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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-20
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Bowie was nettled. Ear from it.
He needed an ambassador, as you
call it, who could cut through half a
dozen Indian tribes athirst for am
bassadors' scalps; who could negoti-
ate a thousand miles Of hell's des-
erts and climb half dozen Sierra
ranges and swim forty or fifty riv-
ers with a mule, just for exercise;
who could get fat on lizards, frogs,
bugs and leather belts, and drink
blue sky for water"
DR.. Doane listened without betray-
ing all he felt at Bowie's impatient
outburst.
you've seen SERVICE" blurted
out Doane one day. He was exam
ming some scars on his patients
torso. "For a boy of nineteen
you've been busy. Where did you
do your fighting, SOM"
"Well, we've had several little
brushes with the greasers. You've
heard of our troubles along the Rio
Grande. Santa Ana kept us on the
run while. But for every Texan
he slaughtered at the Alamo, and
for every Texan murdered at Coli
ad, we've taken toll. I followed Sam
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-20
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SYNOPSIS

Don Alfredo, wealthy. Spanish owner Of a
Southern California rancho. refuses to heed
several warnings of a raid by band Of
outlaws, Sierra Indians. One day after he
has finally decided to seek the protection
of the nearby mission for his wife and fam.
lily, the Indians strike. Don Alfredo is killed
and his two young daughters are torn from
the arms of the family's faithful maid.
Monica, and are carried away to the hills.
Padre Pasqual, missionary friend of the
family. arrives at the ruins of the ranch and
learns the story of the raid from Monica.
After trying and difficult trip across the
plains and mountains from Texas to Cali
fornia, youthful Henry Bowie, Texas ad-
venturer, with his friends, Ben Pardaloe
and Simmie, an Indian scout, sight the party
of Indians who have carried off the two
little girls. The three Texans attack the
war party of fifty-odd Indians and through a
clever ruse scatter the savages to the hills.
The girls are saved. The group makes its
way out of the hills and meets the distraught
Monica, the children's maid. The girls are
left with Monica and the friendly Padre at
q mission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-20
CHAPTER WI

Bowie disappeared from Califor-
MIA as silently as he had come to
it; but he did not forget the Irish
doctor. In fact, eight years later
Bowie appeared once more at the
door of Doane's Office with as little
ceremony as if he had left it the
day before. There was laughing
and greeting; then something close
to fight. Bowie, about to take his
leave after happy hour of talk,
threw a bag of coin on the table.
The doctors ear was alert to the
clink. whats this, SOM"
Souvenirs of the Rio Grande,
Doctor"
''Hold on. Keep your souvenirs.
son."
"They are to cicatrize that old In
dian wound, Doctor"
"That old wound is outlawed. So
is the fee. I never want to hear Of
either again. mean it."
$50 do mean it, Doctor"
The words grew warm. Both were
infiexible. It was finally agreed to
leave the Spanish doubloons in the
doctors safe in suspense, and after
a bottle of wine and a lunch at Da
Queries the old cordiality-which
had never really been impaired
reasserted itself.
$50 you've come back" unused
the doctor. "Glad you had that
much sense. Henry, this is the gar
den spot of the world. What are
you going to do?"
81 don't know yet. I've heard
talk of a man up the river who
built a little fort up there and is deal
ing in furs. I've got the same scouts
with me. They're trappers and want
to look the thing over. The man up
there is Swiss and I hear him
well spoken Of"
The following day Bowie traded
in the travel-worn horses of the
long trail for fresh stock. In the
afternoon, with his two scouts, Par
daloe and Simmie, Bowie headed
north for Suffers place up the riv-
er. They travelled light, meaning to
depend on their rifles for food in a
country rich in game.
They camped early in the evening
on a hillside near a clump of live
oaks, and while Pardaloe skinned q
rabbit, one of a brace he had
brought in for the evening meal,
Simmie cut up the other and Bowie
built a fire. A stones throw below
where they had camped, a well
marked trail wound around the brow
of the hill, and while they broiled
their meat, impaled over the fire
on pointed sticks, two horsemen APP
peared on the trail below. In the
dusk of the evening these men saw
the glow of the small fire and, turn
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Trick of Retaining
The Discarded Chair
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

