear. This particular
whale realized five thousand dollars
1t was a full-grown sperm, about sixty
feet long.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29

What do you Want?" ne asked.
| explained that | was DR.. Michel
son and wanted nothing that was not
wanted for ! did not like his manner
and was not inclined to ignore ii or to
proptiate him as ordinarily one
would. He had, at first sight, an ex-
truordinary power of evaporation. At
the time / did not understand my
weakness. hut afterward / did. The
man was abnormal as an nritant.
Thus my appearance at Hartley
house WAS so unfortunate that if the
servants cOntumacy and my resent
ment had had another moment the
door would have been slammed in my
face and | should have been walking
back to Hartley station, At that hest
taDt moment in my fortunes, Il wom-
ans voice interviewed.
Jed" it said, who's there?"
The servant opened the door wider,
ana | saw lady. a South American,
thought.
Il am DIR. Nicholson | said
Eyes. doctor" she replied, 1--WE have
heea expecting you. am Mrs, Sidney.
Where is your haggage?'
II have only handbag with me
here" | said.
Come in" she said, jed will take
it,"
He did. but made me see the i'll ma
ture of his reception of me and of his
duty. He had also, at the direction
of Mrs. Sidney, to show me to my
quarters.
Jed" | said. in my room, 1--WE have
not made the best start for two people
who may have To live together for
some time"
offered him dollar as a peace
offering.
Are you going to stay here?" he
asked
81 am supposed TO-" l said.
a dollar won't make you welcome"
he said. and left me looking at the
coin in my hand.
was called to dinner and had ii
alone in a large dining room. When
| had finished IA maid told me that Mr..
Sidney would be glad to see me If it
were convenient for me-that he did
not need me professionally, but that
socially he would be delighted if
could come to him.
lie was sitting in large arm chair
in Il great room with great fire.
place. Later | perceived the fascinat-
ing details of the room, but just thea
Mr.. Sidney had all my attention.
DR.. Brownell had told me of the re-
markable will to live which / should
find. 1t was instantly apparent. The
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29

old man was wonderfully alive. He
was abrupt but smilingly and charm
ingly courteous. We talked for a quar-
ter of an hour, casually. Then he
said:
II know you are tired, doctor"
Not at ALL" | said, interested 10
see more of him If l might.
That's your good nature" he said.
"And we certainly do not want to wear
you out in one day. We only wanted
to see you. We shall get better ac-
quainted. and we hope you'll like us
and be comfortable and happy here.
We have a fashion of trying to be
happy. We are going to say good night
and allow you to settle yourself to
new surroundings in privacy. 1t is the
kindeSt thing we caa do. Jed will
show you to your room. Jed, take
care of DIR. Nicholson. Good night,
doctor
Mrs. Sidney stood beside Mr.. Sidney
rs he was speaking. | had thought at
first seeing her that she had been
very beautiful and that now she was
very unhappy. Seeing her again, l
retained my first impressions.
Jed preceded me through corridors
To my door and left me surlily. As he
closed the door | thought | heard an
other sound than that of the clicking
of the latch | had. II was the throw
ing of bolt on the outside: Jed had
locked me in. | made sure of this by
trying the door. II could not be
opened. Here was an astonishing sit
uation for first night in a place. My
impulse was to make Il noise and ask
for an explanation. but on second
thought l did not. My room was on
the second floor. and | saw, looking
OUT of the window, that il would not
be impossible To make a descent on
the outside in an emergency. l de-
cided not 10 begin my stay with pro-
test against any habits of the house
or occurrences in it, In the night |
was awakened out of sound sleep
with an idea that | had been disturbed
by noises, but nothing | could hear
sustained ii, and | went to sleep again.
/ was up early, dressed and found
that my door had been unbOlted. l
examined the outside of Ii for bolt
and had difficulty II finding one. so
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
One MiIIionth Of an Inch.

