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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
Cynthia Greysa
Lonely Little Boy Il, Big House. Surrounded by Lae-
ury and AriStocratic Atmosphere, Is Not EUen
Permitted TO Haze bog, Let Alone Play With
Neighbor Childrell-Whdt WI Result Be?
BY CYNTHIA GREY.

An manufacturing fretfd small boy HUes in elegant
nome in an exclusive section Of the city.
HIS mother Is r>t There SERVANTS galore IN the
household.
The child has a and tutor.
Rood IS doed ont IN eIact quantities at exact periods
OF me day Nth eractlD the approved number Of Uitame
and cdiories.
II sonny gets hungry at o'clock and the feednG TIM
. or O, ne must Wat
HIS mother lies aoake nights iOorrng over iUheher H.
being properly looked after and cannot understand h
undernourished condition ioheR he has everything monet
can buy But sometimes she doesn't set eyes on him foi
three days at stretch
Son is not permitted to have any pets. 10 is feared h
may catch disease from such, or be hurt-bitten
scratched on the four-footed creatures.
Ne IS not dHoWed 10 play NTH other children in Ii
netghborhood becaUse-toeH- because he might be C
tdmiHdted in iCav another
There isn't thing the boy ,coud rather do than
play rough for an hour IN the gardens at the rear
the mansion. But really there is not square foot
ground on whch II would be possible TO accomplish i
feat
He lacks the direct care or lore OF parent He lack
NATURAL
He is losing the essential opportunity 10 assert his oto
Individuality and 10 create personality He is 0ro,ong ~
poor little leaning branch, whose mental and phusca
trunk nm never htcken enough to insure his ability h.
stand up under the burden Of life. 81
Such a useless pitvi
Too much toealM and too little common sense are a.
or Inherited
There Is only chance to save this uounoser frog
overeare and that's the chance sensible hired help
ioM breathe enough independence into his little som I
make him spipe the cessant drtificiaitv of his dali
existence
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12

Far. far away. across the seas
In tho land OF Sweden. there
lived n family by tbe name OF
Cedsrgreen.
This was In the year 1886. and
the mother OF this Cedergreen
family lay In her bed With a tiny
baby in her arms. and she ran
gentle hands over the little head
and touched the wee fingers and
thought long thoughts about her
baby. ard wondered how far the
soft little feet of him would
carry him when he grew UP. anil
" Bhe would be able to keep
them going straight.
wen call him John" ahe
told his father. "J7ifa Alfred"
But in all her dreaming and
wondering. probably she never
once imagined that John Alfred
Cedergreen would be a name on
a mail-box, way off on the other
side OF the world, N paved
road wh.ch led out OF snohomlsh
and past the broad acres which
belonged TO that same John Az
fred and his children.
Last year whom David and
Peggy went 10 the Pioneer pic.
mic they rode out with Mr.. and
Mrs Cedergreen ana Mr.. ceder.
green told them some day they
might come out AMI hear the
story OF how he happened TO
como 10 tho Puget Sound cGun.
try.
But the summer slipped by
and the autumn. and somehow
nobody ever had day which
A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
ne Fairp Qneen leas readiMg Ietter
NO. 1-BING-BANG LAND

tolls. popEuns. toy-cannon. tire-crack-
ers and torpedoes rcady for the
Fourth OF July. 30 you see tho
soldiers have plenty Of things to
fight with. DO you and Nancy
think you could do anything
we can Try" declared Nick
braveIy. i've got soldier suit
myself and can get it,
mo. no. nor objected the queen.
NO, indeei We have enough
fighters We need doctors and q
nurse. Nick. you can be surgeon
and Nancy. you may Re = Rcd
Cross nurse"
Then she turned TO one OF her
fairies silver Wing. 10 md bring
Master Nick saicheI with adhes.
i've tape. glue. string. paint and
putty. And bring Miss Nancy a
cap and apron: also some bandages
and scissors'
Away went Silver Wing and soon
returned with the things which she
handed 70 the Twins.
Your Magic Shoes will tRitc you
straight 70 the place. said the
Fairy Queen. NOW, goodby my
dears."
Ito BE Continued
Copyright. 1929. NEA Service, Inc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12

