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Evening star., 1928-02-26
A Partridge Shoot in Kathiawar

| Food In distributed TO the birds by n
motor car. So the partridges have little
| fear OF car. and on drive through
the preserve. especially IN the early
morning or evening. hundreds OF birds
can be encountered which hardly trouble
TO move Oft the highway,
| Every year birds which are netted In
other parts OF the state are released at
itozi. while certain number are as
| regularly shot of SO there IL little
wonder that the birds thrive and that
1t Is now recognized rs the most famous
| partridge preserve In India
| At the end of last year the Mahara Ia
| arranged mornings shoot for Lord
Irwin. who was then on "A brief visit TO
NaWanagar when he toured IN katha
| war II was wonderfully organized
| affair Hundreds OF beaters made Il
solid line across halt the ground. which
was beaten up TO sea, The 10 guns in~
cluded Lord Irwin and the Mahara las
OF Dholpur and Porebandef and, an the
walking was not dItticult. Lady Irwin
and several other ladies accompanied
| the guns
The Jamsahib told us he. estimated
there we're some 5000 partridgrs on the
penlnsula. and VIZ soon found little fea
son tn doubt his calculation. Very
quickly there was u general flslilade All
| along the line, Partridges began 10 tiy
IN every possible direction, some Of the
birds rising high and travelling at speed
either straight away or down The line
now breaking back over the guns, while
| llhrea were darling III every direction
These latter nj times were by no means
| easy 10 shoot. M they Seooted through
the grass and the low bushes.
On the whole the birds fose we'll and
gave sporting shots. though occasional
| " the gray partridge. as Ia It's wont. sal
very tight before II was beaten out of
Aome OF the thicker thorn bushes, Quite
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almost beyond measure. But his wits
were at work. as well
A day or two after the escape he
caused TO be printed and clrcuiatrd
for so miles In each direction hand
bill describing Penny. "Hc Will have
10 cat" he wrote, beneath the descrin-
ton. ANY one hearing shooting In the
woods, or anybody that has any VIC
tuals stolen. please notify David Hep
perton. at the State prison. Penny
may shoot deer, or rabbits, or some
thing; or he may break into houses.
This man Is dangerous
This handbiil began at once 10 get
results. Letters came. in laborcd script.
from farmers who had heard q shot In
the woods: from others who had seen
strange tracks In the snow, or whose
stock had been disturbed by some
ninth day, word reached Hyperion
from one OF his own neighbors In Lib
erty. Il heard at the post ONCE to-
night" this man wrote. that Joe
Better. over at Fraternity. had pig
stole night before last. Whoever II
was took an ak and knocked the pig
on the head and then bled II and lugged
IL of. II was showing that night. so
they couldn't md no tracks"
When Heppert0n got this letter. he
wen. 10 Rhodes and said stolidly:
Hes up there, hiding away somewhere.
I'm going after him
Ten minutes later. in the sleigh that
had already covered 80 many miles he
WAS on his way. He arrived In Fra
teTn!ty late that night, II had taken
oPer IL hours tor him 10 cover the
intervening 10 miles. for The roads were
orittd, the snow had been 50 frequent
that II had been impossible 10 break
them out He stopped al Joe Eelters
farm and walked Joe~though IL was
near midnieht-~and found shelter for
himself aud his horse.
joe had news for him. Il figure your
mans up here" he said There
weren't only the pig stole. There vas
some beets and some apples took out
of the barn. My boy, viii, he's quite a
! fsnd W nose around. and he figured he
| could maybe pick up some tracks where
! the snow hadn't drift2d Well. he did. -
/ Hepperton. sitting In the Kitchen
chair before the stove, where Better
] had built roaring fire. blew on his
| hands and slapped them on his knees
| "Joe." he said slowly, I'm man that
| likes 10 do job aud get II done. but
| I'm kind of tired tonight II be 4
| around here, heii stay. can tell
you this Is no night To travel. Joe, I'm
! going 10 bed and catch myself some
sleep and you can tell me all that In
| the morning"
"Will thinks he's in the old Shay
place" Joe urged. Just along the
| ROAD half q mile"
Hyperion erinned mirthessly We'll
II he's there IN ths morning. expect
Evening star., 1928-02-26

