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CHAPTER \ Continued.

rhat's better. It's a Ear better
tAtng than you've ever done. Youu
see. You've written COOS novels.
toriaz. plays. essays. pOems-an
sorts Of things. but men have done
these for thousands OF years. When.
you write a movie you do what no
man e did before this generation
And look at me. " played plays.
Nv sung light operas ard Erand
operas. and danced a little. but good
Lord. women ave done those thinxs
for ages. In the moving picture I'm
doing something that no woman be-
fore my generation EVER did.
"we-ar1 the pioneers. the Argo-
nauts. .he d-iseS=--ers. We shall be
classics as sure as ever Classics were.
IT'S giorious.-
The author was a trine Jealous Of
such fine writing from n singer Ind
an actress. He tried to put her in
her place;
II see what you're driving at In
fact, I've written much me same
thing and said 1t to interviewers. who
got Il all wrong. OF course-nterfer-
ers. I call them But what good did
81 do me2 I wns merely accused OF
trying = whitewash myself for 60
Ag after big money. OF course 1
want big money. I insist on 1t. or 1
should If they refused II. Which
they don't. Quite the contr'ry. But
what 1 mean TO say is;
'If I so in for moving pictures 1
shall not try to do any OF your
! Ersndiose things They're all right
in their place. but I think there's
more art in the smaller forms. I
want to do something smart. satirical.
the h~iEh-comedy .hing. The pictures
seem to me to need the a%ristocratic
touch more than anything else"
Miss Yore yawned. Beware of
the a~ristocratic touch. my dear II
means boredom. mos. OF the time. l
know no END Of ~aristo~ratA who are
interesting. but that's because they
IRE soldiers or statesmen. big-Game
hunters, adventurers. But your
Deadly drawingrooms-keep those off
The screen or youn bankrupt your
packers"
The author yawned. Speaking of
bankrupting your hackers. old dear.
! hear tina. you are doing your best
% accomplish hat. l was told by a
&an Woo claimed to know that you
&c getting ten thousand a week. Is
h true7"
Miriam rose and smacked his cheek
Aghtly.
Are you jeaious?"
Yes. 1 am. rather. They're only
living me twenty-five thousand for
1hy new piece. They SAT- they could
OF pay me more because you stars
fere sueh-well. the word they used
as. hogs. It's a shame to pauperize
nc to fatten you"
Eaten? Don't use the hi6eous
rord. II you knew the agonies I go
through to keep my flesh down. All
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Fansas. with It's bread lazy rivers
~slouching along their fla beds. the
long famine OF trees In bald levels.
a hen tho sudden arrival in a
morbid, fantastic realm where Cod
had lost his temper or his p~atienca
o r somethinx and flung even thing
awry. desert and vast nightmares OF
rock "A II the landscape had been
bists h had rad about the day BE-
fore.
designed By one OF those mad Gu
But everywhere there were evil
dences Of human pluck: tireiess ants
hssuag TIE Titans for control; weak
men who turn chaos TO order ami
tame h Wild regions to dominion.
The sr-nSry was such = book o.
adventure hat Mem neeced no other
diversion. She was grateful for the
fact that Viva had one Of her sick
headaches and did Hide talking. The
hea; and dust kept the great Miriam
in her drawtngroom, and Robina. too.
She saw Tom Hobby In the dining car
but he did not speak TO her. OF course
because she did not speak 20 him.
But she studied him slyIy when he
was rot looking and she wonderet
what crdid make him worth 50 much
money. She had not learned that the
merchandise Is worth just what ii
will bring in :he market. whether
the merchandise be .;iips or shoes or
sealing wax. sous, Or smiles or tears.
She felt for this handsome youth
he contempt that women feel at
times for handsome men. She felt a
personal grudge against him be-
cause he lived and prospered and
won muititudinous loves. while her
lover lay dead in oblivion. She abom.
mated him for gaining so much
wealth for doing nothing useful. She
knew too little OF life as yet TO
realizs hat beauty and foolish amuse-
ment are amclg ths most useful
contributions to existence II arc
not overpa!d.
There may be some doubts rs to the
actual benefits and tho actual etti.
cheney of most human activities and
inventions, including the countless
mcdEu.nas. religions. political eSpe-
dents. m-echanisms Of transportation
and other elaborate devices tha;
create new irritations as fast as new
c~onvenienoes. Blu beauty that warns
the heart. IND folly that tickles It are
as provedly valuable as laughing gas
and other a~naesthetics. In fact,
there is more than etymology in the
kinship between aesthetics and anaes-
the:ics. and both have been denounc'
ed as heliish by the godiy.
Mem spent most of her day plan.
ming her second letter hame and
growing acquainted with that hus
band OF hers. She used Tom Hobby
as a model. reluctantly. yet for lack
OF better material.
She had supposed that writing fie
ton mus: DO as easy for its manu-
facturers as spinning webs IL foi
spiders. But constructing character
was exhaustlng work fer h"r-per.
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haps Epideus grow weary. TOO. and
suffer tsmperamentAl st1nEencies.
She LEARNED thst the author mus,
wrestie with T.. invisible as Jacob
with .hs angel. and that the angel
could disiooate a Joint at a touch.
Mr.. woodvilie e,uded her maddsn-
ngly. and her sketch OF him was 50
~inScnslstent that her father. when he
Teceivec her second letter. found In
it, very befuddiersn mt an evidence
that she was iosirS her wits over
the fellow.
Doctor s.eddon was pleasantly
alarmed. Every man is afraid u
every nan who interests his daush-
ter. Yet he wants some man to cap
ture her.
The tra-a carried Mem deeper I'M
deeper Into the soul OF Mr.. woodviIie.
and in the dark hours she spent in
her berth reclining on an elbow and
gazing al the incredible landscape.
everything unreal grew real. and her
mystic bridegroom began to take
form anc voice. eyes and integrity.
She had great trouble with his
trade or profession. This Is always
a complication with authors. Most
Of them in despair ignore the mat
ter entirely or give the character
some craft with elastic office hours
and Income.
The landscape was an incessant in.
torruption. Just as she was about
70 settle on something an amazing
butte would slide past her window. or
a captivating flat-r9ofed adobe
hovei infested with little human
coolies Of Mexican extraction would
delight her. The squaior of foreign
ers is always picturesque M Il Is
typical OF the artistic mind to find
more poetry in an alien garbage heap
than in n familiar temple.
The desert was beautiful TO This
girl because 1t was unusual. Its cru-
city was romantic. since she had not
encountered It's monotOny.
The next Gay the train came to an
abrupt halt. A driving bar on the
engine had broken and dropped; It
had torn off the ends OF the ties for
NAihhIths VI gAiAH htAott Us hfak hau
been noticed by h engineer and
tho engine stopped. II the train had
not been putting slowly up n steep
grade it would have been deraied
and sent rolling like a shOt snake;
some OF the passengers would prob.
ably have been tangled and killed.
II was a long while before the pas
sengers found this out. IND they
reveled in the delight OF averted dis.
aster. Mem thought how fitting It
would nave been for her to have
suffered n death so closely akin TO
Elwood's. There would have been an
artistic grandeur in the pattern OF
their fates.
And yet she could not help being
glad to be nlive. She had ridden a
thousand miles IND more, spiritually
as well as physically. away from Cal.
verify.
Nobody knew how long the train
, 1922-11-26
BY RUPERT HUGHES