Steel gauges accurate to the incredi-
BILE fineness of milliOnth part of an
inch are now being made in quaint
ties at the United. States bureau Of
standards. SO extraordinarily precise
is the inethed of manufacture, simple
as ii is. that in one instance 30 fin
isled gauges out of a lot of 33 were
absolutely accurate 10 .O0O,O01 inch,
and the balance all within .0O0,0O2
inch of precision, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. The guages are
steel discs.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29

Il noticed you loudly cheering the
suffrage victory parade"
NO doubt you did" said the near
sighted gentleman. MY wife was
somewhere in the line of march. AS
| was afraid might not recognize her
and show the enthusiasm she expected
of me, applauded continuously tor al
hour and d half."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
DODSON WARNS
CALOMEL. USERS
You Cannot GRIPPE, Sicken or Savae Yourself if You
Take "Dodson's Liver Tone" Instead

liver and Strengthen Ven up better ana
quicker than nasty Calomcl and with
out making you sick. you just go back
and get your money.
II you take calomel today you'll be
sick and naus"ated tomorrow; he
sides, Il may salIvate you. while If
you take pOdson's Liver Tone you will
wake up feeling great. full " smbL
ton, and ready for work or play lth
harmless, pleasant and safe to give
to ChIldrea they Ike it.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
GETTING on His Nerves.

"Ah" exclaimed the genial motor
list, you are having a little trouble. l
see"
Your eye is better than mine, then,
grOwled the unhappy individual, as he
crawled from under his car. I've been
poking about in this old bus for an
hour looking for the trouble and I'll be
gosh-blinked if | can see it .'-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Sickeninu Discovery.

The teacher had read chapter from
The History of the American RevOlu-
ton" and Raymond had then heard the
word "breastworks" for the first time
Telling his mother the story when he
got home, he said: When the British
got up in the morning and saw the
Americans on the opposite side of the
hill. they threw up their breakfasts
Boston Transcript.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Well, Well.

"Sir. you have not parked your car
parallel"
parallel? What do you meanT
Don't you know what | mean by
PARALLEL
NO"
"What is your business"
I'm a professor in geometry
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
The Difference.

at know two sisters who are In very
different circumstances and yet, ap-
parently. they married men in the
same business"
How was that|
"One accepted an author, and tie
other q bCOkmaker."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Mixed Cotors.

"DO you enjoy literary gatheringsT
asked White.
NO" replied Brown; mot being
well read | feel blue in company where
realize that l am green.
Transcript.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Heard at a Reception.

Fair Guest-That gentleman you in
trOduced 10 me is cynic.
HostesS-Indeed, my dear! And
what is your idea of a cynic?
Fair Guest-Hes a person who
keeps you constantly in doubt whether
he is unusually clever or unusually
diSagreeable-San Francisco ChrOn'
Icle.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Another Time.

Wifey-The police won't let that
blind peddler stand on the corner any
more.
Hubby-Poor man! That's the Sec
ond time he's lost his site.-LondOn
Bits.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Anything But

Visitor-Ah. | see you are dis
ciple of Maeterlinck. A blue bird for
happiness upon your new rug.
Hostess-Biue bird? My dear, that
spot was put there by Willie and the
ink bottle.-Judge.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
MYSTERY

A fine old isolated country
place, with a murder story, a
haunted pool and a general at
mosPhere of the unusual; q
rich old American owner, with
a Spanish wife and a beautiful
daughter; a young resident
physician secretly in love with
the girl-that's material enough
for a 6rst-class mystery story.
But when the mother asks her
daughter and the doctor to be-
come "nominally engaged
to discourage the advances of
the family butler-why, you
get a hint of the unusual quail
tiles of this story of mystery.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Family Impediment.

Hello, old man; haven't seen you
here for a long time. You haven't
been playing golf much latelyf by the
way. what is your handicap nowF
"NIy wife. Spare Moments.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
His inclination.

1.-THE escaping steer that threw
policeman on his horns must have
been something of gambler"
"Why sOT"
"He was such an adept in tossing
the copper"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
The Writer and the Reader.

