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4 eznreen 1spzr1z@z1 sf the Red fsrrnm hza s@en organized by Nrz- ! | Morris. director e< wsz@z's war'x-
 Wgfh r-oGszr6s and saesszn1z o< ewr Ewzge sDys ca their war 70 bosn 4ke Eeats Eho are offering E1 taefr Isves iz 0re@v that liberty may noT pevfah frona Fhe ear1h- tFsoE trains are sr@e6sng zerDes the e0gzsry hs fh@ p1Eaas oE enasarxzx5o1- TrooS shtyss. laden w3th tE@ eager yosng manhood Of America. are plying their eosrz1a aeross the s@ss-
 YSefygnx svry efsosz of she E-s1ar ta interrupt the steady increase of she foTess raich wfiI aaske victory secnYe. fh@se bogs finch neither zt daseDmfors nor peril Reports froza the front through she NsF department ah0r that these sornaer artisans. these brokers clerks these 9ndeT- graduates sa6 yOang grofessboszI men are bearing tae1s@fyes like heroes ln eveTy fSgaf And the Red Gross is resolved 10 make their go Ing d. happy and comfortable a ExgesIbse One hundred and twenty cznteens h the Southwestern d. visBon are ssrglng coffee. chocolate. sandwichea. fruit. cigarettes and to- hacoo to thee@ hungry. happy. heal thy, life loving boys Red Cross workeFs are bidding them good bye xfth hzBdeIasp which they wiIl re- snenber In the gray dswns before the advance. That memory will stiff en their courage and harden their re- solve to play their parts Ike men.
 Wednesday, July Ig. al 10 o'clock shere wzs a call meeting Of the Red Gross at the headquarters. 4 large nurnf,er Of ladies being present. the messing Wss called fo order bT Mrs I. L Morris. who explained that the purp<yse Of the meeting was 10 or ganize Q eanteen department in con necfBon with o1r local chapter. Nrs- ". s. AtkBns was appointed general ehairrsan O. the csnfeen department ft sas deefded tc have different com nafffecs fo gerse each day in the week. XFe Askins called on the ladies to volunteer 10 serve On the different days throughout the week, and her appeal was answered with a hearty response
 Zach committee wIIi have it's chair snsa wlso uilI receive instructions from Nrs. ". 5 Atkins. general chairman. Committees and chair men are az follows.
 Monday Mrs Carrie L. Apple, chairman, Hesdames. ". D. New bern. J 5 Plummer. Fender. Misses sena GoYan. Pearl Mann.
 Tassday Mrs. W & MccIintock, ebairTaan. Nesdames. Walter Reed. Aa.fin MccsIintock. F. D. Smith. K. l. N.vyn. DOddridge NcCulloch.
 Wednesday Mrs. Marshall Hewitt, chairman Mesdames George New bern. Misses Frances Moore. Eugenia Reeves. Alma Futrall. Frances Der rick.
 Thursday Mrs J. V. HoIIenback. chairman. Mesdames. W. F. Harris. r. N. Burke. Matte Ford. J. F. Eel ton. W L. Ward
 Friday Mrs. Eli q. Wagner, chair man. Hesdames. T. D. Benfhal. W. T Shorten. A. E. Lawson. P. K. Tur- ner and Arthur cotier
 Saturday Mrs Taul Benham. chair nan Mesdames C. N. Houck. c. C. Kitchener. J E. Dsggett. C. F.. Dag eTtt. Q. l.. Williamson.
 sunday Mrs. J. l.. Isaacs, chair man. Mesdames. Cayce Turner. Brian
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One quart of canned beets. Mrs T. w Gillian
 One cake. Mrs. Clem Adams. Two packages of coffee and 12 pounds of flour, w O. Hopkins One peck of potatoes. Mrs. T. A. Copeland.
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I won't stay with her. told her 90
Silly little idiot! III never speak to hef
again. / told her so. She
Here! Belayl Stop! Who are you
talking about?"
"Caro, of course She
you've run off and left her alone
tonight? Where is shef''
"Upstairs-and crying, I suppose.
She doesn't do anything else It's all
she's good for. Selfish, romantic"
He got no further, for Captain elisha
sent him Keeling with push and ran
to the elevator.