THERE were two of these old
= Brentwood chairs - both with
cane seats gone and a badly
SCARED varnish finish. "Get them
out Of my sight" their owner
said, II can't stand the thought Of
wood bent and forced into unnat-
ural curves" In the end she did
get them out Of sight and used
them too. The trick was done
with slip covers made, as shown
here. II Nee
The one you see in. the sketch
became a side chair for the living
room dressed in richly colored
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Houston through. He gave me. a
captains furbelow."
"But there's no peace down there
now, is there?"
Bowie smiled. ''Not so you could
notice it. It's guerilla fighting a
good deal of the time along the bor-
der. The greasers are busy in
punches all the time, and our rang
ers cut up once in a while. But no
other man in California knows that
much about me. So forget, it
please"
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SHADES & VENETIAN BLINDS

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cretonne in soft red and blue
green tones with deep wine bind
ings. The legs of the chair were
sandpapered and stained mahoga-
ny to tone in with the cover. The
cane seat was inexpensively re-
paired with a ready made seat of
plywood reshaped to fit by first
cutting paper pattern to fit the
seat Of the chair and then using
the pattern as a guide as indi-
Gated here. Next week will show
you how the other one of these
old chairs was used.
NOTE: AS service to our readers, 100
of these articles have been printed in five
separate booklets. No. 5 contains 80 illus
trations with directions; also a description
of the other booklets. To get your copy
Of Book 5, send order to:
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HOTELS
Euery One a Builder

Every man is the builder Of a
temple, called his body, to the
god he worships, after a style
purely his own, nor can he get
off by hammering marble instead.
We are all sculptors and painters,
and our material is our own flesh
and blood and bones.-Thoreau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
. SERIAL STORY '~r@ -
xsNEsNse ,sAaM - ss:::ss t;s
Rosy Takes the Acid Test

That brought Q roar Of laughter
and applause from Lincoln boys.
Rosy took his time getting ready
for the next pitch. II was q curious,
and yet an appropriate moment TO
remember the Fouth Of July game
when his father had been killed In
just this way, and by a man who
now was president Of this college,
and powerful and respected citt-
zen.
Back In those days hate was hate,
and feud was q bloody game where
the rules were to kill your enemy.
Maybe all that would cause a man
TO 60 wild and murder on an open
ball diamond. Or perhaps 1t only
made q man so nervous, so mad, so
wild, that he could hit q head only
by some fascinated mischance. Even
now Rosy had the feeling he could
have sent down q battling curve and
perhaps have knocked Tolliver TO
kingdom come.
"Come on, steady there, McAfee,"
came a solitary powerful voice out
OF the domeful calm.
Rosy turned and looked straight
at DR.. Tollivar, sitting next to the
man from New York. The light was
so clear, and Rossy's eyes were so
acutely sensitive, that he verify read
the expression on the mans face.
It was warm, vital, and a kind OF
confession. In Its very understand
Ing.
In that moment, by mingling
Of cunning and clairvoyance, Rosy
was informed that this man looking
at him had pitched the ball that
struck Jay McAfee, and was the
cause Of his death--or murder.
STEADY, son." DR.. Tollivar called
Take It easy. Just take 1t easy"
Rosy drew In q breath. His feel
ings were strange and deep ana
without name. He pitched and the
sharp curve broke at the plate and
jumps bawled
"St-str.rike onel"
Rosy pitched again, knowing the
batter would wait him out. Strike
twoW
"That's the old stuff" came q
shout. The cheerleaders swung into
action. Rossy grinned. Now his face
was cool.
He knew by the way Tolliver took
his stance with bat rigid In his hand
that now he was through fooling.
Rosy wound up with maddenlng
leisure and gave his terrifiic battling
curve all he could put behind II. He
heard the fierce crack OF the ball
In the catchers mitt, saw the swirl
OF the bat that would have blurred
In a candid camera at q five-hun-
dredth part Of q seconds exposure.
you're outl" jumps squalled.
Up went roar that revived oil
the despairing manhood In Rosy
McAfee. He famed the next two
batters In one-two- three order and
had the curious feeling In getting
himself out OF q hole that he had
saved his soul and his reputation
at once. But he didn't know.
ITO BE Continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
CHAPTER X

