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| dinner which was the eliminating
festivity of the Stikine hunting
season.
Honey-jo, her Wad of hair pre-
cariously loose. was everywhere at
once. skirts swirling, eyes dartlng
in an all-Seeing inspection OF eV-
cry detail. Just now her voice was
raised in an al,crcation with
Harp. who had requiSitloned a
portion of her kitchen for the
mixing of his famous Hunters
Punch.
Plaques of Egypt, Harp!" The
eXasperated Honey-jo paused,
arms akimbo, to glare at nm.
Will you hurry and get that boil
er out from the middle of my
kitchen floor? You take up more
room than a cavVy of pack
horses"
"All right, Baby. All right, "
Harp waved the paddle placating-
ly.
Rio. leaning in the doorway,
laughed.
Harp dccanted into the boiler
three imperial quarts OF Hudson S
Bay rum, two of Bourbon, two OF
port, and one of Benedictln.
Rio read the labels aloud. I'D
say, offhand, that you're spelling
a lot Of perfectly good liquor. "
Others in their ignorance have
felt the same" r2torted Harp, stir
ring Importantly. But when they
dipped their bills into the COM
Dletcd punch, the ScofferS who
came to pgStiCatc remained to
pray-for more.
Il must get your formula,
Harp" said Rio. turning to go
back mo the living room. IL
would be just The drink for a lady
&c serve her millionaire boy friend
when she wants a new diamond
bracelet and he gets a seizure OF
Scotch Cramp."
As she disappeared, Harp look
rd up al the housekeCper. You
know. Hou2y-io. IN getting so I
darned near like that gal
"Sh,'5 setting real f0iESy and
natural since she began makino
an imprint on DcrGk, replied
Honey 20, S!apping frOSting on a
monster fruit cake. He took her
riding yesterday" She dartcd It
glance at Harp. Il suppose you'll
be next"
Not this little man! I don't
stack up high enough for her
came. But I sure would like to
watch her sit in and deal to Somc
four -fluGheG like Jack Page" " HarI
came to his feet. You say Page
was sore when he found out Mis-
Denise had sold j. the skipper?
Honey-jo chuCkled. She had told
Harp twice before how the master
Of the Taku Wind had taken the
news. but she repeated, Sore and
plumb flabbCrgaSted. was
wheeling IN the tea Cal< just as
she told him she'd sold 10 Cap
laIn Rev. For a minute, he look
ID as if shed slapped nm i'll The
face with a dead fish," H.rp
Joined Honey-jo in a laugh.
But he got hold Of himself right
away" continued the houSekeeper.
He says in an offhanded man
ner. 1t really doesn't matter. I'll
know how to handle the situation
when l come back on the river
next spring Then. believe me, he
didn't waste no more time hang
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] derstanding and tolerance, and
well, I suppose that's why they
generally preserve their ideals tc
the end.
Inst!nctively Denny-S eyes hfteo
10 Svivia's portrait over the man
tel Bourne. following the direction
of her gaze. confirmed her
thought. Yes. Larry was that way
with her. But he haa> an addition
al pedestal. and it was you ne
placed upon it. Denise. Almost as
far back as l can remember ne
used to talk to me about you. The
first time I must have been
about eight years old was the
dav he hung that enlarged snap
shot of you on the wall" Bourne
indicated the picture OF Denny,
five years old. with the pup in her
arms. And after you were grown
we used TO follow your social ac-
tiyitieS through the San Francis
co papers" After a moments ST.
lence he added. Every lonely man
has an ideal woman. you know.
No. 1 didn't know. Have you
an
She checked herself. suddenly
realizing the very personal nature
of her question. But he answered
hey unfinished thought. Certain
~. l. too. have my ideal woman.
He smiled at her with eyes grown
GSrkiy. brilliantly blue.
Have you met her. Captain?
she asked. SuCcumbing to her eur
iousity.
