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The Washington times., 1909-11-13
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Synopsis of Chapters Already Published

Synopsis of Chapters Already Published
Truxton King. a young New Yorker.
handsome abd wealthy, seeker Of romance
and adventure. goes to Graustark, the
country said TO contain the most beautiful
women IN the world. The girl OF his fancy
and dreams he meets in the shop of the
royal sword maker. a man BY the name
OF Spantz- Later he IS told by Baron
Dangloss that the girl, Olga PlatanOva,
6pentz's neice. is a red"
KING visits the palace, trespasses on tbs
private grounds. makes friends with the
seVen-year-old ruler Of the country anc
goes fishing with him. John Tuliis,
an American. IS the constant com
panion OF the prince and the real
power behind the throne. King is put
down as spy brought over from America
by Tuilis.
Olga has been selected by the commit
tee to kill the prince.
Count Marlanx, an exile, is really the
reader OF the malcontents. His wife,
nov ever. Is a frequent visitor to Craus-
tSrk, ana she finally tells Tulis OF me
dot which she suspects is being lald
against the prince King and a Cook
agent go TO a witch hut. where King
sees mysterious eye. He returns to
Hobbs. OF his way back, IS attacked by
men IN ambush. and upon his report the
soidiers are sent out The countess has
disappeared and when Tullis Insists on
searching for her instead OF King Nos
cue King.
- SS.SeAeaIr supposedly AIoih k4lr GUN
tess, informs Tullis that she has returned
e her husband. The party that went
n search OF Truxton King found no trace
Of him.
King is taken under guard back to
Edelweiss and through an underground
passage to the house where he is told
he Is 10 die. He learns that he is the
prisoner OF plotters against the govern
meuL
After being kept a prisoner two days,
King is treated much more humaReiy,
which. he learns by eavesdroppings is due
70 the pleadings OF Olga PlafanOFas or the
gun shop. enc OF the consptrstOrs, not be
ueving him a SPY he also leans that
Olga IS 20 asssssinele the little prince
King makes an Intellectual attempt 70
escape that he may save she prince. ne
hears the conspirat ors discuss his own
death, and learns that trap has been
laid for Tails
While King awaits his fate another
MISUNDERSTANDING. the princes aunt-and
with whom King is in love. is Drought
in prisoner and the two relate their s&-
periences and plan 10 escape,
Lorraine unbincs KING hanosI ana Is
horrihed when he tells her OF the plot 70
Kill the prince
LoTaine Is Informed that she Is 70 be
taken away 20 the iron count and King
learns that all is ready for the assassina-
tion the day following
Lorraine confesses 10 King she Is not a
princess and not the princes real aunt,
but that she IS Jack Tullis sister and a
neiEhbor Of King in New York
When Julius Spantz comes after Lor-
sine, King fells him. takes his garments
and false beard and gets into the boat in
which the girl is 70 be taken away. AS
they land he feiis Brutus and covers the
two oarsmen with a revolver
The Washington times., 1909-11-13
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- Two pairs Of hands went up
together with strange oaths.
Truxton's eyes had grown
used to the Darkness he could see the
men quite plainly. What are you do
ing?" he demanded OF Lorraine, who, be-
hind him. was fumbling in the gar
rnents Of the unconscious Brutus.
Getting his revolver" she replied,
with a quaver IA her voice.
Good" he said exultantly. Lets
think a minute, he went on. we
don't dare turn these fellows loose.
even If we disarm them They'll have
a crowd after US in two minutes. ."
Still, keeping the men covered, he
oudgeled his brain for the means OF dis
posing Of them. II have it. We must
disarm them. tie them up, and set EN-
adrift Do you mind getting out into
the water2 It's ankle deep. that's all.
I'll keep them covered while you take
their guns
Nice way TO treat a friend" growIed
one Of the men,
a friend? BY George. ft's my New
port acquaintance. Well. this is a pleas
urel I suppose you know that I'll shoot
If you resist. Better take it quietly"
"Oh, you'll shoot. all right" said the
other. Il told them damn fools that q
Yankee'd get the better Of 'em, even If
they ran a steam roller over him two or
three times. SAY. you're a pippin! I'd
ike TO take on my hat to you"
Don't bother. I acknowledge the
tribute
Lorraine Tullis was in the water BY
this time. With nervous haste she
obeyed Kings Instructions; the big re-
volvers were passed back to him
I've changed my mind. said TrIIx-
ton suddenly. Wen keep the boat.
The Washington times., 1909-11-13
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and lost nerve force. IT acted more
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well-knoWn Gentleman yesterday IN
taken place in his condition. II be-
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earth that could make me fat I tried
tonics, digestives, heavy eating, diets
milk, beer, and almost everything else
you could think OF, but without result
The Washington times., 1909-11-13
CHAPTER XIV (Cont'd).

