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ions Of a vaudeville circuit about town
cawned upon him.
In a group a the stove sat Pigeon
Mccarthy. Black Riley and "One-ear'
Mike. well and unfavorably known In
the tough shoestring district that blacx-
ened the left bank OF the river. They
passed n Newspaper back and forth
among themselves The item that
eaoh solid and blunt forefnger pointed
out was an advertisement headed "One
hundred dollars reward" To earn II one
rrus. -cturr .he -" III lost a'vavad ~
stolen from the Milllonaire's manson.
II seemed that grief still r~avaged. un.
checked In tho bosom of the too faith
full child. Flip, the terrier. capercd and
hook his absurd whistler before her
powcrless to distract. She walled for hci
Betsy in the faces OF walking. talking
mamma-lnE and cye-closing French Ma
bellies and Vlolettes. The advertisement
was a last resort.
Black Riley came from behind thu
stove and approached Fuzzy In his one
sided p~arabolic way.
The Christmas hummer. flushed will
success. had tucked Betsy under hi
arm. and a about to depart to tn
hlllng Of %impromptu dates elsewhere
Say. 30" said Black Riley to him
"where did you cop out dat dollY'
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brought up to the sheltered life should
hear. Well for Betsy that she had no
ears. And we'll that she had no eyes
save unseeing circles of black. for the
faces of Fuzzy and the Scotch terrier
were those of brothers. and the heart
OF no rag doll could Withstand twice
to become the prey OF su.h fearsome
monsters.
Though you may not know II, Gro
cams saloon stands near the river and
near the foot of the street down which
Fuzzy travelled In Grognn's Christ
mas cheer was already rampant.
Fuzzy entered with hts doll. lie fan
cied that as II hummer at the feast OF
Saturn he might carr a few crops from
the wassail cup.
lie set Betsy on the bar and addressed
her loudly and humorously, seasoning
his speech with exaggerated compli-
ments and endearments, IA one enter
tanning his lady friend. The loafers and
bibbers around caught the farce OF 1t
| and ronred. The bartender gave Fuzzy
a drink. Oh! many OF us carry rag
dolls.
"One for the LADY," suggested Fuzzy
impudently. and tucked another contri-
button to Art beneath his waistcoat.
He began to see possibilities In Betsy.
His first night had been a success. Wis
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* 81 * " Four Weeks of O. HENRY Stories * * *

eign f~oolishness. Then doctors with
the finest bedside manners and stop
watches were called in.
Ono by one they chartered futilely
about peptomanganatc of iron and sea
voyages and hypophosphites until their
stop-watches showed that Bill Rem
dered was under the wire for show or
place. Then, as men. they advised that
the rag-doll be found as soon as pos
sible and restored to its mourning
parent.
The Child snined at therapeutics.
chewed a thumb, and walled for her
Betsy.
And all this time cabiegrams were
coming from Santa Claus saying that
he would 90 be here and enjoining us
to show a true Christian spirit and let
up on the poolrooms and tontine pol
icies and platoon systems long enough
to give him a welcome. Everywhere the
epirit Of Christmas was diffusing itself.
The banks were refusing loans. the
pewn-brokers had doubled their gang
Of helpers. people bumped your shfns
on the streets with red sleds, Thomas
and Jeremiah bubbled before you on
the bars while you waited on one loot,
holly -wreaths OF hospitality were hung
In windows Of the stores. they who had
EN- were getting out their furs. You
hardly knew which was the best bet
In ~balls-three. high. moth. or snow.
IL DR.. Watson's investigating friend
HAD been called In to solve this myster-
ious disappearance he might have OBJ
served on the M%illionaire's wall a copy
OF The Vampire" That would have
quickly suggested. by Induction, "A rag
and n bone and a hank OF hair Flip,
a Scotch terrier. next to the rag-doll IN
the Child's heart, frisked through the
halls. The hank Of hair. Aha! X, the
unbound quantity. represented the rag
doll. But. the boner Well, when DOGS
find bones they Done! 1t were an
easy and a fruitful task to examine
Flip's forefeet.
Look. Watson! ~Earth-drled earth
between the toes. OF course, the dog
but Sherlock was not there. Therefore
II devolves. But topography and archi-
lecture must intervene.
The M~illionH!re's palace occupied a
!oTi!y space. IN front of IL was a lawn
close-mowed as a South ireland mans
face two days after a shave. At Oh
side OF 1t, and fronting on another
street, was a pleasaunce trimmed to a
leaf. and the garage and stables.
The Scotch pup had rsvished the rag-
doll from the nursery, dragged 1t to a
corper OF the lawn. dug a hole and
buried 1t after the manner OF careless
undertakers. There you have the mys-
terry solved. n no checks to write for
the hypodermical wizard or h'-pun notes
TO toss to the sergeant. Then let's get
down TO the heart OF the thing. tiresomc
readers-the Christmas heart Of the
thing.
Fuzzy vas ~drunk-not riotously or
helplessly or loQuaciously. as you or
might get. but decently, appropriately
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No. 2 Of a Series OF the Best
Stories by Americas
Cleverest Short
Story Writer

