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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
CHAPTER XXI
A Chance for Another.

A Chance for Another.
mis- Penield!n
yes, come right in, Mrs. Wopple. !
only got to finish washing out this
"Oh, I can't stop, Mis- Penfeld. I
just heard this here story bout your
moyin'"
YES" said Mrs. Penfield happily.
I'm going to move tomorrow into Mrs.
Sanders fiat. Amt it finer"
Mrs. Wopple shook her head in be-
Wilderment. Il don't know. Seems
like you're playin' a trick on us some
how you been SO kinder poor and
loW-down and ey'rything. Josiah says
he don't think it's fair for folks
that've been poor to suddenly come
into money. Stead of lookin' down on
'em, he's got to all Of a sudden look
up and"
"Oh," laughed Mrs. Penfeld, "tell
him not to twist his neck on count Of
me. I amt coming up very far"
ITS quite change" shifted Mrs.
Wopple. why, you're goin' to be as
good as any Of US, amt your
Mrs. Penfeld's brown eyes danced.
Il wouldn't go SO fairs to claim that.
But I'm glad to have more rooms for
the children, and things more home
like. It's wonderful to have an in
come. Didn't seem as IL there was any
way for it to happen"
Folks say it's from laundry" sug-
gested Mrs. WOpple.
"Yes-a formula I'd worked out for
washing colored clo'es and silks and
II put starch in the water" insinu-
ated Mrs. Wopple eagerly.
Mrs. Penfeld smiled "'Tisn't starch.
It's a mixture never heard of any
body's using"
tits strange how smart you was,
and didn't any of us spect it," re.
marked Mrs. Wopple tartly. "Me,
think of lots of things, but of course /
never tried to sell 'em. Josiah earnin'
big money the way he does, / don't
have to-
CTo BE CONTINUED.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Vast Lake Of pitch.

In the thirteen odd million square
miles Of territory which comprises the
British empire there are many re-
markable phenomena, one Of the most
interesting being the Pitch lake Of
Trinidad, in the West Indies. It Is
q natural reservoir of valuable mineral
pitch, 100 acres in extent, from which
100000 tons of asphalt are exported
annually. About half way across
Kenya colony, in British East Africa,
is Magadi lake, vast natural deposit
Of soda. The lake is ten miles long,
two or three miles in width, and seen
from the mountains that surround it,
it has the appearance of an immense
ruf1ed white sheet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
The Custard Cup

hibits today. We sure got Bosley
darn 1t all. we got him p
81 s.pose," said Mrs. Penf1eld slowly,
chat Mrs Bosley's been honoring me
with her packages of counterfeit
money and dope, but seems as if it
wasn't very clever"
Clever" Jerry Winston took the
word out Of her mouth. 'She was the
life of the ring in the beginning, but
lately she'd lost her nerve, and Bos-
ley's had the devils own time to keep
her from breaking away. She didn't
care If Bosley got caught, so long as
she'd cleared her skirts. If the house
was going to be searched, the goods
weren't going to be there. See? Amt
any of these folks so clever that they
don't do something foolish fore they're
through"
"Poor thing!" commiserated Mrs.
Penf1eld. IT wonder what'll become of
her.
"Well, / can tell you. She'll get a
chance to think it over. We got her
last night, too. She was staging an
exit of her own, but we trailed her to
Sixteenth street station, just in time
to see her getting on the local for
the mole. That gave her two chances
To go on to San Francisco or come
back on a through train. We tele-
graphed the police on the other side to
watch the ferry; then we waited for
the Shasta limited-and there she
was Gee, I was glad. The more of
the trick | could help to turn, the
surer I'd be of building up a reputa-
ton Well, sir, the little lady went
right up through the roof of the sleep
er first off; then she came down and
melted into tears. Some confession we
got out of her! That's how I got hold
Of lot of things been telling you.
Seems twas you tipped her off that
she'd better get out Of town."
1T Why, didn't see her last eve
ming"
He laughed. "No, but you tele-
phoned the police from Mrs. CATER
box's and she told Mrs. Bosley as a
piece of neighborly gossip. / came
around to hunt up Mrs. Gussie and
was just in time to catch a glimpse
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
What's the Matter With Thad7D

