THE BEAVERTON REVIEW
Friday, January 21, 1027
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Thirty Drowned in Hudson River Boat Disaster
Come. I want you to go off on a little
trip and freshen up."
1 Virol liy consented, and Preston
spent a week lu town alone. It was
on the third day llial a tramp, ahuf
King along Ihc rood, looked up al the
house, saw Prcsiou. Slid hesitated
Then he went hraaeuly up the path
and stood before him. P real on rev
Bjr H. M E G B E R T
ogttlicd the man and gasped.
"Itankln t” he cried.
(t'ovtriaM fcy vv a ckwiuoi I
“ You've got me," answered Itankln.
“ I thought you were dead."
A W R K X t'N I'ltKSTO N , imir.ler
“ I giles» you both did.
Where's
or. occupies a too<i position In
the »orin| worlil o f hi» native Dorothy r
L
"M r*. Presión la away,“ »aid Pré»
town. lie 1» th y president *»f
the honrtl o f tratle. a rc*(«sted hu»l- ton hotly.
Itankln grinned and «Caled himself
n«-vt man, a good cttlscn. nmt has an
•tlorlng w ife »m l children
l ie go,*» upon the porch. 'T .el's talk like meu."
"Ilo w much?
tlow much
to church on Sundays and w alk» home he aald.
for me lo go away and never turn up ,
with a t-lean eoaarieni-e
1» murder Justifiable? I’reston h o i again?”
“ You blackmailer— "
loved Ihirothy for years tieforc Hauls III
“ Oh, cut out the ndtectlve«,” aald
appeared upon the »eene. with hi«
rtaahy ways ami tales o f nam lering« Itankln. “ I glia'«» IP » worth live hun-
ami adventure«. lie was just the type ilred lo you not to let lk>— I mean
Five hundred
o f man who would captivate the Mr«. Presión— know.
heart o f an Inexperienced girl like and you don't hear o f me again."
Preston thought, hla eyea llxavl oil
Dorothy. l*re»ton. to wtioui »he was
Itanklu s fare, lie was lu a trap, and
more than half engaged, »aw her slip
for Dorothy's »»k e he mu»t »uhintt.
plug away from him.
" I'll give you five hundred." he aald
Itorothy married Itankln. and then
en»ued live o f the bitterest years o f “ And— listen, you houml ' I f ever I |
i her life,
lie took her money and see you again I'll kill you. I'm a man
, »pent It. (tartly gambling, partly on o f my word and I mean Ju«t th a t”
“ That's all right," an«weriHl Itankln
Thirty men were drowned in the Hudson river at New York when a motor boat struck an lew Hoe and was
w" ,n<'n Dorothy ought to hate
rapoised. Thirty others s e ra rescued by tugs. ThU picture, transmitted by wire, shows bodies o f the dead being '■ "«re e d him. perhaps, hut »lie shrana easily. "F iv e hundred gnaw."
'H e back In an hour.” »aid I'r e *
*
” ■ »'“ 1 that atep; nothing like It had
tiranti
onto a ----
raft.
heen known In her family, ami, while Ion, “ and you aliali have 11.“
An hour later Preston handed Itali
»he was »t||| deliberating. Itankln w a»
Orava of Cacti Rhodas In South Africa.
killed in the train accident that oc kin hla money, aud the man shunted I
lar« and exceeded In value Ihe com
curred after the Watertown races, out o f alglit along the rosal. Presión | <r*«*»isA Sr th* Natloaal <i*o«i»e»is
auvistr Wsskisaioa. t> 0
blued value o f Ihe many shiploads o f
where he had gone in play.
watched him. He had meant what lie
F T H E three largest overseas w o o l, ostrich feathers, hides and coal
The body was mangled among a salti. For IVarothy'a sake he w a» re
uulta that make up lit« llrltlab lhal aallrd away from Mouth Africa
heap o f others snd only Identified by mdved to kill llankln If be entered
o f nations, the Ihe aame year.
O
’ commonwealth
a card tn a card case. It occurred to Ihetr live*» again.
