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of that little room in the adobe build- ing in the mountains of Mexico.
 There was neither hesitation nor mutiny in his temper. but only repin- ing that his efforts in the service of his emperor had been so ill-fated.
 He would have been glad of long CT life if that permitted him to repair the errors of which he had been guilty.
 But he had had his chance, and had failed.
 What must be, must.
 With a sudden. swift turn of his hand this unhappy gentleman of Ja- pan reversed the point of the dagger and drove it in toward his diaphragm.
 THE COST.
 When Patria appeared in the door way the nurse rose and with friend ly and reassuring smile slipped out of the room.
 Donald Parr lay moveless on his cot, asleep. The girl sat down on the chair by his side and gently dropped her hand upon one of his that lay outside the sheet. dark, strong hand that seemed, in her sight. to dwarf and render altogether puny and in- significant the slender white grace of her own.
 Still Donald did not stir. She was content with that. Sleep was what he needed, the best of all medicines for his hurts. She asked for herself no more than this, that she be per mitted to rest q little by his side. to touch his hand. to know that, though his wounds were grievous. he would live, and in day to come be whole and sound once more-and hers.
 She was very weary. The need to rest oppressed her like heavy bur den. Yet she did not dream of clos ing her eyes in sleep. She had too much to think about, the victory of the day to contemplate, its cost to reckon. Her brain seemed to burn with thoughts, doubts, fears. regrets. memories; the screen of it's vision re- fiected in endless succession flashing scenes from the splendid, awful pageant of that day and night of fighting.
 It was three o'clock in the after noon. The last shot at the routed and fleeing armies of invasion had. been fired hours ago. The last fugitive had long since disappeared. The last stricken horse had been killed. the last wounded man had been found and cared for. the last dead man buried. Remained only the stricken field, bloodied and defiled and trampled and furrowed almost beyond recognition; the consciousness that the day was won, the invader disastrously defeat ed, the country saved in spite of it. self; the bitterness of victory.
 Sitting there in that close little room that reeked of iodoform, with her hands touching the hand of her be- loved, the girl abandoned herself to reverie, her dark eyes fathoming i'm measurable depths of thought.
 Unconsciously she began to con the toll of victory: Donald wounded nigh unto death, Rodman Pillsbury and Bud Morgan dead-and these but the beginning names that headed the hun dreds upon the lists of casualties merely because they were most inti- mate to Patria; the hacienda wrecked beyond repair, the fair countryside that surrounded it turned into stink ing shambles, a great treasure expend- ed in ammunition and the business of war.
 And all to what end?
 She foresaw quite clearly what
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selves in-which they did with trained expedition and efficiency, throwing up a line of intrenchments roughly par alleling those on the hillcrest.
 And their batteries, presently finding shelter, rained shells upon the Ameri' cans to keep down their fire, until Pa tria's guns again searched them out ; when the battle passed into tempo rary phase of big gun dueling. and the infantry had little time to breathe and take account of its losses.
 These last proved astonishingly slight, but none the less terrible in Pa tria's understanding. Already the field hospital accommodations which she had provided were overcrowded and the staff of surgeons with their as-
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Tn. Kind of Floors He Wanted.

"Would you like the floors in mosa- ic?" asked the architect.
 The Springfield man looked dubious.
 "Would you like the floor in mosaic patterns?"
 "I don't know so much about that. ]" he finally said. q ain't got any preju- dice about Moses as a man. and maybe he knew a lot about the law. As re- gards laying floors though, I kinder think I'd rather have them unsectar- ian."-Harper's Weekly.
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Correctly Defined.

The women were discussing their marital troubles, when one asked: By the way, what is your husband doing now?'
 "Oh," said the ether. Ines a-settin' round tellin' what's goin' to happen next election"
 "Then he's a prophet?"
 "No, he ain't. So far as this family is concerned, he's a dead loss"
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would happen within the mex: few days and weeks; the storm of prpular indignation; the massing of troops along the border; the interexchange of diplomatic amenities; Japan's stu diously polite disavowal of HurOh
 and all his alleged works; Mexico's disavowal of the part it's troops had played in the conspiracy and the at tempted invasion; the administra- tion's grudging acceptance of both; demands for measures of prepared ness" voiced in congress; the shrill
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THE CAST.
SYNOPSIS.