1t was now about II o'clock, the sun
was high In the heavens. and many Of
us were hot and thirsty. So an IN
teffal OF quarter Of an hour with
sandwiches and cold drinks was well
coined by us all, Then came the drive
through the other half Of the ground,
with second final stand where ths
preserve Joined the his open mud fiat
which stretched away To Iamnasar
CITY, This was not SO successful as the
earlier drive, for at least half a dozen
Of the guns who had had enough shoot
ing fell out, and more than one shout.
der gave It's owner reason to believe In
It's soreness At last. however, the shoot
was over ana the party motored back
tn enjoy an excellent lunch With cool
Ing drinks In a large Shamiana facing
the sea
II speaks volumes for the shooting
as we'll as for the way the line was
conducted. at times no easy matter In
the bushes and little depreSSions, that
only one heater III the course M the
day was slightly peppcred, and that
was his own fault, ~ he fell back and
Unexpectedly sat down behind u bush
The total bag, after the rick~up, WAS
announced IN the evening Ia he i.a7a
head. M which a16 were paFtridges and
aua harea Ahout hundred W the
partsidses, believe. were Ut the paint~
cd species.
Lord Irwin. IN proposing the JanSaa
hib's health, at the atate banquet held
at Jamnagar that evening, said we
shah not suon forget our wondertu,
shoot at Roai, II viii remain among
our happieat Indian memories"
Certainly It viii remain In the writ
er's mind ~ one Of the most Interesting
shocis II has been his gead fortune u
be asked TO In India,
Evening star., 1928-02-26

we'll talk to him." he replied. But.
I started from Thonaston early, and l
been at it all day. I'm kind of tired.
Show me a place to sleep. Joe, and let
me- alone till sunup, anyways"
60 old Dave slept at Joe's house
that night. and half mile away.
in the decrepit Shay place, long aban-
Goned. Jake Penny huddled, shivering
and eroaning, before tiny fire.
The murderer. once outside the prison
walls. did not yield to the temptation
to run blindly. headlong straight away
from the accursed place. He had done
his thinking at leisure. knew now what
he intended to do. To city-bred flu
gitive. escape across the snow-bound
countryside must have seemed a hope
less task. but Penny. knowing the GUS
tom Of the country. expected little diff
ficulty.
He had decided, long before, that the
officers would expect him to so south,
toward his home: therefore he would go
north. his ultimate goal the lumber
camps in the far woods.
The authorities would expect him to
spend the first night in putting as
much distance as possible between him
and the prison.
Therefore. once free. he turned the
first corner. the next. doubled on his
tracks, and Is minutes after his escape
he was snug and reasonably warm in
the NOV of a barn directly across the
street from the prison entrance. He
burrowed into the hay. curled in
ball. stifled his coughing as well as lie
could. and went to sleep.
He stayed "a hours. There was food
for the taking. The great barns OF
the Maine countryside are large enough
to accommodate Winters supply of
hay. and also to house the cattle. the
pigs and the chickens. To victual
them, stores Of food are accumulated,
Besides the hay. there is grain-oats
and corn and sometimes wheat-and
there are baets and pumpkins and
squash and carrots for the cattle: and
there may be barrel of apples tucked
away
Penny had plenty to cat: he was
careful to hide all traces of his pres
ence. and. on the night after his escape.
toward midnight. he made his way to
the street. utterly deserted at this hour;
and. with his gun on his arm. walked
north. out of town.
The roads were heavy with snow: ne
covered only about miles before
weariness drove him to find shelter
again. Another barn The next night
he added miles to the distance
between him and the prison. But the
night after that he was racked by his
cough. so that his sides were stabbed by
sharp and staggering pains, and he had
to find shelter early
Thereafter his progress was slow. H
avoided the main roads. even though
they were almost impassoble and his
route into Fraternity brought him
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n number Of birds seemed at times 20
| take refuge IN the branches OF the
bahoOl trees
| After advancing to some 400 or 400
| yards from the sea beach the guns
halted. and a number Of beaters went
! forward to beat the birds back again.
1t was then that the cream OF the
shooting occurred. Numerous coveys ot
partridges. thoroughly alarmed, rose
high In the air and simply Streamed
| over the guns. atfordine wonderful
shooting and taxing the skill OF the best
shots.
| Men with single guns we're handi-
| capped by their weapons becoming too
hot to hold while the best shots found
1t difficult 10 maintain their shooting
i averages,
II was really u remarkable shoot, and
| from u aportaman'a view extremely In.
teresting and as Instructive rs It was
| difficult.
Lord Reading. who visited Nawanagar
! IN November. participated In a par
fridge shoot during his stay and AL
l,lded to the difficulty Of bringing down
| the bird at this point, IN his after
dinner speech, by allnding 10 the Jam
Sahib's proWess at cricket, and saying
"Oid coverpointa have complained to
me ot an uneanns skill IN placing the
ball and cutting with force and art
which ehded their best efforts tn stop
IL, am afraid from what hear that
Your tlghneaa has eontriyed To gems
muniGate some Of these diaagreeahie
properties with which you used ta en-
dow the cricket ball 10 the denisens vt
the air al Nawanagar At any rate.
they have certainly acquired the pace
and curl. and many nf them, as far as
l have heard. get safely 10 the
boundary without being stopped by the
guns"
Evening star., 1928-02-26
A LUSTY WINTER
By Ben Ames Williams
Responsibility Meant Only One Thing to Dave

