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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-14
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Pretty Girl.

YNVHE other day the street saw girls each
about twenty years old, both very beautiful
and pretty Shoes Their faces Of delicate pink and
white They we'll fed their eyes happy, and
their mouths curved in smiles.
They coming from the fashionable residence part
of the city, and going to matinee
After the theater they would probably to the conec
toner's and buy sweets and harmless drinks and chatter
and laugh and meet other soft Of their kind
go home to full meals and white beds.
The other the crowded ordinary.
They al had hard and somewhat unpleasant faces lined
with and sagged with worry. Their garments
Those Of them who not too lean too fat
They not good to look
These two girls shone like two wild growing among
crowded weeds by the roadside They seemed hardly to
belong to the same the others.
Whereupon fell to musing.
What is the meaning of the Pretty Girl?
If you normal and human she affects you delightful
y Unless soured you cannot feel angry toward
her.
If your mind is hopelessy warped you cannot con-
slider her merely sin temptation of the devil.
Nature made her. And made her apparently for the
that peach blossoms birds of Paradise and
are made.
For there is something in old Mother Nature
that delights creating things sheer beauty She not
earthquakes and chemical afnte and the properties of
numbers and toads and eephantsshe makes hyacinths
and Pretty Girls Somewhere in the great purpose
behind all things there value put upon beauty
What beauty is do not know any more than we know
what electricity but know that it thrills and that
the fact that appreciate it increases self
respect
And Notwithstanding all the fools in the world that have
had beautiful faces and ugly SOULS still believe that
beauty and goodness are somehow akin
still believe that every artist who strives to make
beautiful things is helping the world along.
And believe that Nature, after practcing good many
million years. has about perfection she
ever arrive when she makes Pretty Girl
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features Syndicate. Inc.)
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conduct of insects have thought
that they detected among them
signs of even human qualities!
One speaks of 1.-The mother love"
of spiders, leading the poor crea-
lures to sacrifice their lives, and
to undergo what can only seem
the most awful torture. rather
than desert their helpless off.
spring.
Reason and Instinct.
Is it emotion or is it tropism?
Is it love. or is it chemistry? But
as to that 1 rather think that
some of our scalpel-minded scien.
lists in their secret hearts be-
lieve that even human love is
only a manifestation of chemical
affinity-an expression of the
same law that causes oxygen and
hydrogen, in the presence of a
flame, to unite explosively and
form water!
And the "time-binding' prop
erty, supposed to be SO exclu-
sively distinctive of man-how
does that differ. essentially from
the care for the future shown by
SO many insects in their elaborate
preparations, and their tireless
labors, for not only their yet un-
born children, but for the future
steps and stages in their own
manipulated individual life? Are
we justified in drawing a line
between similar acts and saying:
These are the product Of reason,
and those only of instinct?' II
the fruits are alike. how do the
trees differ? However, I am not
maintaining thesis, but suggest.
ing things to think about.
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Once-Overs
Copyright 1924 by International Feature srvce Incl
DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE A CHANCE,

