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for she had discovered d rave
nous appetite. My headache has
gone, thank goodness. How long
have H. been asleep? i didn't
mean to 20 to sleep at all. z
Its not quite 10-yon've had
about three hours Of itand you
looked as IL you jolly well needed
ii, answered Alan.
Something has happened to
this pIace-it looks different from
when came into it.
Petros and rugged mp quar-
tiers for you behind there while
you were asleep. We managed
camp bed for you. which Is
more comfortable than mine and
your things have been got up
from the car.
THANKS! Ill 20 and spruce
up said Shirley.
The partition was made OF
sacking roughly fixed together.
In the next few minutes Shir-
lev taught herself that one can
ret a. clean with d gasoline tin
and 4 sufficiency of water as in
the most luxurious bath. While
she was finishing her toilet she
could hear the Greek servant
bringing in the meal.
Ready when you are, Shirley"
called Alan.
Just coningw she answered,
and came.
They sat down together to =
meal Of roast mutton and pota-
toes.
There's nothing to follow ex-
cept timed peaches" said Alan
grim1y. so eat all you cdn.
While they were dining he
asked questions about the house
in Kalamaria and she gave him
small gossip Of her doings since
he had left.
The moon Is getting up" he
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TIE was on horseback, riding from
party to party, directing them, and
she saw him at once though he did
not see her. He had ridden ohlique-
Nv To within d few yards of her and
wheeled around SO that his back
was toward her. The strength OF
the sun had gone and he was hat.
less. He wore only riding lbreeches
and 4 shirt that was open at the
neck and seemed to have no
sleeves.
She hurried forward. forgetting
her headache and her fatigue,
glanced up at the huge shoulders
and felt unreasoning fear.
Hello, Alan"
He flung his horse round and
capped at her.
SHIRLEY! What on earth are
vol doing here z He stared at
her. at first fncredulously, then
anprily. why have you come?
why the devil have YOU come,
Shirley p
~ heard last night that the
troops were going to be with
drawn. she answered breath
lessIy. II heard you were stay
ine on. And 30 IL came. "
But my dear girl. what for?'
1T was q difficult question to
answer, standing BY his horse. It
would be impossible to start
discussion there and then. So she
said nothing.
You can't stay, Shirley" he
was saying. It's no place at ali
for a woman. You'll tie my
hands If there's any trouble,
Wen have q meal presently and
then you must go back tonight.
She felt him gIaring down at
her az though she were a school.
girl who had played a silly prank.
Il am not going away, Alan.
shall stay here as long as you
do she said. She tried to speak
firmly, but knew that her voice
sounded merely stubborn.
But" He checked an angry
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sands and thousands and thou.
sands OF wears ago. These men
could handle electric drills and
mend motor cars, but their spirit
ual prfn1itiveness remained. These
to obev him. - She wondered
II the comitadJi sang like that.
II came because I've failed You,
Alan" she answered presently.
Stayros and a whole lot Of Oths3
ers say that ii isn't safe here
without the troops. / couldn't
hire 3. carl had to buy that
one"
1T isn't your fault" he pro-
tested. You couldn't prevent the
troops being withdrawn
Yes could. Maurois gave me
the chance to prevent them being
withdrawn-last night" She stop
ped then added: There was an
easy way Of keeping the troops
here
She saw him vince and herself
grow stronger.
1t was easy enough to say no
and condemn you to death--and
much easier to come up here and
die with you II necessary, than
stay down in the city and wait to
hear that you had been killed. so
here am. !"
His pipe had gone out and he
re.iit Ii.
Devil of row those fellows
maket' he exclaimed. 'tBarbarous
brutes. really. They dance. some
evenings, like savages, only worse.
don't think the conitadji
are likely TO turn up for q few
days, anyhow. In the next few
days we shall finish the track up
to that ridge you see over there.
That will link on to the existing
track which Is in pretty good con.
difinn We can then hrinc I'm
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linda A Vivid Romance Of College Life virginia 5y Swain

