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as you say. Pretty women have taken
to wearing men for bangles. But don't
you make a mistake. I'm not ban
gle. I've just come from the unclothed
world of real things. TO me man is
just a man and, what's more. woman
is just a woman"
How un-American," said AliX.
Its more than that" said Alan.
Its pre-American."
Alix was thoughtful in her turn.
Alan caught her by the arm and turned
her toward the west. A yawl was just
crossing the disk of the disappearing
sun. Alix felt a thrill at his touch.
ITS a sweet little picture, isn't it?'
she said. But you mustn't touch me,
Alan. 1t can't be good for u.s."
$50 you feel it too" said Alan, and
took his hand from her arm.
During the voyage they were much
together, not in dark corners but wag-
ing their battle in the epen-two SWIM
mers that fought each other, forgetting
to fight the tide that was bearing them
out to sea. Alan was not philander-
er to snatch an unrequited kiss. To
him a kiss was the seal on surrender.
But to Alix the game was its own
goal. AS she had always played 1t,
nobody had ever really won anything.
However, it did not take her long to
appreciate that in Alan she had an
opD0nent who was constantly getting
under her guard and making her feel
things-things that were alarming IN
themselves like the jump of ones heart
into the throat or the intoxicatfon that
goes with hot. racing blood.
Alan's power over women was In
voice and words. If he had been hid
eous it would have been the same.
With his tongue he carried Alix away
and gave her that sense of Isolation
which lulls a woman into laxity. One
night as they sat side by side, single
great rug across their knees, Alan laid
his hand under cover on hers. A culver
went through Alix' body. Her closed
hand stirred nervously but she did not
really draw it away. Allan" she said,
'T've told you not to! Please don't.
IFS common-this sort Of thing"
Alan frightened his grip. You say
it's common" he said, because you've
never thought it out. Lightning was
common till somebody thought it out.
| sit beside you without touching you
and we are in two worlds. grip your
hand-Iike this-and the abyss be-
tween us is closed. While | hold you
nohing can come between"
Alix' hand opened and settled into
his. For a while they sat silent, ther
Alix recovered herself. AFTER all.
she said, we're not on a desert island
but on a ship with eyes in every cor
ner."
Alan leaned toward her. But II
we were, Alix! If we were on desert
island-you and /"
For a moment Alix looked into his
burning eyes. She felt that there was
fire in her own eyes, too-a fire she
could not altogether control. She dis
engaged herself and sprang up. Alan
rose slowly and stood beside her. He
did not look at her parted lips and hot
cheeks: he had suddenly become Ian
guild. That's it," he drawIed. "eyes
in every corner. l wonder how many
morals would stand without other peo-
pies eyes to prop them up?"
ITO BE CONTINUED1
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Haye you a yacancy2' said Alan.
They both knew they were embark
ing upon dangerous game, but Alix
played 1t often. No pretty woman
takes her European degree without
ample occasion for practice and Alix
had been through the European mill.
She threw out her daintily shod feet
as she walked. She was full Of life.
She felt like skipping. The light OF
battle danced merrily in her eyes. She
made no other reply.
81 met lots of people we both know"
she said, at last
Which one Of them passed on the
news that I had taken to the ways OF
a wild beast?"
"Oh, that was the Honorable Percy.
only caught few words. He was
telling about a man known as Ten
Percent Wayne and the only time he'd
ever seen the shirt-sleeve policy work
with natives. When l learned 1t was
Africa, l linked up with you at once
and screamed and he turned to me and
said. You know Mr. Wayne? But
just then Lady Merle signaled the re-
treat. and when the men came out
somebody else snaffied Collingeford be-
fore l got chance"
"Oh. Collingeford," said Alan. Il
remember" He frowned and was 81
lent.
ALAN" said AIlx after a moment.
''let me warn you see new ten
dency in you but before it goes
any further than a tendency let
me tell you that a thoughtful
man is most awful bore. When
caught sight of you | thought, What
delightful little party but if you're
going to be pensive there are others
Alan glanced at her. "Alix," he
said. mimicking her tone. 81 see in you
the makings of an altogether charming
woman. I'm not speaking Of the
painstaking veneer-I suppose you
need that in your walk of life-but
what's under it. There may be others.
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FEEDS FAT ON CATERPILLARS
"SmaH Stomach" Insect Waits Till
the Worm Has Digested Food
Consumed.

