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It until unm ItD it \\D D sus suslulled \ waschilled : . dulled lulled ( thoiniighh thOlollghh thotnuglils * . * . . Keeping h.eeplng heeplng . rljit rl.ht rlht rlght , . on the IlIghLas high IlIgh .LBS LBS -Las Las seas ' - ' . there thereIs thereis thereIs thereIsndl Is \\ndl ndl t\adl t adl \ \ 'ldl ldl ' J1fu-IIIS J1fu IIIS Ilalfa-his Ilalfa his [ [ I-ilfn I ilfn - ! - lns name is said sall1 to I Alexan Alexandrli Alexandrll rl'1 rl1 ' , , Egypt Cgypt There Tbere a n plague ot of otlocusts oflocusts otlocusts locusts \ was as encountered the Insects Insectsswnrnln insectsswar'nla Insectsswamin swnr-nln swnr nln swar'nla swarnla - ' ' " aboard In such numbers that thatthlY thatthey thatthey thlY they covered co\'ered co 'ered ered \ " ' the ship ships s deck de'kq dekq decks ( ' < several severalInches severalinches severalInches Inches And that was black tragedy tragedyfor . , , for the belo\ belo beloved beloed beloted \ ed rubber plant was out outtnL.lI1g outtaking outtaking tnL.lI1g tnLlI1g taking . the sun The 0\\ 0 on owners 0ners \ ners were In Indep'1lr Inrlecptlr Indc de-p'1lr de p'1lr p1lr rlecptlr ' - pilr ' . ' they 1.hey 1hey 'they touldn couldn couldnt t wade throu through throughall throughall h hall all those locusts and they had blons sislons sislonsof . vl&lonsof vllonsof blonsof & of th"lr thlr their th " ir plant being eaten allTe alive But Butalong Butalong Butalong along came Wadi Haifa The Tbe ladles ladlesappealed ladlesappealed ladiesappealed appealed to him for help He Be was wassmol.lng wassmoking wassmoking smol.lng smollng smoking . shag tobacco in 11\ 11 118 \ a 8 big pipe pipe.So pipeSo . . . So he wadtd wndLd waded through the locusts andale and andave . . , ? , ave ale a . e the rubber plant a thorouhsmoking thorouJb thorouh thorouJbsmoking thoroughsmoking ; smoking . . . But to tlie the greit gre'1t gre1t greet ' de despair de < ! pilr p"1lr p1lr " of the rub rubher rubher rubber I her IIln plant n t 0\\ 0 owners 0ners osners \ ners shag shng tobacco had hart ab abi absolutely absolutely absolutely i solutely no effect elTect on those tough locusts 10- 10 lo- lo 10tusts lo locusts - - custs tusts of old r"ptIocusts F r- r - \"pt-Iocusts "pt pt Iocusts gvpt-locusts gvpt locusts oVpt \ ' " - locusts that tbat may mayha"e mayhave mayhave ha\"e ha "e e have \ ' " been de descendants ! : > cendants of that plag1u plagm plagmof plagueof ff of ) Bible tiroes times tunes At any rate they kept keptclllsterln keptclustering keptclustering clllsterln clustering oh ob the rubber plant thlcher thicker thlcherand thickerand thickerand and thicker th/cl\er th cl er / \ Wadi 1ti'adl 1tiadl ' IInlfn:1S Haifa IInlfn Ilalfa \ was \\:1S :1S 1S sas : a re resourceful resourceful resoiirceful sourceful man however ho\\e\er ho e er hoseser \ \ He lie tie tore ofT off ofThi offht on'hi onhi ' hi ht rubber rubher collar cOllnr , crammed crnmmed It Into bls his blsllpe hispipe hispipe \llpe llpe pipe \ I Ignited nlte ( ) it and nnd smoked srnc"llcd srncllcd srnnked " , the thl " rubber rubberplant rubberplant rubberplant plant cleni cle1 cleat ! of locusts locucts ; ' Hence his hiscberl hIscberlhed hischerished cberl cberl-hed cberl hed .hed hed < . ' - letter . . . Still Stili remaining rcmalnlng renaming on the high seas as asthis asthis asthis this is beln belns being written a Jnpane Japanese Japanesefretthter Japanesefreighter E ' frelj.hter freljhter fretthter . , Is far out Ollt on the PatIfie Paific Padflc.Fait PadflcFait ( . . . Pm Pal t of or the cargo is 200 ton tons : . of silk silkctocltlns silkstockln.s silkstockings ctocltlns stockln.s stocklns ; , . : that thnt hive h'1\e h'1 h1 e trice ' \ been bcen discarded rllscarde-d rllscarde d - a as asssorthless asworthless orthless ssorthless \ \ bA bv b\ b bs \ A American meric m \ women omeD When Whenthe Wh Whenthe { > n nthe the stoclcln stockings s reich re'1ch re1ch reach ' the land Innl ) of Nippon Nipponso so I'm Im ' told tolrl they thev will sill \ III be unr:1\ unr:1 unr1 unr:1eled unraseled unraseledcttefulls unraveled"uefullv unraveleduefullv : \ eled eledctcfulh c\tcfulh c tcfulh cttefulls ( " ' \ and amI then re re-woven re woven re-\\o\en o en - - ssosen \ \ irto drto stock stockJOgs stockings stockings JOgs ings \ which shich hich pncsibly pocslbly possibly : will be he shlppel1 shipped shlppel1b'lch shippedhick slilppedbock b'lch blch hick ' heic he/e he e here / for AmeIC'lnomen Ameiicin Ame/IC'ln Ame IC'ln ICln Ameticgn / ' \ women \\omen omen somen \ (0 0 to ( (0"C1r toweir 10weir "C1r C1r weir " and nnd discard d/cnrrl d cnrrl / : , assoon as .soon soon . < ; oon as holes holcs or ort ' . ) oriuns r runs t , uns appe nppe n 11 it 0 ( ) . . . 1 1333 1933 33 Bell Dell nell Syndicate SyndicateVU SyndicateW SyndicatewU -W W -w\U w U - \V\U V U \ \ , " U Servic Service * mean the lower cataract of the Nl1 Nile- Nile Nilewho Nile Nilewho - who wbo is one of the crew of the thp Belgen Belgenland Belgenland Belgenland land and who cheilshes chellshes cherishes an endor.e endore endorse endor.ement endorsemeat endor&cment endorcment & : . ment meat for heroism , couched in 1 to the IlIgh high IlIghest highest highest est terms nnd and signed by two m"1lc1eu m1lc1eu mlldeu mlldeuAmerican m"1lc1euAmerican mildeoAmerican " American ladles ladies who were passenpit passenf'lll passenflll passenoets passenpiton passenf'lllon passenoetson . , , , ' : > on the last s \ world orld orid cruise crutse of that vessel vesselIn vesselIn vesselIn In their tr travels trawls 1'r 1r ' cIs the two spinsters spmsters had hadacquired hadacquired hadacquired acquired a rare rubber plant which whichthe whichthey whichthci the they , } cherished greatly Every Cvery daso dav da\ da dab \ , , so sothat sothat sothat that the plant could obtain as mtH muti mutilight mm-tilight mm tilight ( - . " ltght light and air ' is 'IS possible , , they placedIt plncedIt plnced placed It on the sun deck decL . and guarded It C'lrefull c'irefulls cire- cire C'lre- C'lre Clre c'ire- c'ire cirefullv ' ' - - - fullsS fullv full\ full fulls \ fullC S . SEteiything S * . . Cel Eteiything C\ C Ceii \ el eii , } thing went well sell \ ell with the rub rubber rubber rubber ber plant until the Belgenland reached |