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w YE all have our dreams.
NN T. Without them we should
WV be clods. 1t is in our
.dy dreams that we accomplish
tho impossible; the rich man dumps
his load of responsibility and lives
in .oIong shack on a mountain top;
the poor man becomes rich: the stay
at-home travels; the wanderer finds
an abiding place.
For more years than l like to recall
my dream has been to cruise through
the South Sea Islands in my own
ship. and if you had ever been to
the South Sea Islands, it would be
yours also. They are the sole re-
manning spot on this earth that is
not infested with big-game shooting
, expeditions. gloZe-trotters or prof
iteers, where the inhabitants know
how to live, and where the unfor-
tunate from distant and turbulent
lands can still find interest. enjoy
ment and peace.
1t is no easy matter to finu the
, counterpart of a dream ship. but in
the end 1 found her patiently await
ing me in backwater of glorious
Devon-a orwegian-bui1t auxiliary
cutter of twenty-three tons register,
designed as d lifeboat for the North
sea fishing fleet, forty-Seven feet
over all, fifteen feet beam, eight feet
draught built to stand up to any
thing, and be handled by crew Of
three or less. Such was my Dream
Ship in cold print
har the
little matter of paying for her. 1
had no money. 1 have never had
any money, but that is a detail that
should never be allowed to stand In
tie way Of a really desirable dream.
it was necessary to make some. How
J:y conducting a stubborn offensive
<on the Army authorities for my war
gratuity. By sitting up to all hours
IA a moth-eaten dressing gown and
microscopic fiat writing short
stories BY assiduously culttvating
maiden auntS BY coercion. By
but refuse to say more.
STaE Dream Ship became mine, but
L what of a crew? Well, 1 have
sister, and a sister is an un-
commonly handy thing to have, pro-
>ided she is of the right variety.
Mine yclept Peter happens to be, for
sine agreed to forego all the dclicacies
OF the season and float with me
on q piece of wood to the Svuth Sea
<1slanda So also did recently de-
modified officer. Steve, who, on
hearing that these same islands wer
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"oUR BOOM HAD SNAPPED :: CLEAN OFF.

he was not Of this world, but an atom
hurting through \space. The temp
tation was to surrender himself to
the senusous' Joy Of it. a temptation
resisted only by an almost painful
effort, and the knowledge that the
lives of all aboard depend on his
keeping his leaden eyelids from clos
ing down..
A four-hour watch as helmsman is
too long. They do not allow it in the
mercantile marine; but what were
We to dot Steve confessed to recall
ing all the poetry that he knew, con-
sisting Of most Of Kipling. the whole
of Omar Khayyam. and sundry doubt
lul iimcricks; then attempting to say
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AM strange reptlleS lEEdplt
M the deserts of the south
western states, and of these
many strange and for the
most part mythical stories are told.
Naturalists aver that there are in the
whole southwest only three species
Of really deadly reptiles. Of which
the most to be dreaded is the rattle
snake.
Contrary to popular belief. the CEN
tipede, the. ella monster, the taran-
tula and the scorpion. though by no
means agreeable companions, are not
really dangerous.
Probably there is no other living
creature more feared by the ignorant
than the so-called ella monster.
around which all manner of weird
tales center 1t even has been told
that the mere breath of this animal
Is sufficient to cause death to the one
upon whom 1t falls. Scientific in
quiry, however, fails to disclose a
single case in which the breath or
even the bite Of this creature has re-
suited fatally. The fact that dissec-
ton and microscopic examination do
not. reveal any trace Of glands for
the secretion OF venom is sufficient
evidence to indicate that. this curious
member of the lizard family has been
slandered.
Some years ago an engineer in the
southwest undertook to settle once
for all the question whether the
monster was deadly or not. A fine
specimen was captured and confined
in a wire inclosure. A chicken was
obtained and its feathers were re-
moved, in order that the lizard might
have every opportunity to strike at
the breast. The chicken was then
held quite close to the ella monster,
which soon snapped viciously and Sc
cured q firm hold on the fowls
breast, retaining this grip for more
than ten minutes. When the victim
was released it was found that the
chickens breastbone had been broken.
Nevertheless. the fowl quickly reeov-
cred, the bone knitting and the wound
healing, with no symptoms Of poison
ing. It is very probable that the
reputation. for evil borne by the Giia
monster is due simply and solely to
It's most repulsive appearance.
whether or not the tarantula Is
venomous has always been disputed.
