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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

"You did not owe it to yourself to
risk your life for me-"
my life, madam. is no great mat
ter. A life misused. misspent. has no
great value. 1t was the least that
could offer"
Perhaps" she answered gently.
j"But also it was the most, and. as
have said, far more than you owed"
II do not think so. But the mat
ter is not worth contending."
AT least the reparation you have
made is a very full one"
Il would comfort me TO hear you
say it. could / believe YOU" he an
swered grimly. and would have taken
his leave of her on that but that she
stayed him by her interjection.
~"Why should you not believe me
Why should / be other than sincere in
my desire to thank you?"
He looked at her at last. and in his
eyes she saw some reflection of the
pain he was suffering.
''Oh. l believe you sincere in that.
You wish to thank me. 1t is natural.
| suppose. You thank me: but you
despise me. Your gratitude cannot
temper your contempt. 1t is not pos
sible.''
"A-c you so sure:" she asked him
gently, and her eyes were very pite-
Gus.
"Sure? What else can I be? What
else is possible? DO | not loathe and
despise myself? Am so uncon-
sciOus of my own infamy that ] should
befool myself into the thought that
any part of it can escape yoA:'
"Don't!" she said. ''Ah, don't :"
But in the sorrow in her face he read
no more than the confirmation of the
very thing she was feebly attempting
to deny.
Ne bowed, formally, and turned
away.
Randall :, she called to him as he
reached the door. He paused, his firm
resolve beaten down by that pleading
utterance of his name. "Randal,
won't you tell me how . how you
came into -. into the position in
which i found you here? Won't you
tell me that Won't you let me know
all-all--so that l may judge for my
self?''
A monument he stood there. white
to the lips and trembling, fighting
his pridc-that pride which was mas
querading in the garment of hui
mility, and so deceived him that he
suffered it to prevail.
Judge ne, madam. upon the evil
dence you possess. 1t is sufficient to.
enable you TO do me justice. Oh. God
pity me. Don't you see? Don't you
see?"
Her eyes were suddenly aswim in
Gears.
Il see that perhaps you judge
yourself too hardly. Let me judge
for myself, Randall. Don't you see
that | am aching to forgive? Is my
forgiveness nothing TO you?-
1T would be ALL" lie answered her.
But i could never believe in it.
Never. You are aching TO forgive.
YOU se.. Oh, blessed. healing words.
But why is this? because you arg
grateial to me for the life / have
hclrcd to savc?"-
Softly he went out. and closed the
door. She heard him go. and suffered
him to DO so. making no further at
tempt to stay him, knowing notswhat
to sa- to combat his desperate con-
yictionS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
BURNING UP

Often writer's draw erroneous con-
illusions from specific examples Of
modern life. A regular syndicate con-
tributor speaks Of the Twentieth Gen.
fury Limited which "burus up" an
engine every 135 miles, necessitating
a change so repairs can be made. Then
he says:
This is a very clear picture of
modern life and the way it wears out
all of u.s."
This would be deplorable situation
and a serious reflection on civiliza-
ton of today if it was true, but it
isn't We have an insane desire for
speed, he asserts, and that is correct.
We do live more rapidly, or seem to,
and demand excitement and noise I'M
der the delusion that it is happiness.
But to declare that this speed wears
us out more quickly so we are ready
for the wreckage is not so, if figures
are reliable. The statistics of any in
surance company show that the aver
age life span now is several years long
er than it was a decade or more ago.
that the child born today has a groaterI
expectancy of life.
This has not been a result of our
nervous speed, Of course, but to science.
sanitation, better modes of living and|
knowledge. Coupled with this long
eyity is health and youth. Men and|
women do not wear out now even asl
quickly as they did in grandmother's|
day. People do not grow old. I'M
the past a,nian of so or 60 was conf
sidered as in his declining years. while|
now he is regarded as in his prime. Al
man of today is still young until he|
is past the two score mark. Thesel
are incontrovertible facts.
1t is easy to jump TO false con-
illusions. This age is speeding up butt
it is not burning out. Lansing STATED
Journal,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

