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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
SYNOPSIS
Illustrations by Irwin Myers

little railroad station of Ell Cajon, New
Mexico, Madeline Hammond, New York
girl. finds no one to meet her. While IN
the waiting room a drunken cowboy en-
ters, asks II she is married. and departs,
priest, who goes through some sort Of
the hse
her identity the cowboy seems dazed- In
e shooting scrape outside the room
Mexican e killed: The cowboy lsts q
then conducts Madeline to Florence
Kingsley, friend Of Her brother.
CHAPTER 11:-F1orence welcomes her.
boy, Gone Stewart. Next day Alfred
Stewart to task. Madeline e1onerates
him Of any wrong intent
CHAPTER II1.-Alfred. scion Of q
wealthy family. had been dismissed from
Ms aS@' Inst Il. h Vest hRs
deemed him. She meets Stillwell. AIS
employer. typical western ranchman.
Madeline learns Stewart has gone over
the border.
CHAPTER 1v-Danny Mains. one Of
stillwelrs cowboys, has disappearsd
friends sI ink his name With the girl Bos
nita-
CHAPTER v.-Madeline gets a glimpse
Of life on q western ranch.
CHAPTER v1.-stewart's horse comes
to the ranch with note on the saddle
animal. With her brothers consent she
does SO. naming him Majesty" her own
pet nickname. Madeline, Independently
rich, arranges to buy Sttllwelps ranch
and that Of Don Carlos. q Mexican neigh
Dor.
CHAPTER vII.-Madeline feels she
has found her right place, under the light
Of the western stars.
CHAPTER vIII.-Learntng Stewart had
been hurt In q brawl at Chiricahua, and
knowing her brothers fondness for him,
Madeline visits him and PsrsIades him to
cowboys.
and Monty" Price are Machines chief
riders. They have feud with Don Car
los vaqueros, who are really guerrillas:
Madeline pledges Stewart to see that
peace IL kept
CHAPTER X.-Madeline and Florence,
returning home from Afred's ranch, run
into an ambush Of vaQueros. Florence,
knowing the Mexicans are after Made
gets home safely but alone.
CHAPTER xI:-A raiding guerrilla
band carries on Msdsiins Stewart fol
whom Stewart had served In Mexico. He
releases the girl, arranging for ransom.
Returning home with Stewart, Madeline
finds herself strangely stirred.
CHAPTER XII. - Madeline's sister
Helen, with q party Of eastern friends,
Arrives at the ranch. craving excitement.
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CHAPTER XII
Friends From the East.

Friends From the East.
Three days after her return to the
ranch Madeline could not discover any
physical discomfort as reminder Of
her adventurous experiences. If it had
not been fer the quiet and persistent
guardianship Of her cowboys she might
almost have forgotten Don Carlos end
the raiders. Madeline was assured of
the splendid physical fitness to which
this ranch life had developed her, and
that she was assimilating something
of the Western disregard of danger.
A hard ride, an accident, a day in the
sun and dust, an adventure with out
laws-these might once have been
matters Of large import, but now for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23

Insurance" and Extended Insurance"
options provided by the government
converted policies are dubbed "The
Three Precious Jewels" because they
are the values which make it posi-
BILE for every man or woman who is
carrying one to keep it in good stand
ing notwithstanding misfortune and,
on the other hand, enables the insured
to receive definite returns during his
or her life on premium investment,
even though he should remain in good
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DRESS SUIT EDUCATION
DRESS SUIT EDUCATION.

