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CHAPTER -FOUR

CHAPTER -FOUR
Feminine tears were no novelty
"a Bill. His married sister, Eunice,
was what old Mrs. Martin compla'
gently referred to as a champion
erier." but she never cried like
that.
"You--you weren't sick or any
thing" he ventured nervously.
''can't 1 call somebody-or some
Ahing?"
"oh. no-no-I'n be all right
IN a minute"
The sympathy in the boys voice.
hts concern for her, completely
overwhelmed Joan, who had never
In her II years, received any.
with a little grateful sigh that
was half a sob, she snuggied
closer in his protecting arms.
And so big Bill Martin. who had
never cared much for girls, ana
little Joan Hastings. who had
never known any boys, found
their first shy love in each others
arms.
water the rose garden Aunt
Evvie rad said. "A task to fill
loans idle afternoon, and its con-
neauences filled her whole life.
Bill hadn't the time for girls.
He had been struck with Joan's
beauty when he first saw her
framed in the red yelveteen cur
tains that first afternoon. She
haunted him, as a bar OF music,
or a line from a poem can haunt
one. and all the next day az he
went about his greasy chores in
Gerwin's GARAGE he thought of her,
elender and gold and remote in the
wfndon. Bot at1e lived in "the
Van Fleet mansion. and she was
OrIy 4 kid. He would never had
thought Of her as q possibls sweet
heart. Big Bill Martin was almost
20. and had worked on the docks.
Nor would Joan have made the
first advances. They might never
have known each other had he not
come upon her that April after
noon crying in the old stable.
Were they really strangers?
Joan looked up at him through
wet, thick lashes. Her seagreen
eyes were deep pools of wandering
tenderness.
He hadn't meant to kiss her, not
even when she talked about the
fairy tale. but she was so near. her
sweet mouth was so soft and red.
Their lips met. then Joan drew
back in sudden fright. "Oh--why
did you?" she whispered.
We'll, I guess better get busy
on the car" he said with forced
cheerfulness. That's what was
sent around here to do-be losing
my job il don't look out" And
then. lower, anxiously, "Ycu--you
aren't angry-are your"
She shook her head. "No-~not
angry -
He squeezed her slender hand in
his brown paw. Then it's all
right. Say, can / use the hose on
the carp
ITO wash it with? Oh, yes.
And I'll take it when you're nm.
ished."
They went out together. and
Bill screwed it TO the Ieaky TAU
Get near the south ledge.
SRI hold it for you"
''Oh, no"
But / want to-"
In the end he let her. and
then he dragged it hack to rhe
rose garden for her, and re.
turned TO the car 10 finish
his work.
From her place in the garden.
Joan could watch him. She
saw him in a golden mist. Al.
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inst with the telling, and yet the
ysrv look Of his own mother was
stamped upon his thin face. She
yondered f she should tell him
that she had seen his own mother
onIv Yesterday afternoon. that she
was doing some work for her"
He started to speak again.
"Whcn / married your mother
brought her home to my fathers
house. / was only hoy then. i'm
nulsive and spoiled. / wanted 10
surprise my parents and l took
Julie there
'They told us to go NV father
cursed us. He said he never
wanted to see me again until
was In my coffin. He won't"
CHAPTER 81
DIR. Peabody said that Monty
Deane was going to die. ......
Two days after Nancy had hur-
ried to her fathers bedside. read.
ing and rereading the crumpled
yellow paper with the words-come
home. your father, Montgomery
Deane. Is herc-the tall old doctor
came down from their room where
Monty lay to say that the crisis
would soon come.
He was very weak, the doctor
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The Yearly Winding Clock

acquired what believed TO DC
to with winding IL wa
by Tangon the father Of English watch MAKING
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Mouse Farm