Anticipating the threatened Japanese Mexican invasion of the Southwestern States. Patria Charming, an American Girl of great wealth, with the assistance Of her fiance, Capt. Donald Parr date U. S. Al, converts her vast border ranch lands into what is virtually an armed camp. Baron Huro1i. commanding the al- lied Japanese-Mexica7 forces, learns of Patria's preparations, and thinking to nip them in the bud, orders his troops to at tack in force.
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Resented Insult.

The Judge-You say that through out this affair you acted like per feet lady?
 Mrs. Casey-Sure. your honor; when he tips his hat to me an me not knowin' him, I ups with a rock an caves in his face.-Puck.
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Ambition.

"Pa, what is ambitionT
 Ambition, my boy, is that spirit which prompts young man to work hard so that he can some day stop working hard"
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Natural Process.

"What do you think of having a woman on the floor in cOngrsss?"
 "Why. naturally, l regard it as a sweeping change
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A stratenie Retreat.

"John, what is proletariat?"
 "AIary, my dear, l am astonished you should ask me such question and before the children. toor'
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Increase In Friends.

q thought five passenger cal would easily hold all my friends" 'Well?"
 Until I got five passenger car"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-06
keep LOOKING YOUNG
Its Easy-f You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to
feel young-to do this you must
watch your liver and bowels-there's
no need of having a sallow complex
ion-dark rings under your eyes
pimples-a bilious look in your face
dull eyes with no sparkle. Your
doctor will tell you most sickness
comes from inactive bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards perfected a vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil to act
on the liver and bowels, which he
gave to his patients for years.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel, are gentle in
their action, yet always effective.
They bring about that exuberance of
spirit, that natural buoyancy which
should be enjoyed by everyone, by
toning up the liver and clearing the
system of impurities.
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive
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Csc per box. All druggists,
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CONTINUED From Our Last Issue. }