A recent estimate published in the
Howard University Commercial Out
look has it that the cost of sending a
girl to Howard university is divided
into two major items, books and
clothes.
For books she pays approximately
$50 year, while for clothes she pays
about S455 for the same length OF
time. Included in the budget for
clothes is an item for two formal
gowns at $50 each and two pairs OF
silk hose at 81 each.
The same article estimates the
cost of a male students wardrobe at
1926, of which $3.50 is for formal at
tire, $3.50 for four suits, $14 for two
silk shirts and So for four pairs OF
silk hose.
The writer of the article goes on
to say at some length that these
things are necessary because any stu
dent without them will be barred
from "polite society,""
"Polite society" is evidently the
goal that the writer of this article
thinks that matriculating students at
Howard should seek. The question
of securing an education does not en-
ter into the matter. If you do not
"make" the "polite society," you may
as well be at home.
All of which goes to explain why
many discriminating parents refuse
to send their children to Howard al
though they are able to do so, and
despite the fact that they would
like their boys and girls to have the
association that a colored school
gives. They would rather that their
children attend some Northern school
where they may pursue the best of
curricula undisturbed by "polite So
ciety."
1t is true that the colored student
in the Northern college is isolated, he
is without the social life of the stu
dent body, but he is free from such
items as $3.50, formal attire" and
$500, formal gowns" At least
these are not prerequisites to his en-
trance into good society. His atten-
ton is focused upon the business Of
getting an education, of keeping step
with the white student at his elbow
of beating that student if possible
and winning from him and the uni
versity recognition of his ability as q
man among all men. He seeks equip.
ment that will enable him to carve
his way in this world Of many-col.
ored men. .....
No attempt is here made to mini.
mize the Importance Of social &C.
tivity in the development of the nor.
NAL individual. It is this over-em.
phasis, this playing up, this holding
out of society" as the end of col.
lege work that we condemn.
The battles Of the colored Ameri-
can will not be fought with silk shirts,
long-tailed coats, and white kid
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health and perfect physical condition
till death. \
The "Paid-up Insurance" value
which commences to count at the
end of the first year amounts in ten
years to $268.61 per thousand and in
twenty years to $508.64 per thou
sand. In other words if the insured
should stop paying at the end Of the
tenth or twentieth year he would,
upon his selection, be protected in
the respective amount for the bal
ance Of his life. Can you beat it!
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individual who does not understand

individual who does not understand
insurance.
Suppose there is truth in these and
numerous other excuses offered for
not securing insurance protection,
how about the benefits you may re-
ceive during your lifetime? Such
there are, and they will, be handed
you upon platter in the form of
three precious jewels if you will but
keep your policy in good standing
one year or more.
The "Cash Surrender" "Paid-up
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j. 5. Government Insurance
THE THREE JEWELS.

"My children will soon be self
supporting. Why should I leave an
estate for some other man to enjoy ~
How stale and selfish these oft-re-
peated statements. Selfish in that
they are sef-denying from the stand
point of the person so expressing
himself. They are made only by the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-06-23
Health Talks
By E. S. WEBER, D. D. S.

Any questions regarding SUBJ
jects in these articles or other
dental work should be addressed
to the Health Editor of the APP
peal. DIR. Weber will publish the
answers each week in this column.
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stopping and looking at her. IT'S like
teaching a duck to swiml You catch
on quicker than I can show you-you
born to it."
I'm an infant to you" said Aimee
admiringly. what a head you've got.
It's everything a motor engine ought
to be but eYe Is. Let's take down
the cylinder"
They busted themselves d%ismantling
and re-assembling the engine.
I'm show you how to drive her
now" said Billy. Stationary, till you
get the hang of her"
Aimee mounted the saddle. while
the machine remained on its stand.
and Billy showed her how to control
the engine running free with the
clutch out. She took longer to grasp
this. The controls, though simple,
were Of an unusual type. In ten min
utes. however. she mastered them
pretty efficiently.
"Fine!" said Billy enthusiastically.
Partner, the Sphinx is your big sis
teri Now Wen run her on the road
I'll ride the pilion an coach you.
But for the lands sake 20 easy with
the throttle. She'll rush you clean
off the British isles if you give her
any gas"
Aimee started dead slow. The ease
and resiIieney of the drive, once the
Sphinx was running, ~astonished her.
Gradually Aimee increased speed to
fifteen and twenty miles. She was In.
toxicated by the sense Of power. an
swering to the least touch OF her
fingers.
GLORIOUS. :" she gasped.
YOU'RE doing fine" said Billy,
watching keenly. He made her prac-
tice stopping and starting. including
emergency halts. SAY, isn't she the
last word in lady's mounts?"
"Ratheri" said Aimee, in spite of q
sense of difficulty with her dress and
the Sphinx's tank. low though it was.
Except feel as IL l were all stock
ings."
"Shucksi what of it?" he answered
impatiently. There's nobody here to
see. Try her ON the high gear now"
Aimee changed gear deftly enough,
and for awhile drove steadily. But
the intoxication Of speed confused
her senses She made the one mis-
take she had been warned against.
The Sphinx dashed forward like a
whippet, and. in trying to rectify the
error she made 1t worse.
Throttle down y said Billy sharply.
Intending to obey, Aimee Numbered
again, and closed down the extra air
inlet. The Sphinx roared in protest,
and shot ahead like a bullet from a
gun. The pace was awful. How the
machine kept on the road was a mir
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Man In His Attempted Conquest o
the Air Has Only initiated the
Feathered Creatures.

