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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31

step with the plowman by his side, but
without any of the laborer's mechani-
cal plod-with spring in his foot
steps, indeed, pointing with his stick
along the furrow, so absorbed in the
instructions he was giving that he was
almost opposite the gate before he was
aware of her presence. He promptly
abandoned his task and approached her.
Good morning! You have slept
well?" he called out.
Better, think, than ever before in
my life" she answered. Differently,
at any rate. And such an awakening !"
He looked at her, little puzzled. The
glow upon her face and the sunlight
upon her brown hair kept him silent
He was content to look at her and won
der.
Tell me-" she demanded impetu-
ously, sis this little corner of fairy
land that you have found? Does the
sun always shine like this? Does the
earth always smell as sweetly, and are
your trees always in blossom? Does
your wind always taste as if God had
breathed the elixir of life into it?"
He turned around to follow the
sweep of her eyes. Something of the
same glow seemed to rest for mo-
ment upon his face.
ut Is good" he said, "to find what
you love so much appreciated by some
one else"
They stood together in silence al
most curiOusly protracted. Then the
pIOwman passed again with his team
Of horses and John called out some in
structions TO him. She followed him
down to earth.
Tell me, Mr.. Strangewey," she in
quired, "where are your farm build
ings?"
Come and l will show you" he an
swered, opening the gate to let her
through. Keep close to the hedge I'M
til we come to the end of the plow;
and then-but no, 1 won't anticipate.
This wayw
They reached the end of the plowed
field and, passing through a gate,
turned abruptly to the left and began
to climb narrow path which bordered
the boundary wall, and which became
sleeper every moment. AS they as
cended, the orchard and the long, low
house on the other side seemed to lie
almost at their feet. The road and the
open mooEland beyond, stretching to
the encircling hills, came more clearly
into sight with every backward glance.
Louise paused at last, breathless.
"Is it the home of the fairies you
are taking me tor" she asked. "If you
have discovered that, no wonder you
find us ordinary women outside your
lives ~
He laughed.
"There are no fairies where we are |
going" he assured her.
They were on a roughly made road |
now, which turned abruptly to the
right few yards ahead, sllirting the
side of deep gorge. They took few
steps further, and Louise stopped short !
with cry of wonder.
Around the abrupt corner an entirely
new perspective was revealed-a little
hamlet built on a shoulder of the
and on the right, below
steep descent, wide and sunny valley.
It was like a tiny world of it's own,
hidden in the bosom of the hills There
was long line of farm buildings, built
Of gray stone and rooted with red tiles;
there were fifteen or twenty stacks;
quaint, whitewashed house of consid-
erable size, almost covered on the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
The PoIitest Man,

Vice President Marshall declares
that the politest man lives in Newark,
o. Mr. Marshall made a campaign
speech there last fall. When he was
about half through, a man made his
way quietly from the rear Of the room
up to the edge of the platform, watt
ed until Mr.. Marshall paused to swal-
low, at the end Of a paragraph, and
then offered to shake hands with the
vice president.
'Im sorry, but I'll have to bid you
good night" the man said. "Tve got
to go home now."-F. G. Kelly, In Col
lier's Weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31

him with that pleasant little air Of IA
mlllarlty shared by no other woman
he had ever known.
Then the little scene faded away, and
he remembered tie tedious present.
He had spent two dull days nt the
house Of a neighboring land owner,
playing cricket in the daytime, dancing
nc night with women In whom he was
unable TO feel the slightest interest,
always with that faraway feeling In
his heart struggling hour by hour with
that curious restlessness which seemed
TO have taken permanent place In
his disposition. He was on his way
home TO Peak Hall. He knew exactly
the welcome which was awaiting him.
He knew eXactly the news he would
receive. lie raised his whip and
cracked It viclously In the air.
Stephen was waiting for him, as he
had expected, In the dining room. The
elder Strangewey was seated In his ac-
customed chair, smoking his pipe and
reading the paper. The table was laid
for n meal, which Jennings was pre-
pairing to serve.
"Back again, John?" his brother re-
marked, looking at him fixedly over
his newspaper.
John picked up one or two letters,
glanced them over, and flung them
down upon the table. He had exam
lned every envelope for the last few
months with the same expectancy, and
thrown each one down with the same
throb Of disappointment.
"As you see."
"Had a good timer"
"NOt very. Have they finished the
barley fields Stephen?"
"All in at eight O'clock"
There was brief silence. Then
Stephen knocked the ashes from his
pipe and rose to his feet.
"John," he asked, "why did you pull
up on the road there?"
There was no immediate answer.
The slightest of frowns formed itself
upon the younger mans face.
'How did you know that l pulled
up?"
81 was sitting with the window open,
listening for you. l came outside to
see what had happened, and saw your
lights standing sti!!."
81 had fancy to stop for mo-
ment," John said; nothing more"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31