Animals oathed by thousands are carefully reared h o
It farm in Essex England Fifty thousand mice y the stock
y farm ther. Il i appropriately named 'The Mousery"
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Continued Tomorrow
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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D c, 30

faced with gravel or better, and Is trav-
elable at 40 miles an hour. Practically
the entire distance has been constructed
with Federal-aid funds. The sparse set
tlement of this State makes Federal aid
essential for the rapid development of
The transcontinental roads.
Lake Tahoe Accessible.
Arriving at the olle-time famous min
ing camp of Reno, the traveller finds
accessible from this beautiful city Lake
Tahoe, % miles to the southwest. Mount
LaSsen, the only active volcano In the
United States, is situated $50 miles to
the northwest. The State boundary Is
IL miles west Of Reno.
California--Leaving Reno, the road
follows the Truckee River, and at the
State boundary begins the ascent OF a
long grade into the heart of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. Twenty-Five miles
west of the State line the town OF
Truckee Is passed, and 212 miles farther
along may be seen the Donner Pass
Pioneer Monument, commemorating one
of the most terrible tragedies in the
history of early trancontinental travel.
1t was here that the Donner party in
l846 was caught in a heavy snoWstorm
while attempting TO cross the Sierra
Nevada Range. OF total Of 81 men,
women and children only 48 survived
the rigors of starvation and cold. Seven
miles beyond the Donner monument
the summit of the High Sierra is passed
through the Donner Pass at an eleva-
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ton of 1926 feet above sea level. This
pass and, in fact, all Of the route west
of Truckee, elevation $500 feet, on the
east side of the summit through Emil
grant Gap, 20 miles west Of the sum-
nit, elevation $500 feet, to Blue Can
yon, elevation 4,700 feet, is likely to be
blocked by snow at any time after Oc-
tober IS and to remain closed until the
following April or May.
After passing over the Z miles OF for
est highway, built with Federal funds,
oyer the Sierra Nevada Range, the route
gradually leaves the timbered areas and
reaches Auburn Sacramento. SO miles
farther, on the site of Suffers mill, on
the American River. where Marshall
first found rich deposits of gold in 1848,
is now beautiful city, with shaded
streets and attractive gardens. From
here 1t Is only SO miles to Oakland, on
San Francisco Bay, and then 5 " miles
across the bay by ferry to San Fran
cisco.
142 Miles Paved in California.
OF the 233-mile length of route 40 in
California 142 miles are paved, 16 are
surfaced with bituminous macadam and
rs miles are graded and drained. Sev-
enty-eight miles in this State have been
built or are being improved with Fed
eral aid and forest road funds totaling
81 ,401, ,274
Arriving In San Francisco. some 80
d,.ys after leaving Atlantic City. at the
Eastern terminus of route 40, one Of the
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ROUTE 40 HIGHWAY
STRAlGHTEST u. S. ROAD
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Continued from Eighth Page)
side trips to Estes Park. the entrance
to Rocky Mountain National Park, and
the grave of William F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bir0. situated on Lookout Mountain,
Ia miles west Of the city.
The traveller finds it difficult to believe
that this bustling American city was a
rude mining camp only 20 years ago,
But when fortune hunters Swarmed
westward to seek the gold that had been
discovered on stream tributary TO the
South Platte the trail to the new Edo
RADIO developed into a we'll worn road.
over which on what was said to be one
OF the proudeSt days in the history OF
Denver, June 7, 1889. there arrived the
first two horse drawn Concord coaches
Of the Leavenworth & Pixies Peak Ex-
press.
In 1861. wishing to gain a westward
connection from Denver TO Salt Lake
City. a civil engineer named f. l..
Berthoud was employed by w. II. Rus
sell and Pen Holladay. the overland
transportation magnates, TO examine the
country in search of such route. The
survey proved that a road could be
constructed which would shorten the
distance froln the Missouri to the Pa
cifc by $50 miles It has been only
within the last few years, however, that
the State and Federal governments have
been active in constructing this road
largely as Federal-aid and forest road
projects.
Proceeding by circuitous mountain
construction, the road is built across the
Continental Divide through the Ber-
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Nevada-The Nevada State line ts
passed GA mile west of Wendover, Utah,
and from here the ascent Is rather rapid
through Silver Zone Pass, elevation
$500 feet, to the summit of the Pequop
Range. elevation 1000 feet above sea
level. West of Wells the road passes
around the Ruby Mountains, follows the
vale of the Humboldt River through a
sparsely-settled cattle raising country
and skirts the Carson Sink, another one
of the salty remnants OF ancient Lake
bonneville. This Is the desert route
mentioned by Bancroft. the prolific his
torian of California. Along this trail
party under Elisha Stevens. sometimes
called the Murphy company. passed
through Nevada In 1914 on their way
from Missouri to California.
Then. following the Mexican War,
Mormon and other traders posted them
selves on this line of overland travel to
the California gold mines and sold grain
and vegetables to the starving west
Ward-bound pilgrims. = Through this
trade, mutually beneficial to both trav-
eler and trader, towns sprang up In the
valley of the Humboldt River.
But 1t was the Comstock lode Of silver
that was primarily responsible for the
development of Nevada. The yield of
this vast deposit aided the Nation
greatly In the resumption OF specie pay
ments at the close of the Civil War.
The entire 424-mile length of United
States route 40 across Nevada is sur
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ut an elevation of 7,100 feet From here
The road descends rapidly to an altitude
of 4,200 feet at Salt Lake City.
This city. situated at the foot of the
beautiful Wasatch Range, was founded
by the Mormons In l847, under the
leadership of Brigham Young. The
principal points of interest are the Tenn
pie and the Tabernacle. both situated
in Temple Block, the local civic center.
The sacred rituals and ceremonies OF
the Mormon Church are carried on In
the Temple, and only members OF the
church are permitted to enter. But the
Tabernacle is open to visitors, end free
organ recitals are given daily at noon
from the middle of April until August
/. The organ, built under the super
vision OF Brigham Young contains 5,50O
pipes.
The Great Salt Lake. said to be an
evaporated remnant of prehistoric Lake
Bonneville lies to the northwest OF Salt
Lake City, the southern extension being
known as the Great Salt Desert, In
which. under the blazing sun. so many
of the early pioneers pcriShed. This
great obstacle to transcontinental travel
has recently been overcome by Fed
eral-aid road which may be traversed
easily at 40-mile speed by automobile.
This Is known as the Wendover Cutoff.
OF the 371-mile length of the route
across Utah al miles Is paved lot miles
consists of gravel surfacing and 1873
miles Is unimDroVed
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MARYLAND DETOURS

