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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
STRONG HEARS THE GREAT MASTER EXPLAIN HIS PURPOSE

Sears is to hasten to Beverly's home
where he finds her much perturbet
over an anonymous letter telling hel
to ask Strong about his parentage ant
his past life. She shows it to him
and he treasures her by telling hei
that he will not rest until his early
life and parentage have been cleared
up, and will not marry her until he
can answer all the questions in the
letter. IT. =
As they are speaking Detective
Sears enters and hands Strong let
ter he had been given by the Great
Master. The letter states that il
Strong will call on the writer he will
learn of facts concerning yourself
that are now unknown to you
Strong and Sears at once visit the
Great Master.
The latter unfolds a plan by which
Strong will learn of his past and DR..
Zulph's career of crime be ended. He
tells them that the only way he can
accomplish this is to pretend to play
into Zulph's hand. He shows them
a phial containing drug that he in
tends taking and which will put him
in a state of suspended animation.
Then he shows them another phial
containing drug that will restore
consciousness, butt it must be admin
istered not one moment too late for
then death would ensue. The com
pact is made and Strong takes the
phial that will awaken the Great Mas
ter when the proper time comes. The
Great Master swallows the drug and
becomes unconscious. The stimulation
of death is so real that Strong be-
lieves he is dead and has cheated the
law. But Sears assures him and asks
him to cali doctor so that death
certificate may be made out. Strong
is in favor of calling in his own physi-
clan, but Sears vetoes this and decides
to call in DR.. Zulph. as this was part
of the plan Of the Great Master. He
is anxious to know what action he
will take when he believes the Great
Master is dead. r
Just then Wee See enters and an
nounces that Jane Warren has been
run over by an automobile and is now
in a hospital dangerously injured.
This news proves unpleasant. for it
was upon Jane Warren that Sears re-
lied for information as to Zulph.
Strong and Sears decide to visit the
hospital. The situation is serious, for
Jane Warren and the Great Master
hold the key to Strong's past life and
future happiness and both are now
unconscious with Zulph apparently
triumphing in his plans.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
"our Country the U. S. A."


BY Margaret L. Crosby, Aged II
Years, Sutherland, Neb. Blue Side.
Uncle Sammy stands on hand,
Here and there to fight for right,
And to keep for what we stane
America the might. =
All the ships are flying By,
On the coast of the Atlantic,
While the fire flies on high
To keep the enemy franticl
Soldiers lined along the coast
To fight for what is right,
We must learn and try to boast
For America the might.
Our Stars and Stripes must wave and
wave,
For what they stand is love.
May it lonT wave DER the home OF the
brave,
And the stars be like those above.
We must fight for what is right &C.
In case of long treacherous war,
With all our might, and in our freight
To end the war, for ever more.
EEirr
We are as little busy ants, %
From in and out our homes we go,
Listening, fighting by the foe, ulr
For America we prance.
-ast
Uncle Sammy stands OH land, ...-
\ Here and there to fight them back,
For the U, S,we will always stand .,-,a
And Americas pride we do not
lack.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Honorable Mention.)
Millet, the Great Artist.

Years, 1854 Jones Street, Omaha.
Blue Side.
Millet was French artist who lived
on the northwest coast of France. His
parents were poor peasants and had
to work hard in the fields. Millet was
II years old when he left school to
help in the fields. He had not one
hour day TO study. Most OF his time
was taken up drawing.
Soon his father sent him to near
by town to learn how to draw. He
drew so well that the people sent him
to Paris and he became great artist.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Rules for Young Writers

1. Write plainly on one side Of tho
paper only and number the pages.
2. Use pen and Ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles will be
given preference. Do not use over $50
words.
4. Original stories or letters only will
be used.
S. Write your name, age and address
at the top Of the first page.
A prize book will be given each week
for the best contribution.
Address all communications TO- Chill
dren's Department, Omaha Bee, Omaha,
Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Favorite Games.

Favorite Games.
BY Charles Foltz, Aged 9 Years,
Truro, la. Red Side.
/ am sending true account Of how
we spent one Saturday.
My brothers and / went down to
Porter's house to play. 1t is about
a mile from our house and Robert
Clarence and went to play with
Harry. ---.
We played ball and hide and go seek
and after that we got four horses and
went two miles into the country,
When we returned it was 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon. When we got to
Harry's house I'VE turned the horses
out into the pasture and went in it
to coast.
Then we got the horses that we
were riding and played that we had
livery barn. We tied the horses to
some posts and Clarence and l left
our horses in the barn.
Robert and Hairy owned the livery
barn. The horse that Clarence rode
was named Nell and the one that !
rode was Snip. They were very gen.
tie horses. We drove the cattle home
at 4.30 and then went home.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
The Troublesome Cow.