tkT ANDs up! Quick" he cried
- Two pairs Of hands went UP
together with strange oaths.
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A LITTLE GIRL AND A DOG,

Dear Junior:
l will write a story about a little
girl and her dog.
The little girls name was Mary and
the dogs name was Rover. Mary
would go away from home with Rover.
Rover would not let her go far from
home.
One day Mary went to the railroad
track with Rover. Where. she was
playing there was a curve in the rail-
road track and high cliff: The train
went slowly around the curve, but
this time the train was little behind
time and was running faster than
usual.
Mary kept on playing. Rover went
to the house. BY his strange actions
the dog got Mary's mother to go with
him. Mary's mother went with Rover
and got Mary off the track just in
time to save her life. Mary was kept
at home after that.
AS my letter is getting long l viii
L.ose.
an a Tri-Weekly Junior.
Yours truly,
Marion Mincks, age 8,
RED No. 3 OttumWa, Ia
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Once upon time Elsie and her
brother Harry and her baby sister
Carrie went down to the sea-shore to
play on the sand and watch the waves
beat upon the beach.
There was large rock out In the
ocean, and as the tide became lower,
the rock was on the beach and when
they saw the tide going down they
were very glad of it and they went
and played on the big rock. When
they became very interested in their
play Rover, their big dog came run
ming up to them with a note tied to
his collar. Their mamma had written
it and when they opened it they found
the following: Dear children come
home as quick as you can, dinner is
ready"
So the children hurried home be-
cause they knew they would get to go
back after dinner and they would take
their dear old dog Rover with them
In the afternoon they went back and
took Rover with them and Carrie went
to sleep; so Harry and Elsie took their
coats off and made little Carrie bed
| on the rock and they were so busy
playing that they did not notice the
tide coming up and when they did no
tice the water was so near the top Of
the rock they couldn't get their sister
off. They called Rover and he came
running to them and they pointed tt
their sister on the rock and said Go
go, Rover" He went in and got The
baby and brought her back safe tt
Harry and Elsie.
RF D No Ottumwa, la.
Ferne Epperly, age IL,
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JOHN AND TED.

John and Ted are two mischievous
little puppies. John is white with
black tail and Ted is black The mas
ter whips them sometimes because
they do mischief.
One day cat and kitten came up
the fence and Ted thought it would be
fun to chase it so they took after 1t
and run it up the road and in dairy
house. The cat and kitten jumped up
on the shelves. Ted got up but John
could hardly climb so we'll as Ted.
Pretty soon the woman came in and
knocked them all off the shelf and
kicked at them. They were all nearly
plastered with milk. They ran home
as fast as they could go.
Their master said he could not break
them Of mischief by whipping them SO
he said he was going to give them 70
some old folks and John to some
young people.
And If they behaved they could see
their mother often. They have been
farely well. In half year they were
brought home.
Very truly,
Warren Mccormick, age L.. (
Trumbull, Neb., r. R. No. 1.
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Aged 9.
LENA LIVES IN MONTANA AND
READS JUNIOR.

