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 reached twenty-five they told me that perhaps there were a few more in there, but they thought they'd better let them stay.
 My wounds had become septic, and 1t was necessary to give all attention to drainage and cure. Ii was about this time that everything for awhile seem- ed to become hazy and my memories got all Queerly mixed up and confused. l re0ollect conceived a violent dis like for a black dog that appeared from nowhere now and then and be- gan chewing st my leg, and believe gave the nurse severe talking to because she Insisted on going to look on at the ball game when she ought to be sitting by to chase that dog away. And ! was perfectly certain about her being at the bah game, because saw her there when was playing third base.
 The Alarming Cablegram.
 It was at this time ion Nov. 2S, 1916. ten days after 1 had been wounded) that my father In Lexington received the following cablegram from the off, cer in charge of the Canadian records in England:
 Sincerely regret to inform you that Ser gennt Alexander McCllntock is officially reported dangerously III in No. 5 general hospital from gunshot wound in left thigh. Further particulars supplied when re- colYed
 It appears that during the time of my adventures with the black dog and the inattentiVe nurse my temperature had ascended to the stage when the doctors began to admit another method of treatment might have been success fpL But l didn't pass out The one thing I most regret about my close call ts that my parents in Lexington were ln unreheyed suspense about my con. mtion until I myself sent them 6 cable from London on Dec. 15. After the lrst oSicial message, seemingly pre- pared almost as a preface to the an- pouncement Of nay demise. my father received DO newR of me whatever. And, as l didRt know that the official message had gone, l cabled nothing to Rtm until was feeling fairly chipper again. You can't have wars, though, without these little misunderstanding
 If 1t we're possible should say some thing heEe which would be fitting and adequate about the Enghshwomen who nursed the 2,5O0 wounded men in general hospital No. s at Rouen, but that power isn't given me. All l can do fs to fall ha0S upon our most pro- found American expression of respect and cay that my hat is oG to them. One nurse fn the ward in which l lay had been on her feet for f1fty-si1 hours. with hardly time even to eat. She finally fsinted from exhaustion, was carried out of the ward and was back again in four hours, assisting at an operation. And the doctors were do- ing tbetE bit too, in living up to the obligations which they Considered to be theirs. An operating room was in every ward, with Eve tahles in each. After the fight on the somme. in which I was wounded not a table was va cant any boar in the twenty-four for dRyS at Q time. Outside of each room vas . long line of stretchers contain ing patients next awaiting surgical at- tenttoo. And in all that stress l did not heas one word of complaint from the surgeons who. stood hour after hour, using their skill and training for the petty pay Of English army medical omcers-
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Germans Bomb Hospital Train.

Right here l would like to tell a It, tie story about a hospital train leaving Contay for ROuen-not the one We were on, but one which had left few days before The train, when 1t vas just ready to depart with full quota of wounded men, was attacked by German aeroplanes from which bombs were dropped upon 1t. There Is noth- ing apparently that makes the Ger
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shaken up. We were beginning also to realize we were by no means out of the woods surgically. Our wounds had merely been dressed. Each of us, faced an extensive and serious operation. We arrived at Contay silent and pretty badly depressed. For twenty-four hours in the Contay casualty clearing station they did little except feed us and take our temperatures hourly. Then we were put into hospital train for Rouen.
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vithA weapons, which ranged from Shoeguns to herSs pistols. One, It. tle better dressed than the rest car Fted 6 camera, which he proceeded to set up iu one corner of the room ~Ye'rs arrested" announced the oEaEinai speaker, 8 rather heavy set nlan with gray mustaChes of the trail ing Srbutus type I'm the sheriff" Be displayed a brilliant new star pinned to e suspender bordering shhH front which was slightly dis"oloCed bI tobacco.
 -ArrestedI" Clair demanded What toEa"
 Fer wiIifui murder" The sheriff Ehiysred slightly as he spoke. Amt that SO, boysT
 A Erowi answered him. "Lynch 'emm yelled the man who ears1sd theEope, apparently fearful lest ! hs,had brought hfs burden in vain. "Aye, that's t. String i'm up!' These and other enthusiastic cries treasured httn.
