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THE ILLUSTRATE» FEATURE SECTION—February 21, 19.11
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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
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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
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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
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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 . .
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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. T h e r e Is no s ig n of F a t h e r Jo s e
J o n ll t r a le a v e s Ih r s it a r fo r U.e sudden, sharp stab, like a pin prick straightened back, hopelessly. ' Jon- a direct line with the open doors.
at his throat, and—fell
with a thra Is wise." he whispered to him-
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tim e o f se c re t e lr a n s ln g —a ll a r r w a llin g .
great scream.
self. "Did lie suspect? Is U the
(ConUnued on P a g e T w o)
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hold something firmly ugalnst th e *
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fallen man's neck. There was s slight j
hissing and then a metallic clicking
like scissors clipping, and only a
qul'.erlng body (old where JonUira
lay. Something rustled and sllUtercd
across his big neck.
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Above It. the sunlight the great
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In that group n > one moved. There
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Dolores openrd her eyes. “ So Fath
er Jose has failed." She whispered
the words to herself
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Chenah. his own eyes dark with
fear, saw the fluttering Ups. He
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“ that I should have stolen the Lily
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Jose knew the secret. He gave me the
Lily that he pre|>nred for the snmo!
hour's blooming, after the ancient
rites -but now. He Is not within to I
save her by the secret way and Jon-
tlirs lives."
He groaned and dropp'd his head
again in sllenee.
Ramon threw a glance at the
speaker, trying to catch Ills low-1
toned words. But they were but whls- [
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