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22 Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words 101 Worthless (Bible). "Acress. . 1 A fruit. T A vegetable. 14 A vegetable. 20 Remarkable embodiment. 21 Garden flower. 22 King of the 24 Simply. - 25 Famous volcano. 27 Bestow upon. 28 Peer Gynt's mother. 29 Inquiry to locate missing article. 81 Married. 33 Termination denoting morbid condition. 84 First name of ancient Roman hero. 36 Hebrew high priest. 87 Celtic god of the sea. . 38 Sandarac tree. gods. §8 The earth. 60 Locality near a city. 63 Having wings ‘ 64 Roman bronse. 66 Bring (archaic). 67 The heart. 68 Uproar. 69 Permits. 70 Robbery: ¥ despoliation. 73 Infixible (Scotch). 74 Exist. 75 Article of jewelry. 76 Pertaining to. Denmark (abbr.). 977 Stone or bronze hatchet or chisel. 80 Capable of being leased. 84 Before long. 86 Sufficient (poetic). 87 Aged. - 88 Sufix of superlative degree. 93 1 95 Spanish province. 97 Son of Seth. / N ¥ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 18, 1%, R 102 Near. 104 And (Latin). 105 Stuffs. 106 Bengali groom. 108 Telurium (chem symbol). 109 3.1416. 111 Knocks. 113 Disfigure. * 114 Female bird. 116 Slight. 118 Every one. 119 Most dreadful. 122 Renders insipid. 125 Poisonous serpent 126 Small, round anc glittering. 128 Coin of British India. 129 Coffee beans. 130 Slowly (music). 132 Point st which water is received into a pipe. 134 Violent windstorm 136 Bitter animosity. 137 Expiates. 138 Descended suddenly from a height. 139 Away. Down. 1 Mexican dish. 2 Egg cell. 3 Mother (Latin). common attributes 8 PFather (French). 9 Roman road. 10 Greek letter. 11 Again. 12 Quote as authority 13 Manipulates 14 River in Italy. 15 Grandfather of David. 16 Decade. 17 Intensity. 18 Kipling’s boy elephant-rider. 19 Forward. 24 Public walk. 26 Arabian seaport. 30 Anent. 32 Expression of hesitancy. 35 Scissors. 38 Nonsensical. 41 Consume. 43 Small island in river or lake. 44 Appointments ot honor or profit. 45 Assured results. 46 Southern constellation. 47 Beak. 49 Small insect. 50 Peruse. 53 Move round. 54 Group of three. 55 Magnificent dwelling places. 56 Pundamental part. 57 Perceive. 59 Remedial (ref. sp.) 60 Great lake canal (colloq.). 61 Intimate 71 Feminine name. 72 Powerful explosive (coll.). 78 Learning. 79 Interweaves. 80 Garments (slang). 81 English cathedral You Can Do This One in a [iffy Addd Adddad NN AN AdEEE dl JdEEEE T aEEEEN WE | GEEEEN G A o E:.é:‘ 100 Grandson of El. 84 Intervals 102 Asiatic country. 85 Not matched 103 Special aptitude. (Scotch) 105 City of Brazil. 92 Negative 107 Slippery fish. 93 Assist. 109 Plunger. 94 Weep. 110 Meaning. « 96 Large tub 112 Greek philosopher 98 Progenitors 113 Note of scale. Seeing America on Continued From Twentieth Page like a machine, unconscious of pain or weari- ness. Joe slipped his arm around my shoulders, and we staggered to a little meadow and fell down together to sleep for hours. I did not remain in camp long after that, for the sight of the blackened forest all round depressed me. Asking for my pay, I took & train to Denver, and two weeks later rolled into San Prancisco—just a year after I had first started for the coast. After drifting around San Francisco, Sac- ramento, and Stockton for a few weeks, I took a job on the Ellis ranch, below Stockton, pick= ing peaches. The fruit crop of California is harvested almost entirely by hobo labor, for the picking season is short, the work not difficult, and it offers the wanderer an opportunity to acquire a few dollars which will tide him over until toil again becomes necessary. The best picker among our crew was ome “Dutch Pete,” a decrepit Norwegian, his con- stitution so shattered by drink that he was a pitiful object to look at. Pete was addicted to e \% 5% & AENEEE JENEEN AdEEEN JEEEEN D dE dEEEEE ddll UNEEEE o aN JEEEN G JEGEEN JddaEEE UEEEEE GEEEEE Across animals’ skins. 