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Evening star., 1937-12-19

to him just as it was by merchant in May
town; the interstices between jar of apple
butter, two pounds of spare ribs and pan of
scrappe were filled with peck of prize apples.
Helen opened the kitchen door, her eyes
shining. ''Oh, Charles, I'm so glad to see you!
When you're late, I'm always afraid some
thing happened"
Charles set down his basket and bag and
took Helen in his arms. He was startled once
more by her slenderness, though she had al
ways been slender. If they could only have
woman to do the heaviest work! They could,
now that he could pay Miss Banows. At the
thought of Miss Barows he felt little sad -
when he had paid her his pocket would be
about empty.
when I'm late it means that I've sold
more goods, darling :. What did you
say?"
Il said, did you get my letter."
II got one, the second day after left"
II wrote on Wednesday to say that Miss
Barrows died, Charles"
Charles started. A look of real pain came
into his eyes, then quietly he asked, "When?"
''Sl,e died Tuesday and the funeral was yes
terday didn't wire because / knew you
couldn't come and thought it would make
you sad did everything that could be done.
The Trust Company is her executor and l
went to Mr. Hudson and asked whether l
might put the house in order. He told me
should find woman to do the actual work
and only superintend it, but did everything
myself. wanted to- He talked as though there
was plenty of money. Do you suppose Miss
Barrows was rich?"
II don't know - not very rich, guess"
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There are no relatives. have feeling,
Charles, that she loved you better than any
body in the world
in his pocket as though the check were sheet
of iron instead of paper. His heart kaped.
'She did love me, " he thought. she loved me
and she soolded me and she helped me from
the time was little kid in her school. She
meant me to keep the money. She didn't need
it and she certainly doesn't need it now. She
would never have taken penny of it back"
His thoughts had sort of passion as if he
were arguing with another person.
He sat down to his dinner in the little din
ing room and Helen sat opposite. Helen be-
lieved that Miss Barrows' death greved him
deeply. His fathers disgrace made him shy of
seeking new friends, even of continuing the
friendships of his boyhood.
''She wasn't sick at all. She died sitting in
her chair before her little stove. It's the way
she would have wanted to die"
''Who found herr"
Fl went there to take her some soup and a
tart and found her,
"You did. dariing!"
Eyes, did. had the children with me and
told them she was asleep and got them away
quickly. I'm glad you weren't here. You can
remember her now as she was. The minister
spoke beautifully about her -. What did
you bring in your basket, Charles?"
Charles was happy to stop thinking of Miss
Barows. His heart was going thump. thump.
so violent were his reflections. She wouldn't
want it back, said his thoughts. She'd never
take it back 80.
Confisusd On pogs 10)
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There's your pay, Charlie" Phelps said.
The trucks about empty" said Charles.
1.-The dogs and cats and rabbits are cleared
out and I've promised delivery of three hum
dred rabbits early this week.
''Finer' said Phelps. They're all ready and
many more. The paintn be dry by the time
you start on Monday morning."
On his way home, Charles made short de-
tour to avoid passing the Carthage Trust
Company. 1t was in the Office of the president,
Rowe Hudson, that he had been told the day
after his fathers funeral that he had nothing.
Hudson and all the officials had been as
considerate as possible, but the overwhelming
moment when one learns that ones father has
been dishonest is not to be recalled when it
he remembered Hudson with his odd little
face twisted in concern, and the massive fnni
t,ne in the Office and the heavy air charac-
teristic of all banks, and the long, broad aisle
he had to traverse. with the cashier and the
teller and the clerks peering at him through
brass grilles, not as though they were prison.
ers as though he was.
He put on speed in the last block. Dinner
would be long since over and the two children,
Nellie, who was six, and little Charles, who
was four, would be taking their maps, but
Helen would have good meal for him. She
was thirty and pretty and capable. Thank
God she was well once more!
He drove in the alley, left his truck in the
garage at the end of the lot and hurried up the
boardwalk. bag in one hand, a heavy basket
in the other. There were forty little frame
houses in the block, built one against another,
their boardwalks running parallel like the
teeth of a comb.
All along his selling route people knew
about Helen and the children. 1t was aston
ishing how kind people were. He talked to his
patrons with far more freedom than he felt
with anyone in Carthage except Miss Bar
rows. He seldom returned without at least one
substantial gift. The basket had been given
Evening star., 1937-12-19

