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CHAPTER VIII.

"The way I look at it, Ramsey" Fred Mitchell said, when they reached their apartment, whither a benevolent senior, Colburn, accompanied them, ''the way l look at it, this Linski kind of paid you a compliment, after all, when he called you a fake. He must have thought you anyway looked as if you could make better speech than you did. Oh. gollyI"
 And as Ramsey grcaned, the jovial Mitchell gave himself up to the divan and the mirth. "Oh, oh, oh, gollyT' he sputtered.
 "Never you mind, Brother Milhol- land," Colburn said gently. "The Lu- men Is used to nervous beginners. I've seen dozens in my time, just like you; and some of lem got to be first rate before they quit. Besides, this crazy Linsh is all that anybody'll ever re- member about tonight's meeting any how. There never was any such out break as that in my time, and l guess there never was in the whole history of the society. We'll probably suspend him until he apologies to the society I'm on the board, and I'm in favor of it. Who is the bird, anyhow? He's in your class"
 'T never saw him before" Ramsey responded from the deep chair, where he had moodily thrown himself; and, returning to his breeding upon his ora tory, "Oh, murder !" he mOaned.
 "Well," said the senior. you'll know him when you see him again. You put your mark on him where you can see it, all right l" He chuckled. q suppose I really ought to have in- terfered in that, but decided to do little astronomical observation, about fifty feet away, for few minutes. I'm way behind in my astronomy, any, how. Do you know this Linski, Broth CT Mitchell2"
 "Ive talked to him a couple O times on the campus" said Fred. He's in one of my classes. He's about the oldest in our class, guess-a lot older than us, anyhow. He's kind of an an- archist or something; can't talk more'n
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"To go over and help hang their d-d kaiserP'
CTO BE CONTINUEDO
Shopping in Ecuador.


 The common trade balance of Ecua. dor is a short stick carrying a sus. pended pan at each end and held up by a cord around the center. The weight is a rock about the size of a mans fist, and, while no two of them are ever the same size, the merchant is always prepared to pledge his honor that the stone weighs a full and ex- act pound The price for a com modity is almost never fixed, and as the EcuadOrean is always prepared and expects to come down somewhat from his first price, 1t speaks worlds for his optimism that he invariably tries to get more. The bargaining does not actually begin until you have disregarded the first figure and asked: "What Is the last priceT Gel ultimo preciloP'). In fact, have been told vol untarily, when pricing ponchOs, that the price was 25 sucres, but "I can come down a little"
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HPEAcH OF A PUNCH"

Synopsis.-With his grandfather, small Ramsey Milholland is watch Ing the Decoration Day Parade in the home town. The old gentle man, a veteran of the Civil war. endeavors to impress the young ster with the significance of the great conflict, and many years aft erward the boy was to remember his words with startling vividness. In the schoolroom, a few years afterward, Ramsey is not distin- guished for remarkable ability, though his pronounced dislikes are arithmetic, 'FRecitations" and Ger man. In sharp contrast to Ram sey's backwardness is the precocity of little Dora Yocum, young lady whom in his bitterness he denomi- mates Teachers Pet" In high school, where he and Dora are classmates, Ramsey continues to feel that the girl delights to mani fest her superiority, and the vim dictiveness he generates becomes alarming, culminating in the reso- lution that some day he will show" her. At class picnic Ram sey is captured bag and baggage by Milla Rust. the class beauty, and endures the agonies of his first love. Ramsey's parents object to Milla and wish he'd taken up with Dora Yocum. Ramsey kisses Milla. Then Milla suddenly leaves town. She marries. Ramsey enters the state university and there is Dora Yocum again. Ramsey meets Dora fn a World War dahaf fa and ia fn- gloriously vanQuished.
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that Linski. Nobody else touched him, but Ramsey Milholland gave him a peach of punch on the snoot."
 "Whoopee!" l"
 Ramsey was laconic In response to inquiries upon this subject. When some one remarked: You served him right for calling you boob and poor fish and so on before all the society, girls and all" Ramsey only said:
 "That wasn't what hit him for"
 He declined to explain further.
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Many Varieties of the Bread Fruit Tree Are Scattered Throughout
 Southern Lands

