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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19

you, I'd stop in the door Just this
side-and get acquainted with your
fellow traveller"
whats his name? ?" Ben asked.
1.-THE party is named Nelson"
"All right. Maybe III look him
up"
A few moments later he was
standing in the Morris home, facing
the one friend that Hiram Melville
had possessed on earth.
"Hiram didn't leave anything, far
as 1 know, except ms ola gun and
his pet. Lord knows. I'd let any
body take that pet of his that's fool
enough to say he's got any claim to
him, and you can be sure [ amt go
ing to dispute his claim"
He turned, with the intention of
securing the gun from an inner
room. He did not even reach the
door. 1t was as if both of them
were struck m~otionless, frozen in
odd, fixed attitudes, by a shri!l
scream for help that penetrated like
a bullet the thin walls of the house.
The sound was in the range be-
tween a growl and a bay, instantly
identifying itself Us the utterance of
an animal, rather than a human be-
ing. Ben's first thought was of some
enormous, vicious dog, and yet his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19

| Sergeant Muth has returned from
about two years service in the Phil
ippine Islands and expects to COM
plete his enlistment at Washington.
The Senior class of the keyport
high school will hold another of sheir
popular dances in high school au-
ditorium on Wednesday night, De-
cember 81.
Elmer Aumack has resumed his
duties as mail carrier after having
been confined to his home with ILL
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Young
and son, Edward, Jr., of New York.
were the weekend guests of Mrs.
Young's mother, Mrs. Anna l.. Os-
born.
Mrs. Charles j. DUR, of New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, is a guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Lester Terry.
having come here to assist Calvary
NJ. E. choir in the singing of the
cantata "EmanueI' next Sunday
night.
M. Lester Terry has returned to
his duties with the North Jersey
Water Supply Commission after hav-
ing been confined to his home with
a severe attack of the grippe.
The Tialois Sunday school class
of Calvary NJ. E. church will meet
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19

her duties IN A. Salz & Company's
store Miss Sarah Meehan has re-
sumed her position. Miss Meehan
is greatly improved in health.
New show windows are being
placed in the Heliotis building on
Front street which is to be occupied
by Mrs. J.. ID. Feldman on January
l.. Mrs. Feldman is temporarily
occupying the store in the Keyport
skirt factory.
Mrs. William Weinberg, OF Perth
Amboy, spent Saturday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Finkle.
Under the direction of Mrs. p. A.
Sondergaard, Mrs. George w. Std
fole and their assisting committee,
the welfare work of the Keyport I'm
provement Association will be car
ried on here this week. The COM
mittee has already received inner
Gus donations of toys and clothing
and any left at the public library
will be gratefully received by The
committee Tor it's commemorate
work.
S. E. Tilton, of F1atbush, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Tilton.
William Muth has returned to New
York after a brief visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Muth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

BEN DARBY, a prisoner, Is de-
clared to be a victim of amnesia
by a noted a~lienist, and is parolei
TO an old friend,
ezra MELVILLE. Together they
start on a trip to the 1uga RIVER
syvhere Ezra goes to take posses
sion of a rich claim left by his
Brother,
HIRAM MELVILLE, who recently
had died. Ben is to have a part
nership and a new lease of life. Al
Seattle lives
JEFFERY NELSON and his two
pdrtners. Ray Brent and
CfJAN HEMINWAY. Nelson, leader
Of the notorious gang. has &
Beautiful daughter, Beatrice, with
whom Brent is in love. She de-
tests him. Brent complains to
Nelson and her father promises
20 aid him in his suit. Nelson
hears of the rich pocket discov-
cred by Hiram Melville and plans
with his confederates to steal the
claim before Ezra can arrive.
When Ben and Ezra reach the
north woods Ben suddenly re-
gains his memory. knowledge
of his past life returns. They
meet a friendly stranger who di-
/. reefs them.
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Go on With the Story

