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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

- ---,. -, iinrn lrUIn the North, VINE
in stone TASKS, grain in leather bags,
salt. hay, camels, drivers themselves.
Con sought out native merchant who
spoke English. His purchases were
swift and simple after that.
In the swarm of traders and idlers
he forgot himself, turned his back
upon everything except his mission.
He knew nothing of camels, but he felt
them over carefully by torch-light to
discover any sores or cracked pads.
The English-speaking merchant,
well-fed Chinese, watched him soberly,
and later, with feeble protest accept
ed a certain reward for his advice.
Near nine in the evening, with
cold wind pressing in, all was ready,
and Levington's private caravan moved
forth from the city, passing under the
ancient bricks of the Western arch.
Perhaps it was imagination only, but
the air felt different outside the walls;
as though the sky had receded to its
normal distance from earth, leaving
The reason was more truly that the
fog had gone. Winter was down in
earnest.
1t was late the next day when they
reached the inner line of the Great
Wall. where arrangements were made
to join a merchant caravan on its
westward journey. Cons was the
sixth outfit in line. The head driver
of one party had half dozen English
words, which it pleased him to adj
dress to Lexington. The young white
man gave another half-dozen to this
friend, at the same time gaining a
valuable dozen of his own, travel
phrases that could mean the difference
between food and starvation.
This small village on legs followed
the icy river road, and at Kalgan
passed the outer Great Wall. Lev
ington, swathed in padded robes Of
leather, viewed the old marvel with
mixed feelings. He was awed by it,
and he hated it, this patchwork sprawl
of stones, raised to withstand the
Tartar hOrdeS, but only lifting long
shadow across the minds of its
builders.
For number of days they skirted
the masonry beyond the King lakes,
now crusted with brown ice. Beside
the road, in the cracking marsh, one
trader in firearms lost his fortune
when his camel SHE'D. All his car
tridges were spilled and soaked, and
his long-barreled rifles rusted. He
diminished the caravan, turning back
eastward. The others pushed ON
through the singing cold. Con was
somehow relieved when the trail led
away from the sight of that dragon
barrier, the Wall.
His student of English, dry and
brown Kalka driver, rode every day
beside him, and Lexington received
assurance that Shan-sung was some
where ahead, but so far off the trail
that none but mailman would wish
to reach it. 1t had never been a point
on the trade routes.
Snow blew down, darkening the air,
and lining the camels' eyes with shin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

a ransom was raised. great enough
to impoverish the house of March.
Now, to carry the ransom to the riders,
came the British expedition, and its
failure is still on the tongues of GER
tain Old-timers. Out of thirty stall
wart, sweating, sun-helmeted men.
four staggered back to Shan-sung, with
a tale of skin-wounds that brought
bitter death, and whole mirages of
hell. Their mouthings were not taken
down officially. The stories were
tinctured with lunacy, so decided the
wise listeners at the legation. Eithna
March was never found.
In eighteen years some of the bitter
ness had faded out of this for Andrew
March. His ways were as reconcile
as those of his father, his desires far
flung in shadowy worlds. To him
Eithna was lost, but not forever. His
sorrow was never a blank. He real
lied how completely an Fastener
he was, how Oriental in character.
The blessing was that it gave him a
Chinese patience.
About the time that Con Lexington
was finding the deep places of Amer
ica and dipping in rather freely for
a young person, Andrew MARGINS at
tention had conferred upon Chez Ming,
newly arrived in DOry street. This
Chinese shared his business with no
man, Intentionally. March had been
so light a shadow upon him that the
attack in the Wedger house was a real
surprise. Lexington had worked deli
cately, and March permitted himself
to hope as he had not dared hope for
eighteen years. He had seen a pecul-
lar promise in the way Lexington had
made that stampede down the street
in Cincinnati. Con was close to the
elements, had Imagination, vigor, and
a laugh. In him were conferred now
al the hopes of an unhappy man.
X
On the night train, Con secured
section, and as a precaution slept in
tie upper berth. He inserted himself
between the stiff brown Pullman blan-
kets, and stared for a moment up into
the close curves Of the car roof. He
thought of the small parchment map
against his ribs-tissue-thin in its tiny
leather sack, resembling a Mongol
charm, but in this case unitarian
rather than religious, so marked as to
guide him-and OF the two unusual
men whose messenger he was, and
who had filed the pouch in his belt
With heavy coins and paper. But the
lull of the rushing train, the clicking
monotony of the wheels, the fresh air
that shot in through the ventilators,
and fatigue were claiming an organ
ism newly tuned to health; and Lev
ington fell asleep.
He took his next-morning's walk
along the swaying aisles, from coach
to coach. He abandoned caution, and
felt again a sense of well-being. The
breakfast coffee had been good. The
train was long and fast. He liked to
stretch his legs. His spirit rose.
While awaiting his turn in the bar
ber's chair, he saw familiar figure
swing into the smoking compartment
Con felt the subconsciOusness jerk at
his nerves. The man was short and
stocky, with a very large cigar dis
figuring his mouth, in a brown-check-
ed suit of clothes that gave youth to
his appearance despite the gray bris-
ties that were cropped above his ears,
beneath the rim of a brown derby.
"Jee, if it amt Con Lexington !"
said the flashy person, throwing out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
CHAPTER ~
The Eeathered Needle.

