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Durham Review (1897), 17 Jul 1930, p. 6

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He repeated the signs he had made with his hands. _ "Eat people, too, think. Never go. Bad. Bad. Go home now river here. Bad Nobody never go Thees way." negro once more Paulos nodded Vilak demanded the reasonâ€" Paulos made cylinders of his hands, put thera to his mouth, and puffed his cheeks. "What docs he mean?" Elise asked Vilak, "Afraid of being shot at by blowâ€" pipes, I imagine." He questioned the WRICLEY‘S is good company on any trip, . It‘s delicious flavor adds zest and enjoyment, The sugar supâ€" plies pep and energy when the day seems long. In short it‘s good The beaters ahead halted. Vilak urged them forward. for he could see where the path continued through the trees. The beaters shook their heads. Paulos come to say he ‘shame d what he do todayâ€" Paulos brave man. You kncw." Stately, gorgeousâ€"colored â€" herons stalked through the water; long, ugly alligators lay in the mud of the other bank. harm, due to the shrewness of her cousin and protector, Vilak. Vilak beâ€" lieves Gaylord Prentiss to be at the bottom of several deaths that have cccurred in the vicinity. Warning, comes that the dam has burst, -»5 Vilak, Elise and Lincoln Nunnally ride to warn Prentiss They discover that the warning is but a ruse to get Prentiss out in the open so that the natives may murder him. Prentiss‘ house is besieged and Vilak, in order to drive off the attackers, dynamites a small lake and floods the place. When the water recedes they discover that Prentiss has deserted them. The next day, Tinky. Elise‘s little nephew, is stolen. They hunt through the jungle for him. NOW BEGIN THE STORY CHAPTER XXXIIL They stopped half an hour to cat and rest, then went on. At two o‘clock they came to a narrow river, seeming almost subterranean so enclosed was it on all sides by the jungle blackness. ISSUE No. 28â€"‘30 by bCl L!| THIS HAS HAPPENED Attempts have been made on the Nfe of Elise Marberry, owner of a large plantation near Porto Verds, Prnil. _but so far she has escaped Jungle Breath _Q’ffi‘{@J // o e 4 * ’,/_/‘ o 33 ves? "Yaâ€"aâ€"a," he gruntâ€" Fraid Indians past Indians. Never go. Kill. Blow pipes Late. Not want Ben Lucien Burman brave man, after all, Paulos." She put down her brush and smiled at him . "From tonight on, your salary‘s "Yes, Paulos. I know you‘re a brave man. A very brave man. I‘m glad you‘re sorry." "Yes‘m. Paulos very sorry. Come to say him go cross river any time you want cross. Other fellahs black fellahs, Indian fellahs, they not cross, but Paulos cross. Paulos brave." "I‘m glad to hear that you are a "Got something say you, Senhorita Marberry." "Go ahead and say it, Paulos." His heavy black arms twisted awkâ€" wardly. "Paulos come to say he ‘shamed what he do today. Come to say very ‘shamed. Paulos brave man. Everybody know Paulos kill jaguar for you. Six, seven times." "What is it, Paulos?" Elise asked without looking up from the brush with which she was liberally applying the shellac over a long tear in the bow of the boat. Long after midnight the three Amâ€" cricans were still making preparaâ€" tions for the journey. They were in one of the storehouses, Elise andâ€"the old man helping Vilak plug the leaks in a light canvas canoe when Paulos, the huge black who had refused to go forward in the afternoon, shuffled unâ€" easily through the door. | Vilak at once set about superintendâ€" ing the collection of canned meats, blankets, hammocks medicines and the other equipment necessary for an extended trip to the jungle, while the fat, asthmatic Schwartz, who knew most of the Indians round about, was Cetailed to search in the shacks and reed shelters on the outskirts of Porto Verde for fifteen or cighteen men who had the courage to make the journey. ‘ leaving the beaters to find their way in on foot. Though they rode as swifâ€" ly as possible, it was night when they reached the fazenda. He grinned and showed his white He saw Elise‘s face quiver slightly. "But don‘t you worry" he added quickly. "We‘ll find him. Can‘t help but find him. Just a little time. Just a little time" They retraced