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The Washington times., 1926-06-21
By =. Lannar MattheWs,

sg(tAN I have . dog?"
~ The earnest appeal In
the small boys voice and the
wistful look in his eyes touched
& tender spot in the fathers
heart. He opened his mouth to
speak, but his wife's decisive
tones cut in sharply:
mo. indeed. you cannqt have .
dog"
"Now. Evelyn. the man remon.
strated.
''You might e well let the mat
ter drop. right here" the woman
answered. .'This apartment Is
hardly big enough for US. let
alone q dog.
'.You are right, my dear" the
man admitted. But next year
we viii move out in the suburbs
where Raymond can hSHe q
dog"
And they did.
Every little boy in the world
wants a dog-a companion. 2
friend: somebody to follow hina
around or to walt at home for
his coming. Somebody who trusts
a fellow and never makes him
feel had. A dog! Every boy
wants dog.
Raynond's father had wanted
! dog when he was ten years old.
He had wanted one 80 much that
he had finally secured one. But
that is q sad story. Here 1t y
as the man told It:
''My dog was named 'Creish-eye
he said with an apologize grin.
II named him that because It
sounded sort of affectionate to me.
found MIN in the alley one day,
when he was a puppy. ! took him
home and fed him and then made
a bed for him In box on the back
porch.
"The first thing I thought Of
every morning after that, was my
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Urges Girls TO Be
True to High
Ideals

f4sa ntfuaS followed this sage
!. .e,..-'. IL - co,,raga ana
'ss-....s-.s.
backbone % I'VE Up " p1liieip ss.
You have 20 Be- II good soldier.
-. ..>;s .,l,1Iar r an
ut yVu aIs 49, 'e''S. s s 8
sure. ana YOU VIII nave your re-
ward.
IN fI,e first pIaea-most i'm.
-. = a, -. -, ~. .,o,.,,
pvktatas e sAl--ss0A VIA lAssV 90.
self-respeck untarnished. And
9el4-reepect 81 absolutely essential
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Spirit of Jazz

Until the day Of jazz there
~ was practically no virtuoso
saxophone technique because
none was ceIled for. In military
bands (Sousa has carried a quar-.
tet for years. they wander quiet
ly and unobstrusively about, fill
ing in and enriching the harmonic
background. Meyerbeer. Bizet,
Massenet and Thomas all en-
ployed them as solo instruments,
though making no great techni-
cal demands on them.
Today. under the agile fingers
OF the modern player fluttering
over 1S or 20 keys. saxophones
toss off scale passages and arpeg-
los with reckless ease; they chat.
ter, they bleat, they glide, they
coo-especAlly the latter. They
even produce portamenti that
are, mechanically speaking. not
among their possibilities. Urged
by q skilful tongue (slap tonguingl.
they produce explosive noises that
sound as If door had been
slammed to upon tone with a
woodeny bang. They are in
valuable. the heart, soIll and
spirit of the Jazz orchestra.
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henABOYNeeds A Friend

which he did. ! thought my kim
folks were very unreasonable when
they hated him for barking loudly
at the passersby. He never did
bite anybody. Every now and then
some one threatened to Kill that
dog and IL kept me miserable.
Then one day my mother hired
q man to take Creish-eye of to the
woods ara shoot him. Just as 4
came running in from school one
afternoon, ] saw him disappear
into the woods near our home. I
looked agaiR and saw that q man
was leading him by rope.
Il started IN pursuit. But be-
fore ! reached him. / heard =
pistol shot. When ! got there
Creish-eye was dead.
The mans voice trembled
little as he concluded:
Ny mother told me. years
afterward. that she would have
given the house and lot II she
could only have brought back my
dog. She had no idea that the
loss would hurt me 50, or she
would never have ordered Creish.
eye killed
But mothers do not always
understand about a boy and hss
dOg. It takes fathers to unB
stand that.
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Test Your KnOWle dye With
Times Daily Dozen
-Ry A. L. WiIbert, M. A.