rcopcning Of the house when n last
one evening Mrs. Dallows came to
him trembling with excitement, and
little out of breath.
Miss Sylvester, sir, bids me say
that she win be obliged if you viii
step upstairs 10 see her."
The message startled him.
mo, not" he cried out like a man
in panic. Then. controlling himself.
he took refuge in postponement that
would give him time to think: "Say
-. say that if Miss Sylvester will
excuse me. pot this evening. j
am tired. ;. the heat. 49," he vague
ly explained.
The, nurse cooked her. head on one
side and her bright little birdlike eyes
considered him wistfully. "If not
this evening, when? Tomorrow morn
ing?"
"Yes, yes" he answered eagerly,
thinking only of averting the imme-
date menace. "In the morning. Tell
her that I'LL shall wait upon
her then"
He sat, and smoked and thought,
resolved that all costs that inter-
view must not take place. One way
there was to avoid it and definitely
to set term to the menace of it.
That was to break out of the sealed
house. at once without awaiting the
expiry of the legal term.
The thought became a resolve and.
having reached it, he gave his mind
peace. This, indeed-and not the
pains and risks he had taken to save
her from the plague-was reparation.
CHI IN
and weigh his action, she would per-
ceive its true significance and pur-
rose, and the perception might at
last blot out the contempt of him
which pcrforce must be abiding in
her soul however she might seek to
overlay it with charity.
A thought seized him, and, grow
ing to purpose, exalted him. He
sought pen, ink. and paper, drew a
chair to the table. and sat down to
act upon his. inspiration.
He wrote on into the fading day
light. He lighted candles. and wrote
on with that swift fluency of the
man who has clear tale to tell and
the eloCuence that comes naturally
from q bursting heart.
The candles. family stirred by the.
night breeze that came through the
open window. burnt down and great
stalactitcs of WAX were hanging from
the sconces; still he wrote without
pause.
Once only he paused to procure
and light fresh candles and then
wrote on. Not until long after mid
night, not until the approach of
dawn, did he cease. his task. accom-
plished.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

For uncounted centuries Asia has
slumbered in the sun, dreaming Of
many gods, of devils and gcnii and
magic, but doing little more than
dream. save in those rare intervals
when great conQuerors swept across
the scene like nightmare. only to
vanish in the vast abyss OF space and
time that constitute the story of. Asia.
But the awakening that is coming to
Asia nov is something immensely DIFF
ferent from any that may have gone
before. 1t is destined to be permanent,
il rumors and travellers tales are to
be believed Natural resources. chief
ly oil. are being brought TO light in
such richness as to amaze the dis
coverers. There is n veritable STAN.
pede CT oil hunters into the very heart
of the greatest continent
Tn Persia alone. say American and
British oil experts, there is as much
oil in sight rs has been taken from
all the wells in America. OF greatest
interest 20 date. however. is the re-
ported discovery in Chinese Turkestan.
semi-descrt region northwest of
Thibet. of the greatest oil field in all
Asia. il not in the world:
Opcning of the great oil field in
Asia by modern methods will inevitably
mean tremendous revolution in trans
portation and the erection of new
civilization in that part Of the world.
Oil in Asia will remove the fear of a
lack of motor fuel for the world and
will make possible the sale in Asian
lands OF an immense number of Amer
lean automobiles and trucks. The ar
rival Of motor transportation in Asia
will in turn mean the end of isolation,
the construction of improved highways,
the breaking down of racial and re-
ligious barriers and the advent of mod
ern life for the tccming millions that
now dwell beyond all but the faintest
echoes of present-Gay civilization
Rochester Herald.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
CHAPTER XXlv.
Evasion.

The weeks crept on, and August
was approaching. Soon now the
period of quarantine would be at
an end. and the house in Knight
Ryder Street rccoencd to liberate its
inmates. Yet the passing of time
wrought no change in the mood of
HOLES. Not once again did he seek
10 approach Nancy, and not again
did she bid him to her presence.
Thus August fonnd them. and
frcm the Waterman he heard incrcd-
ib'c stories of London's deepening
plight. whilst from the window he
nightly bcheld the comet in the
heavens. that latest portent of men
ace, the flaming sword of wrath-as
the Waterman termed it--that was
hung aboveN the accurscd city.
stretching as it seemed, from White
hall to the Tower s'f
They were within three days of the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
RELIGIOUS TRAINING