Now that man has practically con
quered the problem of flying. it is In
teresting to observe that he actually
learned this in the same way as did
the birds themselves.
But birds were originally not birds
at all, but belonged to the reptile
family, and acquired wings through
a long series of changes in the forward
part of the body. These reptiles could
swim, and this is the nearest approach
to actual flying there is.
The first fossil bird on record ap-
pears to have had quill feathers be
tween the legs and the body. being a
combination of bird and reptile. These
feathers and tail enabled 1t to sail
through the air. Continued practice
of this sailing would have a tendency
to affect the scales on the body of the
reptile through friction with the air,
causing them TO split and become
fuzzy.
Scientists agree upon this. but they
do not all stand together upon the
question of the probable n In
which flying was first attempted, re-
marks the Detroit News. Some think
that these creatures learned to fly by
springing upward from the ground.
Others say that they started from the
TOP of a tree or hill and sailed down.
ward. 1t probably was practieed in
a downward direction from a height.
and the cumbersome creatures gradual
~ learned from moving their wings to
steady themselves in sailing down.
ward. Afterward they found that by
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companied Billy to Mrs. Dale's door,
and, returning, retired to her own
room. She was about to let down her
hair, but desisted. and instead sat on
the bed for some time, thinking. She
heard Mrs. Summing retire, and pres
emily silence relgned throughout the
house.
A curious sense of loneliness crept
over Aimee's spirit. She remained
sitting for nearly half an hour. Pres
emily she blew out the candle, and
leaned out Of the open window. The
window of Billy's Dom at the other
end of the building was in darkness.
1t had not taken Billy long to retire.
Aimee stayed awhile at the window.
She returned to the bed, and reflect
ed again. In that reverie a vision
foated before her as y trees and sun
light, and her partners yellow hair
pickering in the breeze.
"Billyl" she murmured thought
fully. "Old chap"
She laughed gently.
lie ISL [ u trump, hnyuOW
The reverie took shape. Then,
with a little sigh, she slipped off her
shoes, and. carrying them with her.
stole very softly down the staircase
to the front door. On trying the door
cautiously, she found it bolted, and
the latch immovable. Also no key was
visible. She realized she was locked
In the house.
A feeling of intense annoyance
seized Aimee. Where was the freedom
she had sought? She returned to her
bedroom, put on her shoes, leaned out
of the window, and inspected the wall
critically. 1t was covered with ivy
and trellis-work.
She swung herself cautiously out
onto the sill, and began very quietly
to descend the trellis. Aimee, active
and long-limbed, could climb like a
cat. And as noiselessly as any mem
Der of that great feline tribe. she
dropped upon the soft soil of the gar
den plot.
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In describing the Cambria coal field
of Wyoming, an expert mentions the
interesting fact hat gold and silver
are present IN small quantities In the
coal. From the occurrence Of iron
pyrite, which Is distributed through
out the coal seam, 1t Is suspected that
this mineral carries the precious met
ais. The coke made from the coal Is
used in the smelling works. and aver
ages from n 10 two pennyweights OF
gold per ton. which is sufficient to
compensate for q high ash content.
There has been a similar occur
In South Africa. The coal oc.
Cured In small seams running through
the quartz!te ore. and in places was
quite rich In gold, the ash being col
ored a bright purple by the finely
divided particles of metai.-Exehange.