Coach Hurd's ball team worked
like horses getting into shape those
bright spring days. They played an
exhibition game with one OF the
strong high school teams In the ter
fitory, and got taste OF real COM
petition.
Rosy, pitching, held the high
school boys 10 four scattered hits
and one run, but he hurt his arm
In the last OF the fifth and had to
retire, after which the high school
lads had good grazing. The final
score was o close 7 TO Q for the col
legiates. The time row was going
toward the first real contest be-
tween Lincoln and Southern.
I'm pitching you. remember,
HuYd told McAfee. you nurse that
arm like 1t was one Of the quintu-
plets, bubl"
"i'ye got 1t laid up In the In
cubator, Coach" Rosy said.
Rosy would meet Hannah now
and then between classes, or stroll
ing across the campus In the lovely
sunsets.
"Hi, hIllbIllyp she would call TO
him, or II would be some other
epithet. Since the boys were CIV
ing her such q rush, she no longer
pursued him, keeping the home fires
Of O former marriage engagement
burning. Yet they had never formal
~ broken of that engagement.
HI, you educated hick" he would
retort.
She paused 10 prop her hands on
her slim hips. I'm o mind, Rosy
McAfee, 10 smack your long nose
through the back OF your head and
watch II stick out like a rusty nail,
and laugh and laugh and taught"
yah. and maybe the laugh would
change TO q howl
"yyou wouldn't hit ladyl"
You're no lady"
"Then reckon Judy Tollivar Is
q lady?"
"We.w well, In q way"
Listen, squirt-gun. You may not
know 1t, but you're being taken for
q sweet sucker. Not an all-day suck
or hut an ail-your-life sucker. Just
wait and seel Going to the big
leaguel Like the DEVIL That's a
corn.cob they got dangling from q
stick over your head. and you're
tearing the fool out Of. yourself u
get II, but you won't-or II you dc
tn have no corn on 1t. mind my
wordsl
II hear tell" she added sarcas-
tically, coach Hurd's pitching you
against Southern. You with q game
arm. Well, right there's where you
drop your little gumdrop In the
sand, sweetheart"
"fs that sol"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
cRANluM
CRACKERS
QUESTIONS ABOUT
EVERYTHING

The following questions test your
knowledge on several points. II you
are able 70 answer all of them con-
slider yourself widely informed.
/. einbad was an CAD explorer;
(b) sailor: (cD historian.
2. Where did Columbus die, and
When7
.. Who Is . friar7
4. Il holy poke Cd an ex-
eIamation: tb) something 70 eat;
cd member Of Tibetan religious or
Ser.
s. mynheer rs the (a) German;
~ Swiss: fc) Dutch equivalent
Tor hzr. or Bir7
AnswaH ca Baek Page)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
. SToRlE les .
IN STAMPS
Cooks Discoveries Cove
England Pacific Empire

britain owes possession OF col.
- onies and dominions In Aus.
tralasia to the courage and ability
OF Capt. James Cook, navigator
and explorer, pictured on the New
Zealand stamp above, one OF a set
Of 10 concentrating the centen.
airy OF the dominion.
Although Cook did not discover
New Zealand, he explored the
major islands, charted the area.
He also surveyed the east coast Ok
Australia.
Cook began his explorations In
the st. Lawrence river, followed
by surveys Of Newfoundland and
Labrador. His later explorations
covered the Pacific from the
Arctic 10 the Antarctic. His search
for the elusive Northwest Pas.
sage" from Atlantic 10 Pacific
brought him 10 the coast Of North
America.
This was Cooks last voyage. He
returned 10 the Sandwich Islands
(Hawaii) after touching Alaskan
shores, was killed In a battle with
natives after . quarrel over q
stolen boat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13

Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Rinaldi an
iioufice the coming marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Campbell Rinaidi, TO DR.. Ray Will
listcn Collins, Jr, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. n. w. Collins OF Colchester,
Vermont. The wedding will take
place on June "a at 4 .. m. at the
MiddIebufy Congregational church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13

Announcement Is made Of the
birth OF o son, Stephen Benedict
Curtis 70 Mr.. and Mrs. william
Curtis, Jr., on Sunday, June o, at
the Waterbury hospital. Mrs. Cur
tis 10 the former Eleanor Benedict,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph 8.
Benedict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13

