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Evening star., 1923-04-29

have challenged him had that not
been forbidden by army rules. II
seemed to me that at times he turned
sinister glance upon my left eye.
There was pretty dancer in a
variety show whose heart yielded
readily to sprightly boys, such as
had money to spend and were not
repellent of personality to her. was
fortunate enough TO be one of these
RoSsi knew 1t. He, too, fell enam-
ored of the girl. He sent her flowers
and note of invitation. She kicked
the bouquet around the floor of her
dressing room and returned a sharp
reply. Rossi came to me with an
ugly. swageering air.
That girl was very rude with me-
he laughed loudly, but ] will teach
her a lesson. | have bought a hum
dred tickets for the theater tonight
and shall give them to a hundred
rough fellows of the town. with or
ders to hiss and boo her off the stage
If you do that"-I threw away all
discretion-"I will slap your face. and
we will fight
He carried out his threat. The next
morning, on the drill ground.
slapped Rossi's face. We had to go to
Switzerland TO fight.
We met on bright morning in
May. He fenced at me with an evil
snarl. With the first parties a feel
ing of weirdness .Gripped me-Rossi
was aiming at my left eye. I fought
back with all icy fury. / directed
my -thrusts at his left eye. He was
agile and skillful. and in those days
we'll. ! could make music with blade.
We fought like devils. with sneering
mouths and scowling brows, each
striking at the others eye. For
twenty minutes the sword points wav-
cred and giinted and darted- at the
eyes. but with unfailing parties.
Then he hit me. His steel slit the
fish above my left brow. Stimuli
taneously the needle end of my
weapon pierced his left eyeball. And
there was a one-eyed son for a one
eyed father.
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lit must lie that the pistol had a
blank"
1T is my shot now" the Russian
yelled with mad impatience, and Mon
forte. resigning himself grimly, sent
me away.
At the crash Of the pistol the young
man fell to the ground. We hurried
to him. He was dying a groan of
agony turned our eyes. The Russian,
too. had fallen.
He had ball in his breast and died
before the Italian. He died in glee
over his trick of vengeance. The bull
let had struck just beside the lapel
of the black coat and was hidden from
the watchers. a heavy suit Of under
wear had absorbed the blood of the
wound. In his huge strength the
Russian had kept his feet after the
fatal hit. and, seeing no clear mark
of the shot upon him, had resisted the
lethal influence of his hurt long
enough to achieve his revenge
i y x X
T GRADUATED from the military
L school at Modena and was sent
10 JOIN cavalry regiment ut Milan.
There | discovered that my imme-
diate superior was certain Capt
Rossi. an Interesting person to me for
several reasons. lie was scion of
the Rossi family of Martini and Rossi
Nedmouth. which gave his distinction
to a youth who already had good
taste for vermouth. And his family
had entered into a peculiar relation
with my own. Back in 1866, my
father, then an army captain, had
fought a duel at Verona with his
father, likewise captain. 1t was a
bitter affair. in which my fathers
sword had pierced his opponents left
eye. destroying its sight. They had
remained enemies. Service under
Capt. Rossi, then, meant a queer per-
sona1 contact.
He cherished a deep animosity for
me. which he gratified by vexatious
commands, and sometimes by mali
cious tricks disguised in the seeming
of rough good fellowship. / would
Evening star., 1923-04-29
Curious Adaptations.

MUCH has been said with reference
TO tho adaptations in nature TO
the wants of mankind. Another point
of view shows the same facts as evil
dence that man has adapted himself
to the varying conditions Of life.
An exception to what is regarded az
a general law is found in the distri-
button Of fishes. 1t is observed that
in the warm waters of the Nile, for
instance, fish of many kinds abound.
but that they are all of poor quality.
Indeed, the same might be said Of the
fish in all warm waters. Very few
are At to eat.
Now 1t happens to be the case that
In hot climates the lighter sorts OF
food are most in demand. The hu
man system does not need I'm the
tropics the meats that 50 largely com
pose the food Of men In colder regions.
Tho sending Of fish from Norway to
the countries about the Mediterranean
is one Of the oldest branches of trade
in the history of commerce.
Where the fish was Of good quality
tho population was scanty, and, on
the other hand, where the population
was numerous, the fish were poor. 1t
seems to be a reasonable inference
that both men and fish have sought
the portions Of the globe where the
conditions of life were most favorable
to them. .ea. -.
Evening star., 1923-04-29