of gin, died with raw voices and
rawer music in his ears-only an
hour or two after he had been
beseeching Ter to dance with
him. Linda put her hands over
he.' eyes, to shut out the picture
OF him lying drunkenly by the
newell post, when she left him.
The snow made an ever-thick-
ening white curtain, drawn close
against the panes. Daylight had
retreated before 1T, leaving the
field to electricity. Linda's lit
tie pink boudoir lamp and the
cracking fire made the only
bright spots in the room.
The little clock on the dressing
table struck eight In thin sweet
notes. Linda moved about. gath
cred lingerie from the drawers,
brought slippers and a dress from
the closet, and laid them all on
the bed, ready to be put on.
Then she sat down. determined to
eat her breakfast calmly.
The eggs and toast were cold
now, but the coffeestill held some
warmth in it's metal pot. She
drank it off black, listening to the
babble Of voices az the girls went
down to breakfast, They must
have heard already about the
murder at Stonewold.
When she opened the front door,
and stepped out on the porch
steps a half hour later, bundled
in heavy coat and collegiate
galoshes. she had to duck her
head to avoid the little sheet OF
sharp sleet needles that the wind
drove under the porch roof in her
face.
Snow lay already several inches
thick on the lawn, and the steps
were a smooth long slanting plane
from top to bottom. She dug her
heels in and skidded down.
Tho snn,u rnlom.s arn cut In tho
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evening with amicabls converse.
tion.
Alan grunted.
'.Petros win bring us some tea
ID i few minutes ana then We -
to bed. he told her. The camp
rises Ut Il
She asked questions shout the
work and he answered amiably
enough. All work. she gathered.
finished at 10 o'clock III the morn.
Ing, on account " the heat, and
was resumed at in the after.
noon She WAS interested IA the
details " the camp ana knew that
he liked explaining them to her.
He talked on FOR half an hour
after they had finished their tea
and she knew with thrill Of
satisfaction that. whatever he
might say, he was glad to see her
and have her listen 10 him.
Bed he exclaimed suddenly.
You'n ret little more than four
hours sleep as 1t is.1 He led the
way back into the shack and went
into her section Of II Il want to
see lie Petroa has managed that
MOSQUITO net. think
it's aII right, he said. "Gocd.
night
Before she herself had finished
undressing, she heard him snoring.
soon she. also, was In bed, sleep.
ing for the first time II her life
without sheets.
She was awakened ~ his v0lco
calling to her through the sack
ing.
TO Be Continued Monday
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main streets. and here and there
an enterprising youngster dragged
painted sled along the sidewalk
in search of a hill steep enough
for a slide.
One urchin of three accosted
Linda on Campus Avenue with
such success that she found her.
self trudging through the drifts,
dragging his sled on rope. His
shrill squeals of laughter and
clapping OF hands were cheerful
sounds against the gray sky and
the dead white drifts,
Three seniors in mackinaws.
Just turning In at the Crows
Nest. laughed quite openly at the
picture Linda made.
The child jumped off the sled.
snatched the cord from Linda
hand and ran away with the
bright wooden thing humping after
him. He did not stop for a
Thank you"
The windows Of the Crows Nest
were brightly lighted-mch more
inviting than the gray hulk of
Old Brick Hall, scowIinc beyond
its shrouded hollyhocks.
She turned impulsiveIv and on.
tered the tea room. Others had
apparently felt it's lure 8 ztron civ
as she. For at most OF the tables
and booths two or three students
We're gathered around plattNrs IT
goiden brown waffles and dented
nickel coffee pots.
A quick glance assured her that
none OF them was known to her.
She round corner TO herself and
scanned the menu card. 1t was
Iiiied with suggestions calculated
10 raise the appetite and the
spirits on a dark winter morning.
And the smell of coffee and friz.
zling sausages awakened Linda to
munger and cheerfulness. Sine or.
dered lavishly and settled back to
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and brought with him an
armful of logs for the fire
place.
Linda sat in her big armchair
with the old black overcoat still
cIasped around her and watched
him as he crouched, catlike, work.
Ing to blow UP flame.
A thought occurred TO her.
Were you riding a spotted pony
over by the library last night,
Dian Gopal?"
He did not look up. Eyes,
Mem sahib. / ride often--3nd al
ways that horse. No one else rides
hin" He spoke with
monrnful pride.
Linda gazed at the back Of his
him that she had ridden Calico2
She was too tired and TOO i'll to
talk.
After A time he went away, and
Linda piled all her blankets and
down quilts on the walnut bed and
crawled in under them. She went
IN sleep almost sB1othered under
their weight. but snug and warm
1T last. with the fire throwing
long tongues Of light against the
walls.
She awoke in a snow.veiled
dawn, feeling somewhat stiff and
weary. But hot bath cured that,
and she sat down before iler mir
ror, wrapped In a quilted satin
robe, to make her toilette, feeling
almost as fit as usual
A knock on the door announced
Dhan Gopai with a breakfast tray.
ii was another of the little un-
1ooked.for attentions he had a
way Of offering her,
On the tray was the Marberry
Daily Gazette, neatly folded.
Linda picked IL up Idly as she
slipped her grapefruit juice.
A black banner headline stalked
across page one.
MAN SLAIN At OUTLAW
FRAT DEBAUCH."
The lower deck explained: Body
of Pete Daaoras Found in De-
serted Stonewold House. Signs Of
Wild Party. but No Clue
The newspaper account OF the
murder was sketchy, II had been
written on the edge OF the press
0eadiine at 2 o'clock.
As the Gazette goes to press.
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What Do You KnOu?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
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Questions Editorial Page
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Wool from Pine Needles

