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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

Would I? Would a marmot whistle? But they won do it. All the men, they wanna fool 'roun, but they won take me- an they sure won send me-"
 "Well-must 1t be a man?"
 "Who else?"
 Maybe a woman-maybe-wouldnt do?"
 You? Say, who d'you think you're kiddin', kid?"
 In be here tomorrow morning at half past ten with hundred and fifty dollars. Will that be enough, and if it is, will you go to New York-at once?"
 Will I? standin' on my head . if you mean q certainly do. Your father won't put any re- strictions in your way?"
 What in whose way? Lady, he'll pray for you
 "So will l." endorsed Jake
 Settled" said Mrs. Meadows. "Tomorrow at tenthrty. Pack up-Tll be here"
 I'm packed now, lady"
 And that was how SulSey who was "born that way, left the mountains and came to the Big City. l wish could add that she went to damnation and destruction; and, if you look at it that way maybe she did. The blunt fact is that whereas she couldn't get piker to take her from the hills to New York, she hadn't much trouble getting mill lionaire in New York to take her to Europe and she's star in the French musical shows now, one of the delights of American tourists such as the Meadowses, who, you know, go to the seashore one Summer, the mountains anothers and Paris the next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

eurkey didn't stay to hear the dialogue: the Bantomime was enough
 She fled down the mountain side and by a roundabout route got home.
 An hour later she heard 6 horse gallop to the gate, sneaked her flushed face around a porch support. and saw the smart and snappy girl who had interrupted her wayside tete-a-tete with the fascinating potential villain of her romantic drama leading her beast along the approach to the front door. right up to the hteps. Her brother Jake factotum of the Sennelly establishment stopped pumping as he heard the unexpected visitor, took off his hat when he beheld her, and stood at attention to receive her wants, wishes, demands, patronage or what-not. Her kind didn't come through the Sennelly gate often.
 Do you live here?" asked Mrs. Meadows, in tone which at once registered to even the numb witted Jake that her errand was no godsend.
 'T own it-that is. my paw does, an I run it. What c'n do for you, Miss?"
 "Im no Miss-Pm a Mrs. My name is Meadows. am at the big hotel with my-with Mir Meadows Have you a sister," ~y
 "Why-yesm, Sukey she's--I think seen'r come in III bit ago. Did you wanna seer?"
 "No I've seen her. Once is quite enough. :. Is your father at home?'
 "Nom; that is, he's out on the farm, somres. Whats Sukey been a'don' again?"
 "Oh-it's nothing new, eh? Look here. was riding up quiet little lane not many minutes ago,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

and out among the narrow ways chosen usually by foot climbers will never be disclosed Maybe it was the Inspiration of young love. maybe the budding instinct of wifehood, which sometimes uaanitssts itself by uncanny genius for turning up in the most inopportune places at the most embarrassing moments
 Anyway. by the time Mrs. Meadows turned her horse sharply into the narrow divide between the thick growths of wild foliage and saw ahead of her two forms, . and girl, thSir backs turned toward her, the two were almost as one. for his right arm was about her and her left arm was about him, and they were treading slowly and had their cheeks together.
 Stan Meadows had progressed famously; and so had Sukey Sennelly.
 They were engrossed in one another and the footballs of the unshod steed upon the soft turf did not break their mutual concentration. It was only when the bride, with sudden and startled shock, recognized the male form as that of the one which she had recently acquired, through sickness and sorrow, for better or worse til death did 1t part from her, and sharply called out "Stansbury!" that they became conscious of an- other presence in the little Eden of cooing aud wilderness.
 Meadows let his arm slide down and sidestepped from the hold of hers as he turned and beheld her whom he so recently had ceded the permanent world rights on his time, attention, affection, worldly goods and exclusive betting privileges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
by JACK LAT