garden of a nearby villa.
l called at Monforte's hotel at day
break. He was ready. AS we drove
to the dueling place he smoked and
chatted calmly. He had not seen the
Austrian lady, who knew nothing of
the fight. and he gave me a missive
TO be delivered to her if he were kill
ed. The others were waiting for us
in the garden. Two physicians were
there.
The Russians cheeks were even
more crimson than before. His sec
ond and l adjourned to corner for
the ominous Tipping of the coin.
First we threw for position. The Rus
sian won. That would place the Cos
sack with his back to the brilliant
dawn. | took the coin for the second
and all-fateful toss. Heads" my col
laborator called. The gold piece spun
fla shingly upward. Then it rang on
the stone tagging. 1t was tails.
When we called out the result, Mon
forte, for all his stoical Indifference,
could not keep a sudden smile from
his mouth. The Russians face deep
ened in color to purplish scarlet.
They turned the lapels OF their
black coats around their throats, so
that no patch of white shirt and col
lar might afford bright mark, and
placed themselves back to back. At
signal each marched ahead ten
PAGES. They turned. The Italian.
with perfect precision, fired. The
Russian remained standing. His face
was CHASTITY white now.
"A miss" he shouted. gloatingly.
His seconds and the physicians ran
toward him. He threw out his arms
and moved them blithely in athletic
motions. laughing like d devil.
"A miss" he howled again and
waved the others back.
Monforte's thin, handsome face be-
came a fantasy of horror. ! ran to
him.
Il cannot understand" he whisper
ed. Il had a perfect aim at his breast.
and l never miss. 1t must be"-his
tone became one of terrible despair
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her, watchful at his front, but with
his rear inviting a kick where 1t
would do the most good.
Old Reliable's turn came again with
the dice.
"Gimmie dem bones" he demanded.
1.-TWO bits / shoots"
Got you faded"
Oats bad" zack showed disap-
pointment at his roll. Come out on
a fo Fo's my PINT. Little Joe. Ny
baby wears fo's. Come TO. Come
TO"
4 GAIN and again he rolled the
"A bones. but four never turned
up. for Selma turned up first, break
ing through the fiimsy door. The
startled negroes glimpsed her club,
the kneeling and squatting gamblers,
with tense black faces and white
eyes, like marbles in a bucket of tar.
Unanimously they rose, a covey of
fiuttered partridges; stumpy negroes
lodged out Of the back door, long
legged negroes dived through the
windows. slim negroes squeezed past
the bulky woman and were gone;
gone. all but Old Reliable.
With one powerful hand Selma
caught strangle hold on lacks COL
lar. His rolling eyes glanced back
ward. then like a city dog tugging
at his leash, Old Reliable's front paws
scrambled to pick up scattered nickels
and dimes from the floor.
Come Ion, Zack. I'll larn you
how to gamble of my two dollars
what 1 worked for"
But Seliny, I amt"
Don't tell me what you ain't did
when I sees what you is did"
"But-''
"Shet up. l 'spicioned you from
de fust mint you grinned like
crafty ole possum cause trusted you
wild my two dollars to pay de rent.
So I jest follered an cotched you.
Come long.
Zack might have known that it was
no use kicking and scufiling. no use
clinging to the doorpost as she jerked
him loose, no use hanging on to
bench. for Selma dragged the bench
" ith-him.
Evening star., 1923-04-29

life -circula ton of the earth we live
never vet successfully studied. called
for lack of better name the cur
rents of the earth" They are, no
doubt. her life.
Their source may be deep down.
where rocks and metals are under
very atoms (whrling solar systems
Of inconceiyable force, though infin-
itesimal and self-contained). may be
squeezed. at exactly the right press
ure. until telluric currents generate
from the mass of them, squeezed out,
ray by ray.
% In analogy to radium emana-
tion. which breaks loose from the
whirl inside the atom in the partic-
ular case of radium disintegration.
With radium, it happens on the sur
face. but, doubtless. also, deep down
and everywhere on the route upward
to the surface.
(2) Then. also. we know that the
telluric currents "leak"-come up to
the surface-only in the vicinity of
radioactive springs. Doubtless. they
ares remnants. dragged up, so to
speak, by radium emanation and the
spontaneous gases which carry it,
They know. now, why the Kneip
cure cceeded-sometimes. In some
localities. the patients walked the
fields barefoot and picked up aston
ishing vigor. In others the results
were nil. The fault was. simply, the
locality. They tapped. or did not
tap. telluric currents
Evening star., 1923-04-29

