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Show . . i CHAPTER VIII Continued 15 Well If Jinny had not spoiled It for me, 1 had bad a fair chance of tear-ing the heart oat of Grace' secret sweethearts notwithstanding. I might have chance yet At all events, I would not give up while a shred of hope remained On tbat resolution, 1 went to sleep. Nest morning there was fine music, when the carrier got to work clearing and felling the timber e wanted for raft. Jinny stood beside me on the river bank, tall and thin and motion-le- t at one of the long palms that grew tn the sheltered verge of the bush. Her beautiful, hungry face, with Its avid eyes, wat fixed on the sliding Rotnllly river. The sound of the carriers' clearing bad shifted farther away; hack, back, went the axes, dully, muffled by distanco. There wat a pause; through It arose, ex-ultantly, the voice of a Mamhore can-nibal singing the death song of the tree. . . . Followed a rending crash, and shouts tn cho us. There Is something In the fall of a great tree that lets things loose; thlngf that have nothing to do (on the surface) with trees. Genevieve Treacher had been one woman in the ' Instant before that crash. In the instant after, she was another an-other of the many Jinnies, to know all of whom would nave needed great part of any man'a days; would have beeen worth It , . . peibap. . . . She swung round from the river; the faced me. tall a L filled, at L bg Beatrice Grlmshaw' JllitMtra tlont bg Irtrln Mgert Copyright by Hughes Musi A Co. , WNU tarrlo For be, llk every one else "down West" bad known of my departure. . It was difficult to answer blra, "I came back," wat my lame reply. "Well," be said, "weir after a pause during whlcb he bad looked swiftly, keenly, at both of us. "I suppose I'm to bava the pleasure fetching you along to Daru also?" I wat thinking rapidly; calculating Just what this new turn In my affairs might mean. The Taurl was a fast launch; she could take me home in a day and a half; balf a duy to fix up matters there, and get stores. Theu a day and a half back, tn the Taurl again 1 calculated that the govern-ment would owe me v much for doing Itt work at my own rest Half a day for contingencies. Two days to get through my four days' cut In the bush. . . . Eight dayt In all from now ought to tee me should see me. If 1 went alive once more at the point where 1 bad turned buck. If there was no one ahead of me "1 suppose," 1 said to the waiting Basselt, "thnt yon didn't see any sign of another party on the river." BuHsett wat busy lighting a cig-arette. "You suppose wrong then," he snld. hla bend bent over his hands. "There's a prospecting and exploring party pewter table, opening out before. There was a long, si rip of beach at the river mouth; yon could scarcely see It at tbat hour. But If yon could not tee the beach, yon could see. quite clearly, that which stood upon It the pointed shapes of several canvas tenia. "We'll ttop here for t few minute." said the magistrate. "1 didn't call go-ing up; Just baited them, and asked If they bad teen anything of a white woman." "What did they tayr 1 asked. "One of them Caxoo It wat, I think; I hear be went witb them shouted back that they hadn't, and asked who she wat, aud what It was about" "('axon!" 1 said. "Who were the others?" "Only one other white.' You know him Splcer." He gave an order to the brown, bure-liinbe- steersman; and our boat took a wide sweep, and began heading Inshore. "Caxon 1" I thought. "Splcer It not such a fool as he looks." For Caxon. old-tim- e goldmluer and survivor of a past era of mining surceases, was about the ablest prospector who ever washed a dlsb between Daru and the Mauibare. "Do me a kindness, Bassett. will you?" I said. "Don't mention to any-one ashore Just where it was that you picked us up." "Itlght You not coming r "No fear." "Mis Treacher coming?" "I don't" with tbe fire and frce of youth; ' '. strong, supple, as a tigress, brave as a tigress, a woman made for tbe wilds. It ever one was to made. "I'm not askln' marriage, t'htl Amory," she said. "I'm askln' I'm askln' just a but down somewhere at the mouth of the river, and me waltln for yon to corns back, since you won't have me on the trip. And I'll stick to you and follow you" 8he fought for breath. "Yon pulled me away from the sharks," the said. "You sent your trip to biases and never cared. You're tbe first real man I've ever ever Phil, will yon leave me in that but when yon go?" She was as modest, almost virginal, in ber aa any girt I x don't know bow, but In tbat moment 1 recognised a truth that to far, bad not come my way. J realised bow auch a woman a Jinny may regen-erate herself; I realized, with a wrench of aoul and body painful be-yond all telling, tbat L and no other, waa the ma . to help her to It But between us stood the wrath of ria, my white rote, my etar, Pla who aome day, Ood willing, should past tbe ivory gate of dreamt witb me, Into a