Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 24, 28 January 1922 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1922

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ILLyWHMiBRjf Frances Trego Montgomery

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ine rope may Had round was not exactly like the onea he had chewed in Bern, for those were single big wires with a covering to keep them from touching. This rope in the little closet was not a solid one, but wag a big bundle of tiny wires, each one covered with a queer tasting sheath. The wires ran from the pilot's room and the captain's room to the engineer's room and to the other working rooms of the ship, and, by the use of little push buttons, were In- " tended to direct the movements of the mighty floating palace. "Why, this i3 quite a treat," Raid Billy's mother, taking a big bundle of the wires in her mouth. An

other little closet just like this one

stood alongside of it and Billy saw that the door of this also was blightly ajar. Me pushed it open with his nose, and inside he found - another bundle of wires. These ran from the passenger's cabins to the steward's cabin, and the electrician had just been fixing them, carelessly leaving the doors unfastened. 1 1 "Why, here's another bundle! , I'll try some of them myself," remarked Billy, so both the goats got to work at once. Billy's mother had only chewed at her rope of wires a little while when the coverings began to touch. Instantly things began to happen. The first wire3 that touched gave the engineer a signal to stop and instantly the mighty ship began to slow up. Within a short time it had: come almost to a standstill and the

nrst male, up In the pilot room, immediately took down his telephone and called up the engineer. "What's the matter?" he asked. "Nothing, sir," said the engineer. "You gave the signal to stop and we stopped." "I did no such thing," said the mate. "At any rate, start Op again and we'll investigate." Just then came another signal, and with a great jangling of bells the big engines began to turn and the ship wheeled square around. There was another jangling of bell3 and, shaking with the force of the mighty engines, the ship began to pick up speed, headed straight back

for France. Again the first mate called up the engineer. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Are you crazy? Why have you tacked about?" "Had orders, sir." said the engineer, quickly. "You lay her northwest by north at once. Put the second engineer in charge and report to me immediately." "Aye, aye. sir," said the engineer and started up to present himself to the first mate. The ship was swung back on her

proper course ana naa proceaeu straight a little way, when all at once the whistles began to blow, and bells to ring, and with this the

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captain came running up to the pi

lot room. The first mate already had his telephone off the hook and was screaming down to the engineer. "What are you doing, sir?" he demanded. "I thought I told vou to

report to me at once!" "This is the second engineer. J sir." reneateri thp vnfr-f "Tho Miief I

engineer has just gone up to report to you, sir." "Well, why did you blow a landing whistle out here in mid-ocean? Can't you obey orders? Are you crazy? Are you all crazy?" "I had the signal and obeyed orders, sir," said the second engineer. (Copyright by the Saalfield Publishing Co.. Akron. O. )

Clocks do not sound at all alike When they tick or when they strike. 'Our grandfather's clock so very tail. In one corner of the hall, Says, "Tick Tock," so solemnly, And sounds the hours with a boom; Our middle-sized clock in the livingroom Busily says, "Tick, tick, tick tick, tick," Very happily and quick, And sounds the hours merrily. And Mother's dressing-table clock Daintily says, "Tick, tock, tick, tock," And when it wishes the hours to tell, It tinkles like a silver bell; That's really true. I think clocks are interesting, don't you? Christian Science Monitor.

THE ELGIN MARBLES

Many of the sculptures of the Parthenon, of Athens, are preserved now in the British Museum, having been brought there by Lord Elgin of England. Often they are called the Elgin Marbles. -The ship which was bringing the first of these works of sculpture to England was wrecked off Cerigo and

the sculptures fell to the bottom of the sea. At great expense they

were raised three years later and

they reachd London in 1803. Lord Elgin, it is said, did not think of taking the sculptures away from Athens until he saw the carelessness with which they were treated by the Turks, who were then rulers of the city.

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"I was down talking to the who takes care of the boats," Norton. "Gee, but I like to him talk. He can tell the

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The Seal Amost Extinct The North Pacific seal herd once contained 2,500,000 animals. Pelagic sealing almost wiped then out.

A PIRATE'S TROUBLES

. CHAPTER IV "I wonder how Beach y got here before we did?" said Jerry. "That is plain enough to see," said the captain. "He got in with Bomo more pirates who were going

,to leave before we did. You know

we didn't start for two days after he left us." What Captain Scott said was exactly what had happened. Beach had told the captain of the other pirate ship that if he would take him and the others that were with him on the ship, lie would show them where to get some gold. Captain John said that he would take them on if he kept his prom

ise; out it lie man t, ne neea nor look for any mercy on the part of Captnin John or any of his pirates. So it was that they were fritting and standing around the fire.

