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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-06
CHAPTER XVI
THIEF AND PIRATE

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Captain Blood paced the poop Of
his ship alone in the tepid dusk
and the growing golden radiance
Of the great poop lantern in which
a seaman had just lightsLs the
three lamps About him all was
peace. The signs of the days bat
tie had been effaced A group of
men squatting about the main
hatch were drowsily chanting, their
hardened natures seftened, per-
haps, by the calm and beauty of
the night Captain Blood did not
hear them; he did not hear any
thing save the echo of those cruel
words which had dubbed him thief
and piratei
Thief and pirate!
That he should ever meet Ara.
bella Bishop again had not entered
his calculations, had found no
place in his dreams. They were,
he conceived, irrevocably and for
ever parted. Yet, in spite Of this,
in spite even of the persuasion that
to her this reflection that was his
torment could bring no regrets, he
had kept the thought of her ever
before him in all those wild years
Of flibustering.
Thief and pirate! She had
summed him up, convicted him and
sentenced him in that one phrase.
He was thief and pirate in her
eyes; nothing more, nothing less.
What, then, was she? What are
those who have no charity? he
asked the stars. Thief and pirate
she had branded him. She should
be justified Thief and % pirate
should he prove henceforth; no
more nor less; as bowslless, as re-
morseless, as all those others who
had deserved those names. She
had shown him clearly to which
world he belonged. Let him now
justify her. She was aboard his
ship, in his power, and he desired
her.
He laughed softly, ieeringly, as
he leaned on the taffrail, looking
down at the phosphorescsnt CLEAN
in the ships wake, and his own
laughter startled him by its evil
note. He checked suddenly, and
shivered. A sob broke from him to
end that ribafd burst of mirth. He
took his face in his hands and
found chill moisture on his brow.
Meanwhile Lord Julian was en-
gagged in solving the curious prob
lem that had so completely escaped
the buccaneer. He was spurred to
it by vague STRINGS Of jealousy.
He wondered what precisely might
have been her earlier relations
with Captain Blood. He had OBJ
served, for instance, that Blood's
ship was named the Arabella, and
he knew that Arabella was Miss
Bishops name. And he had OBJ
served all the odd particulars Of
the meeting of Captain Blood and
Miss Bishop, and the curious
change that Getting hal wrought
in each.
Continued in our next issueG
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-06
CARD FILE OLE MENUS

Keep a card file of all the recipes
that your family ike best, subdi-
vide according to the season. BY
consulting this from time to time
YOU can get ideas when your inspi-
ration is low.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-06

During the hunting season calves
are warned not to look like deer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-06

methods of agricultural relief did
not get the same executive appro-
val that was given Melons tax re-
duction plan, Tor instance.
In fact, the Wallace recommeda-
tions were rather sat on. There
have been rumors or dissention and
friction between Wallace and the
president and Wallace and other
members of the cabinet dating back
into the Harding's time.
Whether these will be forgiven
and forgotten in the JOY of Re
publican victory remains to be seen.
Herbert Hoover, secretary of COM
merce. also is listed in the doubtful
column. The president thinks very
highly of Hoover, but Hoover do
esn't think so highly Of political life.
Just as he refused to accept nomI-
nation for vice president, he may de
cline a second term in the cabinet.
In that event the wiseacres say,
look for his successor to be William
NJ. Butler Of Boston, Coolidge's
campaign manager.
The two members mentioned as
most likely to be missing in a recon-
structed Coolidge cabinet are Post
master General Harry New and Sec
rotary of Navy Wilbur, Secretary
Slemp is doped for News portfolio,
while New is expected to repair his
fences for another senatorial fight
in 1926.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Europe continues TO be very dear
place." says Eugene O'Neill. you
see, they have one price for us Amer
leans over there and one price for the
native-born. They won't let us profit
by our exchange.
"At q Deauville hotel one morning
/ was bidding good-by to a wealthy
American and his daughter as they
were about to set out for Paris by
road
"The daughter said, as she put on
her leather helmet In the hotel lounge !:
"'Have we left anything, do you
thing, papa?
"The father gave a loud, grim
laugh He tore his receipted bill into
little pieces.
"'Have we left anythlng?' he said.
Lord, girl. you mean have we any
thing leftT" = Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
Hand and the Brain

