Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-15

purple makes the story Wlerd ana more exciting. If everybody was painted the thing would lack nov |elty. You see, that is what the mas ter workman does. Anybody around here can fix up a story, but it takes an artist to put in little touch that will make the whole world gasp when the thing is done."
 "How very exciting!" declared Alice. "Let me see more of the things they are doing"
 "Well, over here." said the Cry phon, "they are making tick-tacks Ito hang on Congressman Hobson's window at night. Each tick-tack looks just like Jap."
 And right here," observed the White Rabbit, you see they are as- sembling a large force of carpenters with hand saws"
 What are they for?" asked Alice.
 "They are going to land near San Diego some fine night and saw the peninsula of lower california off from the mainland and then tow it out into the middle of the Pacific and bore a hole in it and sink it."
 "Pooh!" said Alice, "who cares?"
 'But after they get through with that job," said the Gryphon, they are going back and saw the whole state of California loose. And over here, you see, they have the Japan csc emperor. They are disgui ng him as a Belgian apple woman, and very soon you will hear him selling apples to the workingmen in the canal In each apple is pound of dynamite. What do you know about that?"
 "That is a cunning thing the workmen are making over there" said Alice. What is that?"
 That is a tunnel under the Pa cific ocean," explained the Cheshire Cat. Ut starts in Tokio, and comes up in the center of Chicago, south of the Art Institute"
 "Oh, goody!" exclaimed Alice, clapping her hands. "Then we won't have to build subway in Chicago; the Japanese are building it for us"
 "You will not laugh when the Japanese army swarms out of that tunnel like so many million ants," said the Cheshire Cat.
 "No," said Alice, her face sadden- ing. "I know wh.- that will mean. Somebody will get up benefit for them and everybody will have to sell tickets, and I'll have to buy a Janh- nese dress and dance."
 That's none of our affair."" said the Cheshire Cat, grossly. Were i just telling, you what we've got here. We don't care what you do when it happens or when it don't happen"
 Well, what are they doing there?" asked Alice.
 "They are teaching the Japanese army to ride on whales" replied the 1ryphon. "Of course, some of the | ,hings they turn out from Rumor- and don't meet with ready sale. Lots of the goods are never called l 'or and consequently never get out | ,f the warehouse. So they have to nave something good and snappy, a ,ure-fire proposition, you see, to take ts place. Now over here, they are .eaching the Japanese army to ride ,n whales. The idea is that if the laps don't cross over in the tunnel hey will ride on the backs of the whales."
 II should think you would send hem over in ships," observed Alice.
 "There is nothing artistic, nothing l hat grips the imagination, in send ng the Japs over on ships," said the White Rabbit. We've sent out that tory several times, and nobody pays thy attention to it. But you wait ,ntil we get this story all made. Ehink of, 50,000 whales, each one with 200 Japs armed to the teeth on lis back, swimming boldly across he Pacific. Now there's something | hat will grip the interest of every ,ne. There's a story with a punch"
 Its all very interesting" said Alice, "I thank you very much"
 Mot at all," said the Mad Hatter,' this way out!"-Chicago Herald.
 It is getting cold indeed wtcn old l