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fight I still have my beloved daughters

fight I still have my beloved daughters
AID should ask nothing else
The young man quite agreed with his
old host: before he had been many min
! utes in the castle he had fallen deeply In
love with Bertha. The next morning,
| when he started on his journey again.
he took with him Bertha's promise to
marry him on his return.
The brave young knight started out on
the crusade happily enough. He knew
| that Bertha loved him and would wait
for his return, and he was eager to show
Eer. through some daring or courageous
fighting. that he was a true knight.
Through all the long and weary marches,
over snow-tipped mountains, across hot.
dry deserts and through dark and ter
rible forests. young Wolkcnburg carried
the sweet memory of Bertha.
After manv weeks of travelling the
crusaders reached Jerusalem, and began
! the task they had come so many miles
to do. And, spurred on by Bertha s
memory, as we'll as by Bernard's preach
ing. the young German knight fought
valiantly.
One day in hot battle, when VOL
kcnburg had rashly pushed his way too
far from his companions. he was sur
rounded by the Saracens, and taken
prisoner. Glad of young nobleman as
a prize. they carried him off to prison.
locked him up. and left him there while
they went on with the fight.
Days passed. and weeks slipped by,
and months came and went. as they do
even in prison, and finally Wolkenburg
could count a year since he had been
cast in the Saraccn prison.
But Bertha will wait for me still. "
he said 10 himself. And at night as he
watched the soft stars above him he
could again see Bertha's gentle eyes
when she promised to wait for his
Homecoming; and in the daytime when
some stray bird sang near his prison, he
again heard Bertha's sweet voice as she
badc him Good-by.
But the one year of Wolkenburg's i'm
prisonment heightened into two, and
two heightened into three, and finally
Wolkenburg could count seveR~lonS and
gloomy years, lightened only by Bertha s
image since he was made prisoner. Still
he believed in Berthas faithfulness TO
him, and still he longed to see her. and
he vowed to build a chapel to st. Peter
If only he might be free.
Finally. one bright day. Wolkenburg
managed to make his escape. With all
the speed possible he made his way back
TO Germany. and straight to the castle
on the banks of the Rhine which held
his beloved Bertha.
Long before he could see it. the poor
knight. no longer so young or so hand
some as when he left his fatherland.
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Now. there Is nothing that the Hin
doc finds harder to understand than the
Englishman's way Of using his fists.
professional strong man and wrestler
will sometimes drop with a blow straight
from the shoulder OF a half-grown Eng
Nish boy. or be too dazed to continue the
quarrel.
The kick Of a mule could not have
knocked the chowkedar more completely
Off his legs; he fell fiat on his back and
was too dazed and astonished to pick
himself up. The bazaar folk. forgetting
the downfall of the tyrant and bully.
Tippoo. taking in the situation. made an
other collection. and this time the pice
fairly overlooked the gourd.
Then Gopal suddenly started up and
rent his clothes and put dust on his head,
and yelled aloud that it was a conspiracy,
and that the people had brought some
child of a witch to kill him. Then he
cried aloud for the justice Of the Eng
lish. and ran in his dshevelled state to-
ward the thanna or police station Shrek
ing what i'm India is tantamount to
Murder, murder
Run! my son." cried the fat melon
woman. Run ere he returns with a
dozen of his brothers to take thee to
prison.
In truth. 1t was high time. for tho
whole bazaar was thronging to the SPOT
Alec and Tippoo looscd the animals from
tree and were just starting off. when
Alec ran into the arms of the real ban
dur wallah, who was in a fury to lind
his animals in the possession of two ma
tive lads. But before he could explode.
Alec went close to him and spoke, though
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strained his eyes in the direction of the
hill where the castle stood. Finally he
made out the hill and urged on the boat
which was carrying him up the Rhine.
But when he drew to the foot OF the
hill and looked up. half hoping that
Bertha might be watching for him, he
started Only ruins. blackened and
crumbling. welcomed him to the Castle
Of ArSenfels.
Wolkenburg sprang from the boat, and
rushed up the hill. Near the ruins of
the castle he met a shepherd, and begged
him for news.
You have not heard?" asked the shep-
herd in establishment, looking suspicious
ly at the crusader. why. the castle
was besieged and captured by a robber
knight, who wanted the Lady Bertha
for his wife. But you know the Lord of
Arsenfels loved his daughters. and he
died fighting the robber knight" The
shepherd stopped. thinking, apparently
of the good old lord.
But the daughters-the Lady Ber-
thai" gasped Wolkenburg.
They have never been seen nor heard
of since replied the shepherd.
Sad and grief-stricken. the once hope
full young lord vent to his own beauti-
full castle on one Of the Seven Mountains
by the side of the Rhine. But he was
wen Hhoie iohSAs thoh ne idu pcci III
the far away Saracen prison. and before
long he decided TO leave all the pleasures
of the world. and find consolation in a
life of religion.
Il will become hermit" he said.
land wander far away from the world
which seems to me so wicked"
So one day he started out to end a
place where he could build q little her
mitage, so that he might spend the rest
Of his life In prayer and meditation. He
wandered deep into the great forest that
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the monkey trying to fasten its teeth In