BY Margaret May Thornton, Aged 2
Years, Route 3, Nebraska City,
/ was writing another story when
I heard papa calling to the cows. /
looked around and saw the cows
rushing towards the road. 1t had
rained nearly a week, so the roads
were muddy.
ran out as fast as I could 60 and
got one COW headed toward the lot.
Just then she ran around the hem
house and out in the road. / ran after
her, but could not catch her. AS l
had not put on any rubbers l got
my shoes muddy.
This COW did not go down the hill
as far as the other cows because she
did not get a quick enough start.
Papa was driving the others, so ! hid
behind some weeds and headed them
into the barnyard, and then ran.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

cred from her perch and started home
to cook supper. "I'm only doing what
we all will have to do when our men
go to war;" she said. "All of US
women will have to learn to do their
work.'-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
pelights In Busy Bee Page.

Leona Anna Fahrenholz, Aged s
Years. Talmage, Neb. Red Side.
have never written for this page
before. Oil but | am glad when The
Omaha Bee comes, My sister and
sometimes quarrel over it.
l go to the Talmage High school
and am in the third grade. love
my teacher very much.
I have a pet dog named Billy.
My favoriter books are "Edith's
Burglar" "Micky Monkey" Fun and
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
CHAPTER XIV.
The Test of Death,

Strong shadows Whalen to Zulph's
Office and then reports to Sears. The
detective relieves him, telling him that
he has arranged with Miss Sampson,
Zulph's secretary, to report all the
conversation and action. He has in
strueted her to use a dictaphone.
Sears has had an instructive talk with
Jane Warren, but her important con-
fession is yet to be made to him.
Strong's FIRST act when relieved by
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

By Edna Green, Aged II Years, Rural
Route No. 2, st. Edwards, Neb.
Red Side,

Ned side.
! thank you very much for my prize
book. The name of it is "The Mis-
sion Of jamie Day" and II is a very
good book. | also wish to thank the
Busy Bees for writing to me.
In 1915 my Uncle Charles was visit
ing us. We had pair Of colts which
Felt rather risky, as they hadn't been
worked for several days.
1t had rained one night just enough
to make the roads slippery. Papa
was blowing for one of our neighbors,
as we were going to move and ~ere
not going to put in any fall wheat.
After we had gone about three miles
the road became slippery and one Of
the horses, whose name was Mabel,
fell down. Mabel started to run, but
the tongue of the buggy was broken
and the buggy ran against the bank.
The horses ran on as fast as they
could run for about mile. Uncle
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
The Bunny's Rescue.

The Bunny's Rescue.
By Minnie NJ. Nohrnberg, Aged Il
Years, Blair, Neb., Box "a,
R. F. D. No. 4. Red Side.
One time my schoolmate and |
were going flower picking. When we
reached the woods we picked few
flowers and then found little rabbit.
1t ran a little ways and then one Of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
CAST.
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