paradise of whlcb 1 waa unworthy, which, nevertheless, 1 could not give up, If the salvation of a hundred Jinnies stood In the way. If there bad never been a Pla. . . . Silently Jinny's head appeared above the coaming, cutting off my words She stepped out on deck. There wu still tome light left ; I could see tbat she had found Bustiett'i ttore of cloth Ing and looted It ruthlessly. A euro merbuud of dark-blu- tllk circled the wnlst of her my trousers; she had white socks on, and a silk tie about ber neck. I looked at her In amazement as she swung lightly down Into tbe boat, avoiding my eyes :she had not looked at me, or spoken to me, since we came aboard). I saw ber go ashore witb Bassett disappear among the tents. Before I bad time to grow more than a little impatient tbe boat was back again, and the uuncb under way. What bad Jinny been saying, doing, out there in the camp? Wby had the been to anxious to go ashore, and why, now that the bad returned, was the still keeping hidden, avoiding tlgbt or tound of me? Bassett was sitting on the cabin roof, a whitish blur In the dark. J edged up to blm and asked bin point-blan- "Did you anyone say anything ashore?" He knew what 1 meant He did not look up, or turn hit face, but be an-swered immediately, in Bassett't own crisp, precise way "I'm Not Askln' Marriage, Phil Amory," 8he Said. down at tbe river mouth at this min-ute." He did not look at me as be mike. Byssntt wnl Is llftla mm. I jinny, like many flame-balre- jnme-splrlte- d women, was clairvoyant 8he read my thought "Phil atrlte, Phil," sue said. "I It because of me goln' gay, aame aa you yourself bava gone, I'll lay that yon won't? Because, If tbat'a all" I cootdnt answer ber. I put my hands on ber wide, thin shoulders; ber face waa on a level witb my own. and I Ussed it "You're the pest girt in all the world, and I love yon. Jin-ny," I said. Unerringly, ahe read my meaning through my words. "I'm tbe best girl--bat oner she aald. To deny Pla wat to trample on tbe cross of my faith. "Yea," I answered, feeling at If 1 bad struck ber. "Then, if there hadn't been any Mlaa Laurlera In tha world, It'd 'a been all right with yon and me?" I could not answer her. There wat no need. She Sung n,e away with a suddenness and strength that all but aent me down among tbe trampled palm leavea by the river aide. She waa transformed, Instantly, Into a bag of the streets. A ab mtgbt look In tleman. "How toon can we get away?" waa my reply. "Aa soon as you can chuck your car-rier oo board, and get you and this lady on." He kicked me, slyly, and I replied, aa intended, with an introduction to Jinny. "I'm sorry to offer yon such rough accommodation, ' MUa Treacher," be apologised, fixing ber witb bis grave ministerial stare. "But you are fairly lucky to be alive this minute, which I suppose is some compensation." "Do you?" aald Jinny. "1 dont," and turned ber back on blm. I could only tap my forebeau, and ood sig-nificantly at Bassett "The bush," I explained, as he moved a little away It waa explanation enough, for any-one who saw less clearly through a stone wall than Bassett usually did. We made a very silent party, drop-ping dowu river. With the current and the speed of the launch, it wa a comparatively short Journey. Dusk of next day found at on tbe opening reaches of the Romllly't estuary, witb the gulf of Papua, flat and gray at a "t taw epicer. i asked him what the delay was; asked if I coulJ assist In any way. He said no; it was ail right; they bad stopped because be wished to buy sago; they'd be off tomorrow at daylight I got back to the boat then. Miss Treacher," be spoke carefully, teeming to weigh bit word even more than usual "Miss Treacher stayed behind for t while; I waited for her." "Wat the" I ttopped ; It wat diffi-cult to phrase. "There appeared," aald Bassett pre dsely, "to be something in the nature of a friendly understanding between ber and Mr. Splcer. I gathered an Impression that the wat pointing out to him aometblng In connection witb the course of the Romllly river." On purred the launch ; tbe start fell away right and left from her wake. Going forward, where I could be more or less alone, I sat oa deck, and dl gested aa best I could this unwelcome newt. It did not help matters, or make me more hopeful, tbat I heard, once in a way, a sound like some one, down below, trying to stifle bit-ter weeping. (TO BB CONTINUED! twenty year' time, battered, destroyed, so abe looked now, in one awful mo-ment of prophecy. She gave a scream that reminded me of tbe screams of torn horses during the war, and ran wildly down tbe bank 01 the river. I don't know where abe thought ahe waa going maybe to a spot further on. where the current swept deep and oily, past a bigb corner of the bank 1 where, if she bad leaped, tbe alii- - gators would bava bad her before 1 or any other, could have done any-thing to help but ahe waa, In another moment, checked, aa I was checked in my pursuit by tbe