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"Why, yes, sir" she said, smiling,
with a civil bob to Aimee. 1--WE a
nice sitting room and a It'll bedroom (;
Mrs. Dale, text door, has another,
If you can do with that?" Mrs. Dale
appeared, and confirmed the offer.
Both of them looked at the pair with
smiling interest and wonder.
Great !" said Billy. you take the
room here, old chap, and I'll take the
other. Wen share the parlor."
: Aimee accompanied Mrs. Summing
indoors; the little parlor was clean
and coy, the bedroom. upstairs at the
back, tiny but clean.
Aimee made her toilet, descended
to the parlor and ordered a meal.
Mrs. Summing acquiesced in every
thing.
He's a wunnerful pleasant gentle
man, Mr.. Spencer" she remarked, and
then, h~esitating and reddening, she
looked at Aimee. II suppose, MISS"
she said with much embarrassment,
its all rlght?"
Aimee stared.
"All right? How?' she said. "Ev-
e%rything's all right. Very much so "
The woman's eyes betokened belief
and relief.
BLESS your pretty face, who'd think
anything else?' she said. you'll ex-
cuse my askin', miss. You see, Lady
Erythea is my landlord, and she OWNS
all Stanhoe."
Aimee felt a g~alvanic shock.
"Whom did you say?" she asked
dazedly.
Lady Erythea Lambe of Jervaulx
abbey, the big place half a mile. south
the cross roads. She fare wunnerful
strict, she do. It's as much as my
%tenancy's worth to have any golngs-on
here. That's ALL"
The woman left the room. Aimee
stared round her blankly. then col
lapsed into a chair. She flung her
arms across the table, buried her head
in them, and broke into paroxysms
Of impish laughter.
"Oh. my Christian aunt" she
sebbed. MY George! My Alexan-
der!"'
Her shoulders were still shaking
wildly when Billy cam in.
Say, what's wrong?' he exclaimed
In alarm, as Aimee raised a tear
stained face. "Crying-eh? No,
laughing! That's good That's the
cure for sentiment! But what's the
joker"
Just something l thought of, that's
ALL" said Aimee, wiping her eyes.
That's all right" said Billy imper
turbably. "Guess 1 amt inquisitive
But folks mostly tell me their troubles
sooner or later"
81 suppose they do" said Aimee, re.
garding him thoughtfully.
Mrs. Summing brought an abundant
meal; chiefly eggs and tea. Aimee
found it the merriest feast she had
aver sat down to. Finally, she &C.
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had pains just the same then as I have
had since I have done my homework. /
would not be without a bottle In the
house now. It has stopped the pains al
right and ! have found out that it is q
wonderful body builder, az it mas niade
me well and strong. 1t is going to be
the odd reliable with me hereafter,
and I am always willing to tell other
wornen how it has helped me. You can
Csc this letter 81 you wish as / can hc7-
estly say that my words are true
hrs. M. LoDIc. RID. No. 4. Box %,
Tyrone, Pa
Letters like this bring out the merit
of Lydia E. Pinxham's Vegetable Corn
pound. They tell of tie relief from sush
pains and ailments after taking LydiaE
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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"The thing for you to do said Al
NEE, rs to go on respecting Alexan-
der. And for him to go on respecting
you. Think how awful it would be
if 1t anne out now. Alexander" said
Aimee, with a pathetic little break In
her voice, "is good. He doesn't get
into scrapes. He isn't In horrible
trouble like me-and nobody to help
me. l didn't think" she added with
a gulp, that you'd go back on me,
George"
Il won't and I can't" said Georgina
mournfully, "and you know It," But
she softened visibly. You haven't
told me where you've come from, and
what you've been doingl I've been
frightfully worried about you"
Aimee regarded her t~houghtfully. It
was clear that Georgina already had
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"PARTNER!"

