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The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

was that OF the stable puppy VINO
knows he must not be found In the par
lor Not thrice In his life had Verman
been within the doors Of white folks
house, and, above all things, he felt
that it was in some underlined way
vital to him to get out'of white folks
house unobserved and unknown. 1t
was in his very blood to be sure OF
that.
Further than this point, the proc
esses of VerInan's mind became mys-
terious to the observer. 1t appears.
however, that he had dennlte
(though somewhat primitive) concep-
ton Of the usefulness of disguise; and
he must have begun his preparations
before he heard footsteps in the room
outside his closed door.
These footsteps were Margaret s.
Just as Mr.. Schotield's coffee was
brought, and just after Penrod had
been baffied in another attempt TO
leave the table, Margaret rose and
patted her father impertinently upon
the head.
You can't bully me that way! she
said. Il got home too late to dress,
and Pm going to dance. 'Scuse."
And she began her dancing on the
spot, pirouetting herself swiftly from
the room, and was Immediately heard
running up the stairs.
"Penrodr' Mr.. Schofeld shouted.
"Sit down! How many times am |
going to tell you? What is the mat
ter with you tonight?'
Il got to CO." gasped Penrod. Il
got to tell Margaret sumpthing."
"What have you got to tell herT
"It's-it's sumpthing / forgot to tell
her."
"Well, it will keep till she comes
downstairs" said Mr.. Schofeld grimly.
''You sit down till this meal is fin
ished."
Penrod was becoming frantic.
81 got to tell her-it's sumpthing
Sans mother told me to tell her." he
babbled. Didn't she, Sam? You
heard her tell me to tell her: didn't
you, Sam?"
Sam offered prompt corroboration.
Eyes, sir; she did. She said for us
both to tell her. l better go, too, l
guess, because she said"
He was interrupted. Startling upon
their ears rang shrek on shrek. Mrs.
Schofeld, recognizing Margaret's voice,
likewise shrieked, and Mr.. Schofield
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
The "United Colonies"

The phrase united colonies was
used for little while before the rev.
olutionary war began and before the
phrase United States was adopted.
The second continental congress as
sembled at Philadelphia on May TO-
1775. Independence was in the air,
but the time was not ripe for action.
The colonies were united, but they
were not quite ready to call them
selves states. On June Z, congress
passed a resolution 'that Thursday,
July 90 next, be observed throughout
the twelve united colonies as day OF
humiliation, fasting and prayer" The
resolution said 'twelve united colo
nies," because Georgia was not rep"
resented in that congress. A year
later congress declared the colonies
free and independent states
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
Interned-A Near Tragedy
Military Necessity Lead Penrod and Sam Into Strategy
Which Almost Acts a Boomerang
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON Mc
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
fcnnvright. 1a17. Wheeler syndjcate. Incl

eeler Syndicate, Incl
them. They did not mean to do the
cat the slightest injury or to cause her
any pain. They were above teasing
cats, and they merely detained this
one and made her feel little wet
at considerable cost to themselves
from both the ink and the cat. How
ever, at the conclusion of their ef-
forts, it was thought safer to drop
the cat out of the window before any
body came, and, after some hasty
work with blotters, the desk was
moved to cover certain sections of the
rug, and the boys repaired to the bath
room for hot water and soap. They
knew they had done nothing wrong,
but they felt easier when the only
traces remaining upon them were the
less prominent ones upon their gar
ments.
These precautions taken, it was
time for them to make their appear
ance at Penrod's house for dinner, for
it had been arranged, upon petition,
earlier in the day, that Sam should
be his friends guest for the evening
meal. Clean to the elbows and with
light hearts, they set forth. They
marched, histling-thOugh not pro-
ducing q distinctly musical effect, since
neither had any particular air in mind
and they found nothing wrong with
the world; they had not care. Ar
rived at their adjacent destination,
they found Miss Margaret Schofield
just entering the front door.
Hurry, boys!" she said. Mamma
came home long before / did, and I'm
sure dinner is waiting. Run on out
to the dining room and tell them I'll
be right down."
And, as they obeyed, she mounted
the stairs, humming a little tune and
unfastening the clasp of the long, light
blue military cape she wore. She went
TO her own quiet room, lit the gas,
removed her hat, and placed it and
the cape upon the bed; after which
she gave her hair push, subsequent
to her scrutiny of mirror; then, turn
ing out the light, she went as far as
the door. Being an orderly girl, she
returned to the bed and took the cape
and the hat to her clothes closet. She
opened the door of this sanctuary,
and, in the dark, hung her cape upon
hook and placed her hat upon the
shelf. Then she closed the door again,
having noted nothing unusual, though
she had an impression that the place
needed airing. She decended to the
dinner table.
The other members of the family
were already occupied with the meal,
and the visitor was replying politely,
in his nonmasticatory intervals, to in
Quiries concerning the health of his
relatives. SO sweet and assured was
the condition of Sam and Penrod, that
Margarets arrival from her room
meant nothing to them. Their men,
cries were not stirred, and they con-
tinued eating, their expressions bright
ly placid.
But from out of doors there came
the sound of calling and queSting
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
AFTER TWO THOUSAND YEARS
Skeletons of Four Of the Victims OF
the Destruction of Pompeli Found
In the Ruins.

