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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-11-13, Page 6ROD'S BURGLAR. The death of Rod Dayton's father made it necessary for him to leave the school in the middle of his second year at that institution and find employ- ment to assist in the support of the family. This consisted of his mother, an elder sister, teaching inthe graded schools, and himself, now nearly seventeen. During his school days he had been out for all the fun there was in sight; no camping party, no tramp to the creek, a few miles from town, no. squirrel hunt, no football or baseball game even, were complete without Rod, and the boys all lilted him, But through it all he managed to obtain a good education, and at the time of leaving school he was fairly well fitted intellectually and physically, to; fight his battles with the world. Friends' exerted themselves in his behalf with the result that, some, months after leaving school, he was; installed as a clerk in the 'jobbing house of Rand & James, where his upward progress, though not phe- nomenal, was steady. He had been intrusted with the combination of the vault in which were kept the books and files of the firm, containing also, not infrequently, quite a considerable sum of money, received after banking hours, and consequently deposited therein every night. Part of his duties was to open the "watered for an apple, e pp out to the barrel, stooped down, and was feeling around for the best apple there, when he thought he heard a slight scrape, as of some one walking with rubbers on. He straightened up, an apple in either hand, and listened. Not a sound. An exclamation of disgust escaped hire. "What a ninny I amt" he said, to IJ One of the little-known schools in Loudon is this one established in the himself, in a low tone ' Tower of London, where ,the children of married soldiers stationed there And suddenly his heart seemed to receive instruction. stop beating, for, from around the corner of the elevator shaft a man had quietly stepped, and the light from the office fell full upon him;. i Dressed in a nondescript suit of rusty black, with a worn overcoat and slouch hat, a bandana handkerchief was tied around his face below the eyes, and in his right hand he carried a revolver. Still as death Rod stood, scarcely daring to breathe,hoping he had not been seen or heard, but, to his horror, the man turned directly toward him, and, leveling his weapon, peered into the darkness. "Come out o' there, young feller!", greeted Rod's ears, threateningly. "No' m onke 'nn' now! Drop on that face and drew his revolver, intending to intimidate the boy into handing over what money or valuables there might be in the vault, or at least to indicate: their location. He was disconcerted by hearing the vault doors close shortly after he had succeeded in entering the building, be- ing unprepared for blowing them open, but arguing that, if the "kid" was left to close the 'vault, he . prob- ably had .the combination and could open it again, he tried to "bluff" him into it, with the result as shown. Ile was particularly incensed at the man- ner in which his downfall had been accomplished. Sleeping Sickness Symptoms. 'Sleeping sickness, known to the medi- cal profession as encephalitis lethar- gica; is a form of brain fever, and hes: been with us for many Years. Our knowledge of its origin is vague, and the disease should not be confused with the African sleeping sickness, which: is caused by the bite of a fly, Many doctors believe that encephalit- is lethargica follows upon influenza, and even suggest that it is a form of influenza which affects the brain. This is quite possible. Other medical men consider that s'leeping sickness has nothing to do with influenza. They put it down in there safe an' open 'er up—quick!" I "Knocked out. by a"kid wid a couple great part to overcrwding, and ad - Through Rod's mind flashed the thought of the money, and, worse still, that silver service locked up in the vault. Should he open it? How could he tamely do such a thing? He o' apples," he said, in deep disgust. vise open windows and plenty of fresh "A reg'lar, bioomin, David an' Goliar air at night. aet, datwuz." There are also physicians who say In good time, however, "Goliar" was that infection enters the body by the returned to his old quarters in the recentl a withe vault on his arrival, in preparation couldn't! The disgrace—the ignom pr for the day's business, and to see that at night it was closed, with its usual contents properly disposed. The spring of the year brought a to risk his life fora little money. And, ample time to meditate on the hidden rush of bu ' ft il' the then, his mother—his sister! possibilities of a determined youth •p&bents, for example; complain not of ison he hady 1 ft, th my of it! balance of his original sentence to nose,. and prescribe nasal douches in times of