of her taking a taxi. I'd ha' caught
her at the station Il the darned engine
Of the car I'd rented hadn't stalled
on me a block away. Golly, | was
mad I"
I'm sorry for 'em BOTH" declared
Mrs. Penfeld thoughtfully. Folks that
mix up their lives that way amt real
ly grown up. But, oh, Uncle Jerry, /
can't be thankful 'nough that I'm go
ing to get that money back. You can't
imagine what a weight it lifts. It was
small matter compared with Thad,
but
"Thad! What's the matter with
Thad? he reiterated.
Briefly she told him.
He shook his head. eff you want to
raise that Lettie kid, Car'line, you'll
have to train some of the reckIessness
out of her. She had a narrow escape
Our men raided that Everidge street
house last night, hunting for the plant,
and the woman tried to get away.
They shot at her. She. she amt ex-
pected to live. There, there,
Car'line, don't get white over danger
that's past. 1t amt likely to happen
again. Prob'ly Thad came in and saw
Bosley take the money, and Bosley
wasn't running any chances Of being
told on till he could get out Of town
Then some Of his cronies would have
turned Thad loose again-only we
stopped the plan by calling a halt on
all their doings. Cracky, I got to be
going. I want to see if I can't land
a Job somewhere en- the strength of
this
The doorbell rang sharply. Mrs.
Penfeld found a knot of her neighbors
in the driveway, discussing the news
paper accounts of the raid and the ar
rest of five suspects Eagerly they in
vited her into their comparison Of ex-
citing events, feeling sure that through
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

NEW YORK HAS GENEROUS HEART

trees, and, the air being very mild,
fell asleep. Nothing remarkable about
that, although it was bit public, with
the crowd cutting past toward Forty
second street. must have leaned
back on the bench and dropped my
hat. At any rate I slept for perhaps
twenty minutes.
when / woke up I found myself
sprawled pretty awkwardly over the
bench and without my hat. I soon
found the hat. It had fallen forward
and lay directly in front of me on the
pavement. I said New York was char
liable. My experience certainly proves
1t. AS slept there bareheaded must
have aroused a lot of sympathy. The
bottom of my hat was covered with
pennies"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Tired Visitor, Asleep on Bryant Park
Bench, Acquired a Hatful
of Pennies.

"New York is certainly a charitable
town. Never saw anything like it."
The enthusiastic visitor Strengthened
an expensive silk tie and drew on
glove as he exclaimed:
81 am only in town for few days,
staying at a Broadway hotel. The
other morning I rose late and after
breakfast sauntered over to Bryant
park. I had been out late the night
before-a theatre and a Broadway
dance club afterward, and felt rather
tired. I debated between a taxi ride
through Central park to freshen up or
sitting down in the square, and finally
selected an empty bench.
q sat there enjoying the odor which
was beginning to show In the grass and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

