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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1930)
o «1AUSTRATKD FKATIJRE SKI XION December b. 1»30 Lucky Mr. Moody *s Narrow Escape Saved Mis Life and I niqne Musk rat Farm from Deadly (iiingstcr By D O N N B R Y A N NK of tho most unusual spots in Northwest Missouri i>* the Rex Muskrat farm owned by Dwight L. Moody, { formerly of Cape Girardeau, a venerable colored gentleman who. through pluck and integrity, came into pos session of five thousand dollars for the capture of a dan- O ♦ Til«' (arm « >vers approximately (armor his life as well as tho lives fifteen acres with ponus and all the of his happy family u yel to be facilities for the breeding of musk- recounted rats. Beginning with a small work- j The bandits were imprisoned in* capital, Mr Moody has built up those who survived the rapture, and a business that pays him approxl- 1 not a single member of the band es- j match fifteen thousand dollars a raped after bring surprised at Kaiser j year. ! on that fateful night. But there was j Key. king of Dwight .Mood» » valuable muskrats. Ret represent» the finest breed of muskrat, amt It Is from him These fur bearing animals are In one of the gang who was ill at the that the farm derives Its name great demand and numerous rare time of the hold-up and UUs person furs are bought on Maody s (arm sought a method of squaring accounts Women of fashion and refinem ent! with the individual who was respon- bllfincVi Mr M(XKjy ou, __ gto leave the room, "and I wondrr If • Dwight saw that hr held a pistol come from as far as St. Louis to sible for the annihilation of th e 1 . . , .. ___ , . . but that was like him. he would have ! It would be conveiilcnl to slip down ' in his right hand procure muskrat fur for the coats notorious gang As soon as hr was to the kttrhrii anti get some baking The gun was leveled at him In a and chokers of today s ultra-modern released from the hospital where he born frank in hi» disclosures even If | soda You lowdn't mind bringing : dir eel line style had been confined for many days, he there had been certain htddrn j It up I hate the sight of the stuff ! U s o reports shook the room. 1 sat belore a green log fire in the followed Dwight Moody to Northwest. methods which lie had employed in But I merely mentioned It In rase Dwight had hied first Tlie bandit I need It." had not expected him to shout Amt Uut It was Mouly At this interrogation Dwight Moody both men fell He retorted Mv house Is wide open to who lived, thr bandit wlio died my guests. Just hike down these expired before a doctor could be steps and turn through the door on j summoned But lie left a confession behind him T o thr neighbors who your left." H ie door on hts right communl- ! had liren altractrtl by tlie shooting, lie told of Ills attempt to even ac rated with Moody's bedroom Bomrthlng startled Dwight to] counts with Dwight Musty Yes. tilla venerable colored man complete wakefulness He sat up in tlie clutch o f a r >ld fear The roon has aril |x»ld for Ills muskrat farm and drsrrvrs tlie success lie Is en was In total darkness but hr a s joying So fsr as Ls known. "Moody x" sure that hr had seen a circle of Is thr only muskrat farm owned br light uch as .omes from an electric a colored person in thr dale of Mis torch And thrn It appeared again souri. I In the glare ol the flash lamp, he saw the door swinging open and (lie .holder of tlie light standing In the hall at tlie foot of Utr step* Tin man turned Into the room Dwight sought to ralm himself although he was drrldrdly nervous "Tlie other way, please,' he ex- j T u end s « lu b ls irn ro u g h ip iiek ljr, It ul.ili d He lh . lit llu mall * a Is m u -o rtsid lo » .„d it* s o il hetd the tu looking lor the kitchen ll 111! Illb r s a i s , get r Id o f |l,e g e n u s Tlie stranger ramr on, not In the s u d si**» lo s o l I be s y s te m in w a r d ly tu helo th ro w off th e tro u b le . Irast ruffied P o r (b e se p u riM tu i, h e re Is a hom e Nolipul.vse«!. Dwight Moody, who 1 Scene on Dwight Moody's muskrat farm near Maryville. Mo. This farm was purchased with the money he m ad e m e d ic ia e , f a r le-fter th a n a n y th in g has thr courage of a «W en lions received from the railroad for preventing the $ 20,000 robbery. y o u estuiti buy s i ft lim e s th e r i e l , t roni waited until he had crossed tile I a n y d r u g g is t, g r t 2 'y o u n c e s o f I 'ln e t . threshold By tills tune lie was wide ’ P o u r th is in to s |ont le ttile , a n d add awake and steeled against Right : l a i a g r a n u la te d s u g a r s y r u p nr str a in e d achieving his remarkable success In He had been In tense situations be- I on ey to n il lip th e p in t. T h i s ta k e s rustic house that stands near M a ry -; Missouri b u t s m om en t, anti m a k e s a rem ed y so fore wile Missouri. In a comfortable Dwight was showing several the muskrat business t tiv e th a t y o u w ill n e v e r do w ith He measured thr distance Is tween o e u ffe rocker and heard Grandmother