In ICC6Ul w lllldlll VI s1lIN y
herd maintained that one-half of the
children in the public schools OF this
country. under temptation, have an TN
ethical outlook upon life and will cheat
and lie and steal He bases this state
ment upon what he claims to be scien-
tifically conducted tests given to thou
sands of school children over the coun-
try which have afforded him proof that
under American life, away down deep
into its very childhood, there is unmor-
atty in thought and downright approval
of dishonesty"
As the result of this sweeping indict-
ment and Mr.. Shepherds conclusion
that Some way must be found TO secure
religious training for all of Americas
children in Americas public schools, a
Joint meeting of Catholics, Protestants,
and Jews was held in New York City
the first meeting of its kind, to confer
upon religious and moral training for
the children of the nation. They, ex-
pressed many worthwhile sentiments and
fell apart as'such meetings invariably do
DNN hIlCNs dS CNNl OlIC dOSos mat odNh
a blanket conclusion as Mr.. Shepherd
gave in demanding religious training
in the schools, was not a conclusion in
any sense, but the beginning of an end
less controversy that inspired the found
ers of this republic to separate church
and state.
Every individual who is not blinded
~ Gonna .aI,n,o, ,,-;1I
stand out for the wisdom of the repub-
lies founders in that respect. "Relig-
ious training" ultimately comes to mean
the training of some particular religion.
Unfortunately, it is true, that children
are not taught the golden rule, for in
stance, and truth and honesty as phase
of religious training" without there be-
ing fastened UP with this, doctrines and
systems of thought.
The advocates of different religions
I naturally, believe in their systems to the
exclusion of others, work for conversions
zealously seek stronger organizations in
order that they may convert more peo-
pie and control larger and larger masses
of men. If that desire for control could
be eliminated from organized religion
amy organized religion, whether Jewish
Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist Moham-
medan or what not, then some talk about
getting together on this religious train
ing idea in the schools might not be
the impossibility it is. Moreover, or
ganized religion has been known in the
history OF the world TO set itself against
Investigation and experimentation and
independence of thought
If we want the schools in this coun-
try to be controlled by some organized
religion or other, then let us come out
and say so. Those who feel that wa,
about it can work for that particular
kind OF religious control, and those who
are opposed can kick like seven hundred
and fifty bay. mules and when the ad
,vocates- of religious training" in the
schools win. then liberty of thought ant
conscience will have vanished from tht
land
But what about the public school chill
dren. half of whom, under temptation
are declared to Tic and cheat and steal =
Have these children no parents: Have
they no home training? What about thc
Sunday schools and churches? Wha
about the influence OF the teachers who
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION ,,rr,
ia c1pcniation OF The san Antonio Lisn,
e pai y, onth Of February, day by day was as

Daily only average .Zs,6ll
Sunday only average S2.OIb
,rr. .bov. totals and averages are for paid cir
euIaton exclusive OF ell spoiled copies and any iree
bereb- swear that the foregoing statement OF
paid circulation IL correct. - = o,or->-
Circulation Manager.
G. L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
sworn and subscribed to before me this 1st day
9sean - FRED J. BONNER JR.,
N1~N' Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
A Puzzle a Day

A certain man had two sons, John
and James, each the child of differ
ent marriage. John, the elder, mar
ried widow, who had a daughter,
Mary. What relation was Mary to1
James2
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

We see lot OF comment about the
per capita wealth of America but nobody
has the heart to mention the per capita
tax.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

The bobbed hair girl is making her
appearance in the role of a bandit in
almost every locality these days. Some
of them look the role, too.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

Motion Pictures.
Palace: Corinne Griffith in Lilies
OF the Field"
Empire Florence Vidor in "Mar'
riage Circle
Princess: Lon Clancy in 9Th;
Next Corner"
Rialto: Colleen Moore in Through
the Dark"
Royal: Charles Jones in "Boss Of
Camp A."
Luncheon Clubs.
"wednesday
Lions Club at the Gunter.
Craftsmanship Club at the Gunter.
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wrMnyss OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

r.. Associated Press exclusively entitr1 70 .o
tor nnMcstor OF all news dispatches ere1 1 nst
ose 70, o.bsrvse ,redited In this paper ana aIso
49,, ~ =. news rubsbed herein All rights OF
.gon Of spscial dispatches herein are aiso feSe''
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25

"But isn't he nice young man,
mamma ?"
Not az all my dear He reminds
mo CT your father at lis age."-Le Ere
Paris.)
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Where to Go
Motion Pictures.

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
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ASIA'S LONG SLEEP ENDED

CONTINUED in Our Next Issue)
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

Mrs. James E. Hill and baby, wife and child of the popular deputy mar shal at Seldovia, is in town, guest of the Hotel Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09
LATE HOTEL ARRIVALS