Alec's throat. and using all its four
four legs in monkey fashion against
Alec's body; but Alec, quickly seizing
him by the throat. almost choked him
and obliged him to let go and get his
breath.
Then commenced a terrible struggle.
hands at the same time. made Il impos-
sible for Alec to do anything but hold 1t
of by the only grip he could get-the col
lar round its neck. I have said that
AIea Mansa Ram was very large for his
species; he stood about three feet high
on his hind legs. and was nearly as
strong as a man In the arms.
As Alec was only a boy. though a
sturdy and plucky one. he was no match
for the Infatuated animal. who would
soon have overcome him. II It had not
been for the grip the collar gave. True.
there was Tippoo to help. but he had
already given the monkey several heavy
blows with the bamboo without making
any impression, and now all he could do
was to keep back the other monkey, who
wanted to help her mate In his fight.
The crowd gathered round them quickly,
to see the fun of an insubordinate mon
key attacking the young bandur wallah.
Backward and forward, from this side
to that. staggered Alec under the weight
of the ferocious monkey. Twice had its
purple face, with teeth barred to the
gums, got within q few inches Of his
throat Alec now began to feel fearfully
exhausted, while the blood flowed from
the bite in his thigh and two more on
his arms. His British pluck would not
allow him to cry for help. and 1t was
hardly likely those timld Hindoos would
dare to touch the angry monkey.
1t could not have lasted much longer.
A sudden faintness had seized the boy.
The monkey, taking advantage Of this,
struggled forward and would. the next
instant. have seized him by the throat.
Alec, staggering back. nearly fell into
a nand of water. big earthenware tub.
In which some melons had been cooling
earlier in the day. An idea occurred to
him. and with one last great effort he
forced the monkey back. and STOPPING
down. plunged him under the water.
Mea Mansa Ram. like all his kind. had
q terrible dread of the element. and
struggled hard to get his head out Of the
water. but Alec kept him there till all
the fight was out Of him and he seemed
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For fully a minute the man could only
stare and gasp. To think that a bandur
wallah's brat had really and actually
struck him! Him! the undisputed lord
Of the chowk. The boy must be mad.
But he could hear suppressed chuckles
Of delight and approval around him. and
he must instantly punish the insane lad.
Clenching his fist, he swung his arm
round his head. in the usual Hindoo fash
ion. with force calculated to annihilate
his opponent. or course. to an English
boy. that blow was so long in arriving
that 1t was the simplest possible thing to
dodge it. The swing of it nearly sent
the chowkedar off his feet. and. before
he could quite recover his balance. Alec
had planted one straight from the
shoulder on Gopars nose.
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Alec was always longing to CLEAN fresh
experiences. and an Indian bazaar is a
vast field to work in. His latest desire.
not a very grand ambition, was to be a
bandur wallah-a monkey MAINLAND for
one long happy day to wander through
the baZaars leading his performing goat
and monkeys; to make them dance be-
fore the wondering eyes of brown babies
and theSsimple peasant come to town.
and the hundreds of soOd-natured oilers
sauntering through the busy bazaars.
who would gather to applaud any ra-
masha or show.
There was no difficulty about the
makeup: Alec had often PASSED for
native with the help of little brown
dye and some of Tippoo's clothes; while
his command of the vcrnacular. which
would have been envied by many an
Oriental scholar. deceived the natives
themselves.
But there was a great obstacle in the
way-the bandur wallah would not con-
sent to part with his goat and monkeys
for a day. Alec had even offered him
whole rupee as bride and been refused
Now. as he sat taking his lessons from
the old munshi-the only teacher who
ever could manage Alec. because he, for
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his voice was almost drowned by the
noisy crowd: Take care. Not a word.
1 am Alec Sahib. We meant no harm.
and see what we have collected for thee!
Some eight or ten rupees in coppers.
and there are more in the bag. Take
them and your animals. and tell none 1
am an English Sahib. But now run for
your life and hide your beasts, for the
police are coming and are very angry
about this thing.
Then the boys slipped through the
crowd and. jumping into an ekka. we're
driven home
When the moon shone down that night
It saw all the servants. with their many
relatives. seated in a circle. while Tip
poo related, amidst the astonished Wah,
Wahs! of the assembly. how Alec Sahib
thrashed the tyrant of the bazaar. and
played bandur wallah for a day.
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cap and, Selling his spouse. administered
several sharp bites about the cars
Mrs. Mansa Ram shrieked with pain.
and Alec. taking the bamboo. gave her
lord a sharp blow on his back. This
others. for his sulkiness had spoilt the
whole show and, up to that moment.
they had not collected one pice. But at
the first blow the monkeys face purpled
with anger. and with a hoarse cough of
teeth in his thigh. pushed off with all
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Now Mr.. Roach. as you viii see,
Was an aviator bold:
He tried to navigate the air
When only one week old.
He had taken up baIlooning.
And he'd yidden horse-fly back.
And courage was a thing that Mr..
Roach did never lack.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
GERMANY IS RUSHING
SUPPLIES TO TURKEY