Tho incident had passed quite un-
noticed by the crowd Wash Taylor.
a ragged old mulo.slSnner. had been
ono OF the very few TO observe n, He
laughed immodoratcly When Buck
babe him drink, no acqulcsced with
alacrlty.
iodine drew from the old skinner
the complete history Of the valley
I'm sort OF looiIin' round for a
place. Buck was saying III
could find small ranch horcabouts
at the right price. ! might be Inter-
ested
THE only place Tor sale IN this hull
valley Is the old Webster ranch. No
water there at all now. Used to be
plenty In tho old days."
Wash drained his glass,
Used 10 be some place then.
Hank owned due west from whore
Rebel creek torked into tho Webster,
he had all the water. A cloudhurst
changed that In ono night. When Il
wus all over, Hank found the mouth
OF the Webster damned up like a
mason had done the job. Rebel
creek has been some stream ever
since
what happened to HankT" Buck
demanded.
"oh. Hank gave UP tho ship. He's
runuin' store down ia Goiconda, ae-
cordin' 20 last reports
shorty and Buck came down from
the hills and camped at the deserted
ranch. On the morning Of the second
day Buck called shorty 10 his side.
"rm going into Winnemucea and
have "a look at the county records
II old Webster made filing on his
water rights. I'm going to buy him
out. II so TO Golconda to SEQ Web
ster. may be gone week. You
wait n week. II I don't como back
by then. you ind Gloomy and 20
over into the Malheur lake country"
Five days later Bodine returned.
Behind him numbered frcightor.
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Nancy and Nick went straight to
, the Fairy Queens pa'ace from
sugar.Pium Land.
IFS that ailg' they asked lis
there anything more We can dor"
The Fairy Queen was reading a
letter when they came In, and now
she touched II with her hand.
Here is more bad news. my
dears." she said. TT seems that as
soon as you get one 90 my nine
hundred and ninety. kingdoms
into order. another one has to cut
up capers. I'm ever so upset"
(which one Is It nowT' asked
Nick. "And what has happsnsdT'
It's BIng.B Bang Land" answered
tho Fairy Queen. There's war in
Bling. Bang Land between the wood.
en- soldiers and the tin soldiers. and
II IT doesn't stop I'm afraid they'll
kin each other all off and there
won't be any left for Christmas
"Oh. Jtminyr' cried Nick. "tha,
would be dreadful"
Yea, wouldn't itr' nodded the
queen. 'Bing.Bang Land Is the
place all the toy soldiers stay until
Christmas time because there
wouldn't be room for them any.
where else. Besides there are pis-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
CHAPTER "
Blaze Kildare Arrives

Ten days later n stranger crossed
the desert from Golconda He headed
duo north for the Benoist water hole.
He knew he was entering Paradise
Valley by forbidden ways The hint
that no take the south road had
reached him day back
The stranger sent his horse ahead
at hard gallop. Ho found that tho
spring had made a small pool In the
willows. He swung TO tho ground
and loosened the cinohes, but almost
instantly tho animal lifted his drip
ping muzzle and turned an inquiring
eye behind him. The stranger fol-
lowed suit In the shadow OF the
trees two men sat.
The older uf the two, q black is
aged fellow. spoke: ''Howdy. stran-
GER
1t was Skip Layallo. AckIin's
atraw-bpss.
''Howdyl" Kildare responded In
tho Same flat, tell-nothing tone In
which he had been accosted. His
keen eyes took In the rifles reposing
80 conveniently in their laps, tho
soiled cards. and this Interrupted
game OF monte.
The man who had addressed him
got to his feet.
whats your name, Htranger7"
kildare: Blaze Kildare"
"Yuh amt amin 10 lingor around
here. be yuh 2"
Blaze eyed him thoughtfully as
he drnwlod HIS reply: why, that NIL
depends. don't it?''
fie turned and started 10 lift tho
saddle off his horse.
mo use taltin' that down, mister;
nary niti"
For answer. Kildare pulled II to
the ground
Now listen TO me, muchacho," he
purred. I'm going to breathe my
horse. and we're going TO drink our
bellies full OF water bcfors we light
out OF here. what's all tho big cx-
cite. anyways7 got n permit TO
cross this country"
Lets sec H." Skip aad tho other,
Chct Devinc. demanded.
"Now what did | do with that per-
mit7"
He took his hat of, and pcered
into II.
"oh. yosl" lie laughed. Hero 1t
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
CHAPTER III
Two ScliemerS Meet

