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Show A Kevstone Chase Copyrg t 1916 by The M C e cwspap S d a e od a S at oners Ha London A rg n ese vtd ng th s f a b a on Pub a lion of h s art e n ho e o pa tj exp ohb p ed ex ept by ape clal arrangement w th The M C uro Ne ap e & nd a SOMCOVE re a ked he o her day a I must have a e nendous maglna on or I couldn t pay so many d ffere t types and charac ters It Is true my mag na on has a wajs s n u ated me a d I so e nee e y 1 ve t e ro e I an playing that I offen f ge o return to the everda Mar Pckford unt I am rem nded b ose around me to come back o ear aga n As a joungs er I magnif ed e e ng from my jois to my sorro s Just be cause my imag nat on was a ways run n ng r ot My f rst memo les a e of my lltt e bed room In our hon e Canada As I a n n j cr b I on en be looking up at the ceil ng fasc na e by he fantastic shapes traced he e b e ra ndrops Vnd then mj e es wou d ander to the ga lands of owe s w ch formed a bo der around the op of the wa mper T ose arge clus ers of oses ook d o e as I ha f cosed ny ees ke tt e bos and g r s in bright gaud dresses danc ng around and around he room ne er out of step or never let ing go of each o er s bands Mother always undors ood and ne r ridiculed me fcut some of the other ch dren did as I grew older nd I became frghtened bv heir teas ng laugia tha mocked the te llngj of my strange lmag a y experiences wl h a 1 my fa ry f O k But ese exper ences often got me into t ouble. I can now remember one amus ng ncident dur ng a vis t to an aunt who lived in the country The country was g orlous and full of mys tery to me and I longed to roam about seeking adventure. I woud take my books and go Into the field where I could crawl into a ha j stack and s retch out comfort a b y in the sweet smell ng hay Sometimes I would become res less and wander far across the meadows back of the house My aunt of en sco ded me for d sappear Ing and to frighten me she warned me that a bull a terr b e f re b eath ng crea ture roamed about on the adjoining Thurston ranch. This kept me pretty close to home for about two days then w h the t spirit of a pioneer I started across country again. The Pursuit of the Phantom I found a wonderful spot a 1 ttle c ump of bushes under a great spread ng ree and just a few feet f om a babbling brook that zigzagged across the f e ds Open ng the paper bag in which I had sto ed two large greasy doughnuts and an app e I was munch ng away conten ed y when I heard someth ng ruBtle in the bushes back of me I wheeled around wonde ingly There looking dow n upon mjj with f erce eye and dilating nostri s, was the bu 1 I Jumped to my feet my knees so weak they cou d hard y support my bod and with a shr U scream I cleared that ground n ee foo ea s un 1 eached the c ee I do no nk an po e vau ter cou d ave dono be e an I as I sprang , ke a t e goa fro one ro k to e 1 0 er u t I reached the o e s de Then I an as fast as I cou d no a ng o turn arou d kno g he was cha h ng me hea g m n ba k o me sno g and k ng up 1 e d s a e f,a o ed e bel e ed e s so ose cou d fee a b ea h fa y s o 0 he ba k of neck 1 seemed to me was m es and m les fo e I reached n y a n s f on por h a 1 sank ex a s ed n o he arn s te t ng her between gasps of n y awfu ex pe once And now t s ulmos w h shame ha 1 an fo ed to e ou the t u h know ng ou w p ec a e ha I suffered hrough the a ng almos as much as f I had ea een n dange of m fe Tha was a e n d k nd faced old Je se cow and ou of pure f end e s e ad b s ed her way hroug t shea to sha e ray dough ts an I app e P T e only person n e wo Id I sh ha er known an ng abou vai Ja k b someone od hm Isn hat a d ous d b t for a small brothe ty ha e o s s er ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS Jan es S a ame to Ca cla ms that he was done out of $6 pa d o e o a corpo a on w rep esented self as a age for p o op a s It so d him Damp le s on how o w e s enar os He claims hat t sounded easy enough but t at he has e er been abe o se one of his or ginal s or es and asks m ad ce for e th nks he as e r ght to sue the company h so d h m the pamph e s If he wou d read s own stories o er perhaps he woud nd out t iat he Is sending a ce ta n ha acter of drama o the wrong con pany Watch the e eases and see wha pla s the fea ture companies are putt ng out To a company whose stud os are In the east t would be foo sh to send a scenar o plctur ng life among he Ro kies For the stud o in the west a pay la d in the coal mines or big s ee mil s of Pennsyl vanla would be d ff cult to stage al though if the story is big a d powerful enough they can make to orde a most any atmosphere If e can f nd re ab e agents with recomn enda tons from the mo ing p cture compan es 1 c an place his stories to bette ad an age nan he know ng he r marke Today they are buying only he mos o Ig nal of plo s Alma C Charleston W Va Yes I use ice on my face quite frequent y after massaging t with cold c earn It keeps e f esh f rm and lardens e t ssues |