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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-15
THE RED LOCK

Hopkins. I'd ben suspicious Of I'm
and had ben watchin' i'm, so I rode
after 'er as quick as / could-clean t.
the city, t. the place where the letter
said Ken was sick; found was off
the trail; rode back as fast as Gray
lock could bring me t. try and pick it
up.
81 found where Hopkins had headed
Texie off up the road ways and got
'er on that house-boat Uncle Nick and
the rest of US saw hid there at the
head of Mud haul the day we went
seinin'.
But found where he'd hid it at Al
pine island and watched i'm sneak
back to the woods-t' wait FIR dark. as
/ lowed. AS soon as he was out o.
sight, I took is skiff, crossed to the
island, got on the hOuse-boat without
lettin' Texie know 1 was there and
found out she was safe.
Then, without lettin' 'er know it
was me, 1 moved the house-boat and
hid it in a new place; left her locked
in-b'cause I thought it would be the
safest place she could be jist then
and hurried here t. watch the house,
fully b'lievin' they intended t. rob the
safe t'night.
"About midnight they come. l.
killed Black Bogus and hurt Hopkins,
but he-got away. Texie must "a
broke out O. the house-boat somehow
oh
but she was jist comm into the yard
when jumped out O. the winder after
Hopkins, and that last shot he fred
at me hit her."
1t was a tremendous recital, brief;
terse; not quite true; yet anything but
false; by far the longest speech he
had ever made in his life, even with
so much left out He saw questions
still in the eyes fixed upon him. A
moan came from the parlOr bedroom
and every other consideration gave
way to the sufferer.
Alone with Uncle Nick, the woods
man securely fastened the window
that had been pried open, closed the
door on the gruesome scene and went
to the kitchen. Curious faces were be-
ginning to gather in the yard. He
turned to the old man.
"Uncle Nick, his voice showed the
strain he was under-"send them
away. Tell 'em as little as possible,
but for-her sake, keep 'em away
Jerry Brown above all, if he happens
t. wake up and take it into is head t.
come up here. And low y'u better
git somebody t ride in after the coro-
ner"
The old man nodded and turned to
the door. The other caught his sleeve.
"And when it's light, / wish y'u'd
sneak up Eagle boiler a little and
kinda throw an eye out FIR Loge Bel
den"
The brows of the old hunter lifted
Il wondered why y'u left him out in
there" He jerked his head toward
the room they had just left.
The next moment, with step that
the years seemed powerless to totter
or stiffen. he had glided through the
kitchen door and out among the curl
Gus faces in the yard.
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AS TO the True Black Eox.

The true black fox is black all over
with the exception of the tip Of the
tail which is white, but / will say that
these animals are very rare indeed, saws
a writer in the Sportsman's Digest.
The silver, or silver gray, is practical
ly the same color save that the back
and shoulders are shot with more or
less gray hairs; the less light hairs
there are the more valuable the pelt.
Foxes that have very small amount
of these gray hairs are classed as
black. The cross fox is mixture of
the dark fox and the ordinary red one,
rusty-colored patches being visible at
different points, especially on the Shout
ders and rump. AS in the case of the
silver, the more black on the cross
fox the greater his value.
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"From the Water Came Big Head"
one wrist and pulled with all his
strength.
Slowly from the water there came a
big head and a wide open mouth.
Hans remembered the story Of Jonah
and the whale and tried to unwind the
fishing line from his wrist, but before
he could do so the huge fish caught the
line in Its mouth and jerked poor Hans
into the water.
Turning around, the big fish began
to swim away, dragging Hans behind
him at a furious rate Of speed. The
bank and the land disappeared from
his view as they dashed along. Hans
remembered afterwards, though he
could never find the place where the
big fish suddenly dived under the
water, taking him with it
The next thing Hans knew he found
himself standing on the bottom of the
river or ocean. He did not know where
he was, but on throne Of coral sat a
big man with long, white beard look
ing at Hans very GROSSLY.
$50 you are the lazy fisherman who
sells his catch at the tavern" said the
man on the throne. swell, as you will
not work on land will see that you
work here In my kingdom. Pick up all
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CHAPTER XIX
The SprawIed Figure on the Broken
Eia0r