Moody M onger* over his farm when the t. o lir e voti h a v e used it. K e e p s per Then when the sun. a copper ball i thr bed and the encroaching guest fe et I v, arid r lu ld r e o lik e R . recount the hair-raising experiences bandit appeared unobtrusively and Wire shooting T h is sim p le rein ed v «loes th r e e a e re a which gave courageous Dwight hlr lh f others Hr was of course. was sinking In a ■ambnya . green' Possibly ten fret d Is la nr r • a r y th in g s. F i r s t , it bassetto Ih# g e n a , start- I unknown to the colored farmer, and and gold sky, painting Die ponds In lad e n ph legm . Met nnd. it tsud h es a w a y Hut there lay his slumhrrlng wife He was a porter at the Idanha Ho- j Dwight talked as friendly with him pastel shades, the party returned th e In fla m m a tio n . T h ir d . It is s boor bed He was uiMjeridrd but aware that tel in Cape Girardeau. Missouri, when as hr did the others In the group, to the rustic house for supper—a In in t h r k b sst. w h e re It s e t s d ire c tly he overheard a conversation which He explained the science of raising fried chicken supper that promised he would have to lake some sort ol nn th e h r o n r h ls l tu b es. T h i s e s p i a m i .Otion It was apparent that the, w h y it b rin g s am h q u ir k r e lie f, even le noted unmistakably that the speak-1 muskrats, the price of fur. etc., and much and fulfilled every promise r an meant him physics] harm la th e o b stin a te b ro lo h ist ro u g h s "Halt." he cried and leaped out of whlt-h fo llo w ro lli ep id em ics. with epicurean deliciousness P in e s la a h ig h ly run , r n t r s le d n u n bed with a revolver in hla hand It 1 The men dispersed, after some of was the same firearm he had bran j po un d o f g e n u in e N 'n rw a r P is e , run is in m g th e a t t iv e agen t o f cre o so te. In them had declared their willingness dished with such telling mirres* at a refi itisi p a la ta b le fo rm , s o d kn ow n to invest In the larm by buying Kaiser several months before. s a on e o f the g r e a te s t h e a lin g a g e n ts "Stick up your m»nds, Mntxly! fo r se v e re ro u g h s, ch est rid d a s u d stock In the event Moody wanted to came the stccl-lln»‘d voice "I'rn ( brant hisl tmubisg. promote a corporation. That, in D u not accep t s s u b s t itu t e fo r P in e » going to kill you. If you don't re- I short, was really the motive of the slst me I'll spnre your wife Other f t is g u a r a n te e d to g iv e p ro m p t r r l i r f o r m o n ey refu n d ed . visit. Muskrat farming was some w ise----" thing new It had never been so scuccessfully followed before All the muskrats they'd ever seen, they hud | trapped along the hanks of the 102! River in steel Jawed traps set at the edge of the water Dwight consented to think It over and was eh«-erliil and good nature«! rloua trouble. You ran atop thnn inflamed fiirmbranr* and atop the ir until the last one of the men. save now with Oromulsion, nn rmulaifted ritation, while the i rroaota goes nn to one, had departed erroaote ÚMt « pimpant to take. the atomarh, i* ahnotlxd into the Tills man was the bandit. ' I'd like (.reomul*ion in n » ik i I m i I diarovrry blood, attack* the M at of the troublo to stay all night," he prefaced, "If with two-fobl fiction ; it aooi I icn nnd and check* tlie growth of the germa. you've got room." bruì» thr inflamed membrane* und in* Oeomnlainn ia guaranteed aaliafao* Dwight eyed him over cautiously. bibita germ growth. lory in the treatment of rough* from He was Immaculate In blue serge, Of all known drug* i reoaoto ia ree* A litter of muskrats destined for milady's expensive winter coat. rold*. hronrhiti* nnd minor form* of reserved In appearance, and ha«l an ogmxrd by high medical author it in bronrhinl irritation*, and ia en client honest eye. Bo Dwight Moody asked aa one of the irm ir it hnling agrnrin for building up ihr ayatem after coida ers were planning to rob a fast ex of how tremendous was the demand Ills mother and his wife, and they for rough« from rolda and bronchial or flu. Money refunded if not re press train at Kaiser, Missouri. for muskrat coats for milady. It was agree«! that It would be satLsfartory irritation*. Cri'ornulaion contain*, in lieved after taking according lodnec- Dwight, after careful preparation, a glowing account of the success of to keep the stranger addition addrtmu to crronota, creowle, other mhe, healing g Ask yuur Aak your druggist druggiat. (sd (adv v) ) The bandit was led up a small succeeded in "getting the goods" on a man who had discovered a new his men and in thwarting the rob way of quickly amassing wealth and stairway to a bedroom under the “1 some bery. That story has been told In his audience listened with rapt at eaves, and given a lamp times have Indigestion In the night," this magazine, but the other adven tention There were no secrets about the he announced, as Dwight was about ture, which nearly cost the muskrat FOR THE COUGH FROM COLDS THAT HANG ON t BEWARE THE COUCH FROM CO LD S T H A T HANG ON CREOMULSION
