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TO end it all when you weren't
blind any more, and you had MI
that money"
Quite Surprised
He looked at her surprised,
Surprised to think lie had been
talking. giving condolences. The
old, hard flippancy came creep
ing back; the new cama:aderio
was slipping away. Rosemary
put out her hands. as if to mold
1t.
She wanted to ask him hat
other thing - about - about MS
wife. WAS twas 1t because"
she began. But she couldn't ask
him, couldn't form the words at.
ter all.
10 need to. he seemed to know.
$50 Larry told you" he said.
We'll. that was nice OF MIN"
He began 10 laugh. THAT was
certainly nice Of him.
1T Was-something about your
vife--a love Match
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Man. Then he saw Marie-Anne
rise in the York boat and wave
something white in her hand.
He looked again toward the
raft. The current and the sweeps
and the Juggling boats were draw
ing it steadily nearer. Standing
at the very edge of it he say.
now a solitary figure. an in
the clear sunlight the man stood
out clean-cut as a carven statue.
He was a giant in size. His
head and arms were bare, and
he was looking steadily toward
the bateau and the approaching
York boat.
He raised an arm, and a mo-
ment later the movement was
followed by voice that rose
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above all other voices. 1t doomed
over the river like the rumble
of a gun. In response to 1t
Marie-Anne waved the white
thing in her hand. and David
thought he heard her voice in
an answering cry.
He stared again at the soil
tary figure of the man. seeing
nothing else. hearing no other
sound but the booming Of the
deep cry that came again over
the river. His heart was thunp'
ing. In his eyes was a gather
ing fire. His body grew tense.
For he knew that at last he
was looking at st. Pierre, chief
of the Boulains, and husband or
ITO be continued Monday)
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muscle and strength that enabled
her to battle with the onslaught
Of the waves, Mrs. Schneider's
1.-the young form and perfect pro-
file and pale blonde complexion
needed only to appeal to the
judges eye for grace and beauty
Their fields of triumphs are
vastly different and far removed
in every way. yet they are alike
in that each has succeeded first
in woman's true career as
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my letters. I G MT kno'I there
weren't any"
There weren't any"
mo. They just dropped off,
Rosemary. Didn't come any more.
| was nearly crazy. Then | got
bumped. They bandaged my eyes.
The second week / was lying
there IN that French hospital Il
letter came. Nobody could read
it for me. I wouldn't let them
II they could. You get funny
when you're sick sometimes. l
just held on to it. Every day
| used to imagine something diff
ferent in that little bit of en-
velope. Before | got through 1
had book. Somehow l never
thought that maybe it wasn't
from her. | couldn't believe it
the day they took the bandages
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shoreline. Still a quarter or a
mile upstream. floating down
slowly with the current, was a
mighty raft. and for a space his
eyes took in nothing else.
On the Mackenzie, the Atha-
basca. the Saskatchewan. ami the
Peace he had seen many RATS,
but never a raft like this of st.
Pierre Boulain. 1t was a hun
bred feet in width and twice and
a half times as long. and with the
sun blazing down upon il from
out OF a cloudless sky it looked to
him like a little city swept up
from out of some archaic and
savage desert land TO be trans
planted to the river.
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en- who are married and have
brought children into the world.
1t gives us a new angle upon
marriage and motherhood. In
carrying out their ordained mis-
sion in life's scheme they have
not lost a chance to go forth and
conquer in other fields. In both
cases the husband stands by and
is proud and happy to see his
wife win fame in fields far from
the home and fireSide.
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1t was dotted with tents and
canvas shelters. Some of these
were gray, and some were white.
and two or three were striped
with broad bands OF yellow and
red. Behind all these was
cabin. and over this there rose
a slender staff from which float
ed the black and white pen
nant of st. Pierre. The raft
was alive. Men were running
between the tents. The long rud-
der sweeps were flashing in the
sun. Rowers with naked arms
and shoulders were straining
their muscles in four York boats
that were pulling like ants AT
the giant mass OF timber. And
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meeting Mrs. Gertrude Schneider
also a young mother. who won
the Daily Mirrors Watch Her
Step" contest. and whose legs
were chosen as the most beauti-
full among 8.00O who entered the
contest. Her husband stood be-
$cide her and beamed with delight
upon bis beautiful Young wife and
was very proud that she had
won.
Here we have twp vastly differ.
ent successes. both won by won-
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to David's ears came a deep
monotone OF human voices, the
chanting OF the men as they
worked.
Nearer to him louder response
suddenly made an answer to it.
A dozen steps carried him round
a projecting thumb of brush,
and he could see the open shore,
where the bateau was tied. Marie
Anne had crossed the strip OF
sand. and Bateese was helping
her into a waiting York boat.
Then Bateese showed it off.
and the four men in it began
to row. Two canoes were alread1
halfway to the raft. and David
recognized the occupants of one
Of them as Andre. the Broken
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A Vivid Story of
A Washington
FLGpper

