Four-Leaved
Dy MARTHA McWILLIAMS.
combed the
especially
tli*
grounds.
Mowed In win every Hirer
duya and Mlftcd nah plies, even flower
beda, but got no truce, if the thief
lost It Mini you fourni It It must have
been elMewhara. However that may
be, It look« to me an though you
made an errand here Hint would en
able you to find It miraculously nnd
restore It to the owner. Incidentally
milking hln acquaintance—"
"Why?” Jnnet Interrupted, still
while and deadly,
“You're wasting tragedy Hint he
long* to the movies," the old lmin
sm-cred ; “beenuse Hie owner Is—my
griindaon, Anthony I'ler he's a de-
cent sort and some day will Inherit
my forty odd millions.”
"If he li S a de< eut sort I pity him.
Jnnet shot back. “All the millions
In th» world cannot make up for
you.”
"Come, come I Pm not so cussed ns
I dore «ny you heard I am." the old
man answered—It seemed she ha<)
touched him on the raw. "1 know
what the world says of old Anthony
Gaskell— but believe me, you tire the
very first person to whom I felt that
I had been consciously unjust.”
“Good day," Jnnet said, making to
go nwny. Something stayed her n
small grny squirrel, which run up
her skirt, thence to her shoulder, where
It began n coaxing chatter. When she
hnd put It down gently, old Anthony
explained: "The beggars nre prlvi-
h-ged— I hope this one did not frlghten
you.”
Janet did not answer—she was too
Intent on watching another squirrel
which approached In long leaps bold
ing something fust In Its Jaw*.
It
stoppe«! by the upturned sod. scratched
furiously n half minute In the loose
earth, then dropped something In It.
covered It, nnd whHked away, barking
drilnnre of Hie first comer.
Simultaneously the watchers looked
at each other. Now old Anthony was
white and shaken. “I see! That's
bow It happened!” he muttered hoarse-
ly. “Young lady—you can never for
give m», I know; because I hardly
think I can ever forgive myself."
Suddenly he crumpled, holding his
face tn hl* knees. Next minute Id*
grandson darted to him crying:
“Granddad! What—what Is the mnt
ter?” with the cry all but lifting the
other upright.
Janet said gently:
"He has had a slight shock,” nnd
walked nwny. But that was far from
being her hist sight of the pair, In-
deed. Inside of a year she came hnck
to the big gray house, never to leave
It. And graddad, a hnppy convert,
vowed nil wns due to the magic of
four-leafed clovers.
The turf was surely enticing, old,
springy, soft ns leivot, green us em
erald und sprinkled sparsely with
fresh white ebner heads. The blue
e)es looking at It nero-s u low railing
bud u twinkle behind their wlMtfulnesM,
for Janet Reed, their owner, was say-
ing, liulf aloud : “Now for n four-
leafed clover. I know If I were one
this is ib* mmm t spot where 1 Would
choose to grow,”
After n deep breath «be looked care
fully everywhere. The turf was do-
■ertad. Aiidacloimly «be scrambled ovqr
the boundary, dropping to her knees
ten yard* from It to search diligently
the beguiling greenery's deeps.
Nothing rewarded her save now and
then a new blossom sprung up since
yesterday's mowing. The close cutting
annoyed her; ever and ever so many
tine four-leafed_ charms might huve
been sacrificed. No she rose and
walked delicately, Joying to feel the
turf yield under foot, 50 yards farther
In to where century old locust* tiling
down lacy MhadowM, nddlng u new
charm to the gruss.
Kneeling again. Mho parted the
growth wherever clover was thickest,
but found nothing until she had half-
crawled twice her original distance to
a space so thinly Met It was almost
rugged.
There mowing hnd apparently been
held vain. With n low gurgle of de
light she pounced upon n four-leaf—
another, still another, nil sprung from
the same root, Success breeds avarice
—she did not stop until she had seven
of the charm breeders safe In her
fingers. Then ns she made to rise she
Caught a gleam a little way off. Half
a minute Inter she hnd retrieved from
under a half uprooted grnss clump n
heavy signet ring, curve«I tn low re
lief. A linin'* ring, clearly—nnd so
handsome It must bar» n history.
Janet nil but forgot her clovers tn the
rush of Interaat.
She was still solitary, but a house,
wide, low nnd gray hnd become visible
through the shrubbery—of course she
ought to go there with her find—
but explaining the find might be
awkward.
