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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09

!. PITTSFIELD, Mass. Sept. 2s.-(P)-.
Somewhat back from the village
street
Stands the o~ld-fasnioned country
seat.
Across its antique portico
Tall poplar-trees their shadows
throw;
And from its station in the hall
An ancient timepiece says TO all
"Forever-neverl
Never-forever!"
The Longfellow house where the
famous poet found inspiration TO
write The Old Clock On The Stairs
is oon to pass away-as its stored
inhabitants long since have done.
Civic progress has decreed that
"the ol~d-fashioned country seat"
must give way for the erection Of a
new high school building. The 13s-
year-old colonial-type building, sur
rounded by its wide lawns and ven
cradle trees, awaits its day of doom
when the courts decide how much the
city shall pay for this and adjoining
properties, taken BY eminent domain.
Built as a large, square farm house
in 1890, IL was bought and remodcleI
into a mansion, 10 years later. by
Thomas Gold. His son-in-law. the
Hon. Nathan Appleton. acquired the
house upon Mr.. Colds death. Mr.
Appleton's daughter became the wife
Of the poet, Henry ". Longfellow.
Generations had lived and some had
died within the house, and il was be-
ginning its second half century OF
existence when, in ls45, the poet i'm
m~ortalized il in his poem. He lived
in the mansion, which he used as a
summer home, through the early SOS.
The old house has continued as a
homestead down to the present day.
The passing years brought some
changes. One was a mansard roof.
Another was a portico somewhat more
elaborate than on the original.
Within. the home has remained
charming. Here. unframed, are the
old rooms on either side Of the en-
trance, beautifully designed, with
arches, wainscots, %cornices and fire
places of the best type in colonial
architecture. The original wallpaper,
brought from Paris, remains here
mellowed with age. Staircase and
hall are as they were long before
Longfellow knew them.
Opposition developed when the city
fathers decided to take this property
for the needed school building, and
it was decided therefore to keep alive
the traditions associated with the
site. Hence. it is probable that the
school will be named the "Longfel-
low school," and, moreover. the stair
way that played so prominent a part
in the poem may be preserved within
the new building.
The original clock was removed
some years ago to Craigie House. the
LongfelIow home in Cambridge. Mass.
Another characteristic grandfather
clock" now ticks on the landing half
way up the stairs. and such a clock,
il is planned, will adorn the pre-
served staircase.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
UPSHAW GIVEN
EGG SHOWER
Speaker Attacking AL
Smith Not Hit But
Audience Is

JACKSON. Miss, Oct. 9.-(Pp-De-
nicd use Of Poindexter Park by
Mayor Walter A. Scott, former Con-
gresham William ID. Upshaw of
Georgia, delivered one of a series
of addresses in opposition to Gov
ernor Alfred Z. Smith, on property
Of a Jackson church last night, and
received an egg shower.
Upshaw was not struck by the
missiles, but others near him were
including Mrs. I. s. Ward, whose
husband has offered 500 reward
for the name of the thrower. George
Horroh, member of the Kinds county
democratic executive committee,
challenged the guilty party to meet
him face to face.
Frequently. during the address of
Upshaw, persons in the audience
shouted "Hurrah for AL Smith"
Upshaw told his audience he is
a democrat Of the South who will
not follow my party into the White
House under the leadership of Tam
many Hail." Upshaw added that
Smith is not fitted morally or
spiritually" to lead the nation.
GLASGOW-Mrs. Robert Bell gave
a party for her dog Billie on his
22d birthday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
Severe Quake Is
Felt In Mexico
And Nine States

MEXICO CITY, Oct. e.-R-Mex-
leo City was shaken by q strong
earthquake shock last night and 1t
was announced ut the Tacubaya Ma
tional Observatory today that the
movement had been felt in nine
states.
Many persons q from their
houses and some knelt In the streets
and prayed. Electric light service
was interrupted in some parts of
the city which remained in darkness
several hours after the shock.
The shock was so strong that IL
displaced needles Of seismographs
and stopped clocks in the national
observatory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
Jap Steamers Hit
By Storm Ask Aid

TOKYO, Oct. 9.@[R-Three jap
anese freighters, the Oyama Maru,
the Fukei Maru and the Ibukivama
Maru, were reported today to be in
distress off the east coast Of Japan
after a typhoon which swept the
region last night.
The Fukei Maru reported two sea-
men had been washed overheard and
persisted. The Ibukiyama Maru was
enroute to Japan from Crays Har-
Dor. Washington.
Craft was ordered from the Yoko-
suka naval station to assist the ves-
sells.
Twenty fishing craft were miss
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
20 Believed Dead
In Prison Blaze