I n Ion ot South Africa la iho
Some ktai mllea to Ihe northeast of
ItNtikln. who hnd lost the five hun-
nobody that Itankln might have given
only one presenting serious racial
Ihe diamond country are Ihe gold
his card to some chance aciiualntance (Irani In a gambling hell, lawk the »ec- ,
The
wltlle
|iopul»tlnu
of
fields
In thrlr midst la the gold-
upon the train. IV rothy did not pre oiul aioomii 10 die place Ile wa» sure * " ‘ 1
about s million aud a half Is divided built, wonder city o f Johannesburg,
tend to mourn him. .six months later he cwuht easily get »11 he wantant out
between people of llrltlsli and Dutch
melropolla of Mouth Africa. After the
she married Freetou. and her real o f Preston. He Imiulred and learned
origin, while the population o f lilacks discovery o f gold In Ihe eighties llie
honeymoon began
that IVirothy would mu return fair 11
la more than three tluiva lhal o f the
city sprang up almost over night
Two
years
of
Ideal
happiness •lav or twa>. The aectmd Hva hundred
whites This racial situation hut af
fo llo w »! the first.
passed. Preston was at this time rep
Because o f Its racial situation tha
fecled the molding o f Iho govern
resenting his Arm on the road, lie
Mouth African Union la not marked by
Itankln tlld mil rati at I'reaton a
mental machinery
was away for a week when Dorothy
aa great a degree o f democracy as
house again
Perhaps he had a lurk*
The Union o f Mouth Africa, although
seated happily on the porch o f their Ing fear o f violence; perhaps hla nerve
Australia. The executive haa rather
house, and thinking of him. saw .1 w a» not equal to seeing Preston. He half around the «o rld from America broad power«, ha* lug a veto over or
ragged tramp approaching along the wrote » letter instead, »»k in g for five aud lllllo known lo American«, haa In dlnanree passed hy Ihe provincial
road.
hundred more. It was a letter typical Ha history chapters which wa know by councils.
lie also appoints admin
Something In the man s appearance. o f »oeh a man. now threatening, now ! heart. It haa vast areas taken over latrntora for Ihe provinces. The mem
J
from
aborigines;
thousamla
of
Its
Imploring, and winding up with the
In hts »touching gait arrested her at
here o f the senate and houae o f as
* « * m nvacrod by sav
aeinhly of lha Unloo must be uf Ku
tentton. Suddenly she »at up In her Statement that he m eantTo tail« the " h,t*
money and go Weal.
• * ” ' bul " » ‘"•"h “ ‘"'•“ "•led. proamal riqieun descent, and senator» m ail aw 1
chair, rigid, her eyes fixed with hor
ror upon the face of the man who had
Preston received the letter when he
,hr,r «’ n,,rU
W
property valued al CJ.fiUU
"State,
been her husband
came home from hitslne«*. When he farther Into the Interior o f an un right»“ are recognised to Ihe v ile n l
known
couilneut
;
a
gold
rush
won
a
Itankln advanced up the little walk had read It he sat with hardened face,
that Ihe qualification» for voting are
o f the garden. He grinned amiably thinking. He saw this blackmailer a uew em pir»; and Iho land la pro
different In Ihe aeveral provinces, be
soasad
today
o
f
a
stubborn
race
prob
I I « saw
a* he came to a halt In front o f the chronic feature o f hla life
ing I hose recognised by the pro« laces
lain.
terrified girl and removed his battered that In the man a death lay the only
al the lime o f Ihe Union.
In one raspaci, however, tha carving
hat with a mock how
chance for IVirolhy's happiness. And
Even In the m ailer o f language amt
“ W ell, wife.” he said, “ la that all he meant to protect IVirothy at the out o f what la now Ilia Union o f Koutli Institutions Mouth Africa la far from
Africa
la
without
Its
parallel
In
lha
yon have to say to me? Aren't you coat o f hla life —or o f hla «olii.
being solely Hrltlab. The Dutch lan
Itankln had asked Presina to meet development of tha I'ultad Míate«
glad to see me again after all these
guage Is equally aa official aa Kng
years?"
hint on the bridge ocrosa the river - Th••r*, ,h* *,r,f“ <* ' » » white peoples lla b ; and Itoiuan Dutch law Instead of
Scene In the Red Square. Moscow, when thousands o f Russians paid tribute to Leonid Krassln's memory as hla
Dorothy only »hrank from him. a lonely «(nit In a deserted quarter of I ^or control haa been an all Itnponaut lha English common law la lha basis
funeral cortege passed. He was the Soviet representative In England and one o f Russia's beat diplomats.