their footsteps, and reaching the spot where they had left their horses, mounted and set off, _ Vilak took a bit of betel. He shrugâ€" ged his gaunt shoulders. ."Looks as if we‘re up against a stone wall. Td go on alone, but it would accomplish nohing. Nothing to do but go back and try to get some men in Porto Verde who won‘t be afraid of crossâ€" ing. ~Just as well, perhaps. We have to go back anyway and get supplies t last us a couple of days, perhaps a week. And a canoe possibly. Appears that this trip‘s going to last longer‘ than I expected. Vilak turned to the others. They reechoed the giant‘s words, their reâ€" fusal being even more vigorous as their fear was greater. Elise joined her efforts to those of her cousin. Toâ€" gether they pleaded, ordered. promised lavish increases of pay, threatened; the natives gloomily replied that they would rather be killed at once than‘ cross the blackâ€"shadowed river. : Vilak curtly ordered him forward. The other doggedly refused _ "Me brave man, Paulos. Everybody know me brave. Fight jaguar. Kill jaguar. Many times. But not go cross river." spend night jungle. Jungle not good pieme If insects can‘t 'thlnk, how does a fiy know when you reack for a swatâ€" ter instead of a sweet? Minard‘s Liniment for all Strains. of much presentâ€"day literature there is great â€"mneed for weeding and thinâ€" ning out. "Literature is like a garden," says William Lyon Phelps. "One enters and admires the flowors, but one has individual preferences." And he might have added that in the garden Regsyâ€""Yes, although it is monotâ€" onous I turn in every night at 10 o‘clock sharp." Pegsyâ€""How do you manage it ?" Reggyâ€""Manage what? Peggyâ€""Why, to turn in sharp aftâ€" ter being dull all day." Vilak looked up. "I think we‘d betâ€" ter prepare for a long journey," he said. "Much longer than I expected. A month. Perhaps even two." (To be continued.) still be . â€" . here." Vilak began lashing a thin strip of springy wood to one of the canoe ribs which had broken. They worked in silence. The old man heated a gummy mixture over an alcohol flame. The heavy, oldâ€"fashioned silver watch which he had taken &ut of his pocket and laid on a table, ticked out the minutes loudly, monotonously. _ A shadowy bat flapped against the win-l dow, and flew squeaking away. The negro shuffled out. Elise pickâ€" ed up the can of shellac again and stonily, mechanically, began to apply the liquid to the canoe. "I tried to be fair to Prentiss," she said dully. "I felt sorry for ‘rim. You saved his life But I‘m afraid it was a mistake. A dreadful mistake. There are some‘ people you can‘t be fair to. _ We shouldn‘t have interfered. Those per-l sons who attacked him were avenging something brutal he had done to them. I know it. I feel it and if we had not" dons it . .. Tinky . . . would still be . â€" . here." Elise roused herself sufficiently to shift her glance to him. He crunched the betel nut between his poworful jaws. "Facts are facts. Have to reâ€" vise my theories. That‘s all. No misâ€" taking Prentis.. Not another man could be mistaken for him in all South America. Even an untrained person wouldn‘t do it. And these natives are keen observers. Whatever else they aren‘t." credible Elise‘s fingers began twisting her blue apron into a knot, heedless unâ€" conscious of the sticky varnish spatâ€" tered upon it. Her eyes did not loave the form of the huge black before her. Vilak put a pellet of betel into his mouth. "Astonishing," he grunted. "So astonishing as to be almost inâ€" "‘Not kill Indian‘ Paulos answerâ€" ed. ‘Paulos friend Indian. â€" Paulos just look for baby.‘ ‘White baby?" say Indian fellah. ‘Yes,‘ say Paulos. ‘e see white baby,‘ say Indian fellah. ‘White man have baby. Ugly white man â€" Look sick like fever. Tall like jungle reed, ski ny same way, mark on forehead, white thing like white men wear round neck high round neck.