The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 116, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 29, 1923 Page: 8 of 49
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THE HOUSTON POST: SUNDAY MORNING JULY 29 1923
mm
(Copyright 1923. by George Matthew
Adams.)
Th Kins seeme-i puziled by Inga'e
statement regarding their leaving the
Island. 1
"I'm not much of a swimmer" said
he "and though Vm (at enough to
(loat uron the surface o( the water.
I'd only hob around and get nowhere
at all."
"We shall not s--iro. hut ride com-
fortably In a bo.it." promised Inga.
"There isr.'t a boat on this Island'."
declared R:nklr'.r.k looking upon the
boy vith wonder.
"True" siH Ingn. "But one will
come to us In the morning " He spoke
positiwly f r he had perfect lalth In
the promise of the Whit-1 Tear!; but
Rlnkitmk. .knowing noting of the
three n-.irve!ous Jewels began to fear
that the !itt! Prince had lost his mind
through grief and misfortune.
For ih.s r.T?on the Klrg did not
question the hoy further hv.t tried to
cheer him by tol'ir.g him wit:.- s'o-!-'
He UucheA at all the stories hi- ... '
In his merry ro'.'.lrkirg wr. and i-ci
Joined freely ir. tlie Luighter be-n;:se
his heart had been lightened by the
prospect of rescuing his dear parents.
Not since the fierce warriors had de-
scended upon Flngaree had the bov
been so hopeful and harpy.
With Rinkitir.k riiir.g ':ro- Fllbil's
back the three made a tour ::-. 's-
land and found in the ccr.tm: pi.-t
some b'.Lshes and tre--s I .Mri:i r p1
fruit. They garliere.l this freely for
aside from the fish wv!-h i
it was the only food thv r.o hiu.
and the less they had. the '. net-r R::.k-
ltink's appetite soerr.ed t g--vT
"I am never m.or h.rr ' s.t! i h
with a sigh "than w.r. I am eat'.-g "
Toward evening fh sky
overcast ard soon a gr.tt storm h--ri-.
to rage. Prince Inga r.d K.cc R.r.kt-
tink took ff.:g w -M- the of
the rom tVv !.-d (." 1 up - '. ' -
Bilbil -ir.ed th.em. Th e-.it an!
King re somewbat di-urd bv
violent1 of th s'.-rrr.. 1"-. l-ci 1 I
mind It. bei-e pleased at t h . v;i-noe
(hat the White Fearl might be r'.i-!
Upon.
All night tv wlid shriek -1 a-"und
4he Is r.' : !- -"ed. luhtr.mg
'flasYied snd r-'.n came w-r. tor-
rents. Put v .'h mn-.'-c ' st-rm
.abated ar ! h- the s ;r. am ro sign
."of the t-rr.pest rerr.!red save a few
-fallen trees.
Prince Inga ma up with the sun
and aeeimrar.ied hv F-.lbil. began
Walkirg airrg the sh-re tu search of
the boat w:ch the Wh!' F-arl hid
promised Hm. Never ("r ar. ins'ar.t
did he d uht that he would f'.rd it and
before hr l ad like i ar.y great d.s-
tanoe a dark object at the water s e ig-
caught his ey.
"It i; the boat. Bi'.bil'" h crld Joy-
fully and rur.r.ir.c down to it he fount
It was. indeed a large sr. i r.v-my boat.
Although s-rard'd upon the beach it
"was in perfect order and had suffer-i
tn no way frm rV.e storm
Inga ? t ""d .'r some moments gazing
vpon the handsome craft ar.d worder-
Ing hre it rou'l have - me
Certainly it was unl.ke any Vat he
had ever seer.. r. h ou's; 1 it wis
painted a lust-rus black. w--. : sry
other color to relieve It; tut a'! h In-
side of the boat was lined w.th pure
silver polished so highly that . :-.
(ace resenr.b.ed a m'.rrcr and gl:ntJ In
the rays of the sun. Tne e ats 1 i 1
white velvet cush: r.s ur-.n th-m and
the cushious were sp.-'-niidly err.bn u i-
ered with threads cf g 11. At one e: i
beneath the broad seat was a smal'
barrel with silver hoops which the
boy found was filled with fresh.
-water. A great chest of sandalwood
bound and ornam-n'ed w-.-. n'vr
Stxvd In the r.th-r e- J ;( the h-vat !nga
raised th lid ar.d discovered the hf.
filled with (ea-btsr ::ts. cakes t r.r.!
meats and rip-e. Juicy melons; eroreB
good and wholesome focd to last the
party a long time.
