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CHAPTER l--Continued.

The portage was firm Ice, although
II offered no foundation for a railroad
bed. 1t ran between two openings In
the low bluffs, and the store was Wis
ible from the farther shore.
The icy blasts pierced through VIII
tons fur hood and mackinaw as If
they had been cotton. His feet seemed
like foreign bodies attached to his
legs, up which he could feel the numb
ness creeping by inches toward his
body. And when at last he reached
the portage he looked out with in
credulity toward the opposite shore,
seeing only a pickering line Of
shadows through the slit between his
frozen eyelids.
Resolutely clasping the frozen form
with his right arm, he stepped out
upon the surface. The wind, which
blew through the gap with hurricane
violence at almost all times, had
swept the ice rs a broom might sweep
a rink, in enormous circles, CLASSY and
firm, with whirling snOw-piles round
them. Wilton could progress only by
inches, fighting the full blast Of the
gale, and seeing the line of his route
only in fractions Of seconds.
He saw the bluffs in front Of him,
and the opposite shore nearing. And
he fought ~furiOusly against the creep
ing numbness, knowing that each sec
ond counted for victory. 1t vas per-
haps q hundred feet farther. He
opened his eyes an instant. Eighty now
seventy, perhaps; n last effort
to cross the portage.
Fifty feet! With all of will and
consciousness that remained Wilton
set his face resolutely toward his
landing place, and strobe on into the
bank Of snow piled up by the wind be-
meath the shelter Of the bluffs. His
feet sank through the cracking sur
face, he struggled shOulder-deep to
win the last zap Of the way. And Of
q sudden the ice broke under him and,
twenty-five feet from the shore, the
snare Of Big Muskeg held him.
Instinctively he sought to gather
purchase from the sides of the sink
hole into which he had fallen. The
tourniquet-stick dragged through the
yielding snow, the elbow of the arm
that held Joe's body rested upon the
ice. One instant he buoyed himself
by this means over the peaty slush
that sucked at him beneath. Then,
with q last cry that sounded above the
roaring of the gale, he yielded. And,
clutching Joe's body to his own, VIII
ton went down.
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Climate Affects Civilization.

Marking on q map Of the world the
areas where climate was most favor
able to human effort, Professor ELS
worth Huntington, of Yale university,
called them zones of climate energy.
Delving into history, he then plotted
n map Of civilization, and found that
the two maps conceded. His on
clusion was that "climate has q great
influence on health, and It's action on
civilization in this way probably Is
greater than its direct effect or than
the indirect results arising through
agriculture or food
Professor Huntington took the
records OF pleceworkers in Pittsburgh
factories and students az West Point
and Annapolis and found that both
physical and mental work varied in
harmony with the weather. He found
that the death rate also ~luctuated
~seasonably according to the weather.
He therefore concluded that no high
civilization is possible In the tropical
regions, or where weather conditions
are adverse. No high accomplishment
was held possible where temperature
and humidity are unfavorable.
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1t was only the contraction Of the
frozen slneWs Of his fingers that gave
him his hold on Joe's body.
1t was then that, in her horror,
Molly recognized Wilton. She crept
toward the break, and lay down on the
ice, cropping toward him with her
hands, She shouted 70 him to hold fast
and, finding that he was already un-
conscious, crept cautiously nearer over
the cracking surface.
Then she saw what Ii was that VIII
ton had been carrying, and she recog-
niZed Joe. Stunned momentarily by
the shock, she nerved herself to the
task Of rescuing the living. She still
crept forward until the upper part Of
her body extended across the break.
She placed her hands beneath Wilton's
shoulders and tried to lift him.
1t was a task beyond her powers.
AS she strained TO IT, suddenly the ice
broke all about her, and In a moment
she was laundering beside Wilton in
the water.
AT this place the underbed Of the
portage was of peat mixed with sand,
covered with water rather than slime.
Molly's feet touched bottom. The wa
ter was only shoulder-deep. With
quick resource she managed to draw
her feet up from the swamp and to
drag Wilton forward a pace or two,
thus freeing him from the clutch OF
the muSkeg. And now she felt firm
sand under her. She continued to
drag him toward t&S shore and. as
they moved, Joe's body, still clutched
in the set Of Wilton's stiffened fingers,
slid grotesquely over the surface of
the ice beyond.
And somehow, breaking the rotten
ice In front OF her body as she moved,
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Chinese Boy Succumbed to Series
of MiSfortuneS.
Thought the Spirit of a Man He Had
Shot by Accident Was Pursuing
Him in Revenge.