southwark side with creepers; a row
of cottages, and gray-walled inclo-
sure-stretching with it's white tomb
stones to the very brink of the descent
in the midst of which was an ancient
church, in ruins at the farther end,
partly rebuilt with the stones of the
hillside.
Louise looked around her, silent with
wonder. ut isn't real, is itr she
asked, clinging for a moment to John
Strangewey's arm.
why not? You asked where the land
was that we TILED. Now look down.
Hold my arm If you feel giddy."
She followed the wave of his ash
stick. The valley sheer below them,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
CHAPTER ~.

The churchyard gate was opened
and closed nOisily. They both glanced
up. Stephen Strangewey was cominl
slowly toward them along the flint!
path. Louise, suddenly herself again
rose briskly to her feet. Stephen haC
apparently lost none of his doprnes'
of the previous night. AS he looked
toward Louise there was no mistakinl
the slow dislike in his steely eyes.
"Your chauffeur, madam, has just
returned" he announced. "He sent
word that he will be ready to start al
one o'clock"
Louise, inspired to battle by the al
most provocative hostility of her elder
host, smiled sweetly upon him.
"You can't imagine how sorry I am
to hear it," she said. 81 don't know
when, in the whole course of my life,
/ have met with such a delightful ad-
venture or spent such a perfect morn
ingv
Stephen looked at her with level, dis
approving eyes-at her slender form in
it's perfectly fitting tailored gown; at
her patent shoes, so obviously insult
able for her surroundings, and at the
faint vision of silk stockings.
eff 1 might say so without appear
ing inhospitable," he remarked, with
faint sarcasm "this would seem to be
the fitting moment for your departure.
A closer examination of our rough life
up here might alter your views. If I
do not have the pleasure of seeing you
again, permit me to wish you fare
we'll"
He turned and walked away. Louise
watched him with very real interest.
"Do you know" she said to John,
"there is something about your brother
n little like the prophets in the Old
Testament, in the way he sees only
one issue and clings to it. Are you,
too, of his way of thinkingY
"Up to a certain point, 1 believe 1
am" he confessed.
"Do you never feel cramped-in your
mind mean?-feel that you want to
push your. way through the clouds
into some other life?"
81 feel nearer the clouds here" he
answered simply.
They were leaving the churchyard
now. She paused abruptly, pointing
to a single grave in part of the
churchyard which seemed detached
from the rest
"Whose grave is that?" he inquired.
He hesitated.
"It is the grave of young girl" he
told her quietly. "She was the daugh-
ter of one of our shepherds. She went
into service at Carlisle, and returned
here with a child. They are both
buried here"
Because of that her grave is apart
from the othersT
"Yes,'' he answered. ut is very sell
dom, l am glad to say, that anything
Of the sort happens among u.s."
For the second time that morning
Louise was conscious of an unexpected |
1pheaval of emotion. She felt that the |
sunshine had gone, that the whole |
sweetness of the place had suddenly |
passed away. The charm Of it's simple
,usterity had perished.
"And / thought / had found para
lisel" she cried.
She moved quickly from John
side. Before he could
'eallze her intention, she had stepped
Dver the low dividing wall and was on
Ter knees by the side of the plain neg |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
His Theory.

docs your husband subscribe to the
theory that kissing transmits germs%
mo; he thinks that germs are most.
ly transmitted by money, and is very
careful not to hand me any,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
beware.