Buck was tho first to break the al
lence.
These foreigners seem TO be
damned prosperous around here.
don't they7 From your nest at tho
Bulls Head. these ranches down here
must look pretty sweet. What
place this 7alley would be 20 fatten
cattle in. And 20 think that you
could have had II for n song"
Bodlne ciucked his tongue at the
pity OF II.
"weilT'
Aoklln's patience was running out.
Those Basaues have got the water
that belongs to me by rights You
know that. Acklin."
why don't you go after It. then %
I'm going after Il. Don't let that
worry you. And II you are half as
wise as think you are. Acklin. I'll
get IL
You and ] can get every inch Of
water there 10 in this creek. And
well make the law help us. I'll get
the water need. and you'll get
enough 10 irrigate the entire upper
end OF the valley Now. II you're
willing TO talk turkey. you come to
my place In tho morning. Think IL
over. No need telling you what I've
got on my mind. II you're not inter-
csted. Pm going to leave you
here. Adlos."
Ag1 a n
the Bulls Head he retired to the 1t
tie room that served him as an office,
and smoked many pipefuls as no
pondered over the astuteneas OF Mr..
Bodine.
In the clean blue and white morn
ing Acklin rode TO Webster crock.
IAN right, Acklin," Bodine nm
swered In reply 10 the Others qucs-
ton. "T'll put my cards on the table.
Here they are. I'm going TO turn
that water back into the webstcrl
I've been over the spot where tho
creeks used 10 fork hundred times.
Nature changed that water In ono
night. III do II quicker than that.
There is nothing but sand and small
rock there. Two days after IL Ia done,
no man on earth can prove that old
Indy Nature didn't twist Il for tho
second time, My boys will be hero
in q day or 30, they'll do this Job.
They won't talk either III tip you
off tho night intend TO do II. You
be thorc, or send your foreman. Just
40 ri know don't stand alone"
Bodnc bent over and picked up a
stick. with II he drew In the sand at
This feet a rough map OF tho Wiley.
"ItB almost due cast from hors "
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tho aid forks OF these creeks but
right here, Just as Webster creek
nrared The other ono. II turned north.
For almost half mile they parnI.
leled each other before they met
Your tine follows this creek across
tho valley. only II keeps straight on
right into those foothills. Thnt means
that Webster creek flowed thru your
property for shat halfmile. That's
right Amt itY'
Ackiiu nodded In Assent
Well. whom the night comes /
want you to have your men rids your
line. Don't lot anyone thru Keep
Jour boys there for few days Pa-s
tho word tina; someone's runnin' an
iron on your stuff. Thaill DO excuse
enough. Wen be aRfa them
Aekiin had not even reached homo
hcfor. Bodine had started Shorty on
ais way 20 MRlhur Lake. 20 find
Gloomy and bis other mon. And once
Ackiin had reached tho Bulls Head.
he Immediately ssnt for Morrow. his
foreman.
Cash" he aid. we've been thick
headed That fellow Bodno has put
his finger on tho thing we should
have seen frs, shot"
He repeated their conversation 10
him.
We'll. I'm tempted 10 risk IL Cash.
Suppose We string along for a while.
Let him and his men do tho actual
work. You just drop around about
tho time they are there--you know.
casual-llks--If you ever have to
swear 10 Il In the meantime send
some OF tho boys down TO tho Bonois,
watsr-hoie. We arc having trouble
enough with the calves Don't tell
them anything else II In the wind.
Give them the word not to let any
ono thru. Make Skip the straw boss
down there. I rather fancy him. We
can 20 that far without hitch. II
Bodins turns the water you run q
drift fence Along our line across the
valley. Straight east and west with
those deaf trees In near enough
We've 6ot the wirc and posts. Most
of the boys will be back from ths
north tomorrow. You can got thai
fence up in hurry II you have to-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
CHAPTER 1
Bodlne Buys "A Ranch

Tho seorchlng rays or tho MONDAY
sun beat down upon the Nevada
desert.
Across the waste two tiny specks
moved. Save for them All life seemed
dead. Both horses and men were
gray with dust. The mems threats
were hrleky dry: apd yet the taller OF
the two hummed a song. Ahead OF
them green trees heckoned.
Abruptly they began climbing the
bench lands, Tho country OF the Lit
tie Washoc burst upon them. Para
disc valley spread out in a gigantic
horseshoe, A range, the Santa
Rosas. banked three sides OF IL. the
never-failinE willows marking where
Rebel creek came tumhllng out OF tho
hills at the apex OF the horseshoe.
Tired and thirsty as he was tho
tall man stopped for n brief second 20
appraise that wonderful valley,
= Amt that n sweet country.
Shortly" he murmured TO the short.
handy legged man, hard OF face and
slow OF speech, who rode beside him.
Shorty's answer was a grunt He
glanced With a trace OF annoyance
a, the suavc. whimsical Buck.
The grass was good in the buttes.
They eamped there. For two nights
they had watched tho twinkling
lights which marked the little town
OF Paradise. The lare was inSlstent
and on the third evening they rode
into the town and 20 Benavides bar.
Buck and Shorty edged 10 tho bar
and waited one-eyed Manuel. the
Mexican bartender. was busy else
where The delay irked Bodine,
Catching the butt OF his glowing Gig.
aret between thumb and forefinger,
he shot II straight as a bullet into
Manuers face.
Manuel's hand trcmhled n he set
out tho glasses for the two strangers.
H. Al csrfTfN
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home in an exclusive section Of the city,
His mother is r,It. There are SERVANTS ga
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FROM SWEDEN TO sNoHoMnsH
Page 961