It is of interest to note the flour and biscuit of the tropics. There are a dozen different bread fruit trees scat tered throughout tropical regions, One of the Hours, made from the bread fruit tree of tropical America known as the yuka, is a regular article of commerce in the New York market.
 It is only sold in cartons at elite groceries, Is quite a pure article, of a dingy, grayish-white color, and a slightly alkaline and hardly agreeable taste. In cooking that alkalinity and acridity are mostly driven out. In its fresh form it is in shape elongated
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.II[IIIUlIlII[I[l

vertised 30 much and it did SO many peo- pie good that I began to take it myself. l am feeling fine now and every one tells me they never saw me looking so we'll. l live on farm, do all my work, and have three little girls to take care of. am recommending this medicine to my friends and know it will help them if they use it like do. - Mrs. HERBERT LONG, R. R. 3, Box 2, Larwill, Indiana.
 Many women keep about their work when 1t is great effort. They are aI- ways tired out and have no ambition. When you are in this condition give it prompt attention.
 Take Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for it is especially adapted to correct such troubles, as it did for Mrs. Long.
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 IS UNIVERSAL FOOD IN TROPICS

like a giant plantain, and for drying and conversion into flour is cut down before ripening so that 1t has, like a green banana, not a semblance of sweetness. But the same fruit, al- lowed to ripen fully, then sun dried. becomes almost as sweet as a Smyrna fig. This tree-grown cake bread is eaten dried thus, and along with the tree-growing flour forms the chief food for millions in the tropics.-New York Herald.
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that much. but It didn't make any dff- ference, ole Craig was bought by Wall Street. He said capitalism better look out; he and the foreign-born workmen were goin' to take this country some day, and that was one of the reasons he was after an education. He talked pretty strong pro-German, too-about the war in Europe-but sort of thought that was more because he'd be prO-anything that he thought would help upset the United States than be- cause he cared much about Germany"
 "Yes," said Colburn, that's how he sounded tonight. I guess there's plen- ty more like him in the cities, too. That reminds me: I'd better arrange a debate on immigration for the Lumen. We'll put Brother Milholland for the negative, this time."
 Ramsey started violently. "See here"
 But the senior treasured him. "Just wanted to see you jump," he explained. Don't fear; you've done your share"
 q should think I haveI" Ramsey groaned.
 ''Yes; you won't be called on again this term. By the way" said Colburn, thoughtfully, ''that was a clever girl you had against you tonight. I don't believe in pacifism much, myself, but she used 1t very niftily for her argu- ment. Isn't she from your town, this Miss Yocum?"
 Fred nodded.
 "Well, she's a clever young thing" said the senior, still thoughtful. And he added: Graceful girl, she is."
 At this, the roommates looked at him with startled attention. Ramsey was so reused as to forget his troubles and sit forward in his chair.
 "Yes," said the musing Colburn, "she's a mighty pretty girl"
 "WhatI"
 This exclamation was a simultane- ous one; the astounded pair stared at him in blank incredulity.
 "Why, don't you think so?" Colburn mildly inquired. "She seems to me very unusual looking"
 "Well, yes," Fred assented, emphat- ically. "We're with you thereP'
 Extraordinary eyes," continued Col burn. Lovely figure, too; altogether a strikingly pretty girl. Handsome, should say, perhaps. Yes. handsome rather than pretty" He looked up from a brief reverie. "You fellows known her long?"
 ''You betp' said Ramsey.
 "She made splendid impression on the Lumen," Colburn went on. 'T don't remember that ever saw a first appearance there that quite equaled 1t. She'll probably have brilliant career in the society, and in the university, too. She must be very fine sort of a person" He deliberated within him. self a few moments longer, then, realizing that his hosts and brethren did not respond with any heartiness- or with anything at all-to the theme, he changed it, and asked them what they thought about the war in Europe.
 They talked of the war drowslly for while; it was an interesting but not an exciting topic: the thing they spoke of was so far away. After a few moments of fervor, the conversation languished, and Brother Colburn rose to go.
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CHAPTER VII.-contInued.

