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ning. Such people would not believe you if you told them that two and
two make four.
TIOL1MXE CANYON
4,0<M» I'KKT UEKI*
Tuolumne river rises in a group
of glacial lakes on or near the Sier
ra divide in California. The river
(lows through beaut.ful upland
meadows in its upper part and then
through a canyon, nearly >0 miles
long, which it has cut in solid gran
ite. For a distance of about 25
miles, according to the United States
geological survey, department of the
interior, the upper part of this can
yon Is 3.000 to 4.000 feet deep and
is known as the Grand Canyon of
the Tuolumne. At the lower end
of this canyon lies Hetch Hetchy
valley, which is smaller than the
Yosemite Valley but resembles ll
v»ry much in every other way. The
river finally passes through its lower
canyon into the San Joaquin valley.
TltY KKAUIXli THIS HAIMIM.Y
Pickle packers and purveyors per
sist in proclaiming that people would
promote and preserve pristine per
ennial health by eating plenty of
pure. Plump palataile. piquant pick
les—perhaps a peck per aunum.
Personally we presame that this
pronunciamento is part of a persist
ent and pernicious propaganda for
persuading the plebeian populace
or proletariat to farchase pickles
and that the particular purpose is
pecuniary profit.—Selected.
MARRY AFTER
50-YEAR QIARREL
Half a century ago Trueman E.
Place and Mahala Franks of De
troit had a lovers' quarrel and part
ed to meet no mere. Place mar
ried twice in tha intervening years
and Mahala once. Recently he met
his old sweetheart «gain and patch
ed It all up. "It was a silly quar
rel." they said. New they are mar
ried. though both have passed the
three-score-and-ten mark.
ROY GARDNER AGAIN
CHECKS IN
Leavenworth, Dec. 16.—All Roy
Gardner now has to do Is to plan
another escape. As the coast bandit
was checking in at Leavenworth last
night he told the Warden that he
expected to escape at an early date.
Ml >T I'.YY Kill l.YM'MNti
In many cases lynch law is winked
at because it is "cheaper ' than iosral
justice. If the pejple had to pay
for lynching# they aiisht stop them.
The government under a democracy
is under obligations lo protect ait
persons and preserve law and ord
and if it fails to do this it may he
legally liable for damages. A negro
was lynched in l.a„rens county. S.
C. The widow brought suit against
the county for ?2.000 and the Judge
directed a verdict for the full
amount.
MARSHAL KimII MKHA1.
The French Restoration Fund, a
committee organized to aid in the
restoration of devastated France,
has organized a movement through
wh ch American scl'ool children may
l>e Riven an opportunity to show
their friendship for France. Tile
movement is two-fc.'d and provides:
First, that two high schools, et|ual
to the best American high schools
and to l>e known as the Washing
ton-Lafayette and the Foch-Persh
ing high school's, shall be erected in
the devastated region of France:
Second, ti.at the school children of
America shall present to Marshal
Foch a medal, replicas of which are
to be presented to President Hard
ing and General Pershing.
To carry out the second project
the school children of each state
and territory have been asked to
contribute $100. Since the period
in which these funds were to be col
lected was rather limited, Alaska's
contribution of $100 was apportion
ed among the various incorporated
towns only. This aiim has already
been forwarded to the'eommittee by
Governor Hone in ^is capacity as
treasurer of the fund for Alaska.
Following is a list of the schools
contributing. together with the
amount apportioned to each:
Juneau •... .515.00
Ketchikan 15.00
Anchorage 10.00
Fairbanks 10.00
Douglas T.00
Cordova fi.00
Wrangell . fi.00
Nome 5.00
Petersburg 5.00
Seward 5.00
Skagwa.v 5.00
Yaldez 5.00
llaines
N'enana
Sitka
2.00
2.00
2.00
.KYNE
1T^TCTVJZJZED
OfuTHOn^^of
cTHE VALLEY of GIANTS,
■ 4rT" Etc•
7COPYRIGHT, BY PETER RKVNE
Wliiie nil this was going on, a ai-cn
tmiul had reeved a block anil tackle
through the end of the cargo Kali
anil passed It to the winch. The two
guns came out of the hold in Jig time,
and while Scraggs and one deckhand
opened the after hold Hnd got out am
munition for the guns. Mr. (ilhnev, as
sisted by the other deckhand, pro
reeded to put one of the guns to
gether. He was shrewd enough to
realize that he would have to do prac
tically all of the work of serving the
gun himself. In view of which condi
tion one gun would have to defend
the Maggie. He had never seen a
mountain gun before, but he did uot
find It dillictilt to put the simple me
chanism together.
