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The Detroit times., 1915-11-12
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
The Merry Little Breezes Do Their Best.
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.


Copyright. 1915. oy J. @. Lloyd.
Do your best. 'Tis all we ASK
II is ell any one can ask. My
best may not be as good as your
best. but II is all can offer. and
Il is all that can be asked OF me.
Now when the Red Terror swept
through the Old Pasture there was
nothing the little people who live
there on the Green Meadows and In
the Green Forest could do TO stop
IL All they could DO was to run
or ny before II. Farmer Brown and
Farmer Browns Boy and some Of
their neighbors FASTENED to night
the nre as soon as they discovered
IL. but the Red Terror was too much
for them. When they got It beaten
out in one place II broke forth In
another.
IT'S working toward the Green
Forest" painted Farmer Brown rs
he beat the flames with his shovel,
"and II II gets In there nothing hut
rain OF a change OF wind can stop
II. There isn't much hope of rain.
for there isn't a cloud In the sky.
am afraid we are going to lose
the Green Forest this time" Now
down on the Green Meadows Old
Mother West Wind had turned her
children. the Merry Little Breexes
out of the big bag In which she had
brought them down from the Pur
pie Hills very early that morning.
and had left them there while she
went about her days work. When
they saw smoke rising in a great
cloud from the Old Pasture they
hurried over to the Smiling Pool.
where the little forest and meadow
people were gathering. They were
not afraid OF the Red Terror them
selves. but they saw the fear in the
eyes OF all the other little people.
They saw Reddy Fox and Old Man
Coyote and Old Jed Thumper and
Jumper the Hare racing down from
the Old Pasture together as II they
were the best Of friends. They saw
them join the other little people
huddled together on the hank OF
the Smiling Pool watching the Red
Terror. and they saw that in the
terrible fear of the Red Terror the
httlest people no longer feared the
bigger people. and the bigger peo
pie no longer desired to harm the
littlest people. They saw Buster
Bear peering anxiously from the
edge Of the Green Forest They
saw. too, that the Red Terror was
working steady toward the Green
Forest in spite OF all that Farmer
Brown and his neighbors could do
to stop il. They heard Whitefoot
the Wood Mouse sob: I'VE won't
have any place to live" You know
whitefoot lives in the Green For.
est.
"Ob. dear, can't We do some
thing" cried one Of the Merry
Little Breexes. 1T would be ter
rible to have no Green, Forest. And
what would our friends who live
there do? They would have no
homes, no hiding places, and moth
ing to eat. wish we could do
something"
I'VE cant" cried another. to whom
happy idea had come. Some OF
us can go hunt for rain cloud;
some Of MS can try to blow the fire
away from the Green Forest. and
some OF us can go for Old Mother
West Wind. She will know what
tn do II may do no good. bu, AZ
least we will know that We have
tried and have done the best we
can"
No sooner had tine Merry Little
Breezes spoken than away they all
raced as they never had raced be-
fore. Some went to hunt a rain
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

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The Detroit times., 1915-11-12
SAME BULLET
: WOUNDS TWICE

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 12.-Frank Dick.
mann, Ss years old, a clerk. living AT
No. S7+3 Caiifornissve.. Is At the
City hospital suffering from two
wounds made by one buIls, a, his
home. lie said he was cleaning
r. volvor aud discharged IL accident.
allx.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

England has shortage o
matches.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12
WOMAN BAGS
A FINE BUCK

FOREST GROVE. Ore. Nov. IL
local sportsmen who nave failed
to hand . fine buck during the hunt
ing, season have been given a les.
son In. markmanship by Mrs. VIII
liam Williams. OF the Gales Creek
country.
While local hunters and men
from Portland swarmed the hills
near her mountain home. Mrs. VII.
liams quietly waited her turn. and
a husky old buck made his way TO
her doorway. She pulled the trusty
rife from its moorines above the
door and. with one shot. brought
down the fine animal.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

cloud; some went TO look for Old
Mother West Wind. and all the rest
hurried over to meet the Red Ter.
ror and try to blow II back. They
were not very hopeful, but they
felt that they were at least trying
to do something. They were doing
the best they could.
Next story: "Old Mother West
Wind and the Merry Little Breezes
Save the Green Forest"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