cell door had been left ajar: the cor.
ridor guard was overwhelmed b,
Penny's attack before he could brins
his weapon into action. Ten minute,
later, armed with a shotgun and sup.
piled with buckshot shells. Penny hac
| b.uffed and fought his way past tho
walls and was free.
| He was clad in a suit Of thin, Shoppy
| stuff supplied him in prison; he hac
been suffering from an eXasperatins
| cough. The violence of his own eXer-
! tions in the past few minutes had left
him weak and exhausted. One Of hi
shoes. lacking the thong that had
served as string. tapped open abou,
his ankle and admitted the Sitting
snow. There was foot or more OF
snow upon the ground and more was
falling; the temperature was about &C
above zero. with a high wind. Ye
Penny did not feel sorry for himself
EXultation burned in him. for he was
free.
He vanished from the ken of human
kind.
DAvE HEPPERTON took full re-
~ sponsibility for the escape upon
his own broad shoulders. He had
made it his practice to come half a
dozen times a day and make sure that
Penny was secure; his instructions to
the guards we're that. when food was
taken into the cell, the door should
be locked and that one of the guards
should remain outside with his gun
ready The fact that they grew care
less was not his fault. yet he assumed
the blame and took personal charge
Of the pursuit.
But this pursuit was at best hap
hazard matter. Penny, it was assumed.
would try TO work toward the country
with which he was familiar; the roads
that way were guarded. the authorities
alert
Hepperton took these precautions
but he was not content with them. He
thought Penny. so light clad. must soon
seek shelter. and he believed the man
man would be likely to choose a barn
as his hiding place. So Hcpperton
made wide circle about the country
side. questioning farmers. searching
barns at random, but not that day.
any trace of the vanished man.
Rhodes, the warden. believed that
Penny must have died of exhaustion
and been hidden by the falling snow
Wen find him in the Spring." he sug-
gested. You'll See!" But Heppcrton
shook his head doggedly and continued
his search.
On the fourth day after the escape
more snow fell and the wind blew
building great drifts wherever an eddy
formed or fence or tree or cut bank
gave shelter from its blasts. But Hep.
perton bundled in his sleigh. head
bowed into the wind, still ranged the
countryside.
The man was immensely strong: hi.
physical endurance must have been
Evening star., 1928-02-26

NJ the Cult OF Clutch. between
KaraChi on the north and
Bombay on the south. lie tho
KathiaWar States, or the States
OF Western India. and not the
least Of these Is Nawanngar or NAY
anagar.
The able ruler Of this state In pop
, uIafly known as Ranji. At one time tne
| famous cr,cketer whose proWess was the
admiration OF The world, who now, ar
| Lieut.. Col. His Highness Mahara Ia
shn Cir Ran,it singhi vibhaji. q 4.
Is. l.. q. r. r.. the Jam Sahib of Ma
| wansgar. Possesses IA reputation As Il
! wise administrator and sportsman or
=, The FIRST order,
Nayanaear. a state Ot some 1000
square miles. with population OF hfoiil
! 500 900 Inhabitants. possesses sea bof~
| der with no less than 80 ports, an nd"
| vantage which no other state III India
i can boast Of and chief among these
ports is Eedi. about fiye miles from the
| capital, Jamnagar. a port which. once
more or less of q mud bank, has de-
yei0ped greatly In the past few years.
| Not far from I3edi port is Hozi
Ennder where stands q lighthouse, and
| here there Is a patch Ut ground running
up 10 the sea. which. at high tide. In
practically an island. II In covered
with fairly thick grass and thorny
bahool trees, and also possesses several
little raVinss Some three mileA IN
length ana over n mile wide. IL Is strict
| ltY preserved and forms a wonderful
home for gray psttfidges and hafes,
Hundreds of hawks are shot by watch
efs each season In the preserve while
thousands 0f ground rats. largely At
tfaGied by The grain foods which are
regularly supplied 10 the birds, are also
annually destroyed,
Evening star., 1928-02-26