On the eve of our departure for SIAN
FL, while we were quietly smoking be-
hind the paper screen that separated
the main room from the temple court
yard, we suddenly heard just in front
Of us n shot and the sound Of a falling
body and h~eartrending moan We
dashed out and found q man lying on
the floor while one of the brigands was
unconcernedly reloading his Mauser
pistol. Our boy" An, who for fifteen
years had been "No. l" In the Ger
man legation, was in a state Of great
excitement. With considerable difficult
~ w learned that the brigand had
beer showing An his pistol, and that
An had discharged 1t accidentally. 1t
vas fortunate for us that the villager
who got the bullet was standing In the
doorway, for Captain Collins was sit
ting In the direct line Of fire md other
wise would have been killed. I did
my best for the wounded man, but
the bullet had smashed the femur and
/ knew he would never walk again.
His leg should have com off, but I had
no facilities for amputating 1t there,
and even II I could have performed
the operation, his family would not
have consented.
The next morning An settled the
matter with the wounded man for $50
($10 In United States currency. The
mans mother was In q frenzied state
until the money had been paid.
Three days In Sianfu were few
enough, but both Of us had so much
to do In Picking that we could not lin
ger. Almost Immediately after We set
off again, An, u boy" became very
much depressed. lie had had a series
Of small misfortunes whereby he 'lost
face" and he decided that the mon
whom he had shot at Lingtaimiao must
have died and that the mans spirit
was pursuing him In revenge. This
sounds absurd to a Westerner, but 1t
Is very real to q Chinese. He knows,
for example, that an enemy who
wishes TO haunt him may commit sui
eide on his doorstep, in order TO &C.
complish that end. Ans dependency
at the idea OF ghostly persecution In
creased until finally he lost his mind.
Argue as We would, he answered only
that the man was dead, that the spir-
1t was following him and that he too
must die-there was no other course.
His misery came to a climax at Kwan-
gyingtang. He awoke us at ! o'clock
in the morning and begged me to kill
him or at least to lend him my rifle
SO that he might commit suicide. We
got him safely TO Picking, and l sent
IN Of my servants TO attend him IN
his WI home, but he finally disap-
peared and jumped into the canal. He
had no luck even In this effort to
bring about his own death, for the
water reached only to his waist and n
policeman fished him out. Now he is
in a hospital, hopelessly insane. The
man who was shot lived, but for poor
An mental suggestion caused q trag-
edy.-From "The Quest of the Golden
Fleece" by Roy Chapman Andrews, In
Asia.
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Of Joe Bostock's folly. That's what
Mr.. BOwyer called 1t when he was
here for the moose In October. Joe
Bostock1l never cross Big Muskeg.
And If he could, where'd he get his
freight and passengers?
IF ever this country's opened up,
Tom Bowyer will put his own line
through. He was telling me so.
But there's naething here but the
moose and caribou and the Indians.
It's always been that way; 1t always
will be So"
He caught her by the sleeve. "YeIl
no see Will Carruthers again !" he
shouted.
I'm not likely to, unless he comes
this way" she answered In a con-
strained voice, dreading the outbreak
Of violence which she knew would fol-
low.
AYE, but he'll be here. ! ken the
mon and his kind. The sight Of q
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"Bowyer got no further, for
Witon's fist shot out and landed
fairly on his mouth"