This doll7" asked Fuzzy, touching
Betsy with his forefinger to be sure
that n was the one referred to.
why. this doll was presented to me
by the Emperor OF Beloochistan. I
have seven hundred others In my u
Try home In Newport. This doll'--
Cheese the funny business" said
Riley. you swipcd II or picked 1t up
at de house on do hill where-but
never mind dat. You want to take
nifty cents for de rags. and take II
quick. Mo brothers kid at home might
be wantln' to play Wild II. Hey-what?'
lie produced the coin.
Fuzzy laughed n gurgling. insolent.
alcoholic laugh In his face. Go to the
ONCE OF Sarah ~Bcrnhardt's manager
and propose to him that she be re-
leased from n nights performance to
entertain the Tackytown Lyceum and
Literary Coteric. Tot Will e the
duplicate OF Fuzzy's laugh.
Black Riley gagged Fuzzy quickly
with his BURBERRY eye AS a wrestler
does. His hand was itching To play
the Roman and wrest the rag Sabine
from the extemporaneous Merry An
drew h was entertaining an angel
But he r%efrained. Fuzzy
was fat and solid and big. Three
Inches Of we'll nourished corporeity. de
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Tended from the winter winds BY dingy
linen. interviewed between his vest and
trousers.
Countless small. circular wrinkles
running around mis- coat sleeves and
knees guaranteed the quality OF MS
bone and muscle. His small. blue eyes,
bathed In the moisture OF altruism n
wcoziness. looked upon you kindly. yet
without abashment. He was whiskerly.
~whiskliy. neshlly formidable. so. Black
Riley temporized.
"Wot1l you take for II, den?" ne
asked
Money said Fuzzy. with husky
nrmness. canno buy her.
lie was intoxicated with the artists
FIRST sweet cup Of attainment. To set
a faded-biue. earth-stained rag doll on
n bar, To hold mimic converse with II.
and to ind his heart leaplng With the
sense OF plaudits earned and his throat
scorching with free lIbations poured In
his h~onor-could base coin buy hin
from such achievements You will per-
ceive that Fuzzy had the temperament.
Fuzzy walked out with the gait OF a
trained sea-lion in search Of other cafes
to conurcr.
CTo BE Continued.)
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o"pieusy. iABo * WI
but without finding the lost treasure.
Tit child was a girl Of Ave. and one OF
those perverse little beasts that often
wound the sensibilltles OF wealthy pa
rents by fixing their affections upon
some vulgar. inexpensive toy instead
Of upon diamond-studded automobiles
and pony phaetons.
The child grieved sorely and truly. a
thing inexpllcable to the Millionaire. TO
whom the rsg-doll market was about
as interesting as Bay State Gas; and to
the Lady. the Child's mother. who was
all for form-that Is. nearly all. as you
shall see.
The Child cried inconsolably. and
grew hollow-eyed. kn~ock-kneed, spind-
ling and corykilverty In many other
respects. The Millionaire smiled and
tapped his Golfers confidently. TIE pick
OF the output Of the French n Ger
man tcymskers VAS rushed by special
delivery TO the mansion; but Rachael
refused to be comforted. She was
weeping for her rag child, and was for
a high protective tariff against all for
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The drought in Cuba last year proved
blessing to Santiago city. SO little
rain fell during the rainy season that
It became necessary to bore deep wells
In the San Juan River Valley. The
water from these proved so satisfac'
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The Days
Good Stories
Light Exercise.
r. d.m..,