Giants or pigmies, virtually all liv'
ing beings have some enemy against
whom they are continually fighting.
Tiny insects are preyed upon by in
sects still timer. One wasplike insect.
for example, is the sworn enemy of
the caterpiller Another member of
the wasp family does mankind serv-
ice by making life miserable for the
cabbage worm The family name is
microgaster, which literally means
small stomach"
In spite of his small stomach, the
Philadelphia North American says, he
has big appetite, for proof of which
ask the caterpiller. In the grub stage
they swarm over the caterpillar like
bees on a honeycomb. The grubs are
so tiny that as many as 1000 have
been found on single caterpillar.
Burrowing down in the caterpillars
wool. they get their food from the
duids circulating through the worms
system. Rather than h'1nt for food
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venient stone and padding them with
boards, then spreading them on bushes
to dry. Everything we needed in the
household was brought to the door
by natives. Live chickens and tur-
keys, yuccas, mangoes, the yellow
fruit that tastes rather like sweet
plum, cocoanuts and lucas are all
poled down the river in canoes. Then
there is cocoanut -four bread rolled out
into thin sheets like Jewish matzos.
l liked to go down to the wharf on
market days, though the native ladies
never do. Even the cloth for their
dresses is brought to the house in
bolts by the servants
"As matter of fact, they wear only
a jacket and skirt, it Is so very hot,
less than nine degrees from the equa
tor Children, even of the better class,
go entirely without clothing up to five
and six. And there are so many of
them! Fifteen is not a particularly
large family, and l met one charming
woman who hae twenty-five. Grand
parents, father ant mother, the mar
ried sons and daughters and all the
children live together in the same fam
lilies with all their children in absolute
harmony. They keep a great many
servants, of course. for wages are very
low, and treat them almost like men,
bers of the family.
The lower classes are a mixture of
Indian, Chinese and negro, but the
aristocrats are almost pure Spanish
They are charmingly friendly-much
more so than the Mexican women
and | became very fond of some Of
them. They never could understand
why l wanted to go out into the jun
gle, but they were too polite to say so!
They were very pretty in their white
Jackets that looked almost like our
middies and the dainty little shoes, of
which they are so proud Even the
native women who go barefoot have
small. slender feet and the most beau
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the wonderful pink accaSia bushes and
sort of bird of paradise flower with
one blue petal-the other yellow and
red. The royal poinsetta grew tall as
a maple with its perfect blooms and
long pods-and there were beautiful
scarlet and yellow orchids. We found
some very rare specimens. While the
men were looking for oil looked for
orchids Sometimes l would have to
be contented with an armful of scarlet
hybiscus, but usually | found what |
was looking for.
Up the Rio de Orc.
Later we went up the Rio de Orc
in the launch as far as the country of
the savages east of BOgOta. They
have never been disturbed since the
Spaniards drove them into their noun
tain Businesses and they shoot at in
truders on sight with poisoned arrows
We saw some of them like dark pieces
of bronze among the trees. but did not
go too near.
''The savageS may have been afraid
of the putting of the launch. for they
did not trouble us.
The woods Indians greeted us with
the greatest interest, however AS
soon as we made our camp they would
manage something in the way of
clothes and then appear with fruit
and fowls to sell. They were wonder
fully skillful and in a few hours they
had cut down and made tree trunk
canoe when we came out on the banks
of Rio Sardinata. 1t was followed
out, Clipped off and a canvas shelter
arranged for me almost before we had
finished >our arrangements to send
back our horses. The Indians with
their long poles took US down not only
the Rio Sardinata but the San Miguel
On the Rio Buzio. tributary of the
Catatumbo, we saw natives killing
alligators along the banks. There is
no swimming in these streams, for
'rhay are full of alligators and sharks"
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themselves and digest 1t for them
selves they let the caterpillar find it,
eat it and digest it, and then the
microgaster ,grubs steal it.
But the caterpillars wrongs are
avenged by another insect, called the
chrysalis stinger. When the mfcrogas-
ter curls up in it's chrysalis for its win
ter sleep the stinger attacks the
chrysalis and lays it's own eggs. de-
pending upon the chrysalis to keep
them alive until they are hatched.
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ROOF OF SCHOOL BLOWN IN.
Teacher. and Three Pupils Hurt, Girl
Perhaps Fatally. a.