amazing, unex-pected algbt of a government launch on a lower reach of the river, rapidly beading towards myself and Jinny. fhey stopped aa scon as they saw os, and slung out a dinghy. I saw '"' Bassett waa in charge. Tbe launch was drifting with th current; Bas-sett secured ber by a cable passed round a tree, before be came up to me and to Jinny, who was standing white, staring, but more or less a little distance away. "Well." be said, witb a certain forced cheerfulness, "so you've saved me balf my trip; that's very obliging of yon." "May one ask," I demanded, "what the blaze tbe government Is doing up herer "Yon can ask without the blazes The government ha businesa any-where. We've been aent up to save this young lady from being carried off by cannibals like the star tn a picture show. Tbe (. S. waa at Daru In tbe Taurl, and new came down the coast , native telegraph, yon know that white 'Slnabada' had gone op tbe Itomilly in a canoe with n boys, meaning to strike Inland. So the Q. 8. turned a handspring and bad three cat-fit- and packed me off with-out my lunch. So here': the Taurl to vake ber back; only 1 tee you've been beforehand with us." He glanced with Interest at the figure of Jinny, who wa contriving to look amazingly dignified in my kba'd shirt and troue era. "By the way, Sheep," he went on, "what' become of your expedition?' mm. FOR CONSTIPATION effixtirc in smallerdata SAFI? SCIENTIFIC Acidity The common cause of digestive difficulties Is excess acid. Soda can-- not alter this condition, and It burns the stomach. Something that will . neutralize the acidity Is the sen-Bib- le thing to take. That la why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk of Magnesia. One spoonful of this delightful preparation can neutralize many times its volume in acid. It acts Instantly; relief is quick, and very apparent AU gas Is dispelled; all sourness la soon gone; the whole system is sweetened. Do try this perfect anti-aci- and remember it is just as good for children, too, and pleasant for them to take. ' Any drug store has the geuatne, prescrlptlonal product PrHILLIPS of Milk, Magnesia COUGHS Fint doe toofbei hv taV Relief GUAR- - --4 If Tp vrith ' Boschees druggist Syrup , U I in n Sere-- 'ust a few words ofpraise of your medicine Nothing gave me relief and health as Lycfia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com-pound did. I am a practical nurse and was so rundown that I was unable to work. I used to sufer agonies at times and would have to lie down the biggest part of the day. After two bottles of Vegetable Com-pound I felt better. Now I have used ten bottles and feel fine. I recommend it to many of my patients." Mn, Florence Chctopa, Kansas. W. N. U, Salt Lake City, No, r, t V iMay Makte Reds Flag,Threat ii I- - AT what you will, thi Cincinnati Bed look to be the moat danger- - ', ! out competition the favorite tn the National league ; ; pennant race will hare to meet And the prime reason for It if . their new manager, Dan Howley, late of the St Loul Browna, and hit Idea. J' Dan la Just about everything a lot of managers think they shouldn't ( be, and that seema to be the secret of his success. He is chummy, even . J familiar, with his men, and speaks his Ideas freely and without restraint, ; X writes Hal Totten In the Chicago Dally News. But he has a knack of gaining the men's confidence without losing their respect , He I a prime believer in condition. HI pitching staff was In by I J far the best physical condition of any hurling corps seen in the South, t yet not one had done much actual pitching. Instead, by running around X J the park, chasing fungoea, fighting pepper games and other exercises, t J every one had taken off excess weight, had bis wind and found his legs 1 X In perfect condition. 2 T Then again, Dan doesn't keep working secrets from his men. I "Doug," be will say to big Doug McWeeney, Chlcagoan and late of I f the Brooklyn Robins, "jou pitch Saturday." And It Is only Tuesday X when he sayt it Result: Doug J tears in for a couple of daya of strenuous conditioning, puts In a j long and then a short session pitch- - lug to batters, and on Saturday j turns in a low-h- it performance. Dan collected three American J leaguers during the winter and f still It confounding the stupidity J of American league managera that let the men go. "Say," he bubbles enthuslas- - tlcally, "Bob Meusel, Harry Hell- - : mann and Leo Durocher have just about made my ball club." "Secondary strength it our strength this year," sayt Don. "A lot of my lnfieldert don't bit so much. But suppose we come to a place In the middle of a game J where a plnch-hltte- r can core X runs. I can shoot him In, and J then replace the Inflelder with an-il other without weakening my de-- . N ;. .fflrTmirff" X T fense in the lcaat People are I X worrying about my pitchers. I'm Dan Howly- - X X not And I've got the greatest young catcher to come into the game J ffor many a long year In