Lying on the bottom of the boat
were two shir. '.r.s; oars and overhead.
but rolled ba-.-t now was a -ar."py of
""silver cloth to ward off the heat of rV.e
"sun.
It Is no wonder the bey was del'gV-d
with the appearance of this beautiful
boat; but or- reflection he f-ared it
too large for him to row any great d s-
tance. Vrs. indeed the Blue P-arl
jave him ur.us ;ai strenerth
While he was considering this mat-
ter. King I; r kit ink came wadding u;
to him ann -aid
"Wei! v- well my Prlr-. r'i'
"words have rerr. true' Here is the
boet. for a - ertamty. yt h' w it rwf
" here and how you knew It w-ul--i come
to u are P' zzs 'hat my?' fy ne I
do not q-ies-.or. r.-ir r'l ("rt'ir.e how-
ever and rr.v heart is tutbl.ng with
! Joy. (vr in this boat I will ret ."- at
' once to my Titv of -H'ead. from '
I I have reniir.e.i absent alt t-g--ther 1
long a tin .
j "1 do not wish to go to Gt'.gad." raid
I Inga.
' "That Is too bad. my friend for ycu
I would be very welcome. But you rra-
remain upo- this i-.and. if nfu wish
continued lu-.'-t'tirk. "ard when I gt
home 1 w; 1 ?e:.i seme cf my ;eo;.e to
rescue '
"It is rv boat. Tour Majesty" said
Inga quietly
"May t-e. may te " was the careless
answer "but I am k:r-r of a great
country while y-u ar a b y Prlnf-e
without any k.' rd- f.eak of
Therefore te.- r cf gr- : r- "an:
than you. it is -a'. i rtz-.t f.-.t 1
take your boat ar.d return to my owr.
country."
I "I am sorry to dlfer fr-m Tour fa!-
esty's views" said hei. h- iffa-i
of going to Gile-a.1 : --. ir -t cf
I gTeater inipor'ar. e rtat v - f o t
i islands of Keg- ard - - - v - 1
"Hey What'" r -1 i-- -1 1
King. "T- Rcg-s an i -' .- T
1 come slaves of the v-i - . - s. '..
the King your father" N : -Tour
Uncle Kinki may ha-. . : ; -noodle
as Bilbil f'--.:i'" :t nC ;-
too wise to put h' h cl in - 1: u '
mouth. It's no fun 'o i v a-.-
"The pe. p'e of Regc - r ! ' 'r.'
will not enslave us." d-- 'i-.nf-'i Irgo
"On the contrary. It Is irv : te: j ;
set free my dear parerts. as w.-li h-
all my people and to bring tnem L-acK
again to Pingare."
"Cheek-eeK-eek-eek-eekl Row fun-
"ny." chuckled Rlr.kltlnk. winking
the goat wht-h scowled In orr-
onderfulStorio
fE MApC BOAT
On reflection he feared It was
distance.
"Tour Audacity takes my brth away.
Tr.iCn but t! advf r.tur has Its charm.
1 rr.ust confers. "U'ere I not so fat I'd
xztcv to your plan at oncp and coulJ
jT'ibly conqu-r that hor-V of f.erot-
wan'iors without any .issis'-ar.ce n: a.!
--any at all eh. I.lbil ? But 1 prievf
t s.(" that I ai:i fa: and rv : p mx!
rirhtir.Er trim. As lor your d t-'rr'.r-.a-'..n
- do whit 1 fli1:::lt I can't do.'
I fear you forget that you are
or.Iy a boy and rather small at that."
A Flight Into Finance
By James J. Montague
C.arlsa wtld 'js the Tntr-
.; r. ra. 'way ?to-k.. In.arrv;ch
lr. id r.'iver p-t. us hrr? lived
her
s' r.
b-:
W.L5
:.t tr.
MTfr.t '
v.. u'.d 1-
saJd fh hped
to t-iuoate
ch'.Mr"-n. She
-e tut 1-ft t'at
arras'."e. T:.e
o rwr : f y
Th-h
- ft w
s $ F.du-
w h en A u r. t
w as .n t:.;s ur.try
7 . us. r.' -'A vor ir.at $." as
tr;s:. K' ih r'.y ; ' ard
:ld nith-r hav d:ed th.vn f u -h
I
or
;w
the t
1 - a p1 r. y o : . t a n o. ir.i. i a
h.TpprA to gt inv-.ivr-d in
'.ow anything whatever 1
.'t
Frosted hand-tinted
glass shade.