Hotel Seward-Guy Cable, Kodiak; R. c. Baker, Frisco; Chas. Anderson, J. Joseph, Fairbanks; Frank Ernest, w. E. Gatty, c. M. Hanch, Anchor age; Mrs. James E. Hill, Seldovia; Walter R. Smith, Ernest c. Rocheau, Washington, D. C., Clyde Goodwin, Roy Ault, Wenatchee, Wn.; W. J. Campbell, A. C. Glover, H. A. Taylor, Latouche; w. D. Shortridge, Seattle; Geo. L. Morrison, Tacoma; Lewis Lee, Mrs. w. H. Warren, Ruby.
 Hotel Overland-L. J. Scanlon, An chorage; Wm. Baytor, John Camp bell, Ketchikan; Geo. Restovich, C. E. Bretall, Seattle; Robert Scheidl, Geo. Smith, Juneau; J. H. Martin, Cordova; w. c. Sherman and wife, Chehalis, Wn; Joe Keenas, Seattle; MT. and Mrs. J. w. Gucker, Mr. anG Mrs. w. J. Terry, Louis Hansen, F. Pinkham, Seattle; c. Riddlford Tom Keenan, H. Larsen, Spokane; Mai. c. E. McBrayer; c. Johnson, o. E. Scouter, Mrs. Lena Colburn, Mrs. l.. E. Burns, Seattle; Wm. E. Ash, Latouche; Sid Old, G. c. Leman, Fair banks; G. Pappodis, Jas. Kallis, Trail Lake; D. s. Daxon, E. W. Barnett,
 Hotel Sexton-V. D. Howard, Port land Mrs. J. McNary, Los Angeles; G. G. Leman, Geo. D. Bell, Albert l. Anderson and wife, Nenana; Mrs. Ed Herring and children; Fairbanks; Mrs James Moore, Fbks; Mrs. Willis Wort mon, Portland; Mrs. Adia Becks Portland; A. Wright, Anchorage; G A. Howe, w. w. French, Mrs. J. M Siebenthaler, Anchorage; Iver John son, Portland; May Anderson, w. A Griffith, w. A. Ransom, Andrew Si
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

Remington Portable Typewriters a Schallerer's Alaska Shop. t1
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

Brunswick Portable Monographs, and Records, Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

Hohner Harmonicas, Schallerer's AL aska Shop. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

mon, Leo simon, Judge and Mrs. Ce- cil Clegg, Fairbanks; Robert John son, Chicago; Mrs. Jennie Cleveland; Nenana; Mrs. J. P. Isaacs, Spokane; Miss Jessie Hall, Seattle; J. c. Leen, A. E. Datin, Paul Ihrig, Seattle; A. Darcid, San Francisco.
 Hotel Van Gilder-Mike J. Sullivan, Mrs. F. Leman, Grace Granthane, Ruby; H. G. Abercrombie, Mrs. Bill lie Harrington, Mrs. Pauline Ward, Anchorage; J. J. Chisholm, city; Marguerite Kruger, Fairbanks; Mrs. R. T. Rowe, Hot Springs; Wm. But Ter, Mrs Florence; Mrs. Borge; Pearl K. Johnson, Florence Hylan, Fair banks; J. A. Carmody, Anchorage; Wellman Holbrook, Forestry Service; A. T. Casey, Alex Thompson; Mrs. H. Donnelly, Iditarod; M. T. Dodd, Anchorage; MT. and Mrs. Chas. Fish CT and daughter, Riley; John c. Bra dy, forestry; H. c. Randle, wife and daughter, Nulato; I. Kriken, F. M. Polly, H. Frost, city; R. F. Murphy, Dupont Powder; B. B. Mozee. An chorage; H. N. Evans, Kanatak. R J. Sommers, E. B. Barteau and wife, Juneau; M l.. Merritt, Juneau; T. w. Norcross, Washington, D. C.; Dr. De La Verne, Fairbanks; Mrs. Beam Mrs. F. c. Gentsch, Spokane; Helen c. Doolittle, Spokane; M c. Rugg, w. c. Knox, c. M. Hall, J. Delahide, Gilbert Beath, A. F. Lathrop, Gus Borgen, MT. and Mrs. c. l.. Jones, H. Zerr, A. E. Hoskin, c. r. Hyde, |. F. Mckay, 4. B. Seaton, B. R. Lee, To. F. Livingston, w. c. Classon, W.
 Johnston, .. W. Mooiie, Dr. J. W. Edmunds, Mrs. L. Britain, Fairbanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-09

Dan Kennedy, who will handle tour ist transportation in Mckinley Nat ional Park, left Anchorage last Satur- day, says the Anchorage Times, with IS head of horses with complete saddle equipment, preparatory to handling the business which promises to accrue during the summer. Among the inno- vations Mr. Kennedy has introduced are dark tents at camping points with in the park, each containing a few modern conveniences and constructed with view of giving rustic comfort. The dark tent has been adopted so that the occupant may have his morn ing's nap when the midnight sun is shining.
The Winslow mail., 1924-05-16
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
MAY 10th to 24th Inclusive