young Sukeforth." And it looks about t way. 1 Profitable laveitment William Pluiub, assistant instruc-tor In physics in Mornlngslde college at Bloux City, Iowa, sought to teat the honesty of his class by distribut-ing fifty pennies when class opened. The box, placed by the door and opened after class had been dis-missed, contained fifty-thre- e coppers. Seeing Big League j BASEBALL By BILLY EVANS Spocuwrinr, Big Lugue Umpiie mod General Mnugw of the ClmUnd Iacliaii That luck plays Its part in mure ways than one In baseball Is well Il-lustrated In a battlng-out-oford- play In which the late Frank Chance once figured. A "bone" play made it pos-sible for hi m to bat out. of order, thereby winning the ball game, be-cause no one discovered the mistake In time. Chance drew praise for hit-ting safely twice In the same inning, was credited with batting out of order purposely and made to look the part of the hero. Had the mistake been discovered by the opposition he in all likelihood would have been the "goat" Chance, then munaglng New York, wna playing St. Louis In that city. Ills club apparently badly beaten. Chance went In as pinch bitter In the first of the eighth, more as a formal-ity than with hopes of winning. He hit snfely, starting a rally. With sev-en runs needed to win, five across the plute uoil two on the bases. It was the shortstop's turn to bat He was a weak Utter. Chance, who had batted for the pitcher, after singling to start the Inning and scoring, went to third to coach. It was the short-stop's turn to bat as he hit Just ahead of the pitcher, but Chance was told he was up again. On his second appear-ance he again hit safely, driving in two runs and winning the ball game. After the Inning was over the mistake was discovered, but too late. Chance bad won a ball game by batting out of turn. It so happened he reully had no pinch hitter to re-place the shortstop, having used op all his reserve strength, aud the ex-perts made a good story out of It by crediting Chance with purposely bat-ting out of order, hoping he would get away witb It It sounded fine. Of 7"' " - Frank Chance. course he had So such Intention. It was all a terrible mistake, but It won the ball game. Just before the con- - tnmt tho noTt rinv. Chance, as ha rave me the batting order, called my atten-tion to tbe fact that the shortstop on the previous day waa missing from the lineup. "Any player who cant remember bis turn at bat while bla team is indulg-ing tn a seven-ru- n rally bat no right In the big league. He baa played bis last game for New York. I have asked waivers on blm and told everybody why. He probably has played bla last game In the majors." Sure enough, all the clubs waived, the player waa tent to the minora but only lasted out the season, then ap-parently dropped out of the baseball world. Well do I recall a story Jimmy He-Ale-once told me about the great-est catch he ever made. There were two out, runners on second and third at the time, the last of the ninth and the home team trailing by one run. A base bit meant tbe winning of the ball game. It so happened that McAIeer was breaking In a new glove that day. He would use It In practice but when the game started always went back to hi old favorite. Just before the inning started be noticed the new glove which he had discarded, was standing up, rather than lying flat on the ground, and he thought he could replace it before the ball was sent to the batter. As he started In toward tbe diamond on bis way to do so, the pitcher de-livered the ball, and the batter bit a low line drive to center field Mc- AIeer was several steps on bla way In an effort to adjust the glove, and noting tbe ball traveling straight toward him, be put on full speed. The result was a shoe string catch that saved the game. The three step start had made the play possible. Had he not decided to replace the glove he couldn't possibly have reached the ball. Some of the newspaper men had noted McAIeer starting In, prior to the catch, and when he made the seeming-ly Impossible catch, credited him with sensing where the ball would be hit and taking a long chance. Just the opposite was true. It was the great-est catch McAIeer had ever made. But it was a lucky catch. Base hits, the breaks In luck, are as Important If not more so than tbe In-side stuff. In the future when you see players conferlng or umpires going Into session, you won't be far wrong if you make up your mind they are try-ing to dope out the evening meal, or something even less important & 111 Ctll Syndlcttt.) Crime oa tncroato While the population gain of the United States in the last 20 year baa been 4.1 per cent, according to the courts, hat In-creased 700 per cent In this same period. RECREATION AND FUN IN BASEBALL More to It for Boys Than in Any Other Pastime. Tbe conference baseball season of 47 garnet opened with Purdue playing at Ohio State and Chicago at Indiana. With amateur baseball being pushed by more than