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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25
MAGAZINE

that you donot see the manner OF a nus
sian tale. The point will come soon, Mr..
Jordan.
"Rotanoff came back to his village and
for six months he lived as if nothing had
occurred. People sometimes pointed to
him and shook their heads in pity. He did
not seem to heed. Several times he heard
from gossips things which made his soul
burn in him. Yet he would not hurry
Whenever he found an opportunity hewent
far from the village and practiced with
his revolver until he became amazingly
expert He would not miss that shot
when. he was satisfied with his skill
he began to take walks out to the gardens
of Dmitri Gorgos' house. There he lurked
about. Finally he met with the opportu-
nifty. Gorgos came down path walking
alone oRtanoff crouched behind shrub
"Why didn't he step out and do it
like MANI" crowned Jordan.
AS Gorgos came beside the shrub, !"
went on Meneval, now ignoring Jordan.
"Rotanoff leveled the revolver and pulled
the trigger with a practiced hand. There
was merely dull click in response. The
hammer fell upon a defective shell, that
tailed to detonate. The noble jumped
through the shrub and colored the fellow
He shook him as a dog might shake a rat.
SO violently that the revolver dropped from
his hand and his brain reeled. Gorgos
kicked the weapon to a distance. There
was no fear in that man.
"Then he dragged Rotanoff up the path
Paul Maxady was smoking cigarette on
the porch. There was music in the house
Look at this dog said Gorgos. Music
tires me and l went for stroll throuob
the garden. This puppy tried to shoot me-
'Maxady leaned a little closer and bv
the light which came through the omen
door he looked at oRtanoff.
'Ah' said he, this is the man who was
to mary Ila.'
Gorgos frightened his han don the meas
ants collar and turned him about so that
ne could see his face, and he kept repeat-
ing at little intervals: SOL So! SOP
Otherwise he said nothing After a time
he started around the side of the house.
taking Rotanoff with him. They entered a
dark hall and Gorgos made oRtanoff step
lightly while they passed through several
unlighted rooms. Finally they came to a.
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Mrs. Adair congratulated herself on her
self-restraint before this malapert daugh-
ter of the age.
what l wish to tell you, Miss Wingate,
is that the older women of this club are
not blind to the fact that you are one of
the worst offenders against certain unwrit-
ten laws of decorum which are more than
any printed house rules that you'll find
here
81 mean simply this" 1t was time to
speak out "Your face is smeared with
paint and powder. Your lips are thick
with rouge. Your eyebrows are penciled
1t goes with the rest of your get-up from
your bobbed hair, frazzled out like a Hot
tentot, to your silly heels that'n catch
in grating or trip on a step. You're
silly, empty, vain, spoiled, painted little
Jezebel running after the boys and getting
them to run after YOU"
A vamp, l SUPPOSE" said Anne with
defiant toss of the offensive couture.
If were your mother
Pm thankful you're not"
Mrs. Adair ignored the retort. ssrd
take my pocket handkerchief and wine off
some of that stuff and get back to the first
principles of the complexion you were born
with"
Mrs Adair opened her handbag and took
out her handkerchief, as if she intended to
apply it to the furious young rebel "Let
me show YOU"
Anne bounced to her feet, and ragged.
Don't you touch me, you-you reformer,
your Anne wanted a hard, bitter cpl
tibet to hurl, but the words failed her.
Moreover, in the midst of her anger she
began to realize that she had already been
unforgivable. Mrs. Adair, according to
her lights, was trying mistakenly to be
kind and Christian and conscientious.
Even as Anne stood splendidly irate, she
could have fallen on her knees and wept,
with her head in the lap of her elderly
mentor.
Inwardly her pose Of defiance was over.
But she was too proud to surrender.
So they parted, Mrs. Adair incensed,
profoundly hurt, amazed, the last vestige
Of belief in the manners and morals of the
upstart generation gone forever.
Anne, for her part. felt lonelier than be-
fore, and more determined to be herself,
and lead her own life, let the cats NEW
as they might. She was a boys girl, and
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in a way. Then he kissed her hands and
went away to a friends hut.
SIN them orning when he went back to
his place he found her body cold on his
bed. She had stabbed herself wit hone OF
the sharp, crooked little knives that he
used for cutting leather. The wound was
in the hollow of her throat where Rotanoff
had seen the red jewel shining.
"He sal beside her all that day. In the
evening he went up to Gorgos' house with
the knife in his pocket and told a servant
that he had important news for Dmitri
Gorgos. The servant made him wait lin a
hall, for the master was out riding
''Very soon he came in carrying his
heavy crop. Rotanoff went to him.
~ have brought you news from the vii
lage,' he said.
Georges looked him over. Who is this
fellow? he asked the servant.
1 am the man who was to have mar
ried LA Nadasky,' said Rotanoff.
g She has killed herself went on Rotan-
off, with this knife
''And he showed it to the master
God! said Gorgos, and struck him over