cochran, MS assistant. FRED ROBERTS
Wee See. -. 1888. Charles Fang
Bull Wnalen. ,........s ..Ionl BAKE
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.
William Montgomery Strong, wealthy
young clubman rescues Beverly Clarke from
kidnapers employed by band Of brainy
criminals known as The Secret Seven. This
organization is plotting to seize a large
fortune left to Beverly by her uncle. Thomas
Clarke, who was a member of The Secret
Seven. Baked In their plots, The Secret
Seven ruin Strong financially. Beverly
meantime has used part Of her wealth to
establish herself and her mother In a
luxurious home, and the remainder is turned
over to Strong for safe-keeping. The arch
conspirator of The Secret Seven, DR.. Zulph,
steals these securities from Strong and they
are In turn recovered from him by Wee See,
Strong's Chinese servant and a police In
former Zulph then decides that Strong
shall be assassinated, although. The Great
Master, leader of The Secret Seven, is try
ing to shield the young man. Through the
treachery of butler in Beverly's home,
Beverly Is overpowered and Strong is at
tackled. He is making desperate fight,
but armed reinforcements from Zulph ar
rive and Strong, Beverly and her mother are
sbesieged In a room. The thugs begin shoot
I Ing through the door,
The police. hear the shots and rescue
them. The Great Master decides to test
zulph's knowledge and loyalty and has Wee
See drop map Of mine in the klondike
where he had spent his early days. Zulph
at once appears to recognize 1t, picks 1t up
and putting It in his pocket, departs. At
home he carefully examines the map and
all of his criminal career in the Klondike
is brought before him. He remembers OBJ
tanning the map through the murder OF
young woman His conscience fortunes him
and to make matters worse, "Bulf' Whalen
enters and tells him that he is suspicious
OF Jane Warren. Strong has now become
None of Sears assistants and as Whalen
leaves Zulphs house he follows and arrests
him. He is taken to Sears office One of
his index fingers Is found to be missing.
but on closer Investigation Sears finds he
Is not the murderer of Ackerton. He de-
cides 70 let him go and tells Strong to trail
him. Sears goes for an audience with Jane
Warren. His assistant, Cochran, is In
charge Of wahlen. The latter by a quick
movement knocks Cochran down and out and
escapes through an open window. But Strong
awaits him below,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Likes Picnicking.

BY Delzell Mines, Aged s Years
North Bend, Neb. Red Side.
I go to school every day and am
a little girl 8 years old.
My teachers name is Miss Duefand
There are nineteen in the school.
go to school with Bessie Burmood
There are nine in my class.
l live by the river.
went on picnic one day with my
aunts and mamma and papa.
! have brother, Robert, and he is
soldier.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Charlie went after them in Dor
rowed buggy. We went on and did
not have any more trouble. 1t was
lucky none of us was hurt. only
sprained my wrists.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
The Goats May Basket.
BY Edna Kiene, Aged 10 Years,

By Edna Kiene, Aged 10 Years,
Deshler, Neb. Red Side.
When my sister Marie was 3 years
old and | was 4, we lived in Wyoming
with our mamma and papa. Our near
est neighbors lived about a quarter
of mile from us.
On the evening of May day we de-
cided to take our little neighbor a
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Thoughts for Little Folk" and 1.-TWO
Bad Mice"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Her First Letter.

BY Jocie Thompson. Aged IS Years,
Eleventh Street and Fifth Avenue.
=. Nebraska City. Neb. Red Side.
I read your children's page every
Sunday and l think the Busy Bees
write very good stories.
(. This is the first time l have written
to you and | hope to see my letter in
print. If l do am going to write
a story for you the next Sunday after
this. hope to see prize story writ
ten at the top Of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Prize Birthday Book.

By Ruby Craft, Aged II Years, Da-
vid City, Neb. Blue Side.
I am so well pleased with the book
you sent me that I wish to thank
you many times.
1t arrived inst in time for my birth
day and | told mamma that it was
my birthday present. / was very glad
to see that my story had won first
prize.
Busy Bees. we are having snow.
Think of it, in April Will our gar
dens freezer We hope not at least.
Thanking Won again,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Ducked in the Pool.

By Carl Peterson, Aged IL, Stanton,
Ia, Route l. Red Side.
One fine summer day Tom said:
Lets go and play in the big tank"
Jimmy agreed. So off they went to
the tank. Jimmie looked in the tank
and said: Lets swim in there"
Tom went up to the tank to look in
and said: ut looks nice and warm;
l will dare you to duck your head"
He put his head way down and in
he went. :.
Tom pulled him out. but he would
not 20 swimming again. -.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
A Misbehaved Pony.

By Hazel Dickerson, Aged IL Years,
Atkinson, Neb. Red Side.
One day last summer Evangeline
and | thought we would go riding
on our ponies. ! was to ride down
to her house after her.
I got down to her house and went
in their yard. We thought we would
get on my pony and ride over to her
barn. So we both got on, Evangelipe
in the saddle, and I on behind. Just
as we were outside their gate, the
pony started to rum held on to
Evangeline, but he dumped us off
right by their barn gate.
He ran on down the road and helped
himself to her fathers corn, leaving
us in the middle of the road crying.
Soon we got up and went in the
house where her mother washed and
bandaged our bruises. Then we went
upstairs and played house.
Soon il was time for me to go home,
so Evangeline got on my pony and
rode half way home with me.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
A Busy Bee Farmer.