epidemic. The chances of any particular per But still, it was at the point of a serve, together with several addition -son Catching the disease are very revolver. No one would expect him al years at'hard labor, giving him :small --about 1 in 1,000,000. The symptoms seem to vary. Some smess, o en comps ing MOUNTAINS THAT SAIL THE�SEA out in the Atlantic, on the north- ern shipping, routes, anxious watch, is being kept.just now for the icebergs are drifting from Newfoundland, prior to breaking. up under the in- fluence of the wa.rin Gulf Stream. Two factors• figure conspicuously in the icebergs' history—the freezing cur- rents that swirl along the Labrador coast and the ' warm waters issuing from the Gulf of Mexico. These two influences control the iceberg's exist- ence, the first carrying it slowly out to sea, after it has broken away from the parent glacier or masa• of sheet ice, and the second - gradually luring south until, after traversing nearly 2000 miles, it meets• its end by melte Mg in the waste of waters surrounding it. the visible ;Peat of the iceberg, leaving a great ;wars intact .baa w. th. water line; Even the firing of mines is net a1►1 ways satisfactory, although this methal od is the one that is most favored estipresent, .As an illustration of the sizi I of some ice bergs, it was reported re= i oently that high -explosive shells, cat ; able of demolishing a house, wank in to the iey mass without effect. What Is, believed to be the biggest iceberg ever seen was that sighted b ' the S.S. Mineola. It rose to a height of 750 feet out of the water, whit*' means that it was actually more than' a mile thick and a mile long, Th ' FDup Ship had used all her coal and wa drifting helplessly, while a terrine gale raged --a situation of extrerno peril for those aboard. To add to the eerie experience; a strange and unaccountable 'light, ao. pa.rentiy of electrical origin, played about the giant iceberg," as well as about the masts and rigging of the ves- sel, which in due course reached port after a voyage that more than once nearly ended in disaster. As a' result of the international ice Control's investigations, many fella cies about icebergs have been ex- ploded as, for instancp, the tradition that icebergs' give echoes of weird in- tensity. Experiments carried out by a cutter. which ..sighted eleven ice- bergs, one after the other, proved that not even a faint eoho was produced, al- though the ship's siren was sounded constantly. Again, the belilef that an iceberg radiates •.cold is mounded on au Mu- ' sion, the Iee Control experts stating ' that the only occasion on which ex- treme cold was reported in the vicinity of an iceberg being while an easterly wind was blowing. Nor is-lt a fact that the presence of birds on or over the open sea denotes: an iceberg's proximity, a notion which, however, is still widely held by sailors. The icebergs that will provide a menace to shipping next year are com- ing into being now. Until winter comes they will float up and down the icebound coast from which they have become detached. Then, next March, the .currents will. bear them towards. Newfoundland at a rate of about di - teen miles a day. Very few bergs last longer than a year, their fate being sealed when they drift south from Newfoundland. Those that outlast the average span do so as a result of having drifted .into the Gulf of St, Lawrence. A little-known fact concerning the iceberg menace is ' that . fourteen nap tions now contribute to the mainten- ance of, an efficient patrol of the North Atlantic, where the danger is greatest. Termed the International Ice Control, the. organization that carries on the work has done much in recent times not only to minimize the risks but to add to our knowledge of icebergs, and their ways. Experiments conducted recently show, for example, that the widely - discussed. suggestion that torpedoes should be used to destroy bergs is not practicable, the explosion too often having the effect of destroying merely boys to spend a good part of their He wavered an instant; then all his on the defensive, when armed with drowsiness, but of an utter inability, to The Prince and Henry Ford. Henry Ford thinks England is lucky to have a son like David Windsor, Prince of Wales, says a Detroit des- patch. evenings at the office to keep abreast natural courage and determination only apples. get to sleep. They only become of the work. One evening in the latter part of March, they were all there, hard at work till about 10 o'clock, when one; of them, with a yawn, laid down h%s ! pen, stretched himself, and remarked: "WelI•, I don't know about you fel- lows, but I'm going to knock off work came a thought that made his slack1 and go home." muscles grow tense and the .right arm "Just' a minute, Billy, and I'll be with you," called out another. "Same here," said a third. "Going to work all night, Dayton?" he added. "No," rejoined Rod; "but