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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15

quite close to him, gazing over iht
stagnant water that was like vel
for sinister things. He knew now
that the woman was flesh and blood
for she did not glide away, and the
snow made pallid scars on hel
black cloak.
He crept carefully forward until
he was close behind the black fig
ure. -
Now" he said, you'll tell me
who you are and why you cry about
the Cedars." =
The woman swung around with
cry. He stepped back, abashed,
not knowing what to say, for there
was still enough lighNto disclose
to hiin<the troubled face of Kath-
crime, and there were tears in her
eyes as if she might have ex-
pressed an audible grief.
"You frightened me, Bobby"
Without calculation he spoke his
swift thought:
Was it you | saw here before?
But surely you didn't cry in the
house the other night and afterNard
when we followed Carlos"
The tranquil beauty of her face
was disturbed. When she answered
her voice had lost something of its
music: ~ .<f- Z
What do you meah?"
at was you who cried just now?
1t was you | saw running through
the woods" Z
What, do YOU meant" she asked
again. 81 have not run. IL am
not your woman in black, If that's
what you think. happened to pick
up this cloak. You've seen it often
enough tsfore. And | haven't
cried"
She brushed the tears angrily
from her eyes. =
AT least | haven't cried so any
one could hear~saae. | wanted to
walk. | hoped l would find you.
| thought you had come this way,
so came, too. Why, Bobby,
you're saspecting me of ethingl"t
But the problem, of the fugitive
figure receded, befofe the more in
tiinaterone of his heart. There was
a thrill in her desire to find him
in fhe~ solitude Of the forest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
CHAPTER XIV.

AS Bobby passed the neighbour
hood of the cemetery he walked
faster. Many yards of underbrush
separated him from the little time
devastated city of the dead. but its
mere proximity forced on him, as
the old room had done, feeling of
a stealthy and intangible compan-
ionship.
Hes stepped from the fringe of
trees about the open space in the
center of which the lake brooded.
The water received with a destruc-
tive indifference the fluttering ca
resses of the snowflakes. Bobby
paused with quick expectancy. He
sa nothing of the woman who had
startled him that, first evening, but
he heard from the thicket a sound
like muffled 'sobbing. and he re-
sponded again to the sense Of
malevolent regard.
He hid himself among the trees,
and in their shelter skirted the lake.
The sobbing mad faded into nothing.
For long time he heard only the
whispers of the snow and the grief
of the wind. When he had round
cd the lake and was some distance
beyond it, however. the moaning
reached him again, and through the
fast-deepening. twilight he saw, as
indistinctly as he had before, a
black feminine figure fitting
among the trees il the direction of
the lake. Graham,s theory lost its
value. 1t was impossible 10 fancy
the brilliant, colorful dancer in this
black, shadowy thing. He COM
menced to run in pursuit, calling
out:
"Stopl Who are you? Why do
you cry through the woods?"
But the dusk was too thick. the
forest too eager. The black figure
disappeared. In retrospect it~was
again as unsubstantial as phantom.
The flakes whispered mockingly.
The wind was ironical.
He found-tis pursuit had led him
back to the end Of the lake nearest
the Cedars-- He paused. His tri-
umph was not unmixed with fear
A black figure stood in the open,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
BY ROBERT ]. HORTON.

Athletics furnish a prolific sub
ject.
They prescribe 'em for every
thing. Too little exercise is the old
reliable alibi for bum physical con-
dition. The gymnasiums are full OF
guys in the 40s and Sos who never
were able to digest anything, or
sleep, or think, until they began to
take systematic exercise. Give 'em
the slightest provocation and they'll
start right in at the beginning and
tell you all about it.
How Do They Do 1t?
And after a lecture by physical
culture professor" you are led to
wonder how it comes there are so
many fat, sleek, pink sort OF men
i'll the big office buildings who get
by without any fresh air and despite
lung exercises on big, black cigars.
To hear them tell it longllvity is
a matter of exercise. For here is a
man who lived to be ITO by Making
a certain form of exercises twice a
day, including Sundays and holidays;
who never smoked, drank, or
chewed. But when an obituary OF
another one-hundred- and tenner
shows that the deceased smoked and
drank and never took a bit OF eX-
ercise in his lite, you have some
thing to think about
There are scores who will tell you
that they escaped the flu by TAX
ing certain exercises daily. And,
there's something i'll it, as far as that
goes. On the other hand, some of
the most strenuous disciples OF
athletics as medicine-big, strong,
strapping fellows-wll go quick
with any mild disease they may hap
pen to take.
Fresh Air Is Good.
sIt's a $3.50 proposition. but if
there is any advantage it is on the
side of the advocate of regular ex-
--ercise.
Fresh air and exercise are two
different things. In many instances
where the exercise carries the pa
tent outdoors it is the fresh air
and not the exercise that does the
business.
Take the fresh air bugs for in
stance. Maybe you've seen them
down in Phoenix sitting around the
fountain by the federal building, or
swarming the benches on the little
plazas in Tucson. They carry their
thermometers around with them and
sit for hours and hours discussing
absolutely nothing but symptoms and
phases of their condition.
Stay Outdoors.
When a new one arrives from the
north or east he drops down on
bench with a How much have you
gained down here?" and he's al
member He belongs. They never
take a bit of exercise harder than
peeling an orange, .or something
like that. And they get fat and
we'll. The air does it.
If you haven't got an appetite in
Omaha you can get one by moving
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15