wood picked up in the shed. When he
had driven some warmth into his body
he sought food and drink. Snow, melted
in an old saucepan found behind the
stove, furnished the latter. but there
was nothing to eat. He was hungry;
the fever had. for little while, re-
leased it's hold upon him.
That night he went along the ridge
to Joe Beltcr's house and brought home
the slaughtered pig. then returned for
another load OF the vegetables. BY
dawn he was provisioned for days. 1t
was showing hard: 1t seemed to him
that luck was OH his side: he hugged
the warmth of the stove and ate heavily
of the hot, tender pork. and felt
strength flow back into him. He tried
to plan. The snow was new SO deep
that it was almost impossible to travel
afoot. He decided to lie hidden here
till the times were more prOpitiOus.
At dawn he let the fire go out. Smoke
would bctray him. But he carried hay
into the kitchen till he had made a
great pile of 1t, and huddled into 1t
and slept fitfully through the day.
Fever returned upon him; he was not
always sure of his surroundings. lost
count of the hours. At night he man.
aged to relight the fire and warm HIM
self and cook again.
Some time afterward-he did not
know whether 1t was day or an hour
some one knocked on the kitchen
door. His gun. to which he had chung
throughout his long ordeal, leaned
against the wall IN d corner beside the
pile of hay that had served him as a
bed He crept toward 1t.
The knock sounded once more, and
he fired both barrels loaded with buck
shot, at the door. The door opened and
mans huge figure momentarily blotted
out the light Then Penny was swept
off his feet by rushing blow and he
surrendered.
IN the situation thus developed there
we're certain significant elements.
Pcnny's shot had been wild; the heavy
balls had for the most part spattered
in the plaster. But one, penetrating a
panel of the door, lodged in Dave Hep
pertons right shoulder, in the fleavy
deltoid muscle. He and Joe Better
washed the wound with hot water and
put a rude bandage on 1t. and Dave
made light Of it. Nevertheless, the
fact remained that he was wounded.
Penny, the recaptured fugitive. was
in worse case Before Heppertons rush
he had collapsed: the big man stumbled
and fell upon him. The gun few wide.
and Penny's head struck upon the floor.
When Hepperton got to his knees. he
saw that the murderer was insensible:
saw also that he was physically in bad
shape.
Hes got fever" Hepperton told JOG
Better. Il wouldn't be surprised Of 1t
was pneumonia. And no wonder too,
him being out In all this cold Can't
you manage to go down and get q
doctor for him. Joe?"
The two men had come up the hill |
Evening star., 1928-02-26
PENNY'S ATTACK.

along the ridges above the Georges
valley.
He had perceived. by the end OF the
first week. that he was sick and fever
ish; the old Shay place, deserted
farm on the ridge. offered him haven
He made his way into the house. and
found it empty OF furniture. and bare
rooms peopied only by the still and
deadly cold. But he must rest. He
dared not build fire by day. but there
vas some old and moldy hay In the
barn, and he huddled under II and lay
all that day talking 10 himself in low
and mumb.ing tones.
With the coming OF night, he reused
himself and built a fire In the old stove
in the kitchen, feeding 1t with bits CT
Evening star., 1928-02-26

on snowshoes. VIII Better dSising be-
hind. Joe sent this half-grown son Of
hts TO do the errand Hepperton sug-
gested, and. In the hour that inter-
vened before DR., Pride came plodding
| up the hill over the drifts. the two men
| did what they could to make Penny
comfortable. and they bandaged Dawes
| wound.
But their first care was for the OUT
law. rather than for Dave. Dr. Pride
knocked upon the door at last. and.
when they admitted him. they saw that
snow had begun TO fall once more-~a
| thin, biting snow. driven by a cold wind
And the temperature was dropping.
DR. Pride examined Penny. who was,
| by this time. obviously In delirium.
"He'S far gone In pneumonia" he told
Evening star., 1928-02-26
\isornianS aud Others.

fss NNess N CERTAIN cities IN gs,x>
aha have cegScSs names r. de-
Seflee Themselves Sometimes tA> naass
Mra'a mes u sAe heS,ss SsssssSs a. a
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a F&nlntsn and \ native ~ HAseSsar.s
y a fatNntts> The sS>,ss,e ~ Man.
chester, I,eFtsSA and ltsASsew are Sfe.
MTissN1 rsNSISStive,N ~ Mal,cssnsAsss.
lavegr0alsAns AND ClsSweSaaAN rhs
natives ~ rsNnsS,sth hesisate Netwesa
sssMeashlAns aud rsyneatAsalAaS
Evening star., 1928-02-26

you're right. But. -ou see. vas afraid
this Penny would die
They used TO point out the absurdtty
of thus sacrificing himself 70 save .
doomed man for his appointed end, but
it is so apt TO be the absurd deeds men
remember. Perhaps this Is because TO
Go bravely and without too much con-
s!dering is so often a form Of valcr.
fCopyriEht 1879
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Cathedral Plans.

