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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

Dick eyes lighted up -Ais morn
ing as came in So you have
come az last dear he said
II have been here many many
times" ! answered.
he turned an inquiring gaze on
the nurse
Yves. that Is right Mr. Waverly,
Mrs Waverly has been constantly
with YOU and YOU have almost brok-
on her heart because YOU did not
know her and kept lmpioring her 70
and Margie FOR you
How long have I been here he
asked rather mildly
over two weeks"
A spssm OF pain contracted his
features
"I' is all right, Dick" said You
got the contract II msays you are
on Easy street now
He sank back among the pillows
almost in a faint,
How did you get me here2"
we brought you In By special
train. wired Jim and he came over
to Atlantic City and fixed Up every
thing"
Dear old JIM" he said fondly,
and added family. and STUART
Malcolm Stuart was cremated al.
most two weeks ago Yesterday by
his request the Saliva steamed out
OF sight OF land and Dr virot
sprinkled his ashes on the waters
where he had spent most Of his life
Dick groaned.
do YOU stiu think ! am a COW
ard and a cad Margie'" ne asked
softly
did not answer neither did ]
draw away my hand over which he
had weakly placed his Poor poor
old Dick He looked SO helpless
and unhappy
"Margie. ] am nor coward and
The thing Z did he day Malcolm
Stuart died took more co1lage Than
II had gone out there and given
up my own life in saving his And
the awful thing about il all dear
is hat perhaps J was mistaken
perhaps did NOT do De right
thing"
Under bis breath he again quoted
Greater love than this hath no
man We have grown dearest o
think that means ne greater cour
age as well but felt then. dear and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03
TWO CAR LINES
CHANGE ROUTES

Beginning Monday May z. Woo
ward south bound thru" cars and
Depot line cars Will be rerouted un
90 new tracks have heen laid on
Jercrson.aye. between Griswold md
Sccondsts Woodward cars Will
Wrn west on Congress. 70 Third. TO
Jefferson 90 Woodward and there
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

q
Reoey's secret said sammy 70
himself
time for considerable thinking lie
sot 20 thinking az how be would
feel Z some one should dnd bis hes.
and tell everybody just whore q
Was and SO perhaps bring danger
go the helpless babies there. The
more he thought OF This the more
uncomfortable he teit lie stopped
chuckling and few 10 his fsyor,le
thinking tree. II d. a tree ia the
Green Forest where sammy is very
fond 81 sitting alone by himself A
srest deal OF mischief has sammy
planned ia that tree And there
TOO. he has planned some OF The
good deeds which to has done, TIE
deeds which prove that Sammy
isn't really tad al heart AZ all
"Of course. III tell everybody
Reddy's secret" said sammy 20
himself when he was comfortably
seated IN his tree ~ ought 10.
Peter Rabbit ought 20 know IL
Danny Meadow Mouse ought 20
know a. bob White and Mrs
Grouse ought 70 know r. They
ought 70 know = because Reddy
FOX. not TO mention Mrs Reddy
win hunt a great Deal harder than
ever before 20 ger enough 20 feed
those youngsters - thairs Peter
ard Bob and Mrs Grouse. and a
lct Of others ought 70 De put on
tGeir guard
But Won don't have 70 tell where
Psddys home ls said Sammy's
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03
MISSING Dearborn Girl Found.

Ella Farlsnd. IS years old who
had been missing from her home
In Dearborn for ;wo weeks. was
returned to her father Tuesday BY
The Windsor police department The
girl was found in ire home OF Mrs
Norah Ter, No London-st. Wind.
eor, and told a weird story % hav-
ing been kidnapped and attacked by
man. She admitted later that this
was untrue and that she had run
away from Dearborn after having
quarreled with children OF her sun.
Gay school class.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03
Employees To Share In Profits.

