Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1937 — Page 43

LOST KINGDOM

CAST OF CHARACTERS ROBERT BARRY-—hero, explorer. MELISSA LANE = heroine, Barry's partner, HONEY BEE GIRL—Indian; of Barry’s party. HADES JONES — pioneer; Barry’s party.

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Yesterday: Bob Barry goes to the stage to meet his business partner, M. M. Lane, and finds to his sheer amazement the partner is a lady.

CHAPTER TWO

OBERT WILSON BARRY, Ph. D.,, had been graduated cum laude from Harvard at what he felt was the mature age of 24. That was 18 months prior to the day he greeted M. M. Lane at Blanco Canyon. He should have been trained and experienced enough to weather any surprise with poise, but this one shook him, Marv Melissa noted his tan, and his black eyes, and his rather broad shoulders, even as she awaited his answer there before the stage station. She had asked him, stranger, where to find a hotel. The stranger had acted strangely indeed. His mouth had dropped open, and he had fumbled around like a gawky adolescent. Then he had rather rudely asked her name, and heard it. “Pardon me,” he stumbled along now. “You—youre Lane? Lane, Well, I—" he suddenly

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‘tion. The old fellow grinned in de- |

light. He hadn't, as a matter of fact, | been any too prosperous of late.

| had hired an Indian cook, to be met |

[later. Now he'd need a strong man to help with the building and dig- | ging. He approached Hades about this, and the old man gave it

grinned—“I was stampeded that | tHOUEHL

time, Miss Lane, I surely wasn't

expecting you. 1 mean, a girl. You | ; : see, I—well, the fact is I'm Barry. | I Strong’s a bear. Out of

I'm—T'm glad to see you. Can't | work, I hear, New man, from over

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“Go hire him,” said Barry. “What you say his name is?” “Name of Holliman. I'll hunt him up.” It was neraly suppertime when Hades Jones returned with this third man. The two approached Ma Pelphry’s in the dusk of sunset. Even in twilight Holliman appeared big, but he sat on his horse with the | easy grace characteristic of cowboys. Mary Melissa noted them coming and called to her business partner, | The two dismounted and came to | the porch. Not until then did Bob and the | girl recognize Holliman as the man {who had ridden the bucking | bronco.

i" Ww Ww " H!” Mary Melissa spoke admiringly. “We saw you riding. Did he—is the horse all right now?” “All right,” said Holliman. The man obviously was surprised, and a little surly, at the discovery that a woman was to be in the party. But he said nothing to evoke criticism of his attitude. Bob Barry told himself, when he went to bed that night, that he had managed to corral a strange collection of peo- | ple in one short day. And in her own bed at Ma Pelphry’'s, Mary Melissa Lane giggled softly and thrilled a little at the turn her career had taken. She, whose life had been sheltered and luxury laden for 23 years, at last

| was tempting Adventure, with a

capital A! She didn't go to sleep until after midnight.

we—" | Nogales way. Don’t talk none, hard-

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(To Be Continued)

- H!” Mary Melissa was staring | at him in quick alarm. | This young Westerner couldn't be “Robert Wilson Barry, Ph. D.!” | Why, archaeologists are all old men! | Stodgy old fellows who wear spectacles and pour interminably over

Daily Short Story

WISE ONE—By George Sens

the dead past. It was, in short, Mary Melissa's turn to be confused. The few seconds interval gave Bob time to note that she was lovely. But that thought only irritated him a trifle more. He hadn't wanted a lovely partner; he had advertisd for a moneyed one, not a young and dimpled one.

= » ” HE girl and the young scientist . had much talking to do. Bob suggested, with a friendly smile, | that they go to the “leading hotel,” | as her letter had said. It consisted | of two rooms in the rear of Ma| Pelphry’s house which

she occa- | sionally rented to travelers.

Proh- | ably Ma would let them sit in her parlor and talk. He picked up Miss

“‘He looked kind of guilty.”

Lane's two big suitcases, and she carried a smaller bag. The walk | would be 300 yards or so. | “This is a most regrettable mis-| take all around, Miss Lane,” Bob began. “I feel that I should—"