SYNOPSIS.-Disliking the pros
pee of a months visit to her
austere aunt, Lady Erythea
Lambe, at Jer4aulx abbey, and her
cousin, Alexander Lambe, Aimee,
yivacious daughter of the Very
Reverend Viscount Scroope, wan
ders into the park, there cou
tering a strange youth. He laugh
ingly introduces himself as Billy"
american. The two ride on his
motorcycle. the "Flying Sphinx"
and part. With Georgina Berners,
her cousin. Aimee sets out for Jer-
vaulx. She decides that Georgina
shall impersonate her at ~Jervaulx,
while she goes on a holiday. Geor-
gina's Mortified protest is unavail-
ing. Aimee again meets Billy"
He tells her his name is Spencer,
and she gives hers as Amy Shocks,
at present "out of a job" Billy
gives her a spin on the Sphinx and
she finds it q glorious experience.
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HAS COPIED PRACTICES OF BIRDS

continued Tapping they could also rise.
Man. in learning TO fly, also initiated
the birds In this respect, for he started
where the birds did. His first success
with the flying machine was In "glid-
ing" from 3 height downward. and he,
too, learned how to start from the
ground and rise.
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astating crash. In front was a righl-
angled bend. inviting sudden death.
Billy leaned swiftly forward.
"Valve-lifter-left! " he said quietly
in her ear. Aimee's left hand tight
ened on the lever-just in time. The
steady voice-when a fool would have
yelled aloud-brought all her facul-
ties back; she throttled down as the
machine slowed. and swung round the
bend safely at a bare eight miles an
hour-but without sounding the horn.
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bic Compound had
helped his wife, SC
my husband bought
me a bottle because
| was SO rundown.
had a v weak
ness, no strength IN
my body and pains
IN my left side 50
bad that / could
hardly do my work.
Before ] was mar
ried / used TO work
IN the fao4O~v and r
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orlaIn Of TinnIno.

The art of timing iron appears to
have originated in the Sixteenth cen
fury; tlnplate was manufactured In
Great Britain In 1910.
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"Why do they always depicr Echo'
as a woman Because woman 81
ways has the last word"
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CHAPTER v
on the Job.

Morning and the song of birds.
The sunshine streamed into the
room, bringing with it the God-giyen
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HELP FOR GIRLS
WHO WORK
Mrs. Lodic Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her

Tyrone, Pa.-s.A friend told my hus-
band how Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
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"cad7 II there's only one gen.
tIeman on this earth, it's Billy"


GRO BE CONTINUED
, 1923-02-04
HARDING WILL
RUN in 1924:
CAMPAIGN ON
President Has Decided to
Acceed to Friends Requests.
It Is Learned.
BY PAUL X. NLALLoN

WASHINGTON. Fob. IA cam.
paign to insure the nomination of
President Harding for the presidency
in 1924 is now being undertaken
with his own consent-by his friends
here, it was learned tonight.
The president has decided to acceed
to the request of his friends and seek
a vindication of the principles of his
administration in the coming presi-
Dental race.
Unwilling himself to seek nomina-
ton, President Harding has agreed to
an active campaign in, his behalf, be.
cause of criticism which has arisen
in some sources over the conduct of
his administration. He believes this
criticism is entirely unjust and is due
to lack of knowledge among the peo-
pie as TO tho truo motives involved.
Up to a few weeks ago President
Harding held to his decision that he
does not desire n second term in the
White House. The physical strain
Of h office n the illness of Mrs.
Harding had induced him to make
VI his mind that he would retire.
But since the November elections,
when many of his republican friends
were swept put of both houses of
congress in favor of progressives and
democrats, much criticism has come
to his ears. Upon the advice of
friends he has now reached the con-
clusion hat it is practically a duty
that he seek vindication from the
criticism by fighting for his principle
in the next election.
The actual campaign will be begun
when the president begins ais Alas
kan trip. He will make twenty
speeches or more in the larger cities
in the United States on tho way to
Alaska and returning.
These speeches will constitute a
fighting defense of the administration
activities thus far and outline the
course he mend to pursue during
the next two years.
, 1923-02-04
COALAGENTIS
HELD in BOND

O.. L. II, Middleton, who was re-,
Gently brought back from HARRISBURG.
Pm, on a charge OF obtaining money
uhder false pretenses through sale OF
stock In the Blue Diamond Coal com.
pany, was bound over to the dlstrirt
court for trial under 81 900 bond at
the conclusion of his preliminary
hearing in Justice Brenuan's court
Saturday afternoon.
The hearing. which was long drawn
out, brought n number of witnesses
Tor tho prosecution into court anon.
whom tho chief of whom was me
complaining witness. Thomas a
Prickett. The latter, who is 10 years
OF age and a carpenter by trade. Ia
Il resident of West Yellowstone ave.
nue. and has lately been employed by
tho Midwest refining
Prickett testified that the
200 shares of the company's stock
from Middleton. the fiscal agent, for
800 cash and that he had never ro-
ceived the stock.
Counsel for the defense asked that
Middleton DO discharged in that II
was through no fault OF his that the
stock was never issued and that he
had not mlsreprescnted the facts in
tho case. The motion was ovcrruIed
n tho case viii .be tried .bcfor.
Judge C. o. Brown at the March
term OF the sixth district court.