Once I thought I had. But she
was what we in this place call a
down below woman. We didn't
have the same standard of values.
She didn't care for my river nor
tnC lirn Of rive!man'S wife. So [
let ncv 20 back 10 her own Coun-
Gy. ! feel that l might have pcr-
suaded her 10 marry me, but .
siw2ys at the back Of her mind
Wcul5 have been the thought OF
whi- she had given up 20 live here
wl.h ne. I. was better 10 let her
20 back 10 her world than 70 pos
-.>s bi- na:f Of her heart.
Ear some unuanable reason this
rtltEsd Denny. And you, Of
.au.sa, found il easy 10 console
Yourself with-yOur river" 1t was
impossible to keep the sarcastic
note out Of her voice.
Bourne reached an indolcnt
hand into his pocket for his Gig
arctic case which he offered her.
Possibly" he answered, and
changed tho -ubi2ct.
Dlnny's thoughts came back to
her surroundings he would
bling a wife to River House. A
range gil, would make herself
AT home IN these rooms which. for
q quarter of a century, had been
Kept III readiness for Keith WO-
men who never came. She was
surprised to find herself reSenting
the unknown bride as n intru-
der.
Sic save herself q little shake
ard walked 20 the window thai
commanded 4 view Of the road
down which the hunters had come
yesterday. Every sportsman was
back except Van Cleve: she as
well as the other members of the
household. had been watching for
his return al morning.
Bc!oW stairs. River House was
Scething with preparations for the
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CHAPTER XXIll

OCTOBER. The tide of COLDER
color that had flowed for weeks
over the hills was varied now with
matches of silver bronze and scar
let NIGHTS were white with frost
and spangled with stars so large
and close 1t seemed as II rifle
shot might reach them. The sun
nv. cool days had a ZeSt that made
the blood tingle. the feet light. ana
set the mind queSting for new ad-
venture.
But the hunting season was oV-
er. Denny realized it WEh an
odd regret. After the Hunters
Dinner tonight she was ready 10
depart when the Maid went down
river in the morning.
At last she had fulfilled the pro-
viso of her fathers will: ReVelry
Bourne was the master Of River
House: and she was free TO go
home and marry Murray. Yet her
mind was not going forward to her
wedding day. Instead. she was re-
membering the night she had sent
for Bourne to talk over the trans
fer of her property.
As they had sat alone IN the
Iamp-lighted living room. ne had
pointed out to her the ADVANTAGE
of keeping the business for the
income it would bring her. He had
been so earnest about it that Den
ny had finally confessed her M
mediate need of mCHey 10 carry
out Sylvia'S plans for the Wedding
oh" he said. giving he" iaict.
searching look. i understand
now. Once you are Mrs. Murray
Hart. you'll have no need Of the
income River HOUS2 GjEa, BRING.
And of course neither vou OGr
your mother have &nE other rta-
son for keeping lie place. She
had a queer !d2. tlGr ne vas dis
appointed abOgl something. He
was smiling at ~ IN way jhat
made her think OF tagcwClls. n \
way also that MADE nCI uuco-i-
fOrtably conscious tNat &lc W3S
selling her byth:iguy for po@-
pose not quite worthy. She cid
no, resent this : Jilc mC2l0n- hy-
cause lie immeC!ately oitC.cd h2l
price far beyond th&, which Sy!-
via was expecting.
WhSn the business details were
over. lie began to talk Of her IA
thcr. His talk made Larry Keith
something Other than the I'M
prac ical. semi-cUl,Icd barbarian
Sylvia had alwSZ pic,"rs@. Wncn
7 was 4 little fellow il "2S my am
bi,ian 20 grOw Up ius5 Ike him.