JUNCTION CITY. o.. Oct. e.-CP
With a total of twenty persons
missing. all of them believed dead.
and twenty-seven injured. work Of
recovering charred bodies from the
smoking ruins Of the dormitory Of
the Ohio penitentiary brick plant
continued today.
Identification Of the mutilated
remains was practically im-ossible.
so completely had the flames done
their work yesterday. Officials in
charge. however. believed they had
portions Of fifteen bodies.
Meanwhile investigation Of the
blaze proceeded. II seemed fairly
veil established that defective wir-
ing started the fire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
Valley Violinist
Studies at I. u

FORT WORTH. Oct. 9.-Miss Hes
ter Leavell, McAllen champion violin
ist of South Texas, is a freshman stu
dent at Texas Christian University
here this fall.
Last April Miss LeavelI competed
against twenty of the best violinists
from the high schools of south Texas
Ct kingsville, winning first place
She was also first v%iolinist in ,ba
McAllen high school orchestra. which
won first place in the orchestra d.
vision OF the contests during the
past two years.
She will continue her musical go
dies at II. G. U.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
Registrations Set
Record In New York

NEW YORK. Oct. 9.-CP-Indica-
tions that New York City in No
vember will poll a record vote for
all time were seen by political OBJ
servers today on the basis Of the
first registration day.
Reports from the five boroughs
showed that 270,254 persons regis
tered last night. while in 1924. the
lest presidential year, the total for
the first day was 90,350. Registra-
ton will continue through the week.
Every effort was exerted by
workers Of both the republican and
democratic parties to bring out the
fullest possible registration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09

THERE Is hardly a household
i that hasn't heard of Castoria!
At least five million homes are
without it. III there are children in
your family, there's almost daily
need Of this soothing preparation.
And any night may find you very
thankful there's a bottle in the
house. Just a few drops, and Baby
is comfortable. A few moments, and
that collie or constipation is relieved;
or diarrhea checked. Yet this is a
vegetable product; a remedy meant
for youngsters. Castoria il about
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
dizzy Spells
Result of Clicked Bile Ducts
and High Blood Pressure
Quick WAY to End Them

Dizziness, headaches, biliousness,
constipation point to liver and gall
bladder clogged with thick. sour bile.
Bi-a-lin, prescription of a noted doctor,
banishes dizzy spells like magic |
Rouse liver, purify intestines, promote
free flow of bile-you can't be well
until you do Bi-a-lin will fix o up.
Guaranteed Get it TODAY at any
good drug store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
REGULATES wIFE's INCOME

HULL, Eng.-Herbert Boden d.
rected in his will that his wife's in
come from his estate he reduced
when she is 20. since she will then
receive an old-age pension.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09

wOMAN'S 25-0UN~E HEART
LONDON.-After Mrs. Madeline
Sandeman dropped dead while Jun.
ing il was found her heart weighed
Is ounces, more than twice the nor
NAL size.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09
STAYS SISTERS sIrITOR

ROME.-To prevent the marriage
of his sister beneath her station
Giuseppe Cadesto shot her fiancee
20 death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-09

the only thing you have ever heard
doctors advise giving to infants.
Stronger medicines r dangerous
to q tiny baby, however harmless
they may be to grown-ups. Good
old C~astorial Remember the name,
and remember to buy it. It may
spare you a sleepless, anxious night
1t Is always ready, always safe To
use; in emergencies. or for every
day ailments. ANY hour of the day
or night that Baby becomes fretfui,
or restless.
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NOlO Go On With the Story
By Hazel LiUingstOn
hose Serial Secret Studio" Made Nationwide successD

see." He went and stood at the
window for a moment, looking
down at the street. Here" he
said at last. i've got it. Give
you an address. Friend of mine.
You go there tonight. And to-
morrow we'll see.
but / cont know thenl--I
mean they don't know me-don I
you think it would be better
No. this is a good hunc1.
Maisie's a good sport. I'll phone
her you're coming. Now come
along -step on it'll put you
in q cab"
In the elevator she was too shy
to speak. and when thev were
alone again there wasn't time.
A checkered cab drew up 70 the
curb. But / think--I really
think I should go to a hotel" she
floundered.
Now let let Uncle Walt fix 1t
See you tomorrow And to the
driver he said Grand View
apartment Z. Mrs. Kimmer. See
she gets there. No--keep the
change"
So Joan came to live with
Maisie Kimmer
There were the first moments
of something like terror. while
she waited, awed and timid in the
red-carpeted and potted palm mag
nificence of the hall. And then
Maisie, pink and plushy, with
big, old-fashioned diamonds in her
ears and q little sprigged muslin
apron over her georeette dress.
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By
ROY l.. FOLEY