Said Of fifty-five: "Al through my life have
been timid in business way
When young man had opportunity to buy business
but not having the necessary let the chance go BY
and have never better chance.'
Afterward, in talking with influential moned men, to
whom mentioned the circumstance they seemed surprised
that had not endeavored to get backing which they felt
sure might have procured in the deal, " he on.
Perhaps you in position of this kind
You know of way that you could better yourself Init
need backing
How do you know that it is not Forthcoming YOU do
not bestr yourself and your proposition to those
who might give financial support and who would possibly
be more than glad to do so.
You have merely thrown up your hands and convinced
yourself that you going to fail because of lack capital
when all you need little courage and faith in your
undertaking.
you have not enough faith yourself in the proposition
you cannot convince Others Of course you need not
whine about it that in hard luck if you not
tried to get backing.
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HAVE been reading about a
company Of Boy Scouts who
Il recently went out under the
lead Of a naturalist to a we'll
wooded region near New York,
where they camped, with roaring
log fires at night, while they
spent the daylight hours hunting
for alternating spiders and
beetles. of which they found great
numbers, both adults and larvae,
hidden away for the cold season,
in the heart Of their own country,
lying in warm decaying logs, in
holes bored in old stumps, slowed
away among tangled rootlets on
steep banks, in creViceS of bark,
and of rocks, and under fragrant
covers Of pine needles, carpeting
the winter woods with more than
palatial righteousness. For a
homely black beetle, it seems,
may have a balmier resting place
than a king.
Many of the insects, surprised
by the invasion-which must have
been to them like a CONFUSION of
denly become alive and roll over
upon us-were dug out and
smoked out Of their deep, COM
Portable beds. and, half awake,
were dropped into wide-mouthed
bottles and corked up with alcohol
for carrying to the chronological
laboratory. there to be inundated
to the thirst that burns in man
for knowledge about the bodies,
the ways and the life Of his small,
six-legged and eight-legged con-
temporaries on this spinning
globe.
Man Their Lord of Death.
. It was, without doubt, a fine,
healthful, interesting and instruc-
tive experience for the boys: and
if the insects were not pleased,
they could only make their pro-
tests known by ineffective kick
ings, or perhaps attempted bit
ings; for man is the resistless
lord Of life and death to all crea-
lures living in his world that are
not big and strong enough to do
battle with him.
The only hope that the insects
could have in a struggle against
man must lie in their overwhelm-
ing numbers; and in that way
they are strong indeed, so strong
that it may be fortunate for us
that they lack that brain.power
which is our shield and our
sword.
We should have more COM
Function about gratifying. in so
rude a manner, our curiosity con-
corning these little creatures, If
it were not that we believe-per-
haps correctly-that they are in
comparably less sensitive than
we in all ways, and that they do
infinitely less thinking, If they
truly think at all.
They appear to take life as it
comes, and do not even recognize
that there is such a, thing as life,
or such a thing as death; do not,
in short, form any opinion or
thought on this subject, in any
sense or manner.
Show Human Signs.
There are no insect philoso.
pliers, declares our philosophy.
They could not comprehend Des-
cartes' idea. II think. therefore
I am" So they cannot speculate
about immortal insect souls, or
about the heavens or the earth.
They have no worries. no emo
tons
But stop. Some naturalists who
have most intimately studied the
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passed But stop blaming tate sisters Your destiny lies
in your hands, not in fate The world liked your pink
cheeks once but the pink has gone Then wipe your
and give the world something else it will like if you wish
be liked in return
Learn the worlds language Study the universal prob
lems Big human gossip quite interesting neghbor
hood gossip get the swing of it, and pays far
greater dividends. How you to go about it, Talk
shop with your husband Read books which will kick
holes in your horizon Look for something besides the
scandals and funnes in the newspapers Get of your
SELF Get into the wider experience Stop rating events
by the happiness sadness they may bring you per-
sonaly Begin to take interest in the events which
bring happiness sadness to -milions-al hui
mainly There the food for your hunger sister, and the
for your discomfort.
HAVE SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO GIVE THE
WORLD AND THE WORLD WILL COME AFTER YOU
EVEN IF YOUR HAIR BE GRIZZLED AND YOUR
FIGURE SCRAMBLED.
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The Newt

A YOUNG newt cannot help but
"A have gloomy outlook on
life, for it is born in a dark cave
and destined to remain there as
long as it lives. Worse yet, it is
blind, and must feel its way and
slowly grope about the dark
caverns.
The newt has recently come
into prominence because a sci
enlist succeeded in giving the
power Of sight to one of the
species after long series of ex.
periments. But few nevis will
be used in similar experiments
and the others must remain in
their dark prisons.
Copyright. 1924. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Species of Insects

TT is computed that there are
Il five times as many different
kinds of insects as there are
species Of all other living things
put together. Seventy years ago
the number of species of insects
preserved in collections was about
10000. Today 1t is estimated
that there are 100000 sorts, and
that without counting the para
site creatures. In Europe alone
there are 100000 species. Most
insects live on trees or plants.
There are known to be $50 sorts
which make their home in oak
trees, and about 200 in the pine.
OF beetles alone the varieties ex.
coed 100000. The colonies of So
cial insects contain enormous pop
ulations those of ants and ter.
mites being the largest.
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Observe the face Of the wife to know the husband
character.
He is great whose falings be numbered.
What comes from the heart goes to the heart
Though grain fills not the sack, it helps.
Daylight will peep through small hole
The hour which gives life begins to take it away.
Copyright. 1S2l. Service Incl
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WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