the face with the butt of his riding whip
~ ihuoI nave ueeH lOdueQ, Tor II Tore
down V-shaped wound on Rotanoff's fore
head and knocked him back against the
wall. Gorgos was painting as if he had
been running. He tore open his shirt The
blood was streaking down Rotanoff's white
face and he grinned in his hopeless way
He must have seemed like a poor child who
presses his face against a shop window a.
Christmas time and yearns for the costly
toys inside. What he really saw was moi
Gorgos but an image of the dead girl as
he had seen her when she wore the red
jewel and there was Gorgos's throat, naked
before him. He strang forward and drove
the sharp little crooked knife home
"The master coughed and dropped to
the floor The red blood welled from the
hollow of his throat, and the light struck
it looked like great ruby. That was
why Rotanoff had to leave Russia"
We were all silent. Meneval was star
ing into the void again. He pushed his
hand absent mindedly through his mop OF
hair. As it moved back l saw triangular
scar on the upper part of his foreheaed
''But that doesn't prove the main point
began Jordan in brutally loud voice. eve
were arguing"
got up~and left the table.
Copyright, 1922. by the Bell Syndicate. Ine)
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his dear, dead fathers sake. She would
ruffle his fair hair with her pudgy, ringy
finers, and remind him that he was an
only son, and called him sweetheart"
She told him, as automatically as she
could, that he was too young to think of
girls. This was belated, after the house
parties. What she meant was that at any
age she did not wish him to think of Anne
He knew very well what she meant, and he
would petulantiy retort:
Mother I'm almost 81, and I'm per-
fectly capable of minding my own business,
if you'll let mep'
So she redoubled her efforts to keep him
at home. She planned all sorts of amuse-
ments-but since Anne was left out of
them, Walter would have none of them
He told her he would rather walk, around
the block with Anne than dance 10 miles
with any other girl in town.
Walter sat erect, astonished. Was this
the frivolous, pictorial Anne he knew?
How long, would the mood last? When
you're pretty as Anne, why not let the
others be the saints and preachers?
"Where'd you get this line, Anne?
Aren't you feeling well?"
She looked at him, straight as a gun
barrel. "Pm tired. of this silly, empty
crowd we train with. Let's both cut loose
from it. You be :: mana real, he-mal;
and I'll be girl, instead of doll. Where
does the macaroon circuit get us, anyway?
Pm sick of these loud and late and dizzy
parties. l hate myself as l am; I'm not
proud of you as you are. But l know Pm
going to be proud of the man you will be
and l don't want him to be ashamed of me-
I'll stick by you and be your friend as long
as you want me to be, and not a minute
longer. If you won't play the game with
Newell, that's for you to say I'll play
it solitaire if have to. But I'd advise you
not to let me-"
Her eyes were shining.
He took her hand. "By Joye, l think
you're great! think you're magnificent
She looked humble, and was silent.
"We're both got an awful lot to d."
she said, after an interval. "And-are you
sure you like me with this face as much a.
with the other one?'
"More," he answered. "Nay I kiss
your"
"No," she said
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A
w stiff because her son was so fond of
that Wingate girl.
Anne Wingate, Mrs. Adair didn't mind
telling the world, was typical flapper
A jazz specialist, frothy as a glass of
soda, light and empty as an incandescent
bulb.
Mrs. Adair couldn't understand WHY
Walter, undergoing a Princeton education,
burnt candles at both ends before the
shrine of palpably artificial beauty. Once
she had told Anne Wingate to take some
of it off. She had meant it only in the
kindest, most motherly way
Anne's mother was dead. Anne's father
was foolishly indulgent, and man never
sees things, anyway
SO one day in quiet corner of the club
where she was director and Anne was
Hedging junior member, she told Anne
what she thought it was good for Anne
to know.
My dear, Pm so much older than you
and knew your mother. You mustn't
mind what I'm going to say to you now"
Anne, instead of melting into a meek
1SSSPei'oicSo, Sdt up, on SudrQ, IN frosty
silence.
Mrs. Adair went on. She knew her
duty. Her duty at the moment took the
form of overhauling Anne.
She laid her gloved hand on Anne's
knee The girl cringed a little at the
gesture.
"You mustn't mind what I'm going to
say" Mrs. Adair repeated. cts only for
your good. My dear, why can't you show
the world the face God gave your
II do" flashed Anne, indignantly.
"No, dear"
"Please don't call me dear when you've
something horrid to say to me-"
"Vey well then, Miss Wingate. It's
not easy for me-but you have no mother
to tell you these things"
an thank you to leave my mother out
Of itr' But the tears in Annes blue eyes
were more of vexation than of grieving
remembrance.
II won't say anything about the clothes
you're wearing. won't ask if they're
decent"
"Please DON'T" said the girl. II like
them, and they suit me, and what's more,
they're in the fashion. Yours aren't"
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WALI'T..E1R ApAIR's mother was scared
w stiff because her son was so fond OF
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-19
SKY SMALL HEAD OF
new ROYALTY COMPANY

