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itself suspicious. | knew the Russia
was not the bungler he pretende1 TO
be. and admit that was puzzled
Then you came along and tolu me OF
the business with the key. 1t was
plain they were coming pack-but
why? 1t was to discover II that left
three men to watch the studio while
| kept my appointment with jackson
in Maiden square. From what
learnt from him 1t was evident that
Greatman was man who knew some
thing; 80 tried a bluff on him. It's
quite simple, isn't it,"
"Oh. yes" said: but how did you
know Greatman was going to the
studio when he ran away?"
Rather an unnecessary question.
Mr.. Phillips. isn't It? Consider min
playing big game-which means dy'
Mantle with folks of their persuasion.
He had been knocked out of the run
ing, but the dynamite remained And
here? In the studio where Nicolin
was returning to search for It; where
Greatman also would go to recover
1t II he desired to revenge himself on
Nicolin by carrying out his friends
plot himself. Mark you, do not be-
lieve that originally he had any active
part In carrying out this assassination.
But when he heard how Nicolin had
fooled him, he was anxious to get
square by risking all and smuggling
the bombs to Paris himself. More
over, Mr.. Phillips. wanted to locate
that dynamite. 1t Is not we'll to have
bombs floating about London, ready
to the hand of well-bred lunatics.
They breed International squabbles
in which we. the police. get jumped
upon"
And they were hidden in the
bust?"
"A very good place, too. With care.
full packing, they would have got to
Paris safe enough. The Nero was a
known work of art. No one would
have suspected 1t for moment. or
course | had no idea that the dyna-
mite was stored in the bronze till
Greatman grabbed 1t. and saw his
face. Then punched you in the
chest and rolled after you myself"
You saved my life. anyway" /
said gratefully.
Tut, tut, Mr.. Phillips. that's norn-
ing. Another day you may do the
same for me-"
,"If get chance" told him. But
what will be done now?"
Nothing"
"Nothing?
"I dragged you off to be away be-
fore the crowd arrived. There was no
point in your being found in the neigh
borhood and asked questions at the
inquest on what remains of their bod.
les. | shall report to Scotland Yard.
and Scotland Yard will talk to the
Foreign Office, and the Foreign Office
will make polite representations to St
Petersburg, and everything will be
hushed up. After all, there's nobody
left to punish and nobody to pity.
barring Greatman, who had the max.
ings of a man in him. Amaroff was a
romantic murderer, and Nicolin prac-
teal one; but neither of them were
at all the sort of people to encourage.
So should advise you to keep quiet
Mr.. Phillips, and not talk OF your ad-
venture. Do you agree"
Certainly" said; and we shook
hands on 1t.
CHRONICLES TO BE CoNTINUEDJ
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eOO.Year-OId Church.

The nine hundredth anniversary Of
the opening for service Of the Church
of Greensted, Essex, built Of oak trees
split in half fifty-four years before the
Norman conquest, occurred recently.
A special celebration is proposed
London Mail.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21
When a Public Official Goes Wrong

When a Public official Goes Wrong.
when a public servant gets caught
doing something he ought not to, he
always seems to derive lot Of sat.
isfaction from pretending that his
motives are misunderstood" says an
Ohio paper. That isn't what he says.
He says: 81 have no desire to try my
case in the newspapers"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21
Tho Retort Pertlne Mt.

Look at mel" exclaimed the leau
ing lawyer warmly. 81 never took q
drop Of medicine in my life. and am
as strong as any two of your patients
put together"
"Well. that's nothing" retorted the
physician. II never went to law in
my life. and I'm as rich as any two
dozen Of your clients put together"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21
Paw Bio Price for Water,

Water is sold by the ton at Per
nambuco, Brazil. 1t is piped from
springs eight miles out from the city,
and is furnished to ships at eighty.one
cents ton within the harbor.
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Lost and Found.

