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THE GOLD HILL NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 1«. 1932 < I Under Frozen Stats George jM di s h <. /J/ W. M.l -U. SERVICI <opy»»<-i iw *« h t B y P e n n pub . co FROM TH E BEG INNING F ra n i hla tu r r o l S ia n t o l H um . . . to ttto Canndtoa H l lb , Jfaa S tu a rt, t r u b r to c ia r« *, with b l. b a d a ta a . O a w r, ra a c u a a « tri Ira a . * a aaa rturaad raaaa b tba Uba. Ih s u A m o ri LsfftaaA danehtor at S tu a rt'a l i r a i la tba fur bualaaaa, aad «raraa ta l a . ......1 at tu a , aba » '- I Jim a r m a la io aacbaaaa aataa L rB toad . a ltb P a ra d b . k b kaU k r a a j Ib u ta a a n t, arrtaaa to M atch P a r a c b . r f t a p b r a m m i l , toward Jlca. ibauab l a l t l a a d arknaw l- «ralM uda. 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With a wave of bis hat to the white Hhe glanced doubtfully at Btuart figure of Aurora who stood on the and the men standing beside him. iM S M e e M U tM M tff e e ^ r iM higher shore, Stuart stepped Into the * i - « l «ff w i l l a fl4 W « « t. >a«b I 21^X3 "IsMika more like war than bualneaa, canoe, while two humiliated and exas «e. I m fr«eklaa «taa* I »Uve*» Y « « fase l u t e a> to me.” she flung lightly over her perated fur men watched him until shoulder ns she left the room. his canoe passed from sight behind "It'a agreed, then,” said LeHlond the Islands. eagerly, "thut you make no report to "First blood for Sunset House!” W onderful Clock Made By Louim M. Comitack »J the authorities If Paradla goes?” laughed Jim, elated with the outcome by Ita lia n A rtific e r "Yea, If you ship Paradla to your of ihe visit to I.eHlond'a— and glow A dock so complicated that no Nipigon post«—out of thia country." ing with the memory of Aurora's (lam watchmaker alive could possibly un ST. V A L E N T IN E ing far< Tomorrow he should see her "We’ll shake hands on that, Mr. derstand Its workings haa been com Stuart," said Macl-auren, and the Slone. With her heart In her voice she three men bound their compact. "Now had naked him to come— this mock C T . V A LEN TIN E. In whose nnme ex pleted by a patient man named Coa- presalont of sentiment have been tunzo Renzl of Rimini, Italy, after will you take a meal with ua before ing. headstrong girl who had feared you start?" to meet hla ayes. There was no mis exchanged since early Itoman times two years of assiduous attention. taking her flushed face, her voice, her ap[»eared frequently In surly church The 90-hour dock, almost entirely “Tee," urged the relieved LeHlond, look, as through a curtain of mist. history. M«nks or priests have ticen made of bamboo and built In the “my duughter expects you.” form of the Fascist emblem, la 3 feet An hour with her. even In the pres Ha, also, had come to mean something sainted under thut name In France. Italy. Hpuln and South Africa, and II high. Besides marking the hoar, the to this amazing glrL ence of her father and hla partner "W ell, Omar, what d'you think? wna given »[»erial significance In Hie minute and the second, this wonder would have been unalloyed delight to ful timepiece also shows the phases W ill they keep their word and send Third century by a Itoman priest not the captivated Btuart, but the fierce protest In the stormy face of Umar our friend Paradis down to Nipigon?" rd for hla good deeds and also by a of the moon, the day of the week, the month and the day of the month. The paddle of the half-breed dipped certain bishop of Umbria and the responsibility for tba safety methodically a number of times before Hut a favorite legend Identifies the Besides, here are some more extrav of Pierre forced him to refuse. he answered: "Why you hunt dat girl saint who la responsible for our an agances: When the dock strikes, a Outside, la the clearing, Aurora nual indulgence In lace |>a|»er, rapid« small flag with pictures of the king was waiting. “You w ill allow ua to w'en we start for Pipestone In fre e and sweet ditties with « Homan youth and II Duce appears and tbs chimes make a small return of the hospi day?” Jim's brown face slowly broke Into of the early Christian era. who chose play “Glovtnexza." the Fascist hymn. tality you offered us? You will stay I” s smile. There was no deceiving the to be crucified rather than deny hla ud When these are