Bucharest, Nov 24.-liuge quaint
ties OF military supplies from Germany
are now pouring through Bulgaria for
the Turks.
Thus far, according to advices from
the Bnlgar town of Rustchuk, | ,40o
carloads of munitions. artillery and
hospital necessares have been land
ed at Bulgarian Danube ports for
transshipment by rail to Constantine
pie. Included in one shipment were
two 42-centimeter guns for the Otto
man defense of the Gallipoli penin-
sula.
All traffic thus far has been by rail
from Germany to Orslava. Hungary.
then by boat down the Danube to
Northern Bulgarian railway centers
and thence by train to the southwark.
No German statement has been made
concerning the condition in which the
Orient railway was left by the Serbs,
but the delay in reopening it suggests
that it must be badly wrecked.
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BRs AIN DENIES BLOCKADE
Anr uncement May Mean Greece Has
Accepted Demands

London. Nov 24.-The foreign Of
flee states no Greek ships are being
seized or held up in the ports of the
United Kingdom and that no blockade
of Greek ports has been instituted or
is in force.
No application of the foreign of
flee statement is obtainable in official
quarters. The universal deduction is
that the Greek government has sat
isfied the British demands submitted
by Earl Kitchener, secretary for war,
who was in Athens last week 1t is
assumed Greece has furnished guaran-
tees of the safety of the Anglo-French
eXpeditionary force.
Ii is believed the announcements
from Athens concerning a commercial
blockade of Greece were premature, in
that they presented the provisional
intentions of the entente allies as
accomplished facts.
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CHINA IS UNWILLING
TO JOIN THE ALLIES

Peking, Nov 24-The informal sug-
gestion of the entente powers that
China join the allies, thus solidifying
the Far East, has not been well re-
ceived by President Yuan Shi Kai,
who is not willing TO abandon neu-
trality and sacrifice German good will.
Japan apparently has not participated
in the suggestion, which is believed
to be OF British origin
Eki Hikoi. japanese ambassador to
China. has returned TO Peking. He
said he brought back no demands on
China and would not present for fur
ther consideration at this time group
five of the original demands. which
were deferred for future consideration
at the time the others were accepted
by the Chinese government.
This group relates to the employ
ment of Japanese advisers in political,
financial and military affairs, the en-
ployment OF Japanese to reorganize
the police force, the purchase from
Japan of munitions of war and the
propagation of Buddhism in China by
Japanese subjects
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
WAR LOAN BONDS
FOR WORKING CLASS