He was so right, in regard to his own performance, at least, that. thereupon drying up utterly, he proceeded to stand, speeches. figure in the midst of a multitudinous silence, for an eter- nifty lasting forty-f1ve seconds. He made "a racking effort, and at the end of this epoch found words again. "In making my argument in this debate, would state that"
 ''Two minutes" [" said the chairman. "Refutation by the negative. Miss D. Yocum. Two minutes"
 q waive them" said Dora, primly. 'I submit that the affirmative has not refuted the argument of the negative"
 "Very we'll" With his gavel the chairman sharply tapped the desk be- fore him. "The question is now be- fore the house. Resolved, that Ger many is both morally and legally justi- fled in her invasion of Belgium All those in favor of the"
 But here there was an interruption of kind never before witnessed dur ling any proceedings of the Lumen so- ciety. It came from neither of the de- baters, who still remained standing at their desks until the vote settling their comparative merits in argument should be taken. The interruption was from the rear row of seats along the wall, where sat new members of the society, freshmen not upon the of ho voice was heard from this quarter, loud but nasal voice, shrill as we'll as nasal, and full of a strange hot pas- sion. ''Mr. Chairmanl" it cried. Look a-here, Mir. Chairman MT. Chairman. demand to be heardI You gotta gim- me my say, MT. Chairmanl I'm a. gunna have my sayI You look-a-here, MT. Chairman 1"
 Shocked by such a breach of order. and by the unseemly violence of the speaker, not only the chairman hut everyone else looked there. A short. strong figure was on its feet, gesticu- lating fiercely; and the head belonging Ito 1t was a large one with too much curly black hair, flat swarthy face. shiny and not immediately shaven: there was an impression of iIl-chosen clothes, too much fat red lip, too much tooth, too much eyebalI. Fred Mitchell recognized this violent interrupter as lohe Linski, fellow freshman who sat next him in one of his classes. "What's that cuss up to?" Fred wondered and lso did others. Linsh showed them.
 He pressed forward, showing himself through the two rows in front of him till he emerged upon the green carpet of the open space, and as he came. be was cyclonic with words.
 'You don't put no such stuff as tb,s over, I tell youl" he shouted fin his hot, nasal voice. "This here's a free country, and you call yourself a de bating society, do you2 Lemme tell FOu I belong to a debating society fin Chicago, where come from, and them fenas up there, they'd think they'd nughta be shot fer a fake like what Rou people are tryin' to put over. here tbnfIht. come down here to git some nOre educatiOnt and pay fer 1t too.
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five minutes any time without gettin' off some bug stuff about capitalism He said the course in political econO- my was all capitalism and the prof was bought by Wall Street"
 "Poor old Prof. Craig" Colburn laughed. "He gets fifteen hundred a year."
 'Yes; I'd heard that myself, and I told Linski, and he said he had an un- cle workin' in a steel mill got twice
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ways tired out and
 had no ambition, was nervous and dizzy
 and everything
 scene d to worry ma
 andIhad awful pains
 in my right side. I felt badly about four years and could not do my work as it should have been done. I saw Lydia E.
 Vege- tahla ConnoIInd ad.
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Sixty per cent of ChIna's extensive production of coal comes from five northern provinces.
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A Case in Point.

"Some things are better left unsaid." "SureI Every breach-of-promise suit demonstrates that"
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The Millennium.

When the millennium comes and the good, the true and the beautiful are universal, we suppose elbows will look like knees.-OhiO State Journal.
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ALWAYS TIRED
 NO AMBITION
Nervous and Dizzy, Every. thing Seemed to Worry Me.
 How l Got Well

Larwill, Indiana.-'My back was so
 bad1 could not do my washing. Iswas al-
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Most men know more about women than women know about themselves.
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Up to Him.