could be spared to take the
children out
Then. the very day before
Christmas. tho snohomlsh and
Everett papers had big headlines
in them which said that John
Alfred CederRreen. prominent
citizen of Snohomish county. had
passed away. and told about his
life and his big family. but not
word Of the stories which the
children wanted 10 hear.
SO one day not long ago Grand
mother and the Riddles slipped
away and went to see Mrs. Ceder-
green, and together Grandmother
and Mrs. Cedergreen. with the
help of tho Hlstory OF washing
ton. pteced together the story,
from memories OF what Mr.. ceGer-
green had told them.
We VIII go back, then, TO tho
little baby In Sweden. As the
baby grew up. no showed very
early that he wasn't going to be
stay nt-home boy. Countries
far away Interested him. He
wanted TO travel on the big ocean
and 40 after adventure.
80 one day, when he was II
years Old he said goodbye 10 his
people and signed up as n sailor
on ship which was -Alllng
many porte.
Almost all over the world he
sailed. md when he had look ed Mt
each different country as he came
10 II. he went back TO the ship
thinking nothing was quite 70
good as the open sea.
Once his ship waB wrecked Off
the coast Of ireland. No never
would toll much about MAT. .cx-
ccDt that II was cold, cotd, and
that they drlfted long In small
bouts, and that ho saw aufforlng
too terrible to tell about. and that
when he got 20 shore he sold his
shoes that he might buy food to
Keep from starving.
fTo Be Continued)
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about to ford tho stream when the
animal threw back It's ears IL was
an nnmistakhble sign Bone one was
comlngi Kildare reached for his
sun. Al no did 90. he heard n child
crying. He wheeled his horse and
sent him along the soft bank 80 yards
to where the river turned.
A burro stood lCnec-decp in tire
middle OF tho river. Marooned on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12

and sat down unceremoniously In the
water. Blaze laughed, outright at
that and then, unruindful Of his
clothes, Jumped in and picked her up.
He then waded out to got tho boy.
As he reached up his hands to lift
him. he spoke.
Here we are. Baalio." he aid.
Don't drop those fish noE-
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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his back was frightened child. mad
ly ciutching fishingpol in one
hand. while In the other he held a
string OF small bass. Struggling In
the water at the burro's head was
girl; the mott beautiful girl Blaze
had ever seen.
Neither the girl nor the boy had
seen Blaze. Suddenly the girl
slipped. as she tugged at the rein,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12
CHAPTER V
4 Chance Meeting

The first cool hint Of evening
reached Kildare rs no picked his way
along tho Little washoc Tho water
gurglod ut his feet, He pressed his
knoes into his horses Sides and was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-12

bringing the tools and necessariss OF
life Shorty shook his head No
need 10 ask. iodine had done ha he
had said no would
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
Mayor Issues Annual
Clean Up Week Notice

The Mayor of our city has issued
his proclamation for cleanup week.
There is abundant opportunity to put
his suggestions to a practical issue,
specially where the unsightly ruins of
the recent fire still remain. The own
ers of these lots should get busy and
improve the appearance of our main
thorouglffare, and our town authori-
ties should use their influence to see
that it is done.
There are also jobs for the town
itself to do. Typhoid fever, in a mild
form, is in evidence. Mosquito time
is coming on. By cleaning out the
bitches both the above mentioned
dangers could in a measure, be OBJ
waited. Pocomoke can produce some
foul spots Of stagnant water, which
are breeding places for mosquitoes,
which pests are media for typhoid in
fection.
Let everybody get busy and clean
up; only in this way can Pocomoke
City be kept healthful. i
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
MILITIA MEMBERS
HERE LNNOCULATED
Would Prevent Typhoid Fever Among
Newly Enlisted Members Of M.
N. G. Co., In >PocOmoke.