■•*“ «*' ■ century and a o f tha legal system.
Rankin observed the movement and the town, given over only by day to f,c lo r
factory activities. I'reaton put a load ; h“ lf ,h* Dutch had possession of t ape
he grinned, not so amiably as before
About tha Rravin«aa.
“ I guess we'd belter have this thing ed revolver Into hla (Ha-ket that night T o* " " » d 'he «mall area surrounding
Capa
o
f Good H op » province (o r
ami
walked
briskly
through
the
town
1
1
which
harbored
all
tha
whites
In
HONOR DEAN CLARK
out right away," he said, taking his
Month A f r t a
The Napoleonic war» “Cape Colony'* aa It la still usually
«eat beside her. ''So you thought 1 until he reached the rendosvoua.
As lie stood on the bridge ha saw "■««■ferrad possession to England, and termed) la Ihe premier unit o f the
was deail and got married again, eh?
'l* * ! the English assumed a final Union both In age and else. With lla
And I guess you're happier than you the ragged figure approaching him
area o f approximately J77.IIW square
were with me? Ami you wouldn't like from the low quarter o f the town In ; r®“ ' r° |. which many of the Dutch to
habitants resented
In IM 6 many uf miles II Is more than one-truth as large
10 he disgraced and have to take me which Hie Parker hotel was situated
Itankln saw Preston and hurried for ,ll*‘ Dutcli farm er» or “ Iloera” began ea the entire l tilled Slate«, and It I*
hack V
more extensive than Its three slater
"I'll never do that ” cried Dorothy. ward. He stopped a few reet away "ek k tn g Into the Interior with tha tn-
provinces combined.
From the era
leutlun o f settling beyond English In
“ Maybe not." he admitted
"A ll tb» and looked at him Inquiringly.
“ I got your letter,” aald I'reaton duence.
When Englishmen followed much o f Ca|*r Colony seems barren,
same, you'd give a good deal to get rid
them they trekked farther. Finally, bul the soil la rich aud after the rainy
o f me and not let your husband know cnlmly.
"Yea." aald Itankln. deeelved hy th « beyond (lie Orange river they founded season, productive.
It wasn't my twsly that was found.
other'« manner 'T meant to keep in* 'he .Orange Free State, nud twyoud the
Natal lies Jual around Africa's cor
How much Is It worth to youV
Hut I was «lugged V* * ' rl*er. «he Transvaal Keptibllc.
ner. only a m ile way beyond lit« Cape
“ What do you mean?" cried the girl. promise tn you.
Elr» t diamond» and then gold were
o f Good Hope. It fronts, therefore,
" I mean.” said Itankln sullenly, anrl robbed. And I've got to go West
“ that I’ m down and out.
When I anil I'm stranded. I f I stayed In town discovered In tha new «tutea. They on Ihe southern part of the Indian
It extends roughly between
heard you thought me dead and had you know I'd In* recognised and lha brought greut prosperity to the Boer ocean.
republic», but they brought uiuny out
south latitudes 27 and IK!, and haa a
got hitched up again, I meant to »lay truth would come out."
“ It would." I'reaton «rree d
! alder» aa w e ll; and the preseuca of position corresponding In the northern
away. You weren't the only one that
• I've got lo get out o f town then.”
«*>*»••> '«1 •« the Boar war an, hemisphere lo lltal uf northern Florida
wa« «firry to have got married. M ar
ried life wasn't all beams and roses said Itankln. "You'd lieller hand over ■ re»u ll of which (lie república came and the southern and central portion«
Into the possession o f Great Britain. of Ihe other Gulf state«. In Ihe matter
for me either. Now, then, how much that five hundred, and I ’ll tuke the
o f location, then. It 1 an lie »ecu 1 h.1t
Crsatlon of tha Union.