Tes. Coin to Snowy Gulch."
sTt's only five miles, up this road,
the stranger ventured. I'm goin,
ND to Saltsville way myself, but
won't have no river to tow me. i've
got to do my own paddlin'. THANK
The lord I'm only goin' a small part
Of the way"
~You amt goin' to swim, are
YOU? Where's your boat?"
.sNy pard's got an old craft, and
he and 1 are goin' to pack it out
next trip" The stranger paused,
blinking his eyes. Say, partners =
you don't want to sell your boat, do
gou?"
Ezram stated his figure and Ben
was prone to believe that he had
adopted q highwayman for a buddy.
The amount named was nearly twice
that which they had paid. And to
his vast amazement the stranger ac-
eepted the offer in his mex breath.
$50 you don't know any folks in
Snowy GuIch, then?" the stranger
acquainted soon enough"
1--WE got a letter to a feller named
Norris Ezram replied. And I've
heard of one or two more men, too
-Jeffery Nelson was one of EN-
you'll find Morris in town all
right the stranger ventured to as
ure him. HE lives right next to
Nelson's. And-say-what do you
xnow about this mar Nelson? p"
"Oh, nothin' at all. Why?"
IF you fellows is prospectin', JEFF
fery Nelson is a first-class man to
stay away from-and his under
strappers, too-Ray Brent and Chan
Heminway. But they're out of town
rf-l,k ..,r TI,a-x eI-s-,oJ A,,E - II -,
\ bunch a few weeks ago-and [
can't tell you what kind of a seem
they got
Ezram felt cold to the marrow of
his bones. He glanced covertly at
Ben: fortunately his partner was
Eusy among the supplies and was
roc listening to this conversation.
You don't know where they
vent, do you?" he asked.
MOT exactly. They took up this
creek here a ways, through Spruce
Pass, and over to Yuga River-the
country that kind of a crazy old
chap named Hiram Melville, who
died here a few weeks ago, has al
ways prospected."
The stranger marveled that his
old listener should have suddenly
gone quite pale.
'GG SA@N $50
Their conversation with his new
friend. He put two or three ques-
tlons-in a rather curious, hushed
oice-and got his answer.
"What have you and your poor
victim been talking about, all thi5
timer" Ben asked.
"Ch, just a gab-fest-a tat-i-tat
- you'd call it. But you know, Ben,
I've got a idea all a-sudden.' Ben
Strengthened, lighted his pipe. and
prepared to listen. This old boy
tells me that we'd save just twelve
miles by striking off from here, in
stead of goin' into town. Snowy
Gulch is six miles, and we have to
rome back to this very place. What's
the use of goin' into town at alp"
Good heavens, Ez? Have you for
gotten we've got to get supplies?
And your brothers gun-and his
dog2"
Eyes, I knOw-one of us has. But,
Zen, it seems to me that one of US
ought TO strike off now and figure
out the way and sort of get locat-
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woods sense told him that the ut
terance was o that Of a dog.
He heard it even as he leaped
through the door in answer to the
scream for aid. His muscles gath
cred with that mysterious power
that had always sustained him In
his moments of crisis. He took the
steps in one leap, Morris immediate
ly behind him.
"Fenris is loose he heard the
man say. He'll kill some one-i"
He raced about the house; and at
once the scene. in every vivid detail,
was revealed to him. Pressed back
against the wall of a little woodshed
that stood behind her house a girl
stood at bay-a dark-eyed girl
whose beautiful face was drawn and
stark-white with horror. She was
screaming for aid. her fascinated
gaze held by a gray-black, hound
like creature that crouched, snarl-
ing, twenty yards distant.
CONTINUED in our next issue)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19
kEYP0Rl

Mrs. A. NJ. Dick was a visitor at
Perth Amboy on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seward Scharff, Of
Nutley, have been spending several
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19
CHAPTER V
Tanning the Wolf