Jerry Winston's Intimacy with Frank
Bosley she would have many interest
ing details to contribute. But when
she merely listened and added nothing,
they were surprised, incredulous, even
resentful.
From hour to hour further items
were unearthed, dragged into the
small community, and shared gener-
ously in an impromptu council of all
the tenants. The Bosleys haG not been
popular; their downfall had therefore
satisfying element that lent peculiar
piquancy to everybody's version. Blood
was a-tingIe with keenest stimulation |;
the air was cloudy with EXPLANATIONS.
Nor was there any perceptible dimin-
ution the next day-0r the next. And
scarcely had the driveway gossip
thinned trifa when Mrs. Penfield's
thoughts were given vastly different
turn.
Mr.. Crashaw came to interview her.
He had seen Mrs. Weatherstone; he
had seen the hangings. He offered Mrs.
Penfield hundred dollars in cash and
a small block of stock in his laundry
association in exchange for her formu-
la and certain amount of supervision
until its use should be mastered in the
various laundries of which he had
charge.
"It will mean" he told her, "about a
thousand dollars a year-more, as the
business grows but you can be as
sured of that amount"
It seemed fortune to Mrs. PEN
field. She had difficulty in tempering
her impetuous delight into seemly
business attitude. To have steady
income aside from her usual earnings,
would mean different life for the
children.
After Mr.. Crashaw had gone, she
began to plan exactly what that life
should be. For one thing, she would
surely be justified in giving up the
management Of The Custard Cup,
which was rapidly precluding other
duties. With significant juxtaposition,
the fact that Mrs. Sanders was leav-
ing her fiat, flashed into her mind.
Mrs. Sanders was going to live with a
cousin In SonOma county and help
take care Of large family OF children.
Mrs. Penfield could rent that fiat. It
would be the pleasanter because a
friend had lived in it. There would be
conveniences more satisfactory num-
Der of rooms. She would keep up her
laundry work, but under far easier con-
ditions. There would be school books,
clothes, plenty to eat, a fund slowly
growing in the bank. oh, everything
would be different-and safer Per-
haps Uncle Jerry would
She preached the subject to him as
he came around the house from fly
ing trip to the loft-Uncle Jerry with
the new position with a private de-
tective bureau, and with wrinkles
more lively than ever in his kindly
eyes.
| eve could give you room, Uncle
Jerry. We could take the dining
room for"
The color came up in his bronzed
i face. swell, II don't know, Car'l1ne, .
he stammered. Its bully Of you to
think of it, but-but I hope can't
that is-well, we'll talk it over" He
tramped rapidly out Of the alley.
well, I sure wonder what he
MEANS" thought Mrs. Pentield in sur
prise.
She watched. Uncle Jerrs went up
Miss Hapgood's steps.
"Oh-h-h!" she breathed. She ceased
/ to wonder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
'Poor as Jobs Turkey

"As. poor as Jobs turkey" a smile
often used to indicate extreme poverty,
has reference to the deplorable state to
which Job was reduced when delivered
nv God into the hands of Satan. Jobs
turkey" according to the popular no
fion, had only one feather in its tail,
and had to lean against the fence to
gobble. The originator of the saying
apparently did not realize it would
have been impossible for Job to pos
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Estimating Him.

"Tell me, Major" questioned a re-
porter, ''what is your opinion of Sena-
tor Capper?"
"WeIl,- er-h'm - returned Major
Ira K. Widenfuler, chief inspector of
speedometers, "while believe he isn't
much in some respects, / am of the
opinion that he is good deal more in
some others"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Matter Of Time.

"When it comes to marrying, I
wouldn't give a thought to how much
a man was making" said Edith.
Neither would l, DEAR returned
Maud. What would interest me
most would be. how much he had al
ready made. It's foolish to take
chances"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

sess a turkey, since that bird is ma
tive of America, suggests the Detroit
News. Thomas Chandler Halliburton
of Nova Scotia, who used the pseudo
nym Of "Sam Slick" and wrote about
the doings of Samuel Slick of Slick
ville," refers to "Job's turkey" in some
of his writings.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
WITH THE
HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSICS
By MARGARET BOYD
"Men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages"
Merchant of Venice.
90 by Margaret Boyd.)