over a small mortar "I'm sorry. I can't." on the top of the clock fires a salvo "You mean you don't care to?" She astute Omar. And his unfailing loy herence to the new faith. While lying In prison awaiting execution, he fell In and a tiny tricolor makes another was walking alone with him now alty atoned for hla meddling. appearance. Inventor Renzl assured "I asked you If you thought they’d love with hla jailer's daughter and let ahead of the others. school children that try as be might “Care to?" He looked boldly Into keep their word. Paradis Is a valuable for her a farewell message signed man; LeHlond will hate to lose him." "from your Valentine." Early rite» In he couldn't get the contrivance to her pleading eyes. "Don't you know Thrice the long paddle of Omar hls honor are Idem fled with the Ito do home lessons. that I want to see you—talk to you? broke the water while Jim waited for man festival of the Lupercal. In which Can't you feel I t r the slernman's answer. Then the slit- suppliants prayed for success In mat Hhe turned to the lake and he aaw like eye« of the half-breed met those Ing. she alow pulse of color sweep to the of hla chief as be replied: “You cross Valentine« In the familiar heart raven hair that rippled from her tem de Ink' again, Oinar go wld you." shape were commonly exchanged tn ple as she asked: "Then I'm some Thera wna no luring of Ornar from England as early as the Fourteenth thing more Ihnn an empty-headed, «polled child to you, Mr. Jeem hla fixed Idea, so, with a laugh, Jim century, and St. Valentine's day 1« resumed hla paddling. mentioned by both Chancer and Shake Stuart?" An anxious Sarah and Marthe stood apeare. Prohatily the earliest vnten- Intoxicated by her nearness—he on the beach beside old Esau and the tlne In the English language was writ even caught the faint scent of the per yelping Smoke and the dog team, ten In 1419: fume she wore— Jim's voice thickened when the canoe returned. In the eyes of the Indian women Ihe journey T h is day la m » N atu ra aermed In love. Tho«e «he loves . . . are tin t to »uf- across the lake had been In the nature Th e lusty nap began to move, F»e»h hatees stirre d the em bracing fer when monthly pains shatter her of a war party, and they chMttered vines nerve*. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable with relief when they saw there had A n d b ird « had d r a w n th e ir V a le n 1 would ease that awful agony. tin es — ! been no casualties. “ You cross de lak’ een de m orninT’ W a r Is P a y in g B u iin e s a demanded Omar. "Armament makers apparently have A N N IE LAURIE Jim nodded. no fatherland and nothing to lose but “I follow een noder cano’. You tak' heir business,” aays a recent Issue Smoke?" >f Social Science Abstracts, a digest » |>ay reverence when they visit. In "Yea, I planned to send Smoke Into >f the writings of social Interest ap- Forest Lawn Memorial park. Glen the bush to smell around. I won’t be dale. Calif., the reproduction of the ,»earing in over four thousand mag caught again." Omar shook hla black head. "You “ Wee Kirk In the II eat tier." the church azines, In a review of an article In Tbe World Tomorrow. “ Both Prus- nevalre see her again. W ’y yon go?" the heroine of this oldest and sweet aian and Austrian armies were The head man stared In awed est of love songs la said to have at alienee at the sudden pain In Jim's tended at Glencalrn. near her Scottish equipped with Krupp artillery In home. Rut tls William Douglaso. her 1800; Willlngen. a large German arms set face. company, was partly owned by "That la why I am going: because devoted lover and author of the o rlg tnal version of the poem, to whom French capital and had two French I ’ll never see her again," said Stuart, men on Its board of directors. Vlck- honors are due. In a low tone. “Ah-hah, you lak' dat girl." replied Annie M u rie, stripped of Douglass' ers. a British company, supplied the the loyal Omar, softly. "Den I go adoring poetry and the lilting music Boers with the machine guns to bn which we all know, was hut a braw nsed against England, and Vickera- tak' care of you." The wide mirror of the great lake Scotch lassie after all, with a*'rolling Ternl built tbe modern Italian fleet, was still shot with reflected stars eye" and but little sense of duty. although Italy was officially a mem “ Mr. Stuart!" She Gasped, Her Dark when the two canoes left Sunset Horn in IGS2, at Maxwelton bouse ber of the Triple alliance. British- Skin Deepening W ith Color. "You House. At the knees of each paddler, Glencalrn, she grew up to he the moat built mines were responsible for Camo Hare, and They Didn’t as he pushed hla boat out Into the charming and provocative young lady British ship losses at tbe Darda Tall M i" dusk, lay a rifle. In all Dumfriesshire. How William nelles.” Before the sunrise two canoes were Douglass felt about her be wrote aa he replied, almost Inandlbly: In "You're something more than a glo landed widely apart on the large down for all the world to sing Island, drawn up. and hidden from spite, however, of her "promise true" rious creature who Is going out of my or mergencies Bight In the "hush.” Omar took hla of which he boasted In bis song. life forever. Aurore LeHlond." rifle and the binoculars and crossed Annie married one Alexander Fergu Her dusky eyes half closed as he the Island to watch the post. I f Para son while William was off to the watched her profile, with Its quiver dis followed her canoe that morning, ware. As the wicked often do. she ing lipa; hut she did not turn her the half-breed promised himself, Le- flourished, even to her eighty-second T H B P E N g T R A T IN « G E R M IC ID E face. "You mean that?" Hlond would be relieved of his promise year I " I mean much more." i • a«tandsrdllamia awaytbooseadi —unless he wanted to send a dead Douglass has been as unlucky as a "Then why ara I going out of your of family medicine cabin««, aafe- man to the Nipigon. poet as he was In love. Bereft of hls Ufo? I stuy here until September." goardlng grownupi and children Jim had hours to wall until he could Annie Laurie, he was eventually be *T am going Into the bush with again« t cougha and c o ld i N o other hope for the coming of Aurora Le- reft also of his song. The original Omar." treatment! si ihe 1L Large size S I J 3 P^vnd's canoe. So he dropped his version had but two verses. The “When?" at your drag (tore. clothes on t?ie sand beach and cooled version fam iliar today Is a modern "In two dnye." his Impatience with a long swim. adaptation by Lady John ScvtL F. E. ROLLINS CO. 2 ± T X £ “Then meet me at the white, sand- She was coming to meet him— this bench on the Inrge island," she said hurriedly, /o r voices sounded close be glorious dark creature who had so "GRAVE ALICE" R o ck G a rd e n s hind them, “tomorrow morning as vallnntly fought death over miles of wind-driven sea, only to laugh at It. early aa you can." A womau who had fallen prey to In her pride, she had turned her O HER friends Alice Longfellow ’ he mania for rock gardens had con "I w ill b* at the white sand- flushed face and clouded eyes from wn was the "grave Alice" of her fa structed what ahe regarded a most heach," he whispered, and hla heart him that he might not see; but he had tiler's loved poem, “the Childrens artistic example of the prevailing shook him with Ita pounding. seen. Miracle though It was. those Hoar," a thoughtful, widely traveled tad. The flag paths, concrete pedes "W e're sorry you won't allow us to hours at Sunset House with this girl return your hospitality, Mr. Stuart,” of the cities had wrought their mutual woman of unusual personal charm. As tal surmounted with sun dial, flow aald Ix>Hlond aa they stood on the spell. The humble fur-trader, Jim a young woman she attended Newn ers planted among the rocks and all ham college, Cambridge, thus becoming bench where Omar and Pierre walled S tu art had reached her—If not her the first American woman to attend a the other accessories presumably necessary to form the complete at the canoe. heart, her senses. And she was com "And we admire your sporting blood ing to him here on this lonely Island foreign college. She was a member of whole. Tbe woman was contemplat the first class of Radcliffe, was among ing her finished work with much sat In not pushing thia matter." added to say good-by. those whose vision and energy found isfaction when a teamster pulled up MaclJiuren. "Innocent or guilty, Para Jim landed and leisurely put on hla ed this "Ilarvcrd Annex" in 1879 as a to the curb and called out: “Say, dis Is going fo pay for thia mess." clothes. She had asked him to be at four-year experiment In feminine