As sho stood turning the ring about
In her palm, trying vainly to discover
If It were Inscribed Inside, some one
behind her usked curtly: "Why are EXPLAINS WAVES OF CRIME
you here? You must know this Is very
private property, If you know any- Expert Psychologist Insists That They
Are Brought About by “Mental
thing Y’
Contagion."
Turning, she faced a thlnnlsh, elder-
ly man with a beak nose ami sharp
The famous author of "Crowd
eyes set under pent-house brows. The
eyes looked her through nn«l through, Psychology.” Gustave Le Bon, gives
but »he wa* not frightened. Holding n general analytical view of the
out the muddled clovers, she said: “1 epidemic of crime In an Interview.
came for—what you see I have got. Asserting that crime waves nre
And I have found—something else,“ brought about by contagious Ideas,
extending her left hand ns she spoke, which, however, do not lessen persona)
responsibility, because the Ideas enn
with the ring half on Its forefinger.
“Flndh g I* not always keeping,” the take root only In organisms ready to
mnn suid. deftly taking nwny the ring. receive them. Le Bon Is quoted ns sny-
Yon may keep your fodder,' con- Ing:
The phenomenon of mental con-
temptuounly, "on condition thnt you
tell me exactly how you got the other tngfon Is us old ns the hills. You
know the «tory of the sentry box In
thing."
“Showing In easier." Jnnet said, which a soldier linnged himself, and
stepping toward the loosened sod and how. because all the succeeding sen
half raising It with the toe of her tries at that post felt a strange desire
to hnng themselves Napoleon ordered
■hoe.
"So!" snfd the innn. his eyes glued It to be burned. The cases of mental
to her face, “But—nre you sure you contagion In history are countless.
•*The press and the cinema nre two
didn't put It there on purpose to be
principal
means through wh'ch mental
found?"
"If you think things of thnt sort the contagion spreads. The minute des
aooner I go the better." Jnnet flung cription of crimes and the publicity
bnek, her bend high. "Give me the given criminals Inspire Imitation. The
ring, If you pleas««. It mny not belong cinema Is the most pernicious, because
to you, any more than to me. That the visualized picture Imposes Itself
must be determined. If I am to feel with more weight upon criminally in
clined minds. The cinema Is some
aatlafied.”
"I know the owner. Does that sat times even a lesson In crime.
“The criminal contagion, tjic con-
isfy you?" the old, mnn demanded
with n glimmering grin. Jnnet shook tagion of fear, must be opposed. Tn
her head. "A Htisplclous person Is n England dueling came to nn end the
had trustee," she said. "The ring. If day when the duelists knew that the
you please. I Hhnll not go without It." survivor would be hanged. The one
"Then, Miss Spitfire, you nre likely who suffered this Infamous punish
to tnke root," her tormentor bantered, ment cured others of hint absurd man-
by thia time quite hnlf hutnnn. He ncr of settling n point of honor. Rob
held the ring tantnllzlngly between bing also diminished nt London since
thumb nnd finger, shaking It round the cat-o'-nlne-talls wns administered
and round,
Janet knew she could to the backs of the th'eves.
■natch ft and run away safely. But
Hl* Fitting Death,
■he wns not the sort for any such
It wns n warm summer's day, and
proceeding.
"My name Is Reed—Janet Reed," he sang of the woods and the trees,
she wild clearly, “I am staying with of the fields nnd the air mid the ninrsh-
the Grays for a short vacation. Be- es. And of |>eople—human ladngs
fore It ends I hope you will decide to with life and blood nnd all things good.
The evening wore on. Having slept
do the right thing.”
“Going, hey I After all the bluff!" the greater part of the day. he now
the old man flung at her, net unity aroused himself for the pleasant task
smiling. "I won't give you buck the before him So he entered the con-
ring—my word I m sacred—but you shall cert ‘¡nil, humming happily to himself.
The concert wns Just about to start.
have it—In exchange for something I
All was quiet.
prefer."
Looking around him appraisingly nt
"What?" Janet asked breathlessly.
“The whole truth I" from her an- the motley audience he burst forth
tagot^t. “If you planted the ring— Into song—n slow, droning song In rhe
and how and why—the where I know snme key for full three minutes Then
lie stopped, appnrently waiting for np-
already.”
fists plausc. And it enme! Smack’
Janet's eyes flushed, her
And so the mosquito died I am
clinched hard, hut her voice wns low
nnd deadly ns she answered: “Men sorry, tender; I should have told yon
have been killed for lesser Insult. In- nt the stmt Hint “lie” wns a full-
grown mosquito '
stead of killing
explain.”