‘ Right away Paulos know he mean Senhor Prentiss. Ask him more questions. Indian get tired of Paulos questions and go away. Then Paul»s cross river again and come back to fazenda." bow, have arrowâ€" Think he going try kill Paulos. Get knife ready. But other fellah not try kill. ‘What you want?" he say Paulos. ‘Kill Indian? Paulos know Indian talk. "Come to river," he went on. "Cross. Stay in bushes while Indian fellan wait. Going to go back to other side when different Indian fellah, bad Inâ€" dian fellah, come out from tree, have He beat his enormous breast with his fist "Paulos not like other felâ€" lahs. Paulos brave. Want other felâ€" lahs always do what he say. Paulos turn round. ‘I show you,‘ he say. ‘Paulos go back and cross river. Come and see if Paulos cross river.‘ So Paulos go back. Only one come with] him see. Indian fellah." Look sad. Look very sad. Other felâ€" lah see, laugh. ‘Paulos sick,‘ they say. ‘Paulos sick ‘cause he fraid. Paulos just like us. Us no longer ‘fraid Paulos. We not ‘fraid any more when Paulos tell us do someâ€" thing.‘ Paulos him not like this. Hurt Paulos. Hurt Paulos here." "No. Paulos not found him. But talk to somebody who have seen him. i You get on horses this afternoon,‘ after Paulos afraid. Paulos ‘shamed ‘ he fraid. Paulos him very ‘shamedâ€" , teeth three of which had been filed into sharp points, Indian fashion. "Paulos come to tell you something else, too. Something about baby gone." Elise put down the can of shellac she was holding so abruptly that it splashed over the blue apron she had donned. She hurried toward kim. Her slight body was tense with eagerness. "You haven‘t found him? 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Ing »nged irteen T. B. F. ."_.f' "“'?:'t:“(l‘ PNTErYCEE ~4â€" 48 :i j _ This Ldo;x’mol cablsn Cruisabou * long, §‘ 10" wide and 2 4" 5:1:'. is a completely eyuippad HUNTINQ. fishing, pic. nicing, swimming and cruising on lake, river, sound or bay add to the zest of living, happiness, contentment and enjoyâ€" men of Cruisabou t A man accused of stealing washing from a clothes line said that he was a staunch teetotaler. _ He ~hated the sight of three sheets in the wind. Minard‘s Linlment'gives quick relief. "The adventurer is within us and he contests for our favor with the social man we are obliged to be."â€"William Bolitho. There are eightcen rare earths, each of which is one of the ninetyâ€" two elements, ‘The first discovered was Yttrium and the last Iilinium, says the Associated Press. Henry Ford expresses the intention ‘ot following the example of Andrew Carnegie and spending the remainder { of his days in dispensing an odd hunâ€" | dred millions of his wealth for the good of humanity. The automobile magâ€" nate probably begins to realize that' industrial success and the accumula-l' tion of wealth offer no prospect of enâ€"‘ during fame. Andrew Carnegie would | i be almost forgoteen toâ€"day were it uo!:| for his libraries, and though Rockeâ€" | | feller is alive he too would already have passed almost into oblivion, ls' far as the younger generation is conâ€"| cerned, were it not for the Foundation that bears his name. True greatness' comes only from service to mauklndJ The making and administration of millions of dolars is apt to absorb so’ much of a man‘s time and energy that ; he has no opportunity to win for himâ€"| self an enduring name. As a conse-l quence those who gain a place'nmong, the immortals are often poor men, or j men of moderate means, to whom money is a secondary object, or on obâ€" ject at all, When the Emperor Naâ€" poleon commiserated with Louis Pasâ€" teur because his discoveries had not| brought him vealth _ that greatest Frenchman of his generation expressâ€" | ed satisfaction that it was so, since money would have been a handicap to | him in his work. There are excepâ€" | tions, where money has bee. but a byâ€"| : product, or a means to an end, as in the case of Cecil Rhodes, the great ) t Empire builder. It remains to be seen | 1 whether Henry Ford has it in him}i still to wir a place among the immorâ€"| t tals by rendering services that will ) s be remembered gratefully when autoâ€" t r mobiles are found only in museums.â€" I C Orillia Packetâ€"Times. 'v Ford Will Follow | Carnegie‘s Example Plan Now For This Summer‘s Good Times! There is : delicate mellow Earths are Elements <«TAPAK TEA> ‘Fresh from the gardens‘ ONTARIO Richardson /:# 1930 ruisabouts . 371 Bay Street TORONTO Sates and Service by u. wns L CC When is it dangerous to go to church?