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freckfe easy. And while Paw Dodge
was probably as mild and easy-going
4 failure as ever tried to run Con-
necucut weekly on sdeadhead sub
scriptions and patent medicine ads,
didn't inherit much of his disposition.
: No. Whatever else the fates handed
me, one of them must have added a
dash of tabasco.
So I'm afraid ! was tapping MY
right toe a bit impatient while the
head Of the firm was explaining that
legal affairs couldn't be rushed
through. especially in Il transaction
of this Importance. There We're too
many technical details to be adjusted.
and I must remember that he vas
hound to safeguard our interests in
every particular.
Yes. get YOU" says !. But this
isn't a game of chess you're playing
for us. I want you to quit stallins
around and tie things up. What's
The hitch?"
WELL. he hardly thought l would
w understand. but he was object
ing to certain clauses which the at
torneys for the promoting syndicate
had slipped in. For instance. there
was one giving the board of directors
,iIe right to name a general manager.
And, don't you see. Miss Dodge,
he goes on. "that such an official
would have absolute control over the
executive policy of the concern?''
..'Therp'S got he
some one like that
"But I understood" says he. that
ryished to retain-
1--WE don't" says 7. Probably they
ksVe a man picked out who's wiz
AdSat running these chain systems.
Well, that suits us. And it's only
fair. il they put their money in. that
they should have their own pilot at
u M & wheel. We are willing. They can
make me seventh vice president. or
third assistant auditor. for all l care.
What ] do want. though. is a chance
NO write my name across the back
of that big bonus check and push 1t
+rrto a good safe bank. That's your
iteb just now. to see that we get that.
.sud let's do it without any more
fancy side-stepping. Get their auto
traphs on the dotted line. Under
Rrand?"
yes Miss Dodge says he. per
e fectly."
4 And that was all there was to 1t.
Inside of twenty -four hours it was
all over. and whether Fife and I ever
get another dollar out of the scheme
or not isn't troubling either Of US a
bit, We've cleaned up. Uh-huh. Even
Fife, who's had a personal maid ever
since she began to do up her hair.
had to give little gasp when she
saw what her share would be.
why" says she. now Harold and
can really take that European
tour"
We'll why not?." says I. 1T might
.lo Harold good"
II think we shall" says she. "And
YOU. Trilby May; what are you plan
ming to do?"
ME" says I. "oh. I've got to stick
GROUND for a while and give TIE new
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ON where it needs to be patched up
Come"
AN right" says he, getting it out
weak and husky.
So we trickled back just as the
second act was over. Sure enough
they we're laughing again. Quite
lot of women came out this time. ano
they seemed to be even more amused
at the play than the men. Some were
s;seline shrilly, a few were wiping
tears of laughter from their eyes
and through the open doors you could
hear the buzz and hum Of talk. I've
never heard an audience that ouzzeo
so much between acts.
Laugh, you fat heads" growled
Barry under his breath.
* X X X
Nd then. just inside the LOBBY, /
n caught sight of Abey Levick. He
was signaling us frantic to come IN
The slump had gone from his shoul-
ders and the dull. black eyes had
ACQUIRED a sparkle. The first thing
he did when We were near enough
was to thump Barry on the black.
Inside, both Of you," says he. I'm
the Office"
"well, what now?" asks Barry
when we had squeezed in and the
door was shut.
It's a go!' he screamed.
What" sasps Barry.
IT'S got 'em," says Levick. "A
regular knockout, just like said it
would be. Everybody says So"
"But-but they're laughing" pro-
tests Barry. THE fools are laugh
inEw
Sure" says Abey. And crying.
too. Mysteries. Taking on. the
strain. letting of steam. They gotta
laugh or do something. Them last
dark SCENES was too much for EN-
to stand. Two women tainted.
Everybodys on edge. Hear 'em In
theree Say, boy, but we've put 1t
over Big! heard a bunch Of first
night birds talking. They say we're
good for two years at capacity. How
about that?"
Barry wouldn't believe 1t. though.
until he'd watched through the next
two acts. And then. when the chat
tering. laughing. sobbing crowd
streamed out he admitted that Abey
was right. Especially after the house
manager had offered him = twelve
months 4ease and told him he needn't
bother about any advance.
.Tt was the thrills they wanted,
wasn't it," says Barry.
Absolutely" says I. "They may be
shy Of brains. these New Yorkers.
but they all have spines, and they'll
pay TO have EN- agitsted."