Sarcasm.
"My theory?” from her antagonist.
"You have mi Id ome very s«t castle
She nodded—speech was beyond her.
“The ring, being unique ns well ns things about your opponents."
“You have mlsumlcrstood me. pro-
antique. Is worth money," he begun.
“It vanished two months back—stolen, tested Senator Sorghum. "Th«re Is
not
we thought, for n collector who wns nobody. In my opinion, who di>
-ry
wild to buy It. It hnd been carelessly possess some good points whirl
left Inside an open library window In fair mini ought to recognize. Rm :mse
i n't
Not n finger-prin' fellows are so unpopular that
nn open cnse.
<>ut
on the cnse—nor anywhere else. ny a kind word for them
lieinv
considered
sarcastic"
Mearched
everywhere
—
fli.e-tooth
We
U. S. Leads in
Canal Tonnage
HAS QUEER PREROGATIVE
governor, who point* out that the
present system Is to assess tolls, on
the basis of $1.20 a net ton, according
to i’nnamn canal mea*tiremmit, “un
less this would result In a rate of
more than $1.25 a net ton, according
to United States rules of mea sure-
ment.”
“Under this dual system tolls col-
leeted amounted to $11.276.889, which
Ships of Four Nation* Carried 80 Per Is $1,937,021 less than would have been
collected If Panama canal rule* only
Cent of Tonnage Which Moved
were mied,” he adds. “Speedy enact
Through Canal During ths
ment of a law establishing the single
standard is urged.”
New Record Made. With Britain,
Japan and Norway Follow*
ing in Order.
GROWTH DUE TO COMPETITION
...
Jean Paige, one of the most hand-
•om* “movie** star*, spent practically
her entire life on her father** model
farm at Pari*, III. She never dreamed
of a motion picture career, but uncon.
sclously was preparing h*rs«lf for it,
•ponding her after-*chool hour* at
horaeback riding and oth*r healthful
and daring sport*. It wa* not until
after »he want East to *chool that she
received an offer from a producer,
which ehe accepted. Her cplendid work
I* known to million*. Thi* I* on* of
her latest picture*.
Washington.—Ships of four nations
carried 80 per cent of the approxl-
mately 11.600,(X)0 tons of cargo which
moved through the Pnnainu canal dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30,
1921.
American vessel« led all others with
a total of 5,163,000 tons, establishing
a new record by Increasing the totul
tonnage of the previous high years by
615,885.
British ships were secon«! and sur-
passed even the high mark of lit 17,
their lust banner year. They reached
a total of 3,738.250 tons.
Japan ami Norway look third and
fourth places with 758,600 nnd 637 880
tons, respectively. Norway dropped
below Its figures for 1918, but Japan
soared to new heights, exceeding her
last high mark by 32.279 tons.
Result of Competition.
These unparalleled Increases In com
merce moved through the waterway
by the four nations are attributed by
Gov. J. J. Morrow of the Panama
canal, In his annual report to compe
tition so keenly develop««d thnt It re
quires use of the quickest routes.
“Almost one-third of the total ton
nage bundled," the report says, "was
so strongly competitive that prompt
and complete service may have been
the determining factor In the choice of
the Panama route. In many of the
trades served by the Panama canal.
the saving of distance, and hence of
time, by the use of the canal Is so
great that shipping could hardly af
ford to use any other route.”
Of the nations which shared In mov
ing the remaining 11 per cent of ton
nage the most Important were Den
mark. Holland, Spain, Sweden. France
and Peru in the order named.
•The most Important trade route
served by the canal.” the report adds,
"wns that between the east coast of
the United Staten and the west coast
of South America. Others of the prin
cipal routes were those from the east
coast of the United States to the far
east and between the west coast of
America and Enrope.”
Gov. Morrow points to the double
value of the canal to the United States.
In addition to the quick service It
gives American ships from coast to
coast nnd In the world trade routes,
there Is. he said, a constantly Increas
ing revenue which comes to the nation
from tolls collected.
Tn terms of money the Panama
canal,” the report asserts, “had gross
revenues of more than $27.000.000; In
creased Investment, additions, stock,
etc., of $8.000.000 nnd gross operating
expenses of $24.500,000." The excess
of revenues In the last fiscal year, the
rejmrt shows, wns $2.750 000 more than
for Interest on the capital cost of the
waterway.