 "Sow, wait a minute, boys" The shsrf6 turned a cold eye on bis en- husiaBtac rethdue and spat with fair dsgreg of accuracy abths kitchen stove "Wht1e ngE pr8yate individool I have to admit, boys, that would enjoy a Snahin' Hs- much as any of you, still | have to remamber that have duty to perform, c sacred trust-nameiy, to viE D uphold the majesty of the law in HsSkeioon county"
 ''B6t we've never had lynching in shisI sIeo1nty." protested the bloodthirsty
 man with the F6psg "sITd they've had twe G7eE Lake county way
 Local pride nearly swayed the sheriff against us, but at last he held up his bGhds
 T can't allow f. boys" he said re- grsefn1iy. "4H we can do, accordin' to;the lsw,is Sortaks lem to Jafl" "B6toEa',T move out of this place" Ltphon 6. olsiE protested, i've got to have sorns clothes" ....
 "Ail right son" soothed the sheriff; I "there Rtn.t any call to get hectic about fG s." turning to one of the othera ''sse if there ain't some old cioGhes m that closet in the hired helBlR roOm-"'
 Si5departeds dsand soon returned with a garment known in history as 6 Mother Hubbard, so called because of
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CHAPTER xV.
A Disappointed Sheriff.

A s We have no weapon with
 EN which to fight back, suppose
 "A we had better surrender" said
 Clair. Suddenly the fusillade ceased, and a moment later a voice at tho door exclaimed: "Resistance is use lesa, Every corner of the room is GOV cred. John, show a nghtF'
 A buIlssye flashed.
 "Do you surrender2"
 T do," i promised solemnly.
 SHunphl Desperate characterSr de- &ared the voice In the doorway.
 Several men entered and ht two kerosene lamps which they found in cupboard and a lantern which seemed tosbelong to,their party
 Fn the illumination thus afforded l coald make out at least a dozen men of ths type which is indigenous to the bench in front of the small town gro ceEy store. Just now, however, they were doing an in1Hhton of the vigi- lance committee in the third act of 'Tbs Virginian."' One carried a coil oH half inch rope; and all were armed
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-sutslg yoB. nEss neard the telephone be1l ringing"
 'Yes, f& has been making an infer nal racket ever EinCS I arrived. but how could I leave my post to answer h7H Be helplessIy waved his free hand iR Che direction of the keyhole.
 ''Ouchl stopF' be yelled, jerking his thumb away and dancing up and down tEsnacally.
 "WhEt has happenedT
 Hshs jRbbed a pin into my thumb. rtn bleeding to death. Put your thumb over the keyhoie minute while 1 sHear.h
 Twas about to do that, foolish ss 1t was, when thsrs was the sound of 6 rife shot somewhere outside, and al- most simultaneously the lamp which I held fGll apart th my hand and crash iedSt6 the floor. : SHa. hRs ha" laughed Bhl Johnson inthe darkness, T sec the yoke now" HWhat, happenedYT Clair asked. 3 ''Soms, one shot out tho light" "WhRt for3"
 "T'ean't imagine"
 Any further conversation was cut sheCt by a scattering fusiIlade of shots, some of which came though the win doWy as R0 could tell by the tinkIe of glass.
 ~This is 6 regular attack" Clair may have been an egotistical ass, but must give him credit for not showing tSar under fire. What shall we dor"
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SYNOPSIS.

sYNoPSfS.
 Lucile Green; charming. but with fads, hs visited at tho Greens' gnEnnes island | home by Monty Blalnsy. aha5prOpoBs5 O | weeks fast. All food is banished.
 Frank Bopp rival suitor, appears un- | expectedly. TO get feod' for hiflse8 b4 attempts the mainland by u0t0TboaS-
 Blainey receives ay telegram Ga6fe1Bea N. Blaney froIn Vida DupmorR gan eetfaaS, speaking of marriage. He h noupsnsod ! but Lucile's Jealousy is arousea.
 A supply boat is wrecked on rocks near by. The crew lands safe and BlatnGy Foss cues Vida She Is dressed as Rosalln&
 The boats captain explains that VIdS had donned the costume for safety. All are forced by the high Rsa % remain On the island
 Vida discovers h BlaIney Q dramatic critic who had praised her work besldos being her rescuer. She explainB Co hlra that she is engaged to Q Ned BlRn6y.