The EnSurta Queen was neither Inc
largest nor the newest ship atlOat.
The Pacific was inclined to handle her
roughly. She was not long enough to
be comfortable in a breeze, but she
was of a sturdy depth, profitable to
her owners. The wind was sharper
than Lexington had anticipated.
Nothing was as he had planned. he
went shivering to his cabin.
The fire that lurked in Cons veins
was not sanity. He never knew that
his mother had dwelt on the clear
heights of emotion, that John Leving-
ton had seen all things with the vision
of a poet. Even in those shabby ira
grant days in Dory street, toward the
last. the father had mentioned the
beauty of Gods world, not meant Tor
himself, and had looked to his little
boy for answer.
Often after that Lexington glanced
across at Chez Ming in the dining
salon or passed him on deck. A per-
feet lack of relation was preserved
between them, as if they had never
met before.
The Ensurta Queen hesitated at
Nagasaki, let go little of her BURDEN
and bounced onward into the Yellow
sea. The wind changed thrice, lifted,
then died. The ship was not quleted'
but wallowed anyway. A thick
dim mist filled the air, cold, rlven
only by the Ensurta's digniied warn
ing. which was repeated every forty
seconds throughout the final night and
day.
Small, low craft scuttled out OF her
path. The presence of the ancient
Yellow Mother permeated the fog, as
if creeping out from invisible shores
to sniff the stranger-old Mother
China. who started half the GOOD
things of the world, but left them for
others to finish, to abuse and forget
Some of her best have never been dis
covered. She is waiting. She did not
ask for the Torch of Light, and there
was no sorrow in her yielding when
they took it from her. Her timeless
ewes have never wept, and they VIII
never smile. Dynasties, empires, races
of men, emerge from her, cast their
tinsel upon the dust, and vanish, Goa
knows where, and Mother China waits,
and waits.
In his cabin Con Lexington was
sleeping.
The harbor at Tong-hu was crowd
ed. Mongrel craft of the world were
cluttered here-sailing-ships that had
left Liverpool in the girlhood OF
Queen Victoria, and never returned
gray japanese coasters; netting tugs
from the south; a low neglected
revenue chaser, built for the king OF
Portugal. at present carrying artl-
chokes and salt and sisal, a tramp
like the rest. Threading these were
the native river boats-three-deck
and fat their rails mere perforated
steam-pipes arranged against the day
of pirates. when live steam would
flash from them broadside and scald
the robbers as they came aboard-wlth
ever a shifting background of junks,
like verrIin swarming an old coat,
crooked, discolored floating shapes
that would have sunk in water thinner
than this Pei-ho mud. Short cries
sounded and dim rattle of gongs.
A sooty tug worried at the hawser
of the bulky Queen. There followed
the creaking of strained timbers as
she leaned against the dock, a female
CULVER amid the little dirty ships of
Tong-hu. The TUG snorted at her then
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

ing drops. The foolish lips Of the
beasts were pearled with ice. Every
length of stay-leather creaked with
cold. Up ahead the caravan seemed
always moving off into the invisible.
The fields were white. Villages hud-
died under thin lines Of smoke, but in
certain districts the swirling snow hid
every curved roof, and all the mud
was turned to stone
Coarse food, winter air, and the long
hours of camel-swaying had darkened
Cons cheeks. His mittened hands
helped with the wOod-gathering at
camp-time, or chopped the ice for tea
water, but the men OF the caravan re-
garded him as a stranger, if they no
ticed him at all. Friendliness was
winter-bound. The Kalka partner
alone made speech. Lexington kept
his feelings to himself, and set his
teeth. He was lean as Tartar, and
was constantly on the verge Of fever.
(TO BE CONTINUI1D)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21