IL. Hartford County. Philadelphia road
TO perryman. i.3 miles east OF Ola
perrvman road turn right (0.0l into
Short Lane to Short Lane Railroad
Station (0.2l, follow Short Lane to
crossroads, turn right t0Sl, turn
right ta.S). turn right t2,6l. turn
right at bridge (3.4l. turn right at
crossroads t3,9l, proceed TO Perry
man Station t4.0n. Length OF de-
tour. Al miles. Condition fair.
,. Worcester County. Bishop 10
Bishopville At Bishop ON the Du-
pont Highway 600, proceed north
10 road into Selbyville, turn right
t22l, turn right at 800, turn lett
nj (33). turn right tS8) To Bishop
vile t52). Length of detour 3D.
miles. Condition, As miles improv-
ed road and or miles good county
road
Outfit No. ! has completed oiling
he Centerville to Church Hill road and
IS at present treating the road between
Stillpond and Betterton. After COM
sIeting this 1t will proceed to oil the
Dad from Chesapeake City toward
Mount Pleasant and from Elkton TO
City,
OUTFIT, No. > has completed oiling the
Folly Quarter road south of the Fred
rick road. and Is at present treating
he Columbia pike between Ellicott
City and Elioak. After completing this
t will proceed to Westminster, where
t will treat the -Fenoy
Dad and the roads through Springfield
Hospital grounds.
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thoud Pass. 60 miles west of Denver. at
an elevation of 1873 feet Again 1t
crosses the Rocky Maintains at Muddy
Pass, % miles north of the Berthoud,
at an elevation of 8.7T2 feet, and for
the third time via the Rabbit Ears Pass,
Z miles northwest of the Muddy Pass,
at an altitude of 9.808 feet above sea
level Thus the Continental Divide Is
crossed three times within 1863 miles OF
Denver
or the 5l2-mile length OF United
States route 40 across Colorado there
are 30 miles of concrete pavement, 80
miles of gravel surfacing. 287 miles OF
graded and drained earth road and 167
miles of unimproved road.
Desert Terrors Abolished.
utah~-After crossing the Utah State
line 20 miles east of Je' sen, the traveller
soon arrives at Vernal, II miles farther
on Twenty-Five miles to the southeast
is the Dinosaur National Monument,
where there are extraordinary fossil re-
mains of the dinosaur and other Rigan-
tic reptiles of The early geologic ages.
West of Fruitland. 90 miles west of
Vernal approximately % miles of the
route is at an elevation OF 1000 feet.
Included in this section there arc %
miles at an altitude greater than $500
feet above sea level, with an 8000-foot
summit at Berthar's Ranch, at the en-
trance to Daniels Canyon. The next
summit worthy of note is at Parleys
Canyon, Is miles east of Salt Lake City,
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first sights is Portsmouth Square, In the
center Of the city. 1t was here on july
8. 1s46. that Capt. Montgomery OF the
United States sloop of war Portsmouth
raised the American flag on the plaza
Of the city. then called "Yerba Buena,
and announced that the United States
had taken possession of northern Call
fornia. The trip across the country
has been made at an average rate Of
100 miles day. This includes week
end stops and side trips for sight
seeing.
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The wiring Of car or truck wears
out" although the wear cannot be seen
If the insulation is not perfect. expen-
sive results usually follow, such as In
creased gas and oil consumption, uneven
engine operation, loss Of power and de-
creased efficiency from the automobile
as a unit of transportation.
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Wider doors, for easy entry and
exit.
Worm and tooth disc design
steering mechanism.
Electro-lock type of theft pro-
lection.
Fine grade patterned mohair
upholstery.
Wider, higher, form fitting
seats.
New instrument board, finished
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Detroit, for instance, where automobile
values are understood better than any
where i'm the world, Essex sales have
been greater than the next three ''Sixes"
combined.
Such success can only reflect an accu-
rate and unmistakable public apprecia-
ton that Essex is the Worlds Greatest
alue-Altogether or Part by PART
Please Compare.
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In polished ebony grouping
motometer, ammeter, speedom-
eter, gasoline and oil gauges.
Steering wheel of black hard
rubber with steel core, and fin
ger scalloped: a detail of costly
car appointment.
Light, horn, spark and throttle
controls on steering wheel.
Rubber-matted running board.
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To PHILADELPHIA,