As an expression of appreciation
~ The loyalty OF IT'S employees. w
Straus & Company announce tFht
those drawing salaries NOT exceed
ing s. 900 a year snd who have
been n their employ for two years
or longer. prior 70 January T. Of
each year will receive AN anniver
sary gifi or cash. in amounts rang
ins from two 20 ten per cent ~ the
previous years salary The hrst
payment Will De made az tho end
OF the present year and yearly
thereafter
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

esume the regular route. Depot
ears viii run from Jefferson north
ON Bates 20 Congress. on Congress
90 Griswold. Griswold 10 Larnsd
West on Larned l6 Third hence
north ON Third to the regular route.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

d Pc latter are slow of termination
and rhe rad.-he- come up 70 a few
DAYS msrki0r The row So that yon
can begin hoeing .he parsnips ard
carrots before they are oar ~ the
ground Rad.sh seed should be-
scattered aeonr three or forr inches
M .hs ROW and should b. pulled up
us soon SIS LARGE enough tt eat
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

membership campaign was started
iu -dny evening, IN the y. ", q. 4.
with the object II increasing the
nrIHflou present roster FROM
500 Co a 500 A special EFFORT VIII
factories
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-03

Printinx--thr plain neat kind--thaf
q rtGbt---Tiu-e- Sob pepS-N~in fs70
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southwark toward those far purple

southwark toward those far purple
hills.
Behind 1t the Morgan homestead
reared with flames, funeral pyre for
the body of the murdered mother.
The girl would not let herself think
Of that. She understood now that she
had been taken alive for a purpose.
She must defeat that purpose, either
by escaping or by bringing her own
death about in attempting to escape.
She dared not think Of the horror that
lay behind, lest 1t unnerve her and
make her fail.
Leaving the open country, the raid
ers took to the highroad. II they had
eluded the patrols, they did not hope
for long to 60 unpursued. Their safest
course lay in open flight by the fastest
practicable route to the hills. They
spared neither their horses nor them
selves.
1t SO happened that the animal rid
den by Bess Morgan was one Of the
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In that presence the blusterins, val
liant Zelaya diminished to his right
stature. that Of rOwdyish braggart,
not lacking in courage and Initiative,
c0nspicuously deficient In education,
wisdom. judgment.
Only less dwarfed was the repre-
sentative Of the Carranxa interests,
General Torreon, a trim and intellI-
gent Mexican, well grounded in the
fundamentals Of his trade-which was
simply and exclusively war.
Baron Huroki alone seemed able to
address Nogi In terms Of equality-lf
without once suggesting any reluc-
lance to accord the commander in
chief the Difference that was his due.
This, perhaps, was quite natural. in
view Of the authority with which
Baron Huroki had been clothed by the
imperial government at Tokyo-an au-
thority only second to that Of General
Nogi. who was Huroki's only ranking
oflcer in the allied camp.
The occasion which had brought
about this conference was the failure
Of the Mexican system Of espionage
to secure any accurate information as
to conditions Immediately north Of the
border.
This was due to the uncommonly
thoroughgoing and tireless system Of
patrols organised by Donald Parr and
maintained by Patria and her neigh
bors.
For several weeks spy after spy had
sought to penetrate the lines-and in
variably had been obliged to give up
the attempt. No less than three,
through unchronicled mlschance, had
vanished utterly and inexpllcably. And
no Information Of any real value had
been reported back to headquarters by
those who. acting under instruction.
had confined their efforts to long dis
lance observation with the aid Of
powerful binoculars. They saw Pa
trials biplanes hanging in the skies or
swiftly coursing through them; but
that was all.
And hour by hour It was believed by
all those present at this conference.
the moment drew nearer when the
word to advance would be given out ~
Tokyo.
1T Ia not only humiliatinG," Hu-
roki was declaring, ut IL Madness
downright madness, to contemplate a
movement In force without first-hand
Information ~ to what this accursed
girl Is up to. It Is insensate folly to
underestimate her ability and anxiety
to hinder and embarrass %. Il IL all
very well for you gentlemen"-he ad-
dressed himself specifically to Ze-
laya and Torreon-"to point to our
forces and say the United States can
muster nothing to Withstand 1t. That
Is true-as far a. we know. But you
make the mistake Of thinking you
have only the regular army and the
National Guard to reckon with. You
have something else-thls puny slip
Of a girl. this insisnincant Patria
Claiming. I know her. ~ you do sot /:
and I tell you she Is like q living
flame Of patriotism; she Is intelligent,
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rexOurceful. unafraid. and she controls
Is per cent Of the arms and ammuni.
ton Industries of the United States.
In addition. she has at her command
this immense treasure. this hundred.
million. dollar trust. which she Inherit.
I'd and declares she will spend II for
the sole purpose OF defeating our
plans since. ~ II appears. her
country In too niGgnrily and short.
sighted to spend q dollar In Its own
defense!
"And We sit here In ignorance Of
her piansi We must know them. and
We must know them without more Dc.
lay-or We risk Q setback that 81.
plodes our entire scheme Of invasion r
SLOW can that bef" Torreon in-
CURED.
With q grunt Of impntiencc Huroki
pointed to . great typographical map
spread out on the table between them.
slave you forgotten TINT our chosen
line Of march strikes directly through
the Charming ranch property And
whnt are Ne going to md thcrcf What
II this girl doing there. all this time
while we sit here twidhllng our
thumb@i She Isn't idle-l promise 700
that. She can purchase. II need be.
the best military intelligence Ia the
United states. II II sensible to sup.
pose that her advisers have overlooked
the fact that Via the Claiming ranch
IL the shortest and quickest route
toward our eoaliothat. II We strike at
Oh from tAis quarter. Il will naturally
and surely BE- along that linri And.
such being The probable case. u Il wise
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Then he retired to well-earned