SIuDUH DuI ACNAJ 60
hand.
"How are you, Stub?'
"Never finer son. It's great to see
YOU. Where you been keepin' your
self? They tell me you are hittin' the
strait and narrow; how about it?''
"Who told you that?" returned Lev
ington, with a laugh.
"Don't we all know it?' exclaimed
Stubby Taggart. "Ain't saw you at
the club since Christmas"
"Was down Cincinnati way" said
Con. aware of another backward rub
on his nerves. I'm no good in cold
weather"
"But you sure do eat up them
nights in spring-ain't saw you do it.
Connie when the weather is woody
and soft, and the winter linin' goes
off vour faster. and you feel drought
comm on that'll last you till snow
les again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
REGAINs SPEECH, USE OF ARM

MENASHA.-The 7-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hahn has regain
ed his speech and the use Of his right
side. lost when he was ATTACKED by an
unidentified youngster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-03-21
SYNOPSIS.

Copyright by the Century Co.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
More Aliens Dumped
On Florida Coast

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Feb. 28.-
Five Japanese, claimed to be Nom
bers of the band of approximately
25 aliens that were struggled into
the country in the neighborhood of
Carrabelle Monday night, huddled
together in the local county Jail to-
day awaiting advice as to their dis
position from federal authorities,
Fifteen of their fellows were in
custody at Carrabelle.
Officials described it as another in
stance in which the constant flow
of smuggled aliens through the Flor
ida coasts had miscarried. The men
were apparently dumped onto shores
near Carrabelle from a vessel some.
time early Monday night. Sheriff's
deputies of that place got word of
their coming and went after them.
Fifteen were taken, but several es-
capped. The five brought here were
charges of Senator B. Fl. Lindsey,
He was coming from Carrabelle to
this city yesterday and recognized
them as they got on the train, three
of them at Sopchoppy and two far.
Their up the road. He took them in
custody and turned them over to
local authorities.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Congresswoman Says
Her Opponent Spent
100000 to Win Race

CHICAGO, March 1.-Morton, D,
Hull. who defeated Mrs. Winnifred
Mason Huck, Illinois congresswom-
an at large, for the Republican nom
ination in the Second Illinois dis
trict, today deprecated Mrs. Huck's
statements that she would prefer
charges against the former state
senator for alleged excessive ex'
penditures in the campaign.
Mrs. Huck specifically accused Mr..
Hull of spending $1,000 to win the
nomination.
81 am reluctant to believe the
woman said such a thing" Mr.. Hull
said. ut is entirely untrue, of
course. 1 doubt if my expenses ex-
ceeded $2,50O."
"I shall prefer charges against
Mr.. Hull that he spent 100000 to
win the nomination as soon as I
return to Washington" Congress-
woman Huck said. 1.-THE law per
mits him to spend only $4,000. His
action puts him in the NeWberry
Glass;
Mrs. Huck, whose term expires
with the adjournment of the house
on March 4, was elected to fill the
vacancy created by the death of her
father, the late Congressman Will
liam E. Mason.
In the primaries here Tuesday,
Mrs. Huck and Mr.. Hull led the Re-
publican candidates for the nominal
ton to succeed the late Representa-
tive James r. Mann, of the Second
I1Ii1ofc district
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
FARM CREDIT BILL
PASSED IN HOUSE
BY BIC MAJORITY