CTO BE CONTINUED)
Not Becoming, Perhaps.
No woman is so angelic as 10 prefer
q halo TO q hat.-LondOn Opinion.
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SuSH u ptuutiAui
home nest OF cobwebs and moss, and
II was covered outside with pieces Of
birch bark which made a very lovely
home. 1t looked the color Of a tree,
too, which made 1t safer.
Oh, she was proud indeed Of her
nest, and how she loved fixing it just
to suit her.
You know how people will move
their furniture this way and that way
just before they are settled? They
want to have everything in just the
right place and have 1t look cozy and
pretty and comfortable and home
like.
SO does Mother Humming Bird ar
range the moss and the birch bark
and cobwebs that are the chief decora.
lions OF her home.
Now this Mother Humming Bird
I'm telling you about had two dear
little Humming Bird children. Mother
Humming Birds feel that two chill.
dren are the perfect number, for they
a divide their time SO nicely and
evenly between two.
"NIy darling little ones" Mother
Humming Bird whispered and buzzed
as she talked to her children, "yOu
must do many things. You are sew.
eral weeks old now, your feathers are
pretty and are growing nicely. Your
beaks are longer, and as the beaks of
Humming Birds should be MS soon as
they grow up a little.
"Yes, you're growing into perfect
looking children. You are children OF
whom any Mother Humming Bird
would be proud, and indeed / am
4. proud of you. Now / must give O
lessons in flying"
And Mother Humming Bird taught
her children to fly.
"Ah," she said, you were but a
week old, darlings, when pretty-green
feathers appeared on your dear little
backs and your beaks began to show
that they were growing then, too.
"In about two weeks time you had
Sc many, many feathers, and now you
have all little birds could ask for.
You are very wonderful
SO Mother Humming Bird showed
how much like all mothers she was
for her babies had done just as
other Humming Bird babies had lone
and other mothers had been proud
just as she was proud.
"Ah," said little Humming Bird One,
as she called the elder one, "you have
been so good to us, Mother Humming
Bird. You have fed us with honey
from the flowers and You have given
us the most delicious of insect meals.
You have been SO good a mother to
u.s."
Eyes" said little Humming Bird
Two, "you fed III first with our loHg
tongue, then YOU put your long bill
down our Threats, and so we had cur
food properly given to us-Or properly
given to us according to Humming Bird
IDEAS
"Now we must look more after our
selves. We must practice flying"
SO the Humming Birds practiced
their flying lessons more and more
EAA. III
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others of the flowers. And she taught
them the dainty ways of all Humming
Birds. and how they must fit hither
and thither, always doing good work,
always quick and dainty and never
wasting time.
1.-THE honeysuckles are our best
friends" she whispered to her chill
dren, and off they flew ono more
buzzing, buzzing:
"The honeysuckles are our best
friends"
"They will give us strength for u
long trip this fall" Mother Humming
Bird added, and as they all few for
the h~oneysuckle bush the honey
suckle flowers whispered:
"We will always be friends of the
dear. dainty Humming Birds"
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these comprised the girls experience
of the outside world. She helped her
father In the store, and was a capable
judge Of mink and muskrat. She
could bring down a moose at q thou
sand yards, and guide a canoe down
Horseshoe rapids.
She had gone to the Indian camp.
five miles away, with medicine for a
sick papoose, at daybreak, leaving
her father In the care Of Jules Half
head, the Muskegon, a deaf mute who
worked for the factor during intervals
OF wandering In the bush, trapping.
She did not like to leave him, for he
had become more morose since his Ill
ness, and his mind seemed affected.
When at last she entered the factors
oom above the store, radiating youth
and health, she saw with consterna-
ton that he was lying weakly on the
pillow, and breathing as heavily as on
the day of his stroke.
You're feeling no worse, father?"
she asked, sitting down beside him
and taking his hand In hers.
I'm no worse" said the factor,
thickly. "You took the letter."
1T will leave tonight. But I wish
you had let me write that you are i'll.
The company would bring you to Win
nipeg. They can do wonders at the
hospital there. and you'd soon recover
the use Of your limbs"
Ever since his stroke the factor had
dragged his right leg, and his right
arm hung by his side. He hardly ever
left his bed, and then only to sit,
wrapped In his caribou robe, staring
out through the window at the port
age.
"Ill no go to Winnipeg" said Nc
Donald. "Ill just stay here until I'm
better. I'm thinking the Dog Tooths
Will be bringing In their p~eltries next
week. I'm thinking I'll no buy De-
cember skins this winter"
II was thinking the same. The fall
was too late; they won't be purchas-
able till the middle Of next month.
But the Dog Tooths will want debt"
They'll get no debt" said Melon
aid. "See to it, Molly! But l suppose
the squaws will get on the soft side Of
ye, and 1t takes a man to handle them.
I'll have TO get WELL" he continued,
speaking with feverish energy.
His mind, which had turned from
n idea TO another, running from its
fears, now leaped upon them. "WhatIl
We do, Molly| he demanded roughly.
There, my lass, / didna mean to put
it to you like that. But where'l ye
go if l dinna?"
Don't let us think of that, father"
AYE, but We Gamma stay here. I
should have spoken before" In his
distress he fell into his native speech.
"Mony q NIGHT I've laid awake think
ing on 1t, before I had the stroke, in
the windy wacht here. l thocht I'd
brocht We up %unspotted frae the warld.
And 100"
She laid her other hand on his. IF
the worst should happen, I a take
care Of myself. Don't fear for me, ia
Their" she said.
IF We could have the store. That'd
be best. But the company wOuldna
have q woman factor. The company's
| constructive. And the old storell
last out my days and yours, in spite
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after this. And
Mother Huiaming
Bird encouraged
them, but she did
not flatter them
now.
For they were
a little older now
and could no
longer be babied.
as they had been.
SO she helped
them when they
felt weary, and
S h . g d them
many Humming
Bird [ s.
They lie + e d
that they must
help carry mes
sages from some
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littl, nest her.
self and had
looked after her
babies all by
herself from the
very start.
In fact, Mother
HuInming Bird
wanted no help.
She didn't care to
engage q nurse
for her babies
she wanted to
fe e d them and
teach them and
love them with.
out any one else
to share with her
In her work and
In her pleasure.
She Ind made
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Ia the Running,

