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Show 14,1934 MAGNA TIMES, MAGNA, UTAH Side-ste- p Why should I? There "I should love te have yon cut a. man for whom I our timber, bnt I warn you. I'm might have cared, hut-y- on have Hkely to bo a pest I shall ask ao brought this oa yourself by your many questions." questlOB he to of your type; wealth Fire away. What aay to forming to an acid test few of the men I partnership have knows could stand so Tm a Bound grand but that would perfectly safe person ao far aa yon tak capital, wouldn't it? Why not w concerned. Mr. St told ma that sign a contract to the effect that tha you were in terror for fear some Interest on your investment la to he la, there was T'C r fj Emilic LorthJ firl would marry you for your paid before tbe profit la divided money. I wouldnt marry a rich Hooey playboy if I loved him to distracUnlees that la don lm off th tion. 1 -- .r. I had to atand by helpless while my slater broke her heart over ona of them. Rodney Gerard caught her hands sad palled her to her feet Si talks too much. I In terror about anything? Thafa hla Joke. Tour heart wouldnt break for a man, would Prudence twisted free. Not onto is It split from fury because I had been ao dumb aa to believe In him. "Thats one In tho eye for me. Pll take It Boy, bnt youre bitter, ni make yon take back what yon said about my being of that typa. Til maka you. It will bo a battle Get me?" She clasped her hands behind her back, leaned toward him smiling. Smashing climax. This Is where a movie director who knew hla business would shout Cutr " Hit eyea held her mocking eyea with ateady Inflexibility. SI Puffer says that yon are amart aa a steel trap. Yon may be, bnt apparently not amart enough to distinguish between the real and melodrama. I may be a lazy devil wasting opportunity, but I still believe In char--, acter, believe that there are levels below which well, In the century In which yon belong they called it noblesse oblige. Hla face was colorless aa he turned away to hla car. Prues conscience smarted. Had she been She couldnt help liking him. She. waa beside him as ho stepped into tho roadster. She smiled apology. Dont go away angry. Yon asked a question. I answered It Just because we live on different planets of Ideals and Ideas la no reason for our qnarrellng, la It? I wonld love to motor with yon, really I wonld, bnt David Is coming on tha afternoon train and I have heaps to do before then.'Ton dont know how yon tempt me.1 There waa a reckless light In Gerards eyes. Quote. F1y pleasure and It will follow you. " "Then I wont fly. Will yon take me to the Puffers?" Ha swung the roadster door wide Grinned engagingly. Taxi lady?" Aa the car shot forward, he InWho will bring your quired: brother from tho station?" Hr. SL I have been too busy about tho place to try out the car Unde Austin left me The road la still torn np. He would bo Jolted to palp In that old machine of Puffer's. If yon think rich playboy may be trusted, I will meet him. "I will accept yonr kindness only If youll promise to come In and have tea when yon bring David Itr safsis 'rtof Job., Mind, I dont aay Lea set out to cheat yon, but be Isnt In business for his health alone, eomM fro Tt.ro, U and if yon grossed him well, don't oa hla would 'KTiit sncla. to have nothing to do with him. Then and hor sum like ToU hUl1 Irntn fu ,r0 tke r wh ,A roonf to Thr j ittnetloo betwooo , frke d,cld Jj tUtdo toward - mtt itae with hr j j 4 hor Continued H at the the woman rm th"11 wh? jjit; all-fire- Ad Wacky. Didn't tty that life could tad dreary on an She linked her a iL the woman. She'a g thing, and a won- i jf If that Invitation waa meant for I can't go. I'm busy, Tho hens are approaching the season of diminishing return to put it conserva- tat ihee a ter-a- t aid to me. 