 The boat bgealLs down and 9opp e EdD- rooned. During fierce storm HrR. GFNsn faInts and Is revived By Q sttmuAAE which intoxicateS her.
 Blainey discovers LucIls and Bopp nihs bling dog biscuits Be, proposes to end the fast, but there Ia no food, MnA sGresa suddenly dlsappearS and all hunt for her Mrs Green suddenly phones that BnO is stranded on another Island. While overstimulated she had put out in hEmhh boat.
 Vida out of mischief wins pEoPosai from Llpton Clair, anotheT BtrGndea IvisE itor. Not wishing to mary, he ,BWirnH away from the island
 Mrs. Green phones that @ strHngS man Is dogging her. Luc!le hears heE scream then the phone won't work again. Gaeiba phones the sheriff on the malnland.
 A reporter invades the inland to write up the mystery. Blainey make1 him . prisoner and in the evening hires q launch to hunt for Mrs. Green
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UNHAPPEEss DISTILLED.

Men and Women Unanimous About Tt.
 Many women weep and vail and refuse to be comforted because their once mag nifcent tresses have become thin and faded Many men incline to profanity because the flies bite through the thin thatch on their craniUmS It will be good news Co the miserable of both seEes. 10 learn that Ncwbro's Herpicde has been placed upon the market This is the new scalp EermIcldo and antiseptic that aets by destroying the germ or microbe that Is the underlying cause of all hair de- structicn. HrrDiclde is a new prspara- uon, made after new formula on an entirely new principle. Anyone who has tried it VIII testify as to It's worth. Try it yourself and De convinced. Sold by leading druggists. Send IOc. Tn stamps for sample 10 The Eerpicide Go. De trcit Mich.
 One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
 At all Drug Storse. Ady.
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It's tesemplanee -,s 9 saaasa.

It's tesemUiante "s5 q sqaasa.
 '+This is all I could find" Si report cd. "The Huntingdons' help was a female woman"
 "That'H do," the sheriff said briefly. tossing 1t to Clair. Put this on with out any arguments and we'll be on our way"
 Clair thought of protesting, but was overcome by the idea of the woman in the next room and hastily donned the garment, which was cut on lines designed to cover any sort of figure which nature could turn out The ef- feet of the dress plus the Whiskers wss startling, to say the least.
 Before we gO," the sheriff decided, i've had best have a look at the re, mains" To me he said: "Where Is the deceased? Where is Mrs. Green T'
 Mrs. Green hasn't been murdered" '" I started to set him straight.
 "I didn't ask how she met her death" the sheriff thundercd. "Of course l don't expect you to aGmi; you killed her. All asked was where she is, and, by George, I'll have an answer. Where is she?"
 l pointed silently at the locked door.
 Boys" said the sheriff, with emo tion, "a poor, defenseless woman lies beyond that door foully done to death by these here ruf1anS. Smith, Wads- worth, Clancy, Snider, you will act as ambulance department"
 Four of his comedians went toward the door.
 Wait" the leader commanded. Be fore you enter that room take off them hats"
 The four nondcscript hats came ofI silently. Then they discovered that the door was locked However. that proved only a slight obstacle. for the lock was easily forced. It struck me as funny that Mrs Green had not walked out on the scene before this. 4 premonidon of coming disaster grip ped my heart
 The four men :e--ntered. carrying reverently a limp figure, which va. unmistakably Mrs. Green. Had she been struck by a stray bullet from the attacking party? If she had, things certainly were looking black for Clair and myself We had no way of prov ing that we were innocent, and all circircumstantial evidence would be against us. 4 murmur of anger ran around the room, and the man with the rope fingered it nprvoUslv-
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Throw up your hands" l com manded.
 To my surprise, l found thnt was addressing a whiskered individual clad in white swimming tights only, who was backed up against a door in a'far corner of the room. He threw up ono hand, keeping the other one behind him.
 Up with the other handH' shouted, advancing into the room to get better view of its occupant, but keeping sui. fclently in the shade of the lamp % that the real nature of my weapon would not be immediately evident Throw up your other handl"
 T can't" said my prisoner stub bornly.