Care should be taken, not that the
reader may understand If he WILL hut
that he must understand. whether he
will or nOt.-Quintilian.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Ambitious Youth.

81 dare say your son will make
good record at college.
I'm sure he WILL" replied the proud
and happy father.
"Yes?"
THE first person he looked up when
no got there was the athletic director"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Unexpected Reply.

"Woodman, spare that tree" cried
the poet.
"All right. No more wood pulp, no
more paper, no more poetry. "-LOuis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Related Activity.

"The young widow says she Is go
ing to break her husbands WILL"
Il thought she did that the day af-
ter they were married"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
ALWAYS GoinQ Up.

81 love 10 see the red in a young
girls cheek mG1T"cI.
"Abou: the c2}J way to do that
nov is 10 keep Oh asking its price at
the nearest drug SIRE.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
No News.

"The fortune teller told Ned there
was q dark future before him
HE knows that already; he's en-
gagged to a brunette"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
Epitaph.

A loving couple here repose,
Bill Jones and Mary Kissel-
They spooned, alas, while flivvering,
And didn't hear the whistle.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29

Bossy people are permitted to take
all the responsibility.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
GOOD AD

"This boy you graduated is a good
advertisement for you, professor"
"How so?"
"He acts like he knows everything
In the world"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29

old man was wonderfully alive. He
was abrupt but smilingly and charm
ingly courteous. We talked for a quar-
ter of an hour, casually. Then he
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
MICHIGAN GUEST
BREAKS HIGH RUN
MARK IN TOURNEY

Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. s.-Charles
Heddon of Dowagic, Mich, who last
night established an American high
run record for Class A competition.
VIII meet Francis Appleby of New
York. in tonight's game Of the Ma
tional Amateur 1872 balk line bill
iiard championship tournament.
Hedden had a run of 139 points
IN his match last night with A. I
Brown Of Cleveland, whom he de-
ieated 300 to Is. This broke his
former record of 1876 made in New
York in 1914,
Percy Collins Of CHICAGO. the
present titleholder, drew Charles
M Lord. his townsman, as an on
ponent in the first game TODAY
Brown drew Edgar Appleby of New
iork Tor the second game,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

! ticularly difficult lad to hit, a most
annoying fighter. But because of
his refusal to close gloves, Pal
rarely knocks a man out.
In the old days, George McFadden
was one of the greatest lightweights
ever. He whipped Joe Cans and
countless others Of Glass" George
was unique type, too. He did al
most all his blocking with the ell
bows. They used to call him
Elbows" McFadden. Men who
boxed George used to swear that
he had more elbows than q porcu-
pine has quilts. Imagine landing
your punch on an elbow when you
thought it was heading straight for
the solar plexus," and you can
picture the perplexities Of boxing
McFadden.
Critic Boxing Genius.
Young Griffo," another wizard
Of other days, was the greatest
light weight boxer that ever came
from Australia. He was a boxing
genius. Critic avoided blows
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
BASHANC SIGNS
MANY FOR EvAS
Popular Evansville Boss, Just Re.
named. Has 20 Players Lined
Up for the Coming Season.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. s.-Al
Bashang, manager Of the Evans
vile Three-I league club for the
last half of the 1920 season. has
agreed to terms with President
Asplan to return to the Eyas as
1921 leader.
Bashang's visit to Evansville
from his home. Cincinnati, was
unannounced and the signing of a
contract is complete surprise to
Evansville fans who were under
the impression that a player from
Glass IA team was to be signed.
While in Evansville Saturday.
bashang informed Asplan of the
players he has signed for workouts
with the Evas this spring. Bashane
has contracts from twenty men.
Three pitchers coming to Evans
vile are: Dewey Bohannofl, Farm
ington. ILL.,; Joe Ulrich, Cincinnati.
and Lee Diel, st. Louis.
Johnny Nee picked Bashang up
In the Western league and brought
him to Evansville. When Lew
Groh resigned last July after a
stormy half-season, Bashang was
chosen to lead the Evas and he led
the club into second place at the
close Of the season. Bashanp has
played with the st. Louis Cardin-
ais.
Last season his fielding record
was .S72, and his batting average
was 1884.
President Asplan announced Sat-
urday that he would begin sending
contracts to last years veterans
this week.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
RAY DEFEATED
IN RUN event
Illinois A. c. Star Loses Feature
Event on Aillrose, n. Y, Gard
Boston Athlete Wins,