you' chaps better not wait. I've a little more I want to clean up before I quit." Don't let driybody.,stealyou on the way" home, sonny!" drawled the one addressed as Billy. "You hurry to bed, little 'man, so's not to lose your beauty sleep," return- ed Rod, "and don't worry about me." So, with jokes and laughter, the tired clerks closed their desks, put up their books, and soon departed, mak- ing the echoes ring down the lonely street. After they had gone, Rod stepped over to the outside door and locked it. "Not exactly because I'm afraid of anything," he said to himself; "but it's sort of lonesome -like 'here all came to the rescue, and he • shun his Rod's good common sense was all drowsy in the late stages of the,dis- teeth hard.. No_ matter. He would that prevented his head from being ease not open itl Let the man kill him,, completely turned by the outspoken Others are drowsy from the outset if he wanted to, but open that vault admiration his""nervy"deed every- and cannot be roused. Others, again, he would not where inspired. praises were showered en him in spite tressing of his modest disclaimer of Huller from peculiar muscular twitch - there this rushed through his brain in Compliments, congratulations and lags themwhich are often of a very dil- a second, and right on the heels of it character. In some cases 'all there is "double vision"—that is., each and the frank declaration that "he eye'sees separately. draw back, as in the old days when he wasn't brave," for he "never was 80 ; The disease is certainly not infec- used to be the "crack" pitcher and scared in all his life,' as he was then. tours in the ordinary sense of that the hardest thrower in his section. He still held the two apples.—par- ticularly hard, juicy ones, just about A more substantial recognition of word. ' . Becausee one member of a what he had done was shown by Mr, family has contracted it, it does not Rand, who gave him fifty dollars, for follow that other members will. In- the size of a league ball. His fingers half of which he said his wife was deed, this is unlikely. Nevertheless, clutched there tightly, and, as the responsible in consideration of the the disease tends to occur in areas. would-be burglar—his figure clearly saving of her silver. -. and to extend in these areas. defined in the light, growing' '.imps- `e: ser tient at the silence—took,. a step to - Ward him and again broke,. forth fiercely, out shot Rod's arm, and the bad language was stopped by a "Northern Spy" striking him• on the. mouth; instantly followed by its mate, transferred from the left hand. The last landed squarely on the low fore- head, toppling the fellow over back- ward. Crack! went the revolver as he fell, but the shot was wild and buried itself in the ceiling. With a bound, Rod possessed himself of the weapon where alone." it had dropped as the man fell, and, And in truth it was. The warehouse i with thumping' heart, stood over him stood by the railroad tracks, several ordering him not to move. But the blocks away from the busier streets caution was unnecessary. Stunned of the city, and at this time of night from the violence with which his head scarcely 'the sound of a footstep or had come in contact with the edge of a passing team relieved the dead a box, he was past moving. Rod, per - silence. ceiving this, darted to a table nearby, Going back to his desk, he resumed secured a ball of heavy express twine, his work, but could not seem to keep turned the fellow over on his face, and his mind on what he was doing. He with trembling hands wound the ;wine recalled the numerous recent burglar- tightly around and around the grimy les and "holdups," thought of the at- wrists, fastening the ends with a knot, tempted bank robbery, that had startl- the "true lover's knot" that does not ed the town the other day, fell to won- slip; then, turning his attention to daring • how much cash there was on the feet, treated them likewise. band in the vault. Then he remelt'', This done, he started for the tele- bered, with a start, that the senior Phone, but his limbs failed under him. partner, Mr. Rand, had that day brought down, to be placed in the vault for safe -keeping, an elegant A. Long, Long Road. A bill will 'shortly be presented to Parliament for the making of a motor road between London and Manchester, which may possibly set a. pattern to the world. The new road, however, will not be the first motor road, or, by any means the longest. At the corner of West Forty-second street and Fifth Avenue, New York City, there is a sin which He made this statement when he broke silence, with the consent of his royal guest, and told some of the things the Prince and he had talked aboutin their crowded eight hours to- gether and how he had been won to a real liking for Britain's heir apparent by his intelligent interest in the world. "And he said as he left that he would be back soon to spend a longer