route from New York to Liverpool
il about 5000 miles.
4. BUSINESS. The total value
of our exports in 1925, was about
$4,000, 900 900.
s. MANKIND. The head Of the
college OF priests in ancient Rome
was called ..Pantifex sMaximus.
The Pope assumed this title when
Christianity replaced paganisIn.
s. HUMAN NATURE. About
one-third OF our convicts and
possibly one-haIf, Is feebleIninded.
q. GENERAL SCIENCE. The
atmosphere surrounding the earth
Ii about IS miles In depth.
8. Law. The person who signs
a note, agreeing to pay it, Is
called the maker.
8. CIVICS. A demagoguge Is q
political leader, who seeks favor
with the people by pandering to
their prejudices and passions.
10. ART. John Constable. Q776
1870, the English artist, was
the founder OF the modern school
Of landscape painting.
II. MUSIC. Melody came be-
fore harmony.
13. HEALTH. The most fire.
quent cause OF permanent heart
disease Is its infection by germs
and poisons floating in the blood.
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5155. Ladies' House Dress for
Stout Figures with Slender Hips.
Cut in 9 Sizes: SO. 40, AZ, ~,
as, 48, 90, 81 and 81 inches bust
measure. A 42-inch size requires
Az yards Of 36-inch material.
For the panel of contrasting ma
terial u yard cut crosswfse Is re-
uuired. The width of the skirt
with plaits. extended is "a yards.
Price, 10c.
54a5. Ladies' Dress.
Cut in Sizes: "a, SO. Ss, 40, ~
and A inches bust measure. A
38-inch size requires Az yards of
figured material and "a yard Of
plain 40 inches wide, with % yard
of material inches wide for the
plastron. The width OF the dress
at the lower edge is ga yards.
Price, 10c.
send IOc In silver or atamps for each
OF these patterns To THE WASHING
TON TIMES. Magazine Editor. ERtn'
name and address plainly 20 SRNurS
prompt delivery.
state number and size OF UatterE
desired.
Send 10 cents In coin OP stamps tOI
hur up-tO.date spring and summer. 1898
Book Of Fashions.
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1. LITERATURE. Who was
Lamartine?
2. HISTORY. How much did
the United States pay to France
for the latter's rights In the
Panama Canal?
8. GEOGRAPHY. Which coun.
try produces most Of the worlds
iodine?
4. BUSINESS. What is the
present total replacement value
OF the American railroads?
8. MANKIND. Why did the
delegates from the United States
and from China retire last year
from the Geneva Opium Con-
ference?
6. HUMAN NATURE. Taking
all kinds Of insanity together
what percentage Of those VINO
enter insane asylums improve
sufficiently to return TO their
homes?
=. GENERAL SCIENCE. What
is the cause of the African sleep
ing sickness?
3. Law. Why is the law
s( OXEN DGlIIIu kIlO IAlA4NS
9. CIVICS. Why is it diff
cult to maintain the non-partisan
character of such a body Is the
tariff commission?
10. ART. What are the two
chief qualities in the, artistic sue
cess of a portrait painter?
II. MUSIC. Which American
composer has just written de-
lightful fantasy called Circus
Day?
IL. HEALTH. Which is the
first step in the process of diges-
ton?
ANSWERS TO SATURDAYS
QUESTIONS
1. LITERATURE. John Milton
n6OS--1674), holds a rank second
only TO that Of Shakespeare among
the great English poets.
Q, HISTORY. Captain Gray, OF
Boston. Mass. discovered the
mouth Of the Columbia River IN
1892.
3. GEOGRAPHY. The steamer
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SOME QUEER
CUSTOMS

MANY entertaining explana-
Ul tions have been offered or
certain superstitions that affect us.
Even though the number Ii has
been accounted potent OF Ill since
days Of ancient Babylon, its mod
ern significance Is associated with
the fact that at the Last Supper.
IS were at the table. There IL a
tradition to the effect that the
last one seated was Judas lsca-
riot, although no one of the four
Gospels mentions this detail. The
fear of thirteen at the table re-
mains one Of the strongest COM
mon superstitions.
Friday is an unlueky day TO
begin a thing; so runs the ancient
Injunction. Has the i'll luck aT,y'
thing to do with the fact that the
Crucffixion occurred on a Friday!
It probably has. Fear Of the -
however, did not prevent Column
bus from sailing on Friday, 1t
did not keep land from being
sighted on Friday, or prevent I }
Pilgrims from entering the harbor
of Provincetown on Friday.
We take 1t as a matter or
course that when person
.sneezes, we should say God Bless
You" But the fact is, this phrase
was part of a prayer instituted in
the pontificate Of st. Gregory the
Great, at time when the air
was filled with such astringent
substance that those who snesAed
died instantly. Some people are
confident that the reason why the
aspen leaf quivers so Is because
the Cross was made from its
wood.-From Everybody's Maya
zine for July.
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A tubercular or diphtheric con.
vaIescent may Infect OF hers
through a direct transmission Of
the getEns OF the disease: and
so it is that while speaking
from a short distance, q carrier
of germs. by projecting minute
drops OF saliva upon the face
and lips Of the persons to whom
he is speaking, may propagate
the infection.
Short-sighted persons who tend
to converse in close proximity
are either OF the class who
are exposed to such Infection or
are dangerous as carriers. How.
ever, infection in this manner
occurs very rarely, for, not every
flear-sighted individual liz a car
rier. nor has every carrier an
infected saliva.
or far greater importance are
the indirect infections which oe-
cur through different liquids and
other substances. This method
OF infection is Of especial Inn
portance in infectious diseases
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Dangerous Germ Carriers