& Nqv. AZ .ssIf : rab.
~ wax whst am | go
Al I s9pposed to walk
~ Y Fort washing
rive ~ sidewalk to
81 ,utieraAcs BY Thomas
oA wno ifves on the hill
= zssntred and Eishtyssc.
Z ~ TO - wore Il cut
< lSft swashinston, II will
Mn that rabbits are mo,
lbaal but frequent In the
QD6 Well. they are.
oUo1e With EN-" said
- that they don't know
thSy're regular rabbits or
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12
MEET AFTER So
LONG YEARS

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. Nov. L..
Mrs. Ann Leach. seventy-nine. OF
Mansfield. O.. and Mrs. M. Gilmore.
cighty-nine. OF this city. sisters. met
accidentally here recently for the
first time In fifty-eight years.
Each supposed the other dead.
Mrs. Leach arrived here on q tour
Of the West and was informed that
Mrs. c. f. Starr might be rela-
tive. She secured the address and
called and was there surprised to
see her sister. now making her home
with . granddaughter.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

Egypt bought 170,s67 Bibles last
year. Bulgaria $4,000, Asiatic Tur-
key $4,000.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-12

Every hat will have q zoo Of its
own--if women take to the latest
thing In autumn headgear.
The more startling the effect the
better and so elephants and camels
figure prominently on some OF the
newest hats. Some are embroider-
ed In brilliant colors on black vel
vet or beaver foundations while 9TH
ers cut. out OF white or black leather
are stitched OH.
But nothing in the animal line 10
barred save mice. And no real wo-
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
FIFTEENTH EPISODE
THE SERPENT SIGN.

Rescued by Kennedy at last from
the terrible incubus of BENEFITS per-
secution in his double life of lawyer
and master criminal, Elaine had, for
the first time in many weeks, feel
ing of security.
Now that the strain was off, how
ever, she felt that she needed rest and
chance to recover herself, and it had
occurred to her that a few quiet days
with Aunt" Tabitha, who had been
her nurse when she was a little girl
would do her a world of good.
She had sent for Aunt Tabby, yet
the fascination of the experiences
through which she had just gone still
hung over her. She could not resist
thinking and reading about them as
she sat one morning with the faithful
Rusty in the conservatory of the
Dodge house.
had told the story at length in the
Star, and the heading over 1t had
caught her eye.
1t read:
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

with a parting word of instruction
from WI, who remained In the car
The Chinaman carried with him the
heavy bag with the oxygen helmet.
Long Sin hurried down the road
until he came to trolley pole, then
he looked hastily at his watch. 1t
was twenty minutes at least before
the next car would pass.
Quickly, almost monkeylike, he
climbed up the pole, carrying with him
the end of wire which he had taken
from the bag.
Having thrown this over the feed
wire, he slid quickly to the ground
again, then, carrying the other end
of the wire in his rubber-gloved hand
through the underbrush until he came
to passageway In the rough and I'M
cleared hillside-a small opening
formed by the rocks
1t was dark inside but he did not
hesitate to enter carrying the wire
and the bag with him.
It was nightfall before we arrived
with Elaine at Aunt Tabby's.
Kennedy lost no time in examining
the fireplace.
At one point in the drawing a pc
culiar protuberance was marked. Ken
nedy was evidently hunting for that.
He found it at last and pressed the
sort of lever. A small section at the
side of the fireplace opened up, dis
closing an iron ladder, leading down
into one Of those characteristic hiding
places in which the Clutching Hand
used to delight.
Lets 60 down and explore II"
suggested, taking step toward the
ladder.
Kennedy reached out and pulled me
back. Then without word he pressed
the little lever and the door closed.
81 think we'd better wait a while,
Walter" he declared II would rather
hear Aunt Tabbys haunts myself"
We we're sitting about the room
when suddenly the most weird and un-
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