-IRED from a weeks steady travel, and
nervous from the peril involved in
crossing the icy mountains east of
Pittsburgh. Charles Keene drove his
small covered truck into Carthage at half
past one on Friday afternoon. A lean, alert
little chap with sandy hair and gray eyes, he
was the agent of Phelps Novelty Company,
which manufactured iron toys and ornaments
- automobiles, trains, cats and dogs and
rabbits to serve as doorstops, and scores of
other articles.
The December day was dull and the busi-
ness section of the town hooked dingy. The
windows were decorated for Christmas, and
ropes of laurel, spangkd with electric light
bulbs, festooned the streets, but the edges
of the laurel were already brown and the
globes, which should have been ruby and
emerald and glowing topaz, were dull ghosts
of those bright shades.
Charles was not depressed by the scene.
He was coming home to his wife and children
after a weeks absence and he expected to
pay debt today which he had owed for more
than a year. He had fifty dollars in his
pocket, honestly saved out of his legitimate
expense account OF this he would give Helen
twenty-five. With the hundred and fifty dol
lars which Dixon Phelps would pay him, he
would settle his debt.
Dixon Phelps was the Phelps Novelty Com
pany He had talent for invention. but none
for disposing of his inventions. Charles be-
ieved that if capital could be found to the
amount of even five thousand dollars the busi-
ness might be started on the way to large
profits.
Phelps had no capital. he had only his little
foundry. There was, however, capital in sight.
A customer in Pittsburgh was interested. In
fact he had visited Phelps the day before,
pressing him for decision.
He had great ideas, Chariie," Phelps re-
counted on the others arrival ''You couldn't
raise any money. could you? guess he S right
- this is the time to expand, if ever"
Charles shook his head my house and a
little insurance and small bank deposit are
all l have. You see my position"
Phelps nodded Il told him wouldn't do
anything now. He looked away from Charles
as he spoke. Charles ought to have little
money to invest in good business. But his
father. lawyer, had left his affairs in the most
lamentable disorder. His creditors and three
old ladies' whose money be had pretended to
-invest" were paid, but there was not penny
left for Charles. ''It's shame" thought
Phelps.
Il have only one debt - that much can
say" said Charles. 1--WE have an old neighbor,
Miss Barows. retired schoolteacher. When
Helen was in the hospital 50 long. Miss Bar
rows not only gave her hundred dollars
but she lent me hundred and fifty. She told
me to leave it until the hospital bills were paid
SO She had quite wait.
Phelps said nothing. He sat at the rough
desk in his Office drawing delicate designs for
brackets and lamps. He smiled at Charles in
his friendly way. Charles was not only his
employee Il he was his friend and confidant.
He took from his pocket check for hundred
and fifty dollars.
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HALF ACRE 81
IA. in EDEN sax -:
BY ROBERT DICKSON

