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Show COIm y ful for 1 French Pr best I could i, V In n.y first planting of hnr,"4 mm "eed, the half f all wa, wasted by reason ROBINSON ot,Z? CZ CRUSOE . "'"iv me io new my firs. 1. a trui)k I sir. from DEFOK By DANIEL tre n . r,i, fii,,,!, ln oniv t( last to a block of hollowed. Ollt woe. rive months I labored in fi Hi,,,, ill" .1 .,. : Defoe great cedar tree. i me uuu or a spienditi was born In Lon),. v don about 1660. which I was to oscapp from t!, v! After a life of only to be forced to nhaud,,,, ii' varied and bril- liant activity, he a homeless fugitive, in Rope-m- a k e r s' Alley. ?! Moor fields, on 1731. April 26, H1s father, a butcher, educated Daniel for the dissenting ministry, but the boy's unremitting energya led him to be trader, a political intriguer, and an I n d e f atigable Journalist. rose to great He with Intimacy 'cr William III., and abruptly fell " " npilory ana I"'5"" ntire, "The Shortest Way with e Waters." From ivewgaie ne luuuuueu ST i I E4 " He advocated hv himself. income' tax and higher education au He wroie women. master-Z- t, BPhlet and books, but his Crusoe," was "Robinson un" not pub- - mc ouimi vao This, the first urat English novel, has in some Its never been surpassed. popularity incited Defoe to and many thrilling tales rite i tirates and adventurers, or courieHis vivid liti nd adventuresses. inree arr of the plaerue appeared ian after "Robinson Crusoe." Defoe was perhs ps the greatest liar Ypt if we go deeD Into yiivNl a rich and strangely mixed nature, focome upon stubborn foundations of tnscience." Whatever tue ultimate wnt nf his honesty. "KoWnson ttjoe" lives Immortally to attest his Until 1119, Wneil a tronrsi id. ,1,(4 H invention. In ttnlui father designed me for the law, but I would be satisfied only wilh going to sea, and lng one day at Hull and one of ray apanlons about to go by sea to Lon-- u toils father's ship, nothing would me but I must go with him this frve 8, 1051, and I being then years of age. The ship was no sooner out of port in the wind began to blow and the Into rise In the most frightful man-Is- , which made me most terribly sick body and frightened in mind. In ly agony I vowed that if God would are me through this one voyage 1 li go, Immediately I set foot on 'A directly home to my good par-i- s and be ever after guided in toy 'Muct by their advice. next day the wind was abated ti the sea calmer, and the sun went Vto a perfectly fine evenlnc, and to to that was added a bowl of lehmade by a shipmate, I forgot my elation to return home after the W and such has been my habit, nj great misfortune, all my life: fcow In the hour of peril the sastrong actions which have brouszhl f totoperil, and when the danger I? ' forget nil vows and plunge ng once more on my heedless if: 'srioas were my adventures tempestuous voyage. I'fost Guinea after Trad win rnn in Africa Turkish rover and sold Into fy, from whence after man? "J 1 escaped to the Brazils, where myself n for a Knsrnr nlnnrer m f nen I a fine prosperity M a victim to temiy I Help beinc scarce In the Era Jwdsome planters there knowing I jihad traded with the slave coasts ca. they bellied me into a voy- with the intent to LT . siave labor for our plantations, T a evil does 0nr s,liP was wrecked of on South America, and of all the I alone, by the Men wns Qllwed to escape t "'f" "uu iu me snore. 'POSSesspil nt ,r. ti lire nine WHS U MMlt- ,.wna a littio 7 ''iently in strength so to lT nink and ""lenUnfOr "Cdz nir t put a little tobacco In i.V A. , . n"i "'a mere rve " T nment ihrougn- - t ornlng the weather was clear ""sea rn lrt . . ... wiai Pieasea me Li ..." m Sight Of tho Qhln .Mrh that TjbP(1- ?.J h V "t?3 CSe bmLm 1 5ein raew thing except were Ieft on the :vas a st"-- e 1 Gliding a raft t00k- - of n tr"Portlng them '"m:m wnere was flat h'Kh Place for .... ut H , f- of neces- - work of transport y Of ttio doso t0 the No ,lvlng hier,nr t ,!ly 80 - - v. 11,1 also oi want of a means whereby t kum.