New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 24, 1922, Page 5

CHAPTER 1 | Tt was early afternoon and down in the hollow which shielded the seramb- Hng little town of Dominion the r was warm and lazy with the friend- liness of M A long, sleek, to o stop b the gas tank and| wheezed into A young man| rose from his almost flat position in the low-slung driver's seat, stretehed | himself and stared upward toward | the glaring white of Mount Taluchen, the highest peak of the continental | backbone, frowning in the coldness of | snows that never departe yvellow racer came 1ie silence. | | The young man stretehed | . “FIIl up the tank—and better Elve me a half gallon of oil, Young he was, almost hoyish; counterbalaneing this was a ness of expression that alm proached somberness. The dark with something that approached | sorrow, the lips had a tightness about them which gave evidenes the pressure of suffering, all form- ing an expression which scemed to come upon him unaware. Dut in a flash it was gone, and hoyish again, he had turned, laughing, to survey the gas ctender. “Barry Houston, new make. I- “Camonflage, vet serious- ap- eyes were | of huh? Must be a laughed the man again. “That’s my name.” “Oh, fis it?” and the villager chuckled with him. *“You've got th' plate right whe th' name o' a car is plastered usually, and it plum fooled me. Where you headed for? “Over Hazar “Ain't daft, are yon?" “I hope not, It's N “Look up there.” pointed to the splotches thousands of feet above, “Tt spring down here, boy, but ary up there. V's only ears over sinee and they come through last week Both of 'em w old igers. Both | of 'em came through here lookin' iike icicles an' swearing t' beat four o' a kind.” A thrill shot through ton. His life had been smooth spac of the ea well paved grades, of streets and com- forts and of luxuries. The rag- gedness of the thing before him lured him and drew him o1 “They've got m came quietly. “I'm—I'm going to make the try! The gears meshed. A stream of smokes from the new oil spat out for a second, 'Then, roaring and chort- ling with the beginning of battle, the machine swept away toward the slight turn that indicated the scraggly end of the little town of Dominion, and the beginning of the first grade. “A six per cent grade if inch!” he murmured. *“And only the beginning.” He settled more firmly in h and gripped hard at® the steering wheel. Gradually, the sever of the grade had increased to ten, to twelve and in short pitches to even cighteen and twenty per cent! A stop, while the red, hissing water splattered from the radiator cock, and the lifted hood gave the machine a chance to cool before replenishment came from the murky, discolored stream and melted snow water, Pant- | ing and light-headed from the al tude, Barry leaned against the ma- chine for a moment; something touched his face and melted there—! snow. An hour—and three more after that —a last final, clattering journcy, and Barry leaped from the with something akin to enthusiasm. Through the swirling snow which sifted past the glare of his headlights, he could discern a sign which told him he had reached the summit, that he now stood at the literal top of the world. I'rom now on he could with the knowledge that his least need labor no longer. But the dangers; Barry knew that they had only begun. The descent would be as steep as the climb he had just made. Again he started, the brake bands squeaking and protesting, the ma- chine sloughing dangerously as now and again its sheer weight forced it forward at dangerou 8 | ed de: the brake. Ifor five minutes there had come the strong odor of burning rubbe; the foot-brake lin- ings were gone; everything depended upon the emergency now! And al- most with the first strain Careening, the car secmed to leap beneath him. The brakes were gone, the emergency had not evén ted through the first hill. DBarr Hous- e SULPHUR SOOTHES UGLY, ITCHING SKIN young i man white, may be it Janu- been two November isn't old of e s Barry Hous- that of the ascent of very this is sea. progress engine at st Application Makes Skin Cool and Comfortable. The F If you are sutfering from cczema nr' some other torturing, embarrassing skin trouble you may quickly be rid of it by using Mentho-Sulphur, declares a noted skit specialist. This sulphur preparation, hecaus of it germ destroying properties seldom fails to quickly subdue itch- ing, even of fiery eczema. The first application makes the skin cool and comfortable. Rash and blotches are | healed right up. Mentho-Sulphur s | applied like any pleasant cold cream and is perfectly harmless. You can | obtain a smal jar from any good druggist. ——PALACE — Watch For “MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY” EW BRITAIN DAIL ton