When fellow doesn't come through
for the grocer every so often, his food
is likely to cause an unsettled eondi-
ton Of the stomach.--IndlanapollE
Star.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
Therefore the best, delights the housewife.
AL good groeeFs. ADJ.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
Its Advantage.

Beauty is but skin deep"
"But then you can't skin ugly peo-
pie to see the good underneath.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
Sofa Beans.

Are good when prepared the right
way. Alice Pork and Beans are pre-
pared so you will like them.-Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
W. N. u, FORT WAYNE, NO. 84--1917.

A factory in which radium is being
produced has been opeVed in Scotland
by a Scotch chemist.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31

SynopslsOn through the English
actress spend the Stephen
Strangeway. dinner Louise discovers that
an-halng recluses
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Billy Bunny and His Friends

he hoped his kind rabbit friend would
give him some Of them. Well, as soon as
they reached the Old Brier Patch Billy.
Bunny gave his mother the baking pow
der and then he took Dickey Meadow
Mouse around to the barn and into the
little room which he called his own.
And wasn't Dickey Meadow Mouse curi-H
GUS He could hardly wait to see the
things. lsss
Then the little rabbit opened a box
and took out pair Of roller skates and
some lollypops, and after that two Ice.
cream cones and an apple pie. Oh dear!
Oh dear Wasn't that enough to make
a little meadow mouse's mouth water.
And he was so afraid he wasn't to get
any that when Billy Bunny gave him a.
little of everything Dickey Meadow
Mouse forgot to thank his little rabbit
friend. /;
What feast they had, and when the
good things were all gone, except the
lollypops, for there was q whole big
wooden box of them, Dickey Meadow
Mouse put on one skate and Billy Bum
| ny the other. and away they skated
down the Friendly Forest Path. And X
| a lightning bug doesn't strike the big
elm tree in our front yard and burn
| up all the leaves, I'll tell you in ths
next story how the apple pared the
| DeaC q - ~:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Ripping Rhymes
MADE IN GERMANY.

There was wondrous war machine
the most tremendous ever seen, with
cannon, gun and submarine, and 1t was
made in Germany. "A place we're
seeking In the sun, and with our sword
and bomb and gun, we'll rule the planet
ere we're done; the boast was made
in Germany. The ruler stalked with
naughty tread, his eyes were ever
seeing red, and bats were buzzing in
his head: the bats were made in Ger
many. He kicked UP war, and for long
years he bathed the world in blood and
tears, and startled all adjoining
spheres, with weapons made in Ger
many. He took on enemies each day,
and hailed them gladly in the fray, and
shot them UP with bales Of hay, and
sauerkraut made in Germany. Great
Britain, Italy ard France, and Russia
these he saw advance, and held them
!eye! with his lance, and bludgeon
made in Germany. And minor coun-
tries group by group. went at the kali
ser with a whoop; ne handed each a
bowl Of soup, which broth was made
in Germany. Since l am whipping all
these skates" the ruler gayly cried
"wie gents! I'll take on the United
States!" This break was made in Ger
many Soon Uncle Sam, incensed oy
wrongs, will seize him with a pair Of
tongs, and put him where his nobs be-
longs-in boob house made In Ger.
many.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
After you've been roaming,
It's nice to just be homing;
To do the things you used to do,
For all the old things seem like new