Is It worth to you to set me on my first train fur Uallfornln In the morn
Natal should have an excellent chance
feet, knowing I'll never come back? in g "
Aside from the war horn rrpuhllca lo liecotne Mouth Africa's "D ix ie." The
“ Itankln.” »aid I'reaton,' "you nre
Make It five hundred."
und monarchies o f llie last eight years,
“ You want me to deceive my hus supposed to have died In that train lha Union o f Mouth Africa la one of coastal licit la relatively low and warm
with a subtropical climate. In lltla
wreck."
band V cried the girl,
nine It la believed that Natal ran de
"Yea. but I didn't. «0 what's the usa the youngest o f the Imp.,riant enuu
"I'm your husband.” said Rankin
Thomas Arkle Clark, who originated
tries of (he world. It, too. was largely
velop an Important rollon production.
of. talking?” asked Knnkln with a
the office o f dean o f men tn American with another grin. ’T om e now. five
Shortly after the cniiclu- There, (00, Is a considerable sugar In
sneer, thinking that the other was war-horn.
universities and who haa served In hundred sipiares It. I know you ran
•lon o f the Boer war plana were set on dustry and large tea plantation« Hack
that capacity at the University o f lilt- ! r®l*“ that, r didn't run through all temporizing.
•'Nobody knows you.didn't die," said f o o t to fuse the two old rrpuhllca with about DU mllea from the roast the
nola for twenty-five year«, w ill be Yoor money. I wish I had. but now It
*'a|ie Colony, the oldest Month African
midland belt In-gin».
This «one Is
Preston thoughtfully.
honor guest at a dinner party January **‘<>m* J,ut * " well."
government, and Nutul, next In |silnt higher and cooler aa la Ihe hack coutf
“
I
guess
they
will
smin.
If
you
don't
11, to be attended by some 300 col-
Dorothy rose and faced him scorn-
o
f
age.
to
form
the
new
union.
It
was
leagues and frlenda from varloua fully. “ You mean that If I give you rome serosa,” said llankln threatetv- finally crraled by au act algued In Iry o f Ihe American Gulf atate« and
ronatllatea a “ corn liell." SUM farther
five hundred dollars you will never iim-lJ
parta o f the country.
IDIU.
from ihe cnaat nre Ihe uplands o f
•'You are ns good as dead, anyway,
I see me again?" she asked.
The territory o f the Union occupies Natal, where higher altitude and low.
"That's about the alíe o f It,” he au- said I'realon, as If talking to himself, the whole southern and southeastern
AWARD FOR BRAVERY 1 swered.
“ la fire hundred the least you will
er temperature combine to create con
tip o f Africa In a wide atrip extending ditions like Ihoaa o f the plains o f
" I have five hundred left and yon take. Itankln?”
about
‘
J
50
miles
Inland
from
the
Indian
“ Not a rent less, and It'a that or ex
Texaa and Oklahoma. And, aa In lha
Tw o famous explorers o f the Arctic wastes met at the National Geo- j
shall have It hy the first post tomnr
ocean.
Ha arra lacks only ‘ja.ntsi uplands o f ihnae slate«, slock raising
graphical society In Washington and swapped atori'-s on erpedltiona In the Far
row,” aald the girl. “ Give me your posure.” answered the other.
square
mile«
o
f
reaching
the
half
mil
“ There's an alternative.”
,
and cereal production are the dom
North. They were MaJ. Gen. A. W. Greely (righ t), dean o f living Arctic ex
! address "
"There la, eh?" demanded Itankln. lion mark. U f Its four prdvlneea. Cape inant Industrie«. Natal hna a popula
plorers, and Dr. Knud Rasmussen, a famous explorer and authority on Eskimo [
"T h e Parker hotel.” aald Rankin.
Colony Is slightly larger than Texas, tion of about 140,01«) whites and ap
»
tribes who has recently returned from a 2U.OOJ mile trip In the North by dog :
Thut afternoon the girl drew all her “W h a i r
“T h l»,” answered I'reaton. drawing rtiw Transvaal shout the else of Ne- proximately ten lim e« as many negroes
sled and on fo o t
money out o f the hank and mailed It
viida. aud orange Free Slate slightly and East Indiana.
to him. No answer came, o f which the revolver from hla pocket aud ain.
smaller than Alabama, while Natal ex
Orange Free Slate province la en
she was glad; hut no Rankin returned. Ing It at Itnnkln'a heart.