'What rm to bitter about l child like her? Did an her down because 'sok. WMT r- la ! pUn; (nartaesi okln for,; ith bott!j ) rajlw! I 0 trouble I tab, treat! r frock of iU be I op m I. 1 iJ tor now. Is inlkf aR 3N CESl (colu pr, 'rlU plait niiatw, E. me, - lip to ateady .hr! Since the warn-- s toother ahonlder, I Wr gtrlnga seemed In behind her eyes, j jdc ItnMtlon about the ntd to Pruea mind aktershe unclaaped nrh before the mtr-- h drawing table. She My, gleaming things km her pink palm, aril Lovely Julie, H the eon of a multi-tothim, believing a after two years of al hla an- kd discovered il treachery of her he had crumpled, n eat like a candle, to Dfe of her baby, inemed to run back to of Prue'e heart nbii' I nent,2fl ewlort. or the kid roots kurt which threat-kknbbl- e np In tears, kt lovely shining be-htaken d la people, if living. id the ache, bnt It i tor faith. She had k hat the had steeled I Mr protestations. t? of iafe, sane ln- - diking her happl- - t re if the girl In the trifle She had Srt Puffer had de- J kt mi M to I rsatk md tmmtfnM jldewilks tied. Cm bs two jieholl do a Wh w( ra -- amart Alecks yon, If they tto pearls In pped the the velvet repwiK e their case lightly reflected aloud : tout Alecks. Indian , eyea. "She may be Ued. you're him, thats Ifyou your business.. All HI say la, handsome la as handsome does." Halloa, here's Bod I Wonder If he wants to buy timber Ho wared hla hand to Rodney Gerard, who, with a spectacular flourish and fanfare of Trench born, stopped his car In front of tho barn. Greetings," Prue of Prosperity farm! Morning, SI I Como for a ride, wilt you? Its a whale of a day. Hla eyes were on tho girl Terrible sorry I cant go, Roddy, bnt Ive got to work on them poultry houses My boss la d fussy. Puffer chuckled and vanished round a corner. , Prudence took possession of tho stool her had vacated. , She shook her head as she answered the question in Gerard! Iwon- - S Mrs. - tively, HIgh yields and large profits must bo my battle-cry- . Ever heard of an economic graph? Mr. SI and I hats been tracing one. Too seem to forget that I am a woman of affairs. I cant waste time playing with Idle little boys like you. 'AH right, rm an Idle little boy. Why should I work? I dont need money ; I pnt the best Ive got Into any aport I make a stab at; I like a good time and there yon am "Whata happened to your ambition? Arrested development? Dont you care to accomplish things? aha asked gravely. Some things. Do yon?" Adore It I love trying to do what I have to do superlatively well. I made good as a craftsman. "What sort of craftsman?" Silver and gold. When people began to aneak cautiously from their financial crash-proo- f dugouts, began to unhoard, I earned a fairly good Income making Jewelry and silver boxes. Then tbs urge caught us, turned me Into a farmer and here I am. Giving up your craft?"''' Not if 1 can possibly squeeze In time for It I adore It From uow on I shall bo an extremely busy person ; Mother Puffer la about to Instruct mo in tho thrifty art of canning. Too, doubtless, will soon return to that gay circle of society In which yon most bo a bright and shining She hadnt known that bine eyes could be flamtngty black, nor that a fair akin' could turn so darkly red. "Tonvo got that wrong. I'm an extremely hnay person, too. Ton 1 . Busy? About what? "Taking a medical correspondence course." What kind of medlclna? Dont look so skeptical Perhaps It Isnt medical, perhaps lt'a surgical. Trying to learn th remedy llgheL.,. Puffer waa one or both of think the r lj iktwcea." plrl fc iPTEK l eld-h- - piled I :n tannti 4 mt ewered nts era 1 aic r a atraw as regarded SI Put milking stool fflL ddCI III at her with sfloa. ' I la Len Oal-ohas called toother every day n '"Hon of this I to tell me Person and good-- i ? Hla eyei are too . near set; hla assertive PtoUonily ! k It the tillage? born ,kaa Has CT 'ir -- i on , In the he always J to tnshaven cheek, ent west bout hed met with a Then his '"tome back . Wand Had; he Utliool I Can't Watte Time Playing With Idta Little Boye Like You. for hardening of the heart There on the waa a hint of seriousness underlyUntie Aua- ing the light words. He regarded He didnt her May be able to arsteadily. Htasked me rest . tho ossifying of yours. Ia It iWg him the Mrs. Puffer intimates, that JJ'tower fen Inches true, at white-haire- d therea a boy In yonr get It ont New York stag line whos yearning anything to smash this farm obsession and vhen he carry yon back to the city? up who Surprise hobbled Pruea voice. r tha mind Whed - , "You know what I said. ; sure have sidestep. to ring