one big organization this year, it seems likely that the college nines will gain more attention than usual. Judging from the practice games a number of star sophomores are about ready to break out into prominence and In the college towns where the big professional teams don't draw off all the customers, it would not be sur-prising to see a boost In attendance. "It is clear that baseball as a na-tional Institution can survive a an amateur game," says MaJ. John I Griffith, Big Ten commissioner, who deserves most of tbe credit for per-- uadlng the American Legion to put oo Its annual junior baseball series, in which half a million boys will play this year. "It cannot continue to grow indefi-nitely if it is for the most part looked upon as a professional game. "Many schools and college have given up baseball. This Is to be re-gretted. The boys who play on the school and- college baseball teams un-doubtedly get more fun and recreation out of it than do tbe boy who com-pete in. the other sports. Baseball, one of the finest games ever devel-oped In any country, probably bat more to offer to the player In the way of fun and recreation than any other sport Tbe success of the American Legion and such cities as Cleveland, Detroit and Louisville in promoting amateur baseball is conclusive evi-dence tbat the game has a strong nat-ural appeal and that, with the encour-agement it deserves from the schools and colleges, it will Increase In popu-lar favor." The winner of tbe British open golf championship, to be played at tbe Royal and Ancient Golf club of St An drews next June, will receive $500. Tbe second prize is 1375, third $250, fourth 1125, fifth $100, sixth and sev-enth $73 each ; eighth, ninth and tenth $50 each ; eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth, $30; fifteenth, six-teenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nine-teenth, twentieth, twenty-firs- t and twenty-secon- $23 each. Tom Shaw of New York reports that there has been so much backing for Desert Light tn the Kentucky Derby Future book during the last few day that be was now quoting him aa an equal favorite with High Foot, the Chicago colt owned by Dick and Pat Nash. He offers 10 to 1 on each of them. Dedlcate's price has gone up to 12 to 1, he announced, and he offered the same price on Gallant For and Flying Heels. During the last few days there has been a quiet plunge on Woodcraft, Shaw reported, and his price has been knocked down from 100 to 1 to 40 to 1. Woodcraft Is a son of Ormondale-Woo- d Violet, she by Trap Rock. The colt Is owned by the Audley farm stable. Col Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, has fought for some time for an increase in the number of op-tioned players from eight to fifteen and change in the years for which options may be decreased from two to three. There will be no opposition, of course, from major league club to this plan but the minors must agree to make it effective and before they fall in line the little follow in base-ball probably will call on their big brother to make aome worth while concession. Among uggestlon made by the minors in the past have been increase in the prices paid for draft-ed or selected players and an agree-ment to refrain from signing player without experience, leaving the task of elected plnyers and an agreement by the majors to refrain developing tt'Unt and Us subsequent reward, to the minor leaguers. Jporf(ohs Rodney Fry, captain, Is the only senior on the Penn State baseball team. This Camera can't be so good. They say be uses two bands on some of these fellows be fights. Ed Barrow, veteran baseball execu-tive and business manager of the Yan-kees, aees a good year ahead. Perhaps Phil Scott should give up boxing. He'll be getting a cauliflower ear one of these times by falling on it John R. Richards, class of DO, won eleven W's In football, track and rowing at the University of Wiscon-sin. If Babe Ruth doesn't knock out $80,000 worth of home runs, perhaps another time be will be hired on a piece basis. Dusty Williams was In the football background three years at Navy and then got a chance against Duke and was the star of the game. Two former lightweight boxing champions own hockey clubs, Benny Leonard the Pittsburgh Pirates and Willie Ritchie the Oakland club In the California league. oo Walter Ha gen, British open golf champion, will not defend his crown June 16 when the tourney opens. Ha-ge- n Is touring the Orient with Joa Klrkwood, trick shot star. The $10,000 Empire State stake for trotters and the $10,000 Chamber of Commerce stake for pacers, annually sponsored by the New York State fair at Syracuse, will be raced this year on the handicap system. Billiards has become so popular in Japan that Welker Cochran, former world' 18.2 balkllne champion, who has toured the Orient, says the Nip-ponese will lead the world in billiards within another ten year. Pat Caraway, six feet four south-paw of tbe White Sox, worked SOS inning with Topeka last year and made only one wild pitch. Alumni of Notre Dame university recently started a movement to name the new stadium, now under construc-tion, in honor of Coach Knute K. Rockne. Professional golfers In the United States do a businesa In teaching and merchandizing that reaches an esti-mated total of about $12,000,000 anally. 