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"They Wouldn’t Kill You," Ho said.
“Do You Understand?”
10,000,.
quarts
age before life began to
appear on earth, will be exhibited
In the Field Museum in Chicago. The
water was obtained In South Ameri-
ca by O. C. Farrington, head of the
museum’s department of geology,
who found it imprisoned on crystal
quartz taken from rock formations
at Bon Jesus dos Meiras, Bahi, Bra-
zil. The estimate of its age is based
on the fact that the rock forrriLtions
are of the archean age, asserted by
some scientists to have existed 650,-
000,000 years ago.
threads; to separate the real from
the cnaos of delirium. All was eon-
The Farmers State Bank of Plano.
Texas, with (60,000 capital, has made
application to the Comptroller of
Currency to convert as the Farmers
National Bank of that place.
The custom of receiving officials,
diplomats and the general public a|
the White House on New Years’ Day
is to be continued by President and
Mrs. Coolidge.
Further punishment has been dealt
to one of the insurgent Republican
Senators. Ladd of North Dakota has
just been dropped from the Senate
Steering Committee, which deter-
mines which legislation gets prece-
dence and pockets unwelcome meas-
ures. lAidd was one of the four La
Follette Senators excluded from the
Republican caucus a tew days ago.
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notes tn various
thought they had uncovered
sets.
Drops of water more than
000 years old, preserved In
since an
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Your postal dollar, one of the >4.49
spent for every man, woman and
child In the country for postal serv-
ice last year, has been traced by
postal experts of the Postoffice De-
partment to show exactly where It
went. Their study shows that of each
(1 clerks in postotfices received 20.4c,
railroad transportation 16.2. rural
delivery service 15c, city and village
letter carriers, 14.1c, postmasters
1.8c, railway mall service 8.6c, rent,
light and fuel, Sc, with the remain-
der going Into miscellaneous ox-
Symbolic Indian Matki
According to the Bureau of Amer-
ican Ethnology, tribes of Indians
throughout North America wore masks
at religious festivals and at some so-
cial gatherings. Rometlmes the priests
alone were masked, though in other
cases the entire company would ap-
pear in masks. The false faces gen-
erally represented supernatural be-
ings. The simplest form of mask
was one prepared from the head of a
buffalo, deer, or son* ether animal.
The mask stood, not for- the actual
animal, but for the type of animal
and Its supernatural characteristics,
and the perm wearing it was for the
time being endowed with the dlstine
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■ ■ingement of the sanii
ibarmaceutlcal laws a:
.’vyl
Ten thousand blankets have been
distributed as Christmas gifts to poor
children of Mexico City by members
of the minority group of the Cham-
ber of Deputies.
President Calles of Mexico was
presented with an American Federa-
tion of Labor badge by Samuel
Oompers during the American dele-
gations* visit to the chief executive.
Renewed earthquakes at Wonaobo,
on the Island of Java, have killed
1.400 persons and put hundreds of
others to flight, according to reports
from Dutch officials on the island.
Soviet Russia Joined the “wet"
countries of Europe, when the Coun-
cil of People's Commissars issued a
decree permitting the manufacture
and sale of liquors and cognac up
to a strength of 80 per cent, which
is but 5 per cent less than the pre-
war alcoholic standard.
The Roumanian Government Is
preparing to deport 100,000 unde-
sirables under the recent law grant-
ing the authorities exceptional
powers to maintain order. A largo
number of Russian suspects, who can
not well be sent home, will be requir-
ed to live tn a restricted area.
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lorn hopes of defense. One lay in the
little weapon down in the hut, with its
limited supply of ammunition; the oth-
er in the Inherent superstition of the
islanders. If once the latter could be
roused; If hie ruse, for all Its wildness,
succeeded, their Ilves might yet be
safe. On the other hand, wireless mes-
sages might reach a ship in time.
There was not enough electrical en-
ergy for both purposes. . . .
Which should it be?
‘‘My God I" he muttered to hlinself.
"Was ever a man in such a d—d po-
sition?”
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clenched Itself upon her knee; the
faint color drained away, leaving her
face quite white.
“Can’t we go—hide somewhere—on
the reef?” she urged, turning dark
eyes of fear upon him.