off, and looked at the envelope
and it wasn't her writing
There was a little pause. and
then he went on in the same
toneless. flat voice that she had
to strain her ears to understand.
cit was just to say she was
dead, Rosemary. OF the flu. One
more in that big epidemic. Cor
allie Whitney. 10. So sort of young
to de-"
You could feel 1.-THE pain of
Just telling it. You wanted TO
do something TO stop it, to com.
fort him. And you knew you
couldn't. So Rosemary waited.
dumbly, her heart in her eyes.
''They discharged me and I
came home.
(TO be continued Monday
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By Hazel Livingston
CLOAN threw his cigarette away
~ Ever think what it would be

CLOAN threw his cigarette away
- Ever think what it would be
Ike TO be a cripple?"
NO" she cried. Mo-
well. neither did I before.
Bave some dessert. They make
fine tarts here. Whatever started
ne off on THAT
"Oh, but tell me. How did
they cure you? Was it FROM
wounds you got in the war that
YOU lost your eyesight?" She
I=aned over the table toward him,
quivering with the pity Of it. TO
think Of him. all alone in sorIe
strange foreign place-helpiess
He grinned at her distress.
Even when he laughed he KEPT
that bored, disinterested manner,
that dry. reckless tone.
1T was !. l.. Q. D.. all right.
ADVERTISEMENT
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tomemaker and a mother-Snd
then they have been able to enter
into competition with young single
girls and win out among them.
Their achievements should not
only be an inspiration to mothers,
but a lesson to single girls, some
of whom are so vain and selfish
they shun the chance to succeed
as a wife and a mother lest thev
fail in other less important
an1ibitions,'
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Mrs. Schneider, like Mrs. Cor
son, looks upon her victory as
merely a means to make some
extra money for her little ones
future.
Where Mrs. Corson's achieve.
ment called for robust health and
strength and uper-endurance,
Mrs. Schneider's success called
for only delicacy and beauty.
Where Mrs. Corson's feature of
face and line of limb exhibit the
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He did not think OF danger for
Marie-Anne. for such a thought
was inconceivable. The tragedy
was one-sided. II was hts own
folly. his own danger. For Just
as he loved Marie-Anne. so die
she love her husband. St. Pierre.
He came 20 the low ridge close
TO the river and climbed up
through the thick birc!1es and
poplars. At the top was bald
knob OF sandstone, over which
the rivermen had already passes.
David paused there and looked
down on the broad sweep of the
AthabasCa.
What he saw was like a picture
spread out on the great breast Of
the river and the white strip OF
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remedies the In
dams used. From
t b G rafters Of
colonial houses,
h u n z gre a t
punches Of dried
roots and herbs.
From these, in
tim G & of sick
n @ 5 5, the busy
mother brewed
S j N pie al d
powerful RENE
dies.
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By Fay King

MOT so long ago Mile Gade
IN Corson, young mother, sue
ceeded in swimming the English
Channel. The papers were filled
with charming pictures Of her
with two cunning Riddles propped
up on her shoulders. Her hus-
band rowed across the channel
beside her. encoura Sing her al! of
the way!
Yesterday I had the pleasure Of
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Wool from Dogs

WOOL clipped dogs practically satisfactory that
w from sheep clothing large sheepdGg
yield pounds year, the fleece being used IN
its natural colors.
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IN DAYS OF OUR
FOREFATHERS
Women Prepared Their
Own Medicines