the Lakeside at Pewaukee, any
place at all, he said, I'm be
over about noon"
That's how he was: There was
no will you," or "shall we,"
he took things into his own
hands. assuming that she would
be there when he called. not
asking her If she had any other
plans.
Why, Vic Flemming, with all
his gusto and bold ways, never
took her so for granted. Still, the
way Wescott did things was so diff
ferent from the way Vic did them,
that his requests seemed more
like polite directions than COM
mands. His possessiveness some
times took Nancy's breath away,
but secretly. in the depths of her
soul, she felt a thrill at being so
compile tely swept along by a will
stronger than her own.
So she found herself consenting
to all his suggestions. Yes. she
would be ready at noon, and she
would love to go for a drive be-
fore stopping for a bite to eat.
Her voice had little tremor in 1t,
something she had never noticed
before.
''All right, Howard" she said.
Bye"
She was calling him Howard ell
the time now, except in the office.
She stood absent mindedly holding
the receiver, looking out the win
dow. down on the roofs. thinking
about her voice. Suddenly, on the
telephone there, it had taken on a
note she was afraid OF.
kT0 Be Continued Tomorrow
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n,D nxA,~~.N,~ nA.,r..r=nc byWINIFRED
OON OAlNOI\O DAOUIn Ln0 g VAN DUZER

let myself into that sort OF jam?
She was not cast down by his
lack of enthusia SIN. Summoning
the butler, who looked along his
nose, his whole person rigid with
disproval, she ordered cocktails,
and they arrived at the third
round and a glowing congeniality
when a motor horn sounded in
the street.
Benz gasped the girl, running
to the window. "Here!--. She
thrust the tray OF empty glasses
under a divan, hastily smoothed
her hair which had been ruffled
by Freddie's embrace.
That young man, looking rather
wan, made for a rear door, but
she stopped him with a word
"Sit tight. you goof! Then, as
the knob was turning, 'The same
Observation-Disclosures forget"
Benny kissed his wife hastily.
fully aware of the alcoholic aroma
now; gave her guest a chilly nod.
He wanted me to dine with
him, Benny love-" she cooed.
But mother phoned; she is ill
needs me. I'll have to go to her,
dear"
Benny frightened a bit, con-
vinced because he wanted to. be.
But when Freddie took up his
hat. suggested casually, make 1t
a party of two, then Ben; you'il
dine with me. can't your" he re.
fused curtly.
1t was Ann who let Freddy out.
Her whisped followed him; Usual
place-don't forget"
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week Joan knew Maisie's life his
tory from the time she married
her first husband at Is. to the
slime she buried her third, a year
ago last June. Walter Dunno, 1t
seems, had been in partnership
with the late Mr.. Kimn1er. They
had made money together Maisie
didn't say just how. 1t was the
one thing she didn't talk about.
''Oh, Kimmer had his faults" she
said. ''He was a great hand to
have his little drink. I've always
been prohibition myself. My folks
was Methodists. On. we'll Waits
mighty fine, too. In his way-say
what you like"
The hardest part was to get
away from the loquacious Maisie
long enough 70 write Bill at night.
She wrote her very heart out to
him. All the foolish endearments
that she had been too shy to
write before. All the funny little
happenings Of the days selling
lingerie in McBride's bargain base
ment. All her pride in the job
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stand face to face with yourself,
and God help you IL you nate
what you see.''
1t was then the butler an
nounced Mr.. Sheldon. Ann flut.
tered. and Hanna grinned. You
but what's the use talking to you?
After ali. though, Ben won't stand
everything. and-well, good-by."
She went out, not glancing
back, passing Freddie in the hall
way. The door was scarcely closed
when Ann was in his arms.
"What'll she think?" he kept
muttering. 'She gave me look!
1 say, Ann, d'you suppose this is
getting by? IF BEN
''Oh, damn Pen! Freddie, tell
you l won't stand it! Can't go
along this way. I'm going to get
a divorce, That's what-a divorce!
When I'm free-you want to
marry me, don't you, Freddie?
You do, don't your"
He did not, and said so.
Couldn't keep you in cigarettes,
even II l fancied it. which l
don't! For heavens sake be SEN
sible. Ann! He'll! D'yeu think Id
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GOOD GIRL