RANT on it before he'll look at
the eneine!'
1T took the war, Bill, to show
EN- the real need fos paint Why,
until the war started the only people
as really appreciated what paint
could do was women! Now lookit
Just look at the lives paint saved
over there. TIL, battle of the old
paint brush was just as big as the
battle of the Marine. What fooled
the enemy more than anything else,
eli? Paint!
Now look at my nephew-you
know my nephew that's over in
France? Well, he's just been dec.
Grated with the cross day gar"
Gross day gar?," interrupted Bill
Gross of The fish, Ell? What did he
do, spear 'em when they was com
ing across the rivef or something?'
That means cross of war" re.
piled Hank in a tolerelit voice, drop
ping a brushful of white paint Oh q
ministerial appearing gentleman
passing underneath. Il don't. believe
they've got any VS. in French Sc
they use geezes, and if they've got
any they pronounce 'em like the h
in rope. But here's the way hs
got decorated.
You see my nephew used to be
young painter in South Omaha and
he used to hang around the pack
ing houses whole lot. SO early
one morning over there in the
trenches the general or somebody
says: I .wanta few prisoners to
question so we can get the lay OF
the land for tomorrow's charge.
"'All right, says my nephew, III
60 get EN-
"'What, alonep says the general
thunderstruck. ~
:" Alone says my nephew, who by
the way is nephew on my side and
not on my wife's.
Swift Brush Work.
"Alone,' he sayl and before the
Supplied general could say a word
he was off. He ran back to a rear
trench where they was a lot OF
brown paint. Then he got aboard
and did some swift work on it with
the brush. OF course, now, Bill,
this is all inside stuff, | don't want
to get in any trouble with the CEN
srrs or anything.
well, as l was saying, he did
some swift work on this board and
Just before dawn he crawled out into
No Mans Land and tilted this board
up by shell hole so the Germans
could see it. Then he laid there all
day, safe because none of the Ger
mans would fire at this board
We'll. why in the"
How He Got EN-.
Gust minute, just minute. So
he laid there all day and sure enough
just as night fell half a dozen Huns
came crawling out to the board
and he covered 'em with his rife
and took 'em back to the general
And the general made him ser.
geant on the spot, put his name in
the days news from the front, and
awarded him the cross day gar"
But what did he have painted
on that board?" insisted Bill.
ooh, just few hams and sausages
and things he'd seen over there
around the packing houses in South
Omaha"
For a long time Bill was silent,
When he spoke it was with deep
conviction.
"There's one thing you could have
left out of that story, Hank. You
needn't to have told me he was your
nephew on your side and not your
wife's. I'd have known that!'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
WE BLUSH

This is rather risque for our very
proper column, but we'll risk it. A
young woman has a dress of curious
design which she calls her "eobweb
dress" Recently she remarked to a
certain well-known Omaha business
man, I'm going to wear my cob
web dress to the dance" by golly,
I'll have to bring the cobweb buster
along" the bold thing replied.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15

- V77: m 0Td gun. doc. -
Lost-About last March, good
sheepskin lined coat on the road be-
tween the John Athey and Frank
Adamek place. Will the person who
found it please leave it at this office?
-Chas. Slangal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
THE OLD WOULD MODERN BE