and he's ASLEEP W in your attic now.
This was d;sconcerting indeed The
tenant OF Mems sky parlor had left
a pair OF shoes In front OF her berth.
and his clothes were visible hanging,
on a coat hook
There IA TO escape for the girl.
She had TO Chamber into her pigeon
hole and make the best OF Il. she
had the curious feeling that she had
eraw.ed under a strange mans bed 70
spend the night.
Though no sane burglar would
ever have wasted time on a village
ministers house. Mem had ALWAYS
looked under her bed for M before
she kneeied down TO say her pray
ers. she hoped the man overhead
would not AXE h same precautions.
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would be delayed. An wsro Ike people
On \ ship becaimed IN mld9cean-
a trAinmAn had to walk 70 the next
ahead. and telegraph back for anoth-
er locomotive.
The passengers settled down TO
hours os dafermsnt. cursing doay
and comparing II. not with the speed
Of the pioneers who aEoniEed across
the wilderness. but with the velocity
Of yesterdays express.
Viva and Mem wandered about.
looking at the cactus and the saze-
brushf and deiidiously expecting a
rattiesnAke under every ciump. Viva
returned to the car and went 10
sleep. put lien strolled farther and
farther away.
She saw Tom Hobby set out for n
brisk walk. He climbed n ragged
butte with astonishing agility. win
ming the applause OF the passengers.
He. had The knack OF acquiring ap-
plause.
The other passengers dawdled about.
but Mem wen. farther and farther.
She wanted to sec what was on the
other siis Of the butte as much a.
mankind has ionged TO see the other
side OF the moon. When she got round
she found that the other I'D was
iHu,h like :he other slde-more des-
EFT. more buttes. utter dissimilarlty.
yet the complete resemblance CT
chaos to chaos.
When she started back the cool OF
h shadow made her rest awhile
The heat and the hypnosis Of the
shimmering sand sea pu: her asleep
In spite OF herself. She WOKE with n
start. The train was moving, a new
engine dragging II and its broken en-
v'ne. She ran. fell. picked herself up.
iimpcI forward.
She was alone in the wilderness
anc the train was already n toy u
ming through a gap between two
lofty buttes. one a Ernndiose owe OF
Babel; the other deformed and crook
ed. writhen diab.erie. Both Knocked
the girl unenddrahly and she stood
nAnNlnk IN u rhIAoNaAARNA VI AAEhAH
her hands pluckinG al each others
finger nails. which was about as
profitable as anything else they
could have found to do.
Then for the first time Mem under
stood what the desert meant to those
who had seen the last burro drop
and fount the canteen full OF dry mir.
CHAPTER XII.
For a trance-whne Mem made n
perfect allegory of helplessuess on
a monument. She heard n voice
laughing. with n kind Of querying OK
clamation;
"He.lo7"
The word was as unimportant as
could be. and II came from what
she had Just decreed the most usf
less thing OF. earth. n handsome my
ing.picture actor.
Continued Next sunday,l
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Great Novel of Hollywood Life