Girl Scouts and their leaders met
at $3.50 o'clock on Monday afternoon
for their regular meeting and to
make further plans for their sum-
iner activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
cast or CHARACTERS

ROsSY McAFEE-went 70 COLI
isFe e play baseball, get an edu.
cation, and settle . feud.
Judy TOLLTvAR-daughter Of
Lincoln Colleges president.
HANNAH ER--hlllbllly
girl who followed Rosy to college.
YESTERDAY; A big league
scout II coming TO Lincoln 70 look
e ROssy's pitching. Coach Hurd
warns Rosy 10 learn 10 control
his temper. Rosy seeks an an
swer 10 his problem, finally talks
70 Or. Tolllvar. The president de-
cides 10 80 up into the hills with
Rossy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-13
Attorney Harry Holbrook's
Son in Law Leaving
Shortly for Overseas
MIDDL EBURY
Correspondent: NLncy Riley
Telephone 4.641O

A special meeting OF the Ladies
Guild OF 81. John OF the Cross
church has been called for Tuesday
at $3.50 p. N. when plans will be
made TO do Red Cross knitting and
sewing. All guild members az we'll
~ members Of the parish are In
vited 10 attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
NO HITLER PEACE
Raleigh News and Observer

There are persistent reports, apparently au-
thentic, that Adolf Hitler will make new efforts
to secure peace with Great Britain, possibly
asking the United States government to act
as intermediary.
States is determined that if at all possible
there will be peace insofar as this country is
concerned. The United States would, natural
ly, regard a lasting peace between the present
warning nations as the best guarantee of
future peace for itself.
But the government of the United States,
the people of the United States, and public
opinion throughout the world will reject any
peace on terms proposed by Adolf Hitler.
Any such peace would have no more value
than the value which could be attached to
Hitler's promise to abide peace terms. The
world has no faith in Hitler's good faith and
would nave no faith in any promise made by
him.
For that simple reason any peace terms
proposed by Hitler will be rejected. There can
be no lasting peace which is dependent upon
the good faith of the man who broke previous
solemn agreements, and thereby brought to
the world the catastrophe of the present war.
Moreover, the mere fact that Hitler offers
peace terms would be regarded widely as
faith in his own poWer-or wishes to recuper-
ate in order to make a fresh start.
The United States will not only seek peace
for itself. 1t will, whenever practicable, seek
it for the world. But, the United States will
not ask Great Britain to place reliance in
any promise which Hitler may make. The
memory of past promises is too fresh. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
Other Half Of Job

Wilmington's two housing projects are rapid
ly approaching flood tide in tenants. OF the
4e2 apartments in both projects, 31S are now
occupied, with only IA vacant. That is to
saw. more than two-thirds of the apartments
have tenants. AS 4O7 applications from white
families and 482 from negroes are on file, il
is apparent that the entire housing facilities
Of both will be utilized before winter comes.
In fact if the same record of acceptances by
the housing authority that prevailed last week,
when 68 families moved in, continues both
the New Brooklyn project for negroes and the
Charles T.. Nesbitt Courts for whites will be
fully tenanted in something less than three
weeks.
Thus, the success of the housing venture,
which was originally viewed with alarm by
many Wilmington citizens, is about to be
proved. Some hundreds of persons are to be
in a position to enjoy many creature COM
forts previously denied them in the flimsy
homes they occupied without material increase
in their living expenses. Low rents and mod
ern conveniences, elbow room and recreations
facilities are all to be theirs without s%training
their limited incomes. The projects in the
finished state represent a real triumph in
humanitarianism.
But what of the novels these fortunate fam
lilies are leaving? Are they to be left for other
tenants or abandoned in there present state
to become worse eyesores. In either case a
fundamental purpose of the housing projects
will not be accomplished. 1t is to be remem-
bered that such undertakings have as a car
dinal purpose the clearing of slum districts.
It is not enough to provide good, clean homes
for families in the low-income brackets. The
homes from which they move, and which are
a handicap on the neighborhoods in which they
exist, ought to be torn down as a means OF
opening the land they occupy for attractive
dwellings. This is something for Wilmington's
city planners to ponder, deeply and construc.
lively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
Editorial Comment
IN EVERY LAND THERE ARE LAVALS
High Point. ENTERPRISE

