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where night switching crew was max
Ing up train.
Keeping to the shadows, he walked
back along the line of cars on the
makeup Truck. alertly seeking his op-
portunlty. Halfway down the length
Of the train he found what he was
looking for: box car with its sidedoor
haSped bur not locked. With q bit of
stick to lengthen his reach, he unfas-
tened the hasp, and at the switching
crews addition of another car to the
makeup" he took advantage Of the
noise made By the jangling crash and
slid the door. Then he ascertained by
cropping into the dark interior that the
car was empty. With q foot on the
truss-rod he climbed in, and at the
next coupling crash closed the door.
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VII tell. Parental implantings may
have much to say to the fruit of the
womb, but atavism has more. Smiths
jaw came up with snap. He was no
longer an indistinguishable unit in the
ranks of the respectable and the we'll
behaved; he was man fleeing for his
life. What was done was done, and
the next thing to do was to avert the
consequences.
At the railroad station q few early
corners for the west-bound passenger
train due at ten o'clock were already
gathering, and at the bidding of a GER
tain new and militant craftiness Smith
avoided the lighted waiting rooms as
if they held the pestilence. A string Of
box cars had been pushed up from the
Notwithstanding platforms recently,
and in the shadow of the cars he
worked his way westward to the yard
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CHAPTER iI-Continued.

Good judges on the working floor of
said of the well-muscled young bank
cashier that he did not know his own
strength. 1t was the sight of the pistol
that m0ddened him and put the driving
force behind the smashing blow that
landed upon the big mans chest. The
lifted pistol dropped from Mr.. WatrOus
Dunham's grasp and he wilted, settling
back into his chair, and then slipping
to the floor
In flash Smith knew what he had
done. Once, one evening When he had
been induced to put on the gloves with
the Athletic clubs trainer, he had con-
trived to plant body blow which had
sent the wiry little freshman to the
mat, gasping and fighting for the
breath of life. IF ever yeZll be givin
a man that heart-punch wild tn bare
fisht, Misther Montague. it's you FIR tn
fasht train widout shtoppin' to buy
amy ticket-it'll be murther in the
first degree" the trainer had said,
when he had breath to compass the
saying.
With the UNDECIDED warning resur-
gent and clamoring In his ears, Smith
knelt hOrror-stricken beside the fallen
man. On the presidents heavy face
and in the staring eyes there was a
foolish smile, as Of one mildly aston
ished. Smith loOsened the collar around
the thick neck and laid his ear upon
the spot where the blow had fallen.
The big mans heart had stopped like
i smashed clock.
Smith got upon his feet, turned off
the electric light, and, from mere force
of habit, closed and snap-locked the
presidents desk. The Waterman had
not yet returned. Smith saw the empty
chair beside the vault door as he
passed 1t on his way to the street. The
cashiers only thought was to go at
once to police headquarters and give
himself up. Then he remembered how
carefully the trap had been set, and
how impossible it would be for him to
make any reasonable defense.
With one glance over his shoulder at
the darkened front windows of the
bank, Smith began to run, not toward
the police station, but in the opposite
direction-tOward the railroad station.
For j. Montague Smith slipping from
shadow to shadow down the scantily
lighted cross street and listening mo-
mentarily for the footballs of pursuit,
new hour had struck. 1t was oil
prodigiously incredible. The crowdlng
sensations were terrifying, but they
We're also precious, in their way. Long
forgotten bits of brutality and tyranny
on WatrOuS Dunham'S part came up to
be remembered and, in this retributive
aftermath, to be triumphantly crossed
off as items In an account finally set
tied. On the Smith side the bank cash
ier'S forebears had been plodding farm
ers, but old John Montague had been
the village blacksmith and soldier
shrewd smiter in both trades. Blood
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
The young ex-tramp soon finds
that his services are very much
in demand, despite the fact that
he is suspected of trying to hide
his past.
GO BE CONTINUED
Had Her Reasons,

They We're discussing church affairs
when Mary came home from school,
and Aunt Maria remarked little pitch
ecs have big ears" and the conversa-
ton stopped. a few days afterward
the minister came to tea and gave
some of his attention to Mary.
DO you Ike to go to church?' he
asked.
"NG." answered Mary, very firmly
but politely.
"And why not, ny little dear?"
"Oh," said Mary, with smile, little
pitchers have big ears" very much to
the surprise Of her mother ard Aun,
Maria, who colored consciously, and
the minister changed the conversation
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CHAPTER ~.
Wanted-A Financier.