things. Indignation clarified that was loosened her tongue. Dont her mind and PAGE SEVEN I r I" partnership, Mr. Rodney Gerard. Oh, all right rm a lawyer though I havent don much at It IH draw a contract which will put skids under yonr fortune if yon break It Her we are at th Puf. fere. Come on a Uttl way. W have ao much to decide, w are In business now, remember. Well trace that economic graph you're ae keen about Prudence awnng open tho door of tho car. Don't wheedle, HI expect ican sport pago bloomed to Its present flower of Ungual license, slang was bring built In the same manner. Artemus Ward, Orpheus G. Kerr and Petroleum V. Nasby wen doing It a century or more ago. And beTen Writers Get Credit for half fore them were other generations of alang founders. Some of them atEnriching Language. tained a bit. of fame In their day. Wilfred J, Funk know words. He Most of them are forgotten. Long ago the wise began to recogought to, because b publishes nise that alang. la good English tn and write poetry highly dissimilar occupations, but both tbe making. They poo poohed th s. strictures of the partita and dealing la words. So he may propg la now ia Much erly qualify aa an expert on slang. without the dictionaries, frequently Dn Teela Ihat he U a bit too extbe patronising label of "colloquial" clusive, however, In crowning only Happily all alang does not make ten Americana as th fathers of modern slang, or th argot of con- the grade of good, or accepted EngIt la not apt and lish, temporary Amerlcana,lf you moat falls ofFrequently Its own weight Good alang give your slang a highbrow label This la said In no disparagement (and we maintain that the definition of the magnificent audacity with la valid) should be direct Illuminatwhich the ten be mentions have com- ing, a detour to greater clarity along the sometimes tedious highways of mitted mayhem on Innocent English. language. Aa such It merits a perThe ten Sim Silverman, H. U manent place In the language and If Win-ebeT. A. Mencken, Dorgan, Walter It 1 good enough It will attain It Buga Baer, Ring Lardner, Da- Cleveland Plain Dealer. mon Runyon, Gelett Burgeaa, George Ade and Gene Buck are leaders, no MUcaal doubt. In th creation of the new and startling Jargon. But their The Manager What mad you task la shared by thousands of oth fall down on th duet with yonr era, mostly anonymous, who dally wife? You sang It all right with are coining new language and pat- Mrs. Tonsils. Th Tenor With my wife It ting It Into circulation. The chances are that the moet seemed too mnch Uke Interrupting popular and enduring examples of herr alang, should they be traced to their birth by a careful acholar, could not be given a definite paternity. Like Topay, they Just grew. Not a few of them grew on the BHmcm, crackad sUa, itchtog ot Sport pages of American newspapers. sooo laliavad aod baaliag boiaipeoaMMad Witness the verb to Merkle, or to with aoothiag pull a Merkle, which arose from an unfortunate but spectacular incident In a certain world series of 20 yean ago. 8734 And long before tho modern Amer WNU W MODERN MAKERS OF LIVE SLANG COSTLY ROAD MATERIAL Stone ctared by experts to be black marble. JlesinoL DUlocta'of Keros Indiana DlalecU of tho Korea Indiana In A Arizona are discovered to bear a provides that no person may bo nom- striking similarity to tho Japanese inated for parliament unless be language! " agrees to servo If elected. Early Motorised Wagons IB MiHIon Books Printed On of tho ez press companies waa Sixteen million books have been experimenting with motorised wagpublished since th Invention of ons as early aa 1800, it has been printing, according to an English revealed. publisher. .Life la Water Drape Location of Tangier One kind of animal living In waTangier, the most westerly ont ter drops looks like a miniature sun, post of tho Mohammedan world. Is with , projecting rays and bright almost' directly sooth ot Dublin, color. Matt Agroo to Sow Uw In northern Ireland By Force f Arms and 8hrRushed Him Kneel Outjdb yon for to-wa- r g. - Ireland. Indias Largast Stata Kashmir, more than 84,000 square miles In area. Is tha largest Independent sUte In India. Emporor Narot Money Emperor Nero once paid $80,000 for a large bowl of Inlaid glass. Maoris la New iteelaad The Maoris are tho Polynesian Inhabitant, of New Zealand. Florid Clnma Daagoroao Clams measuring three feet across tn tropical waters south of Florida can clamp a diver and drown him. Not nt Month of Rlvor New Orleans la not at the mouth of the Mississippi river, but nearly LOO miles upstream. broad-brimme- y All cleaned up and CLEANED SfAKK KUOS OfYS MOTORS THE STARK Of UFC,,. SAVt GAS SNAP Uf POPORMANC8 9 , 5 epfcg Removing eperk plug oxide coating gexi rid of the chief cause of sluggishness, hard atertlng. loss of power. All Registered AC Replace badly worn plugs with, new AGs. P&JAAs- THI QUALITY spark pure Tima tot Roywaad blgM and the CUCKOOS Sttotvdoyw ID p, at. Doyttgto Sovtoq Tha Mas Vaniak Many Trod United SUtee survey shows many trades have vanished alBce 1850; among them are bell hanger, coach maker and rigger. A Bird Con Fly In Wotor The grebe, an ordinary bird found In all parts of tbe world, eat fly through or under water aa wen as It can In tha air. Color of Flower . are said te have been either green or white. There are still few truly red blooms. All flowers originally Original Land nf Sngmr Cano India was tha original land of can which now grow In practically all quarters of the world. First Shipment nf Raw Silk The first shipment of raw silk from tho United States la 1734 totaled eight pounds. Perfection Smallest Proviso In Conndn Prince Edward Island la tbe smallest province In Canada. .it Perfection la approached by tbe realization and tha removal of Old Prison Place of Horror STUDIES OF SOIL Remains of Century Old Australian Penal Settlement Bring Vividly to Mind the Long Story of Mans Inhumanity to Man. A measure of th nationwide Interest In controlling soil erosion and water rnnoff la found In tha latest report of tho Uhl ted States Department oL Agrlcultur on tbo work of " the state experiment station! With tha annual loss from soil erosion estimated at not leas than $400,000,000!, tha department. In with xperlment stations and other stats agencies, la attacking tho problem m dark-skinne- high-qualit- hair-splitter- 1 tea this afternoon. 'Morning, partner." She turned her band bw fora iha entered the path to the back door, opened It In response to oft, enshtony: Come In 1 Th kltcben was gay with hlua and white checked gingham curtains at tha plant-fille- d windows, a blue and white linoleum on the floor, blue pota and pans arranged on th shelves. Spotless town, if ever there was onto "Glad youve come, Mist Prue. cut that bokay for you. Wasn't that Rod Gerard with yon? I wonder whats keeping him In this part of the country so 1st in tbe season." He is looking after hla timber.' Loral I hope he an Calloway won't get Into trouble again. Len'i been Jealous of Rodney since they were boys, when Uttle Mllly Gooch, the clrcua folks kid, was always turning down Walt and Len for him. Len thought twaa because Rod folks were rich and a fine family, bnt what did tbe child care for that? home" 8be Jnst about worshiped Roddy. There was a small-bo- y radiance Then there waa bad feeling between In hla face and voice which contbe two before Lon went west Ho tracted Pruea throat. gets terrible ngly If hes crossed. Mean It? Then of course Hi Pm afraid hell get the best of Rod, come HI drive this car as If It whos easy-goin. were a VubbI"wIiS'i ghiirorr-dlnWhy not warn Mr. Gerard 1 Be' for passenger. Those are the could escape before anything rough moat breakable and precious com- happens to him. Its good flying modities I know. How are yon, weather. Now, Mlaa Prue, dont you make Calloway?" d Tha dark-eyeman, fan of Rod. Tm not making fun of him; on passing, brought hla red car to d sadden stop and swept off hla the contrary, I am thinking of enhat gaging him as my legal adviser. Good morning, Miss Schuyler, Then youve got another think I've Just been to your place Gerard. eomlng to yon. Prudence wheeled. Her eyea widThey told me I waa likely to find ened as they met the dark, near-se- t yon somewhere round here. There waa nothing In tho words yea of Calloway, leaning against which coaid ho challenged. It was the door frame. the Implication. Rodney Gerard "Understand, Mias