Chemically pine being made to yield
in the
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strong fiber resembling hemp. It into fabrics.
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A Thrilling Romance Of High Courage
and Of Two Who Gambled for
Lies Highest Stake
Rend Thia Firat .

New years In
girl with whom he IS IN love. Roger Kon stock
KeIOn BAL swept
or
ito to
but ills to do so and
night the morning Shirley
learns tina divorce
husband but
has income and makes her mind to 70 Macedona 90
the debt
3 decides with
convenience She meets old acauanance
shirley uncomfortable around him. believing that he knows she
II Aans wife.
goes working the concession Shirley
concession leaving Shirley
withdraw the and that Alans life TN danger
the
attitude Shirley him.
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Evening star., 1928-04-22

adopted during the past year under the
administration, of Edwin G. Graham.
The board, In recommending approval
by Congress and the District Commits
Sioners Of development programs for
the National Capital is thus acting on
knowledge of the expected revenues Of
the District and the current expendi-
lures which must be made, and. there
fore, a knowledge of what funds would
be left for Capital improvements with
out necesSitating a raise in the tax rate,
This plan of approving capital inn
provementS for Washington In the light
of funds available was adopted in lieu
of the former plan of indorsing all
worthy projects and leaving to the Dis
trict Commissioners. the Bureau OF the
Budget and Congress the problem of
selecting which items should be APP
proved. The plan was adopted after the
city heads sought advice last year from
the trade bodies as to what should be
the size OF the budget and what items
it should provide for.
Last year the Board of Trade and
other trade organizations recommended
heavy cuts in the tentative budget COM
piled by the city department heads and
voiced their appreciation when the Com
miSSionreS. held down the budget and
tax rate, effecting a saving Of about
S66S,000 TO taxpayers.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
TRADE BODY SEEKS
TIPS ON PROGRAM
President Orders Question
naire Sent to Every Mem
Der of Organization.

Each Of the 5000 members of the
Washington Board of Trade is being
given an opportunity to make suggeS-
tions for the activities of the organiza-
ton during the coming year in oueS-
tsonnaire which has been sent out by
direction of w w. Everett, recently
Rlected president.
The suggestions, TO be compiled at the
Office of the board in The Star Build
sng. will be presented az special meet
ing of the officers. directors and COM
mittee chaiTinen of the organization TO
l,e held at the Willard Hotel at 6 pm,
Tuesday, May !. The meeting will be q
dinner session. AT that time. accord
ins 10 present plans. a program of the
major activities for the ensuing year
will be laid down by the officials.
This plan is in keeping with policy
Evening star., 1928-04-22
NEW YORK MODEL AMAZES
SHOP GAZERS IN BERLIN
Miniature Reproduction of Amer
ica's Largest City Displayed on
Thoroughfare in German Capital.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BERLIN model of New York two
yards long and more than yard wide
is proving one of. the greatest attrac-
tions to window shoppers walking along
Unter den Linden.
The Hamburg America Line commits
stoned Hamburg engineer. Herr Mess,
to construct this miniature reproduction
of the largest city in the New World
He has succeeded so well that any one
familiar with New York can immedi-
ately spot the Flatiron or Woolworth
Buildings, the City Hall. Times Square,
Columbia University, Central Park or
an other landmark
That the model Is proving an eye
Evening star., 1928-04-22