A lamp that would
retail at not less than
$7.50.
7
Trnr
Lamp
V2 Inches High
With solid metal
gilt and silver tinted
stand.
too large for him to row any great
"Nrt I 3o not forrt that" Jiras Inpa's
reply.
"Then please consider that you and I
and HMtnl are not stronp enough as
an army to coniuer a powerful nation
s'riilied warnrs c.aiM a-ttmpt
it uf course tut 'u a"e too youngr to
; w h : 1 e 1 am t oo ! d . Co rn e with
n.e to t he Oi " y of ilpad. where you
will tv prearly honored. I'll have iny
professors teach hi how to be pod.
Kh? What d you say?"
about the stock market even now.
And then the Tery thought of It gave
me U'.e chii'.s. I read about bull mar-
kets and bear markets and flumes
and panics ar.d orxshes. of course.
I suppos I talk about them safely.
M pop.e do talk t!;at way aiut
what t .1 i se In tne papers without
a r. :' p ariic u lar idea of what they are
taik;ne about. K it conversation must
he kept up somehow or othr and
V;-re are p-; le who w.ll abruitly
waJk away if voU b-lr;g up the subject
of clf or te'l them how we!! your
ch:! ir-n are gf tM.cr a'-rg at school.)
1 - w as . as I h a v s-a 1 d . because of
th Ir.tpr-M'vintAin railway stork that
I had my only Wall street exprknoe.
A month after w gnt it t hgan to
wonder if it was really wortu $00
"i-
&
Ingra was a little embarrassed how to
reply to these arRumpnts which he
knew King Hlnkltlnk considered were
wise: so after a period of thought he
said:
"I will make a barsrain with Your
Majesty for I do not wish to fail in
respect to so worthy a man and so
(Treat a Kintf as yourself. This boat
Is mine 1 have said and in my father's
absence you have become my truest;
therefore I olaini that I am entitled to
some consideration as well as you."
"No doubt of it" aareod Klnkitink.
"What is the JiargAin you propose
Inga '"
"Let us loth get Into the boat anfl
von sh.ill firM 1 rv to mw im rn dilcnH
If you succeed I w ill aenmpany you
J rijrht w;lUnj?.y; hut should you fail. I
will then ivw the boat to Uepos. and
you must come with me without fur-
ther protest "
"A f ur and just bargain!" cried the
Klnj?. highly pleased. "t. although
I am a r'in of mighty deds 1 il.i not
relish the prospect of r wine so big
a boat all the way to r.ilcul. Hut I
will d" my best and abide by the
result."
The matter belnjr thus peaceably set-
tled they prepared to embark. A fur
ther supply of fruits was placed In t he i
boat ar.d Inc also raked up a quantity
of the delicious oysters that abounded
on th cast of Finparee but which
he had before been unable to reach for j
lack of a b-jat. This was done at the
suggestion of the ever-hungry Rink-
i t ink. and when the oysters had ben
stowed In their shells behind the water
barrel and a plentiful supply of grass
rought aboard for KUMI ttny decided
j they were ready to start on their voy- :
age. I
It wai hard work getting clumsy
Bilbil and fat King Rinkitmk down
into the boat but finally everyone
got all tettled and "The Voyage"
commenced. And who do you sup-
pose did the rowing? Certainly a
goat couldnn't row: neither could a
fat king like Rinkitmk; and Prince
I nga looked too little. You have a
Jolly surprise awaiting you next week
so don't mias reading the story! The
Editor.
which was what they caJl the par
value.
I asked my friend Harold who Is a !
broker and he sked me why I didn't
l'-"k in th papr. That evening I did
look In t'" papr and p.f'r quite a
hunt I found a co'umn of figures in
whK'h the name Ir.tr-Mt. appeared.
It seemed from the adjoining figures 1
that it was worth J I'M a share whi-'h '
wnid fix the value of my holdings at (
$305. i
But In another part of the paper I
rad of a bad accident on the Inter-
Mountain railway due t't a wasliout.
A whole frt-ight train had been swppt I
into a rivr. Th engineer and fre-
n:n and hrakemen had -scaped. Hut ''
st:ll freight trains and locomotives i
est a lot of money Supposing this'
accident should tr mw the Inter-
M'u:vain Into bankruptcy. What
wrjd my stock be worth then
Harold Is on the Floor. I
I worried myself to ?!pep about this '
dreadful contingency that night and
at 11 o'cl'X-k tr nxt morning 1 hur- '
ried to Wall street to see my friend
Hamld about It-
Harold s office was In a tall butld-
i
Last Week of the Big
Buy
The Gentleman's Watch
1 7-jcwel Illinois open face double roller
adjusted Breguet hairspring polished
winding wheels double sunk dial Key-
stone Watch Case Company case. Guar-
anteed 25 years.