in BENEFITS effects, when the speak
ing tube sounded and answered it.
"Why-it's Elaine" | exclaimed.
Kennedy's face showed the keenest
pleasure at the unexpected visit.
Tell her to come right up he said
quickly.
| opened the door for her.
Elaine-I'm awfully glad to
see you" he greeted, 3but thought
you were rusticating."
81 was, but, Craig, it seems to me
that wherever I go something hap
pens" she returned. you know, Aunt
Tabby said there were haunts. l
thought 1t was an old woman's fear
but last night / heard the strangest
noises out there, and | thought | saw
a face at the window--a face in he'll
met. And when Joshua went out, this
is what he found on the ground under
my window"
She handed Kennedy box, Pc
culiar affair which she touched ginger
ly, and only with signs of the greatest
aversion.
Kennedy opened 1t. There In the
bottom of the box was a curious lit
tie ivory devil-god. He looked at II
curiously moment.
LET me see," he ruminated, still
regarding the sign. "The house you
bought for Aunt Tabby once belonged
40 Bennett, didn't it,"
Elaine nodded her head. Yves, but
I don't see what that can have to do
with it," she agreed, adding with
shudder. Bennett is dead"
Kennedy had taken a piece OF pa
per from the desk where he had put
it away carefully, Have you ever
seen anything that looks like this"
he asked, handing her the paper.
Elaine looked at the plan carefully,
as Kennedy and | scanned her face.
She glanced up, her expression show
ing plainly the wonder she felt.
"Why, yes" she answered. That
looks like Aunt Tabby's fireplace In
the living room"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystfied by a
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
ing letter which Is sent the victims, signed
with "clutching hand" The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective, to
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes is told by his friend,
Jameson, newspaper man. Enraged at
the determined effort which Elaine and
Craig Kennedy are making to put an end
to his crimes, the Clutchng Hand, as this
strange criminal is known, resorts to all
sorts of the most diabolical schemes to
put them out of the way. Each chapter
of the story tells of a new plot against
their lives and of the way the great de-
tective uses all his skill to save this pref
ty girl and himself from death.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

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ute@hi iaee Vi 'l7
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one sat poio P",n'-
pialih dl the WI "o"' snis Ing VI"
t'Aaee' "a ee'ooiia ia's' ehe ns.u 'U"pea
lroll eile peu, s"l'eneu on 'no isn'9
anu was running 70 tne SUI
downstairs Aunt ! AMY anu onoio
'oenu" hau healu 'ae sho' 'o'iu"
was no" wlue a"ahe'
"n"e was y nc "sheu' pun.
ing at the eA6TtiOn OF running up
stairs
sa"-a lace at .he "iiiuo"
Win some KIM OF thlns over IT.
saspeu hiaine' II was liAe QUE Sd"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

ure, The figure of Long Sin in his oA5
gen helmet, appeared, struggling up,
as If by magic, from the very earth,
shaking the debris off himself as a
dog would shake Off the water after a
plunge in pond.
Long Sin was gone in moment.
Then again the earth began to move.
A paw appeared then sharp black
nose, and moment later Rusty, too,
dug himself out.
Joshua had run into the house to get
a spade. when Rusty, like shot, bolt
ed for the house, took the window at a
leap and, all covered with earth, land
ed before Joshua and Aunt Tabby.
"Seel-he went down there~-now
he's here!" cried Aunt Tabby, point
Ing at the fireplace, then looking at the
window
Rusty was running back and forth
from Joshua to the window.
Follow him!" cried Aunt Tabby.
Rusty led the way back again to the
garden, to the cavern.
"Elaine!" gasped Aunt Tabby.
By this time Joshua was digging flu
riously.
Aunt Tabby rushed up as Joshua
laid down the spade and lifted out
Elaine.
They were about to carry her into
the house, when she cried weakly, but
with all her remaining strength:
"No--no---- Dig! Craig-Walter!"
she managed to gasp.
Rusty, too, was still at 1t. Joshua
fell to again. Man and dog worked
with a will.
There they are!" cried Elaine, as
all three pulled US out, unconscious but
still alive.
Though we did not know 1t, they
carried us into the house, While Elaine
and Aunt Tabby hustled about to get
something to revive us.
At last I opened my eyes and saw
the motherly Aunt Tabby bending over
me. Craig was already revived, weak,
but ready now to do anything Elaine
ordered as she held his hand and
stroked his forehead softly.
Meanwhile Long Sin had made his
way to the automobile, where his mas
ter, WI, waited impatiently.
"Did you get it," asked WI eagerly.
Long Sin showed him the box.
Hurry master!" he cried breath
lessly. leaping into the car and strug-
Cling to take off the helmet as they
drove away "They may be here-at
any moment"
The machine was off like shot, and
even If we had been free, we could not
now have caught 1t.
Back In Wu's sumptuous apartment.
later, WI and his slave, Long SIN,
after their hurried ride, dismissed all
the servants and placed the little box
on the table WI rose and locked the
door.
Then, together, they took a sharp
instrument and tried to pry of the I'D
of the box.
The lid flew off. They gazed in
eagerly.
Inside was a smaller box, which WI
seized and opened.
There, on the plush cushion, lay
merely a round knobbed ring!
Was this the end of their great ex-
pectations? Were Benefits millions
merely mythical?
The two stared at each other in
chagrin.
WI was the first to speak.
where there should have been
seven million dollars" he muttered TO
himself, why is there only mystic
ring?"
(To BE CoNTINUEDl
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
THE cLUTcHING HAND DEAD.
Double Life Exposed by Craig Ken
nedy.
Perry Bennett, the Famous Young
Lawyer, Takes Poison Kennedy
Now on Trail of Master Criminals
Hidden Millions.