The moving picture planet was plain
~ one OF enormous sire and variety.
But the wickedest thing about it in
her eyes was the money Il squand
cred
The richest banker In Calverly was
a pauper compared with the woman
who had just left the platform. nd
all she did was TO stand up and have
her picture taken. Mem had never
heard OF Hypatia. and she did not be-
lieve hat any such thing had hap
pened as Miriam Yore described. She
did not know thai. the moving pic
ture had been taken from a historical
novel written by a clergyman. Neither
did the clergyman. probably. as he
had been dead for a quarter OF a
century before the pictures were
taught to move.
All that Mem knew OF Rev. Chas.
Kingsiey's works was The Wa:er
Bibles" and a poem from which her
father was always quoting. BE good.
sweet maid. and let who will be
clever"
Mem was not clever. n every
body knew II. Yet she had not been
gooC. and only two people knew ii.
Not having been good she just had
to be clever.
CHAPTER XI.
Grown suddenly afraid OF the night
shroudsd plains and the loneliness OF
the deserted platform. Mem returned
to the lights. Through car after car
she pushed. seeking her own. She
had not kept OF its number
Each car war now a narrow alley
Of curtains.
She was lost o n madiy racing
comet made up of bedrooms and cor.
ridors where men in their undercloth-
ing climbed LADDERS. or rat On h
edges OF their beds, yRwning n nm
dressing. Touseled heads leered at
her from upper berths or from cubby-
holes. She had TO squeeze past men
and women in bathrobes struggling
down the halls.
She was frightened. She had never
believed such scenes possible. She
was panic stricken at being unable to
find her own hiding place. Her por-
ter was not to be found. Al last she
met Viva coming out OF a Mushroom,
dressed as II some one had yeilec
Fire" Mem felt positively fon,. OF
her; a friend in need is a frieni in.
deed.
Viva wore a gaudy kimono and
kept It close about her with a mod
esty surprising in view Of her pho
tographs. Mem had not iearncd that
artists of WAS field are no less
prudish in private for being 50 shame
less in public. There's safety in num-
bers.
Mem greeted Viva with enthusiasm:
"Oh, I'm so glad to see youl This
must be my car. then"
Eyes. de~ar-ree.' said Viva, Was
you lost? Your numbers number l.,
tust this SIDE OF mine. Too bad you
didn't take a section. Some big hick
got on board whilst you was away
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
WORLD ALWAYS HAD CANDY
Honey Probably 10 Earliest Form Of
sweetenInu Known. and II Was
Made Use OF.

The Egyptians made candy M well
NJ pyramids. aud made candy without
sngar. sugnr and chocolate were un-
known 10 the Egyptians. They used
honey ms their sweetcner. nnd Hour
md crude stnrrh were the bnNs Of
their confectionery.
In the aIiddi. ages whnt we would
call cnndied fruits was the principal
confectlon. They were boiled In
honey. As n business the druggist,
WIS the first candy maker. Sugar NJ
that time wns considered n drug, mud
from ronting drugs with suenr the
pharmacist learned 10 cont nuts nnd
other things. In the Sixteenth century
surnrcd roses were considered tho best
" confectIons. II was not until the
Seventeenth century TINT sugar becnfnc
u big industry. and II was In the latter
part OF the century TINT confcctioncrs
wrre recognized ns n distinct class.
IL the first hnif OF the Eighteenth ccn.
tiiry the first real candy factories mp
pcnred II was nbout TINT time tint
lemon md peppermint drops bccnme
popular.
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
TELLS or poLsND's EFFORTS
Finanes Minister Urges Patience and
Consideration in Rebuilding
Process.