II WONDER" says Barry, "if I could
tap tho receipts for the price Of three
suppers?"
Not while my mesh purse is so
fat with easy money" says l. Come
along, boys. This IL my party. 1t
isn't every new hrst-nlshter who can
blow q pair Of hungry Dlaywrishts,
you know"
tcopyrlght. 1872. By seweI Ford.)
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Luckily the dead one was between
. us. SO that he had 10 jump high IL
: the air 10 clear him.
A. ] swung around. closing the CUR
as ! turned. he was in the air rieli'
over me. ] had no time to put tn
gun to my shoulder and take aim. All
I could do was to pull the trigger as
! 1 swung around 70 face him.
/ The stock of the gun was on the
I level with my hip. with the muzzle
sticking upward less than six inches
from his throat.
AS 7 fired the bull came down upon
me. his huge body pinning my legs
to the ground and his front feet beat
| ing tattoo against my chest and face.
| Oh. where was Mullie' At last
crawled off through the wait-a-bil
on my hands and knees, expecting
every minute that the wounded brute
would be upon me again. But he
never stirred. for my bullet had en-
tered between the lower jawbones
and crashed through his brain. II
must have killed him while he was
in the air.
t Not long after that Lord Stafford
brought down his highly desired
| kudu. He certainly was a beauty. As
| large an elk. with white stripes
running the entire length of his body.
and the most beautiful set Of fully
developed horns.
Lord Stafford was much elated, but
! Lady Stafford was disappointed. She
had hunted hard.
A boy came into camp with the
head later and said that many cows
and one bull just like the one we
killed had passed him. So Lady Stat
! ford said she would return with me
: to the spot.
x x i u
| AS We got in sight of the place
! "A where Lord Stafford's kudu had
| fallen ! saw something on the lower
slope of a hill that looked like man
standing perfectly still. My glaS
/ showed that il was another bull,
| standing like sentinel.
J We left the mules and gunbearers
/ under a tree and went around to the
/ left of the hill. so that the bull could
not see us. and then started advanc-
| ing AS we began drawing near We
/ saw bunch of cows feeding.
II we disturbed them the entire lot
| would gallop away. So we got down
! and Travelled past the cows on our
! hands and knees. I had Lady Stat
| ford's gun in one hand and mine in
the other.
The path was full of small sharp
stones that cut into our knees, but
we continued slowly on. We passed
within fifty yards of more than
dozen cows that did not see us.
AS we rounded a point 1 ventured
to raise my head. The bull must have
| advanced. several yards, as he was
closer than 1 expected. He was stand
ing not more than fifty yards away.
and was broadside to us.
I lowered my head slowly and
crawled back Of Lady Stafford, hand
| ing her gun to her as ! passed, and
| whisperod: Now YOU may shoot
| him"
1 thought she was little pale as
She rose to her feet. took aim and
! fired. The big bull rolled down the
| hill.
He was almost an exact counter
part of the one that Lord Stafford
killed the day before.
To look at them they were exactly
alike, but upon measurement Lady
Stafford's triumph was complete. for
her kudu had horns the fraction Of an
inch longer!
Copyright. 1927
(Continued in Next Sundays Starr
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| is quite different from the manner
| Of the average theater crowd seen
after a piece has been running only
| for a few performances. The people
| seem to know each other. They visit
back and forth. in the orchestra
| chairs and boxes. between the acts.
| They gather in groups in the lobby.
| wave to each other friendly from one
side of the house to the other and
point out the celebrities present to
their friends. Regular small town
stuff Probably you know how it
runs. "Yes, that's Billie Burke in the
third row. And there's Rudolph VAL
! entino in the right upper bcx-t.,e
one with the patent leather hair.
wonder if that's his wife. Anyway.
there's Lee Shubert next to him. Let's
see who else we can pick out. Oh.
Haywood Broun. of course. Can't
mistake him. Nor Don Marquis. And
I'm sure that is Zor.a Gale in the fifth
row left next to the aisle"
People are whispering and chat
! tering. all around YOU. There's a
tense. excited quality about every
thing, so that when the first curtain
goes up you find yourself holding
your breath. And if the piece starts
well or promises to be a, success. the
applause comes like hail on a tin
roof. If it drags or seems dull-well.
you can actually feel the frost
settling down. That sort Of thing
is sad, sometimes tragic. 1t is nearly
! like being called to the bedside of
dying friend.