The ferryman, whilst plying over q
water which was only slightly agi.
tated. was asked by a timid lady In
his boat whether any persons were
ever lost in that river. "Oh, no." said
he. I'VE always finds 'em agin, the
next day."-Life.
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uvr anger IN his expression. And then.
as It were, the shutter clicked. for
Peace dealt me SO violent blow that
1t sent me rolling down the roof into
the darkness. And as tumbled head.
long from the ledge. the whole air
seemed to burst into fragments about
me-a mighty concussion that left me,
deafened. shaken, bewildered, amongst
the broken tiles and falling fragments
on the ground below.
l was In my most comfortable chair
with old Jacob washing the cut on my
head. and the inspectors nimble fin.
gers twisting bandage before / quite
realized that had escaped that great
explosion. Vaguely. as in a dream,
remembered that two men, presuma.
bly, Peace and the serjeant, had
dragged me to my feet. had knotted
a handkerchief round my head, had
pushed me over the wall, and finally
lifted me into a passing cab-all with
mad haste as II 1t were we who had
been the criminals. Anyhow. was at
home, which was of the first impor
tance to me at the moment.
What blew up. Inspector" asked
family.
THE dynamite hidden in the bust
but don't ask questions"
"Oh, I'm all right" told him. "Do
explain things"
"I'll call tomorrow. and"
mo. tell me now. or shall NOT
sleep wink"
He looked at me moment, with
his head cooked on one side after his
quaint fashion.
Very WE'LL" he said at last. "I1l
talk, If you'll promise to keep quiet
promised. and he began.
TITS quite simple story. Nicolin
had got word that an attempt was to
be made on the Gear, who is due in
Paris the day after tomorrow. and
that Amaroff was engineering the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21
Hla Line of Work.

Sam, have you got Job now?"
"Oh, yes, sah." What are you doing,
sam?" why. rs gettin' my wife
washin', boss"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21
Exceptions.

Stone walls do not a prison make"
oh. yes, they do. II they're around
jail" q
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-21

Examine what is said, not him who
speaks.-Abdu-Palah
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06
NOTES OF THE SCHOOLS

