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Evening star., 1923-12-23

Scientist predicts television in
twenty years. demonstrating that
even at present one may look far
into the future
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
perhaps still is, a hiding place for

perhaps still Is, a hiding place for
| thieves"
Cattle stealers, you mean?
eyes, and munition runners. This
whole border is honeycombed with
that sort OF thing, and this hole is
! certainly an ideal hideOut Come. let's
| sit down here and eat what we have
for 1 am not going to risk a fire, and
I'll tell you a theory I've worked out"
"Please do"
| The bag of food the girl had Sc
cured from the ranch kitchen was
carefully strapped to the saddle of
Sultan. Kelleen procured this and
spread the contents on strip of grass.
They were both eating when he re
sumed speech.
II am inclined to think" he said
gravely, "that this has been rendez-
vOus for that sort of traffic for years.
don't believe many have known
about it, or else some whispers would
have reached me, but this particular
section of the border has been a sore
spot for years. Someone stumbled on
this place just exactly as 1 have
perhaps several somebodies-but my
present notion is that the discoverer
was either Bob Meager, or one of the
disreputable gang he has with him.
His determination to get control of
the ranch at his fathers death, the
fellows he has brought there from
across the line and Garrity's deep in
terest in the affair, all combine to
make me suspicious. Do you see? The
ranch, and this hole, together, make
an ideal outfit for running either cattle
or munitions across the border, and
some of those fellows over there have
been at that job for years."
"Then how do you dare come here
with meY
Because it alone promised security
for this one day. Tonight we'll go on,
but we could not travel across the des-
ert in daylight without being seen"
Her eyes were on his face inquir-
ingly.
"You dislike Bob Meager very
much? Was that why you were so
willing to help me?"
"Not altogether; it may have had
weight, 1 confess. Now, however, that
thought has gone entirely"
"And Judge Garrity?"
"He is utterly despicable."
"Yet you seemed very friendly with
him only last night. On excellent
terms''
He smiled good-naturedly.
"You are quite a cross-examiner
Miss Meredith. Sometimes, you know,
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02

of the boys never came back. You re-
member, don't your"
"Y es."
"Well, I was there, and I got mine
about eight o'clock. Mine must have
been plenty, for they hauled me back
to the frst-line hospital and had some
sort Of surgical job done before
woke up. The man next to me died,
| and the nurse who was with him-she
was heavily built with very light
hair"
"Jessie Sewers"
II don't know, but she gave me a
drink Of water, and then they put an
other wounded guy into the place
where the dead body had been. He
was just kid, not more than seven
teen, l reckon, and was crying like a
baby, his nerves all shot to pieces
You were his nurse, and lay there
and watched how you fixed him up
It's not likely you've forgot that"
mo! Now She bent her head. "He
was from my town; he-he died that
night"
81 didn't know, for they took me
away, but lay there and watched you
for another hour before the stretchers
came. l never saw you again.
would have liked to mighty well, and
l didn't even know your name then
just a memory Of your face"
He reached out his hand suddenly.
II wish you'd shake hands with
me-" he said, almost hesitating at his
boldness, "and sorter pretend to for
get that Frisco Kid business"
"I have forgotten it," she answered
steadily, their eyes and hands meet
ing. "You were a soldier in my divi-
sion; I believe in you, and am your
friend"
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to note his exploits; dispatches re-
garding him were sent east; rewards
for his capture, dead or alive, were
posted. 1t was intimated, finally,
when his name had become sufi-
GENTLY familiar, that he had escaped
into Mexico, and then that he had been
seen again in this neighborhood.
Troops were dispatched to run him
down, and word to that effect scat
tered broadcast on both sides the line.
You see the purpose of it all?"
'To win the confidence of the real
gang?"
Exactly; and it worked. The end
is already in sight"
But who, then, are you?"
Daniel Kelleen, just as I told you,
captain in the -rd cavalry"
"You-you volunteered for this serv-
ice?"
"Yes; you see it was impossible for
the department to use any officer who
had been stationed lately along this
border. Such one might be immedi-
ately recognized, and the whole
scheme ruined at once. At the same
time whoever was chosen to play the
character must have intimate knowl-
edge Of the border. l met the require
ments fully, as l had served here ten
years ago as mere boy, and knew
the country fairly well. SO here 1 am,
the Frisco Kid"
Deborah held out here hand impul-
sively.
"Pm glad you told me-" she said In
all frankness.
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it becomes necessary to play part
in life. What is the cause for all this
shrewd questioning"
II hardly know myself, but it is all
so strange, and has happened so sud
denly l am just beginning to think
clearly. How did you happen to
serve in the Thirty-third division
they were all Illinois troops?"
$50 you even noticed that. l was
transferred"
From what command"
'The regulars
"Was that not very unusual? YOU
you were surely an enlisted man?"
81 did not say so," he smiled back ;
''and now that you drive me to a con-
fession, l might as well make a full
breast of it. was transferred to take
command of company"
"a captain?"
"Yes."
sharply. leaning forward with new
eagerness. "Then surely you are not
now what l thought you to bean
outlaw, renegade? You are not really
the-the Frisco Kid'?"
"Oh, yes, am. At least l am all
the Frisco Kid there ever was, to the
best of my knowledge, although l fail
to line up entirely with the reputation
so kindly given me by Pop Reynolds.
The Frisco Kid is an entirely manu-
factured character, made for a Drac-
tical purpose. Do you grasp the idea ?''
She shook her head. but her eager
eyes belied the action.
"Youe have a glimmer, nevertheless.
I'll explain. This portion of the bOr-
der has been a hotbed of outlawry for
years. 1t has baff1ed every command
| ing officer assigned to this district
| We had no information to work on
suspects were numerous, but proof
| lacking. Finally a pan of action was
evolved, but to carry it out success.
fully, a desperate with an established
reputation as bad man was first of
all most essential With this end in
view the Frisco Kid was carefully
put on the stage Newspapers along
the coast, and near the border began
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
THE STORY THUS FAR