On arriving IN SNOWY HulSA'
Ben's first efforts were to inquire in
regard to horses. Both pack and
saddle animals, he learned, were to
be hired of Sandy McClurg, owner
of the general store and leading
citizen; and at once he made his
way to confer with him.
Most of my mustangs are rented
out" the merchant informed MIN.
''but if you can get along with three
/ guess | can fix you up. You can
rack two of 'em, and ride the third.
Good enough" Ben agreed. "And
after I once get in I'd like to turn
back two of them, and maybe all
three-to save the hire and the
bother of taking care of them"
"Just a little faster than a dog.
Horses don't much care to grub
their food out of them spruce for
ests. Where r you heading, If the
questions fair?"
Through Spruce Pass and down
into the Yuga River"
prospecting, Ell? There's been
quite a movement down that way
lately. BY starting early you can
make it through in a day. And you
said your name was"
DARBY. Ben Darby"
The merchant opened his eyes,
mot the Ben Darby hat took all
the prizes at the meet at Lodge
Pole"
Ben's rugged face lit with the
brilliancy of his smile. 1.-THE same
Darby" he admitted.
And when did o say o was
going?"
First thing tomorrow"
"Well, you're pretty likely to have
companionship on the road, too"
I'm glad of it, if he isn't a ten
d~erfoot. That must be a pretty
thickly settled region-where I'm
heading"
"On the contrary. there's only
three human beings in the whole
district. These three are some men
who went UP that way prospecting
some time ago, and this other party
will make four"
"All right-Tll be here before
dawn tomorrow and get the horses.
And now will you tell me-Where
steve Morris lives?"
Fright up the street-clear to the
end of the row." McClurg's humor
had quite engulfed him by now, and
he chuck1ed again. "And if 1 was
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-19
@DW-Littla Brown & Company

ed" Dor
hogan rather doubtfully: i o
see that much is to be gained by II
But I'll strike off on foot, II FoI
want me to-" -,
Fzram's mind was flashing. WITT
thoughts like lightning, and as an.
su,er was ready. "Ben. if you don
mind. I'll do that" he said
"But you'd get a ride, II you wait
ed
81 hate a horse, anyway -.
You've surely changed a iot
IT was thrown off not long ago
! and have been leery of the our
things ever ince. ue
Ezram was wholly deliberate. ne
knew what waited him on arrlVal az
his brothers claim. JefteTy NeLi n.o
and his gang had assembled there'
III nd nireadv Jumped the claim Just
~ bis brother had warned him that
thew would do; and coolly and quiet
i. he had resolved to face tneIl
| alone. s;ynnIe
nrovisions wrapped in his
and a knife and camp x u oh
HE beIt He took his trusted pipe
bscause ne knew well that ne couio
! never acquit himself creditably IN 4
fight without a few lungfuls Oh "
bacco smoke first-and he also tooh
his rifle, you keep this copy OIL tne
letter" He handed Ben the copy n
had made of Hiram's will. I'm tne
worst hand for losin' things you ever
SEEN" o,hrs
They said their simple goodpys'
shaking hands over a pile of stores.
eve only got one decent place TO
keep things safe" Ezra
"and that amt so ALFRED decent,
either. When 1 get any papers that
are extra precious, L always stuck
'em down the leg of hes hlgh oId
boots. between the sock and n
leather. But it's too much work TO
take the boot off now, so you keep
the letter"
"I D you've got a million
dollar bank note hidden down there
now,' Ben remarked. -.
mo, not a cent. Just the same, II
ever | get shuffled off all OF a sud
den l want you to look there mighty
careful. There may be a document
or two of Importance"
~ won't forget" Ben promised.
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
THEY'RE HUMAN
BIZ
William Anterior Du Puy

