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Show ... IAKE IT By FROM DAD aS? Traveling With the) Wrong Crowd "Dad, 1 need to have chat with you," said Bob In kindly affectionate tonea as Mr. Smith-houg- h came Into tbe living room, bla arm loaded with paera and arranged his big chair under the read-ing lamp. "Tea, kid, what's on jour chest uowj Hope you aren't broke agnln?" "No, Dad, got money but 1 wanted to talk tn nn about a lllfla Incident that occurred st school today Mr. Prlngle, the principal, seems to have taken an uncommon Interest In me this semester. Every time he meet me In the ball he slaps me on the back and says, How goes It 7 Well, yester-day he called me Into his little private office and sold, 'Bob, I've bad my eye on you for some time now and 1 want to make a suggestion. I think you're trav-eling with the wrong crowd.' Why, Dud, he knocked the pins right out from under me but be did it so nicely I couldn't get mud. Now, whut I want to know, Dad, Is bow can a fellow know that he Isn't traveling with the right crowd? Bill and Harry and Chub have all been here many times. Tou know them most aa well aa 1 da They aren't particularly bad are they? Just because they're a bit noisy and col-legiate doesn't stamp them as unde-sirables?" Dad waited for more but evidently Bob bad 'shot bis wud' as be would have said. "Prlngle Is very competent man, Bob, well thought of throughout the city, a real educator. Interested be-yond his mere Job. Bis suggestions on any point would be worthy of a careful consideration. I've said to your mother several times that I thought Bill and Harry were 'Iight-wek'hi- Evldentlv I'rlnele thinks SO, too. "Bob, we were talking tbe other day about laws. Do you recollect bow many there were In every realm of life and bow much progress after all was Just a record of cur having dis-covered new laws and understanding old ones and more nearly aligning our lives In harmony with funda-mental laws?" "Yes, Dad, I do, but what's that got to do with the gang?" "A very great deal and here Is bow. There Is a law, a most fascinating thing, which establishes the fact thnt all forms of life, from the lowest up, thrown together intimately under the influence of the same environment, tend decidedly to become alike. In other words Bob, a fundamental law of life says you tend to become like the thing with which you Intimately associate. "Boys gang as naturally as bees hire or sheep flock, and having ganged more or less spontaneously; the law of association begins to work and the Individual units In the group begin an elaborate process of give and take In every realm of life. Group opinions begin to form; group atti-tudes to every conceivable thing be-gin to shape themselves without the group scarcely being conscious of It Group opinions and group attitudes soon determine group actions and then ?ou have results, for Bob, to a great degree we are what we do. "The fellow who plays clean and fair Is a good sport The fellow who cheats and takes unfair advantage Is a por sport Tbe boy whose manners of acting Is genteel and thoughtful of others Is a gentleman. "Let's see further. If you wish to become a great sprinter who do you train with, a coach with a wooden leg who never ran a race? Or suppose you wish to become a great violinist, with whom do you study, a trap drum-mer? Great athletes become like their coaches, musicians become like their masters and so the marvelous process goes jn and on and on. "Of course It Is possible for a per-son by determination and sheer will power to resist the Influence of the group and stand npon his own but the tendency nnder such circumstances is for him to withdraw from the group In which he Is not congenial and grav-itate to a group wltb Interests like his own. So while t Is true that you can modify the law of association in a way, yot ultimately tend to become like the group with which you In-timately live. , "Undesirable associations account for more crime than any other single fact "If your principal, who Is friendly to you, who sees yoo every day and feels your Influence In the school, says to you, 'Bob, you're traveling with the wrong crowd,' then your as-sociations are beginning to show. He knows that you are capable of better things. He eTpects more of you than he is getting by way of a positive stand on mornl principles." "But, Dad, can't one boy reform a ganR?" "Ha, ha, my boy, that Is the alibi that keeps many a boy. from stepping up forward a false loyalty again. No you will not reform your gang. Bob, very rarely If ever. If your gang Influence Is not of the best, get Into one thnt Is. Have all the of a lift, and none of the disadvantage of a drag." (, 1930. Western Jfewspaper Union.) . Sack Sheep's Gold BY BEATRICE CRJMSHAW ClustraUons by Irwin Myers Copyright by Hughes Masale A Co. , WNC Service planter chairs. box tout 1 guessed contained linen and oddments of vari-ous kinds. 