Anyway, I can nearly always get
Even the out-of-town folks. who
are there merely because the man at
the hotel cigar counter sold them
balcony seats at box prices. begin to
feel that they are in on an event. and
wonder what it's all about. But to
those of US who have actually gone
through first night from behind
| the curtain it is always very real
and stirring affair.
So that evening after dinner I de-
cided to hunt up an opening. You
can nearly always find 'em during
the first part Of the week. and l
vaguely remembered having read of
one sch eduled for tonight. Yes. the
evening edition carried an announce
ment. Judging from the title. the
play was not one of the kind I should
be crazy about 1.-THE Shadow on the
Door," one of those mystery things.
evidently. and neither Of the DRAM
atists named as'the authors was any
one I'd ever heard of before. Be-
sides, it was after $3.50 then. and if
1 could get any kind of a seal I was
bound to be late. But at least I
could take chance.
y
NF course, it was just my luck to
~ pick taxi with a sporty driver
who thought he could run a crossing
after the whistle blew for a stop.
He failed to get away with it, though,
and while the traffic cop waa telling
him how annoyed he was I dropped
a dollar on the seat and piled out,
four blocks from where should have
been landed. That's how / happened
Ito run across this pair df 1ong-faced
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in a powerful hand. Then comes
blood-curdling shriek-a woman
shrek, The curtain falls. And
! ,hey-laugh at that. Cod
I~oR a moment I thought he was
II going to crumple up there on the
sidewalk He was trembling ana
wabbly in the knees.
"Seyer mind, old sport. says l.
"Don't take it so hard. Let EN- laugh.
Come along with me. Well walk
around a bit. You stay here. LeVick'
or anywhere. I'm an old friend OF
Barrv.s you know. I'm used 10
handling him. Perhaps I can bring
him out of this Chin up. Barry boy.
Don't let your first big crash get you.
vas know what it means to you,
and all that. But you're no qulteer.
You've got a backbone somewhere
about you. haven't you? Sure. And
you're going TO stand up and take
this with a grin. You're going TO
look failure square between the eyes.
And tell me all about 1t Ialk.
Barry, Let's have the whole story.
Well, during that stroll Of a dozen
blocks or more Barry did talk. He
told me how enthusiastic Levick mad
been over this scheme Of his Tor
building a supermystery play. one
that was going to outthrill The Bat
and make "On the Stairs" seem like
a parlor charade. But it was little
more than a bare idea. Barry took it,
though, and elaborated this weird
story. Levick was some help, but
not much. He knew nothing OF tech
rioue. All he wanted was to get the
thrill across. They both worked for
that. Barry admitted that his plot
was improbable. almost absurd. But
If had breathless. hair-raising mo-
ments. Every scene worked up to
the coming of the shadow. There
were green lights. mysterious noises,
unexnected shots-and death stalking
in the darkness
at ought to get EN-" protested
p.rrv "That is. if they're human.
But they're not. They-they laugh"
eyes, 1 know" says I. But for
get that. Go on. You couldn't get
manager to touch 1t. en-?
Not one" says he. Some read
onlv the first act and tossed it back
at me. Said it was just mess. But
we were sure the thrills were there.
T guess we went little cuckoo over
it. Anyway, we took lease on this
house for month. got together our
company. had a lot of scenery painted
and began rehearsals."
you didn't try it out on the road?"
I asked.
Couldn't afford to-" says he. why,
we hadn't money enough left to. pay
fares to Newark. I blew my last
dollar yesterday to settle the pro-
gram bill. And now-well, sup
pose it's all over"
Then why not drift back and see
the finish?" says I. TT takes an au-
dience to show up the weak points.
YOU know. Perhaps you'll get line
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I
= SHALL digress for a short time
from the "man eaters" and tell
Of some adventures in hunting
! other game.
! Lord and Lady Stafford. now the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. had
been the guests Of Paul Rainey on a
hunting trip i'll Africa.
| We had been out nearly two
! months ane had hunted the entire
distance arofnd Lake ElInenteita,
! some thirty or forty miles Of splen-
did country. We were hunting lions
| and leopards with large pack OF
F.. dogs and had had very successful
| hunt. We had moved the combined
outfit Of Lord Stafford's and Mr..
: Raineys several miles to the south
in the Kadong valley and were camp
i ed on northern slope Of Syswa. the
F.; largest crater in the world
/ We had fine sport here. securing
some extra ordinarily fine specimens
! Of big male lions and a few good
! sized leopards, when Mr.. Rainey was
! taken i'll with dysentery and decided
! to return, to Nairobi to the hospital
| Lord and Lady Stafford had both
killed lions and leopards. and now
they were very anxious to procure a
greater kudu head for their collec-
tion.