ASbA tree, four moot I try feegure
out wot’« Idee for hava da cop*
een every town. I aska my frlen
and he say polceceman ees for keepa
da peace. “You know, Pietro,” he say.
“cef we no gotta cops nobody keepa da
peace."
Well, mebbe ees right, I dunno, but
I gotta deefrence Idee. 1’lenta times
een da paper I reada where ees league
for enforce da peace. And nother place
een sama paper ees tella bout a Pre»-
dent Harding maka da peace.
I gotta idee when everylaMly try
worka on da sama Job ees no for good.
Presdent Harding maka da peace, oth
er bunch ees force da peace, cops keepa
da peace and eef I tinda guy whosa
trow rocks at my cut lasa night you
cun betta your life I breaka da peace.
But too moocha peace putta country
on da bum. Jusa Ilka du fleever when
ee* broka down. I try feexa mine other
day and 1 gotta seexuteen piece left
over and he ees no worka yet. Meb-
be gotta taka more piece out for maka
heem run, I dunno.
But ees seema to me Ilka everytlng
ees no worka right yet. Ever seence
da war ees queet we try maka league
for da peace. And we no gotta more
as a piece of a league yet.
So I tink mebbe ees gooda Idee we
no hava da cops any more een deesa
country. I no can feegure out how da
Big Railway Revenue.
devil Unlteeda State cops gonna keepa
The
Panama
Railroad company, ac
da peace. But I dunno eef I um rights
cording to the report, had a gross reve
idee—
nue of approximately $22.000 000. an
Wot you tink?
Increase in Investments In capital ad
(Copyright)
ditions of $1,500,000, while the gross
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operating expenses were $22.000 000
on June 30 last. Gross revenues of
A LINE 0’ CHEER
the Panama Railroad Steamship line,
at the same time, were $5,156,446.
By John Kendrick' Bangs.
while operating expenses for the fiscal
year totaled $5,857.257.
Legislation to Increase the revenue
MY CREED
collected from tolls is asked by the
HAVE * creed—* creed that'*
good and true
That serven ms in my need In all
I
Faith in my God and Hla eternal
plan;
Faith In the good Ite's placed In
every man;
Faith In the land that bore me,
and the Light
It holds aloft for lovers of the
Right.
(Copyright.)
SEA OTTER AGAIN NUMEROUS
Alaska Trappers Report Priceless Fur-
bearer Back in Kelp Beds on
Aleutian Islands.
Yakutat, Alaska.—The sea otter,
once almost extinct and now protected.
Is again Inhabiting the sea kelp bed*
on the Aleutian Islands In large num-
l»erH. In fact, so many are seen flie
department of fisheries may be pre
vailed upon for a brief operf season
for the benefit of natives and trappers
who have fared badly the last two
seasons.
The sea otter Is one of the most
cunning and easily frightened of ani
mals. Like the fur seal its pelt has
an ebony shimmer, showing silver
when blown open, but soft black,
tipped with white when examined hair
by hair, A full grown animal mea*-
ures six feet from nose to end of tall,
One pup is born at a time. The moth-
er otter sleeps on her back In the
water, clasping the young In her arms.
Each native Is permitted to trap two
a year for bls own use. The sea ot
ter has been seen as far south ns Eu
reka, Cal. The pelts are priceless.
Erzberger** Daughter Nun.
Berlin, Germany.—Maria Erzberger,
daughter of the recently murdered
former German minister of finance,
Mathias Erzberger, has taken the veil
in the nunnery of Echt in southern
Holland.
Lieut, the Hon. Cecil Forester of
the English Royal House guards has
the privilege of keeping Ids hat on In
the presence of royalty. The lieuten
ant, who Is heir to Lord Forester,
Inherits this royal patent from a fore
bear who lived In the reign of Henry
VIII. That monarch authorized For
ester’* ancestor to keep his hat on In
the presence of the sovereign on ac
count of “certain diseases and Infirmi
ties in his head.”
Meanest Man on Earth”
Discovered in Iowa
The “meanest man on earth"
is believed to be living in Mount
Vernon, la. An automobile driver
became stalled near the city and
hailed a passing truck driver,
who found the loose connection
and proceeded to crank the en
gine. The engine back-fired,
breaking the rescuer’s arm.
broke my arm,” he said,
“Too bad,” responded the res-
cued motorist as he speeded
down the road. Unable to start
hls big truck, the injured man
was forced to walk to Mount
Vernon, where he received medi
cal attention.