opener to Germans Is attested by the
comment one hears Of shop gazers. The
size of the skyscrapers, the regularity
and straightness of the streets, the wide
expanse of New York Harbor--all this
causes calculations of surprise. And
everybody looks for the Statue Of Lib
erty and Ellis Island.
Evening star., 1928-04-22
HORSE SAVES MAN.
injured Owner, Isolated, Ties Note
Around Animals Neck,

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, April q
Oaol.--Po the Sagacity of his horse. Fred
Sevits. homesteader of Lower Klamath
County. owes his life. Injured by a
fall. SevitS managed to crawl to his
cabin. where he had food but no water.
He wrote note. which he attached to
string around the neck of his horse;
then released the animal.
Two days later lumberjacks. whose
names were not ascertained, saw the
horse following them and observed the
note. The horse led them TO the lonely
homestead. where Sevits was given aid
Evening star., 1928-04-22

Tests made by engineers with instru-
urents that measured heat flowing
through q Sunlit roof showed that
shiny aluminium paint is most cooling,
as it reflects away the suns hot rays.
A roof coated with it transmits 38 per
cent less heat inward.
Evening star., 1928-04-22

A phonograph has been invented
which can be driven by electricity and
changes its records automatically The
listener is thus enabled to sit In his
easy chair and enjoy the phonograph
with the same comfort as the radio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
UNIFIES
LIGHT SERVICE
New Manager of Elec-
trical Works Named
In Brownsville

Complete unification Of the city's
electrical department has been ac-
complished with the appointm~-t Of
G. 4. Meyer to the management, il
was announced Monday at the city
hall. Meyer has been in charge Of
installation Of new equipment al the
plant in West Brownsville and will
now turn his attention to the con-
struction and installation Of three
sub-stations throughout the city. The
appointment was made in behalf of
efficiency and economy. City Man
ager a. +. Munday announced.
These stations are 20 be located
tentatively at the plant. in the heart
Of the city. and in Victoria Heights.
They will be finished within two
months. Meyer predicted.
No city will be better served cleo
trically than Brownsville when the
three new sub~-stations are completed
and new high lines installed where
necessary. Meyer declared Monday.
The distributing capacity OF the
city's lines will be Il.400 volts and
complete equipment for power take
off will be installed everywhere. the
manager said. The ultimate power
capacity will be raised high enough
to take care Of the demand for sew
eral years to come, Meyer said, un-
less every plant in the city turns sud-
denly to electricity for motive force
and n large number Of new concerns
locate here within n short time. The
present capacity, thought adequate.
would soon be inaccurate due to the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE

BY virtue Of an order of sale is
sued May .. 1928, out of the District
Court of Cameron County. Texas. in
Cause No. 1884, wherein Nelson Loan
Company Is plaintiff and G. F. Thorn
as, a. X. Black, trustee, James-Dick-
inson Farm Mortgage Company. o.
P. Hereford. f. H. Byers and c. A.
Siggins are defendants. / did on May
?, 1928, levy upon and seize all the
right. title and interest OF said de-
PENDANTS TO ten acres Of land. more
or less. in said county in Share 81
in Espiritu Santo Grant, being the
west half of the west twenty acres
Of Block No. 10. according to a map
recorded in said county in Plat
Book 4 at page 81, situated about
eight miles southeast of Browns
vile, and on the undivided interest
in a community house described in
said judgment, and on June 5th.
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock a. m.
and 4 o'clock p. m, at the county
courthouse door of said county in
Brownsville, / will sell said land at
public cutlery to the highest bid
der for cash.
Mrs. Pinkie Vann, Sheriff, Cam
eron County, Texas.
BY R. c. Bryson, deputy.
Brownsville. Texas,
May Il, 1928.
5-14-2l-2s-3t-3C0O
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28