"Tomorrow, we go for the gold you promised us," said Captain John. "An' don't forget wliat'll happen if it ain't. It means" "Oh. don't you worry: it'll be there," said Beach. "Well, you be sure of it," snarled Captain John. Nothing more was said of the gold, and Beach pat down on a log and began rolling himself a cigarette. He was sure the gold was

still there, and by taking it away,

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he could get even with Captain Scott. Finally everyone lay down and went to sleep. It was not until eight o'clock the next morning that anyone awaken

ed, and that was the captain, who shouted to his pirate's, "Get up, you lazy hounds! What do you mean by sleeping so late? Don't you know we've got a little something to do? Now, git up!" The pirates jumped to their feet and, after awhile, followed Captain John and Beach to the spot where the gold had been buried. "Nothing has been disturbed since Captain Scott had it buried," said Beach. "Now, get your men to

dig right there in that spot."

bo three of the pirates started to digging eagerly for the gold. The captain watched his men at work with the best of attention. Pretty soon the pirates pulled up the skeleton of Sandy. Then, digging a little farther, they found the box which had held the gold. At this everyone breathed easily, especially Eeaeh, for he thought that it might have been taken by someone else. After taking the box out of the hole. Captain John eagerly opened it. Then he stepped back, and uttered a cry of disappointment. Then everyone else, in turn, looked into the box. There was no gold

not one piece! "Take that man!" exclaimed the captain. Beach made a dash for escape

through some brush nearby. After that he was seen no more. And although the pirates searched the island time and again, they did not so much as have a glimpse of him. But when the angry pirates had reached their camp, they had still nnother disappointment, for they found that the prisoners they had taken from Captain Scott's " band, had escaped also. "What does all this mean?" thundered the captain. "I've got my suspicions. "And he grabbed one of the men who had come with Beach, by the hair. "I shall get myself squared up by punishing you who came with that scoundrel Beach with that fake story about finding some gold here." "We would swear that the gold was there before," said the one t-t ....

nuuui viuuaui jona sua nau a hold of by his hair. "Well, it ain't there now, is it? I suppose you follows didn't tell me that it would be sure .to be still there, but was it?" "We couldn't help that it was gone," they replied. "Then, what did you say it would be there for? Here, you fellows, take these men and tie them to those trees and right after breakfast we'll each try a shot at them," said the captain, releasing the hair of the unfortunate man.

This wag soon done, and a fire was built to cook the breakfast on. As soon as breakfast tfas ready the pirates settled down to eat. After breakfast everyone formed a line in front of the ones who were tied to the trees. "When I count three, everybody shoot," said the captain. "One two--" That was as far as he got. for

wonderful stories. He's had th-' most exciting adventures." "I don't think he's very good com pany for you," Norton's mother protested. "I thought you were such good friends with old Cap'a Weatherbee." "But he's so dull," protested Norton. "All he talks about is animals and fish and things like that. He never did anything interesting." "You know that the dogs that bark the loudest are the least dangerous," his mother warned, but Norton was already off, hunting for his new-found friend to listen spellbound to his tales. He looked rather shame-faced when he met Cap'n Weatherbee, for the old sailor had taken a fancy to Norton, and he had been hurt at being neglected. Norton felt obliged to stop to talk to him for a few minutes, although he was anxious to be off to his friend, the boatkeeper. "That ship just coming in just now looks like my old boat, the Sally Ann" said the Cap'n. "Oh, the Sally Ann," said Norton

quickly, looking out on the bay. "A fellow was telling me about a ship by that name. He was on it when it got afire, and he and the captain were the only ones that would go down into the hold and fight the fire. They worked without ceasing no sleep for three days before they felt safe. Wasn't that exciting? The rest of the crew were scared and wanted to take to the boats, but the captain and this fellow wanted to save the ship, and they did." Captain Weatlierbee nodded. Then he said, mat ter-of-factly "That was my boat, the Sally Ann. There's a fellow here now that was with mo but he doesn't dare show his face around where I am. You see he was cook, and I caught him hiding provisions, intending to take one of the beats and get away, the coward. He's taking care of the boats here now."

Bronte Children

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(True Storv of a Girl Editor)

In a secluded English manse on t he edge, of a big gloomy moor, there lived, in 1S29, a family of six children. Their mother was dead, their father a stern, reserved minister. Consequently, they grew to depend almost entirely upon each other for companionship. When Maria Bronte, the oldest girl, was seven years old, she would read everything she could get, even the newspaper accounts of speeches in Parliament. Her vivid, starved imagination made the characters live and she would retell the stories to her younger brothers and sisters. The Bronte family was poor, and the six boys and girls were very, very lonesome. Whenever a newspaper or pamphlet came to their home it was a big event. Then one day the children decided to publish a magazine of their own. They called it The Young Men's

Magazine. Six numbers appeared, the first in August, 1829, and the last in December, when a double number was issued. Rigid economy, the rule of the Bronte home, showed itself in the cramped manuscript of these handprinted papers. The sheets were so small and the writinj, ;;o tiny that they can scarcely be read without a magnifying glass. Still it would be hard to imagine a little newspaper with a greater variety of things in it. "The Caupe of the War," a leading article, conversations on every subject, verses, and stories of for-' eign lands are included, together with personal paragraphs telling the news of the Bronte home. Here is one news item which shows how eager the family was for knowledge1: "I remember the day when the Intelligence Extraordinary came with Mr. Peel's f peech in it, containing the terms on which the

there was a sharp crack of a rifle, I Catholics were to be let into Parlia-

and Captain John fell on his knees, turned his head to see who it was that had shot, and fell dead upon his face. The other pirates turned and fled for dear life. To Be Concluded.! By Lloyd Siifer.

Many Kinds of Fi3h Nearly 800 species of fish have been classified in the waters in the harbor of Amboina.

ment. With what eagerness papa lore off the cover, and how we all gathered around, and with breathless anxiety, we listened as one by one they were disclosed and explained and argued upon, so ably and so well " It was Charlotte Bronte, later famous for "Jane Eyre" and other novels who edPcd The Young Man's Magazine.