'i Victory for Froaca Womis Fifty per cent of the candidatea for bachelor's degrees In the Sor-bonn-e, or University of Paris, during 1029 were women, according to fig-ures of the university director. In former years women students were frowned upon and some professors would not admit thein to their classes. Shines With Dodgers Al Lopez, sensational New Brook-lyn backstop, who Is said to be a prospective "Mickey Cochrane" of the National league. Young Lopes played with Atlanta last year but Is ex-pected to handle the majority of the catching assignments of the Robins during the coming campaign. Power of Snggeetioa Man in Front (at theater, to man In aeat behind) I hope my wlfe'a hat is not worrying you. Man Behind It is worrying ma a lot my wife wants one like It-Lo-ndon Answer. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo First Steam Carriage , Met With Disapproval until tbey bad passed the place ot their late annoyance. They then light-ed, and amidst the most provoking de-lays tn securing auppilea of water, coke, and charcoal, came tbe last 84 mile in about 12 hours, thus giving the proof experimental of tbe capacity of using steam carriages on our ordi-nary roads. Tbe London Times reprints tbe fol-lowing from Its Issue of August ft. 182U: A Gumey'a steam carriage ar-rived on Monday, at tbe Cranford Bridge bin, from an experimental tour to and from Bath. The success of this trial much exceeds the most sanguine friends of tbe invention. ... Mr Gurney, hla brother. Colonel Vlney. Captain Dobbin, and assistant started from Cranford bridge about 4 a. m. Tbey proceeded at a most rapid rate to Maidenhead, whlcb they reached notwithstanding two or three delays. In about an bour and five minutes a distance of nearly fifteen miles. After this proof of their capability of speed, they traveled more leisurely, until they arrived near Mulksham where . . . they were attacked by tome brutal fellows, who. Imagined they were "come to take the bread out ot their mouths." To prevent similar oc-currences. It waa thought advisable to draw the carriage tbe remainder of tbe way by horses. Having ex-hibited the powers and practicability of the Invention publicly In Bath, the party left early on Monday morning to return. Prudential considerations Induced them not to light their fire Simple as Tbat Over luncb in a London hotel one day not long ago, a certain wealthy but unlettered man was Invited by a friend to join bis shooting party in Scotland later that week. "Man," said tbe prospective guest "that's a splen-did idea. I'll get on the telephone at once and get my man to clean my gun." He rose and rang op his house. "Is that you, Forbes," be said to bla (err-ant "Well, I want you to go abend at once and gel my gun cleaned." "Beg pardon, air," said the man, "did you say 'gnmf "No," shouted the Scot "I said 'gun' G for Jew, C for union, and N for pneumatic." Powar of Softool A bank of snow six feet thick will stop a bullet shot at the distance of 50 yards. Tbe bullet will not pene-trate tbat downy bunk of snow, but tt will go through the solid embank-ment when fired at three times the dis-tance. It la delightful I The bullet shatters tbe steel, penetrate the solid bank; hut the soft feathery snow has a way all ita own, and It takes in that murderous lead and loves It and, aa It were, soothes it After tho Unattainable "He's on a hunt for blue roses" to say this of anybody is to indicate tbat tbe person referred to la on a quest for unattainable object. Tbla la a rather colorful expression which comes down to us from the days when there waa no sucb thing a a blue rose. At a matter of fact, this waa tbe case until quite recently. For It was only a few years ago that the climb-ing rose called "Vellcbenblau" violet blue was Introduced by tbe Germans. Until the advent of this spec-le-a of rose, the flower was cultivated only in the common varieties. Kansas City Time. i Cornell Nine Is Rated as Seriou3 Contender Cornell may prove to be a serious contender for championship honor In tbe newly formed Eastern Intercol-legiate baseball league, composed of Yale, Dartmouth, Princeton, Pennsyl-vania and Columbia In addition to tbe Big Red team from Ithaca. Two veteran twlrlers In Bob Lewis of basketball fame, and Carl Boles, give Coaches Pom Eckiey and John Haddock assurance ot capable per-formances In tbe box. Get Out and Huitlo Far better tt It to work your way to success than to weep your way lirto failure. Labor will always get yon a lot more 'ban sympathy. Drops of sweat from honest effort are far more productive than Idle tears from weak wishing. Grit |