It's nice to just be homing;
To do the things you used to do.
For all the old things seem like new.
This is what Billy Bunny thought,
for he had been away a long time, you
know. Well, the first thing he did the
next morning was to get up and dress
and then eat his breakfast, and after
that his mother sent him on an errand
to Cousin Cottontail. She wanted to
borrow some baking powder to make
some lovely carrot flour biscuit for
supper.
We'll, off hoped the little rabbit, and
ny and $; he came ito Cousin Cotton
tails. or course she was glad to see
him. and so were all the little cotton
tails, and he played hop, skip and jump
rope with them. and then he opened his
knapsack and took out some lollypops
and gave one to each. And by that
time Mrs. Cottontail gave him the bak-
Ing powder, so he started for home.
As he hoped over the Pleasant
Meadow little Dickey Meadow Mouse
looked out from his small grass ball
house and said: $50 you're home again,
Mr.. william Bunny!" This made the
little rabbit laugh. for he didn't feel I'm
portant because he had been travelling,
No, sir! He was just the same as ne
was before he left home, only he knew
a lot more, OF course.
"'Yes, I'm home and I'm glad OF it.
Come over and I'll show you some nice
things"
1t didn't take Dickey Meadow Mouse
long to run out OF his house, for he had
allhklnds of IDEAS OF what Billy Bunny
had brought home from his travels. and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
Foreign Dictation Useless.

Tie German people Will never. under
foreign dctation. dismiss the Hohen-
zollerns. until Berlin has been occu-
pied and the last of their armies over
thrown Not even the minority social
lists would welcome liberation by
such means. President Wilson warned
Europe last December that the pro-
longation of the war was endangerins
civilization itself To fight on, until
the German nation had lost all power
OF resisting the final humiliation of a
foreign interference in its form of gov
eminent would be to pursue the eX-
tremest form of dictated peace. This
school of Thought delights to talk of
Napoleon 1t forgets that Napoleon
was an adventurer, usuTper and
man OF genius. The Kaiser is none OF
these things 1t forgets that only a
generation passed from Napoleons en-
forced abdication before the French
people, brooding all the while on it's
elories and wrongs, revived the tradi-
ton OF his mllitarism. and brought
back his nephew to power. Inc par
alel, moreover. ascribes 10 the KAISER
personal ascendancy and authority
which ne never has possessed. The
only result Of the adoption OF this pol
icy (assuming that we could endure
the years of warfare which 1t would
entaiD would be that suller Germany
counting. its dead by millions, and
brooding over the loss OF it's independ-
cnce (for state that is forced against
it's will to change its rulers is no long
er independently, would resolve. by
force or fraud to evade, or overcome
the restrictions placed upon it's arma-
ments by Europe.-H. y. Brailsford In
The New Republic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
LET'S RAISE THAT MONEY QUICK.

The canvass TO raise the Marshall
town assignment Of the national fund
with which the Y NJ c. A. is to main
tain a home and a helpful center for
be on tomorrow. If the response is
nea sureable up to the intelligence, mo-
rality and wealth of this community
the money will be in willing hands
waiting the coming of the committees,
For this is a test, one of the many tests
that are coming, of the professions men
have made morally, enthusiastically, pat
riotica!Iy.
There is no occasion to argue the
need which calls out this demand no
need to argue the effectiveness Of the
work and It's usefulness among the
ooys that shall make up our young
man army. Every person OF intelligence
knows. None who is able to read or lis
zen mas failed 20 near the testimony Of
officers and men and observers Don't
let's argue that. II is established
Let's not argue at all. Let's simply
reach down and hand over enough to
take care Of this matter There isn't
any argument that should hold an idle
dollar away from the protection and
friendliness that our boys and our
pa}uthrrS' l,c,.C pasJ ord etouTd b,,.n
and must have and snail have among
the myriad temptations Of the camp.
Il is going to be done The money is
going to De had. And every citizen,
great and small. should give his mite
or his muckle without argument or pro-
test.
Give It because it is needed Give 1t
| because you know what the sacrifice
those boys are TO make means. Give 1t
because it's a privilege as well as a
duty. Give it because you want to give
! it If you don't van: to give sit down
with yourself and take stock Of your
soul. Be honest n your estimate Of
yourself and you'll want TO give
| Many Things are to do and to pay for.
| We must pay. Does any man flatter
| himself that when the mighty sacrifice
is in progress he can sit and stand idly
by refusing or evading to do his part
! In the tri1i days at hand men are to
be tested as sternly at home az in the
field. They mus: meet their obligation
manfully or lie under the lash of COM
mon contempt. A coward is a coward
| whether he sinks out OF charging
line or siirks at home
Let us, beneficial ries of the sacrifice
the boys are making do our plain and
simple duty. Raise that fund at once.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