cold New England, you're Granny Grunt,
COMPARED with me, you're but runt.
Exclaimed cameo breastpln
pm lost art, but strictly in
"There are few left as choice as |,
Modern canoes make me cry;
They seem so coarse, compared with me,
Pm right in the swm-believe me!'
A tortoise she'll comb sobbed out loud.
otis hard for mel am so proud;
Excuse my slang, it makes me tired,
To be thrust in this place-fred.'
A Paisley shawl stirred folds so neat
ooh, but they might give me treat
BY taking me out for while,
Just to show me off-how I'd smile"
A cardboard match-case, worked in green,
Said: Dear me, never have seen
Such discomfort as in this box;
I'll surely strike the next who knocks"
Good Mrs Housewife, on the floor,
Said to herself: Forever more!
Theserar old thingshaye learned some slang.
They have indeed made quite clang.
"They, like all else, must modern be,
Give them away! Never! All, me;
will use them myself quite soon, =
Fen though | shop from morn till noon."
The Paisley shawl she used to throw
Over her Baby Grand1ust so;
The cameo pin came to light,
Gave touch, to her gown that night.
Mrs Housewife from morn till noon,
Shopped mady on-heart in tune;
merry Christmas" rang in her brain,
And Peace on Earth was her refrain
The treasures lain so long passe.
Brought forth remarks from those blase;
THAT Paisley thing is sure someshawl;
The old picture-pin beats them ALL"
Mrs. Housewife smiled, heart in tune,
Hubby came in one day at noon;
"You look sweet in that old high comb,
No place for me but Home, Sweet Home :
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15

Interesting Facts About Some
Omahans.
Yale Holland has never gone
through Yale and has never been in
Holland.
J. w. Gamble never does so.
Il. " Nicholas is no relation to
the Christmas magnate, Good Saint
Nicholas.
Robert Manley is SIGH a manly
chap.
o. T. Eastman was born in the
east.
Sam Rees is not of the same fam
lily as the famous Captain Rees" of
the "Mantlepiece."
Judge Cooley is not coolie.
Sam Burns coal in the winter
time.
Isn't this silly?
Certainly it is. Well have some
mofe of it next week. Order your
copy now.
%
Three Strikes.
The Gear stop" signs all over town
were superhuous during the strike
How could Wattles recognize the
union when he was never introduced
to it?
The ~skip-stop system is a darn
sight bettern the skip-start system,
anyway.
A NATIONS GRATITUDE.
Judging by the advertisements,
we never, never, never could have
won the war if our soldiers hadn't,
had Gummo chewing gum and
Smello cigarettes.
Q
l Thank You.
Have you noticed how the Sunday
circulation OF The Bee is going up?
The people certainly do appreciate
the Bundle Bee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
Get Your Family Furred.

Twas December and Christmas near; G~R
Good Mrs. Housewife said, 81 fear I~ M)
That soon must hasten and buy rs M&. w
Many Gifts"-She breathed sigh. " ~N~xs"T W
AS she thought of the time and work, M@-~SThSI.
early shopping" -she dare not shrk AN 49, NJ
=: so
thought came like the suns bright ray, NM| N y
All those quaint things, long stored away. Ky H. I'm II
How would it do to give each friend, NJ WYNN e.
Out of her store, of ancient trend! fO3.N\~N
Shopping early would then be DER, 1ooreeN -
Christmas would mean Peace-no bore. ,C.~SSN//
She fastened to where the box stood, %NNMM
Filled with treasures-Aghans to Snood, [ M\%MTM&
Pausing to brush the dust away, \\%M$M<N
She heard from beneath voice NM
otis December, and soon we'll see ~E.'SSsSsEA
Which of us chosen will be; e.. ~
For good Mrs Housewife dazed Az, w
Here she cOmes-the cover raised AMI: NJ
Mrs. Housewife knelt on the floor, HI,24N% AkIO N
Beside the old box, to hear lknN,WN89SY .M
"Ah we'll" sighed sampler, II know WffkHNNN.2O. IN
would r-please girl or BEAU" (NWEfaas> [Q2NSW
Home Sweet Home" in a walnut frame II \ NWVhfNENAW
Said: 81 hope to get in the game; ~ WIN
| used to be in the front-room, \%N
Not packed in a box like tomb" A-cstS \
"You know me-" said crazy quilt %MNSs~ "
In voice of unpleasant Tilt. ~p/ II
mo wants on bed couch, /I/)I
!: !. !: !: !. !: -
Maybe you all think Crouch /XMsr--z7-n1
Yards of rickrack, in proud disdan /M M@1Ssg:|
said: Hush! You pain. /1Sl A-A1N
We know that here we don't belong, A4MMA/
Our place is with the merry throng" E%MSsESz%>/
shuttle wnked at some choice tat E4NM%n-
And wickedy said: Gust hear that NMMVE--f71
We(a the up-to-date \NMWE ~SW
They must have early and late \VNES--- III
A muf1ed voice soft and low: IEITEIa955S@A1lt
I'm logcabin. you know. U0>S|l NJ aIl
Hove myself and am content e~~~ 1l~~U
From old New England was sent" r S&as1-~s@
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
Coal Will Win the War?