After lapse of close upon 1000
years since the destruction of Pompeii
the skeletons of four Of the victims
have been discovered in the actual
positions in which they were over
taken by the catastrophe.
Two of the victims, apparently a
man and wife belonging to the upper
classes, had evidently been caught by
the shower of red-hot stones in the
cloister garden of their villa, and while
Fastening to seek shelter in corner
had been suddenly buried and asphyxi-
ated through the collapse of the roof
overladen with volcanic dust, says the
London Chronicle.
The husband was found in a sitting
position, with his head and back bent
forward and the legs wide apart. His
wife was standing erect Immediately
behind him. Her golden earrings were
found on a level with her ears, and
there were two gold rings still on
the fingers.
A third skeleton was that of
youth huddlGd with his face to a hole
in the garden wall. The last of the
group, full-sized man, bent almost
double under the weight of the suffo-
eating debris, had on a finger of the
right hand an iron ring inset with a
prettily engraved cornelian.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
1t Was Rolling erandIy Down the Stairs.

about half the time, anyhow. No; it
couldn't possibly have had thing to
do with it. They were right there at
the table with us all the time, and
they came right straight to the table
the minute they entered the house.
Before that, they'd been over at Sans
all afternoon. So, it couldn't have
been the boys" Mrs. Schofeld paused
to ruminate with little air of pride,
then added: Margaret has often
thought-oh, long before this that
she was a medium. / mean--if she
would let herself. So it wasn't any
thing the boys did"
Mr.. Schofeld grunted.
'I'll admit this much" he said. "pll
admit it wasn't anything We'll ever get
out of EN-"
And the remarks of Sam and Pen
rod, taking leave of each other, one
on each side of the gate, appeared to
corroborate Mr.. Schofeld's opinion.
"Well, g'-night, Penrod," Sam said.
'It was pretty good Saturday, wasn't
itY'
"Fine!" said Penrod casually.
"G'-night, SAM"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

there must have been sumpthing kind
Of inside of 1T p
Mr.. Schofield shook his head slowly,
in marveling admiration.
"Brilliant-oh, Brilliant" he MUIR
INJURED, while Mrs. Schofield ran to
support the enfeebled form of Mar
garet at the top of the stairs.
In the library, after Mar
garet's departure to her dance, Mr..
and Mrs. Schofield were still discuss
ing the visitation, Penrod having ac-
companied his homeward-bound guest
as far as the front gate.
"No; you're wrong" said Mrs. Scho-
field, uphOlding a theory, earlier devel-
oped by Margaret, that the animated
behavior of the cape could be salts
factorily explained on no other ground
than the supernatural. "YOu see, the
boys saying they couldn't remember
what Mrs. Williams wanted them to
tell Margaret, and that probably she
hadn't told them anything to tell her,
because most likely they'd misunder-
stood something she said-well, Of
course, all that does sound mixed up
and peculiar, but they sound that way
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