edu “He's going to pay me If ever Omar, the sand-beach as early as he could cation, and was actively connected missus, would you like to have them there rocks hauled away? I ’ll do It here, or I run into him again. You reach It, but had named no hour. He keep your agreement and I’ll keep looked at his watch. Seven o'clock! with its growth and progress until fter cheap for ye!" death just a few years ago. mine." Too early yet I It would take her an Hut Alice Longfellow couldn't hnve S c o t la n d G e t s H ig h C lif f s "Thanks, Mr. Stuart,” returned Mac- hour to paddle from the post. Then been such a “grave" little girl after A Campbell Blair has bequeathed he saw a canoe In the distance. all. for her father, who «’aa already When the boat had approached to forty-four and famous when she was to Scotland the southern portion of within a half-mile Jim knew, from the born and Inclined to grandfntherly In the headland of Ardmeanoch, known stroke, that the craft was paddled by dulgence toward all hla children, wrote as the Burg. The Burg cliffs, exposed to the Atluntlc, rise 1.200 feet from women. It was she. of her just after her christening. "The Presently the bow paddler waved brightest, gayest of girls, who enjoyed the sea, and provide sanctuary for bullt a $2.000.000 plant In California. many sea birds. The cliffs contain her hand to the man who restlessly Groups of men drat attacked the walked the shore. The canoe drifted the ceremony as much as any of us." many caves. Including the Mnckln- vast seaweed ''plantations” with sick nearer. For a space, he watched the And II was Alice he used to tense with uon eave, once visited by Doctor les, hut It wag not long before «team blade of Aurora, driven by her round that little classic: Johnson. On the Burg Is also to ba and gnauline propelled scow» equipped arms, flash In the sun; then shortly, T h ere la « lit tle g irl, who had a llttla seen the famous MacCulloch tree, with mechnnlcal harvesting machinery one of the most ancient fossil trees curl her laugh reached him. R ig h t in the m iddle of her forehead; doited the Pacific seaweed fields, A ‘Good morning! Yon are early. W hen »he was good, she was very, very In existence. dozen or more plants were established. Monsieur Stuart," she called. good, But when she w a s * bad. ahe waa When the armistice was signed, the “I hnve been here for hours," he horrid. companies disbanded almost ns quick said, "waiting for the dawn, and now, ((©. 1X31 W estern N ew sp aper U n io n .) ly as they were established. Today she hns come.” one remains. The others succumbed Very p retty!” With a flash of First Train Tunnal to cheaper German potash or Importeli white teeth she smiled Into his eager The first railroad tunnel is the seaweed products. — National Geo face ns lie drew the boat In to the Wood head tunnel, which was begun In graphic Society Bulletin. beach and gave her his hand, wh.le the spring of 1839. The first train to«» o f oppatits, crown«»«, the eyes of the Indian girl In the stern passed through December 2. 1845. This gritting lha H ath o r scratch snapped with excitement at this secret ing tho noaoarstigns that worm» ora prarant. A n c ie n t T a la « a n d T o w e r « was over what was known as the Man tryst of LeRlond's daughter and the chester. Sheffield A Lincolnshire rail Traot promptly with Jayno's Vermifugo. In Somersetshire, about 25 miles trader from across the lake. This prorad nam ely can bo rcllod wpoa In way. now Ihe Great Central division from Hath, Is Glastonbury, where, leg Then, as she stepped to the sand, po»» round worms ond thotr eggs oof cose* of the London A Northeastern rail end states, was built neurly 1.000 years plaraly in ih e rt order. N o ottmr prsporo Jim's eyes, which hed not left the way. •in n la —«— «ro ram —--• ODOO* — O- - — ngo, England's first Christian church. «•on is «A bw •ilwciiwOo Iff if is i pio o so n ff I QUO radiant dark face, noted the tan linen It Is claimed also that St Patrick was knickers beneath the white blouse. ivrwiy n w tn iM A izon i SWD|OCT y o w cn iia ro fi W o r l d 's F o r e s t A r e a d $ us F i c tw? iff ^Off horn here and cHme back to die nfter “Glhodlegwnson I" he grinned. ' You The present forest area of the hla fumnus missionary activities In Ire wore them In memory P' ls^^OfftlA world. In round