1t was full fortnight or more after
this mountaineering incident on the
hill road TO the dam, when Williams,
chief engineer of the ditch project, met
President Baldwin in the Brewster Of
fees of the ditch company and spent a
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There was no present help for that,
however; and five minuts later he had
regained the road and was on his way
to the ditch camp. AS D. walked he
read for the fiftieth time,Something on
the page of a recent Sc Louis paper.
1t was under tlaring headlines:
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WHAT HAPPENED

Co. young society leaders, popular bachelor
Rchiande heess destined
Durham president of the bank,
who refused to be the When
threaten him. Smith struck the
left him for
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
PAGE FIVE

Shirt sleeves. Win the hammer In lis
hand, and just as If he had been the
officer. told them of with authority
who should go to the cockpit with the
wounded men. who should stay with
him, perfectly CHEEKY and with that
way which makes men feel sure all IS
right and is going TO be right. And he
finished loading the gun with his own
hands. aimed 1t and babe the men fire.
And there he stayed. captain Of that
gun, keeping those fellows In spirits
till the enemy struck. The captain
walked forward by way of encourag-
ing the men. and Nolan touched his
hat aud said:
u am showing them how We do this
in the artillery. sir"
And this is part Of the story where
all the legends agree-that the commo-
dore said:
y see you do. and l thank you, sir,
and shall never forget this day. sir.
and you never shall. sir
And after the whole thing was over
and he had the Englishman's sword In
tue uiiu~l " tue stdlt duu SSi eLnOhy VI
the quarterback he said:
where is Mr.. Nolan? Ask Mr.. No
Ian to come here
And when Nolan came the captain
said:
Mr. Nolan. we are all very grateful
TO you today. You are one Of Us today.
You will be named in the dispatches
And then the old man took OF his
own sword of ceremony and gave it TO
Nolan and made him put il on. The
man told me this who saw II. Nolan
cried like baby. aud we'll he might.
He had not worn a sword since that
Internal day ut Fort Adams.
The captain did mention him in the
dispatches. 1t was always said be
asked that he might be pardoned. He
wrote a special letter to the secretary
OF war But nothing ever came OF II.
As / said. that was about the time
when they began to ignore the whole
transaction at Washington.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
The Man Without a
Country
By EDWARD EVERETT HALE

NOV, when the fire of American patriotism flares again
from the rocky headands of Maine to che golden beaches
CT California; is the time to read This prose epic
81 American patriotism -
As story it holds the interest; lesson in Iope of
tns thrilled the American heart for half
There thank God but eU Philip Noians among
ho ph they hear of the United States again.
This famous story Which pH rank forever among
Americas appeals patriotism should be read and rereod
for fis sake and for the Inspiration it brings
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
S.FETY FOR BUYERS

Tribune readers take absol utely no chances when
1nq from the stores that advertise in The Tribune.
Advertisers will sell exactly what they offer in the col
umns of this paper-hs We guarantee In case of any
MISREPRESENTATION The Tribune will pay your money back
PROMPTLY if the merchant does not.
Truth all through-news editorial and advertising
is The Tribune's standard.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
PLANT CORN FOR ENSILAGE

Our Yellow Dent field corn is what you want to
plant This seed is choice imported stock, the kind
that you should grow your seed from for next
year. lhe price Is $3.50. 12Ic To
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
PART ii.

|OLAN must have been in every
III sea and yet almost never or
q land He told me once, with i
grave smile. that no man In the
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
But-er-fat

feed that you afford to feed But-er-fat at
$500 ton makes the cheapest cow feed that we
can offer you at present. If you have never used
this feed, try sack with your next order.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-05-31
SEED BARLEY