London, Nov "a 70 attract larg
er part of the savings of the work
ing classes, the government purposes
to issue war loan bonds of the value
of G1 ($5) or multiples thereof, bear
ing per cent interest.
In making this announcement in
the house of commons Reginald Nc
Kenna, chancellor of the exchequer,
said subscriptions to war loan vouch-
ers-the plan previously adopted to at
tract small subscribers-had proved
disappointing
These subscriptions aggregated only
G5,C00000
The chancellor emphasized strongly
the urgent necessity, in the interest of
both themselves and the state, that
persons now enjoying exceptional
wages should save.
"EXtravagant expenditure in any
class cannot be tolerated." he con
tinued
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DISCUSS THE ANCONA CASE
Italian Foreign Minister Confers With
Ambassador Page.

Rome, Nov. 24.-The Ancona case
supposedly was the topic of a long
conference between Foreign Minister
Sonnino and American Ambassador
Page.
All information the Italian govern
ment had gathered concerning the
disaster was understood to have been
placed at the American ambassadors
disposal No statement has been Civ
en- out, but public opinion inclines
more and more to hold Germany ac-
countable for the sinking of the liner,
although the submarine which fired
the torpedo flew the Austrian flag
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
is VICTORY FOR GOMPERS
Action of Federation of Labor on Leg
islative Plan.

San Francisco. Nov. PA resolu-
tion endorsing legislative methods in
obtaining a universal eight-hour law
was defeated by vote of S,4S6 to
1896 at the final session of the thir-
ty-fifth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor after a
heated debate between President
Gompers and John Fitzpatrick, pres-
dent of the Illinois State Federation
of Labor.
The convention then went on rec
ord in favor of economic pressure only
to obtain shorter hours.
The vote was a victory for Presi-
dent Gompers, who in an impassionate
speech declared that the Socialist par.
ty was behind the attempt to force
the federation to endorse the proposed
eighthour day legislation.
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COCHIN AGAIN AT ATHENS
French Minister to Have Another
Conference With Greek King.

Athens, Nov. 24.-Another confer
ence has been arranged between King
Constantine and Ienys Cochin. special
French emissary in Greece.
Cochin has personally looked over
the military situation at Saloniki. con
ferred with the Serb war minister,
and is armed with fresh arguments
which he hopes will convince King
Constantine he cannot resist the al
lies demands.
1t has been made clear to the Greek
government again that the entente
powers do not insist upon armed aid
from Greece in their Balkan cam
paign, but that they require assur
ances of a hands off policy by the
Greeks no matter how the Balkan
lighting may develop.
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WILL RAISE 25O,O0O Mex
Fifty-five Battalions Have Already
Left Canada.

Ottawa. Ont, Nov. 24.-Announce-
ment was made by the militia depart
ment that 145 Canadian infantry bat
talions, with a total war strength OF
100000 men, exclusive OF artillery,
engineers and other branches OF the
service, had been authorized up to
date. OF this number fifty-fve bat
talions already have been sent to
England or France and the other
ninety are either now in training or
organizing in Canada.
Including artillery, engineers and
the various branches with each in
fantry battalion, the total number of
men in the 145 battalions will be more
than 250,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
Charge of Prosecutor in
Conspiracy Trial.
LAWS OPENLY VIOLATED
Assistant District Attorney Outlines
His Case When Carl Buenz Faces
Provisioning German Warships.

New York. Nov 24.-Captain X
Boy-Ed, German naval attache. was
the directing head under whom was
spent $750,000 in chartering and sup
plying neutral steamers with coal and
provisions for German men-ofwar in
the Atlantic and Pacific in August,
1914, the government formally charged
and asserted that il was prepared
TO prove the Charge-in the opening
Of the trial, on charges Of conspiracy.
of Dr. Karl Buenz, managing director
of the Hamburg American line and
three of his subordinates.
Roger B. Wood, assistant district
attorney. asserted that DR. Buenz and
others conspired and rode roughshod
over state laws and treaties OF the
United States as contemptuously as
if those laws and treaties had been
mere scraps OF paper"
William Rand. of counsel for the de
tense. notified Mr. Wood that the de
fense would withdraw that part Of the
previous admission pertaining to the
alleged connection of Captain X Boy
Ed, German naval attache, with the
acts charged by the government
This part of the admission made by
the defendants stated that Captain
Boy-ltd had been consulted regarding
the sending of steamships with sup
plies to German sea raiders and that
the work had been carried on largely
under the naval attaches direction.
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RAILWAY TUNNEL GUARDED
Close Watch Kept on Passageway Un-
der Capitol Hill.