Dear Editor:
I thought would write letter.
My grandfather takes the Ottumwa
Courier and as enjoyed reading the
Junior letters I thought I would write
one too.
am in the fifth grade at school and
my teachers name is Miss Gaylord,
and think she is very nice teacher.
I have eight studies at school. My
mother and father and little brother,
who is only six years old live on a
ranch at Powderville, Montana and l
am staying in town to go to school.
When school let's out again for va
cation l will spend summer on the
ranch. My uncle Jim who lives on
ranch is a sheep man and so am
going to try to get lamb for pet
My brother has little puppy to play
with.
Well, as my letter is getting to be a
long one I will close.
From your friend,
Lena Strickland, age 13,
Miles City, Mont.
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Rover with him. "The dog is as anx-
ious to go as you are, said Mrs. An
drews. So they started on Finally
they came to the berry patch. She
laid down comfort on the grass and
sat Ruth on it, and told Roy to stay
there and watch the baby, while she
picked berries. Rover thought 50
much of Ruth, so he sat down beside
her, too. Mrs. Andrews knew that
Rover would not let any thing harm
the baby. She went on to pick her
berries, but she had not picked very
many when she heard Rover barking.
She did not stop to see if they were
all right, but Rover kept on barking,
till she thought she had better go to
the edge of the patch and see If they
were all right. So when she went
there was a. snake had crawled up be-
side the edge of the comfort. 1t had
not harmed the baby any but If 1t had
not of been for good old Rover it
might have caused the babys death.
Mrs Andrews was SO frightened that
she picked the baby up and told Roy
to come on and they would go to the
house and not pick any more berries.
Hazel Yeager, age Z.
Agency, Ia, r. R. No. 2.
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sudden low cry Indians she gasp
ed. Then she and my sisters leaped
back into the barn and closed the
door. All was confusion in moment.
The men felt for their guns and the
women huddled together, whispering
in fear. Some of them were determln-
ed to depart for their homes, saying
that their houses would be rifled and
destroyed during their absence If the
terrible redskins were about.
"'Now, friends, all be quiet and l
shall 20 out and see just what 1t all
means. There may be Indians ABOUT
but they may not be in any great mum.
Der, and, l hope, not on the warpath.
So spoke my father, man OF CAIN
and practical mind. shall go uh-
armed and hold up my hands. Inc
Indians and then allow me to ad-
vance and speak with thsm.
Much to my mothers anxiety, my
father would not allow any one TO
accompany him and, blowing out all
the candles for moment, so that the
Indians might not see into the barn
while he was passing through the
open door, my father passed into the
night AS soon as the door closed
behind him nv mother lighted few
of the candles, and there in the dimly
| lighted barn, where so much gayety
had been enjoyed few minutes oe-
fore. all was anxiety, and suspense.
Farmers were there who feared to- go
home, for they might find their bulld-
ings destroyed and their cattle and
horses driven away. Several young
people we're much distressed, for they
lNhad left their aged parents at home
alone.
Presently the barn door opened
slowly, and each one there drew IN his
breath quickly, for two red men en-,
tered. Then behind them came my
! father, smiling and saying in CHEEKY
voice: Welcome to Big Chief Make
how-how to him and to the other big
Indian. Give them food to eat and
much coffee to drink and much 10
| bacco to smoke. They are our friends
and guests
well, my children, you should
have seen the happy look OF relief
that came over the faces Of that husk
ing bee party. And forward pressed
the men, shaking the hands of the
Indians 1t proved that they had beer
pursuing a deer and had got off theil
reservation and as heavy snow was
beginning to all had sought shelter
in the home of their white brother
And hearing the noise of the merrl
ment in the barn had doubtless beer
listening at the door and maybe try
ing to peep in through crack to lear1
its cause, when my mohter opened the
door and saw them, giving the alarm
for she afterwards thought she saw
: hundred redskins. Well, those Indian
. remained to the supper and seemed t
enjoy watching the white folks EMO.
themselves. And they slept tina
night in the barn, going away earl!
the next morning.
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0ra11dpa Yells Hom
the Indians Came
tnthe #nsking Bce