Dixie rose suddenly, and shook
out her skirt, but Bowles did not
protest.
"You don't seem to care wheth-
or l go or not" she pouted.
quite the contrary, ! assure
you, Miss Lee." declared Bowles
earnestly. But, speaking of
names, has there been anyone in
Chula Vista inquiring for Samuel
Houghton?"
Nov. you sect" exclaimed Dixie
Lee triumphantly. IF you'd
opened that letter | had for you,
you'd have found out about 1t. As
It lie. you'll Just have to keep on
guessing-Pm mad"
''I'm sorry" said Bowles. "The
reason asked was, Brig and are
planning to make little trip
somewhere, and If thought there
was any one searching for me
I'd"
"Oh, you don't need to run
away" explained Dixie hurriedly
"I'll tell you when to skip--but
you don't know what you missed
by not reading that letter l wrote
you'll"
well, direct the next one to
Bowles. them" he pleaded. But,
no Joking, l wish you wouldn't
call attention to that other ma me
its likely to get me into diff
ficulties."
what kind of difficulties?" in
quired Dixie Lee demurely; but
Bowles only shook his head.
I'm very sorry can't tell you,"
he said.
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snow that l have given out
the greatest secret i'm the life
secrets, is seldom told, l won
of man, which, unlike other
der again why the episode
which tells Of the beginning
of man, is barred from the
conversation of all so-called
good people,
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"The most interesting secret
buried in my birth seems to be my
future sex. / suppose all prospec-
tive mothers do their utmost to
guess: Is it going to be a boy or
a girl? l am happy to be boy
because your world seems to be
revolving around manhood. Wom-
en- are only incidents, no matter
how important part they play in
the bringing and upkeep of life"
Thus does Mrs. Armenoubie
Lamson of Seattle, have a child
her boy, in fact-reason before he
is born in her book, my Birth, I"
which has just come from the
press of the Macmillan Co.
Mrs. Lamson is the wife of DR..
o. F. Lamson. They have one
child, Robert, who is 2 years Old
Mrs. Lamson is well known
among Tacoma clubwomen, having
frequently visited here on various
missions. One of the most recent
of these occasions was to accom-
pany Mrs. Inez Milholland Boisse-
vain on the campaign trip which
later resulted in Mrs. Boissevain' s
death.
This book is the autobiography
of our Bobbie before he was born"
declared Mrs. Lamson to Times
reporter at her Seattle home.
And you may say that [ am
pleading for the mother of today
and for the children who, be-
cause OF a false and wrong sense
of modesty, are not permitted to
learn about the greatest secret of
ufe-the origin of life."
You Americans are slaves to
custom, to fashion, and to the con-
ventional,' said Mrs. Lamson, who
is of Armenian parentage.
She takes pride in the fact that
she was born in one of the Oldest
cities in the entire world-Erze-
rum. She has been In America
six years. She studied at Johns
Hopkins and did medical research
work for DR.. George w. Grille, of
Cleveland one of the worlds lead
ing surgeons.
ut is I'm response to the ur.
gent need Of the present
youth for true knowledge con-
corning motherhood and pre-
natal life Of a babe that this
daring narrative is written"
writes Mrs. Lamson in her
foreword.
1t ends where other books be-
gins. II tells in language that
everyone can understand, the story
of life in its origin. 1t is based
upon the newest accepted theories
regarding life before bi-.t. And in
the volume Mrs. Lamson speaks of
the things that concern every
mother.
~ feel like a hero-I am
proud of myself, because 1
know 1t was daring to speak
Of that miracle which made
my birth a possibility" muses.
the babe in his prenatal state.
He has told the readers
how he came to be. And he
Is happy, because he is break
ing O conventional" barrier.
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Dixie May eyed him curiously.
He was not the same man who had
travelled with her on the train. But
there was still the boyish inno-
cence that she liked.
The sun swung lower and a
door slammed up at the big house.
Then reproachful voice came
floating down, and Dixie jumped
up from her seat.
ooh, dear!" she exclaimed
There's Maw--seems like / never
get any peace! But, say, come up
to the house tonight and bring
Brig with you! All right-good-
by"
She gave him a dizzy smile over
her shoulder as she fled, and
Bowles blinked his eyes to find
the world so fair.
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CHAPTER vi.
Tho ROugh-Riders

When Dixie rode into camp with
the mail she smelled war in tho
very air. A private interview with
the cook revealed the fact that the
situation was serious; and with
the success of the roundup at
stake, Dixie May was quick to act.
When her father returned to his
dog tent at supper-time he found
her war-bag inside, and with a
mount of horses cut out for her.
Dixie Lee took on for a cowboy.
They were up on the cedar
ridges of the mountain now, driv-
ing down wild steers from the up
per pastures. and a woman was as
good as a man. Dixie was better
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Seattle Mother Publishes
Her Sons Prenatal Diary