alone for a short while, she put her
head In her arms and wept.
Il was perhaps the greatest
emotional moment she would ever
know.
She who had lived to woman
hood bringing bitterness Of her
own brewing, found this gift OF
actual triumph a purely sweet
draught. She who had dreamed
Of success, imagining she could be
naughty, disdainful, at It's realiza-
ton. suddenly found the world
gracious.
She who had hated her lack Of
money and persistently charted o
gulf between herself and the more
fortunate, she who had hated the
girls who enjoyed the material
things she was denied, had found
the congratulations Of both cast and
audience -- her friends and neigh
borsl - too real to admit Of envy;
they were simply glad for herl
And the warmth Of 1t over
whelmed her so that her veneer
Of hardness was taken away as,
soon, she would wipe off the
makeup which had fitted her on
the stage q while ago.
She was not long enough alone
to have regained her composure
when the entire feminine member.
ship of the cast, at the shows con-
clusion, crowded into the dressing
room to renew their congratula-
tons, and, when finally she was
dressed and ready to 60 l,cme, she
found watt. Icr her In The audi
forum, m 3 an excited circle
about Mr.. Mrs. Osborn, such q
group Of t." speople that she could
not reg ~ i:sr tears.
Do1o y at last went home with
her parents triumphant, lifted
to the stars, and yet strangely hum
bled, strangely different from the
Dorothy Osborn who had come
here this evening, In cheap car and
cheap clothes, and feeling their
cheapness.
ITO BE Continued
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MARCIA CANFIELD, daughter
~ wealthy PHILIP CANFIELD,
NESTS BRUCE Med UQALL.. art
1T. shortly after the mysterious
Gls@ppeagance Of FRANK KEN.
DRECK. 20 when Marcia had been
engaged. When shortages ere
fommd I'm Kendrick's business nc.
counts, Marcia b more shocked
than hearsbroken. She realizes
she was never In love with him.
hEcDOugall q attentive until
DOROTHY OSBORN, who dis.
likes Marcia, leads linn 70 believe
Marcia q engaged 70 another
man.
There % . bank holdup ana pO-
lice commander the Garfield
car 70 fellow che bandits. The
ear n wrecked and both Marcia
and her father are injured.
AacDougAIl, driving with dor.
@thy, GENES upon the scene ana
takes Marcia ana her father 70 .
hospital Their injuries are not
serious.
ALTHOUGH AGarCia's arm q In .
sling, a. n decided that she will
take raTt In che amateur play TO
Be presented soon.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
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copyright. 1887. NEA Service. lnc.)
NEXT: Who was the greatest
cavalry commander Of the Civil
War"
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CHAPTER XXI

II only someone else had been
handy on the night Of the wreck
to pick up Marcia Canfleldl Then
he would not have held her In his
arms, would not now be Knocked
by his once level-headed decision
to put the dream Of her asidel
He stared out the window. Nc
Dougall couldn't get over It'll Un.
fettered, free lance McDougall
without o worry In the world, had
come to Bobbs Neck and found
himself tied for life TO the thought
Of Q girl he couldn't havel
The dress rehearsal Of HALF
Acre In Eden" defied all ANA
teur play traditions and went off
splendidly. No one forgot his
lines, there were no accidents due
to faulty scenery, the lighting was
effective, the costuming expertly
done, and even the non-profes-
sional stage hands, who could
hardly expect to get any glory out
Of the most successful presentation,
did their Job with professional
dispatch.
Tired though they were by the
last weeks intensive rehearsals,
the members OF the cast felt that
they and their properties were in
the best possible condition for the
big night, and even MRS. Henderson,
worried by responsibility, looked
forward to the fruit Of their labors
with q reluctant confidence
And finally everyone concerned
in the production went hon.2, IN
various conditions Of nervousness
and anticipation, to await the one
brief night toward which the efforts
OF many weeks had been expended.
Bruce McDougall attended the per-
Torrance OF "Half-Acre in Eden"
as the guest Of Mike and Joan
Bradford. Tickets to each show
presented were included in the
membership privileges Of the Stage
craft Guild, and the Bradford FAM
lily membership entitled them to
two tickets. Mike, with what he
hoped was a good pretense of unsel-
fishness, suggested to Joan that
she use their tickets for McDougall
and herself. She retorted that she
wouldn't dream Of depriving him
Of the pleasure Of seeing the play.
and cheerfully took dollar Of his
money to buy a third ticket Tor
their guest.
McDougall, left to his own de-
vices, probably would not have at
tended, but, having arrived and
resigned himself to his fate, he
had to admit that q workmanlike
Job was on view AS an artist,
he found committees products, and
yet, having expected to be bored
by an amateur production, he found
himself almost as interested in the
play as II he had been in Broad
way theater.
Surprised, he wondered II this
group of suburbanites always gave
SO excellent a performance. The
answer, had he put the question
to q veteran Stagecraft Guild
playgoer, would have been q mega
tive.
Backstage, as the show got I'M
der way, temperatures had risen
because Of the presence in the
audience Of Lloyd Burtis, one Of the
most successful New York producers.
His entrance into the auditorium
had been discovered at once and
reported to the cast as the curtain
was about TO rise and significance
of unknown proportions was added
nv the fact that he attended In
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"A CURLY.HAIRED, Wan-faceu
= boy was growing UP In south-
ern Hungary, about 100 yirrs ago,
misunderstood by his parents and
Stunned by other boys because he
was a dreamer. Alexander Pc.
trovics was his name, but due to
his love Of Hungary, he renowned
his Croatian family name for the
Magyar name Of Petoh.
His father disowned the youth,
and Petof wandered about the
country. eking out a scant exist.
cnce as q strolling troubadour.
His lyrics began to be appreciated
and Ain 1914, when he was on the
verge Of starvation, literary So
ciety published his poems.
He was 81 then, and soon the
public began to hear of him. They
sang his patriotic songs and re.
cited his other poems In public.
Then came revolution and Petof
took part. And in that spirit he
died, in l84o. from wounds he
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THE mammal class includes s animals that bring forth ier
young alive. and nouh tsm with mill from their bodies
Practically every mammal has less hniE the body Even
ne whale lives 70 this requirement although The linz
lied 70 Q few scattered hFlDileS.
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had received at
the battle Of Sc
gesvar. He was
only 26.
In 1923, the
Tooth anniversary
of Petof's birth,
Hungary issued a
series Of stamps in
his honor. One is
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Myrna Is Destroyed
 By Engine Backfire