Up to Him. He-Are you superstitious about opals?
 She-Well, think it's unlucky to lose the chance of getting one.
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AMERICAN DIES OF TYPHUS
Edith Wood, Of Phlla., Ccnvalesc.
jno From Disease In Paris

Paris. May % ,By A. PD--Thc
death of Rev. DR.. a. II. Iiaigazian.
president Of the American College at
Konia. Asa Minor. is announced in II
dispatch TO the Near East Relief au-
thorities here from Constan,inoplc to-
day. Tho message read Edith Wood.
of Philadelphia. Rcd Cross nurse at
tached to tho Near East Relief. has
arrived hero from Harpoo'. She is con-
valescent from typhus and plans TO re-
turn to the United States shortly.
Miss Wood brought news Of tho death
in Harpoot of Professor Iiaigazian. lic
was member of the group of influential
Greeks and Armenians who were being
transported into the interior. lie was
taken III with typhus on route and died
in the American hospital after ten days
illness. He was n graduate ct Colum ,
bia University and Union Ihcolo,graI
Seminary. and had received tho degree
Of doctor of philosophy from Palo Inl-
ycrsity.
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Indiana PLATFORM
|NDORSES HARDING
Proclaims Washington Confer.
ence Greatest Step Toward
Ending All War
BEVERlDGE IS PRAISED
BY the Associates, Prcss

Indianapolis. Ind. May 25.--cou.
mendation of the Administration =,
President Harding md Govcrnor Ns'
cray were contained in the pln.fn,r.
submitted to the Indiana Republcom
convention today for ratification by ,ha
convention delegates. The plonk do.,
ing with the ITnrding Administr stra,;on
included u declaration that Tho W.sL'
ingtcn Conference which negotiated ,bo
four-Powcr pact and tho naval limi,o
zion treaty was The "grra,cst sinc,,
move oyer made toward the cndlny Of
all war" VI
Tho Resolutions Committee pr,ror;n,
the platform worked ,;ntil carly iodss
on tho draft for presentation to N,
convention. ii was completed witbon,
disagreement. Th" final tlrart containsS
no reference TO any change III ths
present direct primary Jaw. al,honsh
in advance of tho convention there wa,
much discussion ns TO the advisabitv
Of recommending n return TO the con.
vcn'ion system of nominations. =
Beveridge Praised
In addition 10 indorsing the Rcpub.
licin National Administration the Mai.
! form included praise for Scna,orx
James T.. Watson and Harry s. New
! and an Endorsement Of thc cnnlidacy NJ
Albor; J. Bcvcridgc rs Mr.. News sue.
! ccSsOr.
\ program of speeches begun a, IN.
opening session Of tho convention ycs.
| tcrday was continued today. Follow.
/ ing the addresses the program today In.
cludpd adoption Of the platform, re-.
! ception of committee reports and NOM
| nations for Secretary Of State. Audi.
tor Of state. Treasurer of State, State
Supcrini endent Of Public INSTRUCTION,
Clerk of the Suprem" and Appellate
Courts. ono Judge of tn" Supreme Court
and four Judges Of the Appellate Court,
There was only ono contest for these
Offices. this being for Supreme Court
Clerk.
Most Of tho speakers today were local
party leaders. Senator Watson delly
cred the keynote address yesterday.
. Other addresses were made by Mr..
Bvcridgc and Governor M"'ray.
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NORRIS PRAISES
FEDERAL RESERVE
Saws United States Can Lead
Business World by Co-opera-
ton Of Bankers
ADDRESSES STATE SESSION