SYNOPSIS.-On the Isolated
Meager ranch. on the southern
border, Deborah Meredith, trained
nurse, is in attendance on Mrs.
Meager. whose husband has re-
Gently been killed. Immediately
after the death, Bob Meager. Mrs.
Meager's stepson, arrives and
takes possession. He insults
Deborah and she resolves to
leave, but there seems no posi-
bility of her getting away. Mea-
ger gloats over Deborah's plight.
He tells her he has sent for a
justice Of the peace. who will
marry the1E tomorrow. Horri-
fed, the girl secures a revolver.
The justice. Cornelius Garrity,
scoundrel and bosom friend of
Meager, arrives with a party,
among them the Frisco Kid"
notorious desperado. Despite
Deborah's protests. the justice
performs the marriage ceremony.
She escapes and reaches her
room. There she stuns Meager
with the revolver and rushes to
the stables. hoping to secure a
horse and escape. There she
meets the Frisco Kid" Some
how he inspires her with conf
dence and she explains the situa-
tion. The kid tells her his
name is Daniel Kelleen. that he
is no friend OF Meager. They ride
off together into the desert. Pres
emily she realizes that Kelleen is
the Frisco Kid" but doesn't fear
him.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
CHAPTER Vli-Continued.

"'Pop' Reynolds, hey!" he said
tightly "Then l am sure his story
must have been good one. So he
told you / was a mighty bad man?
Well, now you've met me, do you be-.
lieve it?"
I'll don't know" she confessed
doubtfully. "I-I would rather not
think that"
(Which Is a hopeful sign. Well,
please try not to think so for the next
half-hour, at least. Then maybe
can tell you my side of the story.
There is no time now. for we've sim
ply got to get under cover. Do you
see that blue ridge over yonder? You
know what it is?"
"The Meager ranch, isn't itY
"Yes, and in twenty minutes as soon
as the mist rises, they could pick us
out from there with good field glass;
We'll have to find a safer place to
talk in than this. Here. I'll, lead the
horses; it's only q step to the rim !;
then We'll both have to make the de-
scent afOot."
They moved forward slowly, into
what appeared to be the interminable
desert, the man plowing his way
through sand, the tired animals fol-
lowing with dropping heads.
Suddenly he stopped, gripping the
reins tightly and pointing with his
other hand. Deborah needed no guild
ance, for her eyes were already riveted
on the yawning cash in the surface of
the desert, staring down with a startled
feeling Of awe into the apparently bot
tomlesS chasm not five yards away. A
moment she gaZed, hardly compre-
bending, too thoroughly dazed by this
phenomenon OF nature to completely
grasp its significance. Then she felt
Keleen lift her bodily from the saddle
and lead her forward to the very edge
Below lay exposed In the cold gray Of
the dawn the full marvel-a deep
gorge, as though scOOped out by a
giant spoon, cut directly across the
barren sand plain, with no evidence
anywhere above of its existence. To
the eye it seemed some three hundred
feet wide, but much deeper, the side
walls rocky and Irregular the crew
ices and ravineS chOked with sand,
while far below appeared the soft
green vegetation, and along the base
of the opposite vail much more pre-
cipitous than the side on which they
stood, the silvery sparkle of small
stream. Deborah drew a quick breath,
glancing aside into the face of the man
at her side
"You have been down there?"
"Yes; the descent is not particu-
larly difficult along these ravines the
sand gives purchase, even the horses
will pick their way"
He smiled at the CONSERVATION in
her face.
"What is it?' he questioned; "fear
of the passage. or of the Frisco Kid'?'
She looked straight at him beneath
Ieveled brows, conscious of the sudden
flush of her cheeks.
Neither; / am not afraid
81 did not believe you would be, for
you are not that sort at all. The truth
is, young lady, you really haven't sc
much on me in this matter of recOg