-who me sea. However, ev. iy iVIu taught me something I had not know: before. . For the elements, there were srr- -. ....ivo .n, i,uus mm eariiiaunkos r, I became used in time to all ih and harvested my crops' barley and corn; I plucked my w:l grapes and dried them into nouns!, !: raisins ; I raised and killed and smn':,., and salted my tame goats, bojn Mai for variety of good not so badly kVwM And so through th twelve years doling which I saw no sign of existence on the island other th: n ii own, until that eventful day on hu i I met with the print of a man's nakt' foot on the sank I was then like one thnnderstrucl; I listened, I looked, but I could li see nothing. I went up down the shore; but there was only that single Terrified to the last degree, I ran to my hal; tatlon like one pursued ; and for three days and nights thereafter I did not stir out. After observation I learned that i' was. the habit of cannibals from the main-lan- d to come to a part of the Island which I seldom visited to feast upon the bodies of their captured enemies. One morning from my lookout I perceived thirty savages dancing around a fire. They had cooked one victim r id had two more ready for the Are, when I descended upon them with two loaded muskets and my grea' sword, and was in time to save one which they had not yet eaten. The saved man I called Friday, In hono' of the day of his rescue, and his wn the first voice I heard in all my 2" years on the island. lie was young Intelligent, of a superior race of savages and became my trusted compan Ion for all the time I remained on the Island. What Friday told me of the nia:n land, after I had taught him some English, decided me to leave my island. We built a boat, this time not too far from the sea for launching, and were almost ready to set sail when 21 sa ages in three canoes landed on the Island with1 three prisoners for a feast. One of the prisoners was a white man. Which enraged me. I double-chargetwo fowling pieces, four muskets, two pistols, and giving Friday a hatchet and also a great dram of rum ami myself my great sword, we descended and killed all but four of the savages One of the prisoners was Friday's father. The white man was a Spaniard a survivor from a ship of which I had seen the wrecked hull on my island some years before this, and from which I had taken some 1.200 pieces of gold but of which I made small account because of its being of less value to me than so much sand of the beach. The Spaniard and Friday's father I s and fond in my sent with new boat to bring back the wrecked crew of the Spanish ship. While watting for their return an English ship with a mutinous crew put into niv Island. I helped the captain recover his ship and took passage with him for England, leaving on the island the most mutinous mem'iers with two rehonest ones who wished also to main. Later, my Spaniards reMirne.1 and all settled together on the island, but having their dissensions at first, a flourishing into settling down finally later it was colony, which some years visit. to my happiness years, twomoinhs After twenty-eigh- t I and nineteen "days I left my island. of my arrival in much joy anticipated a stranger England, but I was like were there. Mv mother and father as unfortunate, was both dead, which I could have been of great service of 1.200 pieces them; for, besides the there wn ship, Spanish the from gold me awaiting sterling 10,000 pounds a Portuguese from an honest friend, trusted m had captain to whom I sen .n. before estate In the Brazils wa.c , errand the forth on on t years twenty-eighthrew me for his wiih I mv island. So pleased was 100 n.o.du.es a honesty that I settled moldnres a year on him and fiftylife. for on his son, both children. I married and begot three to n. voyage one and except for the old island, of which I have sp. h. I am. roamed no more. So here f. variety Infinite of lived a life 1 than more with rears blessed nm. serve' and resolved to prepare ' journey of all. " . know edge a Is it anything, and t.ie th value of retirement in peace. our days of ending Ing Poat Publishing Co. Conyris t, 1919. by the pos() ed foot-prin- d vr ZLl - Bogton .now Childhood, you to win long did It take it t hat'sU.ngtimetoa-c.u,We started sll ,m"n,tlon 1 bronrtt ,whnt avnn wer ""py first mud pio I ever so i - i'erJ ij " - ttWn3 niany flnya before reasonjo be thank- - PROIUM Uow Much in Dollars? Mrs. Breathless Why don't you co: suit the great English specialist, Pk tor