In a closing chapter, entitled,
"An Explanation and a Plea" Mrs.
Lamson has her little boy-to-be
say:
"As the day approaches
when this chapter of life will
close, to open the next In a
world OF joys and SORROWS,
hopes and realities, i cannot
help but let my mental eyes
wander to that world which is
soon to be mine. Men and
wOmen--they all seem to be
slaves of custom and fashion
and man-made and man-en-
forced laws.
~ see that cities are moth
ing but gigantic beehives
where money is the queen and
the countless drOnes are
struggling, crushing each 9TH
err to have a glimpse of that
irresistible mistress of man."
Little Bobbie was showing him
self a mighty interesting and live
ly American boy as Mrs. Lamson
told about their book. His talk
new is all about snow men and
sleds and coasting.
When asked why and how she
came to write "My Birth Mrs.
Lamson waited till she had served
a cup of real Turkish coffee, made
by her Turk cook.
There are too many trashy,
sensational sex hygiene books on
the market today she said. They
are usually written for commercial
reasons. Children today are grow
ing up in ignorance of one of the
most wonderful facts of life-it is
a result of your American civiliza-
ton.
81 transferred my story
from the technical medical
terms to the language that
everyone might understand. l
wrote 1t In such way that it
might be told to children in
the parlor without Offense. II
mothers, and future mothers
can get some help and inspia-
ton from my work, then /
will feel amply repaid"
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than most. for she had ridden
these rough mesas before.
Every morning as the punchers
set out on the long circle, Dixie
May picked out man to dare, and
several prairie-bred Texans failed
to follow her over the rocks.
She rode with Brigham and
Hardy Atkins; uncouth mountain
men, and raw-boned hester kids;
and finally, when the time was
ripe, she picked out Bowles.
Bowles was mounted on his top
horse, Wa-ha-gote, and he rode
proudly along behind Brigham, Ter
in the rough and tumble of cross
country running he was holding
! his own with the best. A bunch
Of wild cattle sprang up sudden
| ly from their hiding place on
far point; for moment they stood
staring, their ears sihoutted
against the sky, and the keen eyes
| of the straw-bosS read their ear
marks like a book.
"They's two Bat Wing steers in
that bunch" he said. Head m
off, Bowles, and drive 'eni down
! the canon!"
Bowles headed them, and they
doubled to beat him back. Then
he saw horse coming down on
| his right. It was Dixie mounted
on her favorite roam, and she mo-
toned to him to swing round on
the left.
Then the riding began all over
again, and Bowles and Dixie Lee
went hot-foot on the heels of their
quarry. They raced back and
forth, trying to head the cattle
down a natural trail; but a wild,
self-destroying panic came upon
them, and they took off over the
rough ground.
"I'll dare you to follow mel"
cried Dixie, turning her eager roam
after them; and helter-skelter
over the rough rocks, swinging
and ducking under trees and
jumping over boulders and bushes,
she went squirting after the cattle.
Behind her came Bowles, with the
fear of death in his heart. Down
over the rough jump-off they
went.
Don't ride over there!" he en-
treated, as the cattle scampered
on toward the last pitch.
will you take a dare?" she
Haunted, raising her quirt to
strike; and before Bowles could
say a word, Wa-ha-lote grabbed
the bit and went after her like a
rocket.
Wild with terror and excitement
the big steers made straight for
the jump-off; over they went,
with Dixie after them, and then,
like bolt from behind, Wa-ha-
lote leaped over the rampant and
went blowing down the slope.
twice he jumped as he came to
dykes of rock, and then. with a
lightning scramble over the loose
stones, he took the trail from the
roam and went pounding down
the hill.
At the bottom of the slide they
crashed through dead-limbe ed
cedar, sending the bone-dry sticks
flying in every direction; and
when Bowles swung up into the
saddle he was laundering across
the flat and the steers we're at his
bits. His battle was won. Once
in the soft sand of the creek bed
the steers would never turn back
to the heights. But 1t had been
a hard race-even Wa-ha-lote was
slowing down, and Dixie Lee was
nowhere In sight.
Bowles turned and rode back up
the hill.
20, Miss Lee!' he shouted,
"Dixie!"
Continued In Our Next Issue.)
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ssBAT WING BOWLES"

BY Dane Coolidge Copyright 1914 by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
Next Novel Poly of the Hospital Staff" by Emma G. Dowd
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MOVE AMMUNITION
UNITED Press eLased Wire.)

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 6.-The
movement Of a considerable
amount of ammunition from the
Norfolk navy yard-St. Julian
Magazine-to Northern ports, is
under way, it became known to-
day.
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CUTTER PICKS UP
FOUNDERING SHIP

GALVESTON. Tex, Feb. e.
The coast guard cutter Comanche
picked up the crew of the water
logged British schooner Irma
Bentley 70 miles off Galveston at
2 o'clock this morning. All
hands were safe,
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POISON PLOTTERS
MUST FACE TRIAL

DERBY, Eng, Feb. 6.-Formal
commitment for trial was ordered
by the court today of the four al
legged conspirators in the poison
plot against Premier David Lloyd
George and Minister Henderson.
Willmar tribune., 1917-05-09
From Theodore Christianson.