milton. I happen to know quite BIZ
about you"
about me? You? What, may
ask?"
''Just bit, as / say, mere picture
not easily forgotten. I saw you once
before ever you came TO Meager'!
ranch, and have remembered it eve
since Do you remember a morning
in August, 1918, when the Thirty-thirt
division went over the top, waded ;
river, and cleaned out the heights be
yondT It was sharp fight. and lot
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
New Top for Oil Tanks Tested

Chicago.-Dropping a lighted match
into a tank containing more than 1000
gallons of gasoline while he stood
above it was the test an inventor put
to his pet" here in demonstrating a
new floating alright, fireproof heavy
steel top for oil tanks to number OF
the leading oil company officials Of
the country.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
CHAPTER VIII
Story of the "Erisco Kid"

To Deborah, Kelleen was no longer
a bandit, fleeing fugitive from JUS
tice, but soldier who had been
wounded in battle, who had played the
part Of man: while to him the girl
was no longer a stray runaway in
whom he felt little interest, but
nurse whose face had haunted his
memory since he had first watched
her in the glow of the French sun.
They stood there on the rim of that
strange crater, the grim, gray desert
circling them about, neither able to
think Of word to say. Deborah's
eyes fell, and she withdrew her hand,
turning to stare into the depths be-
low. The slight movement served to
arouse Kelleen to the situation.
"Well, this will never do," he ex-
claimed, new cheerfulness in his tone.
'They will have a glass trained on
us over there before we get to cover.
Well send the horses down first;
they'll find the best route and we can
follow. Come, Sultan, over you go,
old boy; oh, no, you're not afraid;
we've done this little trick before Go
on sir ~
He struck the animal with the fiat
Of his hand, and, with a reproachful
shake of the head, Sultan slowly and
cautiously began the steep descent,
seeking path along the deeper layers
of sand, and Zigzagging from gulch to
gulch better to obtain foothold. The
other horse followed, but not without
struggle, trembling with fear, and
keeping close to the trail left by the
leader. Kelleen touched the girls arm.
"Come." he said briefly, a bit of
command in the voice. Really it is
not so dangerous as it looks from here.
Sultan has found the best trail, and
we'll drill along after him"
They made it slowly, picking their
path along the trail left by the two
animals finding purchase in the sand,
occasionally steadied by an outcrop-
ping rock or the exposed root of some
clinging shrub. The drop was more
extensive than Deborah previously had
| realized from above, and the sharp
descent left her breathless.
The sand disappeared as they
| reached the lower levels, the walls be-
coming sheer rock, but slashed with
gullies, and finally these were more
or less choked with vegetable growth.
At the bottom. where the two horses
were cOntentedly munching the short
grass, the valley had all the appear
ance of a new land, made fresh and
verdant by the magic touch of water
| Deborah at the foot of the long de-
scent, clung to the projecting root of
tree and stared about her with
wide-Open eyes, unable to restrain her
amazement
"Why this is simply marvellous" she
exclaimed. II did not appreciate
what it meant from up there. You
have been down here before, you said?
You-you do not believe you are the
only one who has made this discov-
cry"
mo; that is hardly probable. There
were reasons why 1t was impossible
for me to determine the truth when |
was here before, vet l found evidences
that others had been before me-the
remains of a camp fire, an exploded
cartridge shell, and even the imprint
of cattle l have no wish to frighten
you, Miss Deborah, but my idea is
that probably this place has been. and
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
German Consulate in St. Louis Close,