 "Can't?" I repeated in surprtSe, Why can't youf"
 Because I've got my thumb over the keyhole and there is woman on the other side trying to peek throughP
 grabbed the lamp from ths tnbaS and held 1t so the full light fell on bis face.
 "Lipton S. ClairI" l exclaimed
 q admit that I did not expect to be recognized in this island wilderness" " he began pompously, careful to gAsdc- ulate, however, only with bis free hand, "but why should not be hers as well as anywhere else2"
 Because when l saw you last you were going to swim to the mainland" 7
 Who are you?" he demanded tn turn trying to see past the light which l held in front of me. ....
 "Montmorency Blainey," replied.
 Yes, yes; I understand" Then sud denly be shrank more closely into the doorway. "Is that woman-my fRncee Miss Dunmore-with youE'
 1 reassured him and asked him how he came to Je where had found hirn. q
 q found the swimming a trlae more strenuous than I had expected" he be- gan. "I discovered that it was prsc- tically impossible for me either to reach the mainland or to get back Go Greens island. The general trend of the waves was in this direction, and l was forced to go along. saving my strength fer keeping my head above water
 'The rest of my story Is ahsurdiy simple. I saw land here and cams ashore. It was not quite dark, and I came up the path to the house without noticing the light in the window I had no thought of there being any n- habitants, and my intention was to rummage around until I found soTSA thing to eat and some dTg clothes. AS soon as opened 1thss oo0F ! saw that 1 had committed social blunder. There was a woman stand ing at the telephone, and whe1 Ehe saw me she screamed and ran through this door, slamming and locking t 0fSS CT her. It was, useless, to try to e1s plain to a frightened female the tD- nocuous nature of my vtstt @ roz trained. was about to pRroRke of some of the food I found on tho ts, ble there when I heard ths key being carefully withdrawn m1thSs lock o1 the other side. Quick RSE 6 flash ' asked myself the question, Why d0 people withdraw the keys from locked doorsT The answer struck ms fn- stantly. So that they may look through the ksyholed; of courBaI, l recolleeted my costume With oDs bound I jumped to the door and put my thumb over the ksyhoisS 'WhsEa ts 2 has hean ever siuceh .
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-19
~ Lsse All independence
IN They Go to Live With Son
81 Daughter, Dorothy Dix Says

OF view, which is the perfectly natural
and human one OF desiring 10 live ones
own life in ones own way, in ones own
home among ones own things, and TO
be free 10 indulge in ones own little
ways and habits without criticism+
When we are fifty we have acquired
ways and are entitled TO them. hey
are the consolation prize Of age, why
should a woman who has found out
the things she likes TO eat and wear
best and the opinions that are most
congenial TO her be forced to change
them all, as she is sure to have to do
II she goes 70 liy, in sons or dauEh-
ter's house,
Here She's Independent
In her own house mother can SIT in
a shabby rocking chair that has shaN'd
itself 10 her figure. AT drughtet 5
house she must sit in an up-and- down
chair that is place of torture to hcr
because in daughters house, that has
been furnished BY . professional dee.
orator, there is nothing 50 provincial
and comfortable as rocking chait.
Why should mother, who has drunk her
coffee with her dinner every day n
her life, be denied that solace because
daughters butler would have fits over
serving coffee in any other way than %
a demi tasse at the end of the meal
Why should mother give up her flour
ishng business that she has built up
and which affords her not only an in-
dependent living but a vital interest,
to become dependent on her son and to
have sons wife etcrnally counting up
how much more iinery she could have
II her husband didn't have to support
his mothcr7
Should Be Abolished.
There's no reason for it whatever II
has just been silly custom for wo-
man, II she was a widow to go to live
with her married children, and the
sooner it is abolished the better for all
concerned.
That is the crux Of the whole mother
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children. she Is compelled to eifsce her
sell and TO put the soft pedal on all her
likes and dislikes. She is a dependent
and must fall in with the humors Of
those who pay the bills.
Happier at Home.