An interesting illustration Of the
processes of reasoning whereby scien-
tific conclusions are sometimes at
tuned is afforded by the case Of the
human skull discovered some years
ago at Chapelle Saints, in France.
which in the opinion of some is prob
ably the Oldest bodily relic Of prehis-
toric man. This skull shows many Of
the characteristics OF that OF a mon
key, but little indication of intelli-
gence Careful examination, however,
revealed q slight excess of size of the
left hemisphere, from which 1t was
argued that the owner of the skull
was right-handed, and consequently a
user Of tools, a conclusion which Is
thought to be supported by the fact
that ancient stone implements were
found in the neighbOrhood.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
Hou Much Can Man Lift?

Just what a man can get under and
lift with his back Is mooted question.
l have seen man get under plat
form upon which % men were stand
ing and rear UP and stand with 1t for
over minute. When / was nineteen
years Old l picked up with my arms
and carried for few PAGES n casting
weighing GAO pounds. Later l carried
a sugar barrel full of chains weighing
around 900 pounds end have carried
hundreds Of barrels Of oak-bark ex-
tract ranging from COO to 500 pounds.
/ used to be trhe proud Of these
feats until got to perusing the World
Almanac and noted real lifting and car
rying feats which made my best look
IKE child's play. If | remember right
ly the heaviest lift made with the
hands (unassisted with rope around
the neck) is around a ton.-Edgar
Young in Adventure Magazine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
FAMOUS PAINTERS
WHO HAVE STARVED
Story of Nineteenth Century
Masters One OF Suffering.

Again and again l am asked by peo-
pie Who "know nothing about art, but
know what they like" what there is to
admire In the pictures Of Van Gogh,
two of which have just been acquired
for the British nation.
only run the risk Of being laughed
at if say that Van Gogh did not paint
a mere chair, but the soul of the chair,
and that it Is impossible to explain 1t
to those who do not feel the passion
with which that wonderful Dutchman
realized his conception of the real ma
ture of lnanimate objects as well as Of
living beings.
The wonder to me Is not that there
are people willing to pay $4,000 and
more for one Of Van Goghs pictures,
but that this practical recognition of
his greatness was delayed until after
his death, and that he was allowed TO
spend his life on earth in sordid pow
erty and neglect and on the verge Of
starvation.
But such is the story Of the masters
of the Nineteenth century, and more
particularly of the impressiOnists and
their immediate precursors, Jean Fran
co.'s Millet, the painter Of the world
famed "Angelus," is a notable In
stance. One of his bIographers tells
us that "his days were darkened by
adversely and hope deferred, the gaunt
specter OF Want lowered ever about
! his home and was only driven from
his threshold by almost superhuman
efforts, while sickness and suffering
were never long absent from his pill
low"
Even more tragic than the story Of
! Millet's life is that OF Meryon'S and
Monticelli's. Meryon's whole career
was heartening struggle against adj
versity, ending in starvation and mad
ness. When he had completed his won.
derful Paris set of etchings he vainly
tried to find purchasers for it at So
the set. In 1910 an impression of one
of the plates, "L'Abside de Notre
Dame" sold for $4,000, and $1,000 is
about the average price paid by col
lectors for a single impression of 8
plate from the Paris set.
Monticello "lived in such poverty
that he had to go round the cafes OF
Marseilles to sell small masterpieces
for $3.50, disposing of them only witt
difficulty even at that price, and died
half-mad, in destitution. n."-Londor
Mail
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Silence may be golden, but good
deal of speech is braZen.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
Getting Rid of Old Glue