Now that New York is to choose itself a new
governor. ones mind naturally turing to william
Sulzer some time ago quite seDsationally asso-
ciated with that office.
One recalls his terms In Congress. his often
mentioned resemblance to Henry Clay, the pride
that Mr.. Sulzer took in that likeness.
Then one remembers the story Of that antipro-
hibition time when he went out to Kentucky to
deliver some speeches. of his visit to Henry Gays
home town, of his hunting up the aged colored
barber who used to shave his prototype In those
the days Of his prime.
He was disappointed that the old negro evil
denced no excitement at seeing him, Just lath-
stranger who came into the shop.
Finally the New Yorker asked the barber
about his onetime master. how he looked, dressed,
bore himself, but failed to call forth the recogni-
ton of resemblance which he sought. Finally
he put II to the barber cold, asked him IL he
didn't notice ANYTHING about him, the snay wee
old darby eyed him critically, thought deeply
Then he ventured a suggestion
Maybe it's 20 bref." he said
Lieut. w. N. Williams. somewhere past eighty.
was the oldest man in the United States army
during the war. He tried. at the age Of ten, to
enlist in the Mexican War. back In 1847, and has
been In every fight since.
He feels competent to advise the young vets OF
today and he tells them to take leaf out OF the
book Of the G. A. r. and grab every political job
in sight to run the country. On a recent occasion
he grew specific. He admonished one Lad to go
hack to Oregon and run for the Senate. another
to go to West Virginia and another to Iowa.
Senator Arthur Capper. sitting by, arose In
mock agitation and protested that the lieutenant
was getting mighty close to Kansas Then he
asserted that, II any good man who had met the
shock of battle for his country wanted his Sena-
torial job he would yield It to him.
When Senator William r. Mckinley gets to
sitting comfortably on a nice roomy couch and
gets to talking interestedly about some favorite
tonic pretty soon you will find that he has
crossed his feet tailor fashion and is sitting on
them.
Congressman James r. Mann Of Illinois, the
most competent member" carries dollar watch.
When he is being interviewed be is sure to have
that watch snugly palmed and to be playing
with Il and twisting II about 30 the interviewer
cannot see It, for this might be suggestive but he
is nevertheless, with its help, carefully keeping
track of the passing Of time.
copyright, 1922.)
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
TIME great problem Is to civilize
governments.

m HE great problem is to civilize
governments.
Governments are late pro-
duction of evolution, appearing
upon the earth many centuries
after man.
The civilization of mankind has
been going on. therefore, much
longer than the civilization Of gov
ernments.
As a rule. therefore. men are on
the whole rather decent.
They have learned that social life,
which means some kind of team
play, is necessary for their happi-
ness. And they have learned that
it is impossible for them to live to-
gether in any kind OF comfort I'M
less they agree to quit lying.
That is to say, in most cities or
states or tribes, they have worked
out a system of morals or conven.
tons to which as a rule they all
agree. or course, there are a GER
tain number Of detectives who do
not keep these rules. but these are
punished or expelled from the
group.
Man has learned by the slow
processes Of civilization that a com.
munity OF blackguards cannot pos.
sibly get along.
This lesson nations have not yet
learned. They are still in the bar.
barous stages or infancy.
Signor Machiavelli, when he drew
up the rules for a state, shocked
the world because Of his brutal
frankness. The substance OF
Machiavellism Is that a state has
no morals: 1t has no criterion except
self-interest; IL has no principle
except.
That they should take who have the
And they should keep who can
But, after all, Machiavelli stated
exactly the principle upon which
nations at his time and ever since
his time have been operating.
The great war and the widespread
chaos that followed In its wake
have shown us that this principle
will not work. A community OF
nations, each Of which acts as q
constituencies blackguard. can no
more get along on the same planet
that a community Of individuals,
each of which Is a thief and an as.
sassin, can get along in the same
village.
Back Of the peace conference at
Versailles and back of the disarin.
ament conference at Washington,
there is working out the great idea,
that nations as well as individuals
must subject themselves to the
moralities; that unless they play
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
The Spectator
The Civilization of Governments

fair, acknowledge same supreme
law that governs all Of them, and
altogether act as honest integers,
they cannot eventuate in anything
but universal disaster.
World conferences. whether at
Geneva or Washington. are simply
struggles on the part of nations to
escape the heritage of the beast,
to become human and civilized.
The trouble with the militarist,
the conqueror. the autocrat, and
all that sort of folk, is that they
are intellectually and morally IN
licked cubs.
The world has to pass through
many a war and many a disaster
to find this out. AS Lloyd George
said, 1T takes a war sometimes
to make us acknowledge facts"
And the great fact is that ma
tons must be gentlemen IL they
are going to live together in the
same world: they can no longer
be rowdies.
Viscount Bryce said in his WILL
Jams College address that he de-
plored the fact that international
relations have not yet reached the
moral standards of Greek philos-
ophers like Plato and Epictetus.
"Such advance" he said, ''as
some countries have seen in the
behavior Of individuals has not
been accompanied by similar ad
vances in the relations Of peoples
to one another"
He added that whereas the in.
dividual is habitually restrained
from the worse acts by law or pub.
lie opinion, no such checks have
ordinarily acted upon the rulers
Of state. ut is only weakness or
fear that has usually deferred
States from robbery and violence.
and nothing has deferred most OF
them from fraud
It Is the custom to blame diplo-
mats and their secret diplomacy
for this state of things. But such
condemnation n not altogether
we'll placed. The real blame lies
on public opinion.
States have acted like hoodlums
for the simple reason that their
pc, pie nave accepted so to act
and have Elorified m such action.
While the Individual conscience
has been trained by bitter expert.
ence to realize that commerce and
the whole social life OF men 8 i'm
possible IL every man does what he
pleases and the strongest takes
What he cat, nations are just be.
ginning TO leorn tbs.
So far FROM International de-
cency honesty. and integrity being
impossible ideals, they are so In.
tens"'v practical that unless ma
tons follow them, we have seen
there q very strong danger q
universal wreck.
The Washington times., 1922-01-17