Danville, Ind.-Three school cfii-
dren and teacher, Miss Sarah Hol-
lingsworth, of the Grafton School, sir
miles east of here, were injured when
the roof of the building was blown in.
Leota Jones, IL years old, received in
juries that may prove fatal. Two
other children we're badly bruised.
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LIFE SAVED BY CORSET STEEL.
Girl Shot At BY Man, But Bullet Was
DETECTED,

Parkersburg, w. Va.-Miss Bess
Brannon owes her life to corset steel.
With her mother the girl runs board
ing house and they had forbidden Viii
liam Chapman to enter the home.
Chapman came to the house, forced an
entrance and struck the girl, who ran
to a neighbor's. Chapman followed
her and fred shot from .3S-calibre
revolver. The bullet struck her corset
steel and glanced of.
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MEXICO CITY HAS MONEY PANIC.
carranza Paper Peso Falls To 29z
Cents In Gold,

Mexico City.-After a panic among
business institutions, due to the Car
rama paper peso falling to new low
value of 2% cents gold, the prospects
are much brighter, because of the pre-
vailing opinion that the finance depart
ment has found a solution which will
bring Mexican paper money to a point
three times higher than it's present
value.
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ANTHRAX IN SHAVING BRUSHES.
N. Y. Authorities Will Inspect All
Shipments From London.

New York.-Shipments of shaving
brushes from London will henceforth
be thoroughly inspected, because Of
the possibility that they may carry
anthrax germs, the health department
announced. This action resulted from
a letter received by the department
from DR.. A. K Chalmers, health Off
Ger of Glasgow, Scotland, in which he
said examination of shaving brushes
from London had disclosed living
anthrax germs.
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MEXICAN CITY BURNED.
Bloody Battles Between Carranza and
Villa Forces.

Villa Forces.
Washington.-The city of Oaxaca,
Mexico, was burned March 5, accord
ing to information reaching the State
Department from the Carranza gov
ernment. 1t was also reported that
"those who have been in possession of
this CITY," have evacuated it. Ocotlan,
Is miles south of Oaxaca, was recap
tured by Carranza troops, after what
was described in unofficial advices to
the Mexican embassy, as a bloody"
battle. Two unnamed rebel generals
were reported killed, but other details
were not given.
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill.
his home, by his uncle. j. z. as moral
failHre Glen runs after him In tangle
Of short skirts to bid him gUod-by.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-02
NO COMPROMISE WITH WRONG

/ have great respect for many Of
the pacifist leaders of this time, as
had for those of fifty-five years ago.
Some among them | esteem as per-
sonal friends. But their supreme
wish for peace is not mine. AS long
as there is injustice in the world, so
long wish to war against 1t. Wheth-
er in this eternal war against wrong
one shall fight with voice or pen or
sword must depend partly on the ma
ture of the wrong, partly on the best
method of attack, and partly on his
personal abilities. But acquiescence
in wrong or compromise with wrong
never!
| have lived through one terrible
war, fought against slavery and Sc
cession, and have seen the peace won
by that war blessing an emancipated
and united people. l expect to see
peace for the world won, as 1t was
won for my own dear land, not by
compromise with wrong, but by con-
quering it. I expect to see, though
perhaps not with mortal eyes, the
ocean untroubled by undersea pir-
ates, and air undarkened by human
birds of prey, and Europe, emanci-
pated from the militarism which she
has created, drawn together in a
brotherhood transcending race, re-
ligion and nationality, and inspired
by a spirit of universal justice and
universal liberty. = Lyman Abbott
in the outlook. -y-->
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used up all of that vocabulary and In
vented number of words which
were entirely new to me, and still did
not seem to be able to express his
feelings.
wanted to be good fellow and
so | offered to turn the crank while
myself. He did not object. In fact
he seemed pleased to see me make
myself useful. l turned the crank
until my tnogue hung out. He laid
on the grass and watched me per-
form with apparent interest. Finally
he asked me if Iswas a public speak
or. l told him that spelled in pub
lie occasionally. He said he thought
If was not public speaker l ought
to be as l seemed to have more
tongue than any other man of my
size he had ever seen. 9
1t was at this point that I ceased
to crank, asked the driver what he
really thought was the matter with
the blamed thing. He said that he
wasn't sure but thought maybe some
dog meat had got into the carbure-
tor He was hauling passenger the
day before who carried a bologna
lunch and carelessly threw some of
the fragments into the engine. I
asked him if that was what made the
engine bark that way before it died.
Those days and that sort of auto
mobile are things of the past. The
man out here who does not own an
automobile is a rarity. Prosperity
has come, l hope to stay, for know
of no people who deserve prosperity
more than these people of Western
Kansas.-Tom McNeal in Mail and
Breeze.
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A CONFUSION OF DATES