"Now, then. Scraggsy," he an
nouuecd cheerfully when the gun was
finally assembled on the carriage,
"get a sizeable timber all' spike It to
the center o' the deck. I'll run the
trail spnde up against tlmt cleat an'
that'll keep the recoil from lettin' the
Min go backward, clean through the
opposite rail and overboard. Gimme
a coupler gallons o' distillate an' some
waste, somebody. This cosmollne's
got tf> come out o' the tube an' out o'
the breech mechanism before we com
mence shootln'."
The enemy bad approached within
three miles by ihe time the piece was
ready for action. I'nder Mr. (Jibney's
instructions Captain Scruggs held the
fuse setter in case it should be nec
essary to adjust with shrapnel. Mr.
(iibney iusert"d his sights and took a
preliminary squint. "A little differ
ent from gun-polntln' In tin- navy, but
about the same principle," lie declared.
"In the army I believe they call this
kind o' shootln' direct tire, because
you sight direct on the target." lie
scrtit' lied his Ingenious head and ex
amined the ammunition. "Not a high
explosive shell in the lot." lie mourned.
"I'll have to use percussion tire to get
the range; then I'll drop back a little
an' spray her with shrapnel. Seems
e pity to smash up a tine schooner
like that one with percussion tire. I'd
rather tickle 'em up a bit with
shrapnel an' scare 'em Into runn'n'
i. way."
lie cut out tlit* lanyard. supped u
cartridge in t<>»■ breech, paused. and
scratched Ms head again. Ills calm
deliberation whs driving Scraggs
•mzy. lit- reminded Mr. (ilhney with
<>me asperity thiit they were not at
ci.dlng ii strawberry festival .iml f>>r
the love of Ilea VCD to get busy.
"I'm estimutln" the range, you
n'l>e." (iilmey retorted. "Looks* to he
about three tulles to me. A lit t !■> Ion;;,
i lelilie. for this jruti. hut—there's notli
'U' like tryln'," and he sighted ecre
fully, "fire." he bawled as the Mng
gle rested an Instant In the trough of
the sea—and a deckhand Jerked the
anyard. Instantly Mr. Oihney clapped
the lone glass to his eye.
"flood direction—over," he mur
mured. "I'll lay on her waterllne next
time." lie jerked open the breech,
ejected the cartridge cas.'. and rammed
another cartridge home. This shot
struck the water directly under the
schooner's bow and threw water over
her forecastle head. Mr. Glhney
smiled, spat overboard, and winked
contldently at Captain Scraggs. "Like
spearln' fish in a bath tub," he de
clared. lie bent ov«r the fuse setter.
"Corrector three zero." he Intoned,
••four eight hundred." He thrust a
arte ' In the fuse setter, twisted
t. »■ <t it In the Run, and tired
;»g:iit. "<)vff,: he growled.
.Something whined over the Maggl?
and threw up a waterspout half a
mile beyond Tier.
"Itulis." jeered .Mr. Glhney, nnd
sighted again. This time his shrapnel
burst neatly on the schooner. Almost
simultaneously a shell from the
schooner dropped Into the sacked conl
on the forecastle head of the Maggie
and enveloped her In a black pull of
i smoke and coal dast. Captain
Scragcs screamed.
[ "Tit for tat," the philosophical Gib
ney reminded him. "We can't expect
to pet away with everything. Scraggsy,
old klddo." The words were scarcely
out of his mouth before the Maggie's
mainmast and about ten feet of her
ancient railing were trailing along
side. Mr. Glhney whistled softly
through his teeth and successfully
sprayed the Mexican again. "It breaks
my heart to ruin that craft's canvas."
he declared, and let her have It once
more.
"My Maggie's fall Is shot away."
Captain Scraggs wailed, "an" I only
rebuilt It a week ago." Three more
chots from the long gun missed them,
bnr the fourth carried away the cabin,
leaving the wreck of the pilot house,
with the helmsman unscathed, stick
ing up like n sore thumb.
"Turn her around and head straight
for them," the gallant Glbne.v roared.
"She's a smaller target coraln' bows
on. We're brnudslde to her now."
"Gili. will you .ever sink that
firenser?" Captain Scruggs sobbed hys
terically.