Eighth floor" he commanded.
The door Of the apartment was not
latched. Stephen, in his rage and
hurry, had neglected such trifIes. The
captain opened it quietly and walked
in. He entered the library. Caroline
was lying on the couch. her head bur-
led in the pillows.
Caroline, dearie," he faltered, for
give me for comm here, won't you?
had to come. l couldn't rest, thinkin'
of you alone in your trouble | know
you must feel harder than ever toward
me for this afternoons doin's, but /
meant it for the best. l had to show
you--dont you see? Won't you try to
forgive the old Teller that loves you
more'n all the world? Won't you try r.
81 forgive you?" she repeated incred-
ulously.
Eyes. Try to. dearie. oh, IL you
would only believe / meant it for your
good and nothin' else! If you could
only just trust me and come to me and
let me help you. l want you. my girl,
want your
She leaned forward. "Do you really
mean it?" she cried. How can you,
after all i We done, after the way I've
treated you and the things I've said?
You must hate me. Every one does.
hate myself. You can't forgive me!
You can't"
His answer was to hold out his arms.
Another moment and she was in them.
clinging to his wet coat, sobbing, hold
ing him fast and begging him not to
leave her. to take her away; that she
would work, that she would not be q
burden to him-only take her with him
and try to forgive her, for he was real
and honest and the only friend she had.
And Captain Elisha, soothing her,
stroking her hair and murmuring words
of love and tenderness, realized that
his labor and sacrifice had not been In
vain; that here was his recompense-
she would never misunderstood him
again; she was his at last.
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Blowing Wells.

What are known as blowing wells
IRE not at all uncommon, although in
some localities they are called breath
ing" sucking" weather" or ''barom-
eter" wells. The United States geologi-
cal survey finds that in nearly every
well Of that kind the blowing and
sucking occur alternately; that is, at
certain times the current is outward,
and at intervening periods inward. The
phenomena are caused by differences
In atmospheric or barometric pressure.
The necessary conditions seem to be
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The novel being out of the way and
Its successor not yet far enough ad-
yanced in plot or general plan for much
discussion, the literary clinics" were
no longer as frequent. But Parsons
visits to the Warren house We're not
discontinued. All summer long he had
been coming out once and usually twice
week. Captain Elisha had told him
not to stand on formality, to come any
time, and he did On most of these
occasions he found the captain at
home, but if only Caroline was there
he seemed quite contented. The cap
tain was planning a glorious Thanks
giving. At least it would be glorious
to him, for he intended spending the
day and several days at his own home
in South Denboro. He would not leave
Caroline, of course; she was going with
him. Steve would be there. though he
would not come until Thanksgiving
day ITSELF Sylvester also would be of
the party. He seemed delighted at the
opportunity. Pearson was asked and
had accepted. His going was so far a
settled thing that he had commissioned
Captain Elisha to purchase a stateroom
for him on the Fall river boat, for, OF
course, the captain would not consider
their travelling the entire distance by
train. A day or two later Pearson all
nounced that he had decided not to
go.
"HeyY Captain Elisha could scarce
ly believe he had heard correctly. you
can't go-to South Denboro?"
NO"
"Why not, for the land sakes? Come
here! Let me look at you"
He took the young man by the arm
and led him, almost by main strength,
close to the lighted window of the sta.
tion.
"Humph" he grunted after mo-
ment's scrutiny. you've made up
your mind; can see that. Have you
told Caroline? Does she know"
Pearson smiled, but there was little
mirth in the smile. II think she agrees
with me that it is best" he observed
(To BE CoNT1NUED)
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u II June two very important events
itook place The novel was finished,
hnd Stephen, his sophomore year at an
lend, came home from college. He had
)been invited by some classmates to
spend part of his vacation with them
on the Maine coast, and his guardian
bud consented to his doing SO. But
the boy himself had something else to
propose.
Say he said, 1--WE been thinking
q good deal while I've been away this
Hast time. Now, the way look at it,
this college course of mine isn't worth
while. And the kind of work want
| to do doesn't need university training
j want to be down on the street, as the
governor was. If this rubber company
business hadn't knocked