The destruction by fire Sunday afternoon of the Myrna, 40-foOt seine boat owned by Loren Johnson and Hugh Harris, the latter having one-third interest, was the third fishing craft to be lost by fire at Wrangell within two weeks.
 Johnson, who was on the boat alone, had just finished taking on gas at the Union Oil station, prepar- atory to leaying with Hugh and Richard Harris for fall fishing.
 The engine backfired while John son was getting it started and the spark, setting the bilge on fire, the boat was instantly in flames. Find ing all efforts futile to subduing Ibe flames with a fire eXtinguisn r, Johnson turned his attention to. the seine which he succeeded in getting off. Except for the tailshaft propel- Tor and perhaps the winch, which may be salvaged, the boat was a to- tai loss. All three young men lost all personal possessions except the clothes they were wearing and the cost of the fire is placed at soole- thing over $2000.
 With the arrival of the fire de- partment an attempt was made to spring the burning boat by ramming with another boat. This was not suc- cessful and neither were efforts to chop a hole with an ax in the hull below water line.
 The fireInen were prevented from getting very close to the boat by boxes of cartridges exploding in all directions from the foc'sle.
 The Myrna was finally lowed out in the bay where it burned to water line to the after bulkhead.
 The cause of the fire is held due to the fact that for some time the solder had been broken loose around the filling pipe of. one of the gas tanks so that when the tank was filled the gas overfiowed the pipe and ran into the bilge. The engine and tanks were in the fo'c'sle. The full tanks prevented the gasoline cX- ploding and the hull lasted long enough to hold the tanks, the gas burning out without spreading over the water.
 The loss of his boat climaxes a series of misfortunes for young John son. In the past year he has exper- fenced a broken arm, broken toe, i and, the boys claim, broken heart All breaks had nicely healed however and were easy to bear in compari- son to the loss of the Myrna.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
WrangelI District Pack Shows Gain Over 1886

With the closing of canning op- erauons Friday, September 24tn. by the ARB Packing Company, the ouiy cannery in the Wrangell-Petersoug district to pack after the closing oI the summer commercial season Au- gust 27th, final total pack figures of the district for the 1887 season stand at 4O9,7US cases according to figures released by the local bureau ot fisheries office.
 The final total pack for 1886 on September l9, the closing date of all canning operations in the dis UIct, was 474,626 cases, a gain Of IO,Ioz cases this season over the final total pack of 1856.
 however, there was decline of D. 539 cases his season under that of 1856 Wnen 1t comes to the Iinal to- tai pack of the three Nrangeu eln- nerIes. This year the final total pack Of the three local canneries has 196,I65 cases compared with 20I- fO4 cases ot 1936.
 All cases have been figured in. terms of Is one-pound tins to theI case.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Wrangell To Get eco
 Camp If Men Enroll