calls. Then he retired to well.earned
rest.
In the eray dusk Of the next dawn
twenty mounted and armed Aexicans
rendcxvoused with the Killer at .
point some two miles south Of the
boundary line Of the Claiming ranch.
and about twenty miles from its ha.
cienda.
He was well.informed a. to the hab-
Its Of the patrol-both that maintained
by the United States government and
Tint which Patria Charming had or.
gnnixed. Since It was the custom for
raldlng parties to cross the border by
night or In earliest dawn. Comes re-
frnined from doing anything ~ com.
rnonplace. He recognized no necessity
for . clash with the patrols when Il
could be avoided BY the exercise OF q
little patience.
Conducting his command to 0 point
where they could skulk under cover Of
wOOticd ground. secure from spying
eyes, he secuted on afoot to Q spot
whence. lying at length on the crest
Of u little hill. he could spy through
the underground that concealed him.
Below him. Just beyond . shallow
arroyo. lay the Moran homestead.
II was Q Sunday morning. very quiet
and warm. The peace Of unaccus-
toned incidence enveiopsd the home
stead. by Convention Il was Q morn
lag for Q late breakfast-lats. that 70,
10 the esteem Of folk IN the habit OF
rising With the sun. % Il was oil
Of two hours after sun-up when the
smoks beeaa 70 asesnd from The Chin
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to imagine she Il taking no steps to
prepare trap for usr tell
you, we must knowi Your spies have
thus far failed; we can employ none
of ours, for It would be fatal to have
japanese caught In an act Of es-
piOnage."
what would you suggest, thenT'
Torreon asked thoughtfully.
"Find SOME way to stimulate the ef-
fciency Of your system. Get Us some
Trustworthy information-no matter
how"
"If I may make q suggestion" Ze-
laya ventured. At a nod from Nogi
he proceeded, pulling At his mustache
to mask the smile Of relish with which
he anticipated permission to commit
yet another atrocity on American soil.
ut Is a long time since we have
broken the peace Of the border here
abouts. And these Americans have
short memories. Let me send few
mere handful-of my men to exc.
cute flying raid on the Charming
ranch. / will guarantee results"
How sO7" NOgi demanded.
Zelaya bent over the map and with
the blunt end of greasy fore6nger In
dictated a certain point.
"Here IL 4 house fully twenty miles
from the hacienda" he said. ut Is the
home of the man named Morgan,
ranch foreman. He lives there with
his son. his sister and his mother-his
wife IL dead. Both Morgan and his
sister are deep in the confidence Of the
Senorita Charming. Let my men
bring In either Of these :"
He paused and showed his teeth in
smile Of gruesome significance. "And
will promise to induce him-or her
to tell us everything We want to
know"
Eagerly Huroki's eyes sought the
face Of his commander in chief. 1t
told him. however. nothing. Impas-
slvely General NoN deliberated; 1t
was nearly two minutes later when he
delivered his verdict.
"Let this thing be DONE" he said
and rose, ending the conference.
"PEAcE WITH HONOR"
Gomez was the name Of the man
chosen by Zelaya to do the work he
had uggested-"Gcmez the Killer"
was the sobriQuet by which he was
known to his fellows; a quiet-man-
nered. sad-faced Mexican of something
little under the average build Of his
breed.
Listening gravely to the instructions
Of his superior. he nodded gentle COM
prehension. and sailed forth to exc
cute Zelaya's will with no more COM
passion in his heart than he would
have felt II ordered to exterminate
all but one or two Of Q nest Of rattle
snakes.
He journeyed northward that night
by motorcycle, and spent the following
day in what appeared to be desultory
riding about the country Just south Of
the border. pausing at the dwelling Of
his friend and that to pass the time Of
day.
In all he made Just twenty such
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TWELFTH EPISODE
peace" Which Passeth All I'm.
derstandingl
eEFoRg rHR a1oRM.