AZ dhmseI sOmewhat
~ over siI feet In height and with q pail
Of shoulders proportionately broad. AZ.
pearsd ct . back door 10 Wyoming and ated 70,
light ho,uewort. She said that her name was
Lizzie. and explained that she had been III with
typhoid and was convslesoing.
Where did you come from. Lssief' inquired
the woman Of the house. When have you been ~
I've ben workin' out on Hovell's ranch" re.
piled Lizzie. "diagin' post holes while l was git.
tin my strength back. "-Lippincott's.
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ana lHOHehslNeIy us bec0mes q gthtIe-
man down on mis- iuch.
Fuzzy was a soldier of misfortune.
The road. the haystack. the park bench.
the kitchen door, the bitter round of
eleemosynary eds-with-shower-bath-
attachment. the petty %pickings and ig-
nobly garnered largesse of great cities
these formed the chapters OF his his
tory.
Fuzzy walked toward the river, down
the street that bounded one side of the
M~illionaire's house and grounds. He
saw "A leg of Betsy. the lost rag doll,
p~rotruding. like the clue to a Lillipu.
tlan murder mystery. from its untimely
grave In a corner OF the fence.
He dragged forth the maltreated In
FAINT. tucked II under his arm and went
on his way grooming a road song of ais
brethren that no doll that has beer
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Why tie Pdled.

VVIIFE-wretchl Show me that letter.
w hushand-What lttterI
Wite-That one IN your hand. II
from a woman, | can see by the writing. and you
turned pale when YOU saw II.
Husband-Nes, Here 1t IL. rs your dress
makers bll.--EIchange.
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He Got HIS.

AZ ERRIGAN." the guest said. INSTEAD OF
tipping you every day when I come in tn
lunch III give you your Tip In . lump
sum at the end Of the week"
World you mind paving me in advance. sir -
he asked.
well. upon my word. that's q strange request,
hut II you are in want Of money here is a dollar
for you. hope YOU did not distuist me.
"Oh. no, sir; but you see | am leaving here To-
morrow. st. Louis Post Dispatch
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dhy WUcn tHllulsn SOTEOWS
overwhelm them are we put to our Wits
end.
We exhaust our pa,try store of consola-
ton; and then beat them, sobbing. to
sleep. Then We grovel In the dust OF a
million years. and ask God why. Thus
We crawl out of the rat-trap. As for the
children. no one understands them ex-
cept old maids, ~hunchbacles and shep-
herd dogs.
Now come the facts in the case OF the
Rag-Doll. the Tatterdemalion. and the
Twenty-fifth Of December.
On the tenth Of that month the Child
OF the Millionaire lost her rag-doll.
There were many servants in the NIL
iionaire's palace on the Hudson. and
these ransacked the house and grounds.
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Between 1888 and 1910 the number Of
patents granted to citizens in the United
States annually increased from 9.sS3 to
32,059. or by ll.096. equal to $50 per cent,
The evening world., 1911-08-08

While Amsterdam Is the diamond
enter of the world. these gems are not
generally worn by the natives.
The evening world., 1911-08-08

The board OF customs and excise will
in future prohibit the importation of
cardboard tokens made in imitation Of
coins.
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Right Noic. but every Tick of the
Clock sends IL Further dopn the
Stream OF Time!
Some Day we are Going to Make .
Tour OF the Cities we haven't Been
Broke In. There are nearly Two Of
Them!
Destiny never Tempers the Wind b
the "Temperamental' Man!
The Way to Mislead a Certain Type
OF Folks Is TO be Absolutely Honest
with Them!
The Parrot isn't the Only Bird that
Loses It's Plumage for Talking Toe
Much!
We used to Take Things as They
~Came"-until they Began to Ring IN
Avalanches and Cloudbrsts on u!
It may be n that Clothes Don't
MAKE the Man." But tho sloppy Kind
can Unmake Him!
He h only Aspires 10 be 'the
Average Man" doesn't know what An
billion means.
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Betty Vincent's Advice
On Courtship and Marriage

n n Y dear young men. II you love n girl enough to ask
MI her to become your wife, and II she accepts your
AVA proposal, the least you can do Ia to trust her.
DO not continually suspect your nances Of telling you
fasehoods and OF secret meetings with other men. Either
trust her implicltly-and by that l mean do not insult her
daily with questions that plainly show your suspicions-
or else break your engagement.
A man should make up his mind before ne asks Q SRI
to marry him that she Is trustworthy. II ne believes her
to be deceitfui It would be better for him not to ask her
to marry him at all.
II he makes up his mind that the girl he loves 10 to
be trusted. then let that conviction govern hts actions
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Madrid is having it's first experience
with shops corresponding to our Ave
and-ten-cent stores.
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The most valuable penny ever coined
In Great Britain was the gold penny of
Henry III.
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The worlds herd OF swine numbers
100. 900. 900. two-hfths OF which belong
to the United States.
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To Raise His Hat.