10. Hartford County. Fallston to Rut-
ledge road. Turn right at Scarf
900, turn left (l0l, turn left
(31). regain main road at Upper
Crossroads f50l. Length Of detour,
5 miles. Condition fair.
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Twain's saga of the steamboats,. "Sam
was q fine lad, but guess bis head
was full of jokes. There were other
things than business going on In IT.
things, expect, to put in his books.
In fact, he was writing burlesque for
the Picayune when we were boys.
"Bixby told me a yarn about him
that Sam wrote up later on. You
know. in New Orleans the water Is so
swift In the channel that when you
move upstream you keep as near as
possible to the docks on the city side
to keep out Of the current. When you
go downstream you stay on. the AL
giers side to get the advantage Of the
rivers movement.
"Sam had the wheel as the Paul
Jones started upriver. and Bixby told
him to keep her close to the docks,
but Sam had her yawing out into the
stream. He was afraid he'd bump the
boats at the wharves. Finally Bixby
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took the wheel and purposeIy steered
her so as just to shave the boats by a
foot That frightened Sam, who was
only kid. But his sense of humor
was pretty well grown. Mr.. Bixby.'
he finally said, I want to be a down
river pilot.,''
Another OF the older authorities,
Capt. Louis Migaud, dapper little
pilot In a Norfolk suit and brown
derby, but a mere septugenarian be-
side Captain AIcElroys eighty-fve
years, is also mildly ptical of
Twain's future on the rive had he
stayed. W
81 think ne loved the river, but
don't Know whether he really loved
plotting. If he had, he would have
gone back to It after the war. real
pilot doesn't want to do anything else,
and he doesn't have much Of anything
else on his mind If he's good one.
Twain was a great Joker, but that
took. up some of his time"
A generation and more ago Captain
McElroy was one Of the best.known
pilots on the Mississippi, and owner
of three great craft in the last quar-
ter of the steamboat age: the South
ern Belle, the Ouachita Belle. and the
st. John No. 2. Also. he is one of the
few pilots who ever took boat out Of
New Orleans to Bismarck, N. D.
Another age has dawned on the
river, less picturesque, with fewer
amenities and more system. From
the bridge of the Faith the old gentle
man who "cubbed" with Twain will
keep an understanding eye on its
progress.
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Knew Twain as Cub