What's dat?" She stopped and
picked it UP. then glanced at him
with newly arounsed suspicion.
What you got in yo' ham,"
''Nothin'.''
yes you is"' She forced his
clenehed left hand on the table and
raised her stick to whack it, when
Zack opened up-showfng several
dollar bills and silver, with a hand
full of smaller coins.
'Zack, wizard YOU git all dat
money!"
''Winned it"
His ill-gotten gains lay upon the
table, and Selma released Zack' s
right hand to grab the pile. Both of
them grabbed together. but Selma
hurled Zack aside and flung him
across the bed.
Keep away from dis She beat
him Off with the stick, like a calf
at milking time, then smoothed out
the paper money and stacked the
silver - dollars, halves, quarters,
nickels and dimes.
x **
4 S three dollars grew to four, the
"A grim lines in her face began to
relax: Ave, the Fuckers softened at
her lips; at eight she smiled, at eleven
she chuckled, and at fourteen she
laughed aloud.
"Zack, you done we'll"
''Sholy," he answered. Il was
skinnin' dem niggers proper when
you busted in" Experimentally he
rose from the bed and moved the
stick to safety. Selma made no OBJ
jection. Then he edged near the table
and touched a pile of quarters. Selma
thrust him away and said: Leave 'em
be-"
But Seliny, I only aimed to take
To- bits, so you an me could ramble
down to de Hot Cat Eatin' House an
eat us a good supper"
Cat fish?" Selma grinned with
every tooth she had, and said gen
erously, 'rDsre! Take q whole dol.
lar. Zack, dis money mounts up to
eighteen dollars an. sixty-five cents
Wen drap in an pay de rent; den
Ill pay .fxe dollars on my. pbony-
Evening star., 1923-04-29

unknowm small. partial benefit from
mysterious leaks" OF Mother Earth's
life circulation, pulsing deep, slow
mighty. now perceived to be on
tap in the vicinity of radioactive hot
springs.
Barefoot, one soaks up the seeping
remnants of these mighty currents.
called "telluric''-which means. sim
ply. "of the earth" earth currents
without telling what they are. But
they cannot be soaked up everywhere
Just in the right spots. only. of the
earth, where there are leaks"
Bigorre is one such.
X x x X
90. by fashion and the search for
- health and vigor fifty-year-old
women are fastening to be farefoot
girls at Bigorre!
Eigor from the earth,
1t is not electricity.
1t is not radium emanation.
The barefoot girl. around Bigorre
(and. probably around a dozen hot
springs in America) feels an obscure
glow. like a sun bath from a dark
sun" coming upwards in the general
direction Of her knees.
This she feels. when she feels any
thing The great majority feel moth
ing. Which proves nothing.
They are escaping remnants of tel
luric currents, currents of the
earth" and when these words are
said the definition almost ends. But
it has been known, suspected eighty
years past. that neither electricity
nor magnetism makes the pulsing
Evening star., 1923-04-29
BY HARRIS DICKSON.

IIHAR now Done coteh i'm
As she heard her own
husbands voice Selma 8
face turned blacker than
the night. with snarlng teeth that
CLEANED like the piCkets of white
washed fence. She halted in her
tracks. head high amongst a dense
growth of weeds-stopped to listen
with foot half lifted, as an elephant
pauses while trampling his path
through the jungle. Now she clearly
caught the mumblirg that came from
= deserted shack in The Bottom"
Just below her house, and saw a chink
Of light fiickering underneath it's
door.
My gal wears mines" Distinctly
Selma heard lacks very words. and
every muscle began to stiffen. In
fortunately for Old Reliable. this
weedpatch had once been a garden,
and Selma need only reach out to
grab a bean pole. 1t was rotten.
Selma didn't crave rotten bean pole.
The next pole was sound.
1.-TWO dollars / shoots Old Re-
liabIe's tone was challenge which
Selma promptly accepted by break
ing the pole across her knee. and con-
yerting it into a homerun bat.
Huh" she snorted. Oats my
two dollars what I give him to pay
de rent" Then Selma frightened the
cord about her waist, until two big
hips bulged out like bolster tied in
the middle.
Now, den, I'll collect more'n two
dollars wuth outer lacks hide.
Shootin' craps wild gang o rousta-
, bouts, Jes lissen to dem niggers.
Lissen."
Out from the shack came a medley
of guarded exclamations, Tens my
pint" Big Dick from Boston,.
Come ten. Come ten. Build de ten"
Ugh, Throwed seben. an fell on
Selma put one wrathful eye 10 a
crack and glowered upon the group
inside. a group that crouched on all
rours in a circle surrounding the nub-
bin Of candle. Zack's face she could
not see. for Hs had his back toward
Evening star., 1923-04-29