come natural with the girls in this delightful section where every prospect pleases and only men and wo- men have the advantages of civilization and the specific sciences? What mean is--how did she get that way?"S
 "oh. she was born that way, guess sukeys rated bobcat'n these parts. She's the bes|ookin' girl for miles 'roun' here, an all the natives knows she wouldn' have none O their lollygaggfn-no, ma'am; she's dead set after them city guys an she's talkn some O runnin' off to be star in them movies. We can't do nothin' with'r-much ma'am" "oh, she's talking of running off Well, let her run. But why does she try to run off with my husband?"
 "oh, 'tatn't your husban', ptic1arIy, ma'am. Any. podys husban'-or even if he's a single man'H do. Sukey patrols them paths like trapper layin' for city guy. She's had all sorts O dates with 'em. an trouble onoet or twicet. But it seems they. aint lookin' for fun in the city, anyways with the likes O her; an she ain pinin' for no comp'ny aroun here, specially. but she's dead wild for the city So far, none of 'ems took her to the city yet They all balk, guess, when she hands lem her terms"
 >"You-you astound me. You discuss 1t as though 1t were--as though you approved of it." NO, rna'am But we can't do nothin', pawn me, Since maw passed off we ain got no more c'ntrol over sukey'n if she was a catamount We either got to put Ter in a cage or let'r run-or killr." What deplorable situation"
 Worsen that, maam. Evbody 'roun' these die. gins knows Sukeyn all about'r. She's right pretty an lots O men wants to hitch up with'r. even knowin. But-not Sukey. It's the city for her. or jus stay on like this-away till she lands some fish what'n tsiSe'r there"
 "Well-if she has this-thls extraordinary mania. and you and the entire countryside know of it, In this amazing situation, perhaps 1t would be best to send her to the cfty-let her have her fling" Fling. hell-I begs pard'n-I mean, d'you know what 1t costs? It's Nyork she wants. That cosrg way up into moren hundred dollars We aim got 1t, not to spare, anyways. She won work an make nothin; she won even wash a dish It aim no use'n beatin her-paw's done that thousan'
 times. She jus disappearsn sleeps in the
 woods. She's jus as much at home out &aan yonder's she is in there-why. there she is.
 Hey-Suke-come here" zaxnn.u. "T-I don wanna" sukey held back SS "Yes come down here, Sukey" called Mrs. Meadows. q want to talk to you sSs friendly"
 The girl came forth, hesitating. 'What you want O mel" she asked, cagily, ready to fight or run. s% You want to go to New York, I'm told" "Bet your damn life do."
 "If someone gave you
 the means-the money
 would you go?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-04-24

Lots in Fairview Cemetery are now
offered for sale at reasonable prices.
The property is ideal for the purpose.
Plats may be seen. Call Bell Phone
"a, Oakland Advertisement 10 If.
Evening star., 1924-08-15

another great journey. and long re-
membered was the havoc he worked
among the dogs of the many villages
along the Mackenzie, across the
Rockies and down the Porcupine to
the Yukon. He reveled in the. ven
geance he wreaked upon his kind.
They were ordinary, unsuspecting
dogs. They were not prepared for
attack without warning. They did
not know him for what he was, a
lightning flash of slaughter. They
bristled up to him, stiff-legged and
time on elaborate preliminaries, snap
| ping into action like steel spring,
| was at their throats and destroying
them before they knew what was
the throes of surprise.
He became an adept at fighting.
He economical. He never wasted his
strength, never tussled. He was in
too quickly for that, and if he missed.
was out again too quickly. The dis
like of the wolf for close quarters
was his to an unusual degree. He
could not endure d prolonged con
of danger. 1t made him frantic. He
must be away. free, on his own legs,
touching no living thing. 1t was the
wild still clingng to him, asserting
been accentuated by the Ishmaelite
life he had led from his puppyhood.
Danger lurked in contacts. 1t was
the trap, ever the trap, the fear of 1t
lurking deep in the life of him. woven
into the fiber of him.
In consequence the strange dogs he
encountered had no chance against
him. He eluded their fangs. He got
them. or got away, himself untouched
in either event In the natural course
OF things there were exceptions to
| this. There We're times when several
dogs, pitching on to him, punished
him before he could get away; and
there were times when a single dog
scored deeply on him. But these
were accidents. In the main, so etti-
cient a fighter had he become, he
went his way unScathed.
Another advantage he possessed
was that of correctly judging time
and distance. Not that he did this
consciously, however. He did not
calculate such things. 1t was all au-
tomato His eyes saw correctly, and
the nerves carried the vision cor
rectly to his brain. The parts OF HIM
the average dog. They worked to-
gether more smoothly and steadily.
His was better, far better, nervous,
mental and muscular coordination.
When his eyes conveyed to. his brain
the moving image of an action, his
brain, without conscious effort, knew
the space that limited that action and
the time required for its completion.
Thus he could avoid the leap of an
other dog, or the drive of its fangS.
and at the same moment could seize
the infinitessimal fraction of time in
which to deliver his own attack.
Body and brain, his was a more per
fected mechanism. Not that he was
TO be praised for it. Nature had been
Evening star., 1924-08-15
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Starr