time with me," said Mr:.Ford.. ''I've tics The ohildrenin London schools faith in him, too," he nodded. For to -duty, he says; are not only more in- five years ago, over at the Essex Golf telligent than were their predecessors - Club; he told me he was coming to see (and the intelligentchild invariably is me In Detroit some day. He kept his better looking than the stupid one), but word, and I look for him back in a year they are more ..developed, physically or so. and are far healthier. By actual mea- The Prince came to Detroit as the surement it has been found that pre•. private guest of a ,private individual. sent -day children are about half an The world was shut out when he and inch taller than were their fathers and his host entered the Highland Park mothers of the same age. plant. Students of physiognomy have long A new electric engine of thirty-two been noting the change in the average drive wheels, which will be able to Briton's facial appearance. The Briton pull 160 cars of coal at forty miles an of the old days was heavy featured, with a body to correspond, but the pre- sent-day type is much leaner, his: face is longer, his forehead higher end alto- gether he is a much more intellectual, looking sort of person. Predicts Healthier Type. Britons of the future—of the . next generation even—are going to be even better looking than they are to -day, according to an eminent medical offs= cer in London: This authority says that he is con- viriced. that the next generation of Britons will have better teeth and eye- sight and more regularity of feature and that the type of man with the re treating chin and forehead will, disap- pear within the next few generations. To back up his statement this au- thority gives some interesting statis might be passed by unnoticed, yet, hour and which is being assembled for which is surely one of the most re- markable in the world: "Lincoln High - Pinned Down. -way: To San Francisco 3384 miles." This great motor road, connecting "His wife got the truth from him= New York . with San Francisco, was only atter she had pinned him down," designed as a memorial: to the mar- "How'd she manage to do that?" "With a rolling -pin." Foolish Question. Stranger—"Is your mother at home-" 'Youngster -"Say! Do you think I' aro mowing this yard because the grass is long?" His Wave Length. Daddy (just finishing a long talk and stern rebuke) -"Now you quite under- stand what I say?" Small daughter (very modern) tyrod President Lincoln. It has an average width of sixty feet, passes in a direct line through twelve States, and I.s fourteen miles longer than the trans -Continental telegraph route. Nearly Heathens. Heathens. Harold, aged six, had some trouble with a neighbor's children. That night when he had retired his mother asked if he had said his. prayers the Ford road, caught the Prince's' eye. "Well," said Mr. Ford, "we designed that thing a year ago, and it wasn't two seconds before he was asking me questions about it that I couldn't ans- wer." "I took four years of electrical ` en- gineering," the Prince said .in answer to the surprise In Ford's eyes. Bullt Car In 18 Minutes. The special automobile, assembled with nickel tools for the visitor's spe- cial delectation, was put together in sixteen minutes. The time consumed is usually far less, but dispatch in this case was impossible because David Windsor wanted to know the function "And dM you pray for the heathens, of this part and that. - too?" she asked. The nervous energy that had hitherto The Prince had a chance to jolly his Will you broadcast it again, Daddy? Yes, he answered hesitatingly, "all host, for the workmen were so anxious sr hl the boy seemed suddenly to I haven't quite got your wave -length?" but the three next door." desert him, and he dropped exhausted Solid silver service, designed by him into a chair. ,e.. y present for his wife. "Come, come,"he thought, "this "?. for a birthday hh c�a�. "Pshaw!" he thought. "I'nr getting won't do. I must finish this job up." nervous. Don't be foolish now, old And, pulling himself together again, boy. Let's see if that silver is stowed he called up 'police headquarters and away all right and then I guess 1'll asked for help. Then returning to the elose up and go home, too." housebreaker, who had by this time Yea, there it was, safely boxed and I somewhat revived, he mounted guard, lying on a :shelf; so, putting his books andemandsnort d to the storm me of imprecations and in, he closed the great doors with afimmediate release vouch - slang and threw the dombination, s'afed rte reply, except the advice to, glancing at the front windows as he'l lie still and not struggle on pain of • did so, and wishing that he had pulled . receiving a "silencer" with the revol- down the shades when he locked the! ver butt. 