AS Elaine glanced down the column
Jennings announced that Aunt Tabby,
as she loved to call her old friend,
had arrived and was now in the IL
brary with Aunt Josephine
With an exclamation of delight
Elaine dropped the paper and, fol-
lowed by Rusty, almost ran into the
library.
ooh, I'm so glad to see you" half
laughed Elaine, as she literally flung
herself into her nurses arms. Il feel
so unstrung-and I thought that if |
could just run off for few days with
you and Joshua In the country, where
no one would know, it might make me
feel better You have always been so
good to me. Marie! Are my things
packed? Very we'll; then get my
wraps"
Her maid left the room.
"Bless your SOUL" mothered Aunt
Tabby, stroking her soft, golden hair,
I'm always glad to have you in that
fine house you bought me. And, faith,
Miss Elaine, the house Is splendid
place to rest in, but don't know
what's the matter with 1t lately
Joshua says it's haunts."
"Haunts?" repeated Elaine In
amused surprise why, what do you
mean?"
Marie entered with the wraps before
Aunt Tabby could reply, and Jennings
followed with the baggage.
Nonsense" continued Elaine gayly,
as she put on her coat and turned to
bid Aunt Josephine goodbye.
Elaine went out, followed by Rusty
and Jennings with the luggage.
"Now for long ride In the good
fresh air." sighed Elaine, as she
leaned back on the cushions of the
Dodge limousine and patted Rusty,
while the butler slowed away the
bags.
The air certainly did, II anything,
heighten the beauty of Elaine and at
last they arrived at Aunt Tabby's,
tired and hungry.
The car stopped and Elaine, Aunt
Tabby and the dog got out. There,
waiting for them, was Uncle Joshua,
as Elaine playfully called him, for
mer gardener of the Dodges, now a
plain, honest countryman on whom
the city was fast encroaching; jolly
old fellow, unframed by the world.
Aunt Tabbys was an attractive,
small house, not many miles from
New York, yet not In the general line
of suburban travel.
Kennedy and ! had decided to bring
BENEFITS papers and documents over
to the laboratory to examine them.
We were now engaged in going over
the great mass of material which he
had collected In the hope OF finding
some clue to the stolen millions
which he must have amassed as a re-
suit of his villainy The table was
stacked high.
A knock at the door told us that the
expressman had arrived and a mo-
ment later he entered, delivering a
heavy box. Kennedy signed for 1t
and started to unpack it.
was hard at work when ! came
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