There seems to be no doubt what
ever that the bite Of this creature
Is one Of tho most painful that can
be inflicted by any creature. rep
titan or not. People in the south
west will tell one that Indians, who
have borne the torture Of the sun
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help wash dishes. But even this
failed to quell the havigator's exuber-
ance. and the dish washer exchanged
views on the subject with the helms
man through the skylight. This.
then, was the navigation that mas
ter mariners made such a song and
dance about! Well. we must be mas
tor mariners. that was all he had to
sayi We had summoned Madeira, and
Madeira had appeared! We were not
at all sure that We had not discov-
cred Madeira!
Next We made tho Canary Islands,
and then for SIX mortal weks We
waited at Las Palmas. that 1t might
ne fulfilled which was spoken by the
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is the way Of these necessary evils
aboard a sailing ship.
Coming on deck. I was confronted
with sorry spectacle. Our port
light-board was in splinters. Relics
of vessels we had caressed in parting
Uttered the deck. The skipper was
in the steering we'll. with the tiller
in one hand and his toe in the other,
and Peter was administering iodine
and lint to Steve's crushed finger.
"She goes" I triumphed. tactlessly
referring to my herculean labors
with the engine.
'D'you think it's broken?" demand
ed the skipper. extending an enor-
nous. bootless foot.
Flat as pancake" muttered
Steve.
Which gives fair idea Of the trend
of individual thought on occasions.
But at last we were off! OF before
a seven-knot nor'wester. and with only
$4,000 miles to go. What else mat
tered?
By the time we had picked up an
intermittent pallor on the horizon
that was Ushant light at a distance
of thirty miles the wind had
strengthened to half a gale. and there
was nothing tho Dream Ship loved
more dearly than half gale on the
quarter. In series of exhilaratinG
swoops 1t flung her down into the
Bay Of Biscay; but what she did not
like was being left there to roll help
lessly in windless swell. 1 have to
call it swell" just as I have to
say we rolled" though neither word
conveys our subsequent acrobatics in
the least.
The Bay has an unsavory reputa-
tion. anyway. but for sheer unpleas-
antness commend me to the mood In
which the Dream Ship made its ac-
quaintance.
Literally from beam end to beam
end We lurched. The engine was USE
less. Our propeller was out of the
quarter, and under circumstances as
, much out of the water as in It,
In response to our eternal lurch-
ings, ominous sounds began to filter
, up from below. A metallic click
clock, click-clock. a methodical thud-
ding. a resounding crash. The first
of these proved to be a kerosene tank
that had como adrift from its rack
fastenings and threatened to fall on
the engine. A galvanized iron recep-
tacle containing seventy gallons Of
liquid is not the easiest Of things to
handle in q seaway. let alone with q
crushed finger. My heart went out to
Steve, but 1t was characteristic of the
man that never a whimper escaped
him. All that we could do was to
wedge the tank into place with stout
battens clean across the ship, which
we did. and turned our attention to
the next calamity. The piano had
followed the example Of the tank,
and the wash-hand stand had emu
lated the piano; and rather than ap-
pear peculiar. q 200-pound drum Of
treasured Scotch oatmeal was rolling
on the floor, mingling its contents
with the brine that oozed from a
crate Of salt pork wedEed under the
cabin table.
The crash was merely the dethrons-
ment Of a lighted stove in the
fo'c'sle. Oh which Peter had been
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countless, almost mechanical actions
Of days civilized existence-but at
sea life is composed of such details.
and one is thankful for them. Max
ing a long-splice or an EYE" filling
and trimming the lamps, washing
down deck. or even washing up
dishes. all serve to keep the mind
from unhealthy conjecture.
Sleep was again our worst enemy
at the tiller. Staring into the lighted
pinnacle with its swaying compass
card. or down at the phosphorescent
water swirling and Kissing past the
ships stern, the helmsman became
as one hypnotized. 1t seemed that
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persisting for the last hour, and in
spite of her own indisposition, in an
attempt to produce something that
some one would eat.
On the whole, a healthy lesson in
making all secure before sailing.
In the midst of our agonies be-
low a stentorian voice hailed US from
the cockpit:
"All hands on deck! Lower main
sail" Which was followed almost
Immediately by "crack" like pis-
toll shot.
Our boom had snapped clean off
about five feet from the end.
Such is "the Bay in lightsome
mood. Apparently the only article
aboard unaffected by. it was the
chronometer. ticking placidly in its
gimbals and bed of plush. There was
something enviable about that chro-
nometer.
i but steady breath, and discover
ing that there was sufficient boom
left to set n double-reefed mainsail,
we continued on our way, and a
blessedly even keel, until toward
evening we raised the coast of Spain.