The SpraWIed Figure on the Broken
Floor.
The sleepless night wore itself out;
morning came to the cottage; and
Texie still lived.
On the heels of the dawn Uncle
Nick poked his head in at the kitchen
door and motioned with his finger.
The woodsman lifted his face from his
hands, rose and went out
Without a word the old man turned
and, with another very positive motion
of his hand, led the way across the
corner of the yard, into the little park,
out through the fallow pasture lot ana
to the Eagle Hollow road.
Well within the dim gray jaws of
the hollow he paused.
"When I p'inted m nose up the crick
this mornin', as you said, noticed the
door O. that OF cabin whar Hen Spen-
Ger raised the devil that night wus
part way open. I knowed it hadn't
ben open FIR years, so snuck up and
peeked in. Come on
With the long, lanky, half running
stride that he had probably copied
from the Indians, the old ranger and
scout, closely followed by the young
man, trotted away up the gulch,
climbed the fence in front of the cabin
of the dead woodchopper, ran up
through the dew-wet weeds to the
half-opened door, pushed it wider and
entered.
There on the dusty floor boards,
partly twisted on his side, his face
staring up, one arm crumpled under
him, with dirk knife buried to the
hilt in his breast, sprawled the man
that called himself Caleb Hopkins
dead.
The woodsman stopped over the
body; looked up curiously at his aged
companion.
do y'u know 'im?"
"It's Hopkins"
..'Look close"
The old man glanced at his COM
panion, caught the odd expression in
his eyes, stopped over the sprawled
figure and bent his eyes intently upon
the dead face, slowly shook his head.
course, don't low is names Hop
kins, n more'n mine is" he muttered,
''but it's the best I can do"
The woodsman stopped; raked the
mass of hair down; brought the red
lock into view; spread his hand over
the lower part of the face to hide the
beard.
"By the lord-Ken Colin"
Jack took his hand away from over
the beard; scraped the hair carefully
back into place.
"They say that red lock comes down
from OF Red Colin, sea pirate hun
dreds of years ago, that it shows up
every three r four generations, al
w'ys bringin' along with it drop r
two of bad blood. 1t shore played the
devil with Ken"
Didn't It'll" was Uncle Nick's
thoughtful comment-"robbed and
murdered is oil man, an then
preached is funeral-Lord !"
A short silence fell.
81 could "a killed i'm there at the
SAFE" the woodsman unused, half to
himself, 'but didn't. l only shot
away is gun and fought i'm fair.
When he was down. with is hair all
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Question of Royalty

There wasn't much royalty left to
discuss, but the teacher thought 1t
sufficient to warrant some explana-
ton. So she told the children about
the law of succession, and how the
first born son always succeeded to the
throne
Suddenly little fellow waved his
hand. Please, teacher" he asked, "if
the first one happened to be twins,
which one would be king ?"-Indianap-
oils News.
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Thrifty Man

A thrifty housewife used to put the
coffee grounds where the chickens
could get at them. She never really
knew whether they ate any or not, but
the fowls did peck at them little. Her
even more thrifty husband told her not
to put the grounds in the chicken yard.
any more.
"Put the coffee grounds in the duck
pen, J" directed he.
whats the differenceY'
"Well, a duck is all dark meat"
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The Dhg Of Supersfifions

By II. lRUlNG KING

right hand to use and by extension
the term fright" has come to be ap-
piled to all that side of the body. To
see the new moon fright" see it over
the right shoulder. 1t may be asked
why over the shoulder at all? 1t is
because Of the idea associated with the
word right in fright shoulder
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in the best circles. In this country
she has almost become a generic term
for ingenue or "fapper."
The bIoodstone is Pamela's tails
man. 1t will preserve her bodily
health indeed, it was worn by the an
clients as blood tonic. Likewise it is
said to guard her from deception, es-
pecially of a lover. Sunday is her
lucky day and her lucky number.
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Erench Farmers Work Hard

The vitality of French agriculture
and the hard work of the French
peasantry since the war are illustrated
by official figures just issued, which
show that there are 100000 more
cattle in the country than in 1918,
100000 more pigs, 100000 more
sheep and 100000 more horses.
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Belden, the man was about to say, but
thought of the mountain girl, and he
didn't; besides, Belden had not shown
himself at the robbery-"they're both
outlaws and counterf'iters. HOPKINS
would take good money out of the safe
and put coupterf'it bills in place of it.
"It was him that killed Pap Simon
that is, Pap Simon run out on i'm
that night while he was changin' the
counterf'it FIR good money, and in the
scuffle died of heart disease. That
shet off their game, of course, so they
planned t. make clean sweep t'night
and go.
"Hopkins-went t. town and writ
back a letter t. Texie, maxim out it
was from-Ken. The letter said he
was sick in town and wanted 'er t.
come to i'm. So she went, leavin'
note with Mis- Curry FIR me. The min
ute I got the note 1 knowed 1t was
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cutlcura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one of the things Cuticura win do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
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An Even Mind.