When the boys closed the door upon
upon the floor and, for time, thought
fully chewed a patent-leather slipper
that had come under his hand. He
found the patent leather not unpleas-
ant to his palate, though he swal-
lowed only a portion of what he de-
tached, not being hungry at that time.
The soul-fabric of Verman was of a
fortunate weave; he was not seeker
and Questioner. When it happened to
him that he was at rest in shady
corner, he did not even think about a
place in the sun. Verman took life
as it came.
Naturally, he fell asleep. And to-
ward the conclusion of his slumbers,
he had this singular adventure:
lady set her foot down within less
than half an inch of his nose-and
neither of them knew it. Verman slept
on, without being awakened by either
the closing or the opening of the door.
What did rouse him was something
ample and soft falling upon him-Mar-
garets cape, which slid from the hook
after she had gone.
Enveloped in its folds, Verman sat
up, corkscrewing his knuckles into the
corners of his eyes. Slowly he be-
came aware of two important vacuums
one in time and one in his stomach.
Hours had vanished strangely into no.
where; the game of bonded prisoner
was something cloudy and remote of
the long long ago, and, although Yer
man knew where he was, he had par
TALLY forgotten how he came there.
He perceived, however, that something
had gone wrong, for he was certain
that ne ought not to be where he found
himself.
White folks house! The fact that
Verman could not have pronounced
these words rendered them no less
clear in his mind; they began TO stir
his apprehension, and nothing becomes
more rapidly tumultuous than appre-
hension once it is stirred. That he
might possibly obtain release by max
ing a noise was too daring a thought
and not even conceived, much less en-
tertained, by the little and humble Yer
man. For, with the bewildering gap
of his slumber between him and pre-
vious events, he did not place the re-
sponsibility for his being in white
folks house upon the white folks who
had put him there. His state of mind
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
81, Got to Tell Margaret sumpthlng."

uttered various sounds, but Penrod
and Sam were incapable of doing any
thing vocally. All rushed from the
table.
Margaret continued to shrek, and
it is not to be denied that there was
some cause for her agitation. When
she opened the closet door, her light
blue military cape, instead of hanging
on the hook where she had left it,
came out into the room in a manner
which she afterward described as "a
kind of horrible creep, but faster than
a creep" Nothing was to be seen ex-
cept the creeping cape, she said, but
of course, she could tell there was
some awful thing inside of it. 1t was
too large to be cat, and too small
to be a boy; it was too large to be
Duke, Penrod's little old dog, and, be-
sides, Duke wouldn't act like that. 1t
crept rapidly out into the upper hall,
and then, as she recovered the use OF
her voice and began to scream, the
animated cape abandoned its creeping
for a quicker gait-"a weird, heaving
f1op,' she defined it.
The thing then decided upon third
STYLE of locomotiOn, evidently, for
when Sam and Penrod reached the
front nall, few steps in advance of
Mr.. and Mrs. Schofeld, it was rolling
grandly down the stairs.
Mr.. Schofield had only a hurried
glimpse of it as it reached the bottom,
close by the front door.
Grab that thing" he shouted, dash
ing forward. "Stop it! Hit it!'
1t was at this moment that Sam
Williams displayed the presence of
mind which was his most eminent
characteristic. Sans wonderful in
stinct for the right action almost never
failed him in a crisis, and it did not
fail him now. Leaping to the door,
at the very instant when the rolling
cape touched it, Sam flung the door
open-and the cape rolled on. With
incredible rapidity and intelligence, it
rolled, indeed, out into the night.
Penrod jumped after it, and the next
second reappeared in the doorway
holding the cape. He shook out its
folds, breathing hard but acquiring
confidence. In fact, he was able to
look up in his fathers face and say,
with bright ingenuOusBess.
1T was just laying there. Do you
know what / think? Well, it couldn't
have acted that way itself. / think
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
Iris Bath Luxury of Japanese.

Each year on May 8 the japanese
public lighthouses furnish their guests
with an iris water bath. From of OLD
it is popularity believed that bathing
in water in which is immersed the
leaves and roots of the iris is etfl-
cacious in preventing colds. When
placed in warm water the iris leaves
give off volatile oil having an agree
able odor. This oil penetrates through
the glands of the skin of the bather
and stimulates circulation. The thlh
film of oil left on the skin after the
bath prevents an excessive loss of heat
Bathing for too long a time is to De
avoided, however, as the great stimu-
lation brings on feeling of dr0WSl-
ness.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