What would Mrs. Deane say
Try as she would, Nancy could
not imagine just what her an.
,wer would be. She would prob
ably scoff. Or freeze her with a
look.
We'll, what il she did. Couldn't
Nancy reach into her purse and
pull out sapphire ring, Caroline
Glendenning Deane's own ring,
with her OWN name in it. A worn
ring with the name so dim thai
ii was hardly discernible? Wasn't
that proof?
And II Caroline Deane wouldh'1
accept that AS proof couldn't she
tell them about Mud and Dairy
ODay. about DR.. Peabody: couldn't
she produce her parents marrlaS;
certificate.
So far she had treated Nancy
so impersonally, so much like the
maid VINO answered the door,
that she had no feeling at all for
ner. She seemed unable to pene.
trate the outer circle Of Mrs.
Deane's consciousness. And she
knew that just as herself, a girl
from Mr.. Wescott's office, shn
never could. even il she work 81
for her a hundred years.
Il could hardly expect her 10
pay any attention to me-" she
pondered. why, I've only seen
her a few times"
Life was just getting to be
wonderful for Nancy. No, shs
wasn't ready to go to the Deanes.
She wasn't ready TO tear her.
self away from the people she
loved more than life or wealth.
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Then the minutes till closing
time would drag, and drag and
refuse to move on at all. Every
late customer was an enemy
threatening to keep her from her
letter. At last the closing bell,
grabbing her hat, pushing through
the evening crowds. When her
latchkey clicked in the door,
Maisie, getting dinner in the
kitchen would begin to talk
THAT you, dear? I'm a little
lateeI thought I'd go down town
with Miss Harvey. We saw a
fine picture. but kind of sad.
Where she dies said to Miss
Harvey, / said
Joan might have been deaf. for
all she heard. Her fingers would
be busy. going. through the little
sheaf OF letters on the hall table.
Bills. Advertisements. Lodge
notices. All for Maisie.
''Maisie-slo letter for me? Mo-
body teIephoned--n a thmg?"
Maisie tried to comfort her.
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they'll talk. Wen have her, back
here in trouble yet ! know. You
wait, you'll see Aunt Babe
Whimpered. dabbIing at her pink
nose.
1t had been a bitter pill for them
to swallow No sooner was the
garage man, who had had the inn
pudence TO ring the front door bell
and ask for Joan. out Of the house
sthan the bell rang again ana Ev.
vie had TO answer it. because
HeeIey was washing In the base
ment.
A telegram this time, Dick Dit
weller. the messenger, who Esvvie
had known all Z her Iifes and who
certainly knew what was in the
message. watched her ayidIy while
she read It.
81. Ii was fifty words, and It came
collect by western Union. Joan
wasn't on the train. Mrs. Marden
was distracted. The conductor
feared a tragedy. They would
make every effort to get news.
The conductor was wiring back
along the line. And would Miss
Van Fleet wire instructions at
once.
Eyvie read it through twice She
knew. She was no fool. Evvie.
She went into the library and
wrote her answer. On the way
back to the office DitwelIer read
1t. 1t was quite short, and It was
to the effect that Mrs. Marden
and the conductor could stop Wor.
rying. Joan got off the train in
the early morning to post q letter
and the train went on without
her. Joan had wired her aunt Pos
tai Telegraph, and she was going
on with the next section. The
cousin would meet Joan In Phila-
delphia. So 49,.
you should be ashamed to spend
all that money to telegraph q lie"
Babe cried. when size heard. "Be-
sides. she'll come back to-to find
that boy-and then"
'I can't help it'll wash my
hands
But they'll live here, Evvie.
He'll marry her-well have to see
them every day. TIL never hold up
my head again--never"
= Hell never marry her. She'll
never see him again!"
.'Evvie-you think you're al
ways right. You can't tell. I
tell you he'll be waiting for her"
Evvie smiled. Think as you
like. But I'm telling you-he gave
her up IL talked him into it."
Her lip curled. ut wasn't hard.
He's big--but he's only boy"
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Syndicate, Incl
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jeweled watch over on the dress
ing table. Benny had held TO his
old-fashioned ideas an spite of
pIeadings and storms; she had no
cash. Hanna out Of the way, she
could do certain things
But why should she be going to
San Francisco? Perhaps it was
only q trick
You'll have to tell me more, II
she began cannily.
why not? We understand each
other, you and /. You remember
Price Langley? Though perhaps
you were too young"
Not much, l wasn't! Tht old
alligator! I remember his yeIping
'bIackmail" at you we'll enough"
Hanna went on, unperturbed.
"You would. Yes, you would re-