Blu. I've fallen :ay short Of the
mark" sad Bourne, laughing =
little. He WaS an ideals. and the
finest man I knew
To Denny the term "IGeGi'sJ, as
applied TO men outside the arts.
had always connCtad a certain
weakness. She remembered Harp'S
words. Z dent in his chir- the
sign Of q man %hO'S soft with WC-
mon " Sin, said - r-.rlrN n R~u.'Nn
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ing round Tarnigan. The very next
morning he high-tails it down.
river on the Taku Wind"
Harp laid hold of the handles of
the boiler and stood up with 1t
hanging from his hands. "H-u-m-
m-m." he said thoughtfully. i
wonder what Page has got up his
sleeve for next spring. He's the
dirtiest fighter in the North" He
pondered a moment, then shaking
his head and muttering something
about skull -duggery," he carried
the boiler of punch into the living
room.
In the afternoon lull that fol-
lowed the completion of the din
ner arrangements, Denny came
down to the deserted living room
and stood a moment noting the
setting for The banquet.
Ii was very quiet in the dim,
firelit room; yet Denny felt no
loneliness. There seemed to her to
be an air of waiting about the
h-backed chair at the head of
the table as if Larry Keith, the
genial. generous, asy-living mas
ter of River House might himself
come in at any moment to make
his last inspection before his
guests came down. 1t made her a
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Elizabeth City
transportation Schedules
NORFOLK SOUTHERN

DuS t4lIlc
NorthbOund-Lv.* 1886 a. m; 100,
4:4O. 8:45, 1926 p. m.
Southbound - Lv. $3.50 a. m;
lao. $40, 11:00 p. III.
FManteo connection.
*'Raleigh connection.
Railroad
Northbound-LV. 3:07 p. m.
Southbound-Lv. 1i:17 a. NJ.
MISREPRESENTATION Ferry
Leave Edenton: TOO, $50 q. M;
(Southbound loo, 500 p. b..
Leave Mackeys 500, HOO a. m;
Northbound) 2:30, 900 p. m.
Cape Charles-Little Creek Ferry
Leaves both points: TOO, 900,
HIS a. m: 1:30, 3:45, 5:45,
7'45, 1000 p. m.
Norfolk, Old Point, Cape Charles
Ferry
Northbound:-L Lv. Norfolk 9:20
a. m; 800 p. m.
Southbound:- LV. Cape Charles
6:10 a. M; 1920, Ais p. m.
BOAT LINES
Norfolk:
Elizabeth City-Carolina Line
Foot Colonial Avenue
Eldora- -Ni--LVS. 100 p. m. Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Wanchese, Manns HarbOr, Stumpy
Point:
The Wanchese Line
Ms Dock Foot Burgess Street
Hattie Creef and o. T. & Lloyd,
Jr.-LvS. II noon daily except
Sunday and Monday.
East Lake, Buffalo City, Gum
Neck:
Alligator River Line
Ms Dock Foot Burgess Street
Bessie M. Lewis - Lvs. Friday
mornings.
Columbia:
Columbia Boat Line
Foot Colonial Avenue
Nancy Lee-Lvs. II noon Thurs
days.
HatteraS:
Foot Burgess Street
kathleen and C. H. Mallison-Lvs.
6:OO p. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
kodanthc, Avon, Buxton:
Foot Fearing Street
Inc Jones-Lvs. 800 p. m, on
Wednesdays.
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Mackeys-Ede Ferry
Leave Edenton: TOO, $50 4. m.
tSouthbounO loo, 500 p. b..
Leave Mackeys 500, HOO a. m.
CNorthbound 2::30, 600 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20

With funds provided by John D.
Rockefeller, ir., the beautiful Gothic
cathedral of Reims has been restored.
The havoc of ages of neglect as we'll as
the damage inflicted by German cannon
in 1870 and between 1914 and 1918 have
been repaired, and the sacred shrine
once more is approximately as glorious
as it was in it's prime, seven centuries
ago. Perhaps it has no superior as an
architectural masterpiece. It's only
rivals, probably, are st. Peters in Rome
and the bishops church of Cologne on
the Rhine If its fame is surpassed
by Westminster Abbey or st. Paul's in
London, the explanation must be found
in something other than inherent merit
of design and rich historical tradition.