was now a prisoner cramped ingthe seat of 4 runaway car, | clutehing tight at the wheel, ning | white, faced ofit into the snow, as he struggled to negotiate the turns, | to thy great runaway machinery to the and check its| apeed from time to time in the snow banks. One took it leu of a conld only £0 more But o sudden end his ho The ed, and meshing, had broken wild, careening thing, the speeding down the steepest of like a human thing determined self-destroetior A skidding curve, away, qvhile Barry clung to the wheel with fingers that were white with (! tightness of their grip. A second turn while the wheel hung over the a third and The awful, spitc A o, twisting moment ing. After that . I tense hold picce of roud 1 chance was left, the “burring brake, 1f hold the and - Barry| of the gears m; hurred gears | the car for a or erackle moesh Agiin o car o was | grades upon snapping gears had then a straight- edg SUSp A o ended agony ishoand a dull, deadened suffer- blackne . 8 Slowly, wearily, opened his ey It was the room of a cabin, with its skiis and His cyes centered upon the form of a girl standing beside the little window, fair-hairced she was, though Barry did not notice it. Small of build and slight, yet vibrant with the health and vigor that is typical of those who live in the places. Dark blue eyes that snapped as she looked out the window, wirtching with evident eager- ness the approach of somcone Barry could not see. Barry felt the instine- tive urge to call her, to raise him- self- He winced with sharp, t aching which involuntarily cloged his ey and cienched tight his tegth until it should p: When he looked again, | was gone, and the opening of & in the next room told him Barry Houston mountain snowshoes. open a sudden pain throb of agony she door SECONP TURN, I. HUNG OVER A THIRD AND— WHILE A THE EDGE, where| He sought to move an arm-— only again to desist in pain. He tried the other, and it responded. The covers were lowered, and Barry's eyes stared down upon a bandaged splinted left arm. Broken. e turned his head at the sound of a vodce— hers—calling from doorway to some- one withont. “He's getting along 'fine, Ba'tiste.” Barry liked the enthusiastic man- it “Oui! Heem no ver' bad. right tomorrow.' That's good. -1t frightened me, for him to be unconscious so long.” “Lemme see. T fin' him six o'clock. Now—eet it is the noon. Six hour. eu Thayer he come in the minute. ¢ he think he know heem.” s of B Houston sud- their curiosity. Thaye: had taken particular pains to keep from him the information that he was anywhere except the East. For it had been Ired Thayer who had caused Barry to travel across country in his yellow speedster. Thayer who— “He the M'sicu Houston, who own the mill, had written him he was coming." In the other room, Barry Houston blinked rapidly and frowned. He had written Thayer nothing of the sort. The names of {wo persons flashed across his mind, one to be dismissed immediately, the other “I'll fire Jenkins the minute I get back!” came vindietively. I'll—" He choked his words. A moment later “Ilow's the patient?” It was Thay- er's voice, thesame Thayer that he once had looked upon with all the en- thusiasm and pride of boyhood, but whom he now viewed with suspicion and rust “Guess 'l go in and stay with him until he wakes up. He's my boss you know—since the old man died.” Within the bedroom, Babry Houston gritted his teeth. Then, with a sudden resolve, he rested his he n on the pillow and closed his ¢ Barry could feel that the man was bending over him, studying him. There came a murmur: “Wonder what the damn fool came | out here about! Wonder if he's wise? CHAPTER 11 It was with an effort that Houston gave no indication that he had heard. Before there had been only suspicions and he had not hoped to have from the lips of the man himself a con- fession that conditions were not right at the lumber mill of which Barry Houston was the executive head. Dut now - Thayer had turned dently sought a ch side of the room. Bar fectly still. When at last he did look up into the narrow, sunkem face, it was with eyes which earried in them no light of recognition. Thayer put forth a gnarled hand, a He be all away and at the other mained per- evi- ir v r “I'm Thayer, you know—Thayer. \ | “wen, | | s |or without in your mil Have I'he thin [and stood for u at Housto Narey turned his he I don't know Wl wearlly what you are tulkl about You-—don't Houston, aren't 1Y Am 1 then, "I don't Thayer YOu'r¢ Barry you who are you Lnow turned and walked to the a'tiste ‘Ah, oui! Mr, Jlouste to remember doesn't seem to be ab who he' s (Continued i Our Next Fseae,) MEN FROM 6 STATES ATTEADE. B.CLASS | | One Man From Canada-Rev. A. B Taylor Gets $100 Check Refore a among different Ca the gathering