"You have been running for office
most Of your life."
II don't regret the fact" replied
Senator Sorghum. "Some people keep
or running for something others have
to take to cover and run away from
something" = Washington Evening
Star.
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MOLLY SAVES WILTON.

SYNOPSIS. - Looking over Big
Muskeg, a seemingly impossible
swamp in the path Of the Missa-
tibi railroad. Joe Bostock. builder
of the line, and Wilton C~arruthers,
chief OF engineers. are considering
the difficulties. A rifle shot instant
ly kills Bostock and breaks Car
ruthers' arm. Handicapped as he
is, Carruthers determines to carry
the body to a station OF the Hud-
sons Bay company, where one Nc
Donald is the factor.
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kspDddd!yS
SI36EveMN8
Fairy Tale
MOTHER RUNNING BIRD
"WAARY GRAHAM BONNER
----c con nor1 " VtSrlEs stVspuu UNION -

Mother Humming Bird had every
eight 70 be proud. She had built the
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hopes OF world peace" she declared.
Tho civics committee In another busy
unit OF tho Wilmington Club. II took
an active interest In n campaign held
recently for cleaner streets.
A variety OF CLASSES were formed
during the year. These include
French, aesthetic and modern dane
ing. modern history, parliamentary
law and dramatic expression. dra-
matte committee also aroused the In
terest OF the younger members OF the
club, and fine production was given
The chief work OF the education
committee last winter WINS the serving
OF milk TO the children OF four schools
which lay In the districts especially
stricken by the unemployment sltua-
ton. This improved the health OF
many pupils.
The literature and library extension
committee furnished reading matter
for many persons and organizations
which otherwise would not have Sc
cured Il. A number of museums rep
resenting various countries were made
and donated to rural schools.
A number OF well-known lecturers
addressed tho club during the year and
current events class kept the mem
bers informed on current topics.
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Through the ways and. means COM
mite the sum OF $1.0b3,16 was added
to the treasury. Tho years expendi-
lures amounted TO S3.76S.55. including
Sl1S.65 which was paid on tho build
Ing. Tho sum of $1,000 was realized
in rentals. Contributions werc made to
all worthy enterprises, and tho Club
co-opernted in community activities,
aiding In the reorganization OF the
Washington Heights Association.
Glasses have been organized In china
painting, singing, dancing. poise and
expression and parliamentary law.
The club Is eight years old.
Tho Wilmington Chapter No. 10.
Woman's Order Of the National As
ISOLATION OF Retail Druggists, has
made an unusually large number of
donations during the year past. Or
CARNATIONS which have been helped
are: The Delaware Colony. the s. =.
c. c. Contagious Disease Hospital,
Emergency Relief. Old Ladies' Home.
Home for Friendless Children. Home
for Merciful Rest, +. & s. Hospital
and Child Welfare Work
The Wilmington Section, Council OF
Jewish Women. has been very active
In civic affairs this year. The cum
of s1a6.S6 was raised from the sale of
peoples last Memorial Day. and $731O
from Christmas seals. More than 800
calendars with tho dates of Jewish
Holy Days were distributed In the
schools in order that teachers would
hold no important examinations on
those DAYS. Many charitable projects
were aided.
Wilmington New Century Club.
A report Of the years work Of the
Wilmington New Century Club. the
| largest club in the state that Is af-
| fliatod with the State Federation. was