member that He mar.
ried a chit after his first wife
died, and now she is dead, too.
He's all alone in the world"
"Well. for Pete's sake. And
you're going to rescue him from
loneliness?"
I'm going to marry him.
Ann whooped. Say. some mar.
riage that will be! Does he know
ii yet?'
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What difference does that
make? And you needn't be so
scornful. I've learned few things
especially these last months.
she finished bitterly.
1t struck the girl that this de-
termined woman was quite des.
perate enough. to carry through
her plan. She felt not one grain
of sympathy for her mother. only
a surge of delight that they would
be separated. And with this in
mind she stepped to the dressing
table, swept up pile of jewels,
dumped them into Hannas lap.
"Here-selI 'em and be darned!
And don't come back for more,
cause there won't be any more.
And give the blushing bridegroom
my compliments"
Hanna dropped the glittering
healp into her handbag, her heavy
fingers moving slowly, rather dis
tastefully. She kept her eyes down
as she rose You're hard all the
way through. Ann: but l suppose
you came by it naturally. l
haven't had many scruples
But I wanted things for
you. Just hold in mind. though,
that there comes a day when you
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CHAPTER 33.
Oh, the comfort of a life like
this!
How nice it was to relax, to
do just what she wanted to do,
when she wanted to do 1t, with
out having to. explain to any
body. Nancy went into the tiny
bathroom. clean and cleaning
and when the clear, emerald
water nearly filled the tub, she
jumped in and started to sing
MY blue heaven
Just Molly and me--and baby
makes three
My blue heaven"
".Iimmminy Gee, instead Of
singing, I'd better be thinking
about those shorthand rules" she
said little dater and started
reviewing the difficult "R" rules
always so troublesome to those
trying to master shorthand. But
try AS she would, her mind just
would not stay put and before
she knew 1t she was singing
again-"My blue heaven"
Well she certainly was In a
Kln0 or Dlue heaven. NOL u
Monday blue but a delicate, cool,
sky blue, a clear. clean, refresh
ing blue.
She set about getting break
fast, like a little girl with a
new doll house. flinging open
the doors that 80 skillfully con-
cealed the tiny sink, with its
compact refrigerator underneath,
the white emerald box that
opened up to reveal a two burner
gas stove. She felt, for all the
world like q child again, playing
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was warmly welcoming her at the
door.
Everything about Maisie was
warm--her big, capable hands. her
heart, her temper, and her rooms
in the Grand View apartments.
At first Joan, accustomed TO the
big bare rooms in the old Van
Fleet place. and the chill silenc ~
of the Misses Van Fleet, thought
she could never get used to IL.
But the strange, new days slipped
by. and soon they weren't strange
and new any more. She was
punching a time clock in the base.
ment of McBride's Department
Store. eating her lunch at soda
fountain counters, coming home TO
Maisie's as il she had lived there
all her life. Maisie wouldn't hear
of Joan calling her Mrs. KimmeI
Nor would she listen to Joan's
leaving. and going elsewhere TO
live after she had got a job.
Don't we get along all right?
Haven't I got plenty of room?
Now. you let well enough be"
Before she had been there a
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house, making little make.believe
cakes and sitting down to a
believe table.
Coffee, steaming and golden
brown; cinnamon rolls, heated.
Half a grapefruit. This was her
breakfast. The grapefruit, pre-
pared the night before and put
into the marvellous ice chest
that never needed ice, was
sugar crusted bowl of juice.
"Gee," she said again. Jim.
miny Gee, how foolish girls are
to go living in a dingy old
rooming house when with a lit
tie managing and sacrifice they
can live like this. Why, it's
worth giving up all sorts OF
things for. Id rather have
81 fewer clothes, and less to eat.
actually, live in a place like
The telephone rang. Its sharp
iangle so broke her day dream
ing that she let her spoon clat-
ter to the floor. 1t probably
was Ginger calling. Somehow
a. ring like that suggested
Ginger, it was so quick and
metallic. Nancy took down the
receiver, all ready to say: Hello
Ginger" when the voice at the
other end of the wire surprised
her.
"'Lo there" said Howard Wes.
colt, II didn't get you out Of
bed. did II"
-. Then, without waiting to hear
her answer. he said he thought
IL was about time she was up
IL she were going to dinner and
for a drive with him that after
noon.
1--WE can go to VOLTS Island,
Il yeu like. Or 70 the Chalet.