RANDMA was old, but not too old to love. And ‘she loved people, all of them. Most of their “Oh, look!" : problems and worries were familiar Mary Melissa stopped and pointed. | to her. She had had more than her A man had unhitched a horse share. Now she was seated in a and mounted it, there in front of a rocker, her gray head bent over store. The horse, evidently some- the evening paper, her spectacied what new to the saddle, at once set | eyes taking in her favorite column, in to be rid of the man. It bucked which was Sympathetic Susan's. right up across the board porch of {Here were a great many people the store, smashing a chair and | who wrote seeking advice, but tobreaking a glass window. (night Grandma's interest was 2 |caught by one letter in particular. “I: -E-E-E-E-E!” the animal] loos Ei -E-E-E. anima’ “what shall I do? I have only screamed in anger, pitching peen working about six weeks and like the wild beast it was. Miss Lane |I have fallen in love with my emand Bob, not 50 feet away, ducked ho iy B Yikiojea Yay. un ; _119 an in e must be about toward a tree for safety. Dust en 30, ‘out ne ‘doesn’t ‘seem ‘old to me. veloped them. | “He is tall with black hair, tan The rider appeared calm, He skin, and deep blue eyes that are didn't even lose his hat. His face [perfectly thrilling. did show considerable anger, as if | disgusted with any horse that ‘“G AM sure he is interested in me bucked. He was a big man, very too, because he keeps me workdark. Obviously a cowboy. | ing late quite often, and then he “Gonna ‘make ‘a ‘good ‘animal ' has a certain way of looking at me, ¢ ' | like any i i Scott” somebody i any minute he was going to

called from the | : v é nfes . store as the bucking subsided. The | es his love for me. So far he

horse trembled a little, snorted and | “Re : s ¥ 3 ’ cently I took a message into twisted a time or two, then trotted |p; private ‘office, ‘and overheard right by Barry and Miss Lane. The |; y 4T 2s 4 3 ( him say, ‘T know old man, but my rider saw Mary Melissa and doffed wife doesn’t understand me.’ his hat—not with a chivalric man-| Sn Ungersta . # | “He was talking to a tall, gray-

ou more as if it were a routine | haired man and I have since de-

“Goodness!” exclaimed Mary Me- | cided ‘that he might have been a lissa. “He handled that horse well. | lawyer and my boss talking Yo Juin 1 expected him to be thrown ang | 2bout getting a divorce. Anyway, maybe badly hurt. ‘Who is he?” | when the boss saw me standing “I don’t know,” said Bob Barry. | there and rea.ized that I had over“Stranger to me. I don’t get in to | heard him, his face got red and he

| 3 3 > Blanco Canyon much. Some cow- | looked kind of guilty.

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’ IS wife is probably the type so many men call the ‘old lady,’ because she seems to be a terrible nag. She calls the office sometimes and yells at him over the phone. Once in a while he shouts back at her, but usually he hangs up without saying anything. “I am a pretty girl, blond, browneyed and wear very feminine and frilly clothes because I know they appeal to men. There is one young man who has been begging me to marry him, but he seems merely a kid compared to my darling boss. “How can I make him confess his love for me? ANXIOUS.” Sympathetic Susy’s answer to this letter was terse and to the point, but somewhat lacking in sympathy. She said she thought Anxious was just a rather conceited, overly imaginative, in-love-with-love youngster. But she invited other opinions from her readers.

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RANDMA watched Susy’s column each night to see if the girl would get a sensible reply. A letter from a man suggested that Anxious was just a cheap home breaker. Another from someone who signed herself “One Who Knows” advised Anxious to forget it all, put the past behind her, lose herself in her work and so on. Grandma felt somewhat disappointed in both replies. Finally, Grandma herself decided to do something about it. And in a wavering hand he wrote a letter to Susy’s column, telling Anxious to marry her nice young man and forget the boss. Next night she read her advice In print and smiled with satisfaction. She had only to wait now for Anxious’ reply. She was sure a reply would be made. She had summed

A PELPHRY took Mary Me- | lissa inte her private quarters and “visited” with her, in the | name of hospitality. Ma never let such an opportunity pass. The in- | terval gave both Bob and the girl time to collect their thoughts. “I'm sorry this thing is all mixed ! up, Miss Lane,” Bob began when she rejoined him. “But if—if you | will pardon me for suggesting it, | there may still be a way out. I] mean, so both of us can be good sports about it all. And I think | that's what you'd want.” They smiled at each other, “Now my idea is this, Miss Lane: | Since there are certain very defi- | nite conventions, as both of us will | realize, what would you say to a chaperon?” Mary Melissa nodded, and waited expectantly. “My thought,” Bob resumed, “is to hire old Hades Jones. Then you would be—" “Who? What's his name?”

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“rg ACHARY JONES. But he's | called Hades, because he’s hell | on Indians. Hates em. They fought | him in pioneer days, killed some of |

his family, and he is still a redskin | hater. But he’s 70-odd now, and al

fanatic on religion. Quite a character. Ask Ma—hey! Mrs. Pelphry, come here a minute, please ma'am.”