voice, at first In the distance, then
growing louder--coming nearer.
"Oh, Ver-er-man O-o-o-oh, Ver-er-
ma-anl"
1t was the voice of Herman.
"Oo-o-o-o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-a-anW
And then two boys sat stricken at
that cheerful table and ceased to eat.
Recollection awoke with a bang!
"Oh. my!'' Sam gasped.
whats the matter?" said Mr.. Scho-
field. Swallow something the wrong
way, Sam|
"Ye-es, sir"
''Oo-o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-anW
And now the voice was near the
windows of the dining room.
whats the matter with your his
father demanded. "Sit DOWN."
Its Herman-that colored boy lives
in the alley" said PenrOd hearsely.
T-expect-I think"
"Well, what's the matterW
81 think his little brothers maybe
got lost. and Sam and better go help
look"
You'll do nothing of the kind" said
Mr.. Schofield sharply. "Sit down and
eat your dinner"
In a palsy, the miserable boy re-
sumed his seat. He and Sam ex-
changed a single dumb glance; then
the eyes of both swung fearfully to
Margaret. Her appearance was one
of sprightly content, and, from GER
tain point of view, nothing could have
been more alarming. If she had
opened her closet door without discOv-
ering Verman, that must have been
because Verman was dead and Mar
garet had failed to notice the body.
(Such were the thoughts of Penrod
and Sam.) But she might not have
opened the closet door. And whether
there, alive or dead, for if he had es-
capped he would have gone home, and
their ears would not be ringing with
the sinister and melancholy cry that
now came from the distance, "Oo-O-Oh,
Ver-er-ma-an
Vernan, in his seclusion, did not
hear that appeal from his brother;
there were too many walls between
them. But he was becoming impatient
for release, though, all in all, he had
not found the confinement intolerable
or even very irkseme. His character
was philosophic, his imagination calm;
no bugaboos came to trouble him.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

Copyright, 1917, w
After such rigorous events, every
one comprehended that the game OF
bonded prisoner was over, and there
was no suggestion that it should or
might be resumed. The fashion of its
conclusion had been so consummately
enjoyed by all parties with the nat
ural exception of Roddy Bitts) that q
renewal would have been tame; hence,
the various minds of the company
turned to other matters and became
restless. George Bassett withdrew
first, remembering that if he expected
TO be as wonderful as usual, tomor-
row, in Sunday school, it was time to
prepare himself, though this was not
included in the statement he made al
leging the cause of his departure. Be-
ing detained bodily and pressed for
explanation, he desperately said that
he had to go home to tease the cook
which had the rakehelly air he thought
would insure his release, but was not
considered plausible. However, he
was finally allowed to go, and, as first
hints of evening were already cooling
and darkening the air, the party broke
up, its members setting forth, whis-
Ting, toward their several homes,
though Penrod fingered with Sam. Her
man was the last to go from them.
swell, l got git at stove-wood f.
suppuh," he said, rising and stretching
himself. II got git at liz soap-box
wagon, an go on ovuh where's at new
house buil'in' on Secon' street; pick
up few shingles an blocks layin'
roun'."
He went through the yard toward
the alley, and, at the alley gate, re-
membering something he paused and
called to them. The lot was deep
one, and they were too far away to
catch his meaning. Sam shouted,
Cant hear you," and Herman replied,
but still unintelligibly then, upon
Sans repetition of Cant hear you"
Herman waved his arm in farewell,
implying that the matter was OF little
significance, and vanished. But II they
had understood him, Penrod and Sam
nave Ills AAANAAy
instant Importance, for Hermans last
shout was to ask if either of them had
noticed "where Verman went"
Verman and Verman's whereabouts
were, at this hour, of no more con-
Germ to Sam and Penrod than was
the other side of the moon. That un-
fortunate bonded prisoner had been
long since utterly effaced from their
fields of consciousness, and the dark
secret of their Bastille troubled them
not-for the main and simple reason
that they had forgotten it.
They drifted iOdoors, and found
Sans mothers white cat browsing on
q desk in the library, the which coinci-
dence obviously inspired the expert
ment of aseertaining how successfully
ink could be used in making a clean
white cat look like coach-dog. There
was neither malice nor mischief in
their idea; simply, problem present
ed itself to the biological and artistic
Questionings beginning to stir within
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
A New Proprietor.