figures. Is nhout 7.500. land. Here also Joseph of Arlmathea g tn w» stl--- - Her dusky eyes lit with raillery. Iv T Y i.M ^ff ssfl ffffa sts^ r fl a Im g eiv ««av^flm a Ara* « o n n *- ^y^ - Jv 1 T ~ v f ^R OOO.OIN) acres, which Is 22 per cent of came with the Holy Grail, planting hla Yes, In memory of our meeting—and fram y o v r draggiat D E D . JAYNE * S O N , the total land area, exclusive of the staff on the hill, where It grew Into because they wash.” Philadalptila. polar regions. The areu of actually the famous Glastonbury thorn, which O VER s e M IL L IO N B O TTLES SO LO They stood on the bench looking at productive forest, however, la prob blossoms st Christmas tlme-every year. each other like runaway children, as ably one-fourth less than tlds amount, It Is a delightful region for those who the Indian girl paddled the canoe dla or 5,500.1X10.000 acres, which Is 10 pel love ancient tales, ancient towers and creetly up the shoes. cent of the land area. ancient moorlands. -London MuiL ( T o n t C O .N T lN U N lt.l Who Was Who? » t P ort 3 I'arndla opened Ilia dorir of Ihe trade room, hl« dark features pictur ing Ihe «train under which he labored, but he evidenced no surprise at the presrtire of the men from Hunset House. lie met the slllterlug eyes of the GJIhwa, Jim'« arausqd «mile, and the savage glnnee of Omar, who atood. arm« folded, the Anger« of hl« right hand touching the handle of hl« knife, with equal Indifference. “Good day, Monsieur Paradis." Bald Jim, “ Pierre, here, haa a little «lory to tell your employer«." Turning to the excited Indian, Ktusrt continued: "Now tell these gentlemen Juat what you told ua.” "What hare I to do w lj thea In dian?” demanded Paradla, assuming an air of aurprlae, aa he stroked hla email mustache. Itut Jim noted the unateaillneaa of hla hand. "Keep quiet I” rasped the Inter ested and perplexed MacMaren. “Let him tell h it story." Questioned by Jim when he faltered, hla eyes shifting fearfully from the black face of t^Itlond Io the sneering Paradis. Pierre told, now In English, now In OJIhwn, how he had been re fused sii|»pllea for the winter because of hla old debt, and In despair was about to leave with hla family when l*aradls approached him with the scheme to ambush Htuart's canoe on Its return up the Woman river from Lake Expanse, As Mlgwan accused Paradla of plot ting the shooting of Omar and Jim, the sneer faded from the head man's face. With a snarl he flung at the Indian: "You He I You dirt enter!" "One minute. Paradis I" rasped Jim. "Id»t him finish I" M lllo nd was studying hla assistant through narrowed eye«. "Hight here, I want to any," said Jim. "that It was only after j long grilling, when he feared for hla life, that thia man named you. Paradla" "When you put eet een heea head, eh?" sneered Hie other, palpably un easy under the searching scrutiny of Louis Id*Hlond. "No, I didn’t put It Into hla head— I didn't have I'o," drawled Jim, enjoy ing the halting. "After giving you that swimming leaaon, I just nnturally thought you were the skunk behind this shooting.” Paradla denied having any part In the ambush. "Eet eea a lie—all lie !” he protested. "I refuse dla Pierre flour an' he mak' up de atory.” "Hut why should he lake It out on me and my man here unleaa he was paid to do It? lie had nothing against ua! He never saw ua before," de manded Jim. "And how did he know we were at Lake Expanse You told him and you learned It from Mac- Lauren.” “He went to rob you of your grub I" “ Nonsense I He knew we weren't freighting supplies—our eanne was empty." Then Jim turned to grave- fneed Id»Blond and MncLnurcn who were exchanging whispers. " If I re port this thing to Christie at Lake Ex panse, there'll be a police canoe hero In September, You know what that mean«?" LeHlond nodded. "We don't want Ihe police In thia, Mr. Stuart," he said quietly, "It’s a bnd mess, but you've t<nly got thia Indian's word ngnlnst the word of Paradla. I f you report thia thing to the auttinrltlea, It will make no end of trouble. They'll hnve al* of ua down to the rnllroad and ho,d ua there aa witnesses,” »It certainly will be serious not only for Parnilla but for the North-West Trading company," ngreed Jhn with a stiff smile, while wrinkles of smuseil sntV/actlon furrowed Omar's square fare is he watched the apprehension In tl.y eyes of