New York, Feb. 9.-Hal C. Cut
bill Of the Boston A. C. won the
feature track event, the Rodman
Wanamaker invitation scratch run
at IL miles, at the annual indoor
games Of the Millrose A. A. in Mad
lson Square garden last night. Joie
Ray OF the Illinois A. c., Chicago.
who had won this event each year
since 1917, and holds the record for
It OF 6:4S 3-5, finished second. 10
yards behind Cutbill, while ]. ].
Connolly Of Georgetown university
was third.
Cutbill. who won the Hunter mile
at Boston last Saturday night. led
during the last three laps. Begin
ming the final lap Ray made the
mistake Of trying to cut inside of
Cutbill on the turn and lost several
yards when he was cut off. Cutbfll
won handily in 6:55 3-5.
Ely Wins coo Yard Rum.
Earl Eby, University of Pennsvl-
vania. won the Millrose 6o0Lvard
run by three yards from Thomas
Campbell Of Yale. who was a like
distance ahead Of the third man.
Walter Koppish. New York Ath-
letic club.
Earl Thompson Of Dartmouth the
Olympic champion hurdler, skim
med over the obstacles in his trial
heat OF the 70-yard high hurdle race
IN 5 Is seconds and won the finaI
IN seconds fiat. Frank Loomis
Jr., OF the Chicago A. A, was see.
ond and Joseph Zinser, New York
university. finished third in this
event '1S
Equals World Record.
Over the hurdles at the same dis.
lance, Thompson also won and
equaled his own worlds Indoor
record Of o:08 Is.
John Murphy Of Notre Dame un;-
versity, after winning the running
high jump with 6 feet 3 inches had
The bar placed at 6 feet S inches in
> try for q worlds indoor record
but failed to clear It The fndoor
record Is feet ~ inches. made
~ Sam c. Lawrence in Boston nine
years ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09

merely by slipping his head . little
to one side. His timing and judg-
ment Of distance was flawless. He
made Cans, "the old MASTER" look
like a novice before the black boy
finally knocked him out.
Jack Johnson used to block his
mans blows by merely placing his
gloves on the puncher's biceps. The
blow was arrested before it had
really started. He caught most Of
Jeffries' punches in this manner.
Harry Lewis was one of the clev-
crest welterweights in the country
some years ago. Lewis had q par
ticularly tough skull, and he put it
to use. Harry timed most of his
opponents swipes SO that they
landed high up ON his forehead.
Eventually he paid for his folly
when stricken with paralysis
direct result of too much hammer
ing on the forehead.
There are ways and ways Of de-
Tending ones self.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
flElSaiS1lal;1[
IL Gays

Manager George McQuillan of the
islanders, plans to summon his bat
terry candidates to Rock Island
about April l. George ought to
have a lot Of pepper. having toyed
with live wires all winter. He's an
electrician, you know.
That long Jump from Cedar Rap
ids to Terre Haute could be cut
down were the Three.Eye league
to provide airplanes for the jump
erS.
After all. fighting over the draft
seems like counting chickens be-
fore they've Matched.
Open winter has all chronic
campers agog over an early exodus
to the envfrOns Of Rock River and
Campbells island. Wouldn't II
knock the q" out Of Kelly II King
Winter got hard and paid a belated
Winter used to come around once
a year. but now it appears as il it
mad given us the razberry. A drop
IN temperature is about as likely as
a fall in prices.
Babe Ruth will soon be throwing
down his autograph pen in favor az
his autograph bat.
Kid Cutie and Elmer Kelly 4.
luxe tri-city feathers, will pummeI
each other tonight at Camp Dodge
Iowa se'
Harry Heacox. formerly of In.
annapolis, night chef in the New
harper coffee shop, is SO youthful
ana unassuming that he wouldn't
attract second glance. That would
De because he isn't generally known
as hero Of the world war Rmt
Harry is the proud possessor Of The
coveted ID. s. c. and a document
rom the adjutant generals ONCE
commending him for "extraordi- /
nary heroism in action near Rois
3 r aarville, France. Nov. 10, 1918"
me document further sets forth |!
-nat, after Heacox had performed |
'everai dangerous missions as COM
pany runner, he volunteered to 20
inward with an officer and attack |
. mscnine gun nest that was caus-
ns neavy casualties. Though the |
1mcer was killed in the attemnt
Heacox captured the nest
90 command of the company at
lis own initiative and carried II for
ward to its objective.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
TANNING SHOWS
GOOD. CLASS IN
FINAL WORKOUT