HE king who fights his people fights himself
IA He hath no need of property who knows not how
to spend it.
Base envy whers at anothers joy and hates the ex-
cellence it cannot reach.
reason for refusing is wanting avarcious
The best prophet of the future is the past.
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what the quality Of that thought What do most women
think about at twenty, thirty, fortyY
About themselves. About love and lovers About the
effect their shapes complexion features clothes and per-
sonaes will have upon those possible lovers Then hav-
ing achieved the lover they think about holding him. About
their homes Possible rivals Their children The curtains
and cockroaches in the house The tonss and empers
the children. Their neghbors. What Mary said What
Edward did. IN SHORT, THEY THINK ALONG PURELY
PERSONAL LINES. This may be interesting to those
whom they love- but to the outsider has little charm AS
consequence, the woman magnetism wanes with
the passing of her YOUTH at time when her husband
establishing his grip life.
But" you protest, men think about themselves too
Everyone knows what selfish beasts men are!'
Yes Matilda everyone does. Just as selfish as women
probably more But they DIFFERENT Women think
personally Men think mpersonaly Women think in terms
of the individual because their sheltered life has made them
think that way Men think in of the crowd because
Kin
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their exposed life has made them think that
way. If you are directly influenced by the
woman her personal viewpoint may be of in
terest to you; although even then it's apt to
bore. You may have no interest in the man
himself, yet his thoughts are bound to hold
some interest for you, since he is allied with
the world as you are allied with it. The man
has something to give. The woman has
nothing.
That s why life is such tragedy to women
when youth is gone. At sixteen the world
smiled at their babblings for the sake of their
starry eyes and ipeach-bloom cheeks. But at
thirty-six when they babble the world yawns
in their face. Naturally they rebel against
a fate which seems to sentence them to OBJ
security when their youthful prettiness has
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LISTEN, WORLD! = By ELSIE ROBINSON

"YHAT makes women interesting? Mary
" Garden says the THE INTEREST
w ING AGE OF WOMEN IS IN THE
REGION OF FORTY, OR, AT LEAST,
PAST THIRTY. WOMEN DO NOT BE-
COME INTERESTING UNTIL THEY
HAVE TO THINK, UNTIL THEY HAVE
TO USE THEIR MINDS" So there YOU
are. But what does Mary mean, anyway?
Women do not become interesting until
they have to think!' Yes, but woman may
do lot of thinking and still be uninteresting.
She may think as constantly as a Socrates
and still have mental output containing
less than one-half of one percent allure.
Obviously, then, it isn't the QUANTITY but
the QUALITY of a woman's thoughts that
makes her interesting or uninteresting. Well,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-14
GARRETT P. SERVISS TALKS ON
EMOTION IN INSECT WORLD

Poses Question of Whether Man Is Justified in
Drawing Line Between Reason and Instinct.
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cESKE A SLOVENSKf KNIEY
V knihsvsx "A Belg4alaRdu,
Rcd Star Liaie.

Asditel Red Star Mnjs rrsz-
sk6 6fadovny .. Dr.. i. PaAlk
postarsl 80 Q yyplnxni knilsov-
ny eeskoslovenskoQ litssstusou
ma lodi Relgenlandu, @ usnis-
teni teskoslovansktch knih
sdelil osobnfm dopissm p. Ho-
lubovi v The Cleveland Trust
Co. Newburgska dtadovnx:
"Aafdzuji caskou knihovnu
ma nall nov6 lodi Rslxenlandu.
Nakoupil jsem asi 90 avszkd
knih nejlepsf cesk& . slpverl-
sk6 prosVs Je zakoupsn Tyl,
Arbea Pflsger, NJ. Preissova,
Jesenska, Syatla, Kronhausr,
Svoboda, Vajansky, Meruda,
Tfebizsky, nadale je tam Be-
sednfk (asi 1000 stran), 1 roc
mix Lumiru, mimo to jsem nil
dal kalendafe.
Doufam. ze nasi hd6 r&di
Salmon ma mori, vzdaleni cd
sye rodne GENE, po lehk6 do
bre zdrave cetbe."
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UcINlL SPQJENE STATY
SWIM DEDICEM.