'door. 1 The clang of the patrol gong and a To understand what followed, it is' rattle of the door apprised Rod of the necessary to have an idea of how the arrival of reinforcements, and he land lay. The office occupied the' made haste to admit therm j whole front of the building, and ex - The officers found a very pale, very, tended toward the rear about fifty I badly andinhis seared, out still pluck a weld' meet. In the partition separating the : ef:ice from the warehouse a door was i known, all-round crook and cracks-' placed. I man out on parole from prison, Directly back of the office, and on . Be sullenly refused to talk when the left against the outer wall, were; locked up; but, subsequently, realized • the stairs leading to the floors about that, being taken "red-handed," as it and below. These were entirely en- were, he might expect no elemency. cqlosed from floor to ceiling, and ten I his tongue limbered up, and he told feet ���farther back was a large elevator !how, without being on any particular abaft similarly enclosed. The office "lay" that night, he had chanced by nth its numerous lights, partially lit the brightly lighted office presumably tip that portion of the warehouse near some time after the clerks had left, it ,with the exception of this little Meting that the vault was open, the 4 tt-by-ten alcove between the stairs thought struck him that here was a and the elevator, which was to total 1c ,hance to make a "rafee"` without darlenese, New, in this alcove steed nnuch labor or the trouble of "eraek- barrel of Northern Spy apples, t'g" a safe, bought with the joint contributions' .:.} e watched from the shadow long of the boys. I enough to assure himself that Rod . Rod was about to elide into his coat, was alone, and the nicking hie way turn mit, iia.. lights and leove, when to the rear of the warehouse, he easily lye h!; hist of the barrel of 'eitected' an entrance through a win-. arts: s rai 1 , '.n;fi,^htawoy his mouth dMw, tied his handkerchief around his nQ•/ �fi 4 u l LANA DA't YitwAL.aANGHCtt At HOW., Photographed on his ranch near High River, the Prince of Wai^s is seen,, discussing g a rtcultural affairs, with Mr, Duncan Marshall and Professor W. I,, Carlyle, manager of E: Iy, Ranch. Among the Immortals. Who are the most famous knights in British history? The Immortal Society of Knights Bachelor recently set ;it- self to answer that question, and com- piled a list of one hundred of the most distinguished membere of the degree. This list has been published in the. new edition of Sir William Bull's! "Knightage." Sir William, of course, - is the Principal of the Society. Among the famous knights whose names are included in this list aa'e. Drake, Sidney, Grenville, Raieligb, to get the show car running that they Frobisher, and Hawkins. A splendid; flooded the engine. The car followed company this --to which in modern the royal party to Dearborn. • times the name of Sir Ernest Shackle - Only a few minutes were spent at ton makes a worhy addition. the Lincoln plant. Pursuit was block- Other very famous names occur, ed adroitly by. setting a dozen or so Philosophy is represented by Haconl,, cars in motion in the street immediate- art by Leighton, Alma Tadema, and" ly the royal party left the Warren 'Orohardson; the stage by Sir Henry Avenue -plant for Dearborn. To all appearances these busy little cars, which all seemed to jump into action simultaneously, were .privately owned; actually they were machines -of the company which were ordered to get in the way of other machines and slow down any persons who might follow. The Prince chatted with more than fifty of the workmen. "I 'think that ma . over here is from England," said his host, pointing to a husky who was dragging a casting. The Prince went over to the man. "Your an Englishman?" he asked. "I am not; I'm from Ireland," was the retort, with a nip of vinegar in it, David Windsor laughed, and the big Irishman grinned with him The devotion of the Prince for his father impressed Mr. Ford. He and his guest were discussing aeronautics. "I did considerable hying," the Prince said, "but after the war father asked me to stop it, so I have." "England is to be eongraulated tin him," said Mr, Ford. "I'11 be glad to See him when he comes again," The Ideal Gift. Hobbs—"I want to get niy girl some- thing nice for her birthday, but I don't want her to know anything about it" .l3obbs-•-"°Give her a radio set;; she wont know anything about that for. years. Irving; music by. Sir Arthur Sullivan; science by Sir William Crookes; and politics by Sir William Harcourt. ..0 Would Alct, bf Course Caller—''My, dear, whon you get as big as mamma what are you going to dor" Lip -to -date Itid — "Cut out the' sweets I" fi t Heavy Fingers. "Phwat'e that noise, 141rs, Mulcahy?" "Itse me daughter, Maggie, rennin', up and down th' Reales," "Begorra, she must weigh a ton.". Of the hundreds of nurse, sent by ono religious order to tend the suffer• ers in leper celonies, not one has ever eontractod the dread disease.