He shook his head. Very thought-
fully, from every point of view, had
*h^ considered the position. Should
they, by hiding, elude the natives to-
night, ft would be but a respite. The
same danger would surround them ev-
ery moment they spent here; they
could never know peace or safety. For
some reason these natives were hos-
tile: something must be done to over-
come their hostility. Until and unless
a friendly compact could be made,
they must he forced to leave the two
white people alone, through fear. All
this he explained to the girl, who rec-
ognized the wisdom of It, as well as
what she deemed the impossibility.
"Two! Against, possibly, hundreds!
How can we make them fear us?” she
asked hopelessly.
“Through their superstition," he re-
plied promptly. “Once make them be-
lieve we deal with the supernatural,
or possess magical powers, and they
will make us tabu. The dread of death
or disease from violating a tabu will
cause them to shun us like lepers.”
Barbara, Inexperienced In natives'
ways, was only half convinced. Rhe
listened incredulously to the scheme
he propounded, her knowledge of elec-
tricity being limited.
“I will get some sticks,” he conclud-
es, rising; “and place everything in
readiness; then I shall turn in for a
bit. This afternoon we’ll strengthen
the walls of the hut; and Til put up a
partition. Then wo shall each have
a room until we can build another but
Plenty of work before us. If rescue
doesn’t come soon I”
Silently, she helped to collect sticks,
an extraordinary nuqtbness pervading
her mind. Croft's spirits rose. He
had faced and eluded death too often
to fear It His confidence tn this aim-
pie rase puzzled her.
(Meeting the rubber shock absorb- live nnaltty of the animal.
fusion, Jumbled repetitions of accum-
ulated horrors. She caught first at
one thread; then lost It and caught at
another. But ever at one point her
cheeks burned. How much was true?
Surely not—. The more she thougnt,
the more convinced did she become
of Its incredible reality. . . . How
could she face her companion? He
alone 'could place the unraveled
threads In her hands. But how to
make him do so? How—
So engrossed were her thoughts
that she started violently at the sound
of his voice again at the window.
"Your nerves are awfully weak,” he
remarked.
"They are not 1” she snapped Indig-
nantly. Was she always to feel fool-
ish and, above all, appear so, with
this man?
Opening the door, she took in one
of the basins, without looking up.
A scented, steaming batli' could not
have been more welcome than that lit-
tle basin of cold water. The freshness
invigorated her, reviving a girlish in-
terest in appearances. Unpacking a
tiny traveling mirror, she proceeded to
do up her hair, dressing In one of the
cool washing frocks intended for Aus-
tralia.
Croft was thumping on the hut, de-
manding breakfast, before the comple-
tion of this toilet. His quick glance
took in her dainty and very civilized
appe'arance down to the gray suede
•shoes; but he made no comment.
Again the contents of the old tin box
proved invaluable, with the addition of
bananas and coconut. They spread
their store upon the ground outside, in
the early morning sunshine.
Conversation languished.
No better tonic could have been giv-
en to Croft’s mind than this necessity
for immediate action. Until he had
made his decision and the details were
matured, he forbore to alarm Barbara
with the prospect before them.
For about two hours he was absent.
Then a spiral of gray smoke ascended
from the hilltop, and he appeared with
his arms full of wire.
"I have left a beacon burning, In
case a passing vessel—" Abruptly he
ceased, standing still, his eyes upon
the figure emerging from the hut.
“A transformation!” he exclaimed ;
and there was a strange new tone in
his voice.
The dnlnty shoes and stockings had
been discarded, the hairpins thrown
away. With a long thick plait swing-
ing down her back, sleeves rolled up,
bare feet sinking In the sand, she
flashed him a shy look of inquiry.
“It seems more natural—here,” she
said.
Thus did Barbara take the first step
from out the net of lifelong conven-
tions, and tread the free spaciousness
beyond.
"You fit In so well—as if it Is your
natural sphere!" she added.
He smiled half to himself, patted
the spare seat beside him. Rather
wonderingly she approached, looking,
he thought with compunction, ex-
tremely young and delicately made.