The wise pioneer women learned
20 gather. in woods and fields. the
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NEAR the site the ancient city of Mzpah, Palestine
IN
they his followers thrown
related in the Bible
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An EngrOssing Narrative of the Great
North Woods and the Primitive
People Who Live There
The StOrH Thus Far

David The Northwest Mounted Police sent ut
badly wounded
He looks to dark eyed girl bending over him then slips
dark hair and With light hair When he comes to- he finds his
Jeanne MaeAnne Boun With the help Bateese habreed
l him and carries him to cabin on large battea9 While there
out she kin him and then pened and what relation
ST. Pierre BOulain tells PieTres
ask: him why he wishes to be her friend when she tried to ki him
lie Ores Bateese tell him where Pierre they will
him. He hears voice calling "as Black Roger
Evening star., 1926-05-27

cial program. Senator Mckellar de-
clared the President had ample
money for the greatest extrava.
gance" for Government bureaus, the
Army, Navy and bonuses for foreign
countries in the debt settlements, but
has no money to protect the great
basic industry of agriculture"
when it comes to appropriations
for the farmers of the country, the
President of the United States. the
Secretary of the Treasury and his
director Of the budget are always ex-
ceedingly economical" he said. They
are afraid that the Government can
not afford it They see governmental
ruin in the event of an appropria-
tion like this. If this is economy, then.
say. God save the American people
from such economy"
Evening star., 1926-05-27
M'KELlAR PRAISES
M'NARY FARM BILL
Tennessee Senator Assails
CooIidge's Economy in
Such Matters.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Republican and Democratic
parties were called on today by Sen
ator McKellar. Democrat, Tennessee.
to redeem their campaign pledges TO
the farmers by passing the $375,000,'
900 McNary farm relief measure.
Declaring that something is radi-
cally wrong with agriculture. he said
both parties promised in 1924, in or.
der to get votes. to right the situa,
ton
Now, when they have the chance
to do it, neither Is doing it," he
charged. "Of course, the burden of
1t rests upon the Republican party
because 1t is in power. but the duty
rests on the Democratic party to do
its share"
He said he favored the bill, although
it has been branded as a wildcat
scheme, unavoidable and visionary
just as ALI forward looking measures
heretofore passed have been called"
I'VE have legislated for all classes
except the favmers." he went on.
I'VE must put them on an equality
with all other classes of our people
in order to carry out the Jeffersonian
doctrine of equal rights to all and
special privilege to none.'"
The tariff, he declared. is detri-
ment to the farmer, because it oper-
ates on everything he buys and affects
nothing he sells. Government aid is
the only thing that can equalize the
difference. he added
Assailing the administrations imam
Evening star., 1926-05-27
HERMIT JES' CAN'T
BEAR NEWSPAPERS
MesSin' Round Crowds Also
Makes Him Nervous-Likes
Women and Snakes.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


ASHEVILIE. May %. Women
and rattlesnakes do not ruffie the
composure of Samuel r. Crisson,
75-year-old hermit. philosopher and
snake DOCTOR" who lives in the
heart Of a mountain wilderness about
so miles northeast of Asheville. But.
he declares, "Jes' messin' round in a
crowd Of folks or ''readin' some Of
the stuff they put in the newspapers
these days jes' makes me so nervous
jes' can't do nothin."
The hermit lives in a rude cabin
built of split logs in a cove on Arm
strongs Creek in a rugged mountain
region in the northern par. of Nc
Dowell County. The State recently
built a good road through the section
and it passes within a few yards Of
the hermits humble home. Lately.
several tourists on sightseeing ex-
petitions in the mountains. have
stopped to see the SNAKE doctor"
I'm fer good roads" he says. land I
recon as how | was about the fust
one to vote fur .'em in these parts"
Here in the vast solitude of the great
mountains the old man lives hap
PLY in his rude home. His only COM
panion is house cat.
His Ancestor Scalped.
Since the days of the American
Revolution Mr.. Crisson's ancestors
have lived in the mountain cove where
he now makes his home. Near his
primitive hut is the site of an old fort
Evening star., 1926-05-27