New Orleans There seems to be a
little doubt in the minds Of elder ex-
perts on the river whether Sam Glenn
ems would ever have become the Mis-
sissippi's greatest pilot If he had
stayed in the business instead Of wan
dering off into literature.
Clemens is still "Horace Bixby's
cub" in river lore, as he was in the
early chapters of bis own ''Life~on the
Mississippi" and for the benefit Of
such as may not identify ''Bixby's
cub" the pilots 60 on to say that he
left the river after he got his papers
and later In life became writer and
changed his name to Mark Twain
Bixby is still pronounced Bigsby. as
1t was by Brown. the luckless pilot of
the Pennsylvania. whose powers Of
memory were so acute and various
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Skating Pattern IN Dream

That one of his most successful
ice patterns came to him in a dream,
was recently revealed by Sidney Charl-
ton, who claims the worlds trick skat-
ing championship. While in Switzer-
land he dreamed that he was skating
before large crowd who seemed to.
applaud all out of proportion to his
act. When he looked on the ice he
found that he had drawn with his
skates a perfect pattern Of sun
flower. The surprise awakened him
and he jumped out of bed to jot down
the turns, which he found next day
to be practicable.
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called she thought some one was try
ing to cheat her or that she was like
~ to lose her money. A reinvestment
in securities above par was incompre-
hensible to her. She was saved only
by the fact that the executor of her
husbands estate was honest and pa
tient and firm. 1t is because so many
women have husbands or fathers who
keep them ignorant of financial mat
ters that SO many women go into
bankruptcy when they are forced to
manage their own affairs.
ca. 1928. Western Newspaper Union,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-25

San Francisco.-Unable to account
for many blank years and long thought
dead by relatives, Nathaniel william
Emery. thirty-eight, Bloomington, Ind.
shell-shock victim of the World war
and former lieutenant In the United
States Marine corps. has been found.
i'll and destitute, here.
Robert @. Stillwell, secretary Of the
United Veterans service commission.
No. 312 Jessie street, has received In
formation that clears up the mystery
and steps have been taken to place
Emery in a government hospital for
treatment.
Emery wandered Into the commits
sion's Office looking for job. He said
he wanted work of any kind as he was
homeless. pennlless and had been
sleeping in Golden Gate park. BE
knew he had been In the Marine
corps; that he enlisted In 1915 and
was discharged In 1919; he recalled
something about service on the battle
ship Texas, and with the One Hun
bred and Thirtieth company, Eleventh
U. s. M. @. Beyond that he knew
nothing about himself.
Emery was given temporary relief
and Stillwell wrote to James q. Wat
son, United States senator from In
diana. The reply unraveled the tan
gled skein.
Emery, 1t was divulged, had escaped
from Madison lInd.) hospital in 1923,
to which he had been sent from Bloom
ington in 1921. Since his escape moth.
Ing had been heard from him. His
wife, struggling to support their nine
year-old son and herself. had given
him up for dead. divorced him and
remarked.
Emery had hae hazy recollection
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fortunate situation if 1t is true, and If
1t is | cannot believe that 1t is at
tributabIe to the fact that women are
more extravagant than men, that they
are less shrewd or that they take risks
more reeklessly. believe 1t can be
explained for the most part from the
fact that few women, married or sin
gle, are trained in financial matters.
are given much chance to handle
money or to invest it, and when in
middle life or later this responsibility
is forced upon them 1t finds them ig-
norant Of how best to assume that re.
sponsibility. Instead of going to some
one who could set them right, they
are ashamed to acknowledge their In
experience and so take the advice of
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those INSCRIPTIONS acquaintance who
give it for their own profit without
being asked.
Fathers should train their daughters
IN the management and investment Of
money. Husbands should let their
wives know something of business
matters. They catch on very quickly
discover. and will shortly, If they get
good start, be able to give you adj
vice that it would be quite wise to
listen to.
A friend Of mine. seventy years old
or so, died few years ago and left
his wife comfortable fortune in well
invested bonds. She was as Ignorant
as child, however. He had never
told her anything. When a bond was
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Hero Made Happy

Recently Dr.. v. B. Murray, eye spe
cialist attached to the United States
health department, became interested
in Kline's affection and decided to op
crate.
For three weeks Kline lay in cur
tain-drawn room. hoping and praying.
The bandages were removed and.
thanks to the prayers or to efiicacious
surgery or both, Kline found he could
see. Tndistinctly at first, but his eyes
gradually are growing stronger.
That's why the old veteran is happy
now.
"When these big boys salute me
again you just bet I'll see EN-" he
said.