Show Thriller of Long Lg Ago Ag Outdone by Invention Way back In their boyhood readIng read read- lag Ing Illicit reading rending with the yellow yellow- back In the big geography and the teacher not too vigilant some men who are gra now can enn recall a Beadle thriller with the title Red RedStar RedStar ed Star the Spirit of the Lake A white pioneer has hns had lund nil all his I family murdered by the Indians tie He Ta escapes to an Island and finds a a acae cave cae In that cave there Is stone a-stone I tomahawk with the striking edge so carved canell as to form a n star and leave I that mark on the victim Also there are two very light and narrow cedar canoes with straps straps' for forthe forthe forthe the feet The pioneer finds that In these he cnn can walk the water of tile the lake Every night he goes he-goes goes out ont Every morning some redskin Is found dead In the forest with the star mark Hence Bence Red ned Star the Spirit of the Lake lied Hed Star walked on quiet water But now the now the news tells us that Karl of has eclipsed the Beadle hero Facing rather heavy heay teas seas he be has bas actually walked the water from Cape Gris Nez to Dover on water ski skis The distance is about twenty miles mlles The water skis of or 1931 1031 are clearly superior to the strapped strapped-on don cedar canoes canoe of ot fancy three-quarters three of a century ago ngo And once more It has hns been proved that truth Is stranger than fiction Bf Brooklyn Eagle agle |