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Cobb Cobbcreature Cobbcreature Cobbcreature creature when the theturkey theturkey theturkey turkey buzzard or the grave rob robbing . . bing bmg hyena would be so appropri appropri- appropriate appropriate . - ate ateFierce ateFlcrce Fierce Flcrce winters wmters and dcvastntmg devastating dcvastntmgfloods devastatingfloods devastatingfloods floods may bo be curing curmg us here oil o on.this onthis . this oilthis side of the water , , but : at :1t 1t least leastwe leastwe leastwe we have been spared the affilctIon affliction afflictionof affilctIonof of having havmg for our next-door next door - - - neIgh neigh.bors neighbors . bors certain certam nations natloDs . . e . * . Kidnapers Iliidnapcrs ' Ransoms . . DT'S DTS IT'S ITS ' all well enough to pass an anact anact anact act making makmg payment of ransom ransomto ransomto ransomto to a n kidnaper a n criminal crImlnl11 offenseasthough offense-as offense as offenseasthough offcnse - - asthough though heartbroken parents would wouldhesitate wouldhesitate wouldhesitate hesitate to pay ransoms * . to gettheir get gettheIr gettheir theIr babies back , , no matter what whatthe whatthe whatthe the penalty tor for so doing domg might be beAnd ! And can you see any American Amencan Jury JuryconvIctIng juryconvicting juryconvicting convIctIng those parents7 parents ? ' The au- au author au author . - thor of the law is no doubt well m in- in intentioned ui-tentioned ui tentioned - . tentIoDed tentioned but there is another law lawcalled , , caned called the law of human nature naturewhich , WhlCh which most surely would defeat bJs his bJspurposes hispurposes hispurposes purposes . . By the way , a person who should shouldknow shouldknow shouldknow know what he's hes ' talking talJ.mg talJmg . about :1bout 1bout : , , , tells tellsme tellsme tellsme me that three out of every IOUTJknown fourknown known kidnapers kJdnapers during durmg recentyears recent recentyears recentyears years have been ex convicts WIth WIthrecords withrecords records as repeated offendersSo offenders ocrender offendersSo So , , instead mstead of trying trY10g to penalIze penalIzeagomzed penalizeagonized penalizeagonized agomzed agonized parents for obeying obeymg a na- na natural natural na natural - tural instinct 1Ostmct , , bow how about a snl1ppy snappy snl1ppylIttle snappylittle snappylittle lIttle law to curb certain certam parole paroleboards paroleboards paroleboards boards which seem to delight de1Jght 1D in inturning inturning turn10g turning 'em em ' out aut as fast as the courtscan courts courtscan courtscan can clap 'em em ' 1o in in9 ? " . * . * . Optimism De Lu\.e Lu.e Lu .e e Luc Luxe.T LuxeT . ' \ . . . I LIKE the spirit spmt of a gentlemanx gentlemanm gentlemanin gentleman in m New York who started dredg dredge dredging ing 109 operations in 10 East river He Heset Heset Heset set out to dig a minimum mlmmUIn of $4- $4 4 $4800,000 $4 4 $4-800,000 $4 4 800,000 800000 $ , - 800,000 800000 , , in 10 gold and silver slIver from the theooze theooze theooze ooze , , and to date has salvaged 96 96cents 96cents cents , two rusty frying frymg pans and apenknifeand a apen1m apenknife pen1m penknife-and penknife and e-and e and - and is still probmgFor probingFor probing probmg probingFor For gorgeous optimism optmlsm ! Ica Icathink I can canthink canthink n think of but one case to match tIus this tIusI thisI tinsI I was on the French Riviera on onesummer ' summer . They'd Theyd ' been sh shifting tmg the therailroad th therailroad e railroad tracks along the Grand GrandCormche GrandCorniche Gran GranCorniche d Cormche Corniche This left a disused tunnet tun tunnel . nel net So , , week weel . after week , , a beard bearded bearded bearded ed gentleman sat at one mouth of ofthe o othe ofthe f the empty bore with a sign over hlS his hlShead hishead hishead head reading readmg 'This This ' ' This property Cor for Corsale forsale forsale sale " When WheD I left he was stIll stIllthere stillthere stillthere there , , waiting waltmg tor for somebody who whoWJS wh whwas whowas WJS was : in m the fife market for a second secondhand secondhand secondhand hand tunnel . e . . South American Ameracan Explorers L"Cplorcrs LCplorcrs " . . o oF ( \ F RECENT years , those hardy hardyadventurers hard hardadventurers hardy- hardy hardyadventurers 3 ' ' - " adventurers who set forth to to10vade t tinvade toinvade 10vade invade the last great unexplored unexploredarea unexploredarea area , , interior mterlOr South America , , seem seemto seemto see seeto m to follow a regular routine rautme ruutme , , to WIt witas , , , as follows followsFirstThey followsFlI'stThey followsFirst FlI'st-They FlI'st FlIst They First-They First ' - They start off off.Second offSecond . . lost lostThird . . Second-They Second They - - They get ThIrd-They ThIrd They - They are rescued rescued.But rescuedBut . . . 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