He saw the terror In the blackmail- reeds Mouth Carolina by a few thou tirely Inland, separated from Ihe In
i And Dorothy nerved herself to meet
sand
square
miles.
dian ocean hy the high Drakensberg
ber husband on hla return and keep er'a eyea; then, pressing the rnuxgie
From the aouth snd southeast
tn his breast, he fired.
Without n
range, and from Ihe Atlantic by half
the matter from him for hla aake.
South Africa la a aeries uf mighty ter
Ihe width o f Ihe continent.
It lies
"W hy. yon look quite worn out. sound the blackmailer toppled l^'to
raeea, each with a rim of high mnun
on the great Mouth African tableland
deareat.” said I'reaton. "Y ou 'll have the sluggish stream.
tains from below and low ones from at an elevation o f more Ilian 4,01*1
I'reaton
dropped
In
the
weapon
a
fter
to run Into the < ountry for a few daya'
above. Most of the slopes near Ihc feet. The country la made up for the
him and walked home.
J change."
sea are fertllo, well wooded and well
moat part o f rolling plains with hero
Hhe elnng to him hyaterteally. " I
watered. The «»ren din g step» vary In and there "rand»“ or ridge«. The pop
Im
itativ
«
Man
don't want to leave you. I-awrenoe."
molature und fertility.
Within (hla ulation Is largely o f Dutch origin.
I ahe cried.
No man In effect doth aecompariy
terraced bulwark lie the great plnlns
"W hat nonsense!”
he answered, u-lth others hut he learneth, ere I,«
Mllll farther Inland Ilea the fourth
or veldta where wild game once
! kissing her.
"It will do you good, la aware, some gesture, voire or fasli-
province, Transvaal, with an area
swarined
and
where
great
herds
of
dear.
You ore aa while as a rag. Inn.— Baron.
twice that o f Orange Free State and a
sheep and cattle have taken llielr
population ntnre than three times as
places. These plains coulrlhule yearly
great. The while population, as In all
million« o f dollars worth o f wool,
the other province», la greatly In Iho
ostrich feather», hides, and mohair to
minority.
1'hyalcally, Transvaal la
the outside world.
much like Orange Free Plata, a land
Aa a result o f excavations during »0 on are little less perfect than we
Great Diamond Mlnaa. •
o f rnther dry upland plains.
rebuilding in various porta o f the city make them today.
Toward I he Inner edge o f the terri
The Union of Mouth Africa haa a
o f I Ain don the Guildhall museum has
From Elizabethan limes we find
become quite 11 storehouse o f antlqnl- chessmen In terra cotta and hone, dom tory o f the Union nre the world's system of divided capitals. From I’ re-
greatest diamond mines, where earth t” ria, capltel o f Ihe old Transvaal 11«
inoes In lead, bone skates and tobacco
I ties.
sufficient lo fill IhousnntU of car« la public, Ihe administrative activities of
There are to he fonnd flint flakes of pipes.
W. W. dem enta o f Boston, Maas,
screened yeurly for the sake of a peck Ihe Union are carried on. The pnrlln-
Tudor wall files,
tavern signs,
U lien a e lm i* elephant . «caiied at Garnett, Knns., and roamed over the who haa been given the Carnegie med- the paleolithic period, flint celt« and
or two o f diamonds.
Bill the few
ment meets in C«|ie Tow n ; while the
knives
o
f
the
neolithic
period,
dag
boundary
marks,
spurs,
wehpons
and
«'IJucent country for several days
the farmers engaged
an
exciting
and
«I 1 « and
an
award
•/$1,000
•
1
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ll g
ill c
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ItllJI,
u
UIJ i n
1 1 » VI n
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l ^J' Sr ir sy for i attempt-
llirril|M .