Charming ranch hands to the rai,iIns
party which. under the leadership of
that fedoubtable scoundrel, Pancho
Zelaya. had descended literally like
wolves upon q sheepfold-upon Pa.
trials hacienda In the quiet Of early
morning. seemed to work with salu-
tary effect upon the understanding of
Senior Zelaya and his japanese con.
frere. Baron Huroki.
Days Of complete peaca followed
that abortive raid. frightening into
weeks.
Scouts sent out By Captain Donald
Parr. acting for Patria. reported that
Zelaya and Huroki had apparently
never again ventured forth from the
mountain Businesses to which they
had been driven BY the Claiming
people. after their rescue Of Patria
and Donald.
Nor was there perceptible any indi.
cation Of concentration of Mexican
sOldiery In the country south Of the
border-whether troops Of the de facto
government or followers Of Zelaya's
outlaw fortunes.
In natural consequence that viGi.
lance which had been excited among
border landowners BY the raid In
sensibly relaxed. The stronger guards
which they had established against
further attempts against their lives
aAd properties were weakened by
degrees. With a single exception. they
relnpsed into that fatally false sense
1t security which had heretofore been
theirs. thanks to long Immunity from
such Outrages as had been visited upon
other sections or the border country.
That solitary exception was n note
worthy One-Pntria Charming. who
Ind suffered too much ut the hnnds
of Baron HurOki and his associates TO
believe TINT anything short Of COM
plete preparation to cope with further
attentions would discourage the en-.
envy.
Such measures. then. a. Patrin and
her cOunselOrs reckOned she must tnke
10 provide against possible disaster.
must necessarily be put into effect
with the greatest secrecy. A minimum
~ show must mask n MAXIMUM NJ In.
tey,Ircnt,v directed nrotcctIve ctyort.
patti, xnont d,v. -,d,,v o,.. n.r
,,nS. IN nnmn,nr ~.,,n mo,.,. ~.
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As u WIS very e"ns'"e,no'e mum.
"er OF men was adoed 10 me Norman
iHTu.a''oh OF .he 1nhcn w''hout AT
'rnct'ne any at'enton whatsoever.
Picked employees rode forth from
the hacienda we'tnigh daily. Tor a
time. on long tours Int" the Interior
and east ana west nlonH the border.
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THE CAST.
sYNUPsIa.