But the dogs could never learn the
lesson to leave him alone in camp.
Each duW pursuing him and crying
defiance at him. the lesson of the
previous night was erased and that
night would have to be learned over
again. to be as imm ediately forgot
ten. Besides, there was a greater
consistence in their cSlike of him.
They sensed between themselves and
MIN difference of kind-cause suf-
fieient in itself for hostility. Like
him, they were domesticated wolves,
But they had been domesticated for
generations. Much of the wild had
been lost, so that to them the wild
was the unknown. the terrible. the
ever menaCing and ever warning
But but to MN, in appearance and ACTION
and impulse, still clung to the wild. He
symbollZed it, was it's perSonitica-
tion; so that when they showed their
teeth to him they were defending
themselves against the powers of de-
struction that lurked in the shadows
the camp fire.
But there was one lesson the dogs
did learn, and that was to. keep
together. White Fang was too ter
rihle for any OF them to face single
handed They met him with the
mass formation, otherwise he would
nave killed them, one by one, in d
night. AS it was, he never had a
chance to kill them. He might roll d
dog off its feet, but the pack would
be upon him before he could follow
up and deliver the deadly throat
stroke. At the first hint of conflict
the whole team drew together and
faced him. The dogs had quarrels
among themselves. but these We're
forgotten when trouble was brewing
with White Fang.
On the other hand, try as they
would. they could not kill White
Fang. He was too quick for them
800 formida BILE. too wise. He avoided
tight places and always backed out
Of ii when they bade fair to surround
him While as for getting him off
his feet, there was no dog among
them capable of doing the trick His
feet clung to the earth with the same
tenacity that he clung to life. For
synonymous in this unending war
fare with the pack, and none knew it
better than White Fang.
So he became the enemy of his
kind, domesticated wolves that they
were. Softened by the fires of man
weakened in the Sheltering shadow
of mans strength. White Fang was
bitter and implacable. The clay of
him was so nodded. He declared a
vendetta against all dogs. And So
terribly did he live this vendetta that
Gray Reaver, fierce. savage himself
could not but marvel at White Fang 5
ferocity. Never, he swore, had there
been the like of this animal; and the
Indians in strange villages swore
likewise when they considered the
tale of his killings among their dogs.
When White Fang was nearly )
years old Gray Beaver took him on
Evening star., 1924-08-15

more generous to him than to the
average animal; that was ALL
1t was In the summer that White
Fang arrived at Fort Yukon. Gray
Beaver had crossed the great water
shed between the Mackenzie and the
Yukon in the late winter, and spent
the spring in hunting among the
western outlying spurs of the Rock
les. Then, after the breakup of the
ice on the Porcupine, he had built d
canoe and padded down that stream
TO where 1t effected it's junction with
the Yukon just under the Arctic Cir
Gle. Here stood the old Hudson's
Bay Company, fort; and here were
many Indians, much food and un-
precedented excitement. 1t was the
summer of 1898, and thousands of
gold hunters were going up the Yu-
kon to Dawson and the Klondike
StfN hundreds of miles from their
goal, nevertheless many Of them had
been on the way for a year. and the
least any of them had travelled to get
that far was 5000 miles. while some
| had come from the other side of the
world.
Here Gray Beaver stopped. A whis-
per Of the gold rush had reached his
ears. and he had come with several
bales Of furs, and another of gut
sewn mittens and moccasins He
Evening star., 1924-08-15
AUTOIST SUES OFFICERS.
Asks District Be Forced to Re.
store Drivers Permit.

suit to compel the District Com
missionerS and Inspector Albert II
Headley, in charge of the Police
Traffic Bureau, to restore his permit
to operate an automobile. was filed
today in the District Supreme Court
today by Russell A. Murray
Through Attorneys Whelan and
O'Connell the plaintiff claims that
his license was revoked by the de-
PENDANTS last June l6. and that re-
peated requests to have it restored
have been refused. Murray claims that
he is being deprived of his rights to
use his property through alleged un-
lawful action of the defendants, who
failed to proceed with due process
of law
Evening star., 1924-08-15

would not have ventured so long a
trip had he not expected generous
profits. But what he had expected
was nothing to what he realized.
His widest dream had not exceeded
a hundred per cent profit; he made a
thousand per cent. And like a true
Indian, he settled down to trade care
fully and slowly, even If it took all
summer and the rest of the winter to
dispose of his goods.
1t was at Fort Yukon that White
Fang saw his first white men. AS
compared with the Indians he had
known, they were to him another
race of beings, a race of superior
gods. They impressed him as pos
Evening star., 1924-08-15
Sentence Is Suspended.