The welcome and unmistakable
smell of land came to us over the
water, and presently the mouth of
the Vigo river opened out, revealing
a maze of leading lights.
The engine behaved itself, and by
midnight the Dream Ship had an
chored Off the town, to an accom-
paniment of star shells and crackers.
It pleased US to imagine that these
were our welcome. but as a fact the
inevitable Spanish fiesta was in prog
ress We had made our first foreign
port.
Dropping the Skipper there, at the
end Of seven days routine. and
fair but light winds, we experienced
the acute joy Of finding land pre-
cisely where our frenzied calculations
had placed it. AS Madeira loomed on
the starboard bow. Steve was seen to
pace the deck with a quiet but. new
born dignity-untiI hailed below to
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rot less than three thousand miles
Srcm the nearest early-morning
rclrade, offered his services with al
most unbecoming alacrity.
At long last there came 4 day
when the shipwright's hammer
ceased to resound aboard the Dream
Slip, and save for provisions and
water and q snowdrift Of unpaid bills.
sc were ready to take leave of the
yards.
With an ebb tide and a veteran
skipper, who had taught us some
OF tho rudiments of navi cation
aboard. We dropped down the river.
and as cleanly as may be on to a
mud bank, 1 am not going to say
how 1t happened, because 1 do not
know. All we were acutely conscious
OF at the time was that n yachts
man, In his pretty little six-tonner.
was approaching down the channel
that we should have followed, and
Mad not, and that somehow the secret
ef our dream must have reached his
protruding ears. for as he came
ebreast Of US he reared his hideous
form out of the cockpit.
Hello" he cried, have you made
sour South Sea Islands already"
We did not answer. There was
nothing to be said; but when a tug
4 aulej US free on the next tide. and
founding a bend in the river, we
came upon our adversary in precisely
the same predicament, we passed him
b. silence. the most satisfying silence
J have ever indulged In.
xIyITHOUT dissentient voice ahe
" task of choosing and slowing
fho provisions was relegated to
N.tsr-"a woman is so much better
1T that sort of thing" Steve and I
admitted as much, with touching
h,a gnanimity.
Ir- due course cart backed up to
tn. ulayside and an active little
grocer proceeded to heap the dream
ship's deck with come mestibles-tinned,
licked and Jared. These we passed
through the skylights before an ad-
,ririnS audience of f1sherfolk, and
Jcter, being ambidextrous. con-
trived to stow them in the lockers
frith one hand and make a list OF
G,em with the other.
Behold, then, the crew of the dream
ship ready to sail, with a combined
capital of one hundred pounds ster-
Ting and a clearance for Brisbane.
Australia, as at s o'clock the next
Saorning q small. depressed-looktng
Procession wended its way to the
uuay, followed by the sidelong
Slances and whispered comments Of
the fish market fraternity.
1t was the noble army of dream
iLerchants setting forth on it's quest.
And why depressed: 1 do not know,
Except that. personally, on the eve
1f any problematical undertaking I
Jeel that way. and so. apparently. do
others. Perhaps it was that the en-
ehusiasm of ignorance had momen-
fa-ily deserted US, and we were awed
~ . rational glimpse of the task
that lay ahead.
In silence we rowed out to the
cream ship and hoisted sail. I was
going 70 say that in silence we low
eSed the dinghy ca t. its chocks. but,
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weather prophets concerning the
West Indian hurricane season:
June, too soon.
July. stand by.
August. If you must.
September. remember.
October. all over.
And on the third Of this last. re-
assuring month. we set sail across the
Atlantic.
The great adventure had now begun
in earnest. Three thousand miles of
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ny RALPH STOCK.

Second Of . series of three articles,
zach rec0untinR n leg OF the famous
sCFuise Of the Dream Ship"
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IA :: e.: = =: i e :: ;::
many strange and for the
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WHAT with weather ranging all the
w way from stark calms to VI
cious squalls. and a correspondingly
varied progress Of anything from ten
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Z all have our dreams.
Without them We should
be clods. 1t is in our
dreams that we accomplish
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
rn,s. urG,Ns THE STORY


,,.,.L,n, an old New York cabman.