StarverV He claims that his patients have lost teu pound a week uu der hla treatment. Mrs. Woodby-Slltuuio- r That will when he was practicing ln England. Beggar, Voice Silently, for he was rated at a deaf-muthe stood about In the shadowa of old Notre Dame, In parla, and asked ahua of paeera-by- . He waa but a keen observer and a bit of a philosopher also. Tall and gaunt, he left a lasting Impression on alt who passed. Thua In the 82 year during which he worked at hla trade of beggar In the same neighborhood he bwstue a widely-knowcharacter, although he had never done anything except ask alms with a gesture. From time to time the police arrested him and charged him with mendicancy, but each time the doctor's examination Indicated that he was deaf and dumb. The other day a new policeman waa put on the beat. He did not know the beggar's reputation and so be arrested him. But the Inspector promptly ordered his release. "We know him well." he explained to the new policeman. "The poor fellow 5 deaf and dumb." , To his amazement, the beggar replied to him. saying: "I am sorry to contradict you, Inspector, but I can speak and hear as well us you. During the 32 years tnnt I have kept silence and earned my livelihood by maintaining this deception, I have seen and heard so many lies and so much harshness and hypocrisy that I am determined for once to give vent to my feelings, even If I have to go to prison for It. I shall at least be able to say that I have told the truth once during my life. And that Is the last thing I shall ever say." The man then resumed his silence and nothing has Induced him to break It asnm. Inquiries showed that during his 32 years of alienee he had "earned" a comfortable little fortune and was on the point of retiring. Proper Recognition. "It Is remarkable that so many should be working, said Mr. Morrldge. "Women have always worked," replied hla wife. 'The principal difference Just now Is that they are working sway from home and getting paid for It '." women a The Rider. f this bill before Con- you ui. iitiou a 'rid. r." What is - le:1kin- rnti.rr ' - ''A iid..r- repliod Senator Sorghum, 'is Usually like nK postscript to a 'Vonian's letter t. apparently an but in the most p.n-of the cuiiiniunicatiou." nfter-"'"iisd'- t The Unheeded Kicker. 'Why delft you tissert vourselves ns Citizens illld tVnunn! lul r.i.i.lcV "Friend," replied the suburban citizen, "we're so humbled and subdued that we're thankful if we get a chance to liivver through on road that aren't paved mostly with broken glass." Her Loving Notes. "Your wife must he awfully in love Willi you: She lias written to you every day since she lias been away." "They are only little notes to tell me to send her something she forgot to put in her trunks." No Strategic Retreating. you ever think of declining "lid to run for another term?" "Never," replied Senator Sorghum. "It has always looked as if I had a good enough show to be elected to warrant nie in sticking to the finish." Getting in the Last Word. The I'.ride's Slather What's Henry teen doing to you now? The Bride The worst yet Every time he calls me up on the telephone he says what he wants to and then hangs up the receiver so I can't talk back to him. ONE BURST AT A TIME MO r. - f PI ; to several generations of descendants. That fact makes rather notable the successful experiment of Mr. W. F. Sml'.h, a farmer of North Vancouver, B. C. He has captured wild ducks tbat make his farm their home, although they have enjoyed freedom for some time, and their young are even more domesticated than ordinary domestic ducks. Three years ago Mr. Smith bagged two Mallard ducks In a wounded condition and nursed them back to health. The ducks returned the kindness with regular contributions of eggs, and Mr, Smith as been In a position to enjoy, irrespective of closed seasons and game laws, Mallard duck and Mallard eggs as a regular Item of hts family The birds require no particular care and no watching nor enclosed runs. In fact the descendants of the original birds have become more domesticated than the ordinary domestic duck, never making any attempt to fly. Although being free to roam In the woods they always return home at sundown. 