Acknowledging
Playing Musicians
Evening Grand Opening Concert "A Night in FIawaPard Royal
f4awaians
Dips" D Rober Parker
A Dramatic o
SECOND
AernoonArsts
Individual Mcrt-Coached by Elison-White Conservatory
Evening Artists Recital Artists Trio Character
prealons Ros sth Knapp Breed 3ostons
Noted Fmmoris Character Portrayalis
Featuring;
Addess-To be
Admission
GFeatS of the San
OF Saturday
FOURTH
Raughma -Pefer
Featur Costum
Addess-"Germany World" Hindus
Admission
Maurice
Russia Brilliant orator
The Revolution.
FIFTH DAY
Special Children's
Circus Day Parade on Street to Tent
of Chautauquans
Admission
Closing Concert COMPANY
Remarkable Musical Organization Featuring House
Admission
NOteChdren to
the Parade Circus Day will be required
The Winslow mail., 1924-05-16
RADIO BOOK PROGRAM

On the program of KGO, the Gen
eral Electric broadcasting station, for
the evening of May II, Joseph Henry
Jackson, known to Westerners as
editor of ''The Book Corner" in Sunset
Magazine, and contributor to news
paper book pages, will give twenty
minutes chat on new books.
The talk will be along informal
lines giving KGO listeners brief
sketch of new publications, and will
not be in any way literary discus
sion.
1t is the aim of the speaker to avoid
! lengthy criticism. If he feels that a
book is not good he will leave it
alone. His talk is intended to assist
the average man or woman, with
! little time to read, who is obliged to
take blind chance at some book or
another and find after reading it that
it was not worth the trouble.
The Winslow mail., 1924-05-16
GOOD LECTURES FOR
MINING STUDENTS

For the combined purpose of giving
University of Arizona engineering
students a better insight into modern
engineering practice and to show min
ing men at first hand the work being
carried on at the University, Dean G.
NJ Butler, head of the College has ar
ranged series Of lectures to be given
to engineering students by Arizona
mining officials next year
Enough of these men have already
signified their willingness to give one
of a series of lectures to make the
plans a fact and it is expected that a
large number of others will be heard
from before the summer is over. The
men who have already sent in their
names are; Percy P. Butler, smelter
superintendent with the Phelps Dodge
Company at Douglas; Arthur Crowfoot
mill superintendent with the Phelps
Dodge Company at Morenci; ]. H.
Samuels, head of the investigation de-
partment with the Phelps Dodge Com
pany at Douglas; w. G. Mcbride, gen
eral manager of the Old Dominion
Copper Company at Globe; Charles
Mitke, consulting engineer with offices
in ,Bisbee; d. M. Raft, assistant mine
superintendent with the Calumet and
Arizona Copper Company at Warren;
DR.. L. E. Reber, chief geologist with
the United Verde Copper Company at
Jerome; and DR.. G. j. Mitchell chief
geologist with the Cananea Consoli-
dated Copper Company, Sonora, Mex
ico.
The Winslow mail., 1924-05-16
30,533 MILES FEDERAL-AD
ROADS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

Completed Federal-aid roads now
total 3O.533 miles, according to the
Bureau of Public Roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture. OF
this mileage, 1926 miles have been
completed during the present fiscal
year, which began June 80, 1923.
The construction season now getting
under way in most States finds 1852
miles of Federal-aid road under con-
struction and 2,6O2 miles involved in
projects which have been approved for
construction, much of which will get
under construction during the season.
Plans for new projects are coming
in from the States rapididly and in
greater volume than for the spring
months of last year.
The Winslow mail., 1924-05-16
ARIZONA GIRLS ESSEY CONTEST

Out of II high school girls in Ari-
zona entered in the National Meat
Story Contest, Helen Baker, a fresh
man in the Union High School at
Wilcox, has the distinction of being
the first to submit her story to the
judges. This information was re-
ceived today from the Chicago office
of the National Live Stock and Meat
Board, which is conducting the Con-
test
More than II 900 girls representing
every state in the Union and the Dist
riot of Columbia are now entered in
the Contest, according to the latest
figures received from the National
Board. In this state 81 are entered
from Benson, II from Duncan, IL from
Wilcox, 10 from Flagstaff, from
Yuma and from Kingman.
Contestants are required to write a
story on meat of 1000 to $500 words
and submit with it four meat recipes.
The best recipes will be compiled into
an attractive cook book, giving due
credit to the girls submitting them.
The Board plans to give this book
free national distribution to schools.
hOmemakers and other institutions
and individuals requesting it.
Eighty-six prizes ranging from $500
down to SO will be awarded in the
Contest. Winners will be announced
on or before June l.