were in co A. I Taylor, People’s churceh, i rector of Bveryms terday morning: was prese cheek for $100, recent executive committec the respeet, esteem 'which he s held iy the class, and also in his work as Gets Inspiration From Class, In replying to the gift, Taylor told the men he « his own pulpit from Everym s an inspiration e never conld | have gotten any other way. The presentation was made by Robert B. Skinner, president of the class, Loan Fund Started, It was announced that gift of $1.00 had been received to start a loan fund, whicn has been under dis- cussion for some time. This fund h proven very popular in similar classes and is a sim of money, loancd with stoor curity to class in need. Plans are provide for a fund ot men, whom Visit from six states Rev, this vy and i ted with a voted by the token of in | members of preciation of pastor musical Bible elas, vl popularity the Rev. Mr. rries into s Bible members who ar under way to this kind. Among the visitors who signed the book were men from Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Roston, IRhod¢ Island, Long Island, Stamford, Meri- den, Hartford and Canad The Root of All “Irom whence came among ye,” was the John L. Davis' sermon from the fourth Lust, selfishnes 1. these wars topic of Rev. It was taken chapter of James. , love gold and greed is the cause of all wars, accord- ing to the leader. Ie told how the exemplification of this theory is shown in the history of The Irench and Indian wars were cited as examples of a mili- : between France and ¥ determine who should con- fur trade of the upper Ohio valley. The Revolutionary, war, taxation without representation, given as examples of greed and on the part of . . Not Guiltless. “If United State ever guilty of a war for was unjustifiable, s the war with Mexico,”” he said. hat war was simply to lengthen our slave territory into Mexico and came from Ameri greed.” The Spanish-American caused by the greed of § burdened the people of the pine Islands and Cuba that felt it necessary to step in. The last war was caused by the selfishness and greed of the world and the shooting of the Austrian archduke was only an incident, he continued. “If you could rid the world of all selfishness and greed there would e no war. Pglitics came in for the same chastisement. We Tcok The Canal History was quoted to show that sreat issues were fought out on a fi- nancial platform. “How did we get the Panama Canal?” he asked. “We icok it. Did they want us to take it? No. You say, ‘It's a good thing we did take it!' Yes, it is. It I whipped you until you got religion, it would be a good thing for you, but you wouldn't like my method. Strikes, B “Some employers try to got much work possible out of their employes for as little money as pos- sible, and some employes try to get s much money out of their employ- s for as little work as possible, and this canses industrial wars.” Sees Girls On The Block The minister waxed cloquent | when he dwelt upon the social war fare of modern civilization and the white slave traffic. “Many girls, who work in stores and do not cnough to keep body and soul to sether, are selling themselves into lives of sin, forced into @ traffic in souls, or else they go into it for money,” he said. “They are putting | white girls, daughters of American | 4l land to trol the X ane were luse | been . @ war that war wus who s0 Philip- America its share ot | | | as most ca New Strength Within a Week If you feel tired, nervous, depressed: if you are weak, fearful of impending dan For it is most likely caused by acidosis and fermentation. 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Y HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922 Rathenan At Genoa Dr, Walter Rathenau, left, arriving for the conference with Tehiteherin which ended in the Ru moralized the Genoa conference. with him. “Nowadays” It is “SALADA” for breaKfast,fordinner, for supper and five o’clocK Tea the Con- tinent wid Tea, as staple as our daily bread_ DOCTOR'S MURDERER NOW FACING TRIAL Woman Assailant o Dr. Abra-|, ham Glickstein Takes Stand Dramatic Events dramatic as the sufcide of the was the death of the physi- « mother, Mrs, Lena Glick- Gazing bier of her be- she ad the A widow s clan's a stoir oved across coffi shooting itself occurred in the affice patients were walting to see them Mrs, Raizen, heavi- She was called into the W moments and When other patients doctor's door, Glickstein dead Mrs. Raizen had shot which killed her vietim muff. loe Phred m, among velled remained hurriedly the oft | opened found 1 the throt Then | vain for two herself New was other Iyn wa ‘. L tragedy ive It i the shot Yorl womin 24 miurder today Iready April T for Brook to has cost three h her t for that as a el \fter had