■ 1
j.
ff ivia
handfuls o f diamonds exported In 11113, Supreme Oourt o f Appeals alts In
armor
are
all
arranged
In
chronolog
unusual hunt, iitu tl’y th# pachyderm w ith ninny «hot wounds and with frozen , Ing to nave a woman from drowning K° r*
f lP hrpnze age «
> J
the last year before the World war, Hloenifonteln, riipltal o f Orange F re »
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rw .n el.an .la
I.O m n lp ri
lftfl
IflflU
lina, o spearhead»,
hammers l and
tools ical order.
Spur» for - rockflghtlng,
♦ a n and toes, waa caught, chained and led back pea« efally to hit owners.
at Miami Heart), ria
were worth more than fifty million dol Mlnle.
o f the late Celtic period.
models o f «tale barge*, handcuffs,
Useful and ornamental things such manacle* und a whipping post are
Sym bolic Ja p a n e ta G ate a
as hairpins, combs, mlrtors, rings. other curious exhibits.
tlnn centuries. It la believed that the
The T orll gates In Japan are arch- shoes, spoon», ladles and surgical In
hulk o f ihe art treasure was gathered
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ways o f two upright posts with two struments, that we owe to the Ko-
hy Multili! Mollman Ihe Magnificent
H
um
anity'
a
Oc/rf
T
rait
mans, Hre there.
House furniture,
Turkey Is taking to electric refrig
In Its earliest stages, tuberculosis horlzontal ties ms. They were orlgl
Whnt la probably the grent**t collec during the middle part o f th « Six
The world Is full o f f„|nt |)e, rl(|
n
a
llj
supposed
to
be
the
perch
for
locks
and
keys,
wall
decorations,
and
erators.
can lie cured In practically lot) per
and yet everyone has ctllril){p rnmigh tion o f Uhlneae porcelain» In the world teenth century.
sacred fow l that heralded the ap-
I ’aiier can be made from practically cent o f cases, specialists say.
lo hear the misfortunes
wU(|ora tins lain hidden In the cellars o f the
proach
o
f
day.
The
word
‘
'T
o
ril"
anything that can be pounded Into
A telegraph typewriter has been In
Potato Seed Not U tad
enough to manage the affairs o f hla tnnsure houae o f the “ old «ora l" of
means
either
a
bird
rest
or
a
gateway.
U
te
for
Oyeter
Sh
ellt
pulp.
vented which delivers messages at the
the Turkish sultan* In Constantinople,
neighbors.— Poor R lc h ^ g .
Hnth the Irish and the sweet potato
Oyster shells are used for five pur-
The famous W lellcik a salt mines In receiving end lu complete tyiiewritten
according to I'rof. Ernst Zimmerman, produce true seeds, hut In neither rase
pose«— “ shelling," chicken shell, fer
Galucla contain 05 miles o f galleries form.
Contcience No G uide
o f Dresden, one of Ihe world's fore are they used for propagation.
The
Early
P
r
o
h
i
b
i
t
M
ovt
tilizer,
lime
and
road
building.
By
o f salt rock.
Esperanto will be adopted as an
No man's conscience ran tell him
most authorities on ceramics. A large «weet potato plant produces seed only
ProhlbllteR
was
first
Mp(1
Am„
.
Boys played m arble» even In the auxiliary language, especially |n the the right» o f another man; they must ,ar ,h,> ,no"* 'n'l-ortant
Is for shell
part o f Ihe collection con»l«ta of M iiiir In very warm climates, while Ihe Irish
0, th.
early daya o f the Indian mound bulld- transmission o f Important news, It la be known by rational Investigation or |
By, thls U meant ^Hie planting ' fca in 1733, when Dm
and Ming pieces, ranging In date from potato produces seed only In cool rlk
o f them In oyster beds. In order that , colony o f Georgia • " y u jp t . j t0 pro.
predicted.
historical Inquiry.—Johnson.
lha Tenth to tha Meventeenlh C'hrla- mates
the spat may fasten on them.
j Dibit rum.
KILLING
WAS NOT
MURDER
UTHATW a
Russians Pay Honor to Leonid Krassin in Death
Arctic Explorers, Old and New
End of an Elephant Hunt in Kansas
Monuments of Past Uncovered in London
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE
Treasures Long Hidden