In gluing joints that have been pre-
viously glued, good job cannot be
done unless the old, hardened glue Is
removed entirely. To clean off the Old
glue, use n stiff brush-an old tooth
brush will do-and hot water. This
will do the work effectively and leave
the surface in the best possible con-
dition for rejoining. Allow the wood
- become thoroughly dry before max
ing a new 1oint.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
WESTERN PIONEER TELLS
INTERESTING EXPERIENCE

he places on the famous treatment.
II believe Tanlac really saved my
life when l took it after the Flu about
a year ago." continued Mr.. Rikert, "for
the attack left me 20 pounds off in
weight, and unable TO turn over in my
bed without assistance. l tell you, I
thought my time had surely come.
'But, thanks TO my wife's insistence,
I kept on taking Tanlac till was able
to do all my work again, had back al.
my lost weight, and I've been feeling
years younger ever since. I'm always
telling my friends about Tanlac, and
can't say too much for It."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over ~
million bottles sold.
Take Tanlac Vegetable pills.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
Toot Sweet

Long engagements are not stylish.
"Neither are long marriages."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

But every man is not hero, even
from his own point Of view.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
Frank Rikert, Who Left llli-
nois for California in Cow
cred Wagon in 1864,
Wouldn't Take 500 for
Bottle Of Tanlac.

Frank Rikert, well-known resident
OF North Sacramento, Cal, who came
TO the state from Illinois in covered
wagon In 1864, along with other hardy
pioneers, recently exhibited bottle Of
Tanlac, which he had just purchased,
TO friend at his home and remarked !:
'Tf I thought this was the last bottle
OF Tanlac / would ever be able TO buy,
[ wouldn't take one hundred dollars
for it." thus proving the high valuation
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Alecp Pasha is leader OF the Mace
donian revolutionary movement In
Jugo- -Slavia, who led revolt against
the terms of the treaty OF Neullly
awarding most Of the territory inhab-
tied by Macedonians TO Greece and
JuCo-Slayia
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

ume and Keep them out Of mischief
and greatly enjoy il, too, ~
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14
"DANDELlON BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of "Dandelion" for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Only the Best Ingredients.
are used in Brandreth Pills. For con-
stipation they have no equal. Take
one or two at bed time.-Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Frank Mcdowell. the nineteen-year-
old youth now in Jail in st. Peters
burg, Fla, where he confessed TO hav-
ing shot his parents TO death recently
and also admitted that he set the fire
which resulted in the death Of his sis
ters, Marian and Williamateen. a year
ago in Decatur, Ga, where the family
then lived. His explanation of the
murders indicate" that he Is q rell
gious mpniac
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-14

Every man has some sense of hui
NOR: but ii isn't all alike, by any
means.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
SUSSEX COUNTY LEAGUE

Milford is lining up for the open
ing of the Sussex County Base Ball
League on July 4th. At a meeting
held on Tuesday evening in the Ar
mory Hall, Harry Wardle was elect
ed temporary manager and George
Lynch, temporary captain and eight
players signed contracts. They are
as follows: Hudson. Lynch, John
son, Kirby, Denney, Manlove, Petty
john, and Baynum.
Milford will play Georgetown in
the morning of July 4th at 10 o'clock
at Georgetown. In the afternoon the
same teams will play at Milford at
o'clock. On the Saturday following
MillsborO will play here, the game
being called at 8 p. m.
Much interest is being shown by
the fans in this town of the new
league and if the enthusiasm now
being shown is any criterion Milford
is sure to have a successful season.
Root for our home town players.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
Automobile DriUer Claims
Cops Speedon1eter Wrong
Interesting Testimony Presented In Esquire
HendrixsOn' s Court When George HanLin
Is Arraigned For Reckless Driving