"Sky" c. Small of Glasgow, presi
dent of the Bank of Milk River, is
the head of the newly organized Mon.
tana Northern Royalty company
which proposes to specialize in the
acquisition of royalty interests on the
Bowdoin oil dome and other struc-
lures in that section which have the
approval of those who know. The
company controls royalties on about
10000 acres of inside land, and
through E. N. Hill, the vice president,
is acquiring more. 1t also owns roy
atty interests in the Genou and Kelvin
fields. Associated with Messrs. Small
and Hill are L. V. Lockwood and G.
E. Alsop, well known business men
of Glasgow.
The Bowdoin structure, rival in
point OF area with the Sweet Grass
arch, has long been looked upon with
favor by biologists of note. The
United States geological survey has
issued bulletin on this structure
which is very favorable. Standard
interests have had several engineer
ing parties working in the district for
the past six months. The California
company and the Mutual of Wyoming,
both of Standard affiliation, have &C
CURED considerable acreage there,
and the Homestake, largest indepen-
dent operator in Montana, has ac-
CURED drilling rights to about SO, 900
acres. The Homestake and the Bow
dom company are drilling, and it is
expected that number of additional
rigs will be moved into that district
in the early spring. "Sky'' Small,
head of the Montana Northern, has
reputation on the High line for fin
1shing what he starts. He was a cow
boy in the old days, in charge of one |
of the big outfits of that section. |
Then he became a sheriff, at time |
when two-gun men were active, ac-
quitting himself as militant Off
Ger should. Then he organized the |
Bank of Milk River, which was fore
ed to close during the late drought
but which, through
the efforts of Mr.. Small, was reor-
ganized about year ago and is now
one of the flourishing financial in
stitutions of the north country.
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able more ginger than discretion,
stated that if any white man would
go with me, would go on that night
and locate the Nez Perces; also, il
possible, learn whether all of the
freighters we're dead. AS soon as
quit talking, Tendoy said: me go,
too"
Bill Falkner, who was a retired
merchant living at Salt Lake City
the last time l heard of him, rose and
said: "Cruikshank, I'm with you; we
go tonight"
Colonel Shoup said: LOOK here,
Cruik, they've left it to me, and as
all these men have families, I feel
responsible for them. We are too
few for the Nez Perces and none of
these men have ever been under fire
with the old muzzle-loading fusees.
If Joseph and his men turn those
Henrys loose on them, they will have
our hides before we know what has
happened. Howard has reported
that the Nez Perces have good Henry
and needle guns"
"All right" said, Cpl go on over
the divide to the head of Birch creek
while it is dark and see if I can To-
cate them"
Hear Indian Whistle
Immediately Bill Falkner and I,
with Tendoy and his two boys and
10 braves, who were anxious to get
a whack at Joseph's horses, started.
We had gone short distance when
we met white man, Jarvis, who ac-
companied us. About dark, believ-
ing we were in the vicinity of the
Nez Perces, Falkner and I rode ahead
onto hill, and stopping to listen,
heard an Indian whistle. A little
later we heard them singing and saw
the glare of their fire. At this time
came up with six braves and
sent the latter ahead with his son
Jack to stampede the Nez Perces
horses. Jarvis remarked that there
would be hell to pay soon" If the
Lemhis didn't get the horses, the
Nez Perces would get our foretops,
he said. Tendoy replied, me get
tum horses"
Sure enough, they rounded up
about rs horses and brought them
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-19

One of the stirring periods Oh
Indian warfare against the white
invader in Montana was in the
summer of 1877, when Chief
Joseph and his band of Nez
Perces warriors made their MEM
orable march across Idaho into
Montana territory, and fought
General Gibbons command TO
standstill in the battle of the Big
Hole, which came near being a
repetition of the Custer disaster.
Between the battle of the Big Hole,
fought August 8, 1877, and the
time of the surrender of Joseph to
General Miles in the Bear Paw
mountains in October of the same
year, there were many thrilling in
cidents. One of these was the
Horse Prairie massacre, which is
described by Alex. Cruikshank,
young man who served General
Howard as a scout in the pursuit
of the hostiles and who helped to
bury the dead after killing of the
whites at Horse Prairie creek. MIR.
Cruikshank, whose graphic des-
cription of this incident is given
below, is still hale and hearty, Is
living at Junction, Ida, and is one
of the pioneers who have watched
the wonderful transition from the
old to a new Montana. Cruik-
shank's narrative was secured by
George r.. Metlen.
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WHEN CHIEF JOSEPH OF THE NEE PERGES
INDIANS DECLARED WAR AGAINST WHITES