Speaking of the nice weather,
d'you- remember a year ago when
the thermometer went from 4 to IS
degrees below zero every day be-
tween December 8 and IS?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
'1AGGIE'S MFDITATIONS

Z , NJ T. d I 4 I IONS.
It's tho business of a
husband to protect his
wife frol.- the bumps of
the cruel world-and he
should be made to do it.
A good husband will
tell his wife every day
how beautiful she is. 3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15
Of to the Conference.


A. Singer, editor of the Bundle
Bee, has been invited to attend the
peace conference. He will sail on
the U. S. destroyer Wasp" He
will be accompanied by his beloved
wife. Mrs. Ina Singer; daughters,
IRA Singer, Whoosa Singer and
Shura Singer; and sons, Heeza
Singer, B. A. Singer, A. D. Singer,
c. A. Singer and U. Singer. A
pleasant time is anticipated by all.
Get Your Family Furred.
Furs! Furs! Furs! We can
fur the whole family for Christ
mas. A. F. Souders.-Nemaha
County Republican.
70
CONFINEMENT.
care not much for gold or land:
Give me a mortgage here and there,
Some good bank stock, some note of hand,
And trifling railroad share.
%. W. Holmes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-15

IIdIIh UU.
Have you noticed how the Sunday
circulation of The Bee is going up?
The people certainly do appreciate
the Bundle Bee.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

Bringing the home be all
Shell
the people down n front Gating
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

The patriotism
of MIR. and Mrs.
Diggs is stupen-
dous. They
have applaud
ed 'Over the
Top" Garry
On" and every
reference to the
Allied c a u 8 e.
Then they will
go home, feel
ing somehow
that they have
done their bit
in the great war
and let it go at
that.
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23
Herbert McComber, 73 and Jarvis Hall, 70, While Clapboardng Barn Are Dropped 30 Feet
BODIES DISCOVERED BY THEODORE BROWN WHO WAS
 PASSING ALONG THE HIGHWAY


son, Mass, in is4S. son of Jessie Turner and Louis Chapman Hall. When he was between twelve and if teen years of age his parents removed to Union and from there he removed to West Woodstock nearly 45 years ago Mir. Hall was three times mar ried. His first wife was Edla Stetson, who died 27 years ago. His second wife was Harriet Morse Poindexter, and his third. who survives, was Ma riett9 Wallace of Southbridge
 Mir Hall was one of the prominent citizens He represented the town in the house of the general assembly twenty years ago. and had from time to time held various public offices. Besides his wife he leaves brother. Frank Hall of Thompson
 The funeral will be held at the West Woodstock church, Sunday. at 2 p. m, Rev Henry Baker officiating. and burial will be in the Barlow cem- etery, West Woodstock
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23
SCHOOLS OPEN
 SEPTEMBER }
One or Two Vacancies In Teaching Corps Yet to Be
 Filled
Pupils Want Place to Board

The schools of Putnam will open for the fall term, Tuesday, September 3rd. Superintendent William l.. Mac donald states that on account of war get desirable young men teachers. He has, however, two or three men in view for the position of sub master of the high school, although no one has yet been secured.
 Miss Pauline Caffrey has resigned as teacher at East Putnam, leaving a vacancy to be filled there
 Miss Lucy Rice has been secured as teacher of Latin. She has had 10 years experience. She has taught in Manchester, Vt, and four years in Westerly, R. l., and comes highly rec ommended
 It is expected that there will be q good number of out-of-to pupils this year. Already the superintendent has had applications from two young girls in neighboring town who would like to attend the high school. These two pupils would like to get in- to some family and help with the gen. eral housework in return for their board while at school. One of them has had experience in caring for chil- dren. There will probably be others who would like to come here under the same conditions. Anyone interest ed in securing such girls to help out in the nome and give them board in return, .aay have further information by consulting with Superintendent Macdonald.
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23