Arios flaming. the Bartlesville,
Okla. besrcat, who boxes Jimmy
Brady Of Chicago, ten rounds BE-
fore the Davenport legion and pa
irons tomorrow night checked IN
today to put the finishing touches
on his training. Tanning looks like
the rugged lad that he il billed
and will enter the ring around. 133
pounds
Jimmy Brady 10 expected to ar
rive in Davenport later in the day.
Tanning worked out today with
Buck Timothy and displayed great
cleverness in the boxing line. He
didn't cut loose with anything. but
his long reach and deep shoulders
bespoke . good lick.
Donahue In Action.
Rock Island and Moline fans win
be Interested particularly in the
nrst engagement Of Johnny Dona-
hue since his spectacular come
back in stopping Buck Sargent Of
East Moline. and Johnny Monahan
Of St Paul, inside Of two weeks.
Donahue is billed to box . Phila-
delphia welter named Phipps, who
is a former marine with Q good
boxing reputation in and around
the Quaker City.
Post Commander. Waterman. and
Matchmaker Pat Dietz are to be
commended for their stand in Of
fering two f1rstclass newcomers to
tri-city boxing patrons. The popu-
larity Of their last show led them
to increase the seating capacity Of
the old Davenport armory by 400
chairs and sellout is predicted.
Tickets for the flaming Brady mill
are being sold in Rock Island at
Martins No. 16.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
.AUGIE-ST. VIATOR
BASKETBALL GAME
PLAYED TONIGHT

The AugustAna-St viator basket
ball game. originally scheduled for
tomorrow night In the Augie gym,
viii DO played tonight Tho St
Viator squad arrived In Rock Is
land this morning. The game will
b the 6rst time that the teams
will have INST IN the Little Nine
lean championship race, st. viator
having graduated this year from
he lessor organization.
\ The ''0aints' have ben showing
unusual form On the 1oor this year
and are expected 70 give AuEie 4
warm tassls. Swedberx's men arc
0avaling q t0D sDeed and viii 10
~ tea1ght = main Il Aine STRAIGHT
y1AeetoA AawlAg Lost tAsir frst
- 6 - Soaeon - ~ ut Va
NlDook eoaQuegors oe MIL
y - elAee lllfle Nlne3oeers.
q1oA 111lo 49, lInnn.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-09
BY ED HUGHES.

Pal Moore, The Memphis bantam.
lights with his hands dangling at
his sides, his head thrust forward
as If inviting clip on the chin. AS
a matter of fact. the invitation is al
ways there-but the chin isn't. In
fact, it seldom is. Moore's defense
has nothing to do with his hands.
His judgment of distance and
nimble footwork take the place of
the orthodox fighting pose, handed
down from generation to genera
ton since the days Of Figg, with
variations here and there.
MOore's defense is the oldest
thing in the ring today. Moore
draws his foes fire by thrusting
forward his chin. Then almost
simultaneously, it seems, he
whisks it away, charging in with a
furry Of blows on his chagrined an
tagonist.
Docs All But Hit.
The 'Memphis phantom" despite
his unconventional pose, is a par