Lancaster, O., II. brezna.-
Wesley Jordan. 75lety, farmar
zdejsi, jenz zemrel pred neja-
kym casem zde, casio rikaval,
10 splati 'svdj duh vd6cnosti''
Spojenym St&tdm "a privile.j
zivota, syobody a vyhledavani
stssti pod hvezdnatou vlajkou.
Kdyz posledni jeho vile ote-
yfena ma probatnim soude
dnes, shledano, re ucinil opa-
trent ma splaceni dluhu. Kdyz
hyl odrazil postacitelnou cast
ku ma svdj pohfeb, naridil w.
konavateh posledni vile, ably
zpenezil vsechen majetek a
strzeaou castkq I9dvedl poklad
niku Sppjenych Statd. Pozi.
stalost Sc odhaduje ma $4,000.
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proti anglicketnu uchvatiteli.
zsny to byly, kter6- bpdoyaly
narodni skofy lsvazy pro. tiles
NJ vycvik q sbolky pro fedro-
.vAnf domaeksho prdmyslu, ze-
ny dovedly take provAdSti vel
mi dc;nnou propaganda, kdyz
Sc, hlavne zasluhou agitace ma
rodnihc indickeho vldce Chan
diho q jehos pfivrzench vynofi-
Ia myslenkas boykotu anglicke-
ho xbozi. Tehay putovaly mno
he inteligent1f zenx cd domu
k domu, poradaly sbie.ky, mlu-
vily ma verejnych schhzieh a
poSinaly IL vdbee do ts miry
Qdhodlan4, re 81 tim zajistily
,.iatu svych soukmenovcl,
Indick6 zeny ueastni Sc kaz
dorofn4 We velkem poctu e.
5OO0l n&rodnich kongresl in
lickJch spolu muzi. Jsou pri
tommy vSam konferencim, ktere
projsdnayaji socialni reformy
q rokuji o socialni peel, o del.
nick6m xakonodarstvi, zdravo
tnhtvf, q otazkach tykajicich
SO vychoay, prot alkoholnimu
hnuti studenstva obou pohla-
vi q ovsam T. speciclne hnuti
zen, Jest to zylast' Vseindic-
Id konference Zen, ktera SIC ko
na kazdorocne pfilezitosti
Narodniho kongresu a ktera
stale vetsi ucasti indickych zen
znazorhuje nejlepe vzrustaji-
ci zajem indicke zeny otaz-
ky verejneho zivota.
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BARVICkA MA RTY PRfcI.
NOU SMRTI.

Atlantic City, IL. brezna.-
Rarvickal ma rty zplsobila smrt
Florence E, Dickersonove, 16-
lete studentky ma vyssi skole,
die zdej$ich lekarI. Florence
zemfela ma otravu krve, kdyz
byla pouzila licidla ma rozpu-
kane rty. Oblicej jeji otekl do
nesmirnych rozmerd a opera
ce byla planovana, avsak driv
nez lekari mohi 50 k nj pri-
chystati, divka skonala.
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HOsfK ZLE POPALEN.

Trilety ALBERT Urban, lezf
blizek smrti v mestsk6 nemoc
nici nabezpecne jsa popalen,
kdyz v detskem nerozump. Sc
snazil udupati horici kus pa
piru, ktery vytahl z kamen.
Jeho 23leta matka pi. Vera Ur
banova, 1904 vych. Al. ul.,
dala hocha k sousedIna, jcli-
koz sama sla "a svoji praci.
Hosik byl jiz pred tim vazne
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k dzns6 ,. Fr. Noyota5ho.

v oznameni umrti p. Fr. Mo-
votnyh0 We vcerejsim listu by
10 poztstalymi uvedeno, ze bu
de pohfben na hrbitov6 Har-
ward Grove, v cenz Sc stsla
zmena, tax ze telesne posdstat
ky budou ulozeny ma rodin.
mem. pozemku ma hfbitove v
Northfield, O., Ultra We 2 hod.
0dpoledne.
Tsuehlici poztatali.
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"a CEST OTC0VU.
3 o N 4 N.
Napsal Xavier de Mantapin.