$32.50
$1.00 Down $1.00
Houston Watch
' lis i 1 tiry-rt r -rjm
ing near the top wi"th such a mag-
nificent view of the city that I won-
dered why the clerks of which there
seemed to be several hundred could
do any work when there was so much
to see by merely looking out of the
windows. '
It took me quite a while to make the
man at the railing inside the door un-
derstand t h.Ht I really wanted to see
Harold on important personal busi-
ness wliieh wouldn't wait.
I impressed him at last however
and gotivg over te another and very
important looking man whom I took
to be one of Harold's partners he j
whispered something and pointed to i
me. j
The man looked up from his desk
and scow led at me I scowled back at
him. Finally he cam over to me and
asked me whom I wished to see. li
told him.
"You can't see him Just now" said i
the mn. "He's on the floor." j
j "On the floor "' I gasped glancing j
'apprehensively about under the tables ;
and desks. 1 had heard stories about
Harold but I never supposed that this
early m the day he
Yes." the man was replying severe- i
j ly "on the fioor of the stock ex-
j change"
i That was a relief anyway. I went
1 to the stovk exrhange. I had a tot of
trouble in getting in. but at length
another broker I had met came by and
told an attt-ndar.t to k-t nifc into the
gallery. .
i After a long time I picked out Har- !
old among the excited nu-n below me.
i He seenu d to be in trouble. He stood
' m ar a post surrounded by 30 or 40
J very perturbed persons. He was hold- i
1 ing up his finders giving as I sup- !
Iosed the distress sien of his lodge.
I wondered why he didn't call the po- j
i lice for the other men kept picking at
' him. Hut no blows were struck and
presently he saw me wave at him.
He waved hack but kept on gestic-
ulating at the men around him. At
th end of 1 j minutes he went over
and spoke to an attendant who ap-
peared at my elbow a little later and
told me Harold would see me at 2
: o'clock at his office. i
I was there on the minute. 1
"H;ltoM." I said "I want to sell
some stock" ;
"Good I .ord'" said Harold "have .
you gone Into the oil business too'.'" '
"No. It's that li.ter-Mounum 1 was j
telling you al'uut I'm afraid it's go- !
Ing to drop" 1
Inter-Mountain Hat Its !
Ups and Downs. j
"Have you gu some inside lnfnrma-
tion." said Harold taking me by tiiej
.coat lapel arid talking close to my !
ear I
"Ydl not exactly." I said "but
'Vome elean" he said. "Is there'
a-rythirg dome in that stork1" j
I don't know but I want to
mine."
"Of course you don't have to tell me.
a Watch or Diamond
AND GET ONE OF
THESE BE A UTIFUL LAMPS
Per Week
No law compels you to" said Harold
coldly.
"I'll tell you all I know Harold'
1 said "If you'll promise to sell the
stock."
"All right." he said looking at his
watch "My foursome i lakes up at
3 30 and. my car is waiting. Be in to-
morrow land I'll have the money for
you. Bring the stock with you."
I thought it was handsome of him
not to have to have the stock before
he sold it. and I hurried happily away.
Hut 10 minutes later 1 reflected that
he hadn't told me what he'd give me
for the stock. Suppose it was only
three hundred dollars?
I went back to the office. But Har-
old had gone. I got the ear of the
Important man near the rail.
"How much are you paying for In-ter-MountaJn
stock?" I asked.
"Market price" he said.
I went out and bought a paper. The
market price of Inter-Mountain was
then $110 a share. And there wan an
article on the financial page which
said there was a corner in It and it
would probably go up still further to-
morro w.
Nobody In the office would tell me
where Harold played golf or what his
house address was. 1 spent another
night worrying. The stock might go
to a thousand dollars a share. My
five shares would then be worth five
thousand dollars. And I had promised
to sell them to Harold for $550. It
was awful.
I was at Harold's office at 5 the next
morning and waited an hour for him.
"YWU" he said "have you got the
stock?"
"Yes. but I don't want to sell It."
"All right. Your affair. Thanks for
remembering me just the same."
I slipped the stock back in my
pocket and went out. On the street
I bought another papec. In the finan-
cial column was a piece that said the
corner in Inter-Mountain had broken
and that it was off fifteen points.