Remember to preserve an even mind
in adverse circumstances, and equal
Iy in good fortune a mind free from
insolent ioy.-Horace.
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work Requires Fuel.

The more person works the more
energy ,5,s ing foods are required
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A LINE o. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
X X X X X X x X X X X X \ Y X
THE STORM

TIME thunders crash,
The lightniggs flash,
The winds blow fercely free,
But what oare
For tempests high,
And blasts that batter me?
The wind and rain
Speak not of pain,
Or other things of dole.
But Natures care
To cleanse the air.
And freshen up my soul.
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Haven't you and Harry been en-
gagged long enough to get married ?''
''Too 1ong He hasn't got cent
left.''
Evening star., 1924-05-13
PECK BOXES CAPONI
IN SPORTLAND RING

When Tony Caponi of Rock Island
faces Joe (Kid) Peck. Washington
featherweight boxer, Thursday night
in the twelve-round feature bout at
Sportland boxing arena. Berwyn, Md,
he will have quite a job on his hands,
judging by the record of the District
mauIer
Since Peck has made his home in
this city he has scored impressive
victories over Louis Giblemenni, Andy
Bowen and George Leslie, a trio that
ranks high in fistic circles. Peck
also stayed the limit with Young
Stribling in a twelve round affair.
Reddy Tender. who once pointed
the way to Terry O'Day, Mohawk Ath-
letic Club battler, will endeavor to
trounce the local Irishman again in
the eight-round semi final. Terry has
improved considerably and is out to
show Tender something about the
ring game.
Eddie Leonard and Frankie Neal,
two Baltimore boxers, are to meet in
a special six-round bout. Two four
round bouts are carded-Vic Guazza
OF Washington will oppose Harlem
Pete Kelley, while Young Toney will
tackle Kid Hogan of the Mohawk
Athletic Club.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
p Tribe Debut Here Tomorrow: Reds No1v Set Pace National
KENlLWORTH OFFERS
five BOUTS TONIGHT

Fistic followers from Washington's
Little Italy" will watch their favor
ite, Jack Renzo, tackle Mike Schultz
of Philadelphia. in the twelve-round
feature bout tonight at the Washing
ton Sporting Club OF kenilworth, Md
Both boxers ,are reported to be in
fine condition and a lively scrap is
expected. Both Schultz and Ren2o
are sluggers of the first order, and a
knockout would not he surprising.
Jack Ryan of Baltimore and Billy
Cannon of Philadelphia are to mix
in an eight-round affair. Louis Gugli-
menni of Washington and Charley
Barber of Baltimore are scheduled to
so six rounds.
Joe Rivers and Kid Hogan. both
local boxers, are. to appear in the
four-round curtain raiser that will
get under way at $40 o'clock. Jack
Kaufman and Jack Winsted will be
opponents in another four round bout.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
HIGH SCHOOL MINES
RESUME PLAY TODAY

Competition in the high school base
ball championship series will be re-
sumed today with Western and Cen
trail meeting in a game that will de-
eide the lead. Play will start at 3:15
o'clock in Central Stadium.
McGahey of Western and Phipps of
Central will draw the mound assign
ments. Both mines appear evenly
matched, and a real battle is ex-
pected.
-Four junior high schools here plan
to hold their first track and field
meet on June z. in Central Stadium.
Columbia, MacFarland, Hine and
Langley expect TO be well represent
ed. Miss Alice Deal, principal of CO.
lumbia, is in charge of the meet.
Tennis teams of Business and Cen
trail are scheduled to meet tomorrow
at 3:15 o'clock on the latter's court in
the second match of the championsh D
series. Tech trounced the Stenpgra-
pliers in the opening encounter of the
scholastic league.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
SANDLOT NOTES

Comforters were to face the Milans
today at o'clock on the grounds at
18th and B streets southeast. Play
ers of both teams are expected to re-
port promptle.
Navy Yard Marines will be the op-
ponents of Petworth Athletic Club
of the Independent eLague tomorrow
in a game starting at O'Clock on the
formers grounds. Petworth will face
Tech Highs nine Thursday at
o'clock on the Washington Barracks
fold.
Peerless Athletic Club nine was to
meet the American Railway Express
team today at 5:15 o'clock on the
Terminal Railroad Y. M. c. A.
grounds. Peerless players are to be
at hand at 1880 o'clock.
Ambassador Midgets nosed out the
Pirate Cubs, 1 to 0. A double by Cas-
Sassa decided the issue.
Shamrock Juniors are to meet today
at 5 o'clock at 5th and l. streets
southeast.
Manager Vic Guazza of the MO-
hawks will send his team against the
Seamen GunnerS tomorrow at 5
o'clock on the latter's field. Mohawk
players should report at the club
house at 4:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-05-13