â€"When there‘s a canon in the pulpit. an ogender in physical Aisorder, pointing out that heart disease "is practically prevalent among those who lead lives of emotional stress." Dr. ‘W. J. Mayo of Kochester, Minn., added to the cumulative evidence lodgedragalnst the mental factor as Dr. Esther Loring Richarc : of Baltiâ€" more contributed the information that "40 per cent. of the me ; d women who consult physicians i. s wealth of distressing aiments are victims of poor health associated wit an unâ€" wholesome state of mind." Dr. George 8. 2erby of 3oston said that "many cases of eye strair were mostly neurotic," He discussed cases in which patients had so frightened themselves with the dread of loss of sight that they developsd bad neuâ€" roses, In most of these cases, he deâ€" clared, there was little if anything wrong with their eyes. Dr. George A. Moleen of Denver told the convention that mental shock has been known to result in ulcer of the stomach. Dr. Wholey brought out that "mediâ€" cal and surgical conditions are often imitated and exaggerated by mental causes." f "A vast amount of evidence has acâ€" cumulated to show that mentai conâ€" flicts and emotional disturbances upâ€" set the normal physiologicai functions which regulate secretion, circulation, digestion and respiration. "If this systom is disturbed, funcâ€" tional disabili ; takes place in the viscera associated with these funcâ€" tions such as kidneys, heart ind stomâ€" ach, When this functional upset perâ€" sists i1 time it may become organic." This "vicious circle," he declared to be least suscept‘bie to medical treatment. 1 In a paper on "The Menase of Menâ€" tal Factions in Bodily Diseases," Dr. Cornelivs C. Wholey of Pittsburgh deâ€" clared: Detroit, Mish.â€"Growing ‘nmowledge that Lodily disease is directly traceâ€" able to mental casation, a conviction often expressed by eminent physicians and surgeons on both sides of the Atâ€" lantic, was given a prominent place on the program of the American Mediâ€" cal Association, which held its annual meeting here recently. Unwholesome Mind |« Creates Ailments? = Whtmumfiuulunu!-â€"A The Englandâ€"India air mail has now been speeded up. Letters posted by 6 a.m. on Saturday are due to reach Alexandria on Monday evening; Gara, Tuesday morning; Baghdad, Tuesday evening; Basra, Wednesday mornings‘ Karachi, Friday afternoon; and Dethit, Saturday evening. saving o Of course, Norval DeLelys‘ story 8| was a repetition of the first part of 0| Kessler‘s. _ As soon as he saw that he was leaving the track he ducked, and was not much harmed. y Skidded On Oil , Herman Schurch, of â€" Hollywood, | whom one is attracted to immediately because of his pleasant smile, which ‘| seems to fit in well with his red tie, black shirt and white "ducks," had many interesting yarns, but none were as hairâ€"raising as that in which he and many spectators were almost killâ€" ed outright. The eveat was being run in a sunken bow!, the track of which was made of wood. While travelling at the rate of 90 miles per hour, his Fronty skidded in the ol on the wood and turned three comâ€" plete circles, landed on the gravel at the bottom of the bow!, turned amâ€" other circle, and then shot forward. Fortunately, his car plunged in the right direction, for, despite the time lost, he finished second in the race. Racing Without Steering Louis Horrbrook, of Ith@ca, has the distinction of being the only driver, in his memory, to complete a full lap at top speed with his steering gear out of commission and fSnish among the first three. _ Me stated that that was thrilling enough. Myron Puits, whose home is in Syracuse, hasn‘t had any "real" accidents, but he admits havâ€" ing crashed through several fences without being hurt. _ Freddie Frame, of Los Angeles, who broke the half _mile record for a dirt track in Can» ada, doing that distance in 28 445 secâ€" ands on the opening day of the meot in Toronto, turned over a ruiaber of times on a track in Texas, bhis car landing just a few feet in frout of hundreds of spectators. _ He biamed the heavy dust for this calastrophe. And so it goes right through the ‘tst, From _ the 48â€"yearâ€"old greyâ€"haired veteran of the