ef the Salvation Army and Deputy Sheriff Holbrook, Wednesday,.
 Mrs. E. NJ. Clark is entertaining her grandson, Mr Badger, and his wife from Worcester for the week end. at the home of Mason Leavitt.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph McKachnie have been entertaining Mrs. C. A. Potter of St. Cloud, Florida She re- turned to her home this week We'd nesday
 Charles Smiths family has taken a cottage at Oakland Beach for the last two weeks in August and first two in September, Mr Smith going down for week-ends.
 Mrs. Nelson Mansfield has returned from a visit to her husband, Corporal Nelson Mansfield, Camp Devens. w. F. Rafferty also recently visited Cor poral Mansfield
 Mrs. Eben Holden of Dorchester and Mrs John Fallon of Boston have been guests of their parents, MT. and Mrs. D. C. Park, superintendent and matron of the Children's Home.
 George H. Marsh and wife of Dud- ley and Mrs. 0. D. Baker and daugh- ter of Cambridge, Mass, have been the guests of J Herbert Marsh and mother, Grove street. the past week.
 John c. Johnson, accompanied by Fred Shaw of New York, are to mo- tor in Mir Johnson's car over the Mo hawk Trail, starting this (Friday) afternoon, to be gone the weekend.
 John w. Strahan of Hartford, fa- ther of young Edward s. Strahan, who was wounded at the battle of Seischeprey April 20, has been visit ing his brother, Dr. Strahan, this week.
 Mrs. Silas Wheeloek and daughters returned to their cottage at Pleasant
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23
TO PUTNAM PEOPLE PREPARED BY PUTNAM
 PARROTS PRC CRESSTvE PENCIL PUSHERS-

View, R l.. today fFriday). They were accompanied by Mrs. Wheel oek's father, George E. Shaw, and they are all to remain until after La Dor Day
 Miss Fannie Barber of Willington is with her aunt, Mrs Mary Gardner. She brought d nurse with her to care for her aunt ia lace of Miss Faulk- ins.
 MT. and Mrs. c. S Putnam and children of Westboro, Mass, were guests the first of the week of MT. and Mrs C. L. Adams, Wilkinson street
 MT and Mrs William Sharpe of Stamford arrived Thursday noon to spend a week with MT. Sharpe's par ents, MT. and Mrs c. D. Sharpe, School street
 Mir and Mrs John O'Brien and family, Oak Hill, and Mrs Kane and daughter, went to Pleasant View last Saturday, where they have taken a cottage for two weeks.
 o. c. Bosworth and Frank Jarvis returned Saturday night from a weeks outing at Mir Bosworth's cot tage, Monomet Point, Cape Cod. On Thursday, MT. and Mrs. Thomas De Coudres returned from the cottage, where they spent two weeks.
 Charlotte Gasgoigne Thorburn has received the personal effects of her husband, who was called into the ser vice a short time ago, and who is now thought to be on his way across. Mrs. Thorburn is making her home with her mother, Mrs. Carrie B. Gascoigne. At present she is keeping house and helping with her grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte Bradley, as Mrs. Gascoigne is in the west visiting her daughter and sons. MT. and Mrs. Thorburn were married last Thanksgiving day.
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23

A hand car driven by a gasoline en- zine, while on the way from Thomp- son to Putnam, Sunday afternoon, crashed into freight train standing on the main line track The mem bers If the section gang claim that there was no iagman guarding the rear end of the freight and that when, after rounding a sharp curve, the train loomed up ahead there was not time to stop the hand ear and avoid the collision Some of the men jumped and the others were thrown from the car.
 As the result of the accident John Vars, IT. of Pomfret Center, born in Newport, R. L, was removed to the hospital and found to be suffering with laeerations of the upper lip and nose. Otis Russ, 61, also of Pomfret Center, born in Chaplin, husband of
Putnam patriot., 1918-08-23

Four hundred new books have been added to the public library
 Mrs. W. J. Bartlett and daughter Dorcas are at Pleasure Beach for two weeks
 People from Putnam are attending the meetings on the Willmantic camp ground.
 Rev. C. J. Hartman, chaplain in the U. S. Army, has been assigned to Camp Devens.
 Byron Wilcox is employed at the A. X P. store during the vacation of NJ. H. Delaney.
 Miss Abbie Keith arrived Thursday afternoon from her vacation, spent in New Harbor, Me.
 Miss Harriett Slingsbury, Grove street, Is doing clerical work at the J, B. Tatem & Son plant.
 James B. Tatem, Jr., is driving a new Packard chummy roadster of the latest design and model.
 Miss Elsie Rouse and sister Esther are on a two weeks vacation which they are spending in Vermont.
 Miss Martha Euvrard, employed at the Putnam Light X Power office, IS spending week at Pleasure Beach.
 Miss Viola Kane, assistant to the chief clerk of the exemption board, spent Sunday at her home in Millbury
 Members of Quinebaug lodge, A, F. & A. NJ, attended meeting of Putnam lodge of Woodstock, last Saturday.
 Harold Arnold and family of New Jersey. who have been guests of C. D. Arnold and family, left Tuesday in their car for the Berkshires.
 Mrs. Charlotte Champlin and daughter, Miss Champlin. are spend ing a few days at Fishers Island, N.