Vacations fop the present school year
are a thing of the past, with not even a
days holiday in sight between now and
the closing days in mid-June, except
Decoration Day, which falls accom-
modatingly on Friday. But no one is
complaining about holidays this year.
for time and chance have dealt them
out with more lavish hand during the
year 1918 than for several years
past.
Less than eleven weeks remain on
the school calendar. and "seven-league
boots" will be necessary for all the
school people to take giant strides to-
ward the goal of their ambition. School
activities of all kinds-athletic con-
tests, drills, luncheons. dramatics, ex-
aminations, and graduation - come
thick and fast during the last lap OF
the years circuit. The athletic meet"
for graded schools. which DR.. Stone
road hopes to hold at the American
League Park, will be called for the
afternoon Of May %. Competitive drill
of high school cadets, occupying two
afternoons, will be held the week fol-
lowing at the same place.
The Normal School finished up the
work Of moving into the new j. Ormond
Wilson School during the Easter holt
days. Even the Thomson kindergarten
department has been transferred to the
Harvard Street building. Miss Cooling,
the principal, states that everything
about the new school il q perfect Al"
The girls are delighted with the gymna-
stun and lunch room. rest rooms, spa
cious lockers. laboratories. and mu-
seums are luxuries never dreamed of
in the restricted quarters Of the Frank
lin Building.
Miss Minna Goetz. in charge Of the
teachers library at the Franklin School,
Of its several thousand volumes to the
new normal school where 1t can be
properly housed. Since the Public Lii
brary was built In Mount Vernon Square,
the teachers library has been used chiefly
by normal school students. The room
1t now occupies at the Franklin, will
help to relieve the crowded condition in
the ONCE Of the secretary Of the Board
Of Education.
Ohicials at the Franklin Building and
principals and teachers in the down.
town schools have been kept busy during
the past week entertaining dozens of
visitors from all parts Of the. country.
Enrique Reyes, superintendent of re-
formatory institutions in Uruguay, who.
for nineteen years shaped the course of
primary instruction in that South Ameri-
can country, is devoting ten days to the
study of schools here. He In accom-
panied by Commissioner Belford, Of
Brazil. OF the Pan-American Bureau.
DR.. ]. n. Putnam, superintendent Of
schools Of Ottawa, Canada. and w. B.
Garvock, superintendent of buildings,
visited in the schools Thursday and Fri
day. Other distinguished visitors were
Mrs. Berry from the Wrentham, Mass,
school for feeble minded children, and
Mics Stanton. OF Buffalo. N. r. who was
interested In special schools for atypical
children. Miss Stanton ID . sister-in-
law Of Congressman Bennett Smith,
Teachers Aid and Annuity Association
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nonathletes. as against 1888 who were
eminent in sports and games. Among
the maladies or disabilities to which
the latter are by so per cent more sub
ject than the former are hardening of
the arteries. heart disease, heart dis
ease Of four kinds, gastric disturbances.
albuminaria, general Ill health. obesity,
and tuberculosis. and various traumatic
LESSONS as well.
This is rather desperate showing for
athletics, and the Journal Of the Ameri-
can Medical Association wonders how
college faculties will continue to justify
activities which interfere with study
without the excuse Of improving physical
status.
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has secured the Columbia Theater for a
benefit. to be given on May 5. The
players will present "A Royal Family
romantic comedy. played with great
success by Annie Russell. The associa-
ton receives 30 per cent of all the pro-
ceeds from tickets sold by teachers and
friends.
! The International kindergarten Union
holds its twentieth annual meeting IN
Washington from April 20 to May q, BY
invitation Of the Commissioners Of the
District of Columbia, the Chamber of
Commerce. the Board of Education, the
Superintendent of Schools and the Dis
trict kindergarten Association. Head
quarters and social functions will be
held at Hotel Raleigh. Sessions and con-
ferences are scheduled for Continental
Hall. the New National Museum and the
Normal School. A feature of the con-
vention will be the annual game festival
of kindergarten children on the grounds
of the National Museum.
Rev. Earle Wiley has been giving a
series of talks in high schools on School
Honesty" He emphasized the serious
reaction on the individual of even petty
subterfuges. Using a pony" for trans
lating Caesar, he said. is the kind Of
his conscience to business fraud. DR..
Wiley addressed the pupils Of Eastern.
Western and Technical High Schools.
A rally Of all the South Washington
boys over twelve years Of age has been
called by Miss Anne Beers, supervisor
OF that division, for next Wednesday
afternoon at the hall Of Jefferson School
It is Miss Beers plan to have the boys
taught along lines used in Boy Scout
troops without actually organizing them.
Supt Davidson, Mr.. Chesley. Of the Y.
M. C. A., and Scout Commissioner Wood
will talk to the lads next Wednesday,
and q number Of scout demonstrations
will be given. BY q series OF such talks
by capable men Miss Beers hopes to
arouse suf1cient interest for the boys to
plan camping trips next summer, where
they may. make practical use Of what
they have been taught.
At a recent meeting of the Principals
Association an amendment to the con-
stitution was adopted permitting the re-
election Of all officers. The annual cleo
May.
Several hundred parents and friends
Of Central High School students at.
tended the reception extended them by
the principal and faculty Of the school
Friday afternoon from 8 to g. Tea was
served in the art room by q number of
young girls in fresh white dresses, with
school coiors and emblems for Access
sorie4. The room was daintily decorated
with spring flowers and fruit blossoms
Col. Garrard. commandant at Fort
Myer. will award commissions to cadet
officers OF Tech at assembly next Wed.
nesday morning.
A half-hour lesson on How to Make
Washington a Clean City" will be given
In every public school In the District
next "wednesday, by order Of the super
intendent The safety campaign" has
also spread to the schools. and hlotters
containing q. printed list Of "don'ts" for
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cause Of the different sizes Of the two
groups.
When the college happens to be An
napolis or West Point, however. a new
element enters from the fact that every
student in both is supposed closely to
approximate physical perfection. Hence
Is there much significance in the recent
report to the Secretary Of the Navy by
the head Of the Bureau Of Medicine ard
Surgery as to the respective health
conditions Of the Annapolis graduates
who did and who did not gain eminence
as athletes.
He found that OF the men still in the
service whose records show present ILL.,
ness Of one sort or another, 1S7 were
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Frum tbs New York Tima
There is difficulty in arriving at just
conclusions as to the effects in after
life OF college athletics for the reason
that the athletics are the carefully Sc
lected units Of student body, the re-
mainder of which Is presumptively of
inferior physique, health, and strength,
else would its members. too, have worn
the university letter. That there should
be a greater disease and death rate
among the nonathletes than among the
athletes Is therefore to be expected, and
even II the rates were the same there
would still be room for uncertainty be-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06
pedestrians have been presented to pupils
by the Washington Traction Company.