Mrs. Pelphry told Jones’ complete history. She had known him for 40 | years. He had, in fact, preached her husband's funeral sermon, because no ordained minister was available. He was a fierce old man towards Indians, she admitted, but religious otherwise, He was uncompromising on matters of personal conduct and morals, He was, in short, a “character.” Mary Melissa warmed to the thought of him. -& “Let's hire Mr. Jones,” she agreed.

Mind Your Manners

EST your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. At a small dinner party, who is the first one at the table to put her napkin on the table? 2. Should one leave his napkin in his chair? 3. Upon rising from the table, should one push his chair up to the table? 4, When mint jelly is served |] on a dinner plate, how is it ||] meant to be eaten? 5. Is it correct to put a small tray or saucer under a syrup pitcher when it is to be brought to the table?

What would you do if— Someone asks you a question when you have a mouth full of food— A. Wait until you have swallowed it, and say, “I'm sorry”? B. Answer regardless? C. Indicate why you cannot answer?

Answers

1. The hostess. 2. No. 3. Yes, to keep it out of the way. 4. With a fork, for it goes with the meat, not with bread. 5. Yes—and wise.

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Anxious up as the kind that would | never be happy till the whole thing | was settled for good. = few nights later came the re-| | sponse from Anxious. It stated definitely that she still felt the same about her boss and couldn’t possibly marry the young man she thought SO young. Later in the week the following letter appeared in the column:

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q EAR SUSY: By all descriptions, the girl who signs herself Anxious is my husband's new secretary. It is ridiculous for her to believe that he cares for her. “My husband has mentioned that his secretary overdresses for a business office, and has been trying to make up his mind to tell her about it. “If it is true that I yell at him over the phone, he has never complained. In the future, I shall attempt to lower my voice. “The tall gray-haired man Anxious saw my husband talking to the day she heard him say, ‘My wife doesn’t understand me.’ is not a divorce lawyer but a dramatic teacher. He was trying to help my husband enunciate more clearly. “You see, last summer at the beach I dove from a great height to save a little girl from drowning. I have been almost completely deaf ever since. I am learning to read lips. so people will not have to shout to make me hear. THE ‘OLD LADY.” A few weeks later Susy's column printed a letter from Anxious saying that she had quit her job, taken Grandma's advice and married her nice young man. Grandma read it and nodded wisely. To her canary in his cage the old lady said, “I knew if the first letter I wrote didn’t make her see the light, the second one would.”

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Q—Who invented the inflammable liquid called Greek Fire that was used during the Middle Ages by the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire? A—Acecording to tradition, it was invented late in the seventh century by a Greek architect named Callinicus, and was used first to repel a Saracen attack upon Cpyzicus in Asia Minor.

Q—What percentage of the foreign trade of the United States is absorbed by Japan and China? A—The U. S. foreign trade with Japan amounts to less than 9 per cent, and with China less than 2 per cent. Japan, however, is one of the best customers for cotton and petroleum and the United States imports large quantities of Japanese silk. Q—Can a bullet shot from a firearm Be photographed? A—A moving bullet can be photo-

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YOUR HEALTH

N important fact about the occurrence of shingles or herpes zoster is the appearance of the blisters in groups along the course of one or more of the nerves of sensation in the skin of the body. The condition is thus quite definitely a nervous disease as well as a skin disease, Shingles usually are found in | people whose nervous resistance has | been lowered by overwork, disease, | or some long continued toxic action lon the human body. The blisters |are usually preceded by pain of a { neuralgic character in the region of [the body that is affected and the disappearance of the blisters is not | infrequently followed by burning, | tingling or other irritation. z x = OMETIMES one crop of blisters will persist for a week or 10 | days, then dry up, form crusts and disappear. Shortly thereafter a new crop of blisters will appear at the same place or nearby, The blisters vary in size from a pinhead to that of a small pea. The walls are thick but they will break eventually, Then a fine fluid appears and dries. If, however, there has been secondary infection of the blisters, they will be filled with a white pus-like material, Younger people usually get over the shingles in short order but when they appear in people who are old, they are painful and they are quite frequently followed by repeated attacks of nerve pain in the region affected.

In most cases the shingles appear on the sides of the chest, the back or above the eye. They may appear in the groin and actually, of course, on any portion of the surface of the body. »> ww = HERE are all sorts of superstitions about shingles, one of which is that when shingles occur

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on both sides of the body and meet in the center, the condition will be fatal. This, of course, is ridiculous. In persistent cases of shingles, the specialist in diseases of the skin |

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SO THEY SAY

Because she can make a good fudge-cake, or likes to set tables with pleasant dishes, every girl in the world thinks she can run a fea

room.—Mrs. Ethel Hunt, New York store manager, .

We are both in the same business but our technique is different. You feed the sinners; I starve the crooks. —Fiorello La Guardia, ade dressing Salvation Army meeting.

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