Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 25

. REAL ESTATE. WORLD FAMOUS STORIES | MATEO FALCONE. BY PROSPER MERIME] (Prosper Merimee 1803-1870. was a fair-) proached him alone and told what had well known French writer of stories. He | po ca Was & Panisian by birth, e ‘eared his liv- | Bappened. ing 3 wer, Wnifing was more of “1 should never have got the Tobb N’ veeupatic dit,” he said, “but for Fortunato. HEEI, “Fortunato?” cried Mateo. one stary. Caren bt * repeated his wife, mado"his other taics incide Gamba. He said he weil.) would see to it that the boy got a nice When you come out of Porto Vec:|reward, and Mateo Falcone would be chio, in the lsland of Corsica, and|mentioned in the report. turn toward the center of the island,| “Curse you!" said Mateo, and came ihe ground ris vapidly, with | before the house. The bandit spat to huge masses of rock and deep gorges, | watd the door when he saw 10 an open plateau. Here live Corsican_shepherds, and here i resort of those fleeing from the law. To fe; land epherd will burn t hen, after | his crop is b X left, and the next Spr thick shoots will | then to a soldier sprout until ther thick growth, [a drin of water in a few yea s high as seven | wounde oF eight , then w n away. did not speak for fully 10 He leaned on his gun and Fortunato in concentrated ipally ame has famous as he house of a_traitor! tunato saw t. he had not done e offered the bandit some drink. <cep off me,” said the outlaw, and Comrade, give me man was given a adjusted on the litter v through. S. you have man the maquis, | looked at if you have a good gun and ammuni- | anger. tion with vou, is a safe place to live.| “Well, you have made a pretty be- Take a brown cloak, with a hood, f ning! he said. blanket and wmatt The shepherds Iather!” the boy cried, with tears will feed you, and you will need fear [ in his eyes. only when you go 10 town to replenish | “Aw your ammunition. (. Mateo Ialcone’s house was about a mile from this maquis. For that| “Where did you get i country and time—it was in the early | “From the officer id Fortunato, nineteenth ry—Mateo Faleone | whereupon Mateo ed the watch was s a rich man. He was | and flung it against a stone, where it appre 50 vears of , and a | broke erack His ‘skill with a gun was| *TI extraord.nary v teil in night Mateo Falcone iidden’ be- r, with one n complete darkne: aim, wait full min ute and picree the paper thre mes out of fo It was no wonc Mateo Fiicone had a great reputation; he w al friend and a dangerous enem " said Fortunato, “forgive Falcone married his|me. Ill never do it again. I will beg n were that the bandit be pardoned.” st came Mateo loaded his rifle and took aim v May God for he said. He son fell dead. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WREN, g from me!” shouted Mateo. ien the boy's mother noticed the wate she asked. is first traitor of his Mateo then, and Fortunato He shouldered his gun his, n to follow him o the maqu boy’s mother in a fright Kis son and went into the house to pray In a little r: T Ma hind a thin picc shot, and then, and he his e of pay ere the ground 1 in a terrible voice hope of ame, w he girls wer father could cc guns of his s was 10 yea: One leav some distant floc tunato was left in charge of the place. The boy idied day, and was thinking of a ing holiday, when he heard a and then more shots. Finally a man appeared on the path from the plain— he dragzed himself painfully along wounded in the thigh. He was a ban- dit, an outlaw; he had gone to town for ammunition and had fallen into an ambush of 's on th X i his escape to the npossible without help. He s the son of p him. ed that he could not ut his father’s permissi pleaded, then thre d_to the b t Fortunato sa if 1 do it? in. Fortunato id: “Don't be ped out a hole The bandit nd the bo leaving a lit and yet making the stack appear as usual. He acted with the cunni a savage. He put a cat and he on top of the ha stack to make it appear that the st had stood ed for a long time. THen he c: sifted dust over the blood the path by the house. Then he d out in the sun guite unconce Six men in unifc minutes later. relative of Mateo F'alcone’s, co ed t His name Gamt was ererg 1d renowned for hunt- ing doyn man outlaw. He was greatly. feared by Seeing Fortunato, he aske iether any man had passed. The boy merely re- peated the officar’s questions in a fool- ish m :mba grew exasperated, but Be persisted. He was sure the boy had soen the bandit, and yet Fortu- nato kept implying that he had not. Gamba had the house searched, but to 10 avail. And all this while petted the cat and her kittens, soldier even came to the stitred the - a little with his net. Then he shr s though the p —for the boy betrayed not the est_emotion. Gamba even threatened the boy, but | the sonly reply “My father is Miv‘,o X It was enough; the; kne§ whose son ddred mnot he was and they him. Then Gamba adaided to try briber st he told Fertunato that his her wou'd whip toward the offi- s a fine watch. went, or cd w , if need 1 s-in-law. and a promi Kitchens are growing more and more cheerfully colorful and livable every day, and in consequence more and more people are finding it not only convenient but pleasant to breakfast in_the kitchen. Here is a nice little stage setting for the breakfast scene. The small do it wit The b then pride. rami “Wha afraid in the 1 crouchied cover s alon; ake it very compact when not in