rapid growth Of the city and nat
uraI expansion il being anticipated
in the installation or equipment and
feeder lines. Nothing short OF phe-
nomenal expansion % the city's in
dustrial section will overrax the
power distribution lines.
Meyer was with the Texas Power
Corporation Of San Antonio before
coming to Brownsville and aided in
the construction and installation of
equipment in the hydro-electric
plants Of the corporation On the
Guadalupe river. Previously he had
been with the Central Power and
Light company Of San Benito where
generating and distributing plants
were built.
Meyer. in addition 70 much prac-
tical experience In n graduate Of the
Colorado Technical school at Colo
RADIO Springs. Colo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
WiIIacy Farmer
Uses Tractors 10
Cut Farming Cost

RAYMONDvILLE, May ga. p:
Smith, who is farming $40 acres OF
cotton six miles east Of Lyford IN
Willacy county, has solved the labor
problem il seems in a very satlsiac-
tory Mr.. Smith employs two
tractors, on each of which ne mas
fastened a AKA beam, from Wnien
three c~ultivators are attached.
with this ~contraption, Mr.. Smith j.
able to cultivate over 100 acres Oh
cotton per day, thus blowing ms :
acres within a little more than flve
DAYS. A man is required to run each
of the tractors, and a small Negro
bow i employed TO manipulate each
Of the c~ultivators. With this force,
MIR. Smith is able to cultivate a huge
field at a very small expense.
Mr.. Smith expects a yield OF at
least 500 bales Of cotton, which az a
normal price will bring something
Ike 5000, and the picking OF the
crop alone will entail an outlay OF
around $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
Edinburg Band Listed
For Music At Houston

EDINBURG, May 2s.-The Edin-
burg band is listed as n Of the
musical organizations scheduled TO
play at the national democratic con-
~vention in Houston, according 10
word just received by G. l.. Hampton,
band director from Jake Wolters,
chairman Of the band committee. A
feature Of the convention will be
the Houston Ladies band. an organi-
zotion composed entirely Of married
women Of Houston. The list Of bands
that will furnish music for the con
vention are:
Houston Municipal band. Old Gray
Mare band. Gold Medal hand Of Mem
phis. Texas, Dallas band, the Mag
nolia Petroleum company band OF
Beaumont, the Missouri Pacific Line
bands from Palestine and Kingsville.
l43rd Infantry band of Houston and
the Houston Ladies band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
Building Big Box
Factory At Elsa

ELSA, May DEMONSTRATION
work began here Tuesday OF last
week on the new box and crate fec
tory being erected by the Temple
Lumber company. The building is
being constructed and will be two
stories in height.
The new building will cover n
space Of $50 feet by s. feet and part
Of il will be two stories in height.
Sufficient storage space will be
available to store large quantities
Of boxes and materials from which
they are manufactured. IL will be
one of the largest plants Of its kind
in the Valley and the company I'll
supply other cities in this section by
mean Of truck transportation.
Contract provides that the build
ing be completed and all machinery
installed and ready for operation by
July Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
Mercedes Shipper
Closes For Season

MERCEDES. May 2s.-The AEeri-
can Fruit Growers, Inc, of Merce-
des, a subsidiary Of the American
Fruit Growers, Inc, Of Illinois
closed its offices at Mercedes last
week, announcing that they will not
enter the South Texas tomato eeal
or operate locally this SUMMER. I'll
Pennell, local manager, was plan
ming a trip this week to Florida 70
make a survey Of the citrus pack
ing operations in that state. X. z.
Hanly, secretary and treasurer OF
the American Fruit Growers, Inc,
Of Illinois. visited Mercedes last
week and after n brief stay returned
to his home in Chicago.