,rss,s .seS,'t to throw on MS isye e % drink.
sg sswns his little, mcthsrless -, dayysn,ter' yssn,s
s!. 70 h, U old mItsoa fTlsoG fnowsdss know sai
~ real bv fatnSr antysrco1nInr %n II HI. weakne,s and
r.Jesmins hlmse'f roJc TwsHty en- yse se,,sa 'n un
knowm tn ktnossneer M" ship sailing from samoa
Brings rim Hrder sns sscnzsr xSsn Who s drs%s
ySopunser Sp man agree, to pawn himself u ;Si
ic NJ s.,s ssryiess oi Sses' w.tnss, %nGM shss az
q %os samp.''ss I. San fFrsneises. Si scoa faM;
lis, with mania ,sn s1r fnm',ns hSs:. wnicn @
pIsvs I,Sy9 ,ili he Is broke. and throush tns
management Is given ven. nnhrnt.r cnanSs 10 rswn
Sa,ys',"nistS (. rS'. intS Srawi. and lnda .anctdsrs
home sy IH't A.. A. he "as hs's IL 2ysr Dr .s = ss
Who sF.'iH !. "a lsse yi,s h.s iss r:pu';;;;: n:
Ss .dyanses but 40 ssve rasS srHfe rets The
.ysest e. 'I nrmsr's msr money money which claire has
hidden. Bruce asks her 70. marry y, hin him
and as,onisSsd, 20 at srTc4 hs "a !he on sr
TSr.sesssi ,cSesm ssimseIf rs ty siyins Up drink and
nsn'hIb ven her father is but Hawkins re-
fn,e,. W"S M pretending he has not been able TO
roSaIer oT the habit. As Bruce cts Tedi-
isns IN the epissodss sstr..s he near' cfsa.
irving 10 force kisses from her. In the
melee that follows. bruce hurls him
suTT .nT he aoes back to his work" OF gam
Siinr in Lannon'S house to check on on
,hs employees. but does not play. ne
,na \. lndna pped BY Crang. who threatens to
luI Kin, IL he refuses TO write q letter
decoyins 1.armon. the, gambling king.
MIA sick in bed, sends Claire for Haw-
iins. Crans boasts to Claire OF his plot
70 extort money.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
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LITTLE
. ~ BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
Fred Feernot on the Waves

A Play
Scene. In the mist of the briney
deep. Fearse storm.
Fred Fecrnot., This is a storm and a
half. this Is. There goes another snilcr
ovcrbord. O boy. look at those waves.
Captin. That's jest wat I'm looking
at and ] don't like. the idecr. This Ships
q good ship hut it aint that good.
There goes another sailer overbord.
you one thing. Captin. If this boat
nhould decide to sink. the wimmn and
Children have to be saved first.
Captin. But
Fred Fecrnot. But nothing. Wim,nin
and Children ferst that's the motto on
cny ship I'm on and ! don't care who
knows II.
Sailer. Hey Captin. Captin. the ship
is sinking fore and aft. Wen all be
in the briney deep in ) minutes and
maybe less. Ahoy for the life boats.
Fred Feernot. Wimmin and Children
fcrst.
Captin. But
Fred Fccrnot. Wat did | jest tell
You about butts?
Passengers. Me fcrst. Us ferst Get
out OF the way. Who you think you're
showing? Me fcrst.
rrrd rcerhot. ltalt. STOP. stand back.
YOU impolte cowerds. III shoot the
fcrst man puts his fot over that raIe.
WimmM and Children ferst.
Captin. But hay, durn it. there ain,
eny wimlnin and Children. I'm a batch
ccr and don't take cny wimmin and
Children.
Fred Fcernot. Wy didcnt you say
so? We'll in that ease I'm man nm,lnp
men and think llf jump in the fprst
life boat. (Wich he does
The end.
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THE man who is animated by HIS
l. hatred Is always unhappy, never
successful.
The man who carries q load OF gricv-
nnccs about with him is SO busy look
ing after them that he never has any
time to enjoy life.
Most of us arc prone to acquire gricv-
nrres from time to time.
II our lines are cast in pleasant places
we are sure to learn some day that the
world is full Of injustice and that in
gratitude is extremely prevalent among
the sons and daughters Of men.
That first annoys us. then sa, ldens
US. When Injustice and ingratitude are
expressed individually, as they are
bound to be from time to time, We feel
WE THINK how badly people have
w behaved toward us, and how little
we have done to deserve such bchav-
iOr.
by and by we begin to- hate the pcc-
Hatred leads to a desire for revenge.
And that desire for revenge. IL not i'm
mediately got rid of. will keep us busy
and unhappy and upset for the rest Of
our lives
The best thing to do with grievance
is to forget 1t. II we could crafty
tho desire for revenge that comes nat
urally to almost all Of us. it would do
little toward advancing our happiness
and nothing whatever toward advance
Ing our prosperity.