use. tuated as it is before the window, it ets the full glory of the morning sun. One can imagine how the silver and crystal and dainty china sparkle. This kitchen has a very striking color scheme, which was borrowed from the breakfast china. The walls are clear, pale green. The table and chairs are dove gray, with bandings of turquoise blue. The cupboards are lined with blue and the inside of each cupboard door has a gayly painted de- gn in rose red and green. The cur- tains are turquoise blue and the valance rose red, tion were abhsurd light- SONNYSAYINGS f0 eved the watch stealthily, a cat does when one gives her e chicken. The boy wanted to certainty that the watch it He was finally con- yed Gamba, that the n meant what he said. Then came inner conflict between greed and een a visible gain and iple. 1 he gave up bandit he'd get the watch; if he d lived up to t nothing. At He grabbed it ked 4 thumb over his shoulder ck. cursed Fortunato, and tossed him the coin The bandit spurned that a_comfort- ared for him, as he At this moment My cousin Sair-Loo lookin' so nd his w ppeared. | piousity, I bet her been up to somefin’ me uneasy, hardly know- | worse an’ usual; an’ like as not I'll o would think. He ap- get licked fer t! Gaml g what Mat Mateo, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, 29 | THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT. D. €. SATURDAY., OCTODER ESTATE. 25 REAL —By BRIGGS MILADY BE BY LOIS LF¥ | ized |y o e NAY- far ) C'Mo o AN 1L LETCHA DiG [ e Normal Feminine Figure. of Dear Miss Lee n much trou- | g, bled by a ‘eig ith centary figure, wh to be slend into the straight lines now in vo my measurements: Hei: h weight, 144 poun hip, 497 inches: this 22; 28; bu: 1315 Am I overwe:ght? 1 m to be wble to got belo without | oy feeling tired. 1 do qu aind a re it th do not s th's point under shed and te a hit wimmin amount of exerc 1l i 1 e e it is * the femi- | male fizure the | +and the hips small; | This will the Answer.—Th not a peculiar ¢ nth ¢ of e hut st pat ill you « down to a ba urves tha the most t 1 think the trouble wi you want to do the i is, you want to ehar physique, which is » to the phy ally small-bo: he body CAVE BUILBERS' @7 iy TRIBE I The Sidewalks of Washington BY THORNTON FISHER To drive a motor Washir {ton one must be a sharpshooter. di car requi of ness with pres quette, car in might s Chavles d Washir handson rizht To scover an opening in a line of parked and to beat the other fellow to it s a 1 who job at Hollywood Way, London, are tely back of eas His offi unique. Immedi acious desk a real wing welcome to ham was » his coun His pen colossal cor Spirit p—- inconsistent our over- Mace of {the visitc kn try duri m the great during t He induced the colors throu sense, A few yes Parlinment and was elected Ponent charged that } never fought a war nowde Charles_ listencd to_the attack with amused’ interest. Then Sir Charles took up the cud in hi own defense. He produced his honor- able discharze from the United States Army. IHe had fouzht in the Spanish American War. or to that event he had lived in the States for 16 years. You never can tell. a his car for one of these openings in Thirteenth street, congratulat himself, ~ mea P nor_smelled as to find unoccu- pied s his_destinat He found. ever, that he hai *© miscaleulated his turn and to negotiate a better clearance. Just as he did so, another driver spied the vacant spot and shot into it. Iach of the motori accompanied hy a lady, but this deterred neither from engaging in an interesting contro. versy, “1 suppose gentleman, “Yeh! What about if second. “Well, you're a foad ho; firs “Yeh! second. “You saw me trying to getgin here and yet you deliberately drove into this space.” said the fir “Yeh! What about it?" reiterated the second, By this time a dozen pe sons had gathered to witness the affair, “You are just who would “‘gyp’ out of her last dime. driver in a more or I uelch the other. an how- ked up ko s s Talent secks strange abiding A Washington cop draws eartoon sells them. Y them daily. young fello to draw funny pictures a few ago and found himself in Congre Up in Connecti- cut there lives 2 young man named Held—John Held. Jack became so famous drawing pictures of flappers that he was nominated for Congress in his district. They had an election. Jack is still drawing cartoons. vou rate yourself as a aid the first motovist, 2" replied the " said the ‘What about it?” replied the N one of those guys is grandmother d the first vain attempt it?” returned Obviously the “road hog” was im- * Ok X K Bob Benchley other day. This in town the may or n not mean anything to you. Robert, how- ever, is a distinguished purvevor of light patter and gets money for writ ing things. Also, he is an advertising man. Mr. Benchley di 1 of a speech on Wedne: before the American Association of Advertising Agencies, He made a rather impres ive plea for more romance in the astiron washer industry. That's that. Which reminds us that my friend Bruce Barton is an advertis- ing man and a prolific writer. Bruce wrote, as you know, “The Man No- body Knows," and n ther works, including magazine articles. Then there was that delightful friend and poet Wilbur D. Nesbit, who for s0 many years devised verse for the American public. Wilbur for many years before his passing was a mem- ber of a New York firm. 