1 I Farmer Tamea Wild Ducka. As a rule. It Is difficult to wean wild life from Its love of wild environment, and the wild Instinct la handed down 3 I Food Monopolist. "This ought to make life easy from now on, remarked Noah as the ark landed. "To what do you refer?" Inquired "I suppose you are going to buy your Juphet. wife a very handsome birthday pres"Our monoiHily of eggs, butter, milk, ent Y' beet, et cetera, with not a soul on "I don't know what to do nbout It. earth to start an Investigation." If I deplete the family funds to buy Helen something worthy of her I deMisplaced Formula. prive her of the pleasure of spending The floor walker smiled courteously the money." as the package-ladewoman was about to depart' "Come again," ha Another Game. said, bowing politely. At playing cards I (eel compelled "Yes," replied the woman over her To ay I've earned no glory. shoulder, "and you must come and sua But oh, the lovely hands I've hold us." In a conservatory. A Hold-Up- . Won His Bet "Here's a quarter, Willie; now yon Farmer1 Yes, I read every one of keep away from that keyhole tonight those speeches you printed ln the Conwhen George calls," gressional Record. "Dat'll fix me alright, but It'll cost Senator Did they benefit you? Farmer Yes, sir; I won the $2 7.cb you a quarter apiece to keep the rest Perkins bet that It couldn't be done. of the gang away." Just Walt On. "Will you tell your sister the young millionaire she met at the bench Is Here?" "She knows It. She says a patient waiter Is no loser, and she saw yon waiting on a table today.' He Knew. "Did Mr. and Mrs. Ilvnpeck accept the compromise?" "Yes; they agreed to It with one rolce." "Ah! I see.' Mrs. Henpock' voice." Hi Dread. Did you enjoy your daugh- Bronson ter's commencement essay? Yes ; only It kind of disWoodson courages me to think of what I've got to talk up to when conversation starts In the family circle. Sure Thing. Kidder There are two things that never attract much attention. Katherlne What are they? Kidder A mnn at his own wedding and a musician at a women's reception. Advance. Myrtle Is she up In society? Marlon Yes; she used to do her hair, and now she coifs It. Vice Versa. "When the town doctor began to practice on me he said I was all In." "How were you when he finished?" All out." She I low about that present of a sunburst you were going to give ne? lie How can I give you a sunburst when he bank's burst? fire-arm- ban! on ttie "In d s,,me "me to come fn,,t SERIOUS n Daniel died, THIRTY.TO YEARS Breaking Long SiPoor Opinion of Majority of Fellow Men. lence, TheneedSS;r;'iS in turn ncK CASilE DALE, MUTE FOR off an that was of l;1 There was much to ,,p to secure ?, if prugiesI her?" Agc-IIeral- J . ,, Z t'l am - Of Coursel That jiolitU Un Snould be fought Who dares to boast he Can't lie bought. Disappointed. "So you went into the country to get 'atmosphere?' How did you like it?" 'I'Nappointed. Couldn't find a farmer who had a horse named 1'obbin, and never beard one of them say 'By heck !' " Very Rich. The (Inverness I'm afraid your little daughter "ill never learn to spell. It won't make any .Mrs. Newriehe difference. Wiien she grows up she'll a secrehave money enough to employ tary. Printing Are You in Need of Tags Cuds Blanks Folders Misunderstanding. it goin' to be awMi . Wiggs---Ain'- t soldiers get back? the ful when Whatever do you meant Mrs. Ml.s" say the boys wigs , Why. they 1. .,, ..,, i collie lioine uoiiuj t,.,",. V. Don't Blarae Her. is dreadfully supers she? isn't tious, h. indeed, she is. She wont Myvt evui let a man propose to her in a out. hiimlock for fear they will fall M,,',el -(- iert Bark Number. the outfit Mabel last night? It must dance the ,vo,et.. to appear like that. a lot 01 nerve did she display a good Well, ,i'; Dodgers Receipts Envelopes Statements Bill Heads Invitations Packet Heads Letter Heads Call at this office A M-i- I' t- d von see ' deal of backbone. How Mean! rn., jj,. n,.,!lv Shallow patea They is dangerous learning little that a - not. Fear Kntting Hintx from the danger You're a long ways "'"j'iJs signal. Left- Not Many Piece laundress if your ut 'mat-HMr- charts'. vou by the piece, It must be loses rCXSh! that her bills are never no. "pieces highi j. 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