Schuyler, that reddened. If I cut your timber, I deal with you, Come to High Ledges tonight, with yon and no one else. Gerard Calloway, and IT1 tot yon know what wlH keep ont of my business or TU know the reason why. He stepped I hare decided about the timber. between me and a girl once before Cant yon tell me now?" and Its for th last time. No, I cant" Prudence regarded him from unPerhaps Miss Schuyler wHl aay whether she baa decided to let mo der sweeping lashes. Just why are have hers or do you decide for yon inflicting me with the story of her?" your young life?" Even the bald spot of Calloways Youre mighty impertinent" Gerard flared, and shot the car for- head went crimson. You wont get r ward, anywhere wisecracking with me. Oh dear I Hava yon made an Tonll come round sooner or later to wanting mo to handle your timenemy because of me?" Hla laugh was curt The enmity ber they all do and when I do It, between Len Calloway and yours I wont atand Interference from anytruly la nothing new. He alwaya one. Get that?" Prudence never before bad realgets my goat Do yon Intend to sell I get ized her capacity , for fury. yonr timber to him?" 1L Now get this. There will be ao Mr. SI advises against It' Glvt me tho contract to hlndle Interference when yon cut my timber, Mr. CaUoway, for you wont It will youT cut It I have already contracted Your "Even L Don't tot surprise that with Mr. Gerard to do It Gerard I Gerard get out lumI am Interested In something besides sports shock yon Into In- ber I Thats a Joke., Dont run way with the Idea that because sensibility. I have about a thousand acres of timber which have he can pilot a plana hed stick to been oa my mind for some time, anything that waa work. Ha dances rv. decided to cut It this winter, and gamee bis days away. Hed first touch of winter. and tho more I have to cut the run at t better and more profitable Job I can Aa for managing a crew, hla poor .nuke of It' flabby muscle wonld make' a 6na But youTl have to live here I showing la n lumber camp. They" All right 111 have to lire here. They are rather out of condiWhat a profound observation I Com- tion," agreed an Icy voice behind ing from a woman of affairs like him, but, flabby a they art, I dont Uke that wallop sitting down, yourself, it's a smash. Eh stole a glance at hla grave they can chuck you out face. Her thoughts raced as awlftly Rodney Gerarda face was white, the glardonda hla as the fleecy against eyea were afire, as he caught tn the surprised Calloway round th ing bine aky. Had he had thii mind while she had been accusing --waist and by sheer force of arms him of Indolence and Indifference? and knee rushed him outaidto cosrrunntoto cto Contrition warmed her voice d, moun- surrounding ll an-Jus- t? . from tains which hat been need for some time on roads la three village neat Miskolc, Hungary, has been d 8hort of hanging, banishment to (Tasmania), waa the worst penalty Inflicted oa offend era a century ago. Tha aix farm laborers of Tolpnddleu, sentenced for combining In a trad union, whose centenary waa commemorated by the trades nnlon congress this August, were sent there. , t Mr. Stanley Unwin, the publisher, and Mr. Severn 8torr have visited the remains of this dread penal at Port Arthur tn Tasman's peninsula. Near a peaceful beach, shaded by gigantic gum trees, they state In Two Young Men See tbe World, they found tbe ruins of the Van Diemen's Land - village and prison with Its exercise "silent cell" for yards, pitch-blac- k prisoners who raved, and long triangular cages. Each man was let loose In a cage to himself for an hour or so a day. during which time be could neither apeak nor make signs to the man tn the next cage to him without earning extra punishment Here be clanked up and down, up and down. In hla heavy Irons that tore the skin from his ankles and wrists, more unhappy poor wretch, than the wildest of wild beasts 1" For one man, who had th strength of a gorilla and doubled np ordinary Iron bars in hla grip, a special cell had been built ; for another, a special run and house, because tbe horrors of tb chain gangs bad driven btm mad and no one dared go near him It la recorded that sometimes, when two prisoners were confined