4 bungalow apron at SL7O or MILDLY at S1.6O
in very attractive design is cheaper than you
can afford to make one. Also some nice Peggy
aprons at =. :. =. =. =. 49,. =. soc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
SHIPS, NOT STRIKES, ARE
WANTED

VNHE President indicated with consider
4 able emphasis that he intended to have
ships built in this country, even if he had
to sacrifice General Goethals to the eXi.
gencies of a situation of do-nothlnglsm
promoted by Mr.. Denman. The President
will be equally emphatic we have no
doubt, in indicating that he is going to
have ships built in spite of strikes or
other abnormal conditions.
The average citizen is not sufficiently
acquainted with the details OF proper
wages for shipyard workers to form an
intelligent opinion But the Government
is fixing prices for coal and other COM
modites. It must fix prices also for labor
If that course becomes imperative in
order to get results We can talk about
the question of wage, but we can't talk
about It to men who are idle whiln vic
tory depends on their efforts. Employees
of the navy yard wanted more money
and are going to get it. but they did not
quit work. and 1000 of them signed a
petition pledging their loyalty to the
nation and announcing their opposition
TO labor troubles at this time.
Patriotism does not go on strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
BASEBALL IN WAR TIME

When the United States first detarr,;,,o,
to enter the lists on the side of tho Am,a.
there was a considerable drop in the attend
ance at the major league parks ana e.
time. II appeared as II the hackers of tha
sport would be heavy losers on the saasn,,
But, once the furry had died down. the 20 na
again turned to the pastime which thew ha,,s
maue the most popular in the world ara
as the races In both the National ana ArN "u
lean organizations are exceedingi,, nnn
there no longer remains a doubt that thaS.
VIII De sufiicient excitement to sustain no,,'
uiar interest right through the worlds sar,p.
and make the 1917 season a financial a,,e
cess. "'eiai sue
In fact. some of the teams. such .. A..
Cincinnati Reds, the st. Louis cardnais me ,ne
the Cleveland Indians, give promise 10
making more money for their owners ,,a %
IN many moons, for, instead Of being ,raa,
ers, as they have too often been In az.
past, they have been displaying ,,nax ~ .ne
pep for 2 considerable time. ana haSp
battling with the usual pennant con,enSss Seen
for high posts. eohtehders
Another thing which cohtributaa a,
clearing OF the atmosphere was ths 70 a
certainty that the teams would NO. virtual
70 pieces because of the draft son shot
tnose within the prescribed 40. S,,.,." ~" OF
without dependents In addition thaa are
sss wnc intend % enlist viii wait unit, s 4. :.
sssscn = ever e, ~ ee.-nd 4. oosSsv' - 'es y
4 er-''7''''> "a a. &, Ill s> Il, a III 81 ~ .f s'S -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Hope That Taylor Will Solve
Transit Problem-Conscripts
Wife Answered
AUTOCRACY AT HOME
C Editor Of the Evening Ledger

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Sir-Allcw me the privilege of addressing
to you this letter and expressing my protest
against the scandal perpetrated against the
city by the so-called Smith-Mtten lease
presented in Councils last Friday.
In these times. when patriotism is of
paramount importance and should be eX-
pected of every honorable citizen in the
crisis of the nation as we'll as In the affairs
of his city government, I can hardly be-
leve that certain group o. individuals
who infest City Hall are trying t0 commit
the most outrageous act against our citizens
and against the principles of democratic
government in a free nation,
Please use your great influence and
power to support the efforts of former
Director A. Merritt Taylor, who has as
sumed tho leadership in the fight against
this criminal combination now In control
here. which is a menace far worse than the
most autocratlc government in Europe and
should be overthrown for freedoms sake
in America.
FREDERICK r. GRETZMACHER,
Philadelphia, August 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
A PATRIOTIC REPLY
he Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
sir--If you receive any more letters like
the one signed ~:.Wife of Disguised Con.
script" please put them in the waste bas.
ket You will conserve ink. and save us
red-blooded American women the shame of
owning we have such jelly.fsh in our be.
loved country.
Women like her would have gathered
up the tea thrown on the waters at the
Boston tea party. Shame on all her typel
Such women will cause the Germans to
shout victory even before the first battle
Ia fought. for we'll they know from expe
rience that a soldier Is braver when he
knows the woman he loves is praying for
him. and would be ashamed of any dis
loyal act of his. I'd rather be a soldier.
widow a thousand times over than the
wife or mother of Stacker.
If $2b may not pay the rent now. what
good would It do TO have all the rent money
II all the houses were destroyed by bombs
and there were no dwellings TO be had at
any price? Shoes can be bought for less
than 81 or IS per pair. and IL a woman
learns to do her own sewing $3.50 win INV
the material for house dress good enousb
for any wife to look neat In to the ava
Of loyal soldier husband. !. But vsrv
much 1eubt Y - pisGustsd oeaueript:s'
bneplA ~ b>on1v = ~ {hlaG wHSn 4; q; Z
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PLENTY OF WORK FOR ALL