22 Church seat. 30 Went by. 1 Pass. 15 Small rvg. 23 Prevailing without 31 White poplar. 7 Slumbers. 16 Pruit. : restraint. 32 Asiatic country. 13 Memorial of an 18 Denial. 24 Left hand: abbr. 33 From the sign: individual 19 One indefinifety. 25 Obtain, ; <. mus. abbr. 14 Fly ‘larva which’ 20 Trigonométrical 36 Annoy. 34 Puffs up. burrows under funétien, ' © - 29 Take away. 35 Salary. 37 Unwilling. 21 Pointed arch. 38 Concerning. . 22 Pirst appearance 40 g::lr:. for a man’s of the moon's 41 Perfect. disk. 42 Commotion. 23 Cure. 43 School book. 24 Taker of a lease. 45 Supervisor of a 25 Society bud: collog. publication. 26 Small pies. 48 Sharp answer. 27 Ocean. 49 One in second 28 Ending of the past childhood. participle. Down. 29 Sun god. 1 Feminine name. 30 Adorned with 2 Not fat. certain gems. 3 Territorial division 32 Supplication. of Denmark. 34 Turn inside out. 4 Italian river. 35 Young salmon, 5 Note of the scale. 36 Toward the 6 Tending to eat sheltered side. away. 37 Biblical character, 7 Oscillate. 38 Smell. 8 Ardent affection. 39 Wade. 9 Before. 41 10 Type square. universal 11 Evergreen tree. language. 12 Sluggish. 42 Luzon savage 17 Mark on a foot 44 46 Perform. 20 Songs. 47 Pronoun. 7, N o 3 & s Co S 115 Old negauve. 116 Slender spear. 124 Thick piece. 127 Most northern 119 Protecting landmark of embankment. Palestine. 120 Crystalline 131 Being. aqueous vapor. 133 Plural ending of 121 Tropical plant. some words. 122 Break suddenly. 135 Negative. 123 Ebb and flow. 136 Sun god. Thirteen Dollars. the worst possible form of drunkenness; he was a ‘“canned heat fiend.” “Canned heat” is an alcoholic jelly used as fuel for camp stoves, and derelicts often use it as a substitute for liquor because it the Lethean qualities which their wasted bodies crave. They squeeze it through their handkerchiefs and drink the liquid. The ree sults may be anything from a plain “jag” to blindness, insanity, or sudden death, but their certainty is never in question. No one can keep on his feet long after indulging in “canned heat.” And the terrible stuff has the virtue of cheapness, which is a strong recommendation to the tramp. The season was almost done. The pickers were leaving daily, and Pete, feeling that he could now take time off for a “spree,” proe ceeded to get drunk. We found him lying under an almond tree in the orchard. Making him as comfortable as we could, we left him and went on with our work. Sometime during the night he sobered up sufficiently to get back to the house. NEXT morning he was sitting on a box in the yard, rocking to and fro, weeping as though his heart would break. During his spree a group of “stiffs” had been paid off, and one of them had carried away Pete’s bede roll, containing the whole of his scanty possese sions. The old man had just discovered his loss. The story went round the table, and some of the others made sympathetic remarks. Then Pete was forgotten in the rush for food. He failed to appear in the orchard that morning, but we thought nothing of it. At noon we were washing up for dinner when we heard a yell of fright from the barn. A boy dashed out, livid-faced, and ran toward us. “Pete’s dead,” he gasped in a tone of horror, We went into the barn and found that the poor old wanderer had committed suicide by hanging himself from a rafter! It was early in September, that my travels in search of adventure came to an end. The “Big Four” freight train which I was riding eastward stopped at Danville, Ind., a quiet little college town, to take water. Wine ter was coming on, and I knew from experie ence what its rigors would be like. I had & hundred dollars in my pocket—the result of my last spell of work—and for some inexplicable reason I wanted to do something useful with it. Then I strolled into the college office and registered as & student. : |