Reims has been a sacred spot since
1876, when Clovis and his captains were
baptized there by st. Remy. The place
was marked by a temple intended to
symbolic the beginning of Christianity
as the state religion of France. Each
successive monument of the faith has
repeated the legend. American tourists
remember the sculptured picture on the
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might be found In the fact that he was
writing in the last hours of the evening,
after his work as a university student
was done.
Similarly, many critics have believed
that the somber character Of Russian
literature traces back to lengthy Winters
and heavens commonly dark with
threatening snow. 1t is easy, perhaps,
to be pessimstic in a climate dull and
drab. Logically, then, it should be hard
to be incurably "blue" in a place like
the District of Columbia at time like
the present harvest season had been
until yesterdays downpour.
A little girl once demonstrated in her
own fashion the principle involved. The
occasion was April. rain had been falling
all week, the world was drenched. But
the undiscouraged infant heart could
pretend From a large sheet of yellow
paper the child cut out circle which
she pasted on the window pane. at
will make me cheerful" she declared,
until the real sun shows itself" With
such philosophy she never will be
bankrupt of the spiritual wealth which
provides that existence shall be worth
while regardless of circumstance.
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facade. They likewise recall the statue
Of Joan OF Arc, the Warrior Maid OF
Orleans, who brought her unworthy
prince to the altar to be crowned
Charles VII under her protection.
She might have had him anointed
elsewhere, but she WAS mindful of the
significance OF Reims as the scene of
the coronation Of Philip Augustus and
all the line of kings who followed him.
Wise with the wit OF the folk, she
insisted on the proper place as we'll as
the proper ritual for the enforcement
of her sovereign. But nothing could
save him from his fate. He was destined
to betray her. She persisted in the
market at Rouen, wrapped in immortal
flames; and the latest generations will
hold her in grateful recollection.
1t doubtless was for Joan that Mr..
Rockefeller gave the money to make
Reims new. His countrymen, surely.
would like to think so. They have
read Mark Twain's stirring biography
have seen Bernard Shaw's convincing
play. Hence, the Maid is dear to them
as a sister would be. It pleases them to
believe that an American should pay
tribute to her name in the church where
she unfurled her banner bright with
virgin lilies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

No doubt exists that the timbers Of
the New Deal ship have been shivered
from stem to stern by the crash in the
stock market and the business slump.
The creakings are audible on the bridge
itself, as Skipper Roosevelt was widely
expected to disclose in today's address
dedicating the new home of the Federal
Reserve System Conditions in Wall
Street, unequaled since the cyclone of
October, 1929, are painful reminders
that the Hoover administration down.
fall set in with that curtain raiser to
depression. All over Washington Demo-
cratic headaches are encountered, the
result of panicky fear that history may
repeat itself at the expense of the
Roosevelt regime. Should events in Wall
Street prove the forerunner of wide
spread industrial setback. politicians
freely concede that the effects on Demo-
cratic fortunes would be disastrous if
not deadly. Immediate cause of anxiety
is the havoc they would play with the
party's 1898 congressional hopes.
Just q year ago the President was
winding up his triumphant campaign
for reelection on the "happy-d ays-are-
here-again' theme. That the rose
tinted skies of that carefree era should
within a twelve-month have assumed
the black and ominouS hue they now
present is something that clamors for
explanation to Mr.. and Mrs Average
Citizen. New Dealers of high and low
degree who proudly proclaimed the ar
rival of Roosevelt recovery. and glorified
the heroic if costly measures which
produced the abundant life, must now
clear up the mystery why all these
starry-eyed achievements have suddenly
gone haywire-why, after the most
fabulous expenditure in American his
tory, typified by $37 900, 100000 national
debt and another round 81 ,000, 900 900
deficit, the times are still out OF joint
Unemployment figures now seem likely
to run into far more staggering totals
than looked probable 80 days ago. On
top of all this gloom there is the mount
ing cost of living, with meat q luxury
and other household necessities steadily
climbing into that classification. The
merest amateur knows it's of such stuff
that political dynamite is made. No
wonder that Republicans, victims of the
Hoover economic collapse, take heart
from what begins to look like q RooSe-
welt blow-up of the same kidney.