To Inform a sensitive girl of the forth-
coming attack of possible cannibals
was, to Croft, ten times more formid-
able then meeting them single-hand-
ed. He was not versed in the han-
dling of these situations.
Taking her hand, he drew .her down
close beside him; then, in a few
curt sentences, he told her.
The fingers he held closed convul-
sively upon his own; her free hand
Peru la to have a natural hygiene
Institute and funds for construction
of tbe building will be obtained from
fines for Infrl
tlon and f>hi
other sources.
Women may be rejuvenated 1
ray treatment, according to Dr.
fred Fraenkel, a reputable set
of Berlin. Dr. Fraenkel’, res
with X-raye has convinced him
beauty and youthful vigor mi
restored to women by their us*
cars respond to X-ray treatmen
SYNOPSIS.—Living in the small
English village of Darbury, old-
fashioned and sedate place, Bar-
bara Stockley, daughter of a
widowed mother, is soon to cele-
brate her marriage to Hugh
Rochdale, rich and well con-
nected. Barbara is adventurous,
and haa planned, with an aunt,
an airplane trip to Australia.
Major Alan Croft, famous as an
aviator, is to be the pilot. At
her flrat meeting with Croft Bar-
bara is attracted by his manner
and conversation, different from
the-cut-and-dried conventions of
her small town. They set out,
Barbara, her aunt. Croft, and a
mechanician. Word in a few
days comes to Darbury that the
plane Is missing and its occu-
pants believed lost. Croft and
Barbara, after the wreck of the
airplane in a furious storm,
reach an apparently uninhabited
island in the Pacific ocean. The
other two members of the party
had perished. The two cast-
aways build a shelter. In Croft's
absence Barbara is attacked by
a black man. evidently a savage.
Croft rescues her.
The death of Vlee Counsel
A. Dayton, shot several days ...
Belgrade has been reported to the
TV. na wwaw •
There nre no pleasant hoursf of twi-
light In the tropics. The sun sets,
and soon the world Is wrapped in
darkness. It had disappeared behind
the west hill, and already a* few stars
were showing In the swiftly darken-
ing sky, when Croft came out of the
hut to where Barbara was collecting
the remains of their supper. He car-
ried something In his hands.
“Do you understand a revolver?" he
inquired.
She turned round, mingled fear and
relief In her face. "Have you one?
No; I have never fired one in my life.
I wouldn’t dare I"
“Well, I want to show you how to
use this little beast, in case anything
goes wrong and you are left—”
She laughed, miserably.
"If they manage to kill you, they
will soon finish me off!”
He regarded her In silence, for t*
moment.
"They wouldn't kill you.” he said
quietly. "Do you understand my
meaning?”
• Her face went very white,
few minutes she paced up and down,
hands clenched, facing this new ter-
ror, striving to control herself before
this man whose very look discouraged
weakness. The coolness of his bear-
ing, as he stood playing with the
weapon In his hands, calmed her,
bracing her to a simulation of the
same fearlessness.
"Show me.” she said, going to him.
Earl Crultt, a farmer living near
Bethany, III., marketed 26,000 pounds
of sunflower seeds. The thirteen tons
of seeds were tbe yield from twenty
acres. For his crop he received >840,
a return of approximately >42
acre.
France will pay its debt to the
United States to the last cent, in the
opinion of Jules Jusserand, French
Ambassador. He referred to the debt
in a speech after he had been given
the degree of doctor of laws by
New York University.
The Prince of Wales, who last
September was made a member of
the New York local of the Interna-
tional Printing Pressmen’s and As-
sistants’ Union, has donated 225 to
the Christmas fund tor the tubercu-
lar sanitarium of the pressmen’s
home.
John W. Kennedy showed Chicago
something new in the way of boot-
legging fashions. He appeared In
the county building wearing a car-
tridge belt. In place of cartridges
the belt held one-ounce vials of
liquor—six of them empty. A reserve
was found In his
when taken into
to have been re-
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State Department.
The Christmas recess of Congress
wll run from Saturday. Dec. 20, to
Monday. Dec. 29, under a resolution
passed unanimously by the House.« ►
The Senate will concur.
Proposal tor American entrance
Into a world court will be brought
before the Senate at the first op-
portunity. Senator Borah of Idaho,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee has announced.