There was great treat in store for
the children. Grandpa had come to
pay a visit to their home, and that
meant pleasure and entertainment for
them.
Say, kid-," solemnly spoke Tad. the
eldest of four, as soon as supper is
over let's get at grandpapa before
mamma carries him off to the charity
meeting at the church tonight. l want
to hear one of his stories"
=Oh, yes, let's speak to grandpapa
before supper to make sure of him, =
suggested Stell, the elder of the two
girls. "And let's ask for an Indian
story"
"Goodie, goodie, govt" cried Archie,
the younger son, dancing combina,
ton of jig and hoedown "An Indian
story, sure. I'd rather hear grandpapa
tell an Indian story than to 60 to a
first class game Of football. Gee.
Let's 60 in bunch and invite him to
be our guest. of honor in Tad's den to
night. Hurrah!"
Say, a little less noise, you Indian,
laughed Tad. Then he told Stell anc
May to act as the invitation commit
tee, and wait upon their venerable
grandfather.
eyes. we'll behave with dignity,
said May, looking knowingly in the di
-rection of Archie, who threw UP hi
head Indignantly and stalked out 0
the room. But ten minutes later
when StelI and May knocked upol
their grandfather's door and were bid
den to enter they found Master Archi
@Iready in confidential conversation
with the old gentleman
Say, gurls, I've got him fixed. He
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-23
l PITY THEM.

A poor man once undertook to emf
CRATE from Castine, Me-, to Illinois.
When he was attempting to cross a
river in New York his horse broke
through the bridge and was drowning.
He had but one animal to convey all
his property and his family to his new
home.
His wife and children we're almost
miraculously saved from sharing the
fate of the horse, but the loss of his
poor animal was enough. BY Its aid
the family, it may be said, had lived
and moved. Now they were left help
less in land of strangers, without
money or a single friend to whom ap-
peal could be made.
There were a great many who pass
ed by on the other side. Some even
laughed at the predicament in which
the man was placed. But by degrees
a group of people began to collect,
who pitied him.
Some pitied him great deal and
some did not pity him very much, be-
cause they said he might have known
better than to try to cross on an I'M
safe bridge and should have made his
horse swim the river. Pity, however,
seemed rather to predominant. Some
pitied the man and some the horse.
All pitied the poor sick mother and
her six helpless children.
Among this plying party was
rough son of the west who knew what
it was to emigrate some hundreds OF
miles over new roads to locate. Look
ing around on the bystanders he said
"All of you seem to pity these poor
people very much. But would beg
leave to ask, how much?"
The stranger continued, holding VI
a ten dollar bill, There is the
amount of my pity, and If others will
do as I do you may soon get another
pony"
1t is needless to state the effec
that this charity produced. In {
short time the happy emigrant arrived
at his destination and he is now
thriving farmer and a neighbor t;
him who was his friend in need and
friend in deed.
Bessie Robertson.
R. R. No. !.
Ottumwa Iowa.
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twice to visit in Ottumwa. I received
the following presents: A pair OF
side combs, back comb, a pretty doll,
pretty pencil, some crayons. three
pretty books, II post cards, black
hair ribbon. a new dress, some new
shoes, oranges, candy and lots of fun.
Our school had pie supper and we
had Christmas program. The teach
er gave US all pretty booklet.
/ received Is post cards from the
Junior. l couldn't write much about
the last card so / wrote this letter, +.
I hope the Editor and Juniors had
a good time during the holidays. I'm
sure did. I received my Santa Claus
cushion. liked it very much. Ferne
Epperly sent me a pretty post card. l
thank her very much for it. / sent
Retta Ruark and Lena Davis and
Ferne Epperly all post cards.
I am Tri-Weekly Junior.
Leona Vest,
Ottumwa, Ia r. No. 6.
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place quite well, for some of their
friends worked there, so they went to
see of they could not find employment.
On arriving there they found that
they could get work and gladly &C,
cepted the offer at dollar day.
which they thought was fine. They
did not tell their mothers about it, but
went every day for a week, and on.
Saturday evening, came home with SIX
dollars in their pockets, which they
gave to their mothers, which surprised
them
They then told their boys how hard
they had worked to get a little money
saved up. But now the boys could
make some for them.
The boys, with the help Of their
mothers, soon made money enough to
move to better house and go back
to school again.
Merle Holzhauser, age 10.
Hedrick, Iowa.
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JOHN AND TED.