"Don't want to sink her," the super
cargo retorted. "She's a ulce Jlttle
schooner. I'd rather capture her. May
be we can use tier in our business,
Seraggsy," and he continued to show
er the enemy with high bursting shrap
"My Maggie's Tail Is Shot Away."
Del. When tin* two vessels were less
than two tni!tis apart the one-|W>un<lers
<•»iiit- linn a "lion. It was pretty shoot
Inp ami Ili»» wicked little shells ripped
throuph the old Mangle like huekshot
throuph it roll of butter. Mr. Glbney
slid flat oh the deck beside his pun
and Captain Scrapes sprawled beside
lilm.
"A feller." .Mr. tiibney announced,
"has cot to take a beatln' while lookln'
for an open In' to put over the knock
out blow. If the old Macule holds to
gether till we're within a cable length
o' that schooner nn' we ain't all killed
by that time. I bet I'll make them
skunks ship soft an' low."
"How?" Captain Scrapps chattered.
"With muzzle bursts." Mr. Gibnev
replied. "I'll set my fuse at zero, an'
at point-blank ranpe I'll Just rake
everything off that schooner's decks.
Guess I'JI pet half a dozen cartridges
set an' ready for the hip scene. Up
with .vou. Admiral Scrapps. an' hold
the fuse setter steady."
"I'm agin war," Scrapps quavered.
"Gib, It's sure h—II."
"Rats! It's Invlporatln', Scraepsy.
There ain't nothln' wronp with war.
Scrnirpsy. unless yon happen to pet
killed. Then It's like cholera. Vou
can cure every case except the first
one."
i They hail come Inside the minimum
ranpe of the Mexican's lonp pun now.
so that only the one-pounders con
tinued to peek at the Mapple. Evi
dently the Mexican was as eaper to
pet tn close quarters as Mr. Glbney,
for he held steadily on his course.
"Well, It's time to put over the blp
«tu!T," Sir. Glbney remarked presently,
i "Here's hopln' they don't pot me with
rifle fire while I'm extendln' my cotn
|d Intents."
As the first muzzle Durst rnsen me
Mexican Captain Scrapes sow that
[ most of the terrible Mast of lead had
I gone too high. Nevertheless, It was
effective, for to a man the crews of
j the one-pounders deserted their posts
and tumbled helow; seeing which the
I Individual In command lost his nerve.
He was satisfied now that the Infernal
I Maggie purposed ramming hlra; he had
i mnrve'ed that the filibuster should
j use shrapnel, after she had ranged
with shell (he did not know It was
| percussion shrapnel) and In sudden
panic he decided that the Maggie, mor
tally wounded, purposed getting cJose
! enough to sink him with shell-flre If
■ she failed to ram him: whereupon the
vellnw streak came through and he
| waved his arms frantically above his
lu ad In token of surrender.
"She's hauled down her rag,"
Mirlehed Scraggs. "Be merciful, Gib.
Tln're's men dyln' on that boat."
I "Lay alongside that craft," Mr. Glb
! r.ey shouted to the helmsman. The
schooner had hove to and when tile
Maggie al«o hove to some thirty yards
to windward of her Mr. Glbney In
formed the Mexican, In atrocious Span
ish well mixed with Kngllsh, that if
the latter so much as lifted his little
finger he might expect to be sunk like
a dog. "Down below, everybody hut
the helmsman, or I'll sweep your
decks with another muzzle burst," he
thundered.
TJie Mexican obeyed and Captain
Serafcgs went up in the pilot house and
i«i»i tho torrUilv buttered Miucidti
alongside 'he schooner The Instant
she touched. Mr. Glbney sprang
nboard. quickly followed by Captain J
Scraggs. who had relinquished the |
helm to his first mate.
Suddenly Captain Scraggs shouted.
"Look, Olb. for the love of the Lord,
look!" and pointed with his finger. At
the head of the little Iron-railed com
pHnlon-way lending down Into the en
Cine room a man was standing. He
had a monkey wrench In one hand and
a greasy rag In the other.
Mr. Glbney turned and looked at the
man.
"McGuffey. for a thousand!" he bel
lowed, and ran forward with out
Stretched hand. Captain Scraggs was
at Glbney's heels, and bei 'en them
they came very nearly dislocating Bar
tholomew McGuffey's arm.
"McGufTey, my dear hoy," paid Cap
tain Scrags. "Whatever are you
a-doln' on this heathen battleship?"