Is When we turn to an old periodical
we expect to find something new.
skip over to the foreign events page
and what do find there? That the
King of Prussia complains that his
patience has been abused by his
enemies. That the rebels In China
are making progress in the south,
but that the Picking government is
soon going to send an army to crush
them. That Russia is concentrating
troops on the Persian and Bessar-
abian frontiers. That Mexico Is In
turmoil and the insurgent bands are
gaining strength. That England and
the United States have just conclud-
ed a treaty that disposes of the Mica
ragua question. That COLOMBIA Con
ly 1t is called New Granada j. is pro-
testing against American interfer-
ence in Panama. That Washington
has decided that the shipment of
arms to belligerent is not a viola
ton Of neutrality. I rub my eyes
and look back at the date. Am
reading the first number of Harper's
Weekly or the last? But there It is,
January 8, 1S5To"not May 10,
1916. History repeats itself What's
the use?-E. e. Slosson in the N. y
Independent.
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Franklin, who said this, not only un-
derstood the value of time, but he
put a price on It that made others
appreciate its worth.
Bradstreet's in summary OF
business conditions ascribes most
business failures to what may be
called s'the size OF their scrap heaps. :"
Nothing is at once more inexcusable
and disastrous than waste, and the
most disastrous waste of all with the
average man is waste Of time. The
unused hours form the "scrap heap"
that has wrecked many mans
career. one I's 7NF" H''F "~ PFH
o. That heap Of waste which SO many
young men dump at the end OF every
day and consider useless would, il
rightly used, give priceless results in
increased efficiency, higher service,
and better pay. Ambition, resolve,
effort, purpose, persistency, conf
dence, courage, mental equipment,
and success may be manufactured
out of this heap Of waste time. Mil
lions are doing 1t. Any man can who
will. The most important item in
the equipment Of any establishment
is men, 1t avails manufacturer but
little to have perfection itself In ma
chinery If he finds 1t impossible to
get trained minds to control and
drive it. Several big concerns have
organized schools in connection with
their plants; others have arranged
with school boards to allow students
Of suitable age to spend part Of the
time in the shops; many are calling
upon correspondence schools to pre-
pare employees for advancement.
The strikingly impressive thing
about the situation is the opportuni-
ty 1t offers to young men willing to
devote spare time to special studies
that fit them for particular work. A
great employer of skilled labor, Of
Office managers and statesmen says:
There are plenty Of $4,000 Jobs.
The trouble is to find the $4,000
men,"
Many highly educated people are
inefficient and many efficient people
are not highly educated. The world
calls for educated people who are
efficient and efficient people who are
educated. Most Of all is needed edu-
cation for efficiency, for service.
Real education is not so much the
learning of what we do not now
know as the doing Of what we do not
now do.-Danville (Ill.) Press.
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y ~ zJll@ iltf Je9fg CHI 10 mo .
roc AAenists sworn by the defense in
behalf d, of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite,
testified in New York at his trial for
the murder of john e. Peck, his faith
er-in.law, that the young dentist was
a moral imbecile' and IAN immoral
monster" VINO had only an insane
knowledge OF right and wrong.
lD- 10 + + + - sr
% ]. p Morgan & Company have re-
1auested the police to search for VIII
Lam McManus, an 1S-year-old office
boy boy on complaint that he disap-
peared shortly before noon the other
day, taking with him s1O,515, repre-
senting the firms weekly pay roll.
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A shipment of salvarsan valued at
100000 has been received in New
York from Germany, it was announced
by the drug company to which 1t was
consigned. The shipment was the
hrst to enter this country since the
war began and the supply In the
- H H H.-
United States was virtually exhaust
ed several months ago.
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Five persons were severely injured
and property damage estimated at
$SOO,OUO was done in and around VIM
Dledon,. N. d.. in a tornado that passed
over that district recently. Reports
from Page, Armenia, Wrye and other
sections indicated an additional $780,
900 damage.
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The National Historical Society has
bought five acres of land, IL miles east
OF Meadville. Pa, which was formerly
owned by John Brown of Civil War
fame and upon which he built a tan
merry. The society will inclose the
land and erect suitable marker to
his momery, ..-........,,
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Jurie3 of less than the twelve men,
when required by common law and
verdicts by less than the entire jury,
when provided for by state law, are
valid in cases, even those arising I'M
der favorable law, the federal supreme
court held recently,
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THE HOURS AFTER SUPPER