William e. Drain, So years old"
pleaded guilty to intoxication before
Judge Mcmahon In the District OF
Columbia branch of Police Court to-
day. sentence of Is days in Jail
was suspended upon the understand
ing that Drain would get move on
him and hike to the peach orchards
Of Maryland. where, he told the court,
he had work
Evening star., 1924-08-15

sessing superior power. and it is on
power that god-head rests. White
Fang did not reason IT out, did not in
his mind make the sharp generaliza-
ton that the white gods were more
powerful 1t was feeling, nothing
AS In his puppyhood the looming
bulks of the tepees, man-reared, had
affected him as manifestations Of
power. so was he affected now by the
houses and the huge fort all of mas
SiVe logs. Here was power. Those
Evening star., 1924-08-15

white gods were strong. They pos
sessed greater mastery over matter
than the gods he had known, most
powerful among which was Gray
Beaver. And yet Gray Beaver was a
child-god among these white skinned
ores.
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1924-08-15
Potash Industries Agree.

BERLIN, August 15.-The German
Potash Syndicate and the French
Alsatian, Potash Association have
reachedtan agreement. II is announc-
ed. regarding the sale and distribu4
ton of potash in the United States
Evening star., 1924-08-15

The real optimist is man who can
make d molehill out Of mountain of
trouble
Evening star., 1924-08-15

If you have piano or phono-
graph to trade in. we have decided
to make delivery with no money
down.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
CONSTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION WILL
 NOT BE OBSTRUCTED BY DEMOCRATS

The project contemplatcs organi- zation of "The Federal Power and Fuel Corporation" capitalized at S50,000,000, to complete lease and operate the Muscle Shoals property for the manufacture Of fertilizer and chemicals for explosives, and to dis tribute electric power and fuel throughout the south,
 The government would appropri- ate maximum of $40O0o,000 to complete construction work at Muscle Shoals. The corporation would be managed by a board of five directors, who would be au- thorizod to sell fertilizer direct to farmers. The seer ttary of the treas ury would have the same super viSory power over tho corporation as ho now has ovor national banks.
 The corporation would pay annu- ally 10 the government as compen- sation for the lease four per cent of the governments investment at Muscle Shoals prior to May 21. 1922. The ammonium su2pha,e and fixed nitrogen. as vol as the nitrogen supplied 'to Eoyornm=nt for explo- sives would be sold at 8 per cent prof'
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
EAST LYME BOY SHOT WHILE HUNTING, DIES Shotgun Accidentally Dis charged-Brother Takes
 Him to Doctor

New London. Nov. g9.--Frank Shabunia, l4-year-old son of Mrs. Celia Shabunia. widow Of East Lyme died at the Lawrence and Memorial hospital late last night after being shot through tho intes- tines by the accidental discharge Of a shotgun.
 In company with his older brother the boy had gone to the woods near his home on a hunting expedition. As they reached Grassy Hili section his brother handed him the weapon to hold while the former used his handkerchief.
 In some manner as the boy either dropped the gun or accidentally struck the trigger 1t fired and the buckshot from the shell pierced the abdomen. The elder Shabunio took the boy to the offices of Dr. Ely where the physician did all possible to save his life.
 An ambulance vas called and the victim was taken to the hospital where death resulted from shock.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
OLD MUSICIAN DIES
William F. Kuhn Played Bass Violin at Russwin Theater-Was Lock- smith For 35 Years.