Find Tombs of
Ethiopian Kings
Expedition Headed by Professor
Reisner Brings Back Story
of Lost Civilization.
LINE OF ITS RULERS TRACED
Ten Year«* Research Provides Rich
Collection for Harvard University
and Boston Museum—Get
Full Liat of Rulers.
Cambridge, Mass.—Discovery of the
tombs of 26 generations of Ethiopian
kings and the recovery of material
buried for more than 2,000 years,
which makes it possible for the first
time to write the history of Ethiopia,
were reported by the Joint Egyptian
expedition of Hardvard university and
the Boston Museum of Fine Aris. The
expedition, in charge of Professor
George A. Reisner of Harvard, was in
Egypt ten years. Its findings In part
have been reported from time to time.
Find Royal Cemeteries.
The discovery of the lost civilization
of Ethiopa was made at Napata, now
called Gebel Barkal. Naparuta, the an
cient capital of Ethiopia, lies in the
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, at the southern
end of Dongola province. The royal
Pioneer Engine Opened a New Station
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Defiance of Custom.
“I can assure you of one thing,
said the newcomer. “I never cheat at
cards."
“Well.” replied Cactus Joe, “in that
cnse Pd advise you to get out of Crlin-
son Gulch. Anybody that thinks he
kin hold his own in this game without
cheatin’ to the best of his ability <s
Cable to he regarded ns puttin' on airs
of superiority.
cemeteries were found outside the city.
At Nuri, to the south, on a low knoll
near the River Nile, the archaeolo*
gists examined a group of pyramids
which proved to be the tombs of the
20 kings and 25 queens of Ethiopia
from 660 to 250 B. C., most of whose
names had been lost to human knowl
edge.
Excavations gradually uncovered the
burial chamber of Tirhaqa, the king
of Ethiopia mentioned in the book of
Isaiah, who was one of the five Ethi
opian monarchs who ruled over Egypt,
and then one by one uncovered the
tombs of all the other kings, queens,
princes and princesses of Ethiopia for
a period of more than four centuries.
After the excavations at Nuri, four
of the greatest kings of Ethiopia were
still lacking—kings who, like Tirhaqa,
had ruled Egypt as well as Ethiopia.
In the third year of search these four
kings with their queens, and indeed six
generations of their ancestors, were
found at the second royal cemetery at
El-Kur 'Uw on the north of Napata.
Descend From Nomads.
It was then discovered that the
royal family of Ethiopia had sprung
from a tribe of Libyan nomads who
had entered the province, then a part
of Egypt, about 900 B. C., had become
Egyptianlzed, revolted from Egypt and
finally, under Plankhy, conquered the
older country. From this sunscorched
place five of the kings of Ethiopia had
ruled Egypt and 2,000 miles of the
Nile valley, and had sent their ambas
sadors to the courts of Assyria and
western Asia.
Careful study of the objects and in
scriptions found in these tombs has
given the Harvard-Boston archaeolo
gists a full chronological list of the
kings of Ethiopia during this period,
and a knowledge of the condition ami
development of the remarkable art»
and crafts of the time.
Bible Printed In 1634
Owned by Clevelander
St. Paul, Minn., rolled buck the curtain GO years as the Northwest’s pio
neer little old locomotive pulled the first train Into the new $15,000,000 Union
station there. The engine Is the “William Crooks,” named after Jltn Hill’s
chief encinfcr.
Flowers were thrown upon it, as Its pilot broke the floral
tape held across the tracks by the three oldest Great Northern yardmen, whose
combined service aggregated 111 years.’
Cleveland, O.—Arthur Lowers
has a Bible printed In 1634. On
the leaf Is inscribed:
•'Printed by Robert Barker,
printer to his most excellent ma-
Jesty, and by the assignees of
John Bill, 1634.”
The type Is old English script,
Names are scattered throughout
the book, many of them half ob»
llterated. An unreadable will is
written on the first fly-leaf. Fly
leaves and wood engravings are
scattered throughout the edi-
tion. An early Nineteenth cen-
tury record of a family Is one
feature still decipherable.
The book, according to Mr.
Lowers, has been In his family
for many generations.