Hamlin car when running at 25
miles an hour brought a reading of
% miles per hour on the pOliceman's s
motorcycle.
The party then returned to the Of
flee of Justice of the Peace Hendrix
son where the hearing was resumed.
Officer Dare still insisted that the
Pennsylvania was running at least
so miles per hour, according to the
readings of his speedometer, and he
pressed his charge on reckless driv-
ing. Here Hamlin became abusive
and stated that@the officer was no
gentleman. He said that he had been
stopped further down the road by
another officer and warned that he
was driving too fast. This officer, he
said, was "a gentleman. Justice of the
Peace HendriXsOn ended the argu-
ment with fine of $25.O0 and costs.
Mr.. Hendrixson took the stand that
if he had been warned by one officer
he should have been travelling within
the speed limit. The fine was paid
and the Pennsylvaniaian left vowing
that he was through with Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
POWDER WAGON
In ROAD PARADE
AT DOVER JULY 2
Will Contrast The Old And New
Methods OF Transportation
With Erie Cart.
AIDED in U. S. VICTORY
Represents Historical Incident Of
Commodore Perry's Great
Victory Of 1872.

The contrast between the method
of hauling at the time of the Battle
of Lake Erie during the War of 1872
and the modern method of motor
transportation made possible by
concrete roads will be shown by the
famous old powder wagon July 2, as
part of the celebration of the open
ing of the Coleman du POnt Road at
Dover. This wagon is the same one
which made the journey from VIII
mingtOn to Erie, Pa, in 1918 to Gel
ebrate the Centennial of Commodore
Perry's naval victory on Lake Erie.
The old wagon, which was built
in a wayside wagon shop on the
banks of Conestoga Creek in Lam
caster county, Pennsylvania, more
than a century and a quarter ago,
will have a place of honor in the
parade at Dover, when the du POnt
Road is turned over to the State.
The wagon will leave Lancaster,
Pa, for Wilmington and then pro-
ceed to Dover. 1t is expected it will
leave Wilmington, Monday morning,
June 80, drawn by six husky grey
and will be driven by crew
of three men. They are considered
experts and are among the very few
who know how to handle an outfit of
the sort, an accomplishment which
was considered more or less of an
art during the early years of the last
century.
The wagon is so sturdily built
that, despite its age and the many
of miles it has travelled,
it still is in excellent condition.
However, the probability is that the
Dover trip will offer one of the few
opportunities to see this
historic vehicle which marked dis
.inct epoch in the development of
having been quite as
great an advance over other means
If transportation in its day as was
he coming of the automobile truck
n these times.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
POOR FOCUSED HEADLIGHTS
First Test In State Showed Practi-
calIy No Lights Perfect.

The first demonstration in this
State of the general need of head
light focusing on the part of motor
lists took place in Wilmington last
Friday evening. on the occasion of
the headlight focusing test conduct
ed by the Delaware Automobile As
sOciatiOn.
Of the two hundred and thirty-six
cars whose lights were tested, only
one was found to be in perfect con-
ditiOn. 1t is this glaring need that
has brought the Delaware AutOmo-
lie Association to the realization
that drastic steps must be taken to
eliminate the dangerous dazzle of
the lights of cars so as to make
night driving safe.
The focusing clinic was conducted
by corps of eighteen men, fourteen
of whom were loaned by the Key
stone Automobile Club of Philadel-
phia. No lights were focused unless
the motorist was properly equipped
with a legal lens.
Following the proper adjustment
of the motorists lights, card was
issued bearing the signature of May
or Forrest of Wilmington and that
of the official inspector of the asso-
citation, certifying that the lights had
been inspected and found legal.
Charles G. Guyer, secretary of the
Delaware Automobile Association, in
a statement issued said: although |
the Delaware Automobile Associa-
ton has already done more than any
other organization to impress upon
motorists the necessity of having /
headlights properly adjusted. twill
not rest on its oars, t-at bit will contin-
ue the good work until the present
percentage of illegal lights, estimat- |
ed at 80 per cent, has been reduced .
to the irreducible."
Similar focusing clinics will be
in many other towns in
his State in the near future, due
notice of which will be given.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
A CAR; HIT THE FENCE
KENT COUNTY
First RepresentatiYe District