pedestrians have been presented to pupils
by the Washington Traction Company.
''Hansel and Greter' will be presented
by children of the Grover Cleveland
School the latter part Of this month
for the benefit Of the playground fund.
Electric lighting and stage equipment are
being installed for the play.
Business High School gives a lunch
again this year for the benefit Of the
athletic fund.
Col Cosby. Superintendent of Public
Buildings and Grounds, has granted per-
mission for High School cadets to drill
on the White Lot in preparation for the
competitive drill. The streets are used
now for drill grounds. and Col. Cosby
has extended the courtesy Of the White
Lot to accustom the boys to drilling on
grass-covered ground.
William Dean Howell's amusing little
sketch. The Sleeping Car" was given
before an appreciative audience at West
ern High School Friday afternoon by
members of the dramatic society, with
the following cast: Mrs. Roberts, Isa-
belle Johnson: Aunt Mary, Sarah Miller;
Mr.. Roberts, Hayward Siddons; the Cali
fornian, Robert La Toilette; Willis Camp
bell. James Heron; the conductor, Cres-
we'll Micou, and the porter. George Cooper.
President warheld. of Lafayette Col
lege. Pa. addressed Central High School
students Monday morning. His talk
to make their school life contributory to
the real work of later life.
Allan Davis, principal Of Business High
School, received a letter. from Lieut.. Gull
ford and Sydney Struble, of the school,.
who were sent to visit similar school
in Philadelphia by the Alumni Associa-
ton, telling how royalty they were being
entertained by the Quaker City oflicials.
They return to the city tomorrow and
will report the new ideas obtained on their
visit to the school at assembly.
Piazza lights are being stalled on the
spacious eastern portico Of Western High
School. This will make q delightful ad-
junct for evening activities. especially as
the warm weather approaches.
Permission has been requested of
Supt. Davidson to allow Mckinley Man
ual Training School to erect wireless
aerial on top of the building to con-
meet with the receiving set inside Of
the school. The alphabet and instru-
ments will be made by students Of the
school.
The Easter issue Of Heart and Mind
came out last week.
Miss Ella Given. principal Of the
Chevy Chase School, has written q
chapter Of up-to-date information on
Washington and the District of Co.
lumbia" in the new and revised edition
Of Frye's First Steps in Geography"
James II. Plant. Western High. '0S
has just been granted . fellowship at
the University Of Pennsylvania for
next year. which means tuition and q
$ award.
"The knight Of the Three-cornered
Table" was the charming story Sc
lected by Mrs. Marguerite Query. the
well-known author. to read to the
campfire girls Of Central High School
last Saturday, when they were enter
tanned by Mrs 7. q. Stewart ct her
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

From Judge.
A Canadian woman wanted to show
her Chinese servant the correct way t.
announce visitors, and one afternoon
went outside her front door. rang the
bell, and made the man usher her into
the drawing-room.
The following afternoon the bell rang.
and not hearing him answer II, she went
to the door herself To her surprise, he
was standing waiting outside.
Why, Sing" she asked. what are
you doing here?'
You foolee me yesteddy. foolee you
today was his reply.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