ContraSted to the snap-tis1+ ar+4v
ities OF Jack Hendricks team +be
play of the Giants has been al-oos+
SAD Yesterdays 5-to-3 defeat al
st Louis was the fifth TO which The
champions submitted from celia
mines within the last several days
tagged fielding, plentiful but jnet
fecuVe hitting and the colIapse or
youthful pitching hopes have repiarad
the even balance which sent the three
time pennant winners away to A
strong start
Wayland Dean, whose early STAR
caused observers to compare him to
Chr1sty MathewSon, was driven ont
OF the box after the Cardinals devel
oped the same ability to hit him for
home runs that the Robins AND Phil
lies had previously shown. Young
and Southworth debated as Bottom
ley stretched a three-bagger into =
homer. The Giants made eleven hits
off three pitchers and mixed one Of
these with a sacrifice fly and FIVE
walks In one inning, but could onfy
score three runs throughout the game
Failing prey to tail-enders and
playing loose ball, with Pittsburgh
Chicago and Cincinnati yet to face
the immediate future of the Giants
looms dark Brooklyn won from Chi
cago. to 5, behind Vance's steady
pitching, and is only three game.
away from McGraw's team
All American League games yeSter
day were Cancelled by rain as wa
the Boston-Pittsburgh battle in thc
National
Evening star., 1924-05-13
INDIANS MAKE POOR START.
DUE TO LOSS OF REGULARS
Sneakers Club Should Climb i'm Race When Its Full
Strength Is Available, However-Final
With Tigers Is on Today.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

TITH OF the Cleveland Indians following
NV Of the Detroit Iygers,
10 by bad weather Washington fans will
Philadelphia Athletics
a dropping their last
a r.
Speaketes, whose showing has
sadowed flop the AS simply because much
of has submerged seventh place club generally
d the dope best qualified to give the champion
Yankees a the
margin of only five points separates rif and Indians but
between the leaders
nderS possible land either of the
Evening star., 1924-05-13

Where they VIII play In the Eastern
Shore League.
Life for the O'DonneII's nine will
be one hard game after another this
week. After meeting the Washing
ton Barracks team today at o'clock
on tho latter's field. the O'Donnelrs
players will tackle the Interior De-
partment Club tomorrow at the
same hour at the Union station
grounds. Palace Athletic Club will
be the opponent of the O'Donnell's S
team Saturday at 5 o'clock on the
same diamond. The Union Printers
will be met Sunday at Washington
barracks in a Potomac League game.
ODonnelfs tossers are to meet for
the weekday games at 4:S0 o'clock
at the 9Th street store.
Members of Lehigh Athletic Club
o'clock at 100 Allison street, Uni
forms will be issued.
RanSdeil players were to oppose
Doc Farrelrs All-Stars today at S
o'clock on diamond No. Of the
Monument grounds Peterson, Free
man, Huntington. Perks. Charles,
Wilver, Frew. Miles, Nolan, Morse.
Hessen and Haight are expected to
play for the Farrell team.
Knfckerbocker. were to be sent
through a drill today at o'clock on
the Georgetown Hollow field
Manager Rice wants all Aurora
Midgets to attend tonight's meeting
at 1880 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
OLYMPIC DISTANCES
ARE GIVEN IN YARDS