Kudu COR koodoo) is not only the
rarest buck in East Africa. but the
handsomest as we'll
| 1t is magnificent animal, about
the size of Our elk with horns that
measure from fifty to sixty-five
inches in length They ascend from
the bucks head in beautiful spiral
coils,
iI ORD STAFFORD wanted me to
l. take party into the kudu
country while Mr.. Rainey was laid
up.
The party was TO consist OF Lord
and Lady Stafford. Duncan Mckay
and myself.
Lord Stafford is true sportsman
and 4 prince of good fellows. Lady
Stafford is a sportswoman such as Is
seldom seen anywhere she Is
splendid horsewoman. hard hunter
and good shot. taking 4 Keen IN
terest in this capacity.
She was one CT London's most Hotee
society beautics-kind and good -natfred
A swe.;er woman never lived. She was,
,pon more occasions than one. the guest
of the king and sat at his left at dinner
Her hunting apparel consisted Of riding
breeches. mic. looking tan-colored boots
and a long coat of a greenish cast lned
with silk Of reddish brown. When
dressed for hunting. she looked like. and
reminded me very much Of tail, good
looking boy.
They are both compare lively young
and not long married. and this trip 10
Africa was a part of their honeymoon
Duncan was a man of little past mid
die age, a native of Scotland, and was
head keeper Of Lord S,afford'z extensive
sta. forests at Dunrobin Castle. 1t was
n part OF his work to be near Lord
+, stafford when hunting dangerous game.
and a better man could not have been
found. He was a crack sho.-one o. the
best | saw while IN Africa.
had been in at the death OF nearly
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hundred lions and half as many leo
pards
This class of hunting is no child's
play, as the cemetery in Nairobi will
bear witness. At that time there were
tombstones Of twenty-eight white hun
ters. marked ''Mauled by a lion
So I looked up the kudu hunt as a
little mild recreation that would be
rather quiet rest. But little did think
that it would be a trip crowded with
adventure, having one Of the closest
calls that 1 have ever encountered in
over two years Of big game hunting.
!. X X =
THERE was to be no fast riding on
i this expedition. So we let all the
horses go and picked out four good
mules for the trip.
The kudu country was in the Goolo-
monte hills, and they could sometimes
be found on the slopes Of the hills that
ran down toward the Guaso Nyiro river.
We first moved the safari over to the
northeast corner Of Syswa and expected
to camp at the ranch owned by tho
Marquis Of Horneo and Capt. Riddle
until We decided how to travel through
the dry country.
AS there was a great scarcity Of
water. Lord Stafford and I started out
on a reconno!tering expedition, for I
feared TO attempt a march into country
so little known les: some of the porters
might die Of thirst before We could find
a water hole.
However. We came across the cave
man OF whom I wrote in my article last
week and he revealed a pool Of fresh,
clear water to us.
We sent him back to lead the safart
up to us.
We tied our mules and lay i'll the
shade of some thorn bush until nearly
) o'clock. At that time We heard a
stone roll into the water end, looking
down. saw three lions walk TO the
water and begin drinking. In a moment
two or three others Joined them.
We stood perfectly still. watched
them finish drinking and file back up
the gorge whence they came.
We went down in the plains, shot a
small buck, took a part Of the meat and
gathered a large quantity of wood-a
very important thing when lions ara
about.
l started fire. strung the meat on
sharpened sticks. sticking one end in
the ground a couple of feet back from
the fire, after the style Of the safari
porters.
We ase the meat and were about to
lie down when lion began to roar not
more than a: half-mile to our left and
another with a heavy voice answered
with few grunts quite close to US. They
seemed to be coming down from Syswa
to spend the night hunting out in the
plains.
About an hour later We found our
selves surrounded b. lions. They were
walking back and forth and We could
hear an occasional grunt, first on one
side and then the other.
The wood was dry and burned out
quickly. but in order to keep them away
we piled it on freely while it lasted.
X \ \ ::
THE lions had discovered US ana
i our mules in an unprotected con-
dition. and had decided not to go out
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Lamp Cartoons From Tar.

|ARBONS Of high grade are, 1t is
said, obtained from tar by Swe-
dish process. The powdered carbon is
pressed to form electric light car
bons. or larger sizes FOR electro
chemical work. The method is based
on the fact that finely divided carbon
makes up a large percentage Of thu
composition of tar and is what gives
the black color. this being due to the
carbon particles suspended in an 9TH
erwise dense and transparent yellow
ieh brown liquid.
