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The volume deals | with five generations descended from History agree th a Sceto-Irish native of Pennsylvania, is gigantic beast which lived way back who Was 'a grandson of Governor |; paléozoic times, man' when in a | Dinwiddie of Virginia; who graduat- hurry, on its hind Tegs ! | ed-Trom the College of Philadelphia | x | > Hs Nobo G 59 3, (now the University of Pecnssl |, dy ever saw a Gorgosauru aay fo but scientists Snooping around his | Poa); married Miss Jame Okill, of ancient habitats haye Jound enligh- Le ha elphia; Served 2s a missionary tening footprints ang other evidence {2 lhe Indians a1 Fort Hunter mn the that he once lived in what is now the with Che poy J orks collaborated Canadian province of Alberta. They | Moan: Lion dr fon In making |) oo that this carnivorous dinosaur | tOvas d 201 the Berip.| _q all fours in ordinary traveling te ord the Prayer Book; removed but being spurred to high speed, the |e Canada in 138); sale the first big fellow got up on his hind legs. Hike of O ) BOW the Broy. Accordingly, a Gorgosaurus skeleton istiipishad yd founded "the recently acquired by the museum Canada-- Kingston, Brockville, Ham- [0 the Red Deer River beds of A!- ilton, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Moni. werta has just been mounted in his real, Quebec, Winni 0 running pose. ' =. [Viatoras B.C Peg, Okotoks, In explaining the probable habits | A related volume is the Parish |°f the Gorgosaurus, Dr. W, D. Mat- | Register of Kingston, 1785-1811, thew, curator of the museum's de- | kept by the reverend sulject of the | PATtment of vertebrate palaeontology, | above study, and edited by Profes. | Pictures the prehistoric moauster in a series of chase of a couple of unwary duck- the | Pilled dinosaurs that have carelessly wandered from the banks of rivers and lagoons which served them as re- Was the osaurus Ancient Times, But Short on Brains. ---- New York, May 14. {the American Museum of Natural Y¥ of Stuart in ed contains aluable his jfu8e from land-lubbers like the Gor-| gosaurus, The Gorgosaurus was iong on speed but short on brains, Dr. Matthew said. In fact, he was a real lowbrow among the ancient animals. Intellec- tually he would have.been a good companion for crocodiles, which are ---- A HEROINE COMES TO LIFE, Jane Norman, the heroine in Har- {old MacGrath's new romance, "The | Pagan Madonna' nag an actual pro- | totype, although the author did not know it until he received 5 letter from the real Jane Norman in Vir- ginia. ! "Curiosity, nature's 'bounteous gift to those of ny sex," she writes, "impels me to intrude upon the priv- acy of your thoughts long enough to have you tell me from what source yoy sought the name of the heroine {in your latest novel. . 'The Pagan { Madonna.' Never having' been in | print before, to my knowledge, and exercising a jealous pride of owner- y name I've known f for the past nineteen years, it seems | to me but natural to be inquisitive," | Needless to say, Mr. MacGrath | didnt find -it anywhere. He wanted | Bargains, (& Bame for a charming, wholesome, | The cheap jack 'was exerting all | American girl, and Jane Norman | is delicate substitutes in the science | Seemed to sound just like her. He |Of drawing a crowd, and he wound didn't know that he was making her | UP by offering a bri | the namesake of an actual Jane Nor. | for sale by auction. iman Mr. MacGrhth's characters are "Now, gentlemen," he cried, "here Such real people that their creator in | IS the opportunity of a lifetime! choosing names to fit them often | What will you bid for this shilling? [ discovers that he has used one actu- Don't 'waste time, now. This is only { ally attached to somebody of whom | one of the bargains I've got for you | he has never heard, ; | today." | He gets many comments from | Bids came very slowly from the these owners, curious inquiries, pro- | doubting listeners, till at last the tests about the fiction person's tate, | childish treble of 'a small boy's voice suggestions, but never yet threats of | Was heard. His characters are all so lov- "Sixpence for it!" he piped. able, even the villians, that no one And no one seemed disposed to minds having them for namesakes. - any higher. 2008. So, Dr. Matthew said, this enor- mous, but rather stupid beast, would rely on his speed to catch the fright- tned duck-billed dinosaurs. Standing Up on his rear legs and using his massive tail to balance the body he would pursue _his prey. 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