The stocky dark man who aspires to be-
come dictator of fallen France, Pierre Laval,
thinks democracy is dead and hopes for Eng
lands defeat.
Some observers who have come out of
France recently say that nine of every ten
Frenchmen are praying for British victory.
But we may be quite certain that something
like the ten per cent at least agree with the
Laval viewpoint. In every democratic country
are to be found men who would prefer to
sacrifice democracy rather than to proceed to
more democracy.
Undoubtedly, part of Frances weakness was
due to French fear of Communism and other
left wing tendencies of the people. Even in
Britain before the war-and we suspect there
now during the war-are many people who
would prefer the Nazi plan of political control
to the gradual liberalization of democracy
then in progress.
That percentage, silent now for the sake of
prudence, in all likelihood are as anxious
about the aftermath of a victory for their
own country as of defeat. France is not the
only democracy with Lavals and forces ready
and willing to establish Vichy governments. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
Greece Holding Her Own

The fighting in Greece seems now largely
confined to the exchange of air blows, with
British bombers cooperating with Greek
forces. Dispatches telling of Sundays encoun-
tiers show the honors about even. The Greeks
bombed Italian strongholds and supply bases
in Albania with telling effect. The Italians
say their raids in Greek-held territory were
equally effective. 1t is apparent that no ma
terial advantage was gained by either side.
But it is gratifying to learn that Greece is
able to fight back at all and that Britain has
landed forces in this battle area DESPITE her
~far-flung battlefronts.
In these circumstances, and unless there is
a great change in the conditions now existing,
it is possible to suppose that the war which
at it's outset threatened to involve all South
eastern Europe will be confined to Greece,
which is not likely to yield to Italian demands
as long as her fighting forces, for all their in.
adequacy, continue to put up such a fine de-
tense.
But it would be an error to assume that the
fighting now going on in Greece cannot spread
to new territory. One of the most certain
things about war as waged by Hitler is it's
uncertainties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05

ing grouse in Scotland. Villages were raloeo
bv housekeeping Germans, and no person IN
fortunate enough to be in range could hope
n escape the fire of their machine guns.
It was a great exploit, designed, we must
believe. to strike terror to the hearts OF Eng
7ishmen and make them receptive OF peace
PROPOSALS Herr Hitler is understood to be
about to offer. If we have a fair estimate OIL
British stamina, as exhibited during these
long weeks of bombing, we are confident that
instead of weakening morale in the uncon'
isle this %slaughtering of innocent
people will give it greater strength.
Hitler will not make peace with Britain by
method-not as long as a single English
man is left to fight him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
U~ndisguised Murder

By resorting to undisguised murder in Eng
land, the Germans have placed themselves IN
the level with preying animals, with the great
advantage that they are equipped with letbal
weapons instead Of only claws and fangs.
1t is inevitable in modern warfare. when
the aerial bomb is a prime weapon of attack
that some civilians will be struck down even
if effort is made to restrict the attack to mill
tary detectives. But it is not to be exnected
that an enemy will send its a~viators out to
machine-gun innocent noncombatants.
In fact, it was not heard of until Japan did
it in China. Now, the Nazis, having failed to
reduce England to vassalage by air raids.
and thwarted in their invasion purpose. have
aped the Japanese by Staying defenseless
people.
We read that IN Sunday German fliers.
singly or in pairs, dived down over streets or
highways in rural districts and picked Of,
pedestrians, bus and tram passengers with
40. more compunction that if they were shoot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
The Day For A Decision

The shouting and the tumult dies. The cam
paign is ended. America today is electing a
president, in what may prove the most mo-
mentous ballot ever polled in the country.
Because of the rancor and ani.nosity that
has gone before, and the exceptional issues
raised; because the United States faces a more
serious emergency than any living person can
recall; it is expected that an unprecedented
number of qualified voters will go to the polls
1t is to be hoped that this proves to be the
fact. Only by casting their ballots can the
people express their wishes, and only by the
full expression of the peoples will can true
democracy prevail in this land.
The majority of adult America can have the
political leadership it wants only by going to
the polls. Today is the day for the majority
to make the decision. Tomorrow's regrets
will not help.
Be sure to vote.