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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1931)
True Stories Achievement Stories W n XIR ( '• . OH |. iM a rh s f« Ail * r f 1 1» lo i The A dvocate « » h D A V I*. -*r- THE ILLUSTRATE» FEATURE SECTION—February 21, 19.11 r s s lu r s »411er Discarded “ Half IPiintt 91 Aod Milk Bottles Mcaim Mooey in this Unique Business By HOWARD ZIM Down In the "Past Bottoms." K a n sas City, M o, Is a thriving business In whlrh the capital stock Is almost negligible Tile passerby would prob ably give no more than a i>a*».ng glance at tile lot. entirely vacant, except (ur a little shed not much larger than the nsrow-gauge box cars used In early railroad days The piles of broken glass would certainly not be an Inducement for any-ne to drive a motor car inside, and barefoot boys would shun such Clean Fiction Human Interest Features surrounding» Yet pieces of glass form tile sole st ck In trade at this 'Tnvtltutlon " Tuns of broken bot tles are collected here etch year and shlpprd to various (tarts of the United M a t. - Prrha|» the fruit Jars that Mrs. Kansas Cltlsn used the last summer werr, In a prior stair, milk bottles, that were left at the bark door each morning, or bottles ol greenish hue that contained a beverage testing more than 2 \ prr cent. Pictures tn the iiiuatrated fea tu re Section « e r e posed, and do not d*ptet principals unless so captioned tort: "M y glass business? Well, tak- a look around, it's all here." There was nothing to see except the little wooden shack, piles of br»ken glass, and barrels of It already assorted, waiting for shipment. When asked how she and her husband got In ti the business of collecting glass, Mrs Honeycutt smiled and said: “ I don't know—Just fell Into It. I guess. We cam- from Little Rock. Ark., to Kansas City nine years ago. and had a hard time making a liv ing. When i went to and from work I noticed lots of glass of all kinds on the streets and boulevards, and would 1 U 1 my dinner pail each night." “ I didn't know It was worth any thing, but after a while I had about a ton In my back yard. It brought about (3 when I sold It— not as much as I get m w because it was not sort ed After that I had boys gathering bucketfuls and would give them a few cents for It. whatever I thought It was worth. " I t didn't sell well, and when I O ne o f th e m a n y y a r d s u srd to r o lle r t v a lu a b le b ro k en (la s s . Inquired, a glass factory told me that the glass wasn't the right kind. ‘Get " I in Mrs Annie Honeycutt, and I standing before him When assured broken bottles,' they said. 'Clear, don't want to buy anything," was the by the visitor that he had nothing uncolored glass Is better.' curt reply to the writer who wished to sell, but wished to talk about the to Identity that person of two women glass business, there came the re- C o n tin u ed on P a g e F o u r THE BLACK LILY* Ay Plower o f Sleep, really or----- ” He CO RA B ALL M OTEN clo,i<1 e>es *™ n iy . t io n a lly K n o w n S e r i a l Another leaf curled backward. W r ite r John Northlngton. from his place at the other corner, clenched his __. ,_ _ — : - . ■ ■ ------- — — ------------------------------- hands till the knuckles sto:d out K YN O PM Irt O F T H F FAST IN S T A I.!..MU N T Iltal qulrkrr. d e a t h which Jonthra Where tvas Father Jose? What was |)2ic s c a m s - the brutt/e background J o h n N o rth ln g to n . H ow ard U n iv e r s ity g r a d u a te Is s a t e d fro m d e a th by sought was hidden in Uie secret place nU fl, _ 1H . . . . i r f h l . fu . -Tf D o lo re s Ita m lre s. t u r n e r o f h it frie n d (U n io n M o n ie s, s f t e r h e h a s tried to below the old altar There he tended llS p a n ? C o l <* **vf h ** anything Is going to sa v e h e r fro m th e S a c re d G