I hurried back to Harold's office.
He was Just starting for the ex-
change and seemed in a hurry.
"Well." he said "here we are again.
Another order?"
"No. but if you don't mind. Harold.
I wish you would sell that stock
for me."
"Sure Hand It over."
I handed it over!
Good-Bye to Wall Street.
Right after lunch I was back in
Harold's office. The latest papers
said a well known plunger had Fhot
up the price nf the Inter -Mountain
again. I got hold of Harold.
"Well well." he said "You call
around right often don't you? What
can we do fnr ynu now
"It's about this stock of mine" I
toM him. "I think I'll keep It. I see
that lnter-M'untain railway is going
to bp worth a W of money. The papers
are full of news about the corner."
"Inter-Mountain Railway !" said
Buys either the Gentleman's Watch
or Diamond Ring described below
you a lamp FREE.
The Wrist Watch
1 5-jewel fancy shape 1 4-karat
solid white gold fully guaranteed.
Delivered in silver finished gift
box. .
$25. 00
$1.00 Down $1.00 Per Week
Harold "why that stock hasn't moved
a half point for fifteen years. It's
Inter-Mountain copper sthat all tlie
hallabaloo la about.
I atlll have the stock and hope that
the five hundred dollars It will bring
tome day will at least help to educate
one of the children. But I never go
near Wall Street any more.
(Copyright 1923. by the Bell Syndi-
cate Inc.)
Reformed Train Bandit
Boosts For O. Henry
- Houston Post Special.
AUSTIN Texaa July 28. Al Jen-
nings reformed train bandit of Okla-
homa and now an evangelist dividing
his time between lectures and movies
Is coming to Austin. He is coming to
view the haunts of his friend O.
Henry.
Jennings' appearance here will be
with a movie "The Lady of the Pug-
out" and he will deliver a lecture
In connection with It.
The story of the friendship between
Jennings and 0. Henry who In private
life waa Sidney Porter contains an
interesting feature as recounted by
the one-time Oklahoma outlaw. Jen-
nings tells it that when he and l'or-
ter occupied adjoining cells the lat-
ter obtained the plot for one of his
first stories from Jennings who told
him of his experiences as an outlaw.
Now Jennings plans to do Ills part
ilwSiPjf "Dollars for a Home"
iSf ' We Lend Money
lllrijtf on 'Houston property to build buy im-
llsiiiin prove repair or refinance. We suggest
UlSi' ear'v aPnl'cat'on fr AllKust closing of
Nf i loans. The demand is heavy but we
'Ifeiii -1 w'" al)' t0 CarC l0r nl0rC 'oans
sf'A I-Ct us Te" .vou about combining first
Vfc.iV and second' mortgages under the
Jtwi -a"' vr'te 'r rhne fr detailed in-
ll'l Houston Building and
VV i Loan Association Q
J J Oldest Active Association In Houiton I
FS2?k (1 t Main Street at McKlnney Preiton 36l 6984
1 Jf' A Under State Supervision
IH I ljjk. f Ask About Buying a Thousand Dollars
Lamp
Tomorrow
FREE
DOWN
AND
PER WEEK
The Diamond Ring
fine white perfectly cut diamond
set in latest style 1 8-karat white
gold mounting.
$35.00
$1.00 Down $1.00 Per Week
Company
Jacksonville College :
Names Dean of Women
Houston Post Special '
TfACOaDOQHE3. TexM. Julr !.
Mrs. V. I Perry well known citi-
zen of Nacogdoches has been elected
dean of women at Alexander college
at Jacksonville Texaa and will leave
about :the last of August for Jack-
sonville. Mrs. Perry will hv en-
tire charge of the girls and the flrls
domltory at the colleger the board
having recently combined the offiee
of dean of women and matron.
Cotton Belt Railroad
Revenue Increases
Associated' Press Report.
ST. LOUIS July 28. The St. Louis
Squthwe-stern Railway company (Cot-
ton Bolt) in Its annual report made
public today states that gross revenue
for 1922 was $28159914 as compared
with $25153461 the previous year.
More than $7000000 will be spent In
1923 on Improvements the report says.
toward memorializing the name of O.
Henry by putting his stories Into pic-
tures. He has recently been in Cali-
fornia making arrangements for the
filming of O. Henry's works.
Offer
Wrist Watch
and we give
911 FRANKLIN STREET
S. P. Building
Preston 1668
R. J. Slagle Manager
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