X
1t is, of course, purely coincidence,
but defeat of the New Deal candidate
in the Arkansas special election for Joe
Robinson's senatorial seat ties in, almost
to the day, with the Roosevelt panic"
on the stock exchange. Jubilant G. o.
P. leaders, wishfully thinking, gloat that
Representative Millers smashing victory
over Gov. Bailey is handwriting on the
political wall that can only be read one
way. Miller, influential member of the
House judiciary Committee, rated as
one of Chairman Summers strongest
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Foot Note.
Singin' bout flowers that blossom an
fade
Singin' bout birds that are leavin'.
Singin' bout Autumn, with sunshine an
shade;
What is the use of our grievin'?
Singin' bout things that true comfort
will bring
Singin' bout beans an tomatoes,
Singin' bout meat cured so nicely an
neat;
singin' bout corn an potatoes.
Singin' bout goldenrod flauntin' so fair;
Singin' bout trees that grow golden;
Singin' bout snowflakes, with beauty 50
rare,
That Winter so soon will embolden.
Singin' bout things OF Importance more
great
Singin' bout beans an tomatoes,
Singin' of ham an the oyster an clam,
And also bout corn an potatoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
Momentary Millionaires.

On this day there are a number of
momentary millionaires in Washington.
That is, a considerable portion of the
community feel as rich and happy as
a millionaire is supposed to feel. Oc-
tober is responsible. The air is like
wine, the sky is kind with the gentle
haze of Autumn. Men and women go
about their duties without complaint.
They are truly alive, and life is con-
genial.
Human souls are sensitive. A biog-
rapher of Henrik Ibsen, the famous
Norwegian poet, notes that the scenes
OF most of his earliest dramatic efforts
are set against a background of mid
night. The explanation, 1t is suggested,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

fiddle, the one-eyed goldfish, last of
400, was swimming placidly in her tank.
She represented the end Of an en-
thusiasm.
1t is not every individual vogue which
can be terminated so brightly.
Often an enthusiasm will vanish
without the holder thereof knowing 1t
Is gone.
He may pursue his former ways, In
the fond belief that he Is getting as
much fun out of his hobby as ever, when
all the time his enthusiasm has slid
away from him.
fiddle was plain enough.
Last of several hundred fishes. both
tropical and cold water, she was kept for
sentimental reasons.
She was purchased nearly f1ve years
ago, as young thing of golden-red
color, with an overlay of apricot.
Not exactly fan-tail, nor yet of the
comet variety, she nevertheless had
what some fanciers would call veil
tail
1t was her single eye, however which
attracted attention from the very first.
She had been in a dealers tank with
at least a thousand of her fellows, all
probably from a Maryland fish farm
All the rest of them had the normal
number of eyes.
fiddle had but one.
1t was land still Isl located on the
right side Of her head.
Where her left eye should have been
was nothing at all, simply continuation
of the gill covering on that side.
There was the merest depression where
the orb of sight might have been had
Nature been in a more bountiful mood
at the time.
Some persons who saw her afterward
professed to believe that an eye had
either been there. or would grow there,
but they were mistaken on both counts.
From the egg she had been a pisca-
torial Cyclops, not exactly a freak, but
certainly odd.
With her eyeleSs side to the front glass
of the aquarium she made no movement
when any one came up to the tank
1t had been so when she was crowded
with the mob in the dealers large
aquarium with running water.