LeHlond. "Hut I don’t IntenJ to hnve Indians bribed to Are on m« by your people," lie went on. " If h t 1 hit one of us. It would have put y»u out of business and you'd stand trial to hoot." "Yoa don't believe I had any knowl edge ott this?" protested LeHlond. “No, of course not.” "W hat ,1’yuh want us to do. Stunrt?" asked Ma*Lauren. "W e regret thia thing deep'y. Hut there's only thia Indlnn'a wivd against that of Para dis." ''Paradis had a motive for Injuring me; this Indian had none I'm satis- fled the a*or.v la straight Now If you'll get rid of Paradla—send bltn out of this country and keep him out. I won't report this shooting.” "That'« a bargain,” quickly agreed Macl-auren. The ash-gray face of Purndla worked convulsively aa he heurd hla sentence of bnnlshment. Then he found hla voice, “You writer of love lettalr," he stormed. “ You t'lnk you get her now Paul Paradla eea gone, eh? Ha I hat You are de bceg fool— de beeg—” From the side, unnoticed by hla head man, Ihe exasperated LeBlond struck Paradla full In Ihe face with Ids open hand— then the trade room door swung open wide and Aurora LeHlond atood In Ihe doorway. "Why, what's happening? Wliat'a the matter?” Kyea wide with aur prlae, the girl glanced from the dazed Paradis and the furious face of I.e- Hlnnd to Ihe men from Hunset House. "Mr. H tuartl" she gasped, her dark skin deepening with color. "You— came here, and they didn't tell me. Father, what has happened?” Hlack brows contracted, she glanced Inquiringly from her father's annoyed look to the enchanted eye« of Stuart, “Thia la no place for you; we are talking business," objected I^HIond. Aa he watched her, Jim wondered If Paradla had kept secret their meet ing at Ihe split rock—If she had made a rendezvous In (he stolen note, to have him fall her. Then slowly over her expressive fare broke the girl's Infectious smile. “It may be nunc of my business, mon pere. but as Mr. Stuart happened not long ago, to have fished your daughter out of the lake, your way ward child as the female head of your house Insists on welcoming Mr. Stuart to Bonne Chance." The room was hushed with tension as she walked to Jim, and gnve him her hand. ' “Welcome to our city, Mr. Stunrt,” she said, her dusky eyes alight with challenge. "Of course, after this momentous hualnesa, you'll hnve lunch with u a ” Then she dropped a low: "Paradla told me—about the split rock." He saw the pulse heating In her throat, the color deepen under her olive skin, while her hand for an In- stnnt pressed hla. And the touch of her sent his heart off at a gallop. "Thank you, but we're starting at once,” he answered, and, poignant aa a knife thrust, came the realisation that thia amaxlng girl, to whose near ness every nerve In hla body was alive, would soon be but a memory. "But why?" she demanded. Her candid gaxe sought the Impatient look of her father. "Why do you stand there aa If you had no manners? Have you lost your voice? I am ask ing Mr. Stuart to lunch with us be fore he goes." With a resigned shrug of the shoul ders lycKlond answered hla Indomitable daughter. "You do not understand— MercolizedWax akin Young Ï Keeps Skin She's Up in the Air Again F E B.&. T No Profitable Market for American Seaweed America's Intereat In Its own sea weed resources dates hack to pre-Co lumbian times, when Indians used It ns fish halt and for basket weaving. In 1902 a scientist discovered thut sea weed on the Pacific const contained potash, Important fertilising element. Hut he could Interest no one In his dis covery for a decade. As In the case of many other raw products, a World war was necessary to make Its Importance known. Ger man potash supplies were cut off. The farms cried for potash, so Ihe govern ment set out to find a source. A com pany manufacturing explosives also needed a substance from seaweed as nn Ingredient for Its products, so It D ean o f B attleships II. M. 8. Implacable la the oldest bat tleship afloat, and hna a great history. Originally French, she was launched as long ago as I7H9 under the nnme the Uuguay Trouln, and after T rafa l gar she was rounded up and taken ns a prise to Plymouth. The Dugttny Trouln would not surrender until 150 men and her captain were killed or wounded. Not for nothing, when the re-chrlstcnliig set In, was the name “Imidnciihle" chosen. Ir r ita b le P e e v is h J aynes