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The
farm credits bill, proposing to es-
tablish two new banking systems,
one government and the other pri-
vate, to meet the financial needs of
the agricultural industry, was passed
today by the house. 1t now goes to
conference.
The vote was sos to Sc, chief OPP
position being registered by mem
l-ers from New York and the New
England states.
No important changes were made
in the bill. A provision was added,
however, extending the life of the
war finance corporation until jan
uary 81, 1924. Representative Byrnes,
Democrat, South Carolina, who Of
fered the amendment, stated the eX-
tension was necessary to insure ade-
quate credit facilities, while the new
banking systems provided under the
bill were being organized.
The new federal banking system
proposed would consist of II Inter
mediate credit banks" located in the
same cities as the. federal farm loan
banks, and with a. capital of $5,-
O0O,0 900 each. They would be author
lied to issue taX-free debentures up
to a total Of S600,000,000, giving
them aggregate resources of $780,
100000 or nearly twice the amount
which the war finance corporation
has been called upon to advance to
the agricultural industry.
Private credit corporations which
will be authorized by the bill would
have a capital of not less than $780,.
900 each and their number would
be unlimited.
1t is these organizations that will
make advances to producers of live
stock on long-term paper. There also
would be private rediscount corpora
tions having a capital stock of not
less than $1,00O0OO each. Under an
amendment adoted by the house the
war finance corporation would con
tinue to function until next January
81, by which time it is assured that
the new farm credit system will be
in operation.
Party lines disappeared, both dur
ing consideration of and the vote
on the measure. Those opposing
the bill are:
Republicans: Alderman, Parker,
Radcliffe and Taylor, New Jersey
Andrew rockingham, Greene, Luce,
Rogers, Underhill, and Winslow,
Massachusetts; Burbick, Rhode Is
land; Burton and Stephens, Ohio /;
Edmonds, Gernerd, Graham, Kirk
patrick, Temple and Kreider, Penn
sylvania; Fem, Glynn, Merritt, and
Tilson, Connecticut, Green, Yer
mont; Hill, Maryland; Hustled and
MacGregor, New York, Layton, Del
aware; Moores, Indiana, and Stat
ford, Wisconsin.
Democrats: Carew and Riordan,
New York; Tague, Massachusetts;
Deal and Tucker, Virginia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Farmer of Lowndes
County Loses $3.50
ToClever Bunco Men

VALDOSTA, Ca, March 1.-Bunco
artists have been thick in this sec
ton lately, many of them flim-flam-
ming the farmers. A few days ago
two men stopped at Farmer John Ed
mondson's house to get some water.
According to the farmers STORY, one
the other remained in the automo-
son, and began to quiz him, while
tn eother remained in the automo-
bile. 1t developed that Mr., Edmond
son told the stranger that his eyes
were bothering him.
Then the stranger confided to him
that the man In the automobile was
Rockefeller institute, 72nd street,
an eye and radium specialist from
New York; that he had been to Flor
ida on a hurry-up call to administer
radium treatment to q lady who was
suffering with cancer, and that
maybe Mr.. Edmondson could get the
specialist to give him a treatment.
The stranger knew of so many folks
in the neighborhood that Farmer Ed
monson regarded him as an old
friend.
When the specialist was consulted,
he demurred. He could not afford
to treat a patient outside of his hos
pitaI, though he wanted to help his
friends friend. Finally, he agreed
to look after Mr.. Edmondson's eyes.
He saw the trouble in an instant.
Opening a small case, he took out a
little instrument, wrapped some cot
ton around it, dipped it in the 'ra
dunn and applied it to the under
side of Mr.. Edmundson's eyelids. 1t
took about four seconds and the Spe-
cialist then wiped off a gummy sub
stance on his finger. He said it was
cataract"
Then the question of fees came up
and the New Yorker told him that
the regular price for such operations
was $1,000, but that he would charge
his friends friend only $500. Mr.. Ed
mundson did not have that much
ready money, but got, out $3.50 and
gave the eye-man-Dr. Howard, Of
Rockefeller institute-a check for a
similar amount, dated later After
EdmondSon began to think about 1t,
he concluded that he had been
"stung," so he came here to get po-
lice assistance in catching the "bunco
men, ana also TO nave d SudIue ell
appointed for himself.
The officers located man named
l.. f.. WEIGH, in Waycross, and ar
rested him. He is in Jail here and
Edmondson has identified him. His
partner, however, has not been
caught yet. Edmondson says that it
has taught him that God gave man
two eyes and one brain so that be
might see twice before acting once
in dealing with strangers.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and cheaply made at homeS
but it beats them all Tor
quick results.