also given this afternoon, by the
president, Mrs. c. Stanley Chambers
The club. which has about 500 mem
bcrs, haze four objects: intellectual cul
ture. moral development, literary pur-
poses and philanthropy.
| The AperiCanization work Of the
past year was one of tho most i'm
portant branches of the clubs ser
vices. Mrs Chambers said. Il can
think OF nc work In a town or city oi
moro vital Importance to the country's
welfare, and | might add. or to helr
hasten the realization OF our great
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most eucccxsful year. Donations were
made as follows; Near East Relief,
funds 10 keep a child for two ycars;
pubic schools, $50: Students Loan.
s2S; Women's College, spruce tree;
Delaware Colony, $40; public hbnry.
$40; Prisoners Aid Society, SIS: Baby
Ellen Fund. IS. Equipment to the
extent OF 800 has been added TO the
clubhouse.
The Newark New Century Club be-
gins the now fiscal year with 1o5
members and with sSS2.e7 IN the
treasury. Much work has been done
among the pubic schools of Newark,
including the distribution Of flower
seeds. etc, The library fund now
reaches s647.a6. A supper was given
for the benefit OF the schools. 's12S10
being realized. The chairman OF cor
pora ton reports receipts as s5.260.3S
and expenditures s4.91602.
The New Castle Century Club has
1872 members. During the year great
progress was made both socially and
financially, Repairs were made 10
the clubhouse amounting TO s249.b0 and
f~NN NdS ftNit va NAiV hitA 't'DV@ aisN
club co Operates with the schools. per-
hitting them TO uee the clubhouse and
aiding them IN other ways.
The Newport Woman's Club held 90
meetings during the year. Tho re-
ceipts totaled s7S416 and the eN-
penditures. S751.64. A successful
playground was conducted during ten
weeks OF last summer at an expense
of S9l2. A carnival netted $500 and
1925 was received from friends. Many
donations were made to charitable
organizations.
The Women's Civic Club Of Rich
ardson Park has contributed much 10
the comfort OF the sick and needy dur
Ing the past year. Quilts were sent
to the Rlind Babies Home and $40
was donated to the Bahy Ellen Fund
The disburse ment~ OF she year were
S5SS6 60. S29625 having been paid ror
lights and 1895 donated 80 the Five
Points Civic Association. The mar
work Is the urkeep OF street lights IL
Richardson Park. GlynriCh and Ashley
The Washington Heights Century
club. a very busy organization, closed
tho year with checking account OF
Sl6S.o7 and reserve fund ot 81 900
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Bad Stomachs Need
Dare's Mentha-Peps

stop distress after eating gas. scIdity
and bloating In 10 minutes
Ged rid OF gastrltis and stomach agony
in n short time
DO as Elias Cuff of Salem n. J.. did He
writes Il do not hesitate to say that
Dare's Mcnthn PcpSln Is the nnost medi-
cine in the world II cured me pcrma-
nently of n chronic stomach trouble after
had tried many dir rent preparations. -
Pcpsn is. In itself. great for stomach
misery but there arc other effective agents
In Dare's Mcntha -pepsin thai help to make
weak stomach strong and sturdy. All
druggists everywhere sell and guarantee
IT. large bottle for 81 90
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Rummage Sale for Charity.

A rummage sale for the bcncf't Of
charity will be held tomorrow at Sixth
and Penn streets.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24


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p. .----
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republic they love. No terrors will daunt
them. They stand true to the tricolor
and will do so until the republic takes