The wny Is not easy for the most for
tunatc. Opportunities for enjoyment,
whom they come. must be seized in-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
Alias Mr.. Anderson

DR.. Sydney Angus Crang looked at
his watch, as he stepped from taxi
the next afternoon. and entered the
Rayne- -Miloy Hotel. 1t was fifteen min.
utes Of two. He approached the desk
and obtained a blank card. From j..
b." he wrote upon 1t. He handed 1t
to the clerk.
+ please send this up to Mr.. X. J."
Peters," he requested.
He leaned nonchalantly against the
desk as bellboy departed with the card.
From where he stood the front windows
gave him view Of the street, and he
could see Birdie parking the taxi little
way up past the entrance. He smiled
pleasantly as he waited.
Presently the bellboy returned with
the information that Mr.. Peters would
see him: and, following the boy up
stairs, he was ushered into the sitting
room Of ono Of the Bayne. .Miloy's lux.
urious suites. A tall man with a thin,
swarthy face confronted him. Between
his fingers the tall man held the card
that he. Crang. had sent up. and be-
tween his lips the tall man sucked as
siduously at n quill toothpick.
"Mr. Peters. Of course Crang in
Quired easily as the door closed behind
the bcllboy.
Mr.. Peters. alias Gilbert Larmon,
nodded quietly.
"I was rather expecting Mr.. Bruce in
person." he said.
Crang looked cautiously around him.
To he continued tomorrow =.
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To he continued tomorrow
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stant!y, or they will pass. never to r.
turn.
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Uncommon Sense Crerances Are E,vcusrc
by BLAKE

stant!y, or they will pass. never to re-
turn.
THE human being whose soul is
u cmbittered by grievances or hatreds
never Is able to- nse any Of these op.
FORTUNES Tor enjoyment. With him the
most delightful days are cloudeI with
the thought that somebody has injured
Hmm and has not yet been paid back in
his own coin.
|. II you are one Of those morbI pro-
pie who enjoy grievances, by all means
cultivate them. But IL you are normal
and healthy, YOU really will not enjoy
them. So the quicker You get out of
TIC grievance habit the more life will
mean to you. And really il can be- a
very pleasant life # you ct all there
Is out of u.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
WOULD CURB DANCE HALLS
More Careful Supervision Urged by
Church Federation

Fhiladelphia's 1000 dance halls should
be more carefully supervised, according
TO h. A. Il. Palmquist. executive secrc.
lary OF the Federation Of Churches of
Philadelphia. who spoke at the forum
Of the Young Women's Christian As
sociation. 1922 Locust street. last night.
Licenses should be taken from the
places which tolerate improper dane
ing. according to the speaker. Hc
also told Of the. work OF the Fedora
lion Of Churches along the lines of
industrial relations, good government
and 'sociel service. ,is y8ss I;
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than before. a For all evidence that 1t
presented to the contrary, It might have
-bcen the original size Of the lheet. There
was even a generous margin Of paper
still beneath John Buce's signature.
He folded the letter, replaced It In its
envelope--and now sealed the envelope.
Tomorrow" !" said DR.. Sydney An
gus Crang with a sinister smile, as he
produced a hypodermic syringe from MS
pocket and rolled up the sleeve OF MS
left arm. He laughed as the needle
nricked his flesh. "Tomorrow-John
Bruce!'
He slumped far down IN his chair
once more. For half an hour he sat
motionless. his eyes closed. Then he
spoke again.
Damn you - hc said.
New Britain herald., 1922-12-21
Brief News Dispatches From all Over the World

The ship subsidy bill was endorsed and its opponents in the senate erti- cized by Bishop Homer stuntz of the Methodist Episcopal church in an address at Cedar Rapids last night The country voted s7b.000,000 for road building and could we'll afford b0.000,000 for searoads he said.
 Former officials of the New York American baseball club today aban- doned plans to raise burial fund for Charley Hemphill. former Yankee star, when they learned that he was not dead.
 The navy appropriation bill with the house provision requesting the president to call another naval dis armament conference to limit eon- struction of vessels under 10000 tons was reported today to the senate.
 The name Of Hugh Willis member of the Illinois mine workers execu- tive board was brought into the tes- timony today. in the trial of five men charged with murder in connection with the Herrin riots by two state witnesses, Under ss-examination both witnesses said they would not be positive in their Identification.
 Miss Sarah Elizabeth Doyle, pioneer woman suffrage worker. educator and