President Coolidge has indicated
hie opposition to further leave of
absence for Bridadier General Smed-
ley Butler of the Marine Corps, who
stirred up Philadelphia politics when
he went over there a year ago as
temporary chief of police.
In order to cut down coot of up-
keep of the Government’s huge but
idle merchant fleet, the Shipping
Board will begin soon to scrap or
sell a large number of vessels which
have been tied up since the war.
No less than 22,600 persons were
killed and 678,000 seriously injured
In street and highway accidents in
the United States during 1928. The
economic lass Involved in these ac-
cidents is estimated at >600,000,000.
President Coolidge has recognised
Ira Nelson as Consul General of
the Roumanian Government at Chi-
cago. Mr. Morris will have Jurisdic-
tion in thirty States, including Tex-
as, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas,
and New Mexico.
Traffic congestion in large cities
is holding up delivery of the mails.
To prevent delay, Postmaster Gen-
eral New has recommended to Pres-
ident Coolidge that underground
transportation through special tun-
nels be established as the only so-
lution.
Tax refunds were made to 192,252
taxpayers during the fiscal year
1924. Secretary Mellon reported in a
detailed statement transmitted to
Speaker Gillett Mellon reported tha
refunds during the fiscal year 1924
illegally collected taxes amounted to
>83,658,654.42.
Tests of a new radio ship com-
pass on the last voyage of the Ship-
ping Board liner President Pierce
gave signal proof of its great value
to navigation. The master of the
President Pierce reported to the
radio division of the board that when
his ship was leaving Hongkong tor
Shanghai in typhoon weather he lost
his bearings and was enabled to find
the position of his ship through a
radio signal sent out by the Presi-
dent Haye, then tn sight of tbe
Helsha light.
Farmers are required by law to
answer questions of enumerators
now taking the agricultural census,
according to construction of the law
given by Director Steuart of the
Census Bureau. The refusal of farm-
ers in the vicinity of Austin. Texas,
to reply to the enumerators’ ques-
tions' was called to the bureau's at-
tention, with the reply that if the
person being Interrogated is more
than 18 years of age he is required
to respond to any question which
the director of tbe census is author-
ised by law to propound.
A bill has been introduced in tbe
House of Representatives by Repre-
sentative Howard of Oklahoma for
an annual payment by the Govern-
ment to the State of Oklahoma of
>678,000 to cover cost of education
of children of the Five Tribes in the
State public schools. The payments
would continue, under terms of the
bill, until, 1931, being the end of the
trust period fixed in the Oklahoma
enabling act. Congress has made an
annual appropriatlop since statehood
for this appropriation. Last year the
amount was >150.000.
supply of a pint
pocket. Kennedy
custody was said
tailing drinks.
A net profit of >2.13 per hen has
been realized the last year by E. H.
Egan of Denton,, Texas, on his flock
of 220 White Leghorns. Mr. Egan
kept an itemized record of the cost
of feed and egg cases for the year
that showed this profit, his feed and
egg cases costing >557.26 for the
twelve months with practically all
of the feed purchased on the retail
markets. .
lAJsses of automobile dealers in
trading used cars were cut from
>123,000,000 in 1922, to >60,000,000 in
1923 and for the first nine months
of the current year to >18,000,000,
according to report* rendered in At-
lantic City at the convention of tbe
National Automobile Dealers' As-
sociation. It was declared that dealer
profit for the years 1922 and 1923
was less than 3*4 per cent and 65,000
dealers were forced out of busi-
ness.
Spirited bidding followed the dis-
covery of >10 and >20 bank notes
in boohs that sold for 25c and 30c
at the public aution of the contents
of the home of the late Misses Shu-
mate of Winchester, Va. When the
last of three spinster sisters died
several weeks ago, executors of the
estate found over >10,000 In gold and
recesses, but
all as-
er belonging to the wireless outfit, bs
broke the sticks Into short stakes,
showing Bartiara h<>w to cover them.
This done, he proceeded to fix them
firmly in the ground round the hut,
then attached the aerial to the top of
eueh: thus forming a wire circle a few
Inches above the ground, as far from
the hut as the amount of aerial per-
mitted. The two ends were carried
through the entrance and connected
to the transmitter within.