$50 you own your own house, Wig
gins?"
mo"
"Why, you told me so last month !"
eyes. We had no cook then"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22

Perkins-If I'd known you were GO
ing to drop in on us we'd have had u
better dinner.
Hawkins-Don't mention it, old man.
but the next time I'll let you know.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
More Of Same Goods Wanted.

"You are charged with kissing thS
young lady,"
"Good! I'd like to have the charge'
account kept open indefinitely"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
The Remedy,

"What did the doctor do for your
wife when he found her in such pam
"Oh, he eased it off at once. nc
gave her an epidemic interjection.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
Prelude to a Joyous Evening.

anybody getting a real laugh out
of this show?" asked the surly citizen.
"Yes," replied the sardonic usher.
"Who?"
''The ticket SPECTATORS"
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-02-22
From the Chestnut Tree.

Vaccination is no good"
"What makes you say thatT'
''My cousin was vaccinated and three
weeks later he fell out of a window
and was killed"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-04

Mckenzie Pass Road; Open and in
sood condition Elg,le 70 wes: tour
dary of the Cascade National Forest.
Poor condition fr1 vest boundary
Of the forest to Sisters.
Drain-Scottsburg: Open aad in
gocd conditioG entire leigth.
klamath Fa;is-Beni ivia Fort
Klamath: Opeu and in fair condi-
tioI.
Crescent City-Bandon, Coast Road
Open and in fair corJiiior entire
route with some rough places.
Grants Pass-Crescent City: Open
entire length and in go1.l condition,
except for few rough p'acai.
Pacific Highway: Open and in fair
condition Rosoburg to CARTS Pass
and Medford. In good condition
Grants Pass to Wolf Creek.
Barlow-oak Grove Road: Open and
in good condition Portland to Rhodo-
dendron; poor condition 3hadojen-
dron to forks OF road near Clear
Lake. Open but rough, Cedar Lake
to Cedar Burn; good condition Cedar
Burn TO Wapinitia.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-04

mail and We expect deluge as no
mail has come to US since our arri-
val. We had a very pretty trip
to the country, two days and nights
in one of these third class coaches,
however; but we stood the trip and
this camp is a wonder. Hot showers,
two Y. VI. c. A. canteens and better
barracks than We had at the port Of
Decentralization. What's more, we
eren't in the most remote spot of
France right now, either. The food
is excellent, better than what we got
in the States and equipment is much
easier to obtain. However, they make
us earn it, about four hours drill
il the morning and an afternoon of
work would make any one hungry.
The casual company commander
has left us. He was a resident Of
Chippewa Falls, Wis, and a graduate
Of the University of Wisconsin. He
mas a commission in the regular army
which means he knows something,
ard he does, too. / was his orderly
for long time and he kept me sup
piled with cigarettes and cash while
We waited for payday. Unquestion-
ably the best army officer l ever met
and l haven't seen any others who
we're better any place. ! would con-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-04
ROAD CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN OREGON

Willamette Valley-Cascade Noun
tain Wagon Road: This road is open
Letween Foster and the summit OF
the Cascades and is in poor condition.
The road in general is not safe fo-
travel, but may be negotiated by cars-
full driving.
Hebo-Neskowin: Open and in per-
manent summer condition the entire
route. There are some rough places.
Observation-Disclosures: Open and ir
fair condition entire length
Dead Indian: Open between Pell-
cen Bay and Ashland. Passatle fol-
autos.
klamath Falls-Crater Lake: Open
tetween klamath Falls and all Cra-
ter Lake points. In very poor condi-
tion between klamath Falls and Fort
klamath. All roads ~ .rater Lake
are now open.
Crater Lake Road: Open and iu
good condition between Medford and
Fort Klamath.
Willamette Road: Open between
Eugene and point several miles be-
yond Oak Ridge. Close1 to all We
hicles beyond this point.
Columbia River Highway: Op:n
and in good condition Portland to
Cascade Locks. Closed for con-
struction between Cascade Lccks and
Hood River. Cars may re shipped
between Cascade Locks and Hood
River by rail or boat on week days.
Eagle Creek public camp and picnic
grounds is located IS mics east Of
Portland on this road, which Is paved
the entire distance. Here the forest
service maintains a free picn!H and
camp ground for recreation Use.
Tables, benches, fire places, running
water and other conveniences ere
available at this camp ground