EIGHT
THE WORLD
WITH A FENCE
A New Novel by Marian
Stmt
BYNOPSlEt Carol Torranee
feels a little better about her sud
den decision to teach echool in
Aehboro. Oa., since she has met her
fellow teacher, Ellen Sands, and
eeen Ben Tyler, the town bachelor,
onee again. The Sunday afternoon
before eehool opens Ben takes Carol
to play volt, and relieves her op
prehensions about the morning to
come, when she must face her
classes for ths first time. But Carol
docs not intend to teach sohool for'
ever.
Chapter Seven
THE CAT
AFTER supper etas n4 Ellen
walked lazily home. "WhatH
we do tonight!" Ellen demanded.
"Go to church?"
"What again?"
"Well, there doesn't seem to ho
much else."
There didn't "All right But I
don't want 'em to think I'm estab
lishing any precedents."
Only a handful at church tonight
Another neat little sermon that was
slightly more Informal than that of
the morning. Mr. Hudson was there
again and they encountered him on
the steps, talking to an Incredibly
old woman. His beam was even
brighter.
"Weil, well! You're starting the
week right, I see."
; Carol twinkled outrageously at
Carol faoed her
him. "I told Ellen, though, that I
wasn't establishing any precedents."
He laughed heartily and intro
duced the old woman. "This la Mrs.
Taylor. She lives next door to you."
They were, Carol and Ellen said
politely, delighted to meet her; ex
hilarated at the Idea of being neigh
bors. The old woman hardly waited
. to acknowledge the Introduction be
fore she looked at Mr. Hudson.
"What d'you think of your teach
ers playing golf on Sunday?" she
demanded, with a contortion that
was Intended for a smile.
A crimson rage shook Carol. She
looked quickly at Mr. Hudson and
saw his face empty Itself; become
bland and vacant He said pleasant
ly: "Can I drive you home, Mrs. Tay
lor?" Mrs. Taylor looked surprised, but
not dlscoucertod. ilr. and Mrs.
Hamrn had brought her, she said:
she guessed they were waiting for
her now. ...
When she had gone Carol turned
on Mr. Hudson. "I could hug you
for that!" she said, and his eyes
danced. Then she sobered. "1 "didn't
dream the retribution would be so
swift I won't play again tt you say
ao."
His face became thoughtful. "No.
,You go on and I'll see what happens.
Nobody could please her we'll wait
till the protest Is more general."
He nodded, almost paternally, and
turned away.
As they left the church Carol real
ized that Ellen was shaking with
laughter.
ON Tuesday morning Carol faced
her first class. Monday's ses
sion had been brief, devoted to
registration, arranging schedules,
banding out book lists. Today there
would be a halt time schedule:
twenty minutes to each period.
The class was American History
snd the studonts were seniors. She
eyed them speculatively, and the
class eyed hor with mingled relief
snd curiosity. Relief because she
was young and pretty: curiosity be
cause they wondered how much
they could got by with.
The door opened and four youths
entered. swaggering a little. They
looked like men. but Carol recog-
sized them from their bearing as
PHILADELfnM. Aug. 30. ;p
Archaeologists under the direction of
Dr. Edgnr B. Howard hive uncovered
evidence of an ancient uncivilized
people in a prehlstorlo lake bed near
CIovls, New Mexico, the University
of Pennsylvania museum said today
Dr. J. Alden Mason of the museum
said Dr. Howard's discoveries dated
back "possibly very close to the
glacial period."
He aald that the actual time In
years was a matter for geologists, but
that "expert estimates placed the
date approximately 8.000 to 10.000
years bko."
The specimens uncovered at CIovls
were those ol a "very ancient unciv
ilised hunting people who lived In
New Mexico and Arizona."
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members of the football squad. One
of them suggested a gorilla, black
and unshaven and slightly stooped,
walking noiselessly on his toes, with
a springy, catlike tread. Two others
were nondescript and the fourth
was the most beautiful male she
had ever seen.
The fourth boy quietly took a seat'
In the front row, directly In front
of her. There were two vacant seats
on the outer aisle, next to the open
windows, and the other three broke
and ran for them. There ensued a
swift silent struggle.
Carol watched theu tor an In
stant in silent astonishment There
was a minor crisis here: she knew
It from the bright Interested stare
with which the class was favoring
her. The windows were too high to
afford a view of the world outside,
so why that primeval struggle? She
looked at the boys quietly and In
tently, and the boys shuffled a little
and grinned placatlngly.
And then she bad It One of the
gorilla's cheeks was distended, as
If he had a toothache.
She followed her Intuition, hoping
desperately that It was right
"What Is your name, please?"
He stammered: "Bill Yandell."