For the benefit OF new devotees ol
field and track sports, who are fol-
lowing Olympic news for the frs,
time, the following translations into
American measurements of the ubiq-
uitous French meter are set down
The 100-meter sprint is 9 yards
longer than our 10O-yard dash.
The 200-meter sprint is yards
short of our 220-yard run.
The 4O0-meter is yards short OF
the American quarter mile
The S00-meter is yards short
of the American half mile.
The 1,500 meter is 120 yards
short of the American mile.
The 5000 meter is 3 miles and
1S9 yards.
The marathon is our regular
measurement of 26 miles, 3S5
yards.
The 1l0-meter hurdles are prac-
tically our regular high hurdles.
The 400-meter hurdles are 3
yards short Of our 440, and have B.
foot hurdles as compared with our
2h foot hurdles.
The decathlon contest includes
the 100-meter dash, 1l0-meter
hurdles. broad jump. shot-put.
high jump. discus. pole vault and
laVeliu.
The pentathlon includes the 200
meter dash. 1,500-meter run, broad
jump, javelin and discus.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Norfolk, 3; Richmond, 2.
Wilson, 8; Portsmouth. 2.
Rocky Mount, 8; st. Petersburg, o.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Atlanta. 6; Memphis. I'll innings).
Birmingham, Is; Little Rock, 6.
Chattanooga, 8; Mobile, z.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo, 8; Kansas City, 2.
St Paul. 8 Louisville. 5.
Milwaukee, 5; Columbus, 4.
Minneapolis. 4; Indianapolis. 8.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE,
Augusta. 8; Macon, o.
Greenville, 8: ASheville. 8.
Spartanburg, 8; Charlotte. 2.
FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE.
Tampa. 4; Bradentown. 2.
Orlando. 10; Daytona. 2.
Lakeland, l; St Petersburg. o.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Durham. z; Danville. 5.
Greensboro. g.: High Point, 2.
Other games postponed (rain).
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
All games postponed (rain).
Evening star., 1924-05-13
FIGHT THEIR WAY TO TOP
AS GIANTS HIT TOBOCCAN
Cincinnati Club, Although Fifth i'm Team Batting.
Has Won IL of Last IL 7Cames-McCrawmen
Finding Going Rough in West

NNCNNAT leading the National League TODAY after trailing tn
Giants for three weeks beezd
speed that land the rushing Reds before their
Scoring only
seventeen the Ohons twelve
than edge in each battle . "
Filth batting with of
hitting 800 and the highest of
games from Pittsburgh and Chicago hardf - ~
fveday interruption by rain last
check but yesterdays 4o
that the spirited team of another
add 4oNeoei>auei
Evening star., 1924-05-13

might get into the fight as they were
expected to do at the start of the
season.
Exaggerated Importance may have
been placed on the part Rommel
would play in the campaign as pitch
er. Naylor may not be able to do as
well as the spurt he showed in 1928.
Other pitchers may be going to flop
after promising to amount to some
thing. If that is the case the Ath-
letics are hard hit where they least
expected it The pitching stan had
been reckoned on to overcome breaks
coming from occasional poor work
elsewhere
A team that cannot bat better than
.240 and that has been compelled to
work pitchers who canot get into the
games-won column because they are
swatted out of the box, or are too
wild, is bound to have a hard go.
The present collapse of the Athletics
is, If anything. more sensational than
that of Cleveland, for the latter is
beginning to smack its way into the
strife with its bats.
If the Athletics can take a leaf out
of Perkins book. though, and gain
1861 batting points in ten days, they
may get into the fight
Copyright 1924)
Evening star., 1924-05-13


player of Peck Athletic Club; Bob
Chaconas, formerly Of Business High
School, and Fax Taylor, clever
third sacker, are among the leading
Riverside players. Riverside has an
open date Sunday and it would like
to meet some strong unlimited nine.
Challenges are being receive by
Manager Bob Donohue at West S31
between $50 and $50 o'clock. Mem
bers of the club are to hold a meeting
Thursday night at the home of Carl
Saul, 1856 Jefferson street.
Manager Chris Hutchinson of East
ern Athletic Association unlimited is
casting about for games to be played
Wednesdays and Saturdays. He may
be telephoned at Lincoln 6902. Games
are wanted this week particularly.
to NOW down Lehigh Athletic Club
o'clock on the formers diamond. All
Rosslyn players are to report at 4:45.
CherrydaIc Athletic Club is to hold
its last dance of the season tonight in
the Cherrydale auditorium. Songs
by Kate Smith will be a feature of
the entertainment
Warwick Seniors are to gather to-
night at o'clock at the home of
Ralph Bennie.
Charlie Barber and Jess Burch, for
merly of the Silver Spring nine, are
to leave this week for Salisbury, Md,
Evening star., 1924-05-13

Since May Perkins has been batting
.444. But the fans have not noticed
that he is. picking up. They re-
member only that long string of
games when he did not do thing
while the Athletics rolled and shipped
water in a heavy sea. and they have
clamored for his hide as earnestly as
they lauded him when the season
started.
But Perkins is only d rallying
point for the Athletic fans. Connie
Mack's club is riddIed all the way
through with light hitting. Hauser
hasn't started. Miller is sliding
around the barrier instead Of break
ing away from it. Strand hasn't
come within a mile of his first score
of hits. Hale is fifty points behind
his normal figure and no one much
is stepping into the ball except Sim
mons.
Where the Trouble Lies.
1t does not take an expert to tell
what is the matter with the lowiy
Athletics. 1t is poor batting plus
poor pitching.
But suppose the players begin to
pick up as Perkins picked up in the
last two weeks. Then the Athletics