Warsnw.-painnd'B struggle 10 re-
fund her forclen debt. amounting to
nearly S2s5.O00oO0 at the beginning of
this ycnr. is recounted ut length In
the first complete budget OF the re.
public. presented TO parliament By
Minister of Finance MIchnlskl.
Minister Michnlskl points out the
slow but consistent progress Poland
has made from the beginning In nil
Affairs of government. After sketch.
ing the plans for tie Immediate future
intended 10 hnstcn That progress. he
appealed to tile ~ ion for patience
and consideration
ut ~ one Of The lIai chnrnctcris.
iics that we rhoald Ike to build up
poinnd within one =" he said. 'iIut
Mis- Is PRACTICAL, inla'ssible."
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23

as could be trapped. or shot with flint.
lock Firearms. But such things depend
mainly on the point of view, and that
may not have improved SO much In
the last three centuries as we think.
We Of today know more OF thousand
things than did Governor Bradford and
his companions. but 1t Is not SO certain
that We know more Of the basic busi-
ness of living.
Excellent hearts had our fathers o1
old" and for steady, cheerful cour-
age. the Pilgrim colonlsts never have
been surpassed.
Twelve years later, the colony had
grown so much that formal procla-
nation seemed necessary. The nrst
one was issued on October I. 1883.
and the Thanksgiving celebration was
held two weeks later. October 16.
The custom soon spread throughout
New England. Then, on October 3,
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
FILM SENSATION BOOKED

The spectacular Fox special, "a
Virgin Paradise" by Hiram Percy
Maxim. which created furror in New
York, is coming to the Peerless on
next Wednesday and Thursday. II
is the story of half wild girl who
grew up in the jungle. with wild ami
mails as her only companion. and
then was brought into civilization
where she found much to displease
her. J. Searle Dawley directed the
production.
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23

1889, the new President Of the new
nation. George Washington. called on
the American people to assemble on
Nov. % and give thanks, among other
things,
For the signal and manifold Mer-
cies. and the favorable Interposltlon
Of His Providence In the course and
conclusion OF the late War :.
for the peaceful and rational manner
In which we have been enabled to es-
tablIsh Constitutions and Governments
for our safety and happiness; and par.
ticularly the national one now lately
instituted"
Washington. it might be daduced
from this alone. was ag.natldnallst.
With no leaning whatever toward state
sovereignty. and with perfect TtsidI-
ness to make his preferences mani
fest. In prayer as well as In any other
way. An amusing instance II this
frankness occurs later In H same
proclamation, where he asks tile peO-
pie to pray heaven. ITO protect and
guide all Sovereigns and Nations les.
pecIally suc,i MS have shown kindness
to us).''
An honorcd lineage that of this
best-beloved festival. 1t started In
the days when the NeollthIc dweller
by the lakes Of Switzerland finished
bringing In his scanty harvest and
settled down to secure winter. 1t
IL close akin to the Dlonysiac feasts
,f ancient Greece and the ''horkey
night" Of rural England. hut It hns
n peculiarly American flavor and sub
stance; and for this. one must thanl;
the sturdy Pilgrims. whose Iron cour-
age was tempered by fine humanity.
and who probably smiled into their
boards when. over their supper Of snail
soup. they thanked God. ''who hnd
given them to suck Of the abundance
Of the seas. and the treasures hid In
the sands"
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
:gsIe
Humility Goes With Thanks.

Thanksgiving Il essentially n re-
llsions holiday. Like Christmas. II has
lost something of It's Significance
through the ovcrcuphnsixIng OF It's see.
ulnr features. The other holidays
commemorate the birth or the deeds ~
great men or pcrpetuate the memory
of great events. They speak 10 the
mind In Iis hnppicst moods. telling
ever record Of glorious actions and
repeating reasons for eontcntmcnt and
love Of country. Thanksgiving dny
ought nj least to suggest the virtue
% humility.
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
WHERE WEEDS ALWAYS WIN
Farming in Tropical Panama Consists
ef a Continuous Fight With the
invading Jungle.