Zack didn't relish her preparations in
locking the door in placing the lamp
on a high shelf. and showing table
out of the way, so as to allow plenty
of room for the proceedings. Old
Reliable couldn't defend himself: Sc
lima gripped his right arm. and he
still held something tightly clutched in
his own left fist.
| "Zack. take off yo' coat--quick!
He wasn't quick enough, and Selma
raped him over the knuckles. A sill
yer dollar fell from his hand, jingling
to the 3or.
Evening star., 1923-04-29

"Lissen to me, Seliny; jes lissen-"
Huh! 1 done lissened whilst you
ack so nice an perlite bout you'd
go an pay de rent-youd save me
dat long walk cause 1 was plum
wore out. Didn't ] lissen den? Now
it's yo' time to lissen some. An de
neiShbors is goin' TO lissen heap
at de yelln' dey hears from my
house. Selma had snatched Zack
clear of the weeds, and now struck
the little uphill path which led to
home. sweet home.
"Lesxo my neck, Seiinxt Yo1A
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graph, an buy me a pair O. stock
ings. AM
But, Seliny. what dat you say q
while ago bout you wouldn't touch
nary nickel O. gamblin' money!
"Hesh yo' foolishness! don't call
dis gamblin' money. Gambiin' money
is what you fool niggers loses in
shooting craps. Come long, honey.
less you an me dress up an go TO
de Hot Cat Eatin' House. Zack, you
sholy is acted nice dis night
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-04-29

husban'. Gambler. same as dat
trifiin' Joe Trimble.'
"Joe-takes home - plenty - mon
ey-' Old Reliable caught just
enough breath to gasp it out.
'Shet up! 1 don't care eff you fotch
home million dollars an six bits
ev'y SADLY night wouldn't touch
nary nickel o. yo' gamblin' money.
I b'lonEs to de church. Come in dis
house-come in here. I tell you.'
\
LIE needn't try to hang back. for
1 j Selma y&nked him inside. and
Evening star., 1923-04-29

chokin' me!"
Oats what l figgers."
Loosen UP. seliny., an lemme plain
I amt"
Hush lyin', Zack. You's goin' to
need breff for hollerin, cause i lows
to larrup yo' anatomy all over dat
house, an den some in de yard. I'll
fix you so you can't set down till next
year at To- o'clock-an' den you'll
need a powerful sof' piller. Gambled
away my two dollars! HUH"
"But Seliny--
Hush. Gotta gambler niger for
Evening star., 1923-04-29

Fad Is Now Called Egyptian But Prac-
t ice Has Been Known for Generatons-Tel-
luric Currents Leak in Vicinity of Radio
active Springs-Cures Are Found to Be Eff
cacious Only on the Spot-Survival of Man
in Glacial PERIOD
Evening star., 1923-04-29

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face turned blacker than
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

