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The House of Three Ganders By Irving Backeller Copyright by Irving B&cheller. (WNU Service* SYNOPSIS Ragged and starving, a boy of about eixteen is befriended by a brutal camping fa¬ party. He has fled from his ther, Bat Morryson. The boy, Shad (Sheridan), is sent to Canton, with a letter to Colonel Blake. The colonel, his wife, and their daughter, Ruth, are Impressed by the boy's manner. He goes to work In the village of Amity pam, and meets a youth of his age, ••Bony,” and Bumpy Brown, tinker, considered a drunkard because of his periodic lapses from strict sobriety. Bat Morryson comes, determined to take his son back to his own dissolute life. He is overawed by Colonel Blake, the district attorney, and his father passes out of Shad’s life. A girl, shack, young and pretty, comes to Brown's inquiring for him. Shad applies educa¬ him¬ self diligently to his neglected takes tion. Love for Ruth Blake a atTong hold on his heaTt. In an attack made on the Perry family, Oscar Perry, the father, and his daughter, Mrs. Doo¬ little, wife of Cyrus Doolittle, promi¬ nent citizen, are shot and seriously weunded. Circumstantial evidence points to Bumpy Brown as the assail¬ ant. He is arrested. Shad loses his job, and goes to live with Bony, at Miss Spenlow’s. The two boys seek and find disguises the murderer had worn. Col¬ onel Blake is almost convinced Brown la not the murderer. CHAPTER V—Continued "There’s the greatest man I ever knew,” said- Bony. “He’s so gol’ durned smart an’ kind o’ solemn I’m always a little seairt when he talks to me.” ‘‘If it’s possible to love a man, I love him,” Shaf answered, but Bony never praised so lavishly. In the morning the boys set out on the familiar r^ad to Ashfield. They went behind Drty’s barn and back to the highway. They searched the thick¬ ets and culverts along that thorough¬ fare. They came to a stone wall on the east side of the highway. Shad took one side of the wall and Bony the other. They looked into every hole and crevice. They had surveyed a long stretch of wall when Bony on the side toward the fields shouted: “Here it is!” He leaped over the wall with the colored handkerchief and a small, Bght-colored slouch hat in his hand, te held them up before him. There ■were the eye-holes In the handker¬ chief. There was a touch of awe in the excitement of the two boys. Shad looked off at the river. ‘‘This don’t do Bumpy any good,” he remarked. “His place is below here. He might have hid the hat and the handkerchief and then cut across to the river and got into his boat.” “Bat he didn’t. You- forgft the man m the broad-brimmed hat. He was seen away below here. I know it ain’t tlie best place fer these things to be hid, hut we can’t help that. Facts is facts. The murderer went on down the road, I tell ye.” Bony put the hat and handkerchief !n his coat pocket. They went on down the road. Bony suggested: "Supposin’ they thought I had killed Oscar Terry an? they come an’ took us up an’ found that hat an’ han’ker chief in my pocket. I couldn’t prove no allerby. I was down settin’ on the oT dam ail ’lone studyin’ astronomy an’ stealin’ a smoke. I heard the shots. I didn’t stir ’cause I thought Deacon Meriwether was out shootin’ at a ’coon in the his chicken yard. I didn’t come up to the store till I heard the women bawlin’. I couldn't prove no allerby.” “Well, it washes my hands. I left the Daytons at just five minutes of seven by their clock.” “Then I guess you better keep these things," said Bony as he passed them to Shad. They passed the Benson mansions on their way into town. They were just outside the village of Ashfield. “You’re better dressed than I be,” said Bony. ‘‘Go up an’ see if you can find that hired girl. Tell ’em you’re a friend of ol’ Bumpy Brown, the tinker, an’ that you’re tryin’ to help him. I’ll bet they know the ol’ man an’ his bird.” Shad dreaded the task but did not hesitate. Such grandeur as loomed before him when he neared the lawns, he had never seen. Shad considered what he would say to those grand people. He decided first to speak of his friends, E. C. Converse and Col¬ onel Blake. He went to the nearest of the big houses and rang the bell at Its front door. A servant opened.it. The boy asked for Mr. Benson. He explained that he wished to see him about Bumpy Brown. He waS shown to the library, where sat one of the distinguished Benson brothers. Shad trembled with awe when the man arose and asked: “Boy, what can I do for you?” The tone of the man’s voice was reassuring. Shad