“Now 1“ he exclaimed, “when I
wave, press the key on the transmit-
ter here, and watch tbe result."
He went out to the wire; and, kneel-
ing down, placed, one hand about half
an inch above It. Raising the other,
he gave the signal.
She pressed the key as directed. Im-
mediately, a series of bright blue
W>arks flashed, like fireflies, from the
wire to his hand, which he repeatedly
Jerked away; then, delighted with its
success, he returned to her.
“You see," he explained, “the vol-
ume of current Is always large with
wireless, therefore takes effect by
sparking at the moment of contact.
The human body Is, of course, a con-
ductor. Our visitors will get the shock
of their Ilves—especially as they usu-
ally approach any object of attack by
waddling along on their stomachs!’’
He chuckled with the anticipatory
enjoyment of a schoolboy over a
practical Joke; then suggested having
some food.
Mechanically she fetched Aunt Dol-
ly’s box and drew out tins of beef and
coffee, heroically trying to share In his
confidence.
He talked on. compelling her to at-
tend, diverting her thoughts until the
meal ended, covertly watching her ev-
ery expression. Then he drew her
within the hut, to rest.
Mechanically again, she entered, go-
ing to the little window and looking
out, drearily, toward the palms. He
fixed up the door, then came over to
her. •
“You don’t feel at all nervous?” he
asked nonchalantly.
She turned, with a forced smile.
“Oh, no! . . . Dear me, no!
. . . Of course not,” she answered,
with terrific emphasis.
“That’s nil right! You’re a plucky
soul for a girl!”
She flashed an indignant look at him,
which, in spite o' herself, faded as she
met the unexpected laughter In hla
eyes.
"You wanted adventure!" he re-
minded her. “You wanted to ‘feel
life.’ to learn the ‘meaning’ of things,
to sound the ‘deep chords.’ Well!
You have your heart’s desire—at the
very bedrock of nature! Seize it,
Barbara! Drink to the very dregs!
Then tell me If you have discovered
what—is missing."
Surprised, she listened silently. He
turned away, laid one of their coats
just Inside the door, and threw him-
self down upon It. Within a few
minutes he was sleeping the sleep of
sheer exhaustion.
But the girl sat for long under the
little window, lost In thought, won-
dering over his words. And ever her
mind reverted to one sentence. A
few words of praise from one whom
opinion you have unconsciously
learned to respect, and what a world
of courage do they bring in tbeir
train!
He could see now, in the stronger
light, that all were armed with long
spears, two also carrying bows and
arrows. The third, an old man, wore
round his neck a large clam-shell disk
—emblem of the rank of chief—and
through his nose-cartilages a dark
atone. Rings, probably of tortoise-
ahell, hung from his ears.
Croft wondered If this were a visit
•of negotiation, with a view to a com-
pact of friendship with visitors to
their Island. He recognized them for
members of the huge scattered family
of Melanesians, or Papuans, which
have some undoubted connection with
the African blacks, and are to be
found In numberless South Sea islands
as well as In Melanesia proper. Al-
though their dialect is more or less
local, there is sufficient similarity to
make It fairly Intelligible to any one
accustomed to the variations.
A few minutes, and Croft’s Illusion
of a friendly compact was destroyed.
Hostility was evident. He soon rea-
lized that an attack was being organ-
ized for the following night, though
tie could not distinguish the plans be-
trig laid.
Emboldened by the absence of any
sign of their enemy, the men remained
standing for several minutes, gazing
■down the slope at the solitary nut
wherein Barbara lay unprotected. At
last, after an Indistinct colloquy, they
moved slowly forward in Its direction.
For a moment Croft’s heart seemed
to stop beating. To expose himself,
unarmed, would mean certain death,
and the consequent abandonment of
the girl, whose life now rested upon
tils, to a fate probably far worse. In-
side the hut, ff he could but reach It,
lay the suitcase containing his re-
volver. Should, he risk all and dash
from his hiding* place or—? A sigh of
relief escaped his lips when the men
suddenly halted. For what seemed an
eternity he watched them confer to-
gether, evidently divided In opinion
on the wisdom of their venture. When
at last they turned and made off
toward the south of the island, he
found his clenched hands were shak-
ing and his brow was wet. He hur-
ried down to the hut, where he found
a white-faced girl Ineffectually bar-
ricading the door with suitcases.