st. Louis, Mo.-Dr Hugo Mundt,
German consul here, whose ter
ritory comprises Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Colora-
do and New Mexico has announced
that he would close the consulate Dec.
1. The announcement followed receipt
Of word from Chancellor Stresemann
to close the office. DIR. Mundt ex
pressed the opinion that the move was
in accord with the rigid economic pro-
gram being put into effect by Ger
many.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
Pistol Duel Fatal

Jefferson, Texas.-The sheriff of
Marion county and the constable of the
county seat engaged in a pistol duel
few days ago and the county is
shocked at the loss Of two of it's most
prominent peace officers, both past 80
years of age.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
EarIy-to-Bed Stuff.

Blaine McGrath's little son was Wis
iting in Liberty. Mrs. McGrath talked
over the telephone to the youngster
one day, and she could tell by his tone
that he was a little hOmesick. 1t was
apparent that what he was missing
was his occasional trips down town In
indianapolis. where he gathered thrills
from the bright lights of the picture
shows.
do you really wish to come homer
the mother asked.
"Yes," he said, 81 think do. There's
too much night in berty."-Indian-
apolis News.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
Whole Sum of Human Life.

Of the whole sum of human life no
small part is that which consists Of
a mans relations to his country, and
his feelings concerning it.-Gladstone.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
ProSpecta.

If you will show me the style of a
mans amusements and recreatiOns,
will tell you what are his prospects,
De Witt Talmage.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
LARGEST slave-hoIder.

Mammon is the largest slaver-holdey
In the world.-F. Saunders.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SllnIdaySChool =
' Lesson v
CBy REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
%. 1923. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 4
w o r L D w DE PROHIBITION-
WORLDS TEMPERANCE
SUNDAY.

LESSON TEXT-Ps. 1o1:1-8; Prov.
23:29-35
GOLDEN TEXT-"I will set no
wicked thing before my eyes."-Ps.
1913.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Taking Care of
Our Bodies.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Effects of AL
cohol.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C-Progress of Prohibition at Home
and Abroad
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Fight Against Law1essness.
The Winslow mail., 1923-11-02

Help the world when 1t asks you to
put be careful when 1t isn't asking.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
NO STRIKE EXPECTED.
Hammond and Marshall See An
thracite Peace.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. July 24.-John Hays Ham
mond, chairman Of the United States
Coal Commission. and Thomas r Mar
shall, former Vice President Of the
United States, who is also a member
of the commission, are agreed that
there will be no strike in the anthra-
cite fields this fall: that the coal
commission will not urge President
Harding to call an extra session Of
Congress in connection with the fuel
situation and that the price of coal
to New England consumers will not
be higher than during the last two
years, according to a copyrighted
article appearing today in the Boston
Herald. Mr.. Hammond and Mr.. Mar
shall are in Gloucester for the sum-
mer.
For the commission to advise an extra
session of Congress now to deal with
the fuel situation would be uncalled
for and an unwarranted presumption.
Mr.. Hammond was quoted as assert
ing. He expressed himself as ex-
tremely optimistic of the outcome of
the conference between operators and
miners 1T Atlantic City.
Both members ( the commission
were quoted as being Of the opinion
that IL no agreement were reached
they would feel IL their duty to take
up the question of supplying the
President with additional informa-
ton and facts.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
EXECUTION OF WAN
DELAYED 4 MONTHS
Appeal to United States Supreme
Court Halts Hanging
Friday.

The execution of ziane Sun Wan.
the young Chinese student, which had
been scheduled for Friday at the Dis
trict jail. was deferred today by Jus
tice Bailey until Friday, November
%. The delay is caused by the fling
in the United States Supreme Court
of an application for a writ Of
certiorari to have that tribunal re-
view the actions of the District Court
of Appeals, which sustained the con-
viction.
Attorney James A. O'Shea, in asking
for the writ OF review, told the Su-
preme Court that the District Court
OF Appeals had overruled the law re-
lating to confessions and laid down
by the highest court in the land In
the Bran case. Hearing on the ap-
plication will await the convening OF
the court in October.
Wan is charged with killing Ben
Sen WI, an undersecretary Of the
Chinese educational mission, in jan
uary, 1919.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
PAYMENT DISPUTE
HOLDS UP THEATER
Work on Cosmopolitan Build
ing Must Go On, Bry-
IaWski Says.