1 peerel Into the cook bouse. Stores; aooklog ntenslls "They'll be coming tomorrow." I thought; and reflected that I was luckier than I deserved. It wos very cool out there, I re-member; far cooler than It would have b--n In little Iron rooms beneath the stifling roofs of town. 1 had a bite of something from tbe locker of my boat, flung my bedding on the un-known person's bedstead, and slept card fastened to It And Immediately 1 knew what It was; for whom It bad been Intendea And tbe world, for one reeling Instant, vauiabed behind vetla of red. I came out of that jioment's mud oess calm and cold, aa once or twice. In tbe war, I had found myself, before the doing of some deed that brought s medal after It. "You are Sir Richard Fanshaw," I stated He looked at me curiously; I thought he was beginning to guest "It mav Inter! von to know." I THE STORY On a pleasure trip la eastern waters, Philip Amory, Kngllab World war veteran, now a tradar on the Island of Papua, Near Guinea, plunges overboard to save tbe life of a musical comedy actress, knowa as "Gin-Sling- ." Amory becomes Interested In Pla Leurter, member of a wealthy New South Walsa family. Be telle ber of bis knowledge of a wL wonderful gold Bald on the d. "Gln-81!n- telle him Pla Is engaged to 8lr Richard Fan-sba- His holiday endtd. Am. ory arrlvee back at Oaru. He meete aa Englishman, Bplcer, there on development business for a eyndlcate of wblcb r"n-eha- w le bead. Fanshaw'e nsme recalls to Amory a incident tn wblcb he wit-nessed tbe escape of Fanshaw from a leper colony. He telle hie friend Bassett about It and decldee to Inform Laurlar. He goee to Thursday Island to send tbe message. Amory bears Fan-aha- w dictate a message wblcb Indicates that the eecret of the gold field la known. Amory meete with an aceldent that laye blm up tor three weeks. CHAPTER V Continued 11 "1 think you're very good Indeed," I lied promptly. Dismay was tbe emo- - Hon that, In truth, bud possession of me, I wondered boa many people knew, or would know, and bow soon they would be on the track of the unique, amazing place known as Tata-tab- u I swore to myself that, doc magnificently. Dawn came with wild crying of seablrds, and a sudden wind that burst In tbe door, it waked me, and I Slid to earth, looking for my shoes, for now It was full time I got away 1 suppose I took s few seconds to slip on and tie my shoes; 1 never heard s sound but when I looked up, there was some one in the doorway. My Bret thought for you could not see the man's face, so blackly was be silhouetted against the pole rose and primrose of the sky was "Caught ; maybe it's the doctor Inspecting." My second sent the blood from heart to tngertlps, like leaping flame, 1 knew that tall, tight, well-se- t figure, that bearded bead. 1 bad seen It four times; once on the Island of decay and death; once on tbe great liner in the Arnfura sea, once at tbe hotel on Thursday, and now here. Fanshaw bad seen me, he came across the floor hi a couple of strides. went on, that I am Philip Amory." Now be turned scarlet; the curious honey-colore- d eyes flashed crescent moons of white above and below, like the eyes of a dangerous horse. "It seems," he said, restraining him-self, "that 1 owe you a great deal ol kindly Interest In what 1 had supposed were my affairs," 1 let the gibe pass. 1 had one thing only in my mind, and, like a charging boll, I drove straight for It "Where Is Miss Uurier?" I asked. I didn't expect blm to answer, but be replied at once, coolly. "About forty-fiv- e miles out at sea on today's Morlnda." "She has come back to marry you?" "Exactly." "You're fixing up cbts place for her?" He did not reply to that; be looked at me, watchfu.ly, as one boxer eyes another In the ring. "Well, I want to tell yon," I said, "that you wont marry ber as long as I'm above ground." Again he was silent Again 1 charged like a bull; but this time. It was as a bull charg.