Most careers are made or married
in the hours after supper.
1t may seem to someSthat the few
hours between supper and bedtime
afford small opportunity for educa-
ton. But they were sufficient for
Lincoln and for Franklin and for
millions of men who, by turning
these hours to advantage through
special studies, advanced themselves
above their fellows.
' "Dost thou love life? Then do
not squander time, for that is the
stuff life is made Of" Benjamin
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AssaIIant Of t5-Ycar-oId Daughter Of
johnson County Farmer Was
Driven OF.

Hulda, the 15-year-old daughter Of
Fritz Frummer, was the victim of an
attempted criminal assault by an un,
identified white man in a pasture near
her fathers home, three miles west of
Shawnee, Johnson county, at $50
o'clock the other night, o At, midnight
posse of more than 100 men and
boys left Olathe, afoot and on horse
back in. an attempt to capture the
girls assailant. Men. in the posse free
ly threatened the life of the, fugitive,
II he should be caught.
The girl went to the pasture to drive
the cows to the barnyard, as has been
her custom for several years. AS she
opened gate, leading to the pasture
she was confronted by. a big man, who
leveled doublebarreled shotgun at
her. She was forced to walk quar-
ter Of mile from the house to patch
of underbrush, There the man, grab
bed her, and desperate. struggle by
the girl to save herself took place.
Frightened by the barking Of dogs,
the man tied the girl by the neck to
a tree with a piece Of barbed wire and
then hurried away, going in a north
erly direction, It was some time be-
fore the girl finally released herself
and staggered to the yard Of her.
home. There she told her sister, Flor.
ence, 10 years old. of the attempted
assault. The little girl carried the
news to her father.
The injured girl was taken to Ola,
the, after she was treated by DR.. o..
w. During of Shawnee. She was
taken home later. The physician said
she will recover, ,...-,- ....,, r,-s, d
News of the attack travelled fast
and soon the men and boys who
formed the posse began to congre-
gate. Telephone calls were sent to
Kansas City, Kas., and requests made
for boodhounds. W, w. Gordon, chief
Of police Of Kansas City, Kas.. re-
sponded with two dogs and the search
started Immediately. 81
Several members OF the posse rush
ed to Holiday, Kas., the nearest rail
road point that they might prevent
the assailant getting away by that
route. gneuJEs GA strL1 Dne
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TWO FOOLS

One man made unkind remarks
about another-said things about
him that were not true; tried to
leave the impression that the man
was not of the character he really is.
No one but a fool would be guilty Of
such conduct.
The man who was talked about"
resented it; took the fool to task for
his folly; got into a difficulty with
the fool and became angry. He was
also fool or he would not have been
guilty of such conduct. So the trou-
BILE was between two foolsHAtwo of
them making trouble for each other
and for themselves. ha'aa'nmoo Z
But there are many Just such fools
in the world-men who circulate un-
kind reports about others, and the
others resenting the unkind remarks.
There are those who seek to enter
tain their friends by talking about
other people. They seem to think
that 1t is the easiest way Of being
entertaining; they work overtime at
the task, with never a hope OF secur-
ing anything but the admiration Of
those with whom they talk. Yet the
truth is that everyone despises the
fellow who all the time INDUCES in
such talk, and what seems like popu-
larity is only tolerance upon the part
Of those who listen to the unkind
words Columbus Dispatch.