blackness in cur direction He was
watched and he did not hesitute a
minute to act.
He seized the bag and picked his
way quickly through the passage as IL
thoroughly familiar with every turn
of the walls and roughness of the
floor.
Kennedy dashed forward and fol-
lowed close after him.
We were making much better time
than our strange visitor and were gain
ing on him rapidly.
Suddenly he turned raised his arm
and dashed something to the earth,
much as a child exnlodes toy torpe-
do. | fully expected that It was
bomb; but, as moment later, found
that Kennedy and were still un-
harmed, knew that It must be some
other product Of this devilish genius.
"A Chinese smoke bomb" sputtered
and coughed Kennedy, as he retreated
minute, then with renewed vigor EN-
deavored to penetrate the dense and
Opaque fumes.
We managed to go ahead still, but
the intruder had exploded one after
another of his peculiar bombs always
keeping ahead of the smoke which he
created, and we found that under its
cover he had made good his escape.
At the other end of the passageway,
up I'm the living room Of the cottage,
the draft had carried large quantities
of the smoke.
Long Sin, meanwhile, had started to
work his way through the bushes to
reach the waiting car, with WI, then
paused and listened. Hearing no
sound, he replaced the helmet which
he had taken off
Pursuit was now useless for US.
With revolvers drawn, we crept back
along the passageway until we came
again to the chamber itself There,
on the floor, lay bag Of tools, opened,
as though somebody had been working
with them.
Caught red.handed!" exclaimed
Kennedy with great satisfaction.
He looked at the tools a minute
and then at the electric drill and
finally an idea seemed to strike him.
He took up a drill and advanced to-
ward the safe. Then he turned on
the current and applied the drill.
The drill was of the very latest de-
sign and 1t went quickly through the
steel. But beyond that there was an
other thin steel partition. This Ken
nedy tackled next.
The drill went through and he with
drew It,
Instantly the most penetrating and
nauseous odor seemed to pervade
everything. Kennedy cried out. We
staggered back, overcome by the es-
Gaping gas, and fell to the ground.
Long Sin with his oxygen helmet
on again, had returned to the pas
sageway and was now stealthily creep
ing back.
He came to the chamber and there
discovered us lying on the ground
overcome. He bent down and, to his
great satisfaction, saw that we were
really unconscious.
Quickly he moved over to the safe
and pried open the last thin steel
plate.
Inside was small box. He picked
It up and tried to open 1t, but 1t was
l)cked.
He paused for moment to look at
Us, then took out piece Of paper and
1 pencil and on the paper wrote:
Thanks for your trouble"
Beneath it was signed by his special
6 amp-the serpent's head, mouth
open and fangs showing.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29


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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-16
MILI1ARYPLAN
BRINGS PROTEST;
TO HAVEHEARING

Because Of protests which have
been entered by the parents Of some
of the boys, the trustees of Oahu Col
lege at a meeting at noon today de-
cided to hold public hearing In
Pauahi hall at s o'clock next Monday
evening to discuss the proposed semi
compulsory military training system
for the college.
Acting on 8 report Of the education
al committee faForing q tryout Of the
system, the trustees, today discussed
ahe matter thoroughly. Because of
the protests, 1t was decided that a
definite conclusion should be reached
only after the matter had been given
"a, public hearing.
The meeting in Pauahi hall viii be
presided over by Pres. A. F. Griffiths.
and the parents Of the boys in the
academy, and In the. fifth, sixth. sew
enth and eighth grades of the pre-
paratory win be invited to be present,
asswell as others interested in or op-
posed to the project.
The trustees will define the. plans
for, the proposed system, and the
meeting then win be opened for gen.
.eral discussion. The final decision OF
the trustees will. be based largely on
opinions set forth at the meeting.
According to President Griffiths a
large majority of the. boys at Puma
hon are in favor of the proposed train
ing system.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-16
HILL Liner To
Be Pit On Is
Day Schedule
Probably Lay-0yer at Coast
win Be Cut Down; Change
Effective March 81

Two additional sailing dates for the
Great Northern were received today by
Pred. -. Waldron. Ltd, Honolulu
IIonte for the Hill liner. They call
I1r the steamer to leave San Francisco
March s and March "a, arriving here
March, IS and March 81. The last
sailing date from San Francisco pre-.
IIouslI announced was February IA.
This leaves an interval Of only IS
days between the two sailings. as
|11intI the present average of 20
days. The local agents say they do
not believe this means the Great
Northern will reduce her, running
tine. hut that she will cut down the
number Of lay days IN port probably
&c San Francisco. where she now Hes
practically ave days.
At o'clock this afternoon. coast
time. De Great Northern was due to
01'' from San Francisco on her second
voyage to Hilo and Honolulu on the
Triangular run. No word as TO how
many passengers she viii take from
San Francisco has yet been received
81 The local agents.
Dates Of departure from Honolulu
Tor the two additional sailinss ans
nouncel this morning, are March 16
and April 3.