To the Editor Of the EUenin1 Ledger:
Sir-of course $25 month will not keep
a person, but 1t will help. This is not the
time for helpless women. If we have to
work. we can. have two children, and if
the time comes when / have to work, I can
and will do 80. AS for working in mills,
referred to by "A Real American" we will
not have to do that. l know of house.
keeper who advertised for work last week.
She received twenty-five letters and eight
persons called on her, all begging her to
work for them. Any one can find all kinds
of work IL he wishes to.
If the wife Of a Disguised Conscript"
and the person singing himself "A Real
American will stop to think / am sure
they will change their minds and will find
something to do besides find fault with a
country that did not want TO fight but had
to. This is the time for all Americans tc
work together. MOTHER.
Philadelphia, August II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
POLITICAL PARTIES AND
SOCIALISM

To the Editor Of the Erening Ledger:
Slr-On Saturday, August IS, / boarded
a car and found a newspaper on the seat
occupied. had never read this paper before,
and as I began turning the pages I was
thunderstrucli TO find the following express
sion on the primary election in DAYTON. O.,
where the Socialist candidates were success
ful: Germans Win First Battle on Land
Against Americans" Well! Well! How can
any editor permit such an absurd. sjllv
statement to appear in his paper? How can
citizen be accused of being pro-German
because he chooses to cast his vote for others
than the rotten Republican and Democratic
candidates? According to the statement
OF the newspaper, a citizen must vote for
these misrepresentation of the people or
else he will be branded as a German sym-
pathizer.
Ihe editor of that newspaper will find
OUT more at the coming elections in our own
CITY ana state, as well as throughout the
country in the next four years, for our peo-
pie, our working classes, are beginning to
thlnk more and learn more about the So
called representatives who promise TO repre-
sent the people If elected and who after cleo
''oI. represent handful of thlck-necked
miilionaires who rob the people
Can any intelligent citizen vote for our
Nepuphcan candidates who favor the grab
| by the p. r. II. Company so gallantlv m,
| posed by the EVENING LEDGER? OF course
not. Voting for Democrats is going from
pad to worse, and yet voting for the So
| claiist candidate means Germanism IN
some boneheads who only look to their own
interests and their own stomachs and let
the rest of the people suffer.
| Lot mo asS,ra ,ba na,.o.
so-called patriots that I was a Democrat
long before L was naturalized, and worl.ed
mighty hard for the Democratic partv for
eight years But no more Both Republica n
and Democratic officeseekers only renresant
the parties in name, not in principle am
for Socialism hereafter for the working peo.
| pie and for my co-toilers, and l am as pood
patriot as any intelligent American Eor
| America forever. NORRIS C0prN VI
Philadelphia, August 20.
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perishabls glory Of death in defense Of
such cause AZ that in which the nation
now fights softens. but cannot overcome.
the sorrow of those who live to bury their
dead.
But men have died in such a way that
the memory Of them IL precious inheri.
tance for a whole people, inspiring gen
erations TO come with noble thoughts and
to heroic deeds. No men died at Their.
mopylae: they won there life forever. So
shall It be with the Americans who offer
themselves In the flush Of their youth to
the defense OF our institutions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
MAKING READY TO GET FROM
UNDER