-- s frantically and uselessly, upon the barrier about tbe ring. "You were the man vbo got away from Iota Island. You're an escaped leper." He Just laughed a little; seemed to be waiting for me to have done. 1 had not anticipated this. He Just stood there, not admitting, not deny-ing. If 1 was strong,, be, with his weight of added years and honors, bis money, and bis celebrity, to back him up, was stronger. I could feel all that as he meant that I should feel it almost visibly upholding and sup-porting blm, as we stood there In the windy quarantine bonne, with the sea-bird- s crying on the sands outside; Fanshaw and I "one and one, with a shadowy third" the eternal triangle yet again. Fanshaw was entirely He waited till It seemed clear that I bad done, and then spoke. "Your boat Is outside. Yoo can get away as quick as you like." "If I do," I' warned him, "I'll sail straight to Port and stop your d d mnrrlage." "Just as you choose," he said. He took the white cushion out of Its paper, smoothed It 'aid It carefully on the back of one of the planter chairs; set down some small parcels be had In his pockets, and walked out of the bouse. He did not seem to be paying any attention at all to ma tors or do doctors, I was off tomor-row. Something of this I said. Gin-Slin-eyed me wltb a satisfaction that 1 found almost puzzling "Bight; get off and beat blm to It That's the way, my lad ; d 'nk hearty, you'll soon be deadi" was ber entirely Jlnnean comment "What way will you go?" she asked, presently. "Way? Oh, by Darn, 1 suppose." She seemed to like that and 1 real-ized, wltb some astonishment thnt the map of I'apua was no blank to her. "Well," she sold, "I must be going, or the cats will begin to mew. Cull and soy good-b- to me before you go. I'm out of a shop now, so I dare say I'll make back to little Sydney again. You've no idea what a lamb you look In those pink pajamas, cuddly boy I See you again soon." Her yellow stockings gleamed as she walked down the long veranda. Just not dancing, out through tbe doorway into the smiting jmn. - . V Next day 1 left the hospital. I called on Jinny, aa a matter of course, and was rather surprised to And that she had sailed the previous night The hotel people die 1 1 seem to be sure what boat she had taken or where she had gone. And the truth was. that 1 bad too much to do to puzzle over the matter, for more than a little while Nor did I, for even an Instance, sus-pect what matters of grave Import bad lain concealed btneath the light surfaces of our talk. e e e e e e a I had to go to Tort Moresby, It I Knew that Tall, Tight Weil-Se- t Figure, That Bearded Head. and asked me, with profane additions, what on earth I might be doing there? I could hardly answer him at first; never, till that moment had It oc-curred to me that however well he was known to me, I was, so far, quite unknown to him, except by repute. I answered him briefly. "1 did not know anyone bad the place. 1 got In late, and camped." One used to fight In tbe great war, sometimes, when one was almost three parts asleep; drunk with the want of rest, long continued, wltb the never-relaxin-strain. So I fought then, drunk, drugged by Fanshaw's enormous personality, his superior mental forces, yet determined, as ever one had been In tbe trenches, not to give tn while life was life, and I was L We went down to the beach almost together. There was my cutter, rock-ing on the tide; there, long and black and slim, wns what I knew to be the fastest thing afloat for a thousand miles a speed launch capable of do-ing thirty miles an Hour, which had lain for some good while In Port un-s. al.ea.ble, because she simply ate fuel. I thought I knew who had bought her now; who didn't count a tin or two of benzine, when be hap-pened to be In a hurry. (TO BB CONTINUED) turned out because there was no one at Darn to take charge of my store, the man on whom J counted having suddenly left I remember I was wor-ried at having to go, but consoled my-self by remembering that Sir Richard and his lot could not possibly