Continued from Third Pase.l
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Arlington Estate.

Continued from Second Pase1
Evening star., 1928-02-26
BY T.. ]. BUCK.

" the Gulf of Clutch. between
KaraChi on the north and
Bombay on the south. lie the
KathiaWar States, or the States
Of Western India. and not The
Evening star., 1928-02-26

IhRcu0h the later years et his life.
men sometimes said 10 old Dave
thai he had eeen ty>sa ta do what he
was useless thing
Cost YOU two nusets es Nour stsht
hand" they would remind the old man
And Sau Amt gct whole tss,t IL
Your name, just Your burned stubborn
ness, that's all II waS"
nave MAS never impatient With them,
ne Mas not = man te Insist uIsan his
own opsnions, HE nSea ~ answer, IN
his mild nrm way, Well pTeehsy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-26
REINDEER STEAK SOON
ON AMERICAN MARKET
department of Interior Reports
Alaska Shipping Large Quantities
of Meats to United States.

Washington menus may soon again
extensively exhibit choice reindeer
steaks for the epicurean.
The Department OF the Interior an
nounced today that Alaska, the great
live storehouse of the reindeer. Is ex-
porting reindeer meat in growing guam
titles to the United States Cargoes OF
1000 reindeer carcaSSes are being
shipped regularly now to supply the
increasing demand and the Bureau OF
Education's vessel Boxer each season
brings to Seattle about 500 slaughtered
reindeer, the department said Com
mercial vessels also handle the business.
There is no danger OF Santa Claus
being deprived of his Christmastide
transportation, however, for about two
thirds of the half million OF the REIN
deer in Alaska are the property of the
native Eskimos The Interior Depart
ment has fostered this industry until
today 1t is one OF the greatest In
Alaska. A commercial firm with
capital OF $3000.000 has recently re-
organized TO care for the increasing
business In reindeer meat transporta~
lion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-26
RURAL coming DUE,
III CLUB TOLD
Miss James Says Future
Farmsteads Will Not Be
Faced by Gas Stations.

zoning of rural communities In the
future by local people was presaged by
Miss Harlean James. executive Secre-
tary of the American Civic AsSoc!a-
ton today in an address 10 the second
national All Club camp. at the meet
ing held in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Museum. The camp will end to-
night.
Miss James told the farm girl and
boy champions that the farmstead of
the future will not have 10 be laced
with gasoline filling station or a
vendors shack.
Land lying along the rural highways
will be zoned by local people for the
benefit of the local community, she de-
clared. adding that in the next so
years the Nation should set aside enough
of the wild areas OF the country to
enable people In the various localities to
get out into the woods for relaxation
Side Roads for Pleasure.
She declared that the future will
bring forth the through straight route
set apart for commercial trafhc and
the winding scenic country road for
pleasure travel
Miss James distributed to the Girls
and boys pamphlets describing Wash
ington and told them that this city
belongs to all the people of the United
States
The members Of the All clubs con-
tinued their sightseeing tours today
Dr. Siosson Talks.
Last night at the clubs banquet at
the City Club, DR.. Edwin r, Slosson.
director Of Science Service, predicted
agriculture Is beginning upon boom
that will give Il parity with other
great industries and declared that this
has been made possible through science,
DIR SlosSon exhibited some new prod
ucts made from farm waste, especially
some samples of paper made from
sorn stalks, building material made from
the refuse of sugar cane and samples
Of artificial rubber which he declared
compares fayorably with natural rubber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-26
VIRGINIA RETAILERS
y, OPEN CONVENTION
Speaking, Sightseeing and Dance
Program Features of Meeting
in Alexandria.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 26.-The
thirty-third annual convention of the
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
opened here this morning with Isl
delegates present. j. G. w. Timber
man, member of this city council, de-
livered the welcome on behalf of the
Retail Merchants Club of Alexandria,
host organization. and the welcome on
behalf of the city was delivered by
City Manager Paul Morton. Responses
we're made by Charles Guggenheimer,
ir., of Lynchburg State president.
President Guggenheimer will make his
annual address this afternoon, which
will be followed by reports Of the Gtate
secretary, w. A. Clarke, jr., and State
Treasurer E. w. Broidy Both of these
officials are from Richmond
w. r. Wade, jr., of Clifton Forge
was scheduled for speech on De
velopment of the Local Association" and
c. Leslie Hall of Norfolk was to speak
on How Norfolk Handles Traffic"
The afternoon program included
sightseeing trips to Arlington. Mount
Vernon and Washington. A dance was
arranged for the evening at the Belle
Haven Club.