dQbrAho yina. neb nfjakehn Ii
k&rq."
Prava ma to chtel ,jsern, vas
ppomenQuti," odretil strojnik.
"Obxalpba, Zee verajneho Ia
lcbce, rec obhaice, poznamky
,predsedovy = vse to vytrayilo
.fadn<, zaludek. a proto mile-l
rad budu vam rfi hostin6 spo-
laGnikena."
Rene Moulin dal 81 zavola.
ii majitele kantyny a objadnal
81 nakolik vybranych jidel, w
branych totiE, pokud lse. uai-
ii slpva tpho phi trestanecks ku
chyni, q k MIN j vino.
Pet minut ma to oba muzi
sedeli ma kamenne lavicce pred
plnpu misou, provazenou dive.
ma lahvemi vina, sice mal0, a.
le vice nebylo 'lovoleno.
Jan ctvrtek. rozjaJeny ill. po
zitkem Cd rama, rozcfleny prd
b9heM. soudniho pfelicanf a.
rozhofeeny osn'i dny zalafe,
jez no ve vezeni cekaly, mel
velmi mnohp ma jaAyku, vice
iestA " hsaye, Bylo. tedy prav-
de podahno, &c dalsi. pozitek
Fnekolika douSkQ vina ucini no
havoraejsim a protoz Rene
Moulin naleval mu. bez ustani
!; spokojoval Sc sam S tim, ze
ien chvilemi 81 pripil, aniz Sc
ale vlastne radne napil.
Kslyz.. starry zlQcinecr, prvni'
laheS vypraadnil, zafily oci je-
ho jiz jako Netlusky.
Staval Sc vymluvnym, vtipr
nym, veselyr,.
MAS zajiste praydu starry
brachu." vykladal, hovor svIi
kazde chvile novym douskem
pferuSuje, "osm dni to jest
prava hracka, minou jak by
smetl, zulaste budes-li tax ve-
likomyslnym zanechas,N me
tuto hrstku per6z, budu moci
hyt potOm staiym zakaznikem
kantyny a :as mi tai. rychleji
uplyne."
Rene vlozil zlat'ak do ruky
jeho.
"Zde dvacat frankH," pravil
eavsak rozumtjte: ncdaruji
VAIN .le. pajcuje vam je, az to-
tiz budete nit stesti a vas plan
So zdari, vratite mi je."
Jan Ctvrtek pohledl ma mlu-
viciho s, vyrazem polotupe me-
jistoty, jakaz zraciva sc We tva
ii zpitych.
'Plan muj". blabolil. "Co to
mluyis. Ale ano, ty isl mij.
pfitel, mIi dIv6nik. Rekl jsem
ii uz, kdyz bych mel plan ten
prevesti. musil hych miti po-
mocnika tveho- asi vzezfeni a
. postavy. V hezk6m od6vu, clo-
veka, ktery Sc dcvede vyiadro-
vati - ktery uni SO zablys-
knouti. Rozdalime sc potom po
piatelsku. = Az dopatram Sc
lone zeny d'abelske a jejiho spo
leGnika. staci Jim fici jen: "Mu
site dati tolik a tolik" a
ns staviti ruku, j hudeme ii mi
I'll plnpu zlata. Bude to jako
'slepiika, iez snaSi zlata vajt
i ka.'
Rene Moulin pochopil, re
Jan Ctvrtek ma. uz dosti a re
! pf.blizil Sc okamzik vaznych
odhaleni a dlvemfch sde-
leni.
ZACH, zena, ona. mela take
spolecnika?" prohodil Rene ma
pohled hlasem lhosteinym.
"Ovsem. = Brachu to ty ne
vis?" 40
"Mluvil jste az posud jenom
o zene."
Jan Ctvrtak vyprazdnil jed
!, min douskem p!nou svou skle
,,.nici, ipdyatil:
I, "Mluvilsjsem.o ni,neb o nem
/, a apakujiSto znovu.s sClovek pfe
ocSo - IL o1:x. -.
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Rpzluka ohce = zmSna obec.