Taking Treatment for Cirrhosis OF the
Liverl
Get up and Watch the Sun Rise over
the Valley Tomorrow!
Adrersity kind o. Hates to Find out
that ue'pc Just been Playing Postum!
Some OF the Most Difficult Reconcilia-
tions we've ever known were a Few
we've Tried to Effect with Ourselves!
After you've been Trimmed q Whole
Lot you Learn how 10 Grow New Ten
~ticles!
There's a Lotus Land OF the Always
Afternoon meath Every Mans ilat-Nut
It takes Mental Massage to Discover 1t!
The Man who Starts 20 Make tho Dis
t~illeries Work Nights doesn't know that
taey DO That anyhow!
often we Pass tho Cut, hut not when
MS the Deal OF Some Fellow whom
we've heard Peach on a Pal!
The Trouble may seem Mighty Big,
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? ONDURAS now has a population
- exceeding 553. 400.

The culture of goldfish has been a
hourishing industry Of China for hum
dreds of years.
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Interesting Facts From Everywhere

tory that the Government appropriated
a sufficient amount OF money to make
this the permanent system.
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w yHEN Charlie Dubbs arrived AT
M Lakehurst villa he found him
self the only mar for miles
around. He was handed about like Il
helpless exhibit, in which all had a
common share. Chollle's greatest trial
was the morning spin on the lake. when
1t was his privilege TO row three Lam
gushing, buxom damsels up and down
the little pond until his strength gave
out. The villa boat could accommodate
but four persons.
He claims that he took his little boat
ing party out for thIrty-five mornings,
and that no two ladies were together as
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The Fact-if Il Re
one-that the world
takes us at our
W val u a o n
doesn't prevent II
o inspecting the
Goods.
A Man who can't
Extract ans Nutrt-
lment from a Corn
cob Pipe has never
Belonged to h Q
Plcaroon rev
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Tears U0n't
Wash IL Clcdn-but Laugh uiH Help
TO Bl0W IL AlCdV!
A Good Way TO Make yourself think
you've Lost yo0 Nerve Is to Say SO
and Keep on Repeating 1t!
The Chap who's Honest merely for
Policy's SAKE Will bear q Heap Of
B!nocular!zlng!
The Real Kind Of Abnegdpion neucr
AducrtiSeS!
The Down-and-Out club doesn't have
to Keep open any Recruiting Offices!
If a Win-Out were a Walk-Over we'd
all be Getting In German all the Time
Just for Divvclment.
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"CheerU UP,
Cuthbert!"
By'C i0Yence l.. Cullen

Copyright. l9il. by The Press Publishing Ca
THE New York World.
A MOTHER one OF those Tossing
n Numbers Is the Awaiting Temper!
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H1LDREN are pestilential little
animals with which we have
to cope under a bewiidering
variety OF conditions. Especi-
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There zones a Time when tho Man
who Thrives on Harl Knocks Falls only
for the soft stuff!
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The Man who uld Repeat NOR,
Toasts than Anybody We ever met wa
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Love and Trust.
Too Demonstration.
toward her.

Too Demonstrated.
A MAN who signs his letter 'B. s.
"A writes: II call on a young lady
very frequently. but recently she
has become quite demonstrative In her
attentions to me. What shall l do? !
am not In love with herr
Either cease your attentions alto
gether or call less frequently upon tn,
young lady.
To Raise Hts Hat.
A MAN who signs his letter "A. L.
II was III in q hospital fol
some time. Now I am out. But on n,
way to business I pass this hospital and
frequently meet one or more Of thu
nurses Who took care OF me. Is II neces
sary for me to raise my hat each tint
| see one of them. inasmuch as | am 9
married man and not In love with any
OF then?"
The least you can do is to bow re-
spectfully to the women who o care
OF you when you were III.
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Does She Ca,ei

LOGS SHC O6pCI
a MAN who signs his letter ID. O."
~ writes: II have been calling
steadily on a young lady for thu
past two years. have q good income
from q good business. think this
young lady would marry II I asked her.
but I fear It would DO merely for me
homo I could give her. How can
telir''
/ think you are too likely to suspect
other peoples motives to be able to
make any woman really happy. You
would best remain single.
Sees Her in Church.
MAN who signs his letter "B. R."
n writes:
4 \ Il was introduced to . yovns
lady some time ago. but l have spoken
to her only once. although I see her
every Sunday in church. Would II be
proper to write her a note and ask her
to go with me or a trolley ride to be
given by our church,"
| should say the invitation you sug-
gest would be per city proper.
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members OF a party lore tina once.
although. OF course. each girl went out
more han once with him. II IL a pretty
problem to figure out the least number
of girls who might have been stopping
at the Lakehurst villa to have provided
varied boating parties FOR thirty five
mornings, How many?
ANSWER TO CHECKERBOARD
PUZZLE.
The pieces numbered 10 and ! were
added by the artist and not used in re-
constructing the checkerboard.
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COMPLIMENTS
OF THE SEASON
a Tale of Luck, of Loss. of
a Tramp and OF a
Rag Doll
VVVfNff
PART I.