had Jearned that a gentleman was welcome anywhere. “My name is Shad Morryson,” he said as he stood bending the visor of his cap in his nervous hands. “I am a friend of E. C. Converse, sir, and of Colonel Blake.” “Good! I know them both. That establishes your standing.” Shad was getting better control of his breath. He made a new start. “I have been working in the store up at Amity Dam. I know Bumpy Brown. He has been arrested for the murder of Oscar Terry. He is not guilty, sir.” “Good! I’d like to agree with you. ©ive me your reasons.” Mr. Benson was now deeply inter- “I met the guilty man in the road that night. Two men saw hita. He wore a broad-brimmed hat. He was walking fast on the road to Ashfield. He hid this hat an’ han’kerchlef in the stone wall beside the road.” Mr. Benson spread out the hand¬ kerchief and carefully examined it. “When did you find them?” he asked. “Today, sir.” “You must give them to Colonel Blake.” "I’m going to.” ‘‘Until you see him, don’t show them to anyone.” Shad was now at the point he sought. “I hear that your hired girl met the man down in the road beyond your gate.” Mr. Benson smiled as he rang a bell on the table near him. The but¬ ler came. His master spoke: “Tell the maid, Celestia More, to come here.” A cheery-faced young Irish woman came from the kitchen. She had been visiting down near the bridge in the edge of the village, the evening of the murder. She started for home a little after eight. It was dark and she was timid. Her friend came with her. They entered the road beyond the turn that leads to the village. A man ap¬ proached them in the darkness. He was walking fast. He passed them on the opposite side of the road. He was tall. He wore a cap. She and her friend both agreed that he wore a cap. “A cap!” Shad exclaimed. “I see. He was getting near the village. He had the cap in his pocket. Up the “He Passed Them on the Opposite Side of the Road.” road within half a mile, we’re going to find the broad-brimmed hat. He hid it somewhere." Mr. Benson laughed. “You’re a good-hearted boy and rather level-headed. I wish you luck. I have not been able to believe that the old tinker was guilty.” Shad rejoined Bony who was wait¬ ing for him on the road. Within an hour the boys had found the broad brimmed hat. It had been crowded into a hollow stump beside the road and was covered with rotten wood. Elated, they hastened into the village. “We’ll go over to Canton and see Colonel Blake,” Shad proposed. They went to the Westminster hotel and learned that the next train going west left at six-forty. They decided to telephone and learn if the colonel were at home. They learned that he had gone to Kildare pond hunting. The pond was about five miles back in the woods. They went to a store. Shad got some paper and twine and wrapped the hats and handkerchief in a snug pack¬ age and tied it to his belt. “I’m hungry,” said Shad. “Let’s get our suppers and walk home and have a talk with the doctor.” When they came out of the supper room a number of men sat around the fireplace. They were talking of the murder at Amity Dam. Among them were Robert Royce, Ellery Anderson, James Evarts, a commercial traveler, the proprietor of the hotel and a stranger of about thirty, rather shab¬ bily dressed. The stranger had red hair, a freckled face and abnormally Duelists Barred From Office in Many States South Carolina has a provision In its constitution requiring a man tak¬ ing oath of office to declare that he had not challenged anyone to a duel nor fought a duel since being nomi¬ nated. Virginia required an oath of this kind until 1928, when this par¬ ticular provision was eliminated. Oth¬ er states have in their constitutions sections forbidding office holders or legislators to participate in dueling. While the practice of dueling has been practically dead in this country for many years, there was a time when it was most popular, particularly among legislators. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, fought two famous duels, one with John Randolph. A Kentucky congressman named Graves fought and killed a Maine congressman named Gilley in 1838. Political arguments a hundred years ago often ended in chal¬ CLEVELAND COURIER large ears. Anderson had spoken ol the excellent work of the district attor¬ ney in promptly solving the problem. “The problem ain’t solved yet," saw Bony. “I happen to know that they’re barking up the wrong tree.” “Huh 1 You must be a rather smart boy,” said the hotel man. “No, but where there’s so many that do all their work with their tongues a feller that uses his brain once In a while kind o’ stands out. The game was put up on Bumpy Brown. He was a drunken ol’ pup of a man. No¬ body supposed that he had any friends. He hated the Doolittles. He lived all alone a mile from anybody else. It would be hard fer him to prove an allerby. The man that done the shootin’ put on that limp. He wore a slouch hat in Mr. Doolittle's house and a broad-brimmed hat when he was runnin’ away." With the rashness of youth Bony told of the different points in the road where the man with the broad brimmed hat had been seen in the darkness escaping toward Ashfield. A mile below Amity Dam he had hidden the colored handkerchief which had masked his face and the slouch hat in a stone wall. Half a mile out of Ashfield he shoved the broad-brimmed hat in the hollow of an old stump and put a cap on his head. In the edge of the village he was wearing the cap. Tense with interest, every one was leaning forward in his chair gazing at the boy. The landlord was first to speak, asking: “How do you know he hid the hand¬ kerchief and the hats?” “We found them today," “Where are they?" “We’ve got ’em.” “Let us have a look at them.” “No sir-ee. We ain’t goin’ to show ’em to nobody till we see the district attorney. He’s up at Kildare pond huntin’ deer. One of us is goin’ up there tomorrow to find him.” They went out-of-doors and hast¬ ened toward the bridge. The tavern gossips of Ashfield had something new to talk about. Mr. Evarts said that he thought that the boy had told the truth. The drum¬ mer was also of that opinion. “He’s a notorious young liar,” said Robert Royce. “There isn’t a lazier an' more harum-scarum chap in this county." In a few minutes he and Ellery An¬ derson and the stranger arose and put on their overcoats and went over to the Kensington barroom. When the boys arrived in Amity Dam they saw a light in the study windows of the doctor. They rang his doorbell. The doctor gave them a hearty welcome. They told him of their success. “We have made quite a step toward the truth,” said the doctor. “Shad will go into the woods to take these things to Colonel Blake tomorrow?” “Yes, sir,” was Shad’s answer. “I suggest that you leave ‘ tboie things in my care,” said the doctor. “I want to take them with me,” Shad answered. “I advise against it, but you are entitled to have your way. It occurs to me that Hubbard’s store has be¬ come a point of some interest. There you will remember Bumpy bought h,ls rubbers. I wonder if somebody had learned of the exact shape and size of the rubbers Bumpy had bought. You know rubbers are rather accom¬ modating. They stretch. Suggest to the district attorney that he go to Hubbard’s store and find out, if he can, who bought rubbers of that size and shape on or before the tenth of November, People do not forget Bumpy’s calls. They’ll be sure to re¬ member all about the rubbers they sold him.” The doctor walked with the boys to Miss Spenlow’s house and left them at the door. / Miss Spenlow was a lady of un¬ doubted probity. Her notion was that the Flesh and the Devil were con¬ quering the world. The wildness of the quiet village of Amity Dam wor¬ ried her. She was an active local worker for the Home for the Friend¬ less in Ashfield. She served on a committee of the Home with one of the Benson sisters. The Home and the sayings of Miss Benson was the main topic of her conversation. Miss Spenlow was the only lady In the village who took boarders. She had agreed to take Shad at four dol¬ lars a week if he would sleep with Bony “and promise to be a good boy.” She rather enjoyed the mothering and correcting and bullying of these two boys. She was often threatening to send them away, but would have wept if they had left her. She had a curi¬ ous Interest in their talk and per¬ versity. (TO BE CONTINUED.) lenges to duels. To prevent scandals of this kind at least during their terms of office, many of the states passed laws against dueling, some inserting these prohibitions in their state consti¬ tutions and oaths of office. Snuff at French Court In France snuff was first used by Catherine de Medici, and was freely taken at court during the latter half of the Sixteenth century. It was the nobility of the French court that in¬ itiated the fashion of snuff, plus the luxurious scents and lavish boxes. A story is told of the royal physician, Monsieur Fagon, denouncing snuff tak¬ ing in an impassioned, public oration, and losing his effect because he be¬ came so excited that he forgot him¬ self and took a huge pinch