By Major fearce, Aged 8 Years. Ar
mold, Neb. Blue Side.
This is my first letter to the Busy
Bee page.
I have a pet dog whose name is
King. ! like him very much.
l live on farm and ! milk three
cows.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Vacation Jaunts.

By Anna Glandt, Aged II Years,
Omaha. Red Side.
r This is the first time | have written
to the Busy Bee page. l am going to
tell you about our trip, since we take
a trip every summer.
Three years ago we went up to
Leigh, Neb., where we have some
relatives. We drove up in our car
and had very nice ride. 1t was ninety
miles there and ninety miles back, so
that would make 1870 miles altogether.
Another summer we went to Ban
croft. We also had some relatives
there. a.. 30,
The next fall we went to North
Bend, but that was not so far. We
were only there one day. -om
Almost every summer we go to FIRE.
mont or Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

by DtIH1Ct Deal, Hgtu YedrS, Ful-
lerton, Neb. Red Side.
This is the first time I have writ
ten to the Busy Bee page. -
I am 7 years old and in the third
grade at school.
Tuesday is the LIST Of May and I
have made several pretty May bas-
kets that am going to give to my
little girl friends.
1t has been so cold here that there
will be no flowers, so l will put pop
corn and candy in them.
I like to read the Busy Bee letters
every Sunday and enjoy them very
much,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Our Dog Sport.

O'Neill, Neb., Red Side.
We used to have dog and his
name was Sport. He was good dog
and he used to come in the house
and we had our pictures taken with
him. When we moved we had no
place to keep him, so we sold him.
We keep our uncle's dog now. His
name is Rex,
Our grandma is going to move near
where our uncle used to live.
My birthday is the tweny-hfth of
this month. I will be 9 years old.
This is my first letter. !.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

By Vera Mead, Aged ID Years, R. F.
D. No. l., Box 81, Elba, Neb.
Blue Side. No
| will tell you about our school
picnic. which was April u. 1t had
showed the night before, so we could
not play out of doors.
First we had, dinner and then we
played the, piano and sang songs. Aft
er the dishes were washed we. played
games in the dining room.
Most Of the afternoon was taken
up in playing the upset fruit basket
and the wagon mixup.
At S o'clock all went home, report,
ing very nice time. ''|
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
GIVEN SURPRISE DINNER
Former Topekan Celebrates Birthday
Anniversary at Wakecney.

Wakeeney, Kan, Nov 15.-Chas.
Steinberger had forgotten he was 81
years of age until he returned to his
home and saw that his wife had made
all arrangements to give him a tur-
key dinner and had invited in a. few
neighbors and friends to help cele
brate the birthday event.
There were present at the dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Purcell, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Gibson, Mr.. rand Mrs c.
r. Hills, Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Givler
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Hardman, be-
sides Mr. and Mrs. Steinberger and
DR.. Thos. Venard, of Ness City, of the
medical reserve corps at Camp Fun
ston.
The Steinbergers came to Wakeeney
in 1902 from Topeka. During their
residence here they have made hosts
of friends. Mrs. Steinberger is an
accomplished pianist and has given
many musical programs to large audi
ences, besides she has a large class of
students which she is instructing in
music. Chas. Steinbergef has quar-
ter section farm adjoining Wakeeney,
in cultivation and this year with the
aid of his irrigation pump he sue
ceeded in raising plenty of vegetables
for himself and other families. be-
sides raising more than 100 bushels of
potatoes. Hefis a thoro believer in
irrigation, and next year he will be
fixed to go in on a larger scale if the
rains are shy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
MANICURE THE GARDEN
Prepare Soil Now to Make Spring
Crop of Peas Earlier.

Washington, Nov 15.-Garden san
itation is the cleaning up of all vege-
table rubbish from the garden and
destroying the portions which have
been diseased even though crops were
produced.
1t seems like great waste of vege-
table matter to burn the dead tomato
vines, bean vines and other plant tops
which have been diseased, but this
should be done because to save or
compost these for fertilizer would
simply be maturing and saving mil
lions of disease spores which would
attack the crops next year. More than
this, clean garden appeals to the eye
and to the pride of the owner as a
winter landscape.
Corn stalks, cabbage leaves and
stumps, beet tops, if not canned, and
other healthy plants should be saved
for mulching or be added to the COM
post heap.
IN planning for the early garden,
the earliest planted crops like peas,
turnips. spinach and potatoes should
be placed together at one side and the
ground for them plowed or spaded
this fall The object of this is to have
this ground in planting condition early
in the spring. If pIowed in the fall it
will dry out and he in shape for
planting much sooner than the I'M
plowed portion could be worked
This plowed part can be fitted with
the garden fcultivator. wheel hoe or
garden hoe and be, planted as early as
the season permits. In this way two
or three weeks may be gained and
may make all the difference between
success and failure of the earliest
CROPS. Garden peas particularly,
thrive best in the cool. early spring,
and the crop must be made before hot
weather begins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
DARKEN YOUR
GRAY HAIR
By Reviving Color Glands, La
Creole Does This. Healthy
and Simple to Apply.