Oh! These Trying Times!
II the old bus fails to start,
Try, try again.
Before you take 'er all apart
Try, try again.
Make sure there's gasoline in the
tank,
Pull the choke and grab your crank
Grit your teeth. and (blankety-
blank.D
Try, try again.
If she still declines to go,
Try, try again.
You'll win If you determine so,
Try, try agains
Empty out the radiator,
With hot water inundate 'er,.
Pour some on the carburetor,
And try, try again.
Other things can still be done,
Try, try again,
To make the doggone engine run,
So try, try again.
Prime the cups with gasoline,
Make sure the distributor is clean,
See that your mixtures not too lean,
And try, try again.
If nothing else will do the trick,
When you've tried and tried again,
This one will start 'er mighty quick.
80 just try once again.
Have some Ford take you in tow.
Start-and ease the clutch in low.
Then b'gosh she'll have to go.
And y won't have to try again.
Half the motorists can't see how
the other half escapes accident or
injury.
IT'S A FACT THAT
the servicing of motor cars and
trucks now requires over 80 Der
cent more places OF business than
the selling Of them requires.
There are two kinds of statesmen
in the automobile business-the fel.
low who usually gets what he
wants, and the one who never
wants much.
LITTLE FAIRY STORIES.
"Y' oughta see this old boat
step. Why, I've had FER up to
sixty-four already"
One way of approaching how
small it is to get ahead solely
through pull" is to break down
and be towed by flivver.
The fellow who is always Dor
rowing trouble, is always in debt.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
| And departing. leave behind us
Some such nutty stuff as mine
Copyright. 1929. by Premier Syndt-
cate. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Ruu Mc10n10I'0S
S PR / IN G
housekeeping
- .SHorf Cuts 10 MOfor Car Economy
g rs EVERYTHING WHEN YOU COME TO SELL YOUR
CAR
ISHor4 CHks 10 Motor Car Economy

shabby, look up one Of these places,
and you will be greatly surprised at
figures quoted.
AS stated before, q new dress for
less than $50 will add three times
the value OF its cost to your car.
You may as we'll enjoy a cookbook.
ing car for awhile, for when you
trade 1t In on a new car this Is ex-
actly what q great many new car
dealers and secondhand men do in
order to gain profit.
If the finish of your car has been
well preserved, good polishing will
improve the appearance. A 75.cent
can of top dressing will brighten up
the cover nlateriaf and also will tend
to seal up slight leaks and preserve
the material.
Your tenders may show a good ap-
pearance on the top side, but rust
and decay always starts from the
bottom side. Enameltng wears off
more rapidly at this point, due 10
splash from the road, which, due to
the grit 1t contains. Is much like a
sand blast.
This accounts for the tenders you
see on many cars falling apart from
decay. Paint Will not last long on
the underside of tenders and would
have to be applied frequently to give
results. Enameling is cheaper than
buying new tenders Watch this
point closely in your spring house.
cleaning.
Do you know that painting kits
can be purchased at supply houses
at small cost? If you do not care OF
put from $35 to $50 into q refinish
job, you can do pretty fair job for
a few dollars yourself over the week
end, If you follow paint kit lnstruc.
tions closely. Mechanical work on
your car should always be completed
before going to the paint shop.
For the Owners Scrap Book.
/ Last Week-Periodica cleaning Of
gasoline line means saving of dollars.
Next Week Thorough washing al.
ways necessary before inspection
can be made properly.
Copyright. 1923. by the ChFisty Walsh
SyndicAte.1
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
HUPNOB|LE SETS
NON STOP RECORD
Makes Distance Of 26,165
Miles, Hood Sealed, in Run
of Fifty-Eight DAYS.

A standard stock Hupmobile tour
ing car, which already had seen 6,OOO
miles of service, set new world
record in Utah the other day when II
finished a run of fifty-eight con-
secutive days without stopping the
engine. The hood was sealed through
ont the run. A total Of 26,165 miles
was made during the period.
This is greater than the distance
around the earth.
THE run was solely reliability
test. No attempt was made at great
sneeds. In fact. the idea was to
duplicate as nearly as possible driv-
ing conditions encountered by the
average motorist.
speeds in cities varied from ten to
twenty miles an hour. In the
country. twenty-five to thirty miles
ner hour was maintained. Eighteen
different men drove in eight-hour
shifts.
During the fifty-eightI1 day the
fan belt broke, causing the engine TO
become hot. Tt was necessary TO
break the seals on the hood and
stop the engine a few minutes to
install another belt. The hood again
was sealed, the engine started and
the run continued without stop
u1til a sixty-day period was COM
pIeted. The distance covered In the
sixty days was 1906 miles.
Affidavit was made by Alvin A.
Allen, of the Utah Oil Refining Co..
which supplied all oil and gasoline
used, that ,25S75 gallons of gasoline
and sixty-two quarts of oil were
consumed during the entire run.
Gasoline average for the entire 81
O96 miles was therefore 21.5 miles
per gallon and oil consumption one
quart for each 1923 miles.