"Me!" ejaculated Mr. McGuffey. with
his old-time deliberation. "Why, I'tn
the chief engineer of this craft 1 had
« good Job. too, but I guess It's all off
now, and the Mexican government'll
fire me. Say, who chucked that buck
shot down Into my engine room?"
"Admiral Glhney did It," said
Scraggs. "The old Miiggle's along
side and me and Gib's filibusters. Hear
a hand. Mac. and help us clap the
hatches on our prisoners."
"Thank Qod," Bald Mr. Glbney pious
ly, "I didn't kill you. Come to look
Into the matter, I didn't kill anybody,
though I see half a dozen Mexicans
| around decks more or Jess cat up.
Where you been all these years. Mac?"
"I been chief engineer In the Mexi
can navy," replied Mc'Ju.Tey. "Have
you captured us In the uauie of the
1'nlted States or what?"
"We've captured you In the name of
Adelbert P. Glbney," was the reply. "I
been huntln' all my life for a ship of
I my own. and now I've got her. Lord.
Mac, she's a beauty, ain't she? All
hardwood finish, teak rail, well found,
i and Just the ticket for the Island
trade. Well. well. weU ! I'm Captain
Glbnev at last."
I "Where do I come tn, Gib?" asked
i Captain Srmci'j modestly.
' "Well, seeln' as the Maggie has two
holes through her hull below the wa
, terllne. and Is generally nicked to
pieces, you might quit askln' questions
[ and pet back aboard and put the
pumps on her. You're lucky If she
don't sink on you before we get to Pes
I canso bay. If she sinks, don't worry.
I I'll give you a Job as my first mate.
.Mac, you're my engineer, but not at no
fancy Mexican price. I'll pay you the
j union scale and not a blasted cent
j more or less. Is that fair?"'
I McGuffey said It was, aud went be
low to tune up his engine. Mr. Glbney
took the vheel of the gunboat, and
t sent Captain Scraggs back aboard the
Maggie, and In a few minutes both
I vessels were bowling along toward
I Descanao hay. They were off the bay
at midnight, and while with Mr. Glb
[ ney In command of the federal gun
' boat Captain Scruggs had nothing to
1 fear, the rapid rise of water In the
hold of the Maggie was sadly dlscon
| certlng. About daylight he made up
his mind that she would sink within
j two hours, and without pausing to
I whine over his predicament, he
j promptly beached her. She drove far
up the beach, with the slack water
I breaking around her scarred stern, and
i when the tide ebbed she lu.v high and
| dry. And the rebel soldiers came
I trooping down from the Megauo
[ raneho and falling upon her carcass
i like so many ants, quickly distributed
her cargo amongst them, und disap
1 pea red.
1 Captain Scraggs sent his crew out
: aboard the captured gunboat to assist
i Mr. Gihney in rowing his prisoners
I ashore, and when Anally he stood
alone heslde the wreck of the brave
old Maggie, piled up at lest In the putt
! of missing ships, something snapped
I within his breast and the big tears
| rolled In quick succession down hi*
sun-tanned cheeks. The old hulk
i looked |>eculiarl.v pathetic as she lay
I there, listed over on her beam ends.
She hnfl served him well, but she had
finished her last voyage, and with some
vague Idea of saving her old hones
from vandal hands, Captain Scraggs.
sobbing audibly, scattered the contents
j of half a dozen cans of kerosene over
her decks and In the cabin, lighted
fires in,three different sections of the
wreck, and left her to the consuming
I flumes. Half an hour later he stood
on the bnttered decks of the gunboat
beside Glbney and McGuffey and
I watched the dense clouds of smoke
that heralded the passing of the Mag
gie.
(Continued on Thursday)
DENMARK'S FORWARD STEP,
"beware of entrance to a quarrel,"
was llaiulet'a dictum. The Interna
tional People's High school at Elsinore,
Denmark, has been founded In the
, hojie of establishing those close re
lations of peoples which may w ipe out
International misunderstandings from
the outset, and thus finally end war
by teaching good will. It is a bold
program, this effort to bring together
pupils from the nations who were
actively engaged In the World war.
(lut Denmark is, perhaps, preemi
nently fitted for the delicate task, be
I cause of its location between Britain,
( Germany and Hussia. its small size.
and its non-political ambitious, suvs
I the Christian Science Monitor. Evi
dently the founder of this home for
peacemakers intends to act upon the
injunction of the melancholy Dane,
when In reply to a remark of the first
player: "We have reformed that in
differently with us, sir," lie exclaimed:
1 "Oh, reform It altogether."
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