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Hunters Use Torch to Make Escape
When Surrounded by Lions

of American
End of Which Animals Making
Honeymoon Tocr-Cose Call Combat With Pair of Angry
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Sympathy.
BY SEWELL FORD,

NJ ., i didn't tell 'em. Not even
IA 1nez or Barry Platt. For
one thing, the deal with the
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in a powerful hand. Then comes a
blood-curdling shriek-a woman
shrek. The curtain falls. And
,hey-laugh at that. Cod:
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~HE lions had discovered us and
i our mules in an unprotected con-
dition. and had decided not to go OUT
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TsHE second bull succeeded in stop
i ping. His nose was less than
four feet from my face. His bu1ging
eyes popped almost out Of his head.
turned my back to him SO that !
would not tumble and slipped ono Of
the cartridges into the twelvs-pound-
er. As L did so I heard him jump.
Evening star., 1922-12-24
BY ER SHELLEY.

By Err SHELLEY.
SHALL digress for a short time
from the man eaters" and tell
Of some adventures in hunting
The New York herald., 1922-10-02

To the surprise of the American dis
aster relief committee the census showed
there were 100000 refugees in Smyrna
Friday. after the committee had thought
the departure OF $4,000 had reduced the
total remaining to below $4,000. The
Influx came from the hinterland and
nearby hiding places.
From the beginning the coming here
OF those who have been in hiding has
imposed an immense extra burden on
the American relief workers. The plight
OF these later arrivals has been worse
than that OF the first ones, because thou
sands of them have come from greater
distances and have suffered more severe
hardships.
Upon the whole the refugees now in
Smyrna are being treated in more civil
l:zed fashion than the first arrivals, not
withstanding the temptation of the Turk
'sh irregulars to rob those among them
who still possess funds.
Consul Heizer. director Of the Ameri-
can disaster committee, has opened
registration bureaus, which are In
charge of Near East relief workers, at
the refugee centers OF Mitylene, Cavalla,
Rodosto, Salonil<i and Athens.
At Mitylene there are more than 100.-
coo penniless fugitives and more are
coming hourly. adding to the confusion
that exists. Food and even water are
at premium. and the whole island Is
breeding ground for pestilence.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
CONFUSING REPORTS
ON kEMAL'S MOVEMENTS
Latest Announcement Is That
He Will Stay in Smyrna.

CoNsTANTrNoPLE, Oct. ! (Associated
Press).-Owing to lack of telegraphic
communication with Smyrna there has
been much confusion regarding the
movements of Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
the Turkish Nationalist leader.
At first Kemal was reported as leav-
ing for Mudania to confer with Brig
Gen. Harrington. Then it was announced
he had cancelled his trip in order to pro
ceeG to Angora. Scarcely had this re-
port been received when 1t became
known that Kemal had decided to re-
main In Smyrna
The Eastern Telegraph Company
cable between Smyrna and Constanti-
nople had entirely ceased operation and
wireless Is the only means of com.
munication with Smyrna. Hamid Bey
the representative Of the Nationalists ir
Constantinople, Is forced to depend en-.
tirely on the French wireless, which
sometimes is erratic. American com.
munication with Smyrna Is being car.
ried on through the wireless of the Amer.
ican torpedo boat destroyers which have
difficulty in picking up the shore sta.
tions because Of air conditions.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02

Government, supported by the press
now is trying TO adopt the role oil
mediator between the Turks and the
British, the situation resembling more
and more that of 1914 National pride
is involved as II was then.
France, believing that the conference
at Mudania win be held, now is diplo-
maticaIly exercising all her powers OF
persuasion on both the Turks and Brit
ish to secure an agreement at this con-
ference for the mutual evacuation of the
neutral zones as the only solution pos
sible, leaving the issue OF demilitariza-
ton of the zones and possibly the dis
position of Thrace TO be decided at
general peace conference in Venice or
elsewhere.
= Premier Polncare has decided to re-
main In Paris until an accord is reached
with the Turks and is exchanging
lengthy messages with Franklin Bouillon
and the French Generals at CONSTANT
nople, urging them to bend every enort
toward pacifyng Kemels ambitions as
1t is clearly realized here that IL the
Turkish leader insists on his eriginai
plan of entering Thrace as the acclaimed
victor conflict with the British Is IN
evitable.