together they drew lots to decide who sbonld strangle tho other and bo hanged for It Across the small bay was another bnllding. Point Puer, where. Juvenile prisoners wera boused. Adjacent waa a steep rock overhanging a lagoon, called Suicide Cliff, because here the lads nsed to throw themselves to death. Amid tho ruins of Port Arwalla of a once thur are tho beautiful church which one of the convicts designed, buying hla freedom for work that to anperh even In - Its ruined state. Bd attempts ghastly Many daring at escape were made, but once the Ivy-cla- d contrived to elude captors and gained tbe mainland of Tasmania, It meant certain death from starvation la the Impenetrable bash, or murder and cannibalism among their own ranks If there were several In their party. Only a few months before tb visit of Mr. Unwin and Mr. Storr, a woodman had made a gruesome discovery on tho densely wooded slopes of Mount Arthur a human skeleton with tb broken iron fetters still and dinging to arm-bon- e Beside It, In a straight row, lay the buttons that had adorned tha convict's clothes In those bygone days of harsh tongue and eruel lash. Evidently, this man had escaped, contrived by almost superhuman efforts to break hla fetters, and struggled on nntll he collapsed and died. The penitentiary Itself waa a huge building of two floors where tome of the convicts worked. If a convict rebelled, hla Irons were made heavier, hla meager diet was reduced, his term of solitary confinement prolonged, or he would be pnt to grind cayenne pepper the worst task of all. Some convicts became warders, and these proved th most brutal of all "We look back tn wonder," the two travelers remark, at the callous Inhumanity of those days." prisoners their bad would-b- e - leg-bon- EROSION LOSSES MADE BY STATES along two Hnen Research aa to the beat ways to control erosion to being carried on. In all parts of tho United State, Control measures thus discovered are put to Immediate dm by Civilian Conservation corps boys wbo In mora than a dozen states, are planting trees and other soil binding crops, building terraces and building dama to control flood water. Erosion studies at tbe Alabama and Texas stations show that ter races, while necessary on all cultivated land subject to erosion, are not alone sufficient to prevent losseo of soil between terraces. Fertile soil and needed water are lost by sheet erosion and run off. These station have shown that this loss can be reduced by strips of cover crops aapplementlng the terrace The Iowa station has shown by extensive tests that many farms are being washed away' at the rate of 1 foot every 60 years. When corn to grofrn continuously, the loss takes place at about 1 foot every SO years When corn rows run across the slope, the losses are cut tn half. Losses from land In alfalfa, clover, and are very small. When aweet clover was plowed under soil and water losses were strikingly reduced. From the Far West the Washing ton station reports results ef studies on soil representative of largo area In eastern Washington. Winter wheat h or one-hal- f as yielded only many bushels per aero on land whir had lost Its topsoil because of slon. Yields of spring wheat oven less favorable. Here, too. It proven that vegetation, whether of grasses, legumes, or even grain stubble, went a long way toward' eon trolling soil and water losses. bluo-gras- V s Girls Unit Eaemy Tribe Through tb work of Girl Guides in Africa two native tribes, 180 miles apart, which have been enemies-fo- r centuries, bavo decided to bo friends. Each tribe has its Girl Guido company, and they decided this year to have a Joint camp. Tho Invitation was sent from tribe number one. Tbe Guides of tribe number two responded and waUed the entire 180 miles for," fortnight's TeTTowshlp. The shyness of tho first few hoars was soon broken, as with their lesd-er- s they Joined In preparing . the common meal and helping tho old Poor Alai people In the village. In doing their they -- soon became - Pedestrian I aay, yon Just missed good, deeds - 01der members ef the me. friends. Motorist Well, stand still and IT) tribes liked the friendship Idea and try again. Answers Magaslne. adopted It , X one-tent- , Vs |