A Florida Orange-grower would turn
gray II he had confronting him the
problems which face any one who at
teo,pts to grow fruit In Panama.
The grass problem ,.cne Is enough
to s;aggsr the heart Of tae bravest
pianter. Think " your swn vegetable
garden In ;uidsumlner. when tie days
arc stsaiaing hot and the weeds are
growing abou. rs fast as you can pail
them out; project these conditions In
definitely, for there IL never any winter
to check them. and you will get the
endless vista Of wedding which con-
fronts the tropical planter.
Grass In certainly the curse Of asri-
culture In the rainy tropics. and he
who Imngincs tractor-work or the use
Of any OF the ordinary tools Of our
northern agriculture In use on trop-
ical farms should never lose sight Of
the grass.
There Ii really nothing no hopeless
looking to n northern frult-gr0wer -
q little orchard In clearing In .
tropical Jungle. The great forest In
slsts on taking back the little clear
Ing to Itself. and It Is one continual
fight with machetc to keep II from
doing so.
When was shown what looked from
the deck Of launch like virgin forest.
with grent trees covered with creep
Ing lInnas and was told that II had
NIL grown up In eight years from
cleared land, and when recollccted
how fungus and insect pests hunt u
clearing. could better comprehend the
feeling that. nfter NIL. for the IndlvId-
unl of small means. there really Ii no
other way 10 farm than 10 cut down
and burn. plnnt and sc, u crop or two: (:
then. when the plants and weeds of
the returning forest drive you out.
move on. II " the wny Of the nn-
tive everywhere: clear n spot. rush
In. rush out again. nnd let the lnnd
grow up To irres.-David FaIrchlld In
the National Geographic Magazine.
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23
HIGH LIGHTS ON hIehWAxs

n
The Bureau OF Public Roads Of the
United States department OF Agricul.
ture states that there are enough
motor vehicles in the United States
ito take the entire population for d
ride at one time.
How climate affects the highway
working season is shown by the fact
that grading can be done en- 100 days
Of the year In western Oregon. ITO in
Malno, $50 in Maryland, and 300 in
several OF the southern states.
Federal aid roads placed under con-
struction in September amounted to
1889 miles.
At the beginning of 1922 there were
AZ motor vehicles for each mile OF
road in the. United States.
From 10 to So cents per hour is the
range OF wages for common labor on
Federal-aid roads east OF the Rocky
Mountains, with a few exceptions.
where as high as 43 cents is paid.
|. One hundred and twenty vehicles. a
minute was the rate at which motor
vehicles passed an observing station
on trunk-line highway in Massachu-
sets. according to the Bureau of
Public Roads of the United States
Department of Agriculture. This
rate was kept up from noon to lc y.
m.
Recently tourist in passing thru
four states was required to buy four
different sets of lenses in order tnat
his headlights would comply with The
state laws. More uniformity III high
way regulation is nesded.
Phillips County herald., 1922-11-23

.. greeniy and fair In the lands OF the
sun.
The vines OF the gourd and the rich
melon run.
And the rock and the tree and the cot
tage enfoid.
with broad leaves all greanness and bios
SONS all gold.
i-ise that which DER Nlneyahs prophet
once grew.
while he waited 10 know that his WARM
INK WAS trge.
And lurgcd Tor the n,orm-cioud, and
listened In vain.
For the rush OF th. whirlwind and red
firc-fafn.
On the banks Of the XcnIl. the dark Span.
iah maiden
Comes up with the fruit Of the tangled
vine laden.
and the Creole Of Cuba laughs out 10
behold
Through orange-ieaycH shining the broad
spheres Of gold;
We; with dearer dciigh, from his home In
the North.
on tho nelds ~ his harvest the Yankee
looks forth.
Who're erpot-nooi.s are coiiing and yellow
fruit shines.
And The sun of September nei,s down
"H HH fAucHi
An on Thanksgiving day. whom from
East ana from West.
from North aud from South come the
plTrim nnd guest.
When The gfny-hhirtd New Engiander
hecs round hln board
Tho old bfnksn links Of affection r..
nipref
o. fruit loved Of hoyhood' the old day,
fccailing
When wood.rrapeH we're purfflng and
brown nuts were faiinKf
When VIA. psiy faces wete carved IN lii
akin.
Giaring out through tho dark with o
candle wlthin'
When We laughed round the corn heap
with hearts sii In tune
our chRlr broad pumpkin. our lantern
the moon,
Telling tales OF the fairy who Travelled
like steam
In n punpkin.sheii coach. with two ra,'
for her team
John Gresnieaf whittier