William E. Kuhn, an old time rnu- sician and locksmith, died at his home at 51 Chestnut street this morning. Mir. Kuhn was "A years old and has been a resident of New Britain for the past 40 years. For S5 years he was employed as lock- smith at the Russell Sc Erwin plant.
 He was born in Germany and was a widower. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Reinhold Giersch and Mrs. Moe Wyman, both of Newark, N. J.. and a son Charles F., of New Britain.
 Mr. Kuhn was a member of the New England Order of Protection and of the German Concordia society
 Tn his youger days he was well known in musical circles and for years played bass violin at the old Russwin theater. He also played in a number of local orchestras.
 Funeral services will be held Mon- day afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe will officiate at the homo and interment will be in Fair view cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
SEEKING HARTFORD TONG SLAYERS IN WATERBURY; STRANGE CHINAMEN
 BEING BARRED FROM CAPITAL CITY
PROSPECTIVE BRIDE GONE ON WEDDING EVE Intended Husband Left in Lurch-Rejected Suitor
 Believed the Cause

Columbus, Nov PA girl, who disappeared on tho night before her wedding, worried bridegroom be, and rejected suitor were the principals in story which has come to light here and which may be placed in then ands Of the police today to unravel.
 Miss Jane Conley 9, was 10 have been married Thanksgiving Day to Frank Strear, Philadelphia real es- tate dealer. Wednesday night she disappeared, and her mother, Mrs Elizabeth Conley, has not heard from her.
 Thanksgiving morning, however, Mrs, Conley received a telegram from Ashland, Ohio, signed 4. C.. House. who, 1t was said, was g. for mer suitor Of Jane which read;
 James absence entirely my fault. Would advise Frank not to come to house. Will write"
 The question in Mrs Conleys mind now, she said, Is whether her daugh- ter changed her mind and eloped with House.
 Houses parents are said to live on farm near Syracuse, N. T., and Mrs. Conley expressed the belief that the pair might have gone there. They left in an autoombile, accord ing to her best knowledge, she said.
 Strear's mother lives at Newark, O., and he spent Wednesday evening with his mother, returning here Thursday to find Miss Conley miss ing,
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
HELD UP AND ROBBED
tns"nia Motorist Is Relieved of $500 Bankroll Between Chapel St. and Derby Ave, New Haven.

New Haven, Nov. 29.-Pouce were searching today for three masked men who are alleged 10 have rcti un Carme'o Iombardi ot 73 Row street, AnsonIa, as he was driving his auto- mobile over the boulevard between Chapel street and Derby avenue late last night and robbed hm of a roll of money, said 10 have amounted tu $500. Lombrdi, told, he sad, by the robbers 10 drlvc ah.a5 alter the holdup reported the a"4l7 10 the West Haven pol're. They accom- panied him to the sr-. where the robbery is alleged 10 lale occurred and finding no tra-s of fhe holdup men reported the In,ft.r to the local police LomharI IS said to have told the police that he believed somo acquaintances of his might have committed the rchAery as it was known that he was to have a large amount Of money in his possession The place where the robbery occur red is an unfrcquented spot where a robbery would scarcely be at tempted unless with know edge that the victim was 10 pass that way, the police say.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
Cross Word Puzzle In Church Will Be
 The Text of Sermon

Pittsburgh, Nov. 2s.-cross- word puzzles will hold sway in the Knoxville Baptist church Sunday evening, when members of the congregation will be called upon to solve a puzzle de- signed by the pastor. the Rev. George w. McElveen. A large blackboard has been placed in front of the pulpit and today the minister was busy working out his combinations. After the open Ing prayer Sunday night. the church-goers will be told that the puzzle must be solved before the pastor can preach-tor, when the necessary words are supplied. members of the congregation will find that they have puzzled out the text Of the sermon.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-29
PRESIDENT AND PARTY ARE
 AMONG THOUSANDS SEEING ' ARMY- GRID CONTEST
MRS. INCA NELSON IS g YEARS OLD TODAY Reads, Knits, Does House. work and Attends
 Church Regularly

Mrs. Inga Nelson Is today quietly observing the 93d anniversary of her birth at the home of daughter. Mrs. John Olson of 55 Park street, where she resides.
 Mrs. Nelson was born in Sweden. She has lived in New Britain for the past 25 years, coming here soon aft CT the death of her husband. Her health is excellent and she performs many daily tasks about the house, as well as devoting a great part Of her time to reading and knitting. She is greatly interested in the Swedish Bethany church and at tends services every Sunday In ad- dition to going to the mid-week services. Her relatives say she Is remarkably efficient and she con- stantly surprises them with the manner in which she does her work.
 Mrs. Nelson has three daughters, Mrs. Olson, Ms Charles o. John son of Chestnut street, and Mrs. David Lindgren Of Woodland street and two sons, Olaf Nelson of Dwight street and Gustave Nelson of Cherry street.