ro v e o f T I I F B L A C K L IL Y . T h e y e s c a p e in a |t u.uly prom thence h could le al He looked s t the ower. Its out- h » P f* n It w ll have to happen qulek- p lro g u e an d m eet I,....... . w hom .h e y b e lieved d e .d by to rtu re . * ,t t ' u k place ‘Th the Ceihrsl side .esves began to curl slmost l a - ^ ^ H l s k ^ r n ^ « win! the lo g e r th t lir e r bu but t a re o rth rtliin to be cham b er be T I h e r th r re e e go on to r e s se e p a ra te d . N ln g to n lo before Die time of so the P Nortldllfton be sav sav ed ed chamber u c iu ir u s r lo n e 01 u l perceptibly o n a v o u i r . The s u e sun su n rays r a y s were w ere act- n e t- „ j menacing fa c e s fro m d e a th In a c ro c o d ile en by F ath er J Jo « s k e , . a » h e rm it p rlrv t, D olore» m i g / y v o i M N m U •r ‘a » d am frM tlirr prirnt. olo rc* to u u i l m *,l(| timvt it cA gvd Ulg. be sa v e d by C h e n a h . a you n g n ovice of (b e p rie sth o o d , a n d K am u n . to a g a in , , rcartv \ long No one but him knew. At the breathlike touch of the ' long shadow icI1 »cress the fa ll In in th e b a n d s ot the p ilr a la u n d e r th e le a d e rs h ip o f J u n lh r a . Ih r g ia n t . . .' altar. d e fo rm e d h ig h p rie st w ho r o v r la th e b e a u ty o f D olo res. 1.» the »lender bit of pll- ebony petal, as It curled slowly bnck- There was an instant's dramatic J o n lh r a h a s d is r o v r r e d Ih r lo c atio n o f F a t h e r lo se '» p lace an d th e fu g i arle steel he wore around hta neck ward and out against her pale lips, The very atr seemed to when Uie lime Dolores suddenly held her breath. Her ” *enoe tiv e s w ho h a v e ta k e n r r lu g r H irer d r i.d e to le a v e It. T h e y fo llow I h r h u n t to hold It safely beautiful face tented, a slow quiver P » “ ** and tremble with It. T h e n - in g p a rty an d K a m o ., la T h e G ro v e , but Ju al aa th e y a r e e n te rin g a n u n d e r should come g ro u n d p assa g e th e y a r e sp ied by a guide an d w h e n ab o u t to br ta k e n a r r lie strode swiftly down the steep rippled along the full length of her * growling note like distant udvlaed io go q u ietly by ( a l l i e r Jo s e , w ho d isa p p e a rs, p ro m isin g to tr y to help wide steps thst led out of the cen- ivory body beneath the shimmering thunder seemed^ to gather ana roll th e m In th e r n d to r s . ape up and through the massed group tral chamber—along the wide passage folds of the veil. T h e little g ro u p Is ta k e n t s p i n e a n d held fa r th e a n n u a l fe a s t o f T i l l . He caught up one of Uie wall Chenah, from where he stood, on the square of white marble be B L O O M I N G w h en D olores an d the real w ill ...eel Ih r lr d e s ili torches. The pa sage was dim. The bound to the corner of the altar, fore the eastern do?rs of the weird It came from the throat* T h e v e n e Is s e t T h e y a r r a ll In th e ir a p p o in te d p la ces fo r I h r lin a i torch flared out Suddenly some- gave a convulsive movement. The temple. of 1 the and seemed a a r rIA r * . thing loomed belore him. It was a guard messed the poison tinned 7 771 vast .* assemblage, “T D o lr I »«lores Is bound to th e a lt a r u n d e r a ( la s s c a n o p y , h er lip s a g a in s t th e white haired giant. Belore he could knife menacingly again* the soft 10 meet “ d ,OCUS about ,he lone B L A C K L IL Y w h ir l, e x p lo d e . a d e a d ly v a p o r w h e n It bloom s. The m e n ^ r e , p e , k „ |um l sho, oul BLACK Hl. (clt „ Jf,. n o( hu nrcy H, stoadied. atul figure that stood in the High Priest's hound to s la k e s a n d a r íta le th a t w ill b la se an d hwrn th e m a t th e r ig h i mo place Just back of the altar and in m e n i. 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