Soc~,r' pisrdtch N Evening PWb'ir L'd7c"
Pittsburgh. May "5.-No banker
should ever ,oSc sight OF the considcra
ton of public policy. Of patriotism and
of coed 10 the community in which he
docs Su,ircsS. George W Norris. gov
cr,or - tho Federal Reserve Bank "t
phfl,iclpl.a, declared. IN addressing
mcnb.rS of tho Pennsylvania STATE
bankers Association which $ holding
i,s silver anniversary convention h"re
today, Tie session has been given over
to the ,ru>t company section "f the as
soc;otion. which i hcing presided over
hy John W. Chalfant.
World leadership in business anC
finance for the United states can h'
maintained II tho bankers Of this c"un
wv ro.nrernte with the Federal system
Mr.. Norris said.
..r submit 70 yov that If YOU can
,vi,hort sacrifice of profit. make IA,
banking machinery Of our country NOR
orcr.ivC and more generally useful
aud if Won can assist in maintaining tOl
'bn I'nitcI States world leadership IL
husinpss and tiuanre. II - your duty anC
i, shouId bc Il great pleasure 10 60
: nncratc in that great purpose. Mr.
Norris declared
There are over $500 bankers in a.
tendance ar the convention and all rec
crds have bcon broken by tho larg
,rrnou; 70" the silver anniversary con
vcrtion. The convention was only il
session until noon. and this afternoo'
several hundred of the visiting banker
will he taken on tour of inspection
through the great steel mills OF tn
Homestead works. Others Will visit III
Allegheny Country club aud play golf
Tho biz social event Of the convention
tho Grand convention ball. will hr he'll
a, ,Ic William Penn Hotel tonight,
"'rhc trust company protects III
Iivirr and natures the cherished plan
nf RI, dead" declared Judge J.
N,,lor President Judge Of the Or
ntars' Court of Allegheny County. j
addressing the bankers on relations G
.rr., companies q. fductarics with th
Courts. "rhcy befri'nd the widow an
ornhans. guide the aged. strengthen IN
rcok curb tho improvldHnl. aisrourag
,ha rcrklcas and encourage tho timii.
I'm ncrformanre uf this stewardship
'its duties and Responsibilities ar" grea
\ot loss are the duties and responsible
,i,e ot the courts. FaithfulncSs on Il
n,-, Of the trust company and judici
fairness on the part Of the court &
hand in hand II each would merit Il
We'll done, good and faithful ser
want.
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Jim. IN "M0B-PR00F" JAIL.
TELLS HOW HE ESCAPED
Prisoner Amazed at Finding Blood.
hounds Were Harmless

Macon. a., May 2J.---OBy \. P.l--
Jim benson. Negro youth whose appeal
from death sentence was carried
without avail to the Supreme Court OF
the United States, and who early this
week narrowly escaped lynching at the
hands Of a mob, is safe today in Bibb
County's mob proof jail. -,
Use sho' mighty proud TO be here.
was Jim's smiling comment. even though
the sentence to be hanged June l0 for
an attack OH all aged white woman
three years ago still starcs him In the
face. jim had some reason TO smile,
beyond his escape from the mob. because
numerous white people. believing MS
escape was an act of Providence, are
considering an appeal to the Governor
for communication to life imprisonment
Telling tEc story of his escape from
the automobile. the Negro said:
81 hcerd them say they would shoot
me Just outside of town. The knot on
the rope around my neck was choking
me. | reached up one hand In the dark
and united Il. The automobile was
goin' thirty miles an hour and ] says
to myself. Jim. jump or be kili;' ]
jumped and rolled into the ditch.
lodging revolver shots. he crawled
into a swamp. where he spent the day
and night. Bloodhounds were put on
his trail and he fled to a creek.
Pretty soon white hound came
upou me-" the Negro continued.
stopped. snapped my fingers at him md
Lawdy. he curled his tail and wal kcd
right up to me took of my belt
and tied him to me.
Tho Negro had the hound tied r
him. was playing with II second hound
and was tighting of n third when th'
sherifc's posse reached him.
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1oDAYs MARRIAGE LICENSES