The others we're milling around, as
fishes do under such conditions, some
of them trying to swim, others help
lessly jogging around
fiddle was down on the slate, notion
less, and that was what attracted at
tention to her.
Was it an i'll fish?
Then came the realization that she
was not sick, but sightless on that
side!
Let me have that one" said the
purchaser. pointing finger.
Into the net went the one-eyed fish.
one in a thousand. perhaps one in a
million, who could say?
Such variations occur. although not
often. and have little value to any one
except the occasional collector
This particular fish had very pleas
ing figure, as goldfish 60, and particu-
larly nice coloring
Her flowing tail was exactly the type
to please an average purchaser.
1t was that one eye, however, which
won her good home.
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Can an aquarium be called Z good
home for q goldfish?
Enthusiasts sometimes ask themselves
this question, In q pang OF momentary
contrition, as they gaze At the bright
swimmers in five, ten or maybe twenty
gallons.
Always they decide in the Affirmative,
for it must be kept in mind that prac-
tically all Of the goldflshes, and the bulk
of the so-calleG tropicals, really know
nothing else.
They have been bred for generations
for tank use.
Who can say whether they pine for
the great open spaces?
1t is plain enough that they are not
unhappy in a properly managed tank.
If intelligence is used in handling
them, so that their water has reason
able amount OF oxygen in 1t, and Is
at the right temperature, without
drastic changes too suddenly arrived at,
and particularly their food is really
nutritious. all types of fishes which may
be so kept may lead fairly normal lives.
Old fiddle, the one-eyed goldfish,
made real place for herself, SO that
when the enthusiasm for keeping many
fishes came to painless end, there was
no thought on anybodys part of getting
rid of her.
She was fixture.
Some persons always had regarded
her as the best fish in the show" even
when she had been surrounded by vastly
more expensive and particularly exotic
creatures.
v~of nv,ty v1yac fhaf vxrlNi ph
her praise-or perhaps 1t would be better
to say that lack of the other eye-but
peculiarly her pleasing coloration, which
was cross between apricot and typical
goldfish red-gold.
Above all, she was and is charming
fish.
Charm, despite the claims of some
persons, is not confined to the human
race.
Real charm is indefinite. 1t is not so
much personal magnetism, at" or what
ever one chooses to call 1t, as COM
bination of many factors.
That is what makes it indefinite. this
charm of which we hear SO much. While
perhaps 20 per cent of charm. as COM
monty regarded. is pure hocum, the rest
Of it is the real thing, fish or man-er
woman.
Now piscatorial charm is something
else again. 1t depends upon several
factors, none of which will be plain upon
single glance.
1t is notorious that persons who have
never been interested in the aquarium
hobby. or fancy, tend to look with
patient forbearance upon those indi-
viduals who have succumbed
They believe that it is passing
alteration which time will soothe at
last.
In the meantime they themselves tend
to get interested, if exposed to several
good tanks-and in the end often be-
come more enthusiastic than anybody.
A good fish. such as fiddle, she of
one eye. always works this miracle. and
no wonder, for certain fishes. as certain
persons, possess charm, that rare COM
bination which somehow attracts.
Today fiddle has a big tank all to
herself-plenty of plants, plenty of
swimming room. plenty to eat.
Let no one think she minds being
alone. She likes it. And while she has
only one eye she has seen lot in her
day.
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National Press Club, following the re-
cent address of Japanese Ambassador
Saito in the same forum, always re-
ceives newspaper men in drawing room
of the Chinese Embassy which Is con-
spcuously adorned by portrait OF Sun
Vat Sen, founder of the republic. hung
between its original banner and the flag
of the Nationalist government at Nam
king.
Bearer of famous monicker, Karl
Marx, founder of Socialism. is the New
Yorker of that name who will have
charge of foreign language newspapers
in the campaign of education and pub
licity Just launched by the unemploy-
ment census organization.
Copyright, 1879