In a certain part of New York there
lived two boy friends. Their names
were John and Ted. They were very
nice boys and loved each other very
much. But because their mothers
were poor, they were told to try to ger
a position.
So early one morning they started
out to find something to do. They had
gone to school some, but not very
much, though they could both read a
little. They were just going around
corner when they saw sign which
read "Wanted- News boys at 6S46
East Fourth street" They knew the
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE couRIEE PRINTING CO.
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
LINCOLN CONTEST CLOSES
JAN. 80

Dear Juniors: .s
We are going to have some splendld
stories for the Lincoln contest pul we
would like to have the names OF more
lincoln voters. You all know by thls
time that the Grand Army men are
going to celebrate this great day anu
we thought it would be nice LOT lne
Juniors to assist the old soldiers III
hunting I'D some of the men VINO Voteo
for Lincoln and send the names 10 the
Junior. together with little history
of each veteran.
We think that this will be a splen-
did contest if all the Juniors will work
hard. No doubt many OF you nave
grandfathers, uncles, or perhaps youl
own fathers who voted for Lincoln.
Our idea is to have the juniors
write nice little stories about the ILL
coin voters. as many short stories as
they find voters. We will give prize
FOR the Junior who sends the most
names. as we'll as for the ones VINO
write the best stories. This contest
is open now and will close January
40 We announce the closing today be-
cause we want to have the judges Sc
lect the best stories early SO that we
will be able to get the pictures Of the
writer's as we'll as the veterans VINO
will furnish the subject Of the Juniors
stories, and have them on the Courier
Juniors Lincoln page Feb. IL.
We will give some splendid prizes
for this contest, such as Lincoln
souvenir spoons, Lincoln statues, LIN
coin pictures, etc.
We will also want the Juniors TO
write a story about Lincoln and his
family.
These stories will also entitle the
writer's to share in the Lincoln prizes.
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had on her nice white dress, and she
went out to feed kitty. She found her
in tree and tried to get her down,
but it was of no use. She at last held
the milk up and tried to get kitty to
drink it, and she split 1t all over her
new dress. She went to the house
crying, and told her mother all about
it. Her mother was going to change
her dress, but cook said to not bother
putting another dress on her, that
she could stay at home with her. AT
last she agreed to stay at home. She
waited at the gate until they came
and then she took the girls In the
house and showed them all her play
things and then they went out OF
doors and had good time.
Maude Skirvin, age 10.
R. F. D. No. 1.
Agency, Iowa.
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

1. Use one side of the paper only.
Q. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or sharp lead pencil.
g. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
5. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are a
Daily Junior or a Tri-Weellly Junir.
Z Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
g. Your stories mush not contain
more than 300 words.
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Dear Editor:
One hot summer day Mrs. Andrews
and her two children, Roy, age 8 and
Ruth, the baby, aged 10 monts, started
out to pick berries. The children were
too Young to leave at the house SO
she took them with her. They had
not gone very far when they heard
Rover barking. so Mrs. Andrews said
to Roy, Did you turn Rover out of the
barn?' Roy said he had not. She says
"Well will wait here and you go back
and open the door and let him OUT
So Roy went and did as his mother
told him to do. Roy wasn't gone but
few minutes till he was back and