get way before me, since they bad still to do their recruiting, end mine was as good as done. I bad only to whistle, and get as many boys as I wanted, but they would have to employ a re-cruiter, and probably overcome a good many difficulties before they collected boys enough to carry for a large party of strange white mea . . . As to Pla, she was safe In tbe East. So, feeling like myself again at last, I sailed once more In the merry sun and wind, beading my cutter for Port Moresby. ' Never since then have 1 believed in presentiments, in warnings, or shadows that fall before events. There was no "The h 1 yon did," answered Fan-shaw roughly. "Dont you know you have to get leave to land?" "There was a squall coming." "Squall be hanged. You'd better clear out of this, and be thankful If I don't report you." I might have gone knowing myself to be tn the wrong, and not wishing to enlighten Fanshaw more than was necessary about myself I might have gone, and changed the course of four lives that day had not the merest trifle Intervened. Nothing on earth but a cushion. Sir Itlchard had been carrying it wrapped up In paper; while he was tailing to me, he laid It down on a table, and the paper, be-ing Insulliclently fastened, burst open. I saw the thing, a pretty trifle of white satin and embroidered flowers, crying "Wedding Present" in every stitch and thread. I saw somebody's warning for me. Singing, 1 went straight tc the dark day of my life; the day that has colored, and will color, every following hour, until that time when hours and days shall mean nothing more to me. CHAPTER VI I made Port. Moresby on the eve-ning of tbe third day. My boy was not with me; I bad stnt him back to Daru direct and was alone. It was duskisb when I sighted Paga Hill, with a nasty' squall coming up. 1 thaught with disgust o. the trouble of seeing th doctor, and the customs, and getting pratique, all to be gone through before I could have leave to land. Very likely they wouldn't give nie pratique that evening; 1 should have to sleep on board the tiny cutter again, Just when I needed a good rest. The sight ol Fisherman Island loom-ing np to starboard decided me, 1 would run In there, spend the nignt at the empty quarantine station, and get off early next day for the port Nobody would know tbe island was t uninhabited save by the old, crazy Solomon island caretaker who had been there for over thirty years, and couldn't tell tales even if he would. 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Try this new oil AA f T ft "N I I today . . . at the sign of the Red Triangle. VI Vs I l Vav I la Barrier of Rock Duat Coma In for Criticism The rock-dus- t barriers, which are being recommended by the bureau of mines to prevent the trngle, progressive explosion! which take so many Uvea In the mines of the coun-try, are effective only when properly Installed. Inspection carried on by the bu-reau have Indicated that In many mlnea the barrier la a hurdle only and not true barrier. In other words, the hinged shelves, upon which are placed large quantities of very fine rock dust, are erected anywhere from two to five feet from the coll-ing of the mine pass Res, and, when tripped by an explosion, present a fine flerproof curtain from that point to the floor, but leave a suffi-ciently large opening above the dust for the flames to go leaping through. Other ahelvea have been found so sturdily erected that no ordinary rush of air from an explosion would unseat them. Nothing short of a heavy charge of dynamite would get them Into action. Washington Star. Map ea Her Back In the scramble for unique designs for woven fabrics the designer has taken Inspiration from the atlas. In Parts recently a woman was seen In pale silk frock covered with a lightly etched design which wos s map of the gay city. Amid the tracery of the boule-vards and avenuea with their out-standing features the Louvre, No-tre Dame, Arc do Trlomphe and so on the pale-gree- n Seine looped the loop across her back, winding from the city Island to the Bois de Bou-logne. The Golden Age Whitney Warren, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Let-ters, pointed to a picture at a private exhlhitUfo In New York which was repellunt In Its ugliness. "Here we have an example of the worst type of modern