After vetoing appropriations to pay
the states obligations on account of
school aid deficiency, wolf bounties
and drainage assessments, the Cover
nor refused to disallow an appropria-
tion of sixty thousand dollars to re-
fund alleged overpayments of gross
earnings taxes by railroad companies.
The railroads hold 100000 in over
charges made during the period when
rates established by the Minnesota
commodity rate law were suspended
by injunction; the companies admit
that they hold the money and that it
does not belong to them, but refuse to
pay 1t back, basing their refusal on
the ground that the claims are out.
lawed under woodchuck which
somebody put into the 1915 code; the
House of Representatives by resolu
tion asked the Governor to veto the
$50, 900 rebate item on the theory that
the state ought not rebate 5000 tc
the railroad companies so long as the
railroads refuse to rebate $500, 900 tC
the people of the state.
In spite of these facts, the Cover
nor, In disregard of the resolutions Of
the House, permitted the appropria
tion to stand. Why. Because ''the
tax commission advised me this was g
legal and binding obligation," he ex
plains.
But, Mr.. Governor, no more legal. nj
more binding, and no more enforcible
than the school aid, wolf bounty anG
drainage assessment obligations,-Th
Dawson Sentinel.
Willmar tribune., 1917-05-09
The Governors Mistake.

Governor Burnquist is to be com.
mended for his courage in applying
the knife to the record breaking total
of appropriations passed by the legis.
lature. Restricted as his powers in
this direction are we can readily con.
celve the dilemma the governor was
in when once he had made up his
mind to pare down wherever possible
TO decide where the cuts should be
made would be no easy task. Criti
clsm would be sure to result from
those who suffered as a result of the
operation. We can conceive of no sin
gle item, however, which it would
have been wiser to leave alone than
that providing for the deficiency
school aid. School superintendents
and schoolboard members are orilin.
arily not active in politics, and as a
class they cannot be accused of being
seekers after pork, but they know
what they are rightly entitled to and
after carrying their fight for this aid
on which the state had defaulted. sue
cessfully thru the legislature it comes
as rather direct slap to have the
governor veto the item.
When the 1917 legislature had
deemed 1t expedient to meet an obli-
cation which the 1915 body had shirk-
ed the governor could we'll have left
with that branch of the state govern
ment the responsibility for any in
crease In the state tax levy which
would have resulted from this appro-
pr1ation.-Northfie1d News.
Willmar tribune., 1917-05-09
A Sad Accident,

A very sad accident occurred last
Saturday afternoon on the farm of
Andy Swan near Elkhorn, Manitoba,
Canada, when Leonard, a son of Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Swanson, former
residents of Atwater, but now of Man.
son, Canada, was caught in the belt or
wheel of a gasoline engine while saw
ing wood. His right leg was crushed
and he was otherwise hurt internally
The place where the accident happen.
en- is about seven miles from town,
but doctor who was called managed
to get out to the place in half an hour
He could do nothing however, and six
hours after the accident the young
man passed away. His parents, who
were fifteen miles away from the
place of the accident, reached his bed
side three hours before he died.
Grove City Times.
Willmar tribune., 1917-05-09

terrible. May her people learn this
bitter lesson and call their ruling
caste and it's sophists of the chair and
sanctum to strict account. But there
is lesson in Germany's distress and
retribution for other nations, neutral
! or belligerent. Nay, there are many
lessons for them in the situation.
Aggression and greed and lust "dO
not pay" The wages of international
burglary and violence are death.
"Realist" politics will land nation in
famine and defeat. An autocratic, ir-
responsible government and secret d.
plomacy sooner or later plunge ma
tions into needless and criminal war
fare. Militarism, the gospel of pre-
paredness and armaments, the wor-
ship of "the State; suppression of
free speech and free press and bu.
reaucratic control of education-these
things are evil, perilous and fraught
with calamity.
The Germans are not inferior to any
other people. What has overtaken
them would have overtaken any other
people similarly circumstanced. He
who breaches the Prussian gospel in
America is unwittingly sowing the
wind in America and counting disas-
ter fol her. In two generations, false
teaching, false ideals, false pride and
false claims will ruin any nation. Safe
ty for all lies in discussion, in free
d 1E1. in mutual toleration, in search
ing criticism of government, in above
board diplomacy, in patience and for
bearance, in conciliation and negoti-
ation.-The Public.