home in Cleveland Park. Mrs. Query
also told a number of personal remi-
niscences, which called forth some Of
her best known short stories. Refresh
ments were served on the veranda.
The value of moving pictures as a help
in teaching almost any subject in q
schoolroom has come to be an acknowl-
edged fact by most educators. Miss
Norton, of the Grover Cleveland School,
has given the subject a great deal of at
tention, and Tuesday morning gave an
interesting twenty-minute talk at Bust
ness High School on the seamy side Of
her efforts toward obtaining suitable
moving pictures for schools. Her per-
sonal experiences with New York firms
were very amusing. Mrs. Edith King
man Kern, of the Board Of Education,
also spoke.
Sophomore class of Eastern High en-
tcrtained at dance March g. when Mr.
and Mrs. Jonscher acted as chaperones.
Company F will give its dance at Mrs.
Dyer's April Is.
DR.. Willard Small. principal of East
ern High School, has returned to his
office after n months illness, most of it
spent in Garfield Hospital, where he I'M
derwent a surgical operation.
The annual spring play given by West
ern High School. for the benefit of the
athletic fund, will be given May and
8. Several hundred Of the pupils will
present a pageant
Dean c. N. Greenough, Of Harvard
University. has forwarded the informa-
ton to Eastern High School that 8. P.
Smith, Of last years class, and winner
of the Washington Club Harvard schol-
arship, is one of the seventy-three men
exempted from the second half years
work in English for unusually excellent
work done the first half Of the year.
A conference of rural industrial schools
for colored people Of the South will be
held in New York City, April II and IS.
Assistant Superintendent Bruce, Leslie
Pinckney Hill. Oswald Garrison Willard.
and other noted colored educators will
make addresses. Mr.. Bruce will speak
on "a Standard Course Of Study"
M Street High School will hold
luncheon to raise funds toward defray-
ing the expenses Of graduation. Arm
strong's luncheon for athletics netted
$1o2.
Mrs. c. F. Cook gave a social purity
talk to girls, and Louis Johnson, secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A.. gave a talk
along the same lines to boys of Arm
strong Manual Training School, last
Thursday.
A trophy cup for colored high schools
has been presented by Capt. Walter H
Loving, Of Manila.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Easter styles.
American lady in London.
II can't see the hats" complained the
"Why not?'' inquired the husband.
"An the shop windows are boarded up
on account of the militant suffragettes.'
well, let's pike along. We may find .
board with a knothoie in ii"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

M Street High School will hold a
luncheon to raise funds toward defray-
ing the expenses Of graduation. ARM
strong's luncheon for athletics netted
$102.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

PA, what does this paper mean by
. square gambler ?"
"One who newer tries to cheat the
police Of their rake-o6
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Mrs. c. F. Cook gave social purity
talk to girls, and Louis Johnson, secre-
tary Of the Y. M. c. A., gave q talk
along the same lines to boys OF Arm
strong Manual Training School. last
Thursday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Sophomore class of Eastern High en-.
tcrtained at dance March g, when Mr.
and Mrs. Jonscher acted as chaperones
Company F will give it's dance at Mrs
Dyer's April IS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

A trophy cup for colored high schools
has been presented by Capt. Walter H.
Loving, Of Manila.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

1.-THE knight Of the Three-cornered
Table" was the charming story Sc
lected by Mrs. Marguerite Query, the
well-known author. to read to the
campfire girls Of Central High School
last Saturday, when they were enter
tanned by Mrs. 7. q. Stewart ct her
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

DR.. Willard Small. principal of East
ern High School, has returned to his
office after 4 months illness, most of it
spent in Garfield Hospital, where he I'M
derwent a surgical operation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

The annual spring play given by West
ern High School. for the benefit of the
athletic fund, will be given May 2 and
3. Several hundred of the pupils will
present q pageant.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

A half-hour lesson on How to Make
Washington a Clean City" will be given
in every public school in the District
next wednesday, by order Of the super
intendent. The safety campaign" has
also spread to the schools. and hlotters
containing asprinted list Of ''don'ts" for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

James H. Plant. Western High. '0s,
has just been granted . fellowship at
the University Of Pennsylvania for
next year, which means tuition and q
s. award.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

home in Cleveland Park. Mrs. Query
also told a number of personal remi-
niscences, which called forth some of
her best known short stories. Refresh
ments were served on the veranda
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Business High School gives lunch
again this year for the benefit Of the
athletic fund.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

Teachers Aid and Annuity Association
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| Piazza lights are being stalled on the
spacious eastern portico Of Western High
School. This will make q delightful ad-
junct for evening activities, especially as
the warm weather approaches.