found an old squaw who had beer
shot through the head. Apparently
she had been wounded either in the
Big Hole fight or at the Horse Prai-
RE massacre afterward. The Ne2
Peroes, unable to carry her along,
had killed her. Some of Tendoy's
bucks scalped her.
We camped to rest our horses and
hold a council, and Tendoy's cour-
iers, who had been sent ahead, re-
turned with reports of fresh Nez
Perces signs up the train. This caus-
ed the Lemhis to hold war dance.
The result of the council was the de-
cision to leave to Colonel Shoup the
question of whether we should fol-
low the hostile reds and possibly stir
up a hornets nest, or return for
more help. Shoup said:
Gentlemen, there are too many
of us for scouting party, and not
enough to make a fight, as most of
the party are armed only with muz-
zle leaders and Colt six-shooters=
mostly cap and ball at that"
Lemhis After Horses
Chief Tendoy made a speech, say
ing he would help the white man.
He was anxious to mix it with the
Nez Perces as he thought they could
steal a lot of their enemies horses.
Being commissioned as a scout in
Uncle Sans service, with consider
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l returned to Junction and over
the divide to Williams Junction,
where I reported to Towards COM
mand. I stayed with him as a scout
until Howard was relieved by Gen
eraI Miles on the Yellowstone. The
Nez Perces were rounded up by Gen.
eral Miles in the Little Bear Paw
mountains in October.
/ believe that all of the men men
toned in this story are dead except
ing Falkner, Pat Dempsey, who lives
in the Flathead, and myself.
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Evening star., 1923-09-28
SPORTLAND ARENA
BOUTS LACK PUNCH

Fight fans at Sportland last night
we're not pleased with Promoter
Heinie Miller's weekly Offering and
did not hesitate to so express them
selves. There was little in the five
boxing bouts to attract attention, the
card being the poorest yet staged
In the open air arena at Berwyn
Heights.
Advertised as two challengerss for
the world light t-heavyweight cham
pionship who had earned regulations
In meetings with top-notchers. Jack
Duffy of Chicago and Jackie Clark of
Allentown gave poor twelve-r round
exhibition. Clark. using his left hand
practically all the way.~jabbed and
hooked himself to a hollow victory.
Bob Yeoman of Washington and Ed
die Malone of Memphis fought like
Wildcats a [ the outset OF Hleir engage
ment. but We're quite subdued after
the first round and Mahone's seconds
tossed a sponge into the ring when
their principal refused to come up for
the fifth.
Patsy Mozier of the zR-l crew was
content merely to outpoint Bat Wood
man Of the L. S. S. Mayfiower for five
rounds, but in the sixth let loose "a
slam to the jaw that ended hostili=
ties.
Terry O'Day was declared winner
over George Gardner when the
referee stopped the bout ins the first
round. Gardner. said to he a former
sparring mate of Johnny Kiibane, ap-
parently knew little about boxing.
After their first round both Joe
Perrone, Tidal basin lifeguard. and
Mickey Molito of the marines were
arm and leg weary. but managed to
go the route of four rounds. Molito
got the decision.
Evening star., 1923-09-28
BUSHMEN TO MEET
MACKS TOMORROW

Connie Mack's Athletics will hold
the attention of the Nationals dur
ing the next five days They are
due here for games tomorrow anu
Sunday afternoons. then the Bush-
men will jump to Philadelphia FOR
engagements the first three days Oh
next week.
Paul Zahniser probably will be
sent to the slab by Manager Bush
in the Saturday encounter Doe
Prothro. recently Of Memphis, Will
replace Bob Murray at third pase'
while Carr Smith, ex- Raleigh slugger,
will be used in center field should
Mack employ a southpaw pitcher IN
the series.
After the Nationals are through
with the ATHLETICS they VIII nave
lut four more games. all with the
Red Sex These will be played octo-
her 4. and Z, a double-header being
listed for the second date.
Evening star., 1923-09-28
TIGERS BEAT INDIANS
ON BIG FIFTH INNING

The Cleveland Indians went down to
defeat before the Tigers in Detroit
yesterday by the score of to 4. The
Tigers made their big play in the
fifth inning. when they wrote up four
tallies in row.
The Yankees trimmed the Red SoN
in Boston. 8 ~ .. The American
League champions started off with ii
bang in the first frame. taking three
runs, hooked three more in the third
and the final pair in the eighth in
ming.
In the National League Pittsburgh
lost to the Cubs. S to ,. OFarrell
and Miller rounded the circuit in one
sprint for the Chicago team. while
Grimm pounded homer for the
Pirates. who lost the game in the
first inning, when three runs crossed
the plate.
The Braves defeated the Phillies. :
to =, in Philadelphia, counting five
runs in the fifth inning. Other teams
We're not scheduled.