speedway, Ralph De Palma himself, down to the newcomâ€" ers, all have had what one t their most thrilling experlelm & as yet, none of them compares with those related above. | A Ciose Call Ted Kessler, who runs a garage near Buffalo in his spare time, stated that his most exciting moment occurâ€" |red last Memorial Day on one of | America‘s prominent tracks, the name of which he did not care to tell, Norâ€" ‘nl DeLolys, whom Kessler was trailâ€" ing, crashed through a fence and struck a telephone pole with such force that it cracked and toppled over in such a position that the wires ran across the track about three feet from the ground One wire caught Kessler under the nose and ~ashed the right side of his face. Fortunate ly, he had the presence of mind to tilt his head backwards and sideways, with the result that the wire slip ped over his helmet. However, he will always carry a nasty scar to reâ€" call the incident. At the recent Shrine convention in Toronto some 20 of the most outâ€" standing drivers from all over the United States were in town and thrillâ€" ed thousands in front of the grand stand. far as we are concerned. _ But, If pne had the chance of living with these demons of the speedway for just & few days one would have no dificulty I in seeing that, after all, they are earnâ€" ' ing their daily bread the same as we, and think nothing of the dangers into which they thrust themseives. In fact, some of them try to figure out ‘why on earth some people want to | work on the top of a thirtyâ€"storey structure for a dollar and a half an ' hour when he can take up automobile racing and earn from $500 to $1,000 a ’ Human Element Revealed They are human, They have wives and families in their respective homes, and as soon as they receive their pay envélopes they send the bulk of it home. They think nothing of their hazardous work, for they baven‘t time. â€" They are up first thing in the morning, and, right after breakfast, are taking their cars around the track to see if everything is shipâ€"shape for the day‘s events. _ Most of them adâ€" mit that they are just a bit "keyed up," as one put it, before the start of the race, but after that there is noâ€" thing to worry about unless an acciâ€" dent happens. _ And it is at . that stage of the game that the alert mind of the automobile racer saves his life in many instances, for it is selâ€" dom that one hears of a driver beâ€" ing killed while on the track. day Speed Enthusiasts Cite Many Thrilling Episodes Car Drivers Human? That the automobile racer risks his life in every event in which he takes part is taken for granted by most of us. _ Wet let the matter drop there. If someone feels like taking his life into his own hbands for a few paltry dollars, let him go abead. It doesn‘t make the slightest bit of difference so | went through four dirlomatie on $100,000 a year 1 would be _ money."â€"Charles C, Dawes, Greate: was the n ity. his c« to his tas story is t during A eampmen "o“ for: “l'ifQ wh there w; disciplin of Eg’yp: and pri\ md wh d of 3 leader a giver. | mrinm s# 0 m« lapses in and fait .ord(‘ of & nation and law .Md. and mnt bon (chap. 2: the ensi the adve to be pe with thee, h!‘! remo #o take up Aaron bee: helpor. HL rtu® 1. The task 88 merely : tude and © the chapt« There wa y pronoi geems to 1 “ymg God the unmista; thing is mad who calls is though now the name v mounced as 3 have in ly to h had not tural phen light upor miracle, t} .Oflel Wws sight he s in the J his Mid the sorr been two : <€f Israel ) had great! 87, 40. 41 grazing la: of the cou bour.dary. J ns vi £!0w «ompan Be it w i. THE PREPA Exod. 1 ; * The oppress the first chapt: z.‘ht wed i irteenth con: &n 6+ d hether Standir Â¥icson a 45: 1â€"5.) London, eommand world‘s Moses is gotten. reverence ambove : thousan: lish pair &. THE PREPAJ Exod. 1: & K tu® vision N. TH® tasx JV. tn® maxn. Puly 20. Lesson iiâ€"am ageous Leader) â€" . y Golden Textâ€"By +; Egypt, not fearina the ‘God chose )i; He made )i» And brought ) And put h>;, Even the in m' 'l( Wt enants Amd Isrec! ) InTronu od and n ." So x h a thou THE m: for he end‘:ved who is invisible. â€"H« Sunday v MUTT (4/

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