Three CCC camps will open in the Petersburg Division, according to a report released this week by the Forestry Service, as fast as qualified applicants enroll for the period end ing March 31.
 Two types of camps will be estab- lished for Whites and one for Ma tiyes. Single Whites will be estab- lished in subsistence camps. They will receive $1.00 per day wages, subsistence, necessary clothing aud medical intention. Married Whites will be paid a wage of $1.00 per day and will be allowed 75c per diem in lieu of subsistence and clothing or an additional allowance of 25c per day in lieu of clothing. Under the per diem employment the enrollee will have his meals and lodging al home.
 Natives vii be enrolled on the ba. sis of $1.0O daily wage and $1.0G per diem in lieu of subsistence anC clothing Medical attention will be provided where available.
 Camps will be established at Pc tersburg and Wrangell when tht number of available enrollees com prise working unit. A camp fol Natives only is being established al Rake.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Super BiSOn'S Horns
 Sent To Game Office

A super-bison, who roamed Alas ka's mountains with the lion, the horse, the camel and the mammoth some 20,000 or 30,00O years ago, will have his noble spread of horns admired by mortal man for a few years more, states the Alaska Daily Press at Juneau.
 Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission to- day received a set of horns that once belonged to the long-extinct animal, as the gift of Otto Geist of the Uni versity of Alaska
 Geist reports that the horns, in fine state of preservation were found 13O feet below the surface in frozen muck by dredge workers foN the Fairbanks Exploration Company. They had been buried in the ice for aeons.
 Viewed by MT. and Mrs. Watson Webb, big game hunters, they were compared to the horns of the gaur. or sladang, which the Webbs have seen in India. These horns, however, are longer than those of the Indian beast.
 The super-bison's relics will be mounted in the office of the Game Commission.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
H. Coulter Joins Crab
 Company At Ketchikan

H. R. Coulter took the Marguerite cannery tender of the Diamond k Packing Company to Ketchikan to- day where he will put it in use as crab fishing boat for the Ketch- ikan Sea Food Company. organized some months ago with MT Coulter and c. F. Hurley of WrangelI md Dr. H. c. Turner of Ketchikan as principal owners. M. J. Antonicn, former manager of the Stikine Sea Food company at Wrangeu is in charge of operations for the new Ketchikan company.
 MT. Coulter states that plant oDer- ations have been retarded by lack of crab fishermen. Although the catch of a two man boat in three weeks of September amounted tc $5O8, it has been diffucilt to ga, boats out, notwithstanding cran fishing is profitable.
 Despite the lack of boats, the floating crab cannery which was moved to ketchikan from Wrangell, operated about half time during the month of September. In that time, $500 pounds of crab meat, with a retail value of $25OO, were shipped from the eannery.
 The Marguerite will be used as a packer from the fishing grounds to the cannery until the first of the year at wnich time MT. Coulter will take the boat south for annual over haul
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Contractors Build Dam
 AccrOss Waterfall Riv.

Barges and float houses belong ing to Custard, Meadows, Oja & Co.,, were lowed into Wrangell last week for dredging a small boat basin for which the company was the success full bidder. Members of the company now here are L. L. Meadows, J. M Steears and Lars Eide.
 Ole Lilliegraven is at Juneau in charge of a bridge job and M. M Custard at Sitka in charge of sim. liar bridge job both being un- der construction for the U. S. Bur. eau of Public Roads.
 The outfit now at Wrangell came in from Waterfall where they built a concrete dam across Waterfall riv' CT for the water supply of the NaKat Packing Company cannery. The dan is 75 by feet with a gate in tht center. They also did a clearing ant grubbing road job one and three quarter miles in length at Craig.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Health Officer Issues
 Paralysis Statement

The Territorial Department 0f Health in response to the general apprehension of the public folloI ing a death in Juneau from infan- tile paralysis, issued the following statement to the Juneau newspa- pers:
 The disease is transmitted direct from a case or carrier, or indirectly by contact with articles freshly soil ed with nose or throat discharges. Where the case is severe, the onset is sudden with fever, headache, ire quent vomiting, stiffness and pain in the neck, tenderness on being handled. Paralysis develops usually after 4S hours, although there is a sudden appearance of weakness 'r paralysis of one or more groups of muscles.
 It is estimated in recent epidem- ics that paralysis only occurs Tn one case out of eight, the other cases being so mild they're never diag- nosed. The disease is not highly con tagious and does not spread rapidly except in very hot weather.
 Two years ago we had four or five cases of Infantile Paralysis develop in villages along the Alaska Penin- sula. These evidently were transmit ted by carrier following the trade route. They occurred during the win ter and no more than one case ever occurred in the same village, show ing that it does not spread rapidly.