Shje uttered a welcoming cry on his
appearance at the window.
“How dla you escape? Where were
you? What can we do?”
To his own amazement perhaps as
much as hers, he laughed—almost
happily.
“They have gone away,” he replied.
“We can’t do anything at present.”
She gazed at him in some bewilder-
ment, knowing nothing of the reac-
tion which had caused that strange
light la his face; and he laughed
again, boyishly; then leaned farther
in for a closer Inspection of the blue-
dad figure with its cloud of hair,
“You are better?" he asked.
The paleness of her cheeks changed
suddenly to red under his scrutiny.
“I—I’m all right,” she muttered,
turning away.
“I will go back for the water," he
remarked; and his face disappeared
from the aperture.
Barbara’s mind was uncomfortably
confused. Safe in some refuge she
had seemed to be sleeping for hours.
When she awoke she instinctively
sought for a hand which proved not
tc be there. Throughout the terrified
moments that ensued, vague impres-
sions of aome midnight event chased
el naively through her brain. They
were Intensified by Craft’s appear-
ance. Vainly she tried to capture the
Croft
seemed abstracted, deep in thought.
Her riddle of the night lay un-
solved. . . .
After several furtive glances at his
face, she made a plunge.
“I want to know—”
“Yes? What?" Quickly his eyes
searched her own, causing her to low-
er them confusedly.
"I can’t remember what happened—
I’m afraid I----did I behave rather
stupidly, last night?"
He stretched out his hand for a ba-
nana, peeling It with irritating deliber-
ation before replying.
“You were, naturally, slightly un-
hinged after all your experiences.”
This guarded reply was unsatisfac-
tory.
She felt .exasperated. Looking across
at him, she fancied the suspicion of
a smile hovered around his lips.
“You realize, of course, that any-
thing I did—or said—was because—I
mean, it was not my normal state!"
“Oh, I quite realize that!” His tone
caused her to look up quickly again.
“Why are you laughing?” she asked
uneasily.
“Why are you so afraid?” he re-
torted.
Nonplused, she took refuge In a
dignified alienee. Finishing her break-
fast, she looked round the bay—at the
rugged hill beside them, the palms and
dense forest trees In the background,
the coral shingle and white sand
stretching down to the magnificent
blue of the lagoon, in the distance the
reef and vast stretch of limitless sea:
the Intensely vivid colors and contrast
shone in the sunlight with extraordi-
nary brilliance.
"It’s all very beautiful,” she said at
last, conversationally.'
“It is I" he agreed warmly, rising to
hts feet. Bringing his mug filled with
water, he sat down close beside her.
“Now, please mend my head."
Barbara was concerned over his pal-
lor and the lines surrounding his eyes.
“You look worn out I” she exclaimed
Involuntarily. “Didn't you sleep well
last night?”
“Not a wink!" He glanced quickly
up at her. Whereupon her unraveled
confusion returned fouftold; and she
finished her job In silence.
Tm going up the hill to the wire-
less," be observed then, “You need
not fear the natives. They won’t re-
turn until they have mustered their
numbers.”
At her look of alarm he continued
hurriedly: ‘Tve got a scheme for
scaring them off altogether. I shan’t
be long away. If you shout, I shall
hear.”
There was no suggestion of her com-
pany being required. Rhe watched
him disappear, with a sickening sense
of the oppressive loneliness that she
dreaded; but pride forbade her utter-
ing a word to detain him. Then, with
unconscious imitation of Croft, she
threw her head a little back; clenched
her hands; and entered the hut. . . .
While the natives hurried to the
south, to prepare for battie, the man
sat on the ground beside the transmit-
ter, staring out to sea, hie brain work-
ing on the scheme to whfeh he had
fust alluded; his mind torn between
<-<>nfficUng deelsious. In this predica-
ment? at the mercy of a tribe of hos-
tile savages, there were but two for-
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