Baron Huroki Of Tokyo. conspiring to
smsrol the United States and Mexico in
order. to pave the way for the Japanese
from the country by Patria Claiming,
sole sxscutrix Of the 900. ooo.o 900 trust &C.
cretly created by patriotic progenitors to
combat the national perils Inherent In
''unpreparedness." Establishing himself
Just across the Mexican border, Huroki
schemes to b rsvenged upon Patria. who
owns vast properties Just north OF the
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Her Lie.
poorest Of the lot. It Jagged. They
who rode beside her were constantly
drawing ahead, and then with curses
refining back. Deceived BY her apparent
resignation. they gave her more room.
Ahead Of them, when they had rid
den for about twenty minutes, the road
swung round high-banked bend. Out
Of the slope q tree thrust q branch
over the road. Bess saw, and took her
one chance.
A furtive twitch at the reins caused
her horse to lag still more decidedly.
The others won to q full length ahead
a. they swept round the curve.
Raising both arms, the girl caught
the overhansing branch and lifted her
self bodily from the saddle. The horse
rocketed on, relieved Of it, burden, at
somewhat faster pace.
But the efforts she made to swing
up on the limb Of the tree and by that
route gain the top Of the bank was
hopeless. She had put too great stress
upon her strength in her struggle; It
failed her now. She dangled helpless.
ly for moment or two, then dropped
to the roadway.
As soon as that happened. terror
lent her new strength. She turned and
ran wildly back along the road. seek
ing some place where she might ind
temporary cover by the roadside.
That refuge was denied her. On the
one hand was open country. destitute
Of anything considerable enough to
hide behind: on the other, the concave
wall Of the blu6.
And already her escape was discov-
cred. She could hear the thunder Of
returning hoofs. Still she held on, run
ming as she had never dreamed she
would be able to run. despite her
straining lungs and aching muscles.
The hoofs were very close behind
her now. She put forth one last en-.
deavor-which failed In its inception.
Overtaking her. the Mexicans rode
up on either side. A she ran. the
riders swung down from their saddles.
cnught her arms, lifting her fairly
of her feet and holding her % while
they wheeled their horses and dashed
back.
scorching heat helped Bud Morgan's
return to consciousness. He reused
slowly. rolled over to get farther
away from the flames that were de-
vourinG his home. and sat up With q
splitting pain 10 his head.
The hand that he instinctively lifted
to his temple came away dripping with
blood. Yet he was not seriously
wounded. Tho bullet had cut Q deep
furrow In the side Of his head. but
had failed to penetrate the skull. To
the temporary inconsistencies that
followed the wound. he owed his pres
ent liberty and his escape from q tor.
tured death somewhere in those hills
to the south.
Yet life was bitter to SAVIOR anew.
Al he staggered away from the burn.
Ing house that entombed his mother.
he came upon the riddled body Of his
500.
What his subsequent actions wers
he never knew. II WAS late afternoon
when he rode up to the Claiming ha.
cienda. more mad than sane, o. the
back Of horse without saddle Of
bride.
It Was an hour later before he r.
covered suhicientiy to gasp out bis
tale Of horror to Patria and Donald
Parr IN the library.
When he had finished, the man
bowed his head on bis folded arms.
and rat racksd With DRY, eoovulsive
sobs.
On either side Of Aim Patrla aud
Donald sought, thsn avol6eA eoek
others eyes.
tTo B1 CONTINUED
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tOre nef ARRIVAL AZ tne f0ncn.
Occasionally their reconnaissance
carried these swift sentries Of the all
lanes south Of the border; but the re
ports of their observers were invaria.
bly, destitute Of alarming information
Apparently the Mexican population
was apathetic, resigned to the pursuits
Of peace. There was no more gun-run-
ming that could be discovered. There
was no movement Of troops percept-
ible. There were no raids. There was
not even q lonely case Of sniping 20
keep the patrols on the qui vive.
For all that, Patria's preparations
were pushed forward with Undated
energy.
There came q day, several weeks
after Zalaya's futile raid, when this
young woman rode out to review her
modest but wonderfully ehicient forces,
She returned to the hacienda In the
quiet Of evening, weary but exhilar-
ated.
I'm not afraid" she told Donald
with nod of her head indicating the
Mexican mountains In the south-theil
ragged ramparts looming In purple
shades against the sllvered skies Of a
perfect moonlight night. LET them
comet"
He laughed sympathetically, but
shook a reprovlng head.
"Let us not fall into the nit Of over.
confidence" he said, II know how you
have all these fne fellows to rally to
our defense in case Of need. But after
all, they're only 4 handful: and what
I fear IL that the next act Of aggres-
sion. when 1t comes, will be invasion
10 overwhelming forces. We have
gone a. far as we can In the matter of
making these men the toughest kind
Of hard-hittlng fighters: but there
aren't enough Of them to withstand
an army's advance. From now On we
must devote all our energies to the
planning OF means to eQualixe supe-
rfor numbers with superior intelli'
Rence. we must DC prepared 70 de-
liver q staeger1ne o'ow BEFORE the en-
emy can hnd out now insignincaht OUT
FORCES are.
They sat In silence for little. both
gazing out over the shad0wed dis.
tances beyond the border.
TT II too quIet-too quiet alto
9ether." Parr unused aloud. II can't
forget that HurOki II somewhere out
there-hiding. planning, restlessly
achemlng to serve his country's pur.
poses and at the same time to gain his
revenge for the setbacks he has re-
ceived at our hands,"
"Nor can I forget It," the girl re-
piled. "Of one thing We may feel as
surcd: II HurOki has any voice In the
councils TINT are taking place down
there. the blow. when It comes. will
fall here first Of ALL"
The shadow of premonition dark.
ened her mood transiently. She shiv.
cred a little.
~ wonder" she said, "what inIquI.
ties he IL Matching down yonderf"
There IN a certain psvcbIc svmpnthy
betwecn the minds ~ those that hnte
well even n. n 1. with ,ho... who love
there WINS less coincidence than might
he Thought In tho fart that nj nnnrox,
imntely the snme fine. Raron Hnroki
was utterinr substsntinlly similar oh.
seryntlons concerning Pntria. nj n dis.
tnncc Of something like a DAYS ride
from tho h.c,endn
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