Copyright. 1910. By Doubleday, P.ss 4 Col
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The Trouble may seem Mighty Big,
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CTo BE Continued.)
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The Parrot isn't the Only Bird that
Loses It's Plumage for Talking Too
Much.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-18

the the influence Of America in China
diplomacy commerce. education and missions-it is to the
last two that credit is due for making America
POWER IN THE FAR EAST Missionaries and edu
cationpracca the samehave gone into all parts OF emma
and thus have done what public spirited merchants at few treaty
ports have found mpossby missionary riots have been the
exception. Missionary KINDNESS AND CULTURE HAVE
BEEN THE RULE
American diplomacy has exeed influence greater and greater
the years have passed BY The last decade the ACME OF
OUR INFLUENCE directed by government The action
taken the the uprising and the Of part of
the Boxer indemnity have much in establishing ourselves
regard friendship of all classes Of the Chinese Now
government is URGING LARGER PARTICIPATION, TO
THE EXCLUSION OF NO COUNTRY, the development and
upift of China.
We NEED NOT De PROUD We HAVE LOST
PoRTUNlTEs PAST THAT We OUGHT TO De Ashamed
OURSELVES WARNED AGAINST FotLiEs AND hEo'
LICENCES FUTURE. AMERICA HAS CHANGE TODAY IN
CHINA SUCH As OTHER NATION. WILL WE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-18
FREAK SHADOWS.
A Peculiar Phenomenon That Has .
Simple Exclamation.

A Peculiar Phenomenon That Has Z
Simple Explanation.
In the crude oil producing regions in
California there are scores Of large
ponds Of this material After being
pumped to the surface the petroleum
is emptied into depressions in the
earth. where it remains for a time.
Later the crude oil is placed In bar
rels, in large metal cans or else in big
reservoirs. These oil ponds are known
as ''sump holes"
There is one peculiar thing about
these ''sump holes," and that Is In the
way of producing what are known as
freak shadows" These are real
shadows. but notwithsta nding this fact
they are decidedly "freaky." If the
sun is brightly shining and per-
son stands for a few moments on the
margin Of the "sump hole" so that
his shadow falls on the surface Of the
petroleum and he then quickly changes
his position the dim shadow remains
Just where 1t was originally cast. In
other words. the shadow does not
follow the substance"
This may seem like paradox. but 1t
Is true. The instant person shifts
his position bis shadow Is again cast
in q new place. yet the former shadow
remains unchanged The longer a
person stands in one particular spot
the longer will the former shadow be
visible.
Hundreds Of experiments have been
made along these lines, and every time
the same results have been produced.
The simple explanation for this phe-
nomenon is that under the hot sun
gas Is being constantly generated
down In the body Of the petroleum.
and it rises to the surface in the form
Of little minute bubbles. So very
small are these bubbles that they are
scarcely visible to the naked eye. MIL
lions Of these wee bubbles are rising
to the top all the time. when the
bubbles break and the gas is liberated.
passing into the air.
Both the gas and bubbles are 10
very representative to the temperature
that even ones shadow cast for
moment across them IL affected. The
temperature Is lowered. Whenever the
substance quickly changes position the
shadow remains until the rays again
warm up that spot and the shadowy
outline slowly fades away. OF course
tho "freak shadow" may be seen for
only q very few seconds.-Scienti6c
American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-18

1OTHING much needed in the political life in this
try today frontiersmen such Kentucky produced.
WHAT WE NEED Is neutrality-suspicious., PAINS
TAKING AupAclTv. MERE AuoAc,Tv WOULD NOT KEEP
YOU ALIVE ON A FRONTIER. NEcEssARv you HAVE
A CONSTRUCTIVE DON'T WANT DESTRUCTIVE AuoAc
jrY But We DO NEED CONSTRUCTIVE AuoAciTX.
How America would fall if she should lose her faith in
visons
The of feudasm paternm and of arbitrary
infinitely varied Thank God they they give some
thing to live for. You WANT SOMETHING TO HIT THAT
YOU WILL KNOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED WHEN YOU
HIT IT. You don't simply straw men to knock down.
Do you be hatus Do want to be parenthesis-
PAUSE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKINDa
There 70 ONE THING THAT THIS COUNTRY
THAT MAKING OF MONEY.
There thing that stahat the task Of the upfer