A FEW weeks ago the Mayor was
"A proudly boasting that he was his own
transit adviser and that the lease being
formulated was bound to be a good lease
because he was making 1t himself. This
tickled the risibilities Of citizens who knew
Just how ignorant OF transit and all its
problems the Mayor in fact was, but
they were scarcely prepared for so en-
traordinary a statement from his Honor
as the following:
Many OF the other provisions in the
lease are my own. But as regards the
transit board, it is the idea OF Mr.
Twining. and knew nothing about 1t
until received copy of the lease.
What a pity that the very vitals OF the
lease were kept from the knowledge of
the Mayor until the eve of publication OF
the document! Apparently, when he was
calling prominent citizens into confer
ence ahead OF time to tell them how fine
the lease was and 20 urge their support,
he did not even know what was in the
lease. No wonder the aforesaid citizens
were somewhat confused.
Now that we know, officially, that Mr..
Twining slipped one over on Smith, we
may be prepared later on for an announce
ment from City Hall to the effect that
William Draper Lewis also pulled the
wool over his IIonor's eyes and that the
latter is Mortified to discover that his
name has been linked TO a proposition
utterly abhorrent to him. 1t was pointed
out to us the other day, however, that the
Mayor would not knowingly have put in
the lease a provision that he himself
should select the bonding company to
bond the new officers proposed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
THE LOW COST OF WHISPERS

COME men start whistcrs, some achieve
~ whiskers, some have whiskers thrust
upon them. The drafted class was for
merly insignificant in this vicinity. In
matters of facial scenery liberal volun.
teering spirit prevailed. NeXed by the
transit service, oppressed by gang bosses
irritated by the tickle weather even a
male Philadelphian might have been, but
shaves were cheap. Concerning hirsute
affairs he was master of his fate.
Fast fading are those carefree days.
North of Market street the ten-cent shave
is but a memory of n happy past. Three
ncllels are demanded now. The Glrard
Avenue BARRIERS Association has so ruled.
The rigid laws of economics indicate that
this price raising must soon march south
ward. Furthermore, when once the cost
of an article of service starts to rise it
has good chance of eventually sky
rocketing. One extra nickel looks good
to the "tonsoral artist" Two would look
better, Men who are not opulent will
then have to choose between squandering
part of their earnings in "parlors" of
tonic" and talk and being conscripted
into the whisker class
Once landed there. however, a certain
amount Of latitude may obtain. The in
teresting repertoire includes mutton
chops" Burnsides, Dundrearies, Var
Dykes, Galways and many subtle varia-
tions of these The wearer may take his
pick And this thought may comfort him
as he decides; the war may go on, but
as barbering grows exorbitantly high
whiskers will remain cheap. They ar,
natures gift, free as the breeze that blow!
them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-23
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Judge Robert =. Lovett has been appointed
by the President to be director Of priority
transportation.
2. ,;talactite is a deposit, Of carbonate Of
lime hanging downward. usually in the
form Of an icicIe from the roof Of
cave. A stRlagmlte is composed Of the
same material and projects upward from
the floor of q cave.
3. Louis Adolphe Thiers was first President Of
the Third French Republic.
4. Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison. was
perhaps the most famous belle and beauty
OF the White House. She was born OF
Quaker parents.
5. The French military term "pied-a-terre"
means q fOOthold. Literally the words
mean '.feOt-tO-t ground"
q. william Hale Thompson Is Mayor Of Chi
- cagO.
:. Die GOetterda emmerung" literally mesns
English rendering Of this title OF Wss-
. 49, ner's opern Is "The Dusk of the Gods"
y. NladivOstOk is the Eeastern terminus Of the
- . Trnns-Siberian Rcilway.
y. Lord Br0ugham. Of England, was the anthor
a the expression "the great unwashcd"
q. His dates are Is78-IssS.
Shakespeare,