art, sold Mr. Warren. "The painter of that pic-ture lacks all sense of beauty. His Ideas, therefore, are all wrong. lie's like the little boy. "This little boy's mother had a cook whose magnificent display of gold teeth, front ones ns well as back ones, greatly Impressed the child. One day, leaning over the kitchen table at which she wss cutting out cookies, he gased up at the cook with admir-ing eyes and said : "'Mandy, when do you think Til be catting my gold teeth Y " ISesnty la only skin deep and the 1 same may be said of freckles. I Evil books scarcely live as long as the Indignation they arouse. Schools can't help but be popular everywhere. They keep the children out of mischief most of the day. No Improvement Visitor I see you have all your daughters off your hands. Father Yes; but I have to keep their husbands on their feet An-swers. Oa the Ice "What Is that?" "Curling." "Nice game for girls, eh, whatr H I I I I I I I I I I'M I M t I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I tH't I I I I I t I I I I M"t"t Cured Small Boys of "Finicldness" at Meals and the boys Anally had to surrender. Now they actually are fond of some of the victuals they formerly detested However, neither has been heart) since then to kick about any Item of the food. They are afraid they'll have to eat It for days at a time. New York Sun. Meal time generally was a tryt.g period In the Brown household. In-variably Bobby didn't like half the things that were served, and Billy ex-pressed a dislike for the other half. Often they agreed on the same Item. It required threats and persuasion to force them to partake of the food pro-vided, but at length the Browns de-cided on a new method. For weeks they compiled a list of the eatables that tbe boys hated, and served them exclusively for dinner. There was a howl of anguisb from the two urchins as they glanced at the' table. The parents passed the various dishes instead of Mr. Brown serving them, but the boys, with a nninoii look took tin v helolnKS or passed them up entirely. They pecked at the food and went to bed hungry, for Mrs. Brows had seen to it that there wns nothing In the larder to at-tract them. This went on for several meals And They Got tbe Point A negro evangelist was preaching concerning the horrors of hell. In front of him was a coffin piled high with flowers. Newspapers had an-nounced that It was to be the funeral of a neighbor. There was no word of praise from the preacher's mouth. "Breth'en an' sistahs," he shouted, "ouah deceased friend heah done com mltted eve'y sin In de catalog. He wasn't ready when de trumpet of de angel called him. He was unprepa'ed. He wns wicked an' bad to face judg-ment In bis wickedness." At the end of the sermon every member of the congregation was eager to crowd for ward and view the "remains." Solemn-ly tbey filed past the coffin. It was empty but In tbe bottom was a mlr ror that reflected the face of every "mourner" thnt looked In. The lesson went home. Copper's Weekly, . Richer by CemparUon A poor man said to a millionaire, "I am a richer man than yoij are; I have gol aa much money a I want and you haven't" Belated, by Lord Grey, In Fallodon Papera Ink's High importance Some one has sold that the art of writing "consists in putting black marks on white paper." The history of this modest essential, both of writ-ing and printing, ban recently been traced back 3,000 years. The Egyp-tians are credited with using Ink as early as 1200 B. a Later, the Greeka Imported both papyrus and Ink from their neighbors on the banks of the Nile. It is difficult to imagine bow learning could bave piogressed or the records of the post bave been banded down without ink. It has been a faithful soldier In the procession which wa call civilization. Exchange. Art of Giving ile who gives things only gives little. The renl part ol any present Is the imaginative sympathy througl which one has understood and re sponded to a desire '.n some other hu-man being and has put something o one's self into the choice of that which will gratify this desire, Worn an'! Home Compinlon. Meanest Cow Edward had Just returned from his first visit on the farm. While telling the wonders of tbe country hi said: "The dog's nnme Is f'onlo. the cut Kitty Esi ter and tbe uieauesl cow is turned Bull " |