Just apply to your hair and scalp
before going to bed the famous La
Creole Hair Dressing. This revives
the color glands to activity. In a
short time you will observe all your
gray, streaked, bleached or faded hair
turn to such an even beautiful nat
ural dark shade that no one could
tell you had used La Creole Not a
trace of gray hair can be seen. Also
stops dandruff and falling hair. Have
soft, fluffy. long. natural dark hair
again by applying La Creole Sold on
a money-back guarantee by Brunt-
Martins drug store. or sent prepaid
for s1.2o by Van Vleet Drug Co,
Memphis. Tenn.-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15

has left Wichita for an Atlantic port
from where he will sail some time
next week for Germany DR.. Bar
thelme, it was proved, was the Amer
lean correspondent for The Cologne
Germany Gazette. He was sent to
Wichita from Washington, d. c., last
summer and was in the city several
weeks before he was placed under
arrest.
DR.. Barthelme will not be allowed
to take any of his notes or books to
Germany, but on account of his in
telligence officials fear he has con-
siderable information on conditions in
America in his mind and that it will
be of great aid to the kaiser. Bar
thelme was married last week to Miss
Lucy Stoelger, of New York City, and
she will return to Germany with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
KEEP EVEN HEAT
That Is Best Way To Make
Fuel Go Long Ways.
Never Put Large Jumps of Coal
on Fire.

Manhattan. Kan Nov. -15.-Coal
consumers should learn to conserve
fuel as well as food. declares Jacob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15

will not go out and thus allow the
house to become chilled. Coal should
be put in often and in not too large
quantities at a time Keep a full bed
of live Goals constantly, but be care
full not to overload the fire with too
much green coal.
Don't Stir Goals.
Care should be taken that no coal
is wasted thru the CRATE of the fur
mace. If the furnace has an open,
coarse CRATE. use coarse coal. If it has
a fine CRATE, use fine coal
Another factor in coal conservation
is the size of The Jumps used 1t is
wasteful to throw large, heavy
chunks of coal into the furnace. The
Jumps should not be larger than three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15

Lund. superintendent of the Kansas
State Agricultural college heat and
power liant. Conservation consists in
getting tn most heat out of the fuel
used
pound of coal contains approx
mately 900 heat units, which are
given off. if the fuel is completely
burned. If it is not completely burn
G. only one-third of the heat units
will be given off.
Heat in buildings may be conserved
by keeping an even fire in the furnace
so that the rooms will not become
overheated. At times when the rooms
are not occupied, the heat should be
shut off from them. Fires should be
carefully banked at night so that they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
c. t. COOLER, IS DEAD.
Logan County Representative Sue
cumbs to Heart Trouble Attack.

Oakley, Kan, Nov. &c. T. Good
Ter, representative of Logan County
in the last two sessions of the Kan
sas legislature, died instantly in his
furniture store here from heart trou-
BILE. Only few moments before he
had been conversing with friends
and seemed as well as ever.
newspaper slipped from his hands
to the floor and he stopped down to
pick it up and fell He was dead be-
fore phrsicion could reach him.
Goodier was serving his second term
as representative of Logan county
He was elected the first time as
Progressive and the last time as
Republican. He leaves a wife and
three children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15

An unhealthy body. and the unhappi-
ness and misery which follow. may be
prevented by ordinary Judgment and care.
Keep your stomach and kidneys in shape
.neys. work is to throw off the poisonous
matters which enter the ~body II they
perform fhis work regularly and auto
Of themselves
Diseased conditions of the bladder or
kidneys are indica ted by nervousness.
sIeeplessness. that tired. worn out feeling.
dizziness, nausea. backache. lumbago. rheU-
matism. pain in the lower abdomen.
many so-caIled female troubles" severe
pain and discomfort when urinatIng.