Washington, Nov. 24-Strict sur
veillance has been established over
the railway tunnel under Capitol hill,
which leads to Washingtons s1S,O00,-
600 union station
Terminal officials admit that the
tunnel is being guarded against bomb
plotters.
A. M. Keppel, general superintend-
ent of the terminal company, said that
the watch is being kept merely to be
ION the safe side"
received by railroad officials.
The tunnel is ten blocks long and
skirts the foundation of the congress
sional library, the senate and house
Office buildings.
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POSTAL SAVINGS ST., 500, ,OOG
Deposits in October Increased So, $50,
600 Above Preceding Month.

Washington. Nov. 24.-Postal saw
ings deposits during October increas
ed s2,150,000 over the preceding
month, giving, according to postal of
ficials, "a clear reflection of the great
tide of prosperity and commercial ac-
tivity that is sweeping over the coun.
try"
Savings on deposit on Oct. 81 aggre-
gated $71 100000 and the individual
depositors numbered $4,000. New
York city, excluding Brooklyn, had
S14,S22 020 of this total.
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More Foreign Gold Arrives.

New York, Nov. 24.-Two shipments
of gold valued at sl5,750,000. which ar
rived here on board the steamers Lap
land and st. Paul, have been landed.
The Lapland brought $7.000,000, while
the st. Paul carried $3.850,000 in gold
specie and $4,900,000 in bullion. Most
OF the gold was consigned to New
York banking houses to pay for war
munitions ordered by the British gov.
srnmsst.
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Serbian Victory Reported in
Latest Dispatches.
MAY BE ABLE TO HOLD OUT
British Troops Are Pouring in From
SaIoniki in Large Numbers and
to Be SAFE From Capture.

London Nov 24-Ten thousand Bull
gars have 'een killed and wounded in
fighting for Monastir.
The Bulgar forces attacked the town
Saturday, SaloniLi advices say. The
assaults were repulsed Earlier re
ports said the town had fallen.
The Serbs, driven southward from
Bubuna pass and Prilep. rallied at
Monastir and fought desperately. The
struggle was at close quarters. The
Serbs were outnumbered. but their
reckless courage turned the tide of
battle in their favor.
Sunday the Bulgars were in retreat.
Failing back about five miles they
made a stand This position they still
held at latest accounts
That Monastir will now hold out is
believed here British troops are
pouring in from Saloniki to help the
Serbs, big guns are being mounted
and the towns defenses are being
strengthened heavily.
A fresh Bulgar attempt at an ad-
vance is looked for hourly The Bul-
garians have been reinforced from the
north.
A Bulgar repulse with 500 captured
is reported at Volodoco All previous
advices have indicated no large Serb
body remained in that district. The
French have been operating in its di-
rection but to have reached it they
must either have taken Veles. which
has not been claimed, or passed it by
a detour to the east
Athens, Nov 24-Repulsing the Bul-
gars who were driving them to the
southwark the Serbs have regained
their Veles-Preslp front Serbian re-
port says
The allies are now rushing rein
forcements to the small bands, which
even after the Bulgars had taken Ba
buna pass. continued to defend GER
tain of the heights dominating the
western extremity OF the VelesPre
lip line.
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Americans Freed by British.

Chicago, Nov. 24-Emil Miehlke
and Herman Krauss. residents OF Chi
cago, who were taken off the steamer
kristianiafjord ten days ago by Brit
ish authorities and detained at Edin-
burgh Scotland have been released,
according to private adviees.
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PriIep Reported Burning.

Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 24.-Pri-
lep is burning, dispatches from the
Balkans report The town is the inn
portant Serbian center captured by
the Bulgars last week on their march
to Monastir 1t is supposed the Bull
gars set it on fife in reprisal for
some act by the Serbs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-24
Professor Trojan Dead.

Rostock, Germany, Nov. 24.--Dr. Jo-
hannes Trojan, professor of philosophy
In the University of Rostock, is dead
at his home here He was born al
Danzig in 1897 and devoted his life
to educational work.