the large island the Russians are now
calling Lenin . Island, Spitzenbergen
and Franz Joseph Land.
when that shelf ends there is a
sudden drop into water which we
know to be very deep from the sound
ings by Peary near the Pole and from
the Jeanette and Nansen's Fran
uuring their drifts. The Fran In re-
gions near the Pole discovered deep
ocean basin with depths as great as
1850 feet"
Capt. Bernier Is not impressed with
the argument that because birds fly
north from Alaska there must be
land in Branfort Sea- These birds
or they might change their course,
following the drift of the ice to light
on the known lands where they have
been actually observed.
Scouts Drift Theory.
Neither does he find confirmation
of the land theory in the fact that
the polar ice drift is west and never
north. That is due, he believes. to
the earth's rotation. The ice peak
is like a revolving disc. Moreover,
cask once placed in the ice off Wran.
gel was eventually found on the south.
east coast Of Greenland.
He does not place credence either
in Peary's alleged discovery Of Crock.
ert Land" or Cooks discovery of
Brady Island" photograph OF
which he brought back.
THE Americans" Capt. Bernier
went on, "are very keen on discover.
ing land. / am sure they will not
find any between their Alaska lines
of latitude that lead to the Pole The
deep water begins not far from the
north coast OF Alaska But Canada
has plenty of Arctic land. and If they
arc 81 keen about it we could, no
doubt. lease them some"
Evening star., 1926-05-27
DUGGAN FORCED BACK
TO MIAMI BY STORM
Argentine Flyer Encounters Vio-
lent Winds and Rain on
Flight to Havana.
BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, May 27.-Flying into
a violent rain and wind storm about
90 miles southeast of Miami. Ber
nardo Duggan and his two compan-
ions in the seaplane Buenos Aires
we're forced TO make hurried return
to Miami at 945 o'clock this morning.
Duggan declared he was flying at
an elevation of 5000 feet when he
went headlong into the tropical dis
turba ance, which threatened to cause
his plane serious damage. He said he
dropped hurriedly to a low altitude
just above one of the numerous Flor
ida keys and retraced his course.
He soon outdistanced the storm,
which appeared to be confined to a
small area, but he hesitated to risk
the hop TO Havana until he was con-
fident the route was safe. He pro-
nounced his plane in perfect condi-
ton despite the strain, and announced
Evening star., 1926-05-27

that he would leave again probably
during the afternoon. The Buenos
Aires took off from Biscayne Bay at
1888 o'clock this morning with ideal
weather prevailing.
Weather Bureau officials said the
storm was centered off the lower coast
and would not affect any towns il
this region.
Evening star., 1926-05-27
Woodpecker Tree Friend.

Because he reaches with his long
tongue into holes bored by beetles,
and extracts the beetle grub there
from, the little woodpecker is looked
upon by foresters Is a great friend of
the tree. These beetles leave kind Of
embroidery of grooves on the bark
and the woodpecker destroys thou.
sands of beetles.
Evening star., 1926-05-27
BEING BORN EXPENSIVE.
Cost Now. Averages $541. Woman
Economist Estimates.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERKELEY. Calf. May 27.-The
high cost of being born probably
has something to do with the falling
off in the birth rate, according to con.
clusions drawn by the Heller Com
mittee on Economic Research in Cali
fornia.
In grandma's day one could enter
this world for less than 500. Today
10 arrive in decent. self-respecting
manner, one must pay five times that
amount-an average of $541.95.
This average was computed after
months Of investigation by DR.. Jes.
sica Piexotto, head Of the University
Of California Department of Social
Economics, and her assistants.
Evening star., 1926-05-27

built by early settlers in the noun.
tains as a defense against Indian at.
tacks. MY great-uncles first wife
was scalped by the Injuns near that
place" said the old man, but he got
him another one, I've always heard.
and he wasn't long about hit"
At one time the hermit's ancestors
owned large tract of land near his
cabin. where Wildacres Is now being
developed by the Mount Mitchell AS
sociation of Arts and Sciences as a
colony for artists. authors and scien-
fists. Mount Mitchell. the highest
peak east of the Rocky Mountains, is
only few miles from Mr.. Crisson's s
little hut
The other day a party of Asheville
people stopped to talk with the old
philosopher. AS the car stopped near
his cabin the old man came forward
and gave the visitors cordial wei.
come. Light" he said, git out and
come in.
Wears FrOck Coat.
The philosopher. attired in rusty
looking Prince Albert coat, which had
been worn by one of his ancestors
long dead. and wearing a tattered
straw hat. ushered the visitors into
his rude dwelling with almost courtly
grace and with the cordial hospitality
for which the mountaineers are
famous.
Catching snakes, selling their skins
and selling the oil he fries from the
meat of rattlesnakes is a regular busi-
ness with the hermit. He says he has
caught more than 100 rattlerS during
the last few years, besides other kinds
Of reptiles. He steals upon the rat
tiers. slips a string about their necks
brings them home alive, he says. then
keeps them in the 'snake box until
he finds use for them. ''Naw-I haint
a-feard uf en-" he said. "A rattler
haint a-goin' to hurt you less he sees
you're, feard uf him. Then, eff he
does, you watch out. hain't never
been bit by one"
Evening star., 1926-05-27
Cat Lives II Days Shut Up.

The old proverb that cat has nine
lives has a believer in Mary Jane
Dando, 5-year-old EmpOria girl. says
the Topeka Capital. While playing
with her cat on a neighbor's back
porch she put the animal in tool
box and forgot about it. Seventeen
days later the neighbOr opened the
box and the cat crawled out.
Evening star., 1926-05-27
Race of African Pygmies.

From the London Post.
An English traveller and missionary.
w. !. Roome, brings back interesting
stories of a race of pygmies living in
great forest in the heart of the Dark
Continent. The men are usually less
than feet tall. and the women are
still shorter. They i've" declares
Roome. right in the heart Of
forest and are the widest specimens
of humanity existing today. On ap-
proach they run like rabbits and hide
behind trees. They carry little spears
and bows and arrows, and conduct
silent trade with other forest tribes.
1.-The pygmies are desperately dan
gerous. Many a man has died from
one of their poisoned arrows. They
are neither nude nor cannibalistic. and
wear bark cloth or leaves. But. as
they stay iIr a dark forest, they have
sallow skins of ochre hue
"It takes more than a few straw
hats to make a Summer" Shivers the
Evening star., 1926-05-27
Rubber Heels in Japan.

About half of the leather shoes used
by civilians around Kobe are fitted
with rubber heels But as only a
small proportion of the Japanese wear
foreign style clothing with leather
shoes, the actual number of people
using rubber heels is small compared
with the total population.
Evening star., 1926-05-27
Real Critics.

From the Boston Transcript.
Girl applying for chorus job
Mother says 1 sing beautifully.
Manager-Bring me recommen-
dation from the. neighbors and I'll give
YOU a try-out.
Evening star., 1926-05-27

Miss Kathleen Woodward, once a
worker in London collar factory.
has just completed writing BIZ
ography of Queen Mary of England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-07
BOWDOINHAM

Mrs. Lena Cornish, Miss Clara
Fogg, Mrs. Myrtle Cutler, and Mrs.
Ethel Temple were calling on friends
in East Vassalboro, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casey and children,
Philip and Walter, Mrs. Mary Tyler
of Portland were guests at the home
of Mrs. Susan Getchell, Thursday.
Her nephew, Walter Casey, will pass
part of his vacation here.
Mrs. Marjory Cone ingalls, and
children of Massachusetts came the
last of the week to pass the month
of July at the May Duran home. Miss
Lottie Cobb will remain with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Newton and
Wilhelmina Newton, who have been
working at Haines Landing, have
opened their home here for the
summer.
Miss Lorraine Heenie and Evelyn
Hackett left Friday for Tenants
Harbor where they have employ
ment.
Willard, of Wellesley are visiting at
the home Of their aunt, Miss Viola
Coombs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cornish left
Friday for a short visit with rela-
tives in Georgetown.
Miss Jane Given, teacher in
Massachusetts, returned Thursday to
pass her vacation at the home of her
father, Arson Given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Randall, Miss
Viola Coombs, Mrs. Pearly Davis, and
son enjoyed a shore dinner at New
Meadows Inn, Friday.
Mrs. Helen Britt and Mrs. George
Cutler were business visitors in
Portland, Thursday.