Construction of the new Cosmopoli-
tan Theater, at 18th and E streets.
has been halted temporarily as re-
Foundation Company Of New York
and the theater corporation. Ma
chinery and materials for the foun-
dation job have been removed.
A. Julian Brylawski, manager of the
Cosmos Theater and an official of the
Cosmopolitan Theater Corporation
said today he expected the dispute to
be adjusted in the near future and the
work on the foundation resumed some
time next week.
Asked Larger Payment.
The differences arose. Mr.. Brylaw-
ski said, over the refusal of the
Foundation Company to accept early
this month a requisition for nearly
$4,000 for its work thus far. claim
ing that a larger amount was due.
The demand for additional funds was
not met by the theater corporation
on the ground that the amount stip-
ulated in the reQuisition was suf-
ficient. and the Foundation Company
subsequently placed lien for the
total sum called for in the contract
amounting to more than $4,000, and
ordered that the operations be dis
continued until some adjustment is
made.
Negotiations with a view. to set
tling the controversy will be made
as soon as Alexander Wolf, president
Of the theater corporation and its
counsel, returns from his vacation in
New York.
The Longacre Engineering and Con-
struction Company has general su-
perVision over the construction OF
the Cosmopolitan Theater. The Foun-
dation Company, which held the orig
inal contract for building the theater
foundation, sublet this work to tn
Raymond Concrete Pile Company
when it discovered after considerable
excavation that there was no access
ible bedrock on the theater site on
which to construct foundation.
When the Raymond company made
pany for money, Mr.. Brylawskj
pointed out. the latter took It's action
against the theater corporation.
Work to Continue.
THE Cosmopolitan Theater must be
built" said Mr.. Brylawski. AN in
vestment of s1,500,000 already has
been made in the theater, and there
is absolutely no reason for abandon
ment of the project. II one company
refuses to do the work, there are
others that will do It,"
The failure to discover a rock bot
| tom for the theater foundation has
been one of the interesting phases of
the work on the new playhouse. Pre-
/ liminary drilling by the Foundation
Company, it was said. indicated that
there was bedrock on the site be-
tween twenty and thirty feet below
! the surface. Excavation revealed.
however. that the hard surface struck
| by the drills was a combination CT
vagrant rocks and n stratum of hard
sand. Subsequent drills failed to dis
close bedrock at seventy-foot
depth. and the plans had to be
changed, providing a pile foundation.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
PRESIDENT TOF|SH
CANADIAN WATERS
Will Go Ashore Near Camp
bell River to Seek Celebrat-
ed Variety of Trout.
By the Aeaocia ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
ON BOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON
WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, July
ga fishing excursion by the Pres.-
dent of the United States into foreign
country. This was the feature set fer
today in the tour of President Harding.
transport Henderson from Alaska. Mr.
Harding was expected to go ashore near
Campbell river. British Columbia, and
see a celebrated variety of trout.
The Henderson, which left Sitka Sun
day. is due tomorrow at Vancouver.
British Colombia, where the President IS
Canadian government. Thursday at
Seattle the returning traveller VIII tel
something OF the policies that he has
begun to form in his mind for the de-
velopment Of Alaska.
Preparation of speeches for Mr. Hard
ing and rest for Mrs. Harding are the
main. serious features OF life on the
Henderson these three days. Both are
making ready for strenuous times on a
trip down the Pacific coast
President Harding won his first
match in a shuffieboard tournament ar
ranged aboard the Henderson to while
away the time on a three-day voyage.
The tournament began with sixty en-
tries. including the President and most
Of ~the members OF his immediate
party.
Among the en- ries were Secretaries
Hoover, Wallace md Work. Mr.. Hard
ing'S partner. WIS Clarence Roaf. a
news photographed of Seattle. They
defeated a newspaper correspondent
and a secret service agent.
Attempts are being made to arrange
Mr.. Harding's itinerary from Seattle TO
the Yosemite National Park so as to
provide for a stop at Sacramento.
Calf. Nothing has been conclud-
ed on this point. The present schedule
brings the presidential train In Sacra-
mento before daylight Sunday.