The newly enlisted members Of the
Militia Company, M. N. G., recently
organized here, were all innoculated
last Thursday evening for the pur-
pose of preventing typhoid infection
There are several cases Of this dis
ease in this vicinity, and for this rea-
son this precaution was taken.
This is another evidence Of the ad-
vantages Of membership in this
company. The health Of the boys is
looked after, and at no expense to
them. Such treatment as mentioned
above would cost each one not less
than ten dollars-quite a saving.
AS said before in these columns, it
is to the advantage of all young men
to join these companions. They will
be improved, morally, socially, physi-
cally, educationally. Join up, boys!
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
Kent County Business
Men VIII Tour Shore

On Monday next the Business Mems
Association Of Chestertown, Nd, will
start on a three-day trip down the
peninsula on an inspection trip of the
various business aspects Of the Shore.
They have chartered ope of the new
buses of the Peninsula Transportation
Company, and with about twenty-five
business men, of Chestertown and
Kent county will visit all the principal
towns south of them.
They will spend Monday night in
Salisbury, and will lunch .the next
day in Pocomoke City, proceed to
Snow Hill, thence to Berlin for the
second night. The next day they will
return home by way Of the Dupont
road.
The Democrat would suggest that
our business men make some sort OF
move to extend the hospitality Of Po-
comoke City to these visitors, and let
them leave with a high opinion Of not
only our business life and activity
but also Of our courtesy.
No doubt other towns along the
route will provide some sort Of atten-
ton and entertainment, and we should
not show any laxity along that line.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
p. e. ~ B. Starts BUILDING
Operations Next Monday

Building operations on the POGO
moke City National Bnk will begin on
Monday next, May IA, Contractor
Morse starting on the concrete work.
Architect Sisco has completed the
plans, they have been accepted, CON-
tract has been awarded, and the build
ing will be pushed to a speedy finish.
Larger quarters will be obtained in
the new structure, as it will cover the
alleys which extended about half the
length of the old house on each side,
giving the new one an even depth
throughout. The entire lot will be
covered, nd when the new home is
passed over to the directors, the pub
lie will see a much handsomer and
more spacious banking institution
than this well established finanial
corporation ever owned.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
Reaping Results From,
Systematic AdUertisinR

Our epterprising merchant, Benz.
Givarz, is reaping the benefit of some
systematic impressive advertising in
the columns of the Democrat, and the
account of sales there displayed, have
kept his store crowded with GUS
toners.
Mr.. Givarz has the experience to
buy just what the public needs; he is
satisfied with small profit on large
sales; he has an accommodating force
of sales ladies'; he knows how to dis
play his wares in his handsome store
roopa, and every one enters only to 60
away pleased.
He has been wonderfully successful
in disposing Of his large stock, and
this is because he meets his advertised
prices with actual performances, and
the public know they are honestly
dealt with. The people gan rest sat
isfied with the assurance of fair deal,
ing and good goods.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
ATTEMPT MADE TO
WRECK FOWL" TRAIN
Obstruction Placed On Track But Re-
moved BY Train Crew Before
Any Damage Was Done.

According to dispatches to Balti-
more papers, an attempt was made
to wreck the north bound "owl" pas
senger train on the Delaware Rail-
road, last Monday night.
The point at which the obstruction
was placed on the tracks was at a
short distance south of the residence
OF Col. James J. Ross, near Ross sta
tion a little way above Seaford.
A south bound freight trains light
revealed a log placed on the track. it
having been taken from a pile nearby.
Railroad detectives are at work on
the case, and it is to be hoped some
clae may be obtained that will lead
to the arrest of the miscreants.
Great loss Of life would have re-
suited had the passenger train struck
the log, and no stone should be left
unturned to locate the desperadoes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-05-19
Base Ball Benefit Supper
Pronounced Big Success

The Supper given by the Ladies'
Finance Committee, for the benefit of
the Pocomoke City Base Ball Club
last Tuesday evening, proved wonder
fully successful both from financial
and culinary standpoint.
The menu was specially attractive,
and consisted of chicken patties, ham,
potato salad, pickles, jellies, hot rolls.
beaten biscuit, peas, ice cream and
cake.
The room was set with three tables
extending lengthwise the building,
and one shorter than the rest reserved
for the ball team and the directors of
the club. Before supper was served
to the players, Ray Gladding, presi-
dent, in neat speech thanked the
ladies for the wonderful assistance
they had been to the financial depart.
ment, and expressed the opinion that
their services were invaluable and in
djspensable.
He then proceeded to introduce each
player to those assembled, and each
responded by rising.
The amount realized on the supper
ill approach three hundred dollars.