"Then, Mr. Yandell," the formal
courtesy had the sting of a very tine
wire, "I'll excuse you and your
friends long enough for you to get
first olsae.-
rid of that" She glanced at her
watch. "It oughtn't to take longer
than a minute and a halt. And when
you come back you may take those
seata In the center aisle."
LIKE a alngle Individual the class
released Its breath. Laughter
beat against the walls, and crim
soned the faces of the three boys.
They almost ran tor the door.
Carol felt limp with relief. Who
would ever .have expected a con.
tlngency like chewing tobacco? She
relaxed suddenly and laughed with
the class, and the class took her to
Its heart
She got up and walked slowly
towards a window, leAiod lightly
against the frame. Hor heart was
hammering, but she made her voice
deliberate and caaual.
"I hope," ahe said, and smiled
quietly, "that we can all enjoy this
class. History's a fascinating study,
and the history that never gets into
scboolebooks Is the most fascinating
ot all. I've often wondered why they
leave ao much ot the truth out of
our books, and I've decided It must
be because the American people
can't take It"
Her casual use ot their own Ian
guage caught them at once. They
weren't accustomed to teachers who
spoke the living tongue aa they
knew It She had their undivided at
tention. She walked back to her desk and
sat down, and every eye followed
her. The class was breathless In Its
attention.
"1 think I'll try an experiment
with you," she said reflectively.
"You seem fairly mature, and you
look rather Intelligent I warn to
see, this year. If you're capable of
taking soma of the unpleasant
truths In our history; of thinking
tor yourselves.
"I want you to stop and examine
things people say or write before
you believe them. Americans will
believe anything under the sun If
It's printed on a piece of paper, and
some of the stuff printed Is lies."
She nodded and smiled dismissal
at the enraptured class. "You may
go," she added.
(Copyright, !9J, by Harlan Sims)
Csroi's "maonlflctnt boy" talks
to hep. Uirrtorraw.
MADISON, Wis.. All. 30 (API-
Liberal leaders of Wisconsin and Mln
neeota turned their attention today
toward formation of a national farm
er-labor party in 1940.
In a conference they aareed Wis
time was not ripe for a new party
movement thla year and decided to
have nothing to do with the Union
party of Congressman William Lemlte.
North Dakota, and father Charles
Couahlln. IVtrolt radio priest.
Although some of the leaders voic
ed sentiment for support of President
Roosevelt, lo avoid splitting the lib
eral vote, the two groups decided
that as a body they would withhold
endorsement ot any specific caudl
date.
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Southern Cross. ,
Strange as It seems, the Southern
Cross waa visible over Palestine at
the time of Christ for. according to
Dr. Dlnsmore Alter, director of the
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, the
formation - could be seen from any
point as far north as 36 degrees north
latitude.
Rtrangoly, too, the northern stars
were visible In a large section of the
southern hemisphere. The change In
position of these stars as observed
from the earth Is due to the motion
of the eath known as "precession."
This causes the earth's axis to de
scribe a cone around a line perpen
dicular to Its annual path. It re-
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police officer held Ted DeSpaln of
Wichita, Kas, and Harlow Thompson
of Crescent City, Calif., in the county
jail today in lieu of ball of $10,000
each.
DeSpaln was accused of holding
Chief of Police George Sorenaon of
North Bend at bay while he took
Ruby Dunham from a hotel there.
6orenson said he was summoned
to the hotel on s report of trouble
and was accosted oy DeSpaln, who
ordered the woman to pack.
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from places south of 20 degrees north
latitude.
Civil War Delaware.
About one-fourth of the entire male
population of Delaware fought In the
Civil War, Of these, tv few hundred
cast their lot with the south, but at
Ion st a fifth of the men of Delaware
enlisted wth the arm lea of the north.
Yet. oddly enough, the state of
Delaware was not among the ratlflers
of the 13th Amendment to the United
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At the point of a revolver, the
chief said DeSpaln forced him out
side the hotel. There DeSpaln and
the woman entered an automobile
driven by Thompson and fled. De
Spaln warning him to say nothing,
the chief asserted.
Sorenaon notified state police, who
stopped the machine a few minutes
later near Marshfleld. Officers said
DeSpaln leveled a revolver at them
but the woman and Thompson seized
it.
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for.re5ty. RegTJ4S.'PCOnJ
States Constitution which abolished
slavery In the nation.
Contrary to popular belief, Abra
ham Lincoln's famous emancipation
proclamation didn't free a single slave
In the United States I It gave free
dom only to "slaves within any state,
or designated part of & state, the peo
ple whereof shall then be In rebellion
rgalnst the United States." Slaves In
parts of the confederacy that were
held by union troops at the time of
the Issuance of the proclamation,
January 1, 1863, and slaves In the four
slave-holding states which did not
secede were not freed until the rati
fication of the 13th Amendment.
Tomorrow: Mutiny Port.
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