Thousands of housewives have
found that they can save tWo-thiros
of the money usually spent for cough
preparations, by using this we'll
known old recipe for making cough
syrup. 1t is simple and cheap but 10
has no equal for prompt results. IL
takes right hold of cough and gives
immediate relief, usually stopping an
ordinary cough in "a hours or less.
Get 21s ounces of Pinex from any
druggist, pour it into a pint bottle,
and add plain graduated sugar syrup
to make a full pint. II you prefer,
use clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either
way, it tastes good, keeps perfectly
and lasts a family a long time.
It's truly astonishing how quickly
it acts, penetrating through every air
passage of the throat and lungs
1oosens and raises the phlegm,
soothes and heals the membranes, and
gradually but surely the annoying
throat tickle and dreaded cough dis
appear entirely. Nothing better for
bronchitis, spasmodic Group, hoarSe"
ness or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a special and highly con-
centrated compound of genuine Nor
way pine extract known the world over
for its healing effect on membranes.
Avoid disappointment by asking
your druggist for "21a ounces of
P;nex" with full directions and don't
accept anything else. Guaranteed to
give absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded, The Pinex Co.,
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
$450,000 Paid for Sugar
Plantation in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28.-One
of the largest sales of sugar planta-
ton lands in New Orleans in recent
years was made today when Sidney
w. Souers, president of the Mort
gage and Securities company, of
this city. purchased the properties
Of the Deer Range Planting COM
pany, Inc, bankrupt, consisting of
81 900 acres of land in Plaquemine
parish, for $450,O0O at trustees
sale.
The lands consist Of eight old.
fashioned plantations and a part
of another as follows: La Reussitt,
Alliance, st. Rosalie, Myrtle Grove,
Wood Park, Deer Range, Junior,
Pointe Celeste and a part of Wood
land plantation. The center of the
property is located twenty-five miles
from New Orleans and has a front
age of more than fourteen miles
on the Mississippi river with one
of the largest sugar mills In the
state on it, g.. ..-.,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Hainen Quits Southern;
Vice President Miller
Announces Promotions

WASHINGTON, March III. w.
Miller, vice president in charge Of
operation of the Southern railway
system, today announced the resig-
nation of J. Hainen, assistant to vice
president in the mechanical depart
ment, and the promotions Of the fol-
lowing, effective today:
E. M. Sweetman to be superintend-
ent of motive power, lines east, Char
lotte, n. c., vice w. F. Kaderly, re-
signed; Frank Johnson to be super
intendent of motive power, lines
west, Cincinnati, o., vice f. M.
Sweetman, transferred; J. J. Robin
son, transferred as master mechanic
from Alexandria, Va, to Bristol, Va. ;
M. d. Stewart, transferred as master
mechanic from Bristol, Va, to Alex
andria, Va; J. A. Viking to be mas
ter mechanic at Ferguson, KY, vice
Frank Johnson, promoted; i. {.
Schultz to be master mechanic at
Chattanooga, Tenn, vice j. A. Will
king promoted.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Infant Believed
Thrown From Train

WAYNESBORO, Ca, Feb. 2S.-
The body of an infant boy was found
along the tracks of the Central rail-
way near Brian Creek Monday morn
ing, and an inquest was held over
the remains. 1t was thought to
have been thrown from a train 60
ing to Augusta, and had been dead
about six hours. The discovery was
made by employees Of the Savannah
River Lumber compny, who report
ed to the authorities here. The
body was buried at the pauper farm.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
Mother Waits Vainly
For Body of Son;
Funeral Is POSTPONED

WACO, Texas, Feb. 28.-Mystery
surrounded the proposed funeral of
George M. Eddins, q, which was in
definitely postponed Tuesday be-
cause of absence of the corpse.
Eddins, reported dead at Butte
Mont, last Tuesday, was to have
been buried here. His mother, Mrs
D. S. Eddins, arrived from Georgia
for the funeral and pallbearers
came from several distant cities
But when time for the funeral ar
rived no body had been received.
The local express company was
advised by the Butte office that no
person by the name of Eddins had
died at Butte recently.
Almost Frustrated from grief Mrs.
Eddins is confined to her room here
She denied herself to callers.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-03
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