THEN there's a new brand
OF bootlegger who deals
only in mountain dew.
Honest, he wouldn't peddle
any of that red stuff be-
cause none of 1t is safe; but
he has some triple-distillcd
Valley Of Virginia naptha
that he'll let you have for
fourteen dollars a gallon
because he has known you
SO long and doesn't want to
make much profit often you.
A NYONE else It would
"A cost twenty pewter
dollars-if anyone else was
dumb enough to believe in
fairy tales.
CANT limp from the of.
~ flee to the club, three
short blocks without en-.
countering army of gentle.
men who are worried sick
lest you're not getting you
share of bogus hooch o.
fancy and unstaple figures.
OOK out for these guys,
- every one has a brother
who Ii an undertaken.
CAPITOL Punishment.
How do you spell income
tax7"
"I don't know, but Il IL
pronounced with a short
y."-wayside Tales
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
VOLtdire Said a MOuthful.
M lister BRAND left his happy
M home in Paris to travel to

M lister BRAND left his happy
~ home in Paris to travel to
Washington and to Cannes,
where he tried to make arrange
ments involving the Republic of
France.
The Republic of France, in the
vernacular of the street, has given
Mr.. BRAND "the air."
Mr. Wilson went to Europe to
make arrangements which would
have involved the representative
democracy of the United States.
The representative democracy of
the United States gave Mr.. Wilson
"the air."
In France, where they really know
1ery little about us, they take it
$or granted that Mr.. Wilson was
sincere. Here, where we really know
very little about France, we take it
for granted that Mister BRAND was
sincere.
Mr.. Wilson, reading the news of
Mr.. Brands downfall, probably
grinned and--like the old parrot
story-"You talked too much" he
probably said.
What is the lesson that Lloyd
George of England and all the
temporary representatives of all the
other countries ought to learn from
this episodei
We can suggest only the answer
of Voltaire. After a life devoted to
the study Of the science of govern
ment, the great philosopher said:
have come to the conclusion
that the government of a multi
tude Of men is difficult task.
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
Stars and Stripes

White. satin shoes, which looked like swans
With wings complete, were recently exhibited In
o3don
Motor cars in the United States were respons-
MI. for 200 deaths, and property damage Of
81 900 900 in 1920.
BARRIERS claim that their trade is a barometer
a. commerce. When times bad" men let
their hair go much longer without attention.
students Of singing may now use a new ap.
pliance which enables them to practice scales,
etc, without any sound audible outside the room.
oysters are suffering from o form of ''n-
furnza" which is causing much damage to the
fisheries in England. II does not affect the
eJn Ie properties Of those oysters which survive.
Rats have, among other damage. gnawed
through gas and water pipes, rendering various
biuldihgs uninhabitable until repairs were en-.
schted.
The Washington times., 1922-01-17
Was Shakespeare Wrong?

NEWS comes from Munich, in
Bavaria, that an audience OBJ
~ jected to a play because it had
an American background. The
author had to change the name of
his leading character from Smith to
Smirski, and change the scene from
America to the Caucasus.
This is really unkind.
If any Munich beer were to find
its way to this country-Volstead
forbid!-no one, at least, would OBJ
iect to the label, even if it had
"Hoch der Kaiser!" printed in red
across its face.
As to changing names - every
Smirski who comes to America ulti-
mately asks the courts to change his
name to Smith.
Shakespeare thought that the
play was the thing. Can it be pos
sible that the audience is the real
thingi