and unquestioningly that men may live
free and that liberty shall not perish.
The splendid seed Of noble grandsires
they take up the task these men laid
down and today maintain the suprem-
acy of democ racy, the trust these men
sealed with the blood of supreme sac
rifice.
So today let us regret that these
men dead meet with us no more but
remember them with pride and not
with tears. Remembering that all that
is noble, all that is great and endur-
ing, everything that exalts the present
above the past has been builded on the
ents rise out of the ocean on the skele-
tons of the coral All the virtue and
high endeavor of all the past helped to
create these great souls gone forever
and ever by: all they did and felt and
endeavored shall be immutably built
into the future for every noble yester-
day rose with this mornings sun and
no marvellous tomorrow may dawn eX-
cept for this today. They are not dead.
tai forces 20 live eternally in the In
fluences they left as our help and her
itage.
The lesson of this Memorial day is
ours. Let us then, in this hour between
the mighty memory of our fathers and
the splendor of our sons, of fathers who
won liberty and sons who shall main
tain it, let US Danish every sordid
thought and pledge ourselves to con-
slider no sacrifice too great we shall be
called upon TO make in the cause of our
country. In the light of that memory
and the presence of an equally splen
did service let us swear that purse and
service and sacrifice of all is not too
much for us TO give for the common
country and the boys who are defend
ing IT. Shall we, sons of such fathers
and fathers of such sons shrink from
sacrifice and evade duty? On this mem
orial day let us firmly resolve that our
dead died not in vain and that our liv-
ing defenders shall not serve a nation
of slackers. That is the lesson and the
command brought by this day to us
The dead who died for America and the
living VINO stand ready TO die FOR
America. GOD keep US true and faith
fuI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30

what bonds he wants to buy only linn
tied by the money he has on deposit.
u il one OF the Inducements FOR men
to save that they shall have this indie
pendence. and it Is only fair that the
bankers should assume that the men
who have saved out Of their past earn
ings viii continue to save if they are
encouraged to do so by bankers ac-
cepting them as men OF responsibility.
To show them that Their money de-
posted IS secure and al their COM
mand. is one of the best ways in the
world To encourage them 10 save more
and deposit it,
Every man in the west understands
that a banks deposits are part of its
debts 1t does not weaken bank
to pay its debts. There's a difference
between east siders 10 New York ana
prairie state men. This may be some
thing overlooked by the New York
bankers who insist that you shall only
buy bonds out OF future savings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
The LESSON OF TINE DAY.

To mourn today above the graves of
the soldiers would be to teach a false
philosophy and tarnish splendid trust
Let US take the noble gift in the spirit
in which it was given; for these are
not dead and can not die. Such service
as theirs reincarnates itself in all 1,
touches and walks the earth in majes-
" forever.
They are not dead They can never
die. They are the Spirit OF American
Manhood. Their grandsons ring the
shores of America today and guart
with watchful eyes the far flung out.
pots Of this nation armed and ready
because these men died so nobly; and
they, our sons and our brothers, vii
Iii need be give their blood as bravei;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-30
TIME TO STAND PAT.
Sioux City IOllrnal.l


President Wilson first asked for a
newspaper censorship power which
was so drastic that it was overwhelm-
lnsly rejected in the house. A sub
stitute was then proposed in behalf OF
the president that was accepted by
the house because it overcame the
major objection to the first clause. 1t
Was rejected by the senate because it
retained Objectionable potentialities.
Now the president offers and insists
upon a yet milder substitute, which
still might be made the basis for an
exercise of arbitrary restraint of the
free press. Congress has cheerfully
granted every essential concession
asked by the executive as a war meas
ure. When he insists upon a nopes-
sentiai that might prove harmful, the
time is ripe for congress to bow its
neck and stand pat The advice re-
mains applicable even If the presi-
cents only object no" is 10 save his
face.