'WINDOW SHADES Made to Order We're ready to send you an estimate on new Window Shades. Our factory prices will save you money. Many years ago we knew a fellow named Murphy. There are 161 Mur- phys in the Washington telephone di- rectory by actual count, but this Mur- phy is a visitor in the city. This | transient Murphy has an interesting tory. You'd be surprised Murphy ! used to be a rail mune to the bawling out. For per 1“‘ vostal clerk, haps 10 minutes the verbal battie ;?\ and “ran” be- raged on the part of the first driver, 5 11“‘0" Syracuse even though the only response was / |a nd Cleveland “Yeh! What about it?” The amu A\ | His Job consisted ing climax occurred, though, when it | of “working” let- was discovered that the second driver | ters and catching had a flat tire which was caused by | | &\ mail _en route. running over a board filled with nails, | This correspondent said board being in the gutter of the (f was a member of space into which the party of the| |- 3 ©| the cr v Out of second part parked himself. 14 members of the 7777F railway mail crew studying something. Murphy mpleted a course in dentistry, was hut couldn't practice, for the reason that he had no money to set himself up in business. Well, “Murph” blew into town ay, appearing corpu- lent and opulent. e deserves a story. Murphy never had any luck until he d a wreck. One night shortly after aving Buffalo Murphy's train side- slipped into a ditch. \When the re cucrs found Murphy they had to un- wind him from a ribbon of iron piping parate him from a pane of win- 1ss. Murphy smiled upon being lifted from the debric. Several months later his smile be- came a laugh, for he veceived $7,500 for his injuries. With this sum “Murph” bezan the practice of his be- loved dentistry, and he is “seeing Washington” now. He ‘“got the breaks,” as the boys say. Two modern department stores are to he constructed in Shanghal. Call Us Up o P R 830 13th St. N.W. W. STOKES SAMMONS, Proprietor. At an Appealing Price and Attractive Terms 1849 California St. Between both car lines and ac- cessible to two bus lines. Nine rooms, six bedrooms, liot-water ~ heat; Pittsburgh hicatér for the service water. In excellent repair—and in a neighborhood where values are stabilized by consistent de- velopment, Open for inspection Sunday from noon until dark. & PHELPS 3117 K Strect Main 9300 s in Kings | you mu | them ever eck if you are nd as m sible in act Wallk four or five If yeu lead a seder so may need spec floor AUTUMN TTIE. wutdoor miles ¢ tary life, vou a store of | jyipreducing ex erbially | 2 on one supposed so to do, though 1 have your: lea never known a squirrel who did not em to me utterly an opportunisi | | domestic y tter-brained, | jand people say, “feck- | I to carry out the | BY D. C. o | The squirrel nuts—or at least, lays in his he is prc on the country At any rate, the human re, His op- | being I store of coal against the lon | weeks |~ One does not reflect so readily Pt too, no matter how nt. has made provision a montk Indeed, the plans | | have been deep laid and were begun | | many weeks ago. As a rule, these | savings laid by against a snowy day e mong the most inconspicuous pr es in the life of a plant. One does not see the sap descending from aves of great tree into the one does not, unless he digs, | discover the fleep storage taproot of | dandelion, dock or Queen Anne's lace. | mass he speediest way to come to a of one of nature's pro- | ainst Winter is to take a | special exercises for reducing the hips | | walk through woods with a dense un- | and I shall b | dergrowth. The number of burs on ' on 1. of a stamped, s your clothing will soon show you that | envelope. LOIS LEI whatever the race of man may be do- | — ing in the way of killing itself off in Hives and Acid Pimples. wars, the fecundity of the rest of NMiis: Teeds: Althiough T am carcful of my diet I am often | troubled with hives and acid My diet includes raw eabbage, onions, lettuce, string beins, oes, graham or bran bre ch, kale, watercre: all kinds of meats, veal, broiled or fried bacon, gus, sq | Wint I | i it I sive a goed reducing | | urn over and repeat the || on the other hip. My uty Exercises” gives xercise always especialy delighted with a group of plants that does not lay up treasure, but takes a gambling chance, having lived its life—one ses son—in comparative heedlessness and gayety, These are the annuals, of which In this climate we have not ny native, though foreign annual weeds and annual garden and crop vlants abound. An annual starts from a seed in Spring, grows to ma- turity, comes to flower—generally not earlier than Midsummer, mostly in Autumn—sets seed, must get its seed distributed and back into the ground zain, before Winter comes. This is a_ dazziing feat, almost a raid upon ure’s generous larder. But the annuals encompass it. The thing they | cannot do is to establish any large reserve of food. All is staked upon the seed, which must contain as much | cucumbers pudding, loupe, Lima beans, corn, green per honey, molasses, butter, esgs, made rolis and pineapple. A TROUBLED READER. Answer.—The foods you mention are good and wholesome in themselves, but evidently one or another of them does not agree with you and causes the hives. A food that is whole: and nour! can find ou sontinue Florida SOUTHERN RESORTS Via Doable Track-Sea Level Roate SPEED — SAFETY — COMFORT PUNCTUALITY § Thru Trains Daily FROM WASHINGTON Everglades Ltd.— E.&W. 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