" ltnrtHs "Tt = MuiGern, lols Tr"nkford aye.
Tenri Srith, I22 :. Emily St, and Add'e
NJ WORDS. 10 Moro a'.
ectt q Lamb FInday. %, and Elizabeth
Louis +, P6.e, ais y, 7th St, and Grace p.
Sarroi. 5Og Y RanGolph s'.
Leon Burke, 1905 y. llth st" and sadie
Bauman, 1891 y. lin ~.
S,rynnsn IHCNnsll, CFMdrn, y. J.. and
Etanisiawa Ryz'nska. 1907 Milnor 81,
Iirha-d Griffin, 2226 Turn - aud Nercssf
l. Bells 1899 Butler st
N!thoInn delaney, lhb Iathai Inc ~. and
Nmna d EilippIs TAG Catharne ST
IJynan Gottllcb T09G Ehnwood st. and
Lena Susson, 'A6 Jackson NJ.
lolir J fTorbcrts 1877 y 9th st., ano
Taull,a Sh.nd,cr, 5GUi Springfield ave,
Trfderlck G.. W"iHShenr, NeEhurg, y. y,
aud Vio.a II Ehilds, lIOl Green st,
WlIlem wilkins 1924 Winter st, and Eva
Mazurek SlG y. Franklin II;
\ .. Zubr5w, 49, Wol: It." ana fetta Einh
I.Wis i ( schn',ze'. .iia sydcnhan st and
FroderlCkn g I.eonhardt. tG0i - 9th 81,
Francis J. Caughlin, 23iD Thompson -, and
Catherine ~, Meyer, RoxhHrough, IA
" II isenson, Worth!nston \ Hs.nptou rds
and Sarah j, TAILOR, Louis and Ashland
Carl a. w2rn, .65 HermItage ST, and Clar,
/ &. l.scher. li3 Leyerinston ave.
Alfred Strather. 1900 Poplar st, anC
blanche stokes. l7sI Edwin 81.
Harry J.. SlayIn. 1929 Ridge ave" ant
Cscslia Euhrmsn, 1900 y. 9th ST.
Miriam A, Snyder. 1890 6sth ave.
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Exp. M. c. ATHLETE ELOPES
acre WITH ALLENTOWN GIRL
william c. Seaton and Alice Wall
Wed as Surprise to Friends

William Close SCatoA, former Penn.
sylvania Military COLLEGE athlete, aud
Miss Alice Mary Wa!p. stealing quiet
n away from their homes in Allentown.
came to this city and were married yes
-ferday in the Simpson Memorial hupel
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
Sixty first and Chestnut streets, by tho
Rev. w. J. Downing
The marriage WAS planned as sur
4 prise. The only attendants were \,
Carson Simpson, Jr,, and Miss Nina
Trau, relatives Of this city.
't4 Mr.. Seaton graduated ~ i. VI. {,
I'm 1918. where he was member oi
the cavalry squad. He served oversee,
with the Coas, Artillery during rnr
,,var. He is the son Of Hurley II. Sea.
stou, silk manufacturer. of Paterson
~. ~. Miss Waip l. the daughter d
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin NJ. Walp, Allen
town. They will leave tomorrow OF
I tieir honeymoon to NiIg Falls an,
Watkins Glen. \. y.
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RUNAWhYS REACH COAST
Two Philadelphia Boys Reported as
ARRIVING in Los Anleles

Joseph Block, fifteen y"ar> Old. nl-f
Ionsd0wne avenue. and benjamin Beu.
man. sixteen years old. Gu2H I.ansd"wn"
avenue. who disappeared from their
homes May :. reached Los Angeles yes
tcrdny none the worse for having beaten
their way across the continent.
Block was sent by Eis father :" III"
bank with $40 10 be deposited. Tho
next heard of the ~" boys cam" il a
letter sent from Pittsburgh by Block
to his mother. saying they were beaded
fer Los Angeles.
More letters during tn" ""urs" Of
htnir pilgrimage followed. and rHI"-
GRAM from friends Of Mrs. Block. living
in Los Angeles, yesterday announr"d
thar hrr SON had arrived.