of the alimentary tract. It Is
important to remember that those
media wherein heterogeneous
may develop ara the, ones which
represent the vital danger. Thus,
q carrier Of cholera, typhoid
fever or dysentery will not spread
the disease by touching an OBJ
ject with contaminated fingers,
and such object later coming
in contact with a healthy person.
The real danger originates from
the germs entering q media
wherein they may multiply and
develop. So it is plain that it
il not through the shaking of
hands that we acquire typhoid
fever nor develop cholera by
touching objects which have been
near an individual subjected to
that disease.
The contamination, however,
may occur through food or drinks
(Which were touched by such pa
TENTS, when there is q tenpera
ture and humidity which rendered
them a media for the development
of the germs.
An example of such was OBJ
served in the French army during
the world war, when so hospital
attendants In one camp acquired
typhoid fever within the course
Of a few days. Tt was discovered
that the cook Of the camp carried
the germs of the disease on his
fingers. He mad been cutting
sailed meat ana dipping the pieces
in water, where they remained
several hours.
1t is evident that the water and
the meat acted as 4 media for the
development of the bacteria. Dur
ing this time the cook shook
hands with his colleagues daily
and touched various articles
which were contaminated, but no
ona waA iufacfad IN fI1fa manner
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FOR CUSTARD
TIREDNESS
.By Hannah Wing

TUE mother who must make
J. custards many times q week
Tor a child that must have milk
and eggs finds herself becoming
almost as tired Of custards as the
little appetite she wishes to encaur
age. Sometimes just varying the
method Of serving a soft custard
makes It more acceptable.
Custard may be served in sherhet
cups, frappe glasses or deep sauce
dishes, garnished with whipped
cream and pieces Of tart jelly. IT
may be poured over lady fingers
or sponge cake and may then b.
garnished with merangue or
whipped cream. 1t may be served
az a sauce for most gelatin dishes
It is excellent frozen.
A caramel flavor is always wei.
come and may be obtained In
either of these ways: Carmelixe
one-fourth cup sugar and add to
one cup scalded milk. Follow re
cipe for soft custard, using this
mix WIFI CdTdtIl0l DIS part VI LlIS
milk, and using the full amount OF
sugar called for In the recipe. Or
make q pudding Of one cup brown
sugar, two CUPS milk. one-fourth
cup flour. two eggs.
Mix sugar and one and one-half
cup of milk. Scald in double
boiler until sugar is dissolved.
Mix flour with beaten egg yolks
and the remaining half cup Of
milk and add to the hot milk,
stirring constantly until 1t boils.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Serve cold with whipped cream.
Most children like chocolate and
a custard so disguised takes on
all the lure Of the soda fountain.
Melt one ounce Of chocolate and
add to it two tablespoons of sugar
dissolved in two tablespoons OF
boiling water. Mix thoroughly.
Add this chocolate mixture to two
cups Of scalded milk and use as
the milk in a plain soft custard.
In a baked custard. cocoa made
AZ for a beverage may be used
instead OF milk.
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to the poisonous quality Of boot.
leg liquor. And 1t also rightly
brings the opprobrium Of law
breaking.
Yet there are cifcles--lat US
hope they are a noisy minority
where sobriety, good sense and
; character are drawback to
popularity.
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Thus, convaIescent or healthy
Individual who is the carrier OF
the bacilli of typhus or cholera
Is said to be able to transmit
the disease by shaking hands or
touching an object which may
be used later by another per-
son.
In principle. this notion Isl cor.
rect, but it is much exaggerated
AZ far as the danger is con.
cerned. All OF us are constant
" coming in contact with car
riers of Infection, yet remain
healthy-esc ape the disease.
Therefore, 1t is interesting TO
understand the conditions which
render q carrier of infection a
DANGEROUS factor to a community.
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MARY" as the following letter
shows. has had the misfortune TO
come in contact with this type Of,
crowd"
, "Dear Miss Fairfax, " she writes,
''you have published many let
tiers Directing to petting parties.
now please print this one objecting
to booze parties:
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