Far, far happier would she be in one
room that was her own and in which
she might do and say and dress and
think as she pleases than she is in her
sons or daughters palace, Far, far
happier would she be among strangers
who would listen with respect to her
opinions and her "reminiscences than
she is among her own children, who are
free TO tell her she is growing garrulous
and who hush her up before company.
Also mother often finds that she is
expected TO really be a sort OF upper
servant Ii is taken for granted thar
she doesn't want to go about any, that
she finds it wildly exciting to stay at
home with the baby and darn the chill
dren's stockings while daughter and
daus6ter -in-law is faring forth TO en-
Joy herself. Many woman works ten
times in the home OF her children, who
give' themselves credit for supporting
her, than she would do il she was earn
ing handsome salary as housskeeper
or caretaker OF children for a stranger.
They Love Her More.
The woman who has an independent
income OF her own is little short OF in
sane II she goes to live with her chill
dren, no matter how much they impor-
tune her to do so. The best of children
love mother more and respect her
more il she jealousy maintains her own
independence. o.
The able bodied woman who can make
her own living is worse than insane il
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-19
lt's enc Of Tragedies In Their
nves, Writer Points Out to
4 Be Passenger on Instead Of
captain Of Ship She's
Guided for Many Years,
By DOROTHY DIX.
worms Highest Paid Woman Writer


NNE Of the common but bitter
tragedies of life is when woman
- who has been at the head OF her
own hoSse for thirty or forty years has
TO give II up and 70 to live with her
children.
The children may be ever so loving
and anxious TO have mother with them.
The in-laws may even bear mothef'S
presence with Christian fortitude and
resignation. The house TO which
mother goes may be far more luxurious
than any she has ever known. She may
be able 10 sit down and fold her hands
In idleness for the first time in her lie.
It's q Tragedy.
None the less, however, Il Is a
tragedy, for il means that mother has
lost her independence-she's passen-
ger on the ship instead OF being captain
, and pilot and she must follow some
body elses theory of life instead OF
her own
The children never understand this,
They pat themselves on the back and
puff out their chest and feel self
righteous and virtuous about doing their
duty so nobly TO mother, Sally tells
you how she couldn't bear TO think Oi
mother staying alone in the old home
after father died, and so she just
picked her up and brought her to live
with her, although mother foolishly
cried and protested against leaving her
old home.
B And John tells you that just as soon
as he got to making a good living he
made mother give up the old boarding
house where she had shaved for twenty
years. and come TO live with him and
his family, although it was pulling
mothers eve teeth to make her do It
and she still seems TO want TO go back
to il, but he's going to do what's right
by the best mother man ever had
He Thinks It's Due.
He hasns forgotten how she worked
10 put him through college. No, sir.
He's going to see that she takes il easy
the balance OF her life, Why. she hasn't
got thing to do now but help Jenny
with the childrena little and look after
the house bit when they are out
Just enough to keep her interested.
AND these well-mcaning children
- never stop for a minute to con-
slider tlc situation from mothers point
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in-iaw situation No woman who has
been al the head OF a house for hall
lifetime, who is energetic and efficient.
can suddenly he deprited OF all outlet
for her activities and remain sweet and
serene and patient and alooi. On the
contrary, tho very lack OF anything 10
do makes her restless pecylsh and mis-
serablc. Having no interests OF her own
she becomes a meddler and busysbody
pcking per finger into everybody else''
pies. Having no Wholesome object TO
expend her thoughts upon, she grows
morbid and imagnes sights where
none were intended
NOR is It possible for any ex-
~ pericnccd housekeeper TO see the
waste and bungling of young
wife learning her trade without an ir-
restble desire to point out her faults
to her. and tell her how she used TO do
it, And that's why mother and daugh-
ter get on each Others nerves when
mother is deposed and daughter be-
comes queen Of the household and why
mother and daughter-n-law fight like
the Kilkenny cats.
Never Helps Happiness.
II is matter of cold statistics that
in more than half Of the divorce cases
the mother -in-law is at the bottom of
all the trouble, and hardly one Of us
can recall a single household in which
the advent of either the husbands moth
CT or the wifes mother has added to
the happiness of the family circle,
And If mother is a stormy petrol IN
the home she is even more miserable
herself than she makes others. II she
gets along in peace with her in-laws,
and her children, and her critical grand.