Men that hazard all
DO it in hope of fair advantages"
Merchant of Venice.
When man invests his money in
government bonds, he is assured of
both interest and capital. When he
invests his money in a business en-
terprise, he is assured of neither. Sta
tistics are said to show that 50 per
cent of all business ventures fail
within few years Of their launching.
It is certain that far more men fail
in business than succeed.
The economists speak of the man
who takes the risk in a business as
an entrepreneur and they acknowl-
edge that he should be allowed not
only q fair interest on the money he
has invested in an enterprise, but also
fair gain to pay him for the risks
he has taken-the greater the risks
the greater the gain. People who fig
ure that investors should be satisfied
with the interest alone, and there are
many of them, show themselves ig-
norant of the fact that Shakespeare
here points out-that men will not
risk all they possess without the hope
of advantage.
1t is of Importance to US that men
should be willing to risk their money
in industrial ventures. We have our
railroads, our telephones, our automO-
biles, and our moving pictures as the
result of mems willingness to risk
their private fortunes Those who adj
vOcate state ownership for all indus
tries rarely stop to consider who
would bear the risk of undertaking
new enterprises If the state owned
the industries. Certainly the govern
ment is not supposed to take risks
with the money of It's taxpayers. It
Is equally certain that new enterprises
cannot be undertaken unless some one
bears the risk. A man with an indi-
vidual fortune may risk it as he sees
fit herein lies the great value of pri-
vate wealth.
Just now there is an ever-growing
tendency to limit the advantages that
a man may gain by taking great haz-
ards. Such limitation is folly when
carried far enough to keep men from
taking the risk in new ventures-the
acme of craftsmanship is to determine
the lowest rate of gain that will in
duce private capital to assume the
risk in new enterprises.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Giraffe Fights Lion.

If a giraffe sees lion first he can
outdistance him and if driven to bay
matches his hoofs against the teeth
end claws of his enemy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

Carefully then were covered the em-
bers that uIowed on the hearthstone."
-EvangeIine.
When the modern householder COW
ers his fire at night, it is to keep the
hot-water pipes from freezing during
the night or to keep tie house from
becoming unduiy chilly overnight.
When the farmers of Grand-Pre COW
cred their fires at night, it was to save
themselves much trouble the next
morning with flint and steel and tin
der. Lighting a fire in those days was
no simple matter of lighting match
lit was slow. laborious process.
Countless centuries ago man discov-
cred that fire would keep him warm
in cold weather, would make his food
easier to chew, would help him in
taking stone for axes and spearheads
and would aid him in countless other
ways. In the very earliest days men
had to depend on lightning for their
start of fire-hence it was perfectly
natural that the Greeks should have
believed Prometheus stole fire from
the gods and gave it to man. When
the lightning struck tree and started
forest fire, our primitive ancestors
no doubt hunted around in the wake
of the fire for smoldering stumps and
logs. These pieces of smoldering wood
they probably carried to their caves
and used to start fires that were kept
alive for weeks or months at time.
If through carelessness or accident
the fire was allowed to go out the peo-
pie Of that early day were compelled
to wait for another lightning storm
to get fresh supply of fire..
Later man discovered that by rub
bling two pieces of wood together very
briskly he was able to start fire.
This marked tremendous step for
ward in the history of fire making,
for it made men independent of light
ming storms.
Later still he discovered that by
striking piece Of iron or steel against
flint he was able to strike fire that
could be caught by bit Of finder If
he were skillful enough. He also dis
covered that it was possible to start a
fire by focusing the suns rays through
a piece of glass. Fire could not be
started with a burning glass except on
sunny days, and lighting fire with
flint and steel was tedious business !;
but both methods were much simpler
than the method that had preceded
them.
The matches that are in use at the
present day are comparatively re-
cent invention, made possible by ad-
vancements in chemistry. Up until
the days Of the Civil war and for a
quarter century afterwards they were
looked upon as something that must
be used sparingly-and the housewife
who used matches to light lamp
when she had a fire burning at which
she could light a splinter or bit of
rolled paper and from that light the
lamp was regarded as extravagant
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
You Said Ill

Another product that has never been
given it's rightful share OF press agent
ing and glory is apple butter.-Wabash
Times-StaT.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
DisiIIusIon COMING.

DisiIIusIon Coming.
MYRTLE believe in long engage
ments.
Madge-Why?
Myrtle Because I want the man
to remain my ideal as long as possible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

A safe and Sure Laxative
Brandreth Pills. One or two taken at
bed time will keep you in good condi-
lion. Entirely vegetable.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15

You can't tell what a woman THINKS
Of a man by what she says about him
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