at the height of his rhetorical outburst. GEORGIA NEWS Happenings Over the State In the recent Atlanta primary, the proposition of electing tax assessors by the people won by a vote of 5,388 to 4,467. Sterling Lawrence Sullivan, 71, ed¬ itor and publisher of the Waynesboro True Citizens, since 1882, died at his home at Waynesboro recently. Representatives from the seven state councils of the Knights of Co¬ lumbus met at Macon recently in an¬ nual conference. Delegates from many cities were in attendance. Coming by special train from At¬ lanta, 75 railroad traffic officials ar¬ rived at West Point recently for an inspection tour of the cotton mills and villages in the West Point dis¬ trict. The recount of votes in the Bibb county primary recently for W. E. Stewart and Leon S. Dure, candidate for county commissioners, will be made, it was officially announced at Macon. Loss was placed at ten thousand dollars in the recent fire that destroy¬ ed the mechanical building of the Georgia State Industrial College at Thunderbolt, it was reported from Savannah. Union moving picture operators re¬ cently paraded the streets of Macon with automobiles, bearing placards, one of which read “Locked Out of Macon Theatres After 17 Years’ Faith¬ ful Service.” The farmers’ curb market was for¬ mally opened at Hawkinsville a few days ago. The market is located in a section of the city convenient to all homes and stores and is operated witliout cost. Although scores of errors were found in the recount of primary bal¬ lots cast recently at Macon for Bibb county commissioners, none was of sufficient consequence to change the status on candidates. Definite plans for raising three hun¬ dred thousand dollars as a special emergency fund for the Southern Bap¬ tist home and foreign missions were laid at a meeting of a campaign com¬ mittee in Atlanta recently. International idealists, Gov. Rich¬ ard B. Russell, Jr., told the gradu¬ ating class of the Georgia State Teachers’ College recently, have sad¬ dled the American taxpayer with Eu¬ rope’s share of world war costs. James R. Faulkner, executive secre¬ tary of the Georgia Tuberculosis As¬ sociation, was elected president of the Georgia Council for Child Health and Protection at a meeting of that or¬ ganization in Savannh recently. The Macon Telegraph says it has learned that Edwin Gould, New York child welfare benefactor, has recent¬ ly donated more than five thousand dollars for renovation of a cottage of the Methodist orphans’ home at Macon. Eleven years of schooling and not a day missed, is the record of Miss Elizabeth Fletcher, honor graduate of the 1932 class of Statesboro high school. Miss Fletcher is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fletcher, of Statesboro. Manning S. Yeomans, state ento¬ mologist, recently reported discov¬ ery in Georgia of two destructive sects, both new to the state. They are the vegetable weevil and the box¬ wood leaf miner also known as the boxwood midge. Co-ordinated efforts to revive con¬ fidence and stimulate business were announced recently through the Fed¬ eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta upon the return of Governor Eugene R. Black from a conference of reserve governors at Washington. S. H. Ferguson was elected grand master of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows at its recent annual session at Macon. He succeeds M. D. Collins of Fairburn, who was elected grand representative. Atlanta was chosen as the meeting place for 1933. The Roofer Manufacturers’ Club, comprised of lumber producers of Georgia and Alabama, met at Co¬ lumbus recently with a delegation of the Southern Pine Association. The two groups will consider means of improving the Industry. A meeting of adjutants general from various states in the Fourth corps area was held at Fort McPher¬ son recently to discuss the welfare of the National Guard and summer training. The distinguished guests were met at the fort by Major Ste¬ phen J. Chamberlin. Sumter county farmers are adding $30 to $150 per month to their in¬ comes by selling surplus vegetables, poultry products, dairy products and other farm truck direct to the con¬ sumer at Americus through the grow¬ ers’ market. Revision of Georgia laws governing the practice of law and the whole sys¬ tem of jurisprudence will be the sub¬ ject of discussion at the forty-ninth annual session of the Georgia bar Association to be held at Radium Springs, near Albany, June 2 to 4, inclusive. IMPROVED mmmmmmwm UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Ochool CUNDAY Lesson I (By REV. P. B. F1TZWATER. P. 1).. Mem¬ ber of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Union.) (©, 1932, 2, Western ’ Newspaper Lesson for June 12 JUDAH THE TRUE BROTHER LESSON TEXT—Genesis 44 : 18 - 45 : 15 . GOLDEN TEXT—Behold, how good and how pleasant It is for brethren to dwell together in unity! PRIMARY TOPIC—Keeping a Prom j'uNIOR TOPIC —Benjamin's Big Brother. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬ IC—What Boys and Girls Can Do for Their Family. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —True Brotherhood. 1. Joseph Severely Tests His Brethren (42:9-44:17). Driven by sore need because of the famine, Joseph’s brethren came to Egypt to buy food. As Joseph per¬ sonally dispensed the food, he imme¬ diately recognized his brethren upon their arrival in Egypt, but they did not recognize him. In this test Joseph L Accused them of being spies (42:9-17). He declared that' they had come to see the nakedness of the land. In spite of their protests of inno cency, he cast them into prison and demanded that their younger brother be brought as a proof of the truth¬ fulness of their word. 2. He kept' Simeon as a hostage (42:18-38). Joseph declared that be¬ cause he feared God he sent the rest home with provisions for their fam¬ ilies, demanding that Benjamin be brought to him. To further impress them with his wisdom and power, Jo¬ seph ordered the money of every one to be restored in his sack. Upon the discovery of the money they exclaimed, “What hath God done to us?” 3. Benjamin’s peril (44:2-13). By a clever device Joseph’s cup was placed in Benjamin’s sack and was used as an occasion for bringing them back on the charge of theft. Convicted now of their sins and realizing the seriousness of their situation, Judah pleaded for the release of Benjamin. Benjamin was now being held as the one supposedly guilty of theft. II. Judah’s Pleas (44:18-34). 1. For the turning away of Joseph’s anger (vv. 18-32). In this plea he re¬ cited the history of the family, their coming to Egypt, and appealed to Jo¬ seph on the basis of the effect upon Jacob, their father, if Benjamin were not permitted to accompany them home. In most powerful and persua¬ sive language he set forth the love of Jacob for Benjamin, the son of his old age, and the sole survivor of his beloved wife, Rachel. His plea was as much for his father as for Benjamin. 2. That he himself might be kept in slavery instead of Benjamin (vv. 33, 34). In this he showed his true worth, that is, as being worthy of the trust reposed in him by Jacob his father. III. Joseph Reveals His Identity (45:1-15). After such a plea as Judah had made it is not surprising that Joseph could no longer restrain himself. 1. He declared his identity (vv. 1-3). This act on the part of Joseph troubled them. It ought to have made them glad. Under ordinary circum¬ stances this would have been a time of exceeding joy, but their sins were in the way. This not only affords a beautiful example of forgiving love, but most beautifully illustrates Christ’s dealing with his brethren, the Jews. When the seven years of fam¬ ine came his brethren who had left him and sold him were compelled to come to him for aid. Joseph dealt severely with his brethren to test them and to bring them to repentance. 2. He bade his brethren come near to him (w. 4-8). When he revealed himself to them, the remembrance of their sins pierced them through. How just it would have been now for Jo¬ seph to take vengeance upon them. Joseph’s first question was about his father, showing that his desire was to put their thoughts far away from their crime. He invited them to come near unto him and assured them that God had overruled their crime for salva¬ tion. They meant' it for evil, but It was part of God’s plan for good. He comforted them. This is exactly what Christ will do for his brethren, the Jews. He will become reconciled unto them and become their Saviour and Benefactor. Just as ail Egypt was obliged to come to Joseph for suste¬ nance, and become the servants of Pharaoh through him, so will all the world come to Christ for his blessing and be reconciled to God through him. 3. Joseph sent his brethren away with good news (vv. 9-15). As soon as Joseph’s brethren knew him and were reconciled to him they were sent with glad tidings to their father. As soon as the Jews come to know Jesus Christ as the Messiah he will send them away to the ends of the earth with the good news of his saving grace. 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