Pierce Simpson driving his Hud-
son coach, had the alternative of hit
ting an automobile or plowing
through a section of fence early
Wednesday evening-he choose the
fence. Mr.. Simpson was driving east
on West Front street, South Milford,
following a car driven by John Isa-
acs, of Slaughter Neck. When almost
in front of the home of c. M. Tat
man, Isaacs pulled to the right side
of the road and Mr.. Simpson thought
that he was about to turn across the
road in front of him. If he had
done this an accident would have oc-
CURED. Simpson swerved his car
sharply to the left, went on the pave
ment between a large tree and a
large fence pole and plowed through
about fifteen feet of iron fence. The
fence was demolished, but the car
was not injured to any s. 2 G.;t extent ee''t
a bent fender being about all the
damage.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
U. S. CONSTITUTION In
/HOTEL DU POINT ROOMS

Harry Harkins, manager of the
Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, has had
placed in every room of the hotel a
handsomely printed copy Ofthe Con-
stitution of the United States, for the
use of his guests. He has received
numerous compliments from his
guests for the service.
Hotel du Pont was the first hotel
in America to do this, but it is stated
that some of the large chain hotels
are contemplating a similar service.
The book is for the information of
the guests, but so many requests
have been made for a copy, that the
hotel management has found it nee
essary to attach a printed notice to
each book that it is not to be remov-
ed from the room.
The book, which is work of art,
as we'll as being a valuable novelty,
was printed by Kells, Everett c.
establishment at Newark
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
BETTER FISHING FACILITIES
Contract Let For Pier AT RehO-
bOth---WilI Be Completed Soon.

The RehobOth Beach Anglers CluI
effected permanent organization al
meeting in Wilmington last Friday
Dr.. Thomas R. Brown, of Wyoming
was elected president; John A. Mac
Manus, Wilmington, vice president;
Albert F. Polk, Wilmington, treasur-
er, and w. T. Tappan, RehOboth, sec
retary.
The directors elected are: DR.. G..
w. K. Forrest, Mayor of Whining
ton; Fred A. Ross, of Wilmington;
D. Mifflin Wilson and J. Harry Sat
terfield, of Rehoboth; DR.. Frank l..
Grier, of Milford, and the four Off
GERS.
Contract for the building of the
pier for the club has been awarded
and work was scheduled to start on
Wednesday of this week. The pier
will be finished in about fifteen days
after the start of the work. 1t will
extend four hundred feet from the
boardwalk at the foot of Rehoboth
John Sharpless is the con-
tractor.
Milford chronicle., 1924-06-27
DeLauOare Wheat Crop viii
Be Larger Than Average
Government Report Says That Grain GrOuUers
In nDeLauUare And Maryland Will Fair Well
In Crop YieId--APpIe Prospect Is Fair.

According to report of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
on the condition of the winter wheat
crop on June 1, the farmers Of Del
aware and Maryland are far more
fortunate than the average wheat
grower of the United States.
The Department of Agriculture es-
Inmates the Delaware crop at SO per
cent on June 1, that of Maryland at
Sc per cent, while the average for
the entire nation is given as only "A
per cent.
The wheat crops of both Delaware
and Maryland are running very close
to normal, but the wheat crop of the
nation apparently was not up to
normal on June /. The June 1 aver
age for the last 10 years for both
Delaware and Maryland was 81 per
cent, while the June average for the
entire nation was only 81.6 per cent.
This means that according to the es-
innate on June 1, the Maryland crop
was 1 per cent below normal, and
the Delaware crop 2 per cent above
normal, while the average for the
entire nation was 7.6 per cent below
normal.
The figures for the States of Del
aware, were prepared by John S.
Dennee, agricultural statistician for
the United States Department of
Commerce. In Maryland, Mr.. Dennee
co-operates with the Maryland State
Of Agriculture. His COM
ment on the winter wheat crop of
the two States follows: "In Della
ware and Maryland the crop is gen.
orally good on high lands, but not
so good on low lands-tOo much rain
and cool weather"
Mr.. Dennee's estimate of the crop
is 7,558,000 bushels for Maryland
and 1,525,0OO for Delaware, as COM
pared with five year averages of TO-
100000 for Maryland, and 100000
for Delaware. The reason for the
is that farmers curtailed |
he number of acres planted in
wheat last fall. In the fall Of 1923 |