Rpzluka ohce = zm6na obec.
mich hrapic. Vlada, republiky
povolila rozlouceni 0bce Os-
korinku, v soudnim okresu
nymburskem politickem o.
kresu podebradsk6m, We dive
obce: Oskorinek, a Novy Dyur
a soucasn6 zm6nu hranic teto
move obce s obci Chleby, v
temze soudnim a politickem o.
kresu.
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" W kAl+ HtuiOliiO uyli lUCIly-
by, Berta setka Sc Rene-ern.
.Dovi Sc cd neho, co ebsaho
val 'kstek, zniceny v byte je-
no plamenem svitky.
On sdelf il potom nepochy-
bne take vsechny svoje zame-
ry a oba budou postupovti pu
sposn ke spolecntmu cili.
vi.
Rene /. Berta dovSdaji Sc vscf
'tSasajsh,
Rene Moulin - nepotfebuia-
me snad TAX ami podotykati--
byl nezkonale rozradovan roz-
sudkem osvobczujicim, avsak
nespechal prilis. ably jiz jiz u
Ill svobody .zpovu nabyte.
Bylo tfeba fostatn6g vyckati
jeste nezbytna forfnainosti v
spricine propusteni dfady zalAf
nS2i.
-. 49, e1~,s5
"Qdeberu Sc jeste dnes do u
lice Notfe Dame des Champs.
Ted vsak hlavni Jest, ahych
Sc setkal iest6 $ Janem Ctvrtr
KEN a abych vylakal z neho
jeho tajemstvi,
Vyckavaie navratu zlodejo-
va, Rene myslil ma Bertu ma
diyku, kterou byl v soudni ST
nj spatfl q ktera ncpockybne
v okamziku tcmto kvapila K
matce sve. X pani Lercyero-
We, Sc zpravou o st'astnem W.
sledku proccsu.
Andela byla nepochybne va
Inc nemocnou, kdyz ami k soud
nimu liceni Sc nedostavila, iak
ale stalo Sc, Z k liceni tomuto
poslala dcerku svou, ktera o mi
nulosti mic nev6d6la a vGd6ti
nemela.
To budilp V Ren6-ovi papja-
tou pozornost.
Pill hodiny uplynul0.
Straznici pfivadeli Jana Ctvr
tka zpet,
Tvaril sc velmi neylidp6.
Rene Moulin pfistoupil ry-
chile k nemu tazal sc spe:-
ne:
"Pro5 tato tv&f zachmufi-
la? Ci snad pfece nejste od-
sOuzen?'
"Ano, muj mily - usmyslili
81 jednou, re :nne odsoudi a
provedll to-!
"Na kolik?"
"Na osm dni!'
Rene sc usmal.
"Ach.' pragil zlodei podra
zden6. "Mn6 sc zda, ze to te,
be tesi.'
"Zajiste, ze liikOliv, avsak o.
sm dni uplyne co nevidet. OBJ
zvlaste IL vas, kteryz jste to-
mu zvyklym."
"Nezapiram to, kdyz ale clio
vek niceho sc nedopustil, jest
to prece ien k zlosti. NIze a
ty?"
"Jsem propLSten!"
Zach. gratuluii. Mel isl to
znamenite sttsti. Jsem sam rad
ponevadz isl hodny hoch. Tc-
Sill jsem Sc ale, ze pujdeme
odtud pospolu."
"Setkame Sc "a tyden zno-
w."
"Doufam tax zcela urIita od
povedel zlode;;.
''Rudete miti dosti casu,. abs
ste pomyslsl ma svdj prostfe-
dek k zhohatnuti:"
Jan Ctvrtek povzdechl si:
"Jet tomu jis po dvacet lat
CO ma nej premyslim, nemiluiu
vSak zalezitosti, kterez vlekou
Sc pres pfiliS dlouho."
/ dOdal:
"Pfed prelDenlm ngbiM .iiste
mi malou spoletho,l snidani: ia
nemel tehdy h!auu ispdmitl
pax jsem. Nyni vsak, kdy nej.
sem uz n1ucen nejistot0u, kdvz
vim uz. na Gem jsem, nevzpi-
49,, l.al oo ~,l,,, Il -, :, s.,xx,, - :,