hunted in the slayer, she up to the district attor- that Glickstein, had wronged her to submit to himself perform- s for of Mrs, Lillian Raiz Rave Dr. Abrabam Glickstei physician, to death in his December, It follows trial of Miss aduate nurse, case pleaded marriage had forced operations which he od The defendant is expected to plead !insanity has been examined by three of alienists, whose reports wil who Brooklyn i office last her on the heels of the M. I Stone, cently itted of murdering Ellis G. Kinkea former carporation counsel of ( in Brooklyn last fall Cases Are Simil the hive Olivia was of who re ; She charge commissior incin 1 1y nati, ar, points of Indecd similarity In both « told a tale ¢ the man they cases 0 o-German treaty which de- Frassati, Italian ambassador, is | endants have at the hand of In both cases a There's relief Ko, in every jar of defense of insanity was made or in- In both cases a triangle ex the betr milies on the block in New York nd selling them,” he thundered, “in to lives worse than the years ago. They are to lives of death and New York city.” Rich Man Vs, Poor Man He spoke of the difference the mental attitude and a rich m The poor said criticiz h man who rides by him in an hat as h does the the s of 60 wery them in right hetween man of a poor m. man ric 1tomobile, zets rich, he other fellow Motor Conscience the the wou as so( same s ‘motor man rized conscience,” the feelir has when he thinks he who wanted a and the f¢ He cha ride £ the rict the gas hurry. effort to pick road, but it down a everybody owned i car man has when to get by the pede “It doesn't take much up a pretty girl e does to pick up a poor old, outer who is walking Should Be In Jail Bootlegg were handied gloves, as were the old time Keepers, on trian in a 8 without saloon bootlegger cares his money nothing for the lives or souls of vietims, he is just after their In Texas a man had to get somehody to swear he acte herore could get a to open a How be of good moral character 1 come into a town with the inténtion of damning and cursing every home in the town for the money he gets out of it? Good moral character, h'm, they ought to put him in jail. Why He Left New dersey “I sat next to Governor Kdwards, New Jer at banquet last wis of good moral char. license sal man m. can ¥ o Pec “Governor I to sce the cou lantic n, drop himself. 1l liar state of New s peculiar as the cut. Neither ratitied the amendment and they are two out only three that didn't a dis; 1o the ate that ratiticd the 1Sth amendment, Local Option who b the 18th no kick coming if an- other 17. Governor Ldwarc the trouble is that the rich have all they want to drink and the poor man can't afford to buy it. it that's the'case, let's pray it ns that way until the rich drink up and nobody can get any r States vs he as wet he wants as the At- never drink in that peeu which is just Connecti- ry oce; but Jersey, an one ever o s “A man ks amendment § other breaks the all more, G the lowed to decidc e th should not, hen the want would he cide for Mayhe they would be to one-half per cent. in this state and 10 per cent. in the next. Accident Trying To Happen “Whenever T hear any such fool statement as that made by a governor of a state, I feel as though I could shut my eyes, and say ‘Here goes nothing, going nowhere' and do het. ter than that. Why if T were to talk like that T would feel ke an acei- dent poing ont somewhere to try to happen.” s states should be fo al- themselves wheth- have prohibition or next thing they would to have the towns de themselves, Think of limiting the of o TO REBUILD TOWN Carnegic Endowment to Spend 1,600, 000 Trancs in Fargniers 24 New York, The Carnegle f inte endowment fonal peace has announced that it will reconstruct the I'rench commune of Fargniers In the department of the Alsne at a cost of about 1,60 francs, ¢ Fargniers w ed during the war and not a building Is standing to- day according to the statement while e inhabitants have been ess than 1,000 all living in holes ground, April 3,000 original reduced More than 2 y goldiers of the' U7, and confederate armies are burled Ardington cemetery, FOX ext Mon., Tues HAROLD LLOYD in “A SAILOR-MADE M/ 5000 Feet of Laughter { t | 11s were used to pirits at a distance ore they were used to call people hurch keep safc ages dicated 5 - isted, | A collmate of Miss Stone's in the | Raymond Street jail, Mrs. Raizen followed every move in the Soo'hinqwdflzflinq o S e Wherever the itching ”\'\Iwyfv. h the cases| andwhateverfilecmxse this gentle ointment usually stops itat once. shortly after the acquittal of Miss Stone, when Mrs. Anna Glickstein, the physician’s widow, leaped to her death from a Easy and economical to use. 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