/. when was the battle Of
Golden hin, New York?
2. When was 'sFideliO, Bee.
tEoven's only opera produced?
3. When did the Marquise de
sCayl1s, French author, die?
Answers to Saturdays Questions
/. The famous Pitt Palace.
Florence, Italy, was begun about
1885.
3. James Monroe, fifth Presi-
dent of the United States. died
July, 4, 1881.
8. Ecuador, South America, be-
came Independent IN 1881.
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LET'S HAVE
THOSE HINTS

HOUSEWIVES who read The
IL Washington Times are send.
Ing their pet schemes for tighten.
ing their work. Read the oneA
printed today and send yours tn
the Magazine Editor. The Times
will pay 81 for each hint published.
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my experience has been that
unless girl will drink with nIenA
she is out with she is not asked
again, even though the men agree
that she II right in refusing 70
drink.
At first when say, No thanks,
they look at me as though 1 had
not my right senses. Ny sister
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more. The men and women who
counsel faithfully, and it helped
her achieve solid success and
maintain her health and youthful
appearance despite the arduous,
busy life of a successful actress.
Drinking is, Of course 100 per
cent more dangerous now than IL
was in ante-prohibition days, due
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dog. It did not matter TO me that
he developed into an ordinary
hound dog. That was my dog
and loved him.
cit made me mad when other
members Of the family criticised
Creish-eye Tor coming into the
house. II hurt my feelings when
they accused him Of having fleas
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has had the same experience over
and over. She Is 20 and am ~.
50 we are both old enough to know
what il good for us, and liquor
certainly Is not.
g girl who wants and tries to
do what she thinks IL right is
out OF luck. She either has to DO
az the Romans do or sit back and
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Clean Tubs

SOAP has a tendency to stick to
bathtubs and wash bowls. making
them hard to clean. A little easo'
line or kerosene applied with a
flannel cloth will do the trick
MARY WILSON, 1921 Kenyon st.
N. w Apartment 206.
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are several
m ortQmt
facts connect.
ed Herewith
w h ich are
worth know.
ing.
Et is com
mon KIN oWl
dge Ia s 4
have already
advised yonl
tha 1 healthy
persons may
be carriers OF
infectious dis
eases, thereby
Injecting 9TH
ers with whom
they come in
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Shining Floors

Take two bars of parafine wax
and one gallon Of gasoline and
mix together and put on your
floors and they will shine and look
like a new piece of furniture.
have saved many dollars on my
-floors.-MRS. C. EPTRONE, 703
Allison ST. N. W.
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be an old maid. There is no Use
in her marrying, either, because
her husband still continues to play
around with girls who are good
sports What do you think?
MARY
What do I think, Mary7 think
climb to the top and remain there,
are not drinkers
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Clean Bird Cages

Cut OUT several pieces of paper
to fit tie bottom of your bird cage
. and each morning take out solled
paper and slip in clean piece. It
saves time and cages will last
much longer.-MRS. A. L. HALL.
923 G st. n. w.
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Cooked RIackherries

When cooking blackberries add
pinch Of soda and they require
but little sugar to sweeten.--MRS.
J. F, DYSON, 617h Fifteenth St.
N. E.
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BY Chas. A. Z. Reed, MD.

EUEUlCE ITC5IUCIIb Uk LIE9
American Medical Association.
UIHILE I have brought the
question Of germ carriers
TO your attention in various man.
rersA and possibly caused you
4 certain degree of alarm, there
The Washington times., 1926-06-21

A few drops of ammonia added
to the water when washing flan-
mel and wooden garments will
make them soft and help to keep
them a good color.
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|. DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Al new Turkish law gives the gov.
eminent all rights to explore and
exploit petroleum resources, includ-
ing the granting Of permits to pri-
yafe concessionaires.
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Lived $1,000 Years Ago

THE skeleton giant wildcat animal which is believed TO
II $4,000 has been as
in the Manifold Valley Derbysnlre Ensa
other fossil remains have also been found
The Washington times., 1926-06-21

Two German scientists have sue
ceeded in making artificial silk from
a gelatine-like substance obtained
from the claws and heads of a mum.
'knns ~. common insects
The Washington times., 1926-06-21

Cleans Sahn ana MA SAppSAo
Thav nust Be absogutsly elean % ALL
meeeaions. Cssbo0a cleans FL eoIerO IKE
~. Il dEiss Instantly, teavlng 70 oAeD
anf thoy eaD - Uogn tmnaOdta1ely.
~ @aAnA~SAw RMA~m 1aAWnmmA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-20

A device which makes 1t possible
to take the pulse of plant is an an
nouncement that comes from that an
Gent land of mystery and occultism,
India. Working along other lines
than those chosen by Luther Burbank,
Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, very
learned and accomplished botanist,
has invented a machine Of such deli
cacy and sensitiveness that it records
the impulses and sensations of plant
life. 1t is a fact now accepted by all
qualified botanists that plants have
'.nerve reactions" that is, they are
sensitive to outside influences. Their
tissues form a sort of nervous system
which reacts under varying conditions.
Their feelings are played upon by
heat, cold, food and poisons. That
they respond to tender care and cul-
ture is admitted. To watch and meas
ure their sensitiveness is one of the
interesting studies of present-day
botany. American botanists respect
Sir Jagadis, an authority on the sub
ject, although they are inclined to
think he is going a little too far In
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M'GRAW HAS HAD
STAR SHORTSTOPS
One Reason Given for Win
ming So Many remnants.

: 1t might be putting 1t bit too
strong to say that the New York
Giants have won 10 pennants In %
years for one reason alone-but 1t is
a copper-riveted cinch that part Of the
amazing managerial success Of John
McGraw Is due to the fact that for %
years he hasn't once allowed himself
Shortstop is the most important po-.
sition In the infield and one of the
hardest of all positions on the ball
field to fill. Over period of years.
the range of territory between second
base and third probably gives the av-
erage manager more trouble than any
other two positions.
Wilbert Robinson ran around in
circles for 10 years trying to salts
factorily plug gaping hole In the
Brooklyn infield. Until he landed
Meanwhile, the Robins, under your
Uncle Wilbert's management, never
were strong at that position.
Other clubs have been in the same
position, and when brilliant infelder
who knows his job. and can get base
hit once in a while, comes up to the
big leagues he has job for the rest
of his baseball life.
How McGraw does 1t nobody knows,
but he has never been caught in this
particular trap since Bad Bill Dahlen
Joined the Giants back in 1904.
no L. nnHor Mn-
Graw and was an important cog In
pair OF New York pennant winners.
AL Bridwell, corking ball player and
timely hitter, replaced Dahlen and
filled the bill for couple of seasons.
Before Bridwell faded out, McGraw
had picked up Arthur Fletcher, the
present manager of the Phillies.
Fletcher played great ball as regu-
lar for an even decade. He began to
slip, and, before his slipping was
| obvious to the world at large, Nc
Graw had bundled him off to Phila-
delphia along with bundle of cash,
for Dave Bancroft
Beauty Bancroft, one of the great
est shortstops Of all time, was at the
peak of his career and easily the
greatest shortstop In the business
when McGraw traded him to the Bos-
ton Braves. The collective mouth OF
the populace popped open and stayed
open until the boys got a peek al
Travis Jackson, then just nineteen
years old.
Bancroft was gone, but the Giants
didn't lose a stride. Jackson stepped
in like veteran, f1elded like fend
and drove In q flock Of runs.
Jackson, the regular Giant short
stop now, is supposed to be one OF
the main cogs In the Giant machine
He's almost as dashing and even more
reliable than Bancroft. He's what the
athletes of other teams call winning
ball player. which means If you stoI
him you've got fair chance of stop
ping the entire team.
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When?

Ward T. Van Orman, winner OF the
Gordon Bennett cup In the interna-
tional balloon race, was the guest of
honor at a dinner on the President
Harding, and in witty speech about
sport he said:
"When Is man old2 A man is
old, some claim, when he can no
longer make woman Jealous.
ga lady doctor is authority for the
statement that man is old when he
will no longer kneel down and tie a
beautiful woman's shoe.
"But perhaps the best definition is
a divorce court judges, namely, that
a man is old one week after mar
riage."
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Matter of Tunneling
Had Jimmy Worrying

Jimmy, an unusually brilliant fresh
man, was the star history pupil OF his
class.
The teacher asked: "Jimmy, can
you explain to the class about under
ground railwaysr
Jimmy replied, '"The underground
railways were methods of escape used
by slaves In their escape to the North
Every good, Jimmy"
He hesitatingly took his seat. A
worried expression enveloped his
youthful countenance.
Certainly" the teacher thought, Il
have never seen him act this way be-
fore. 1t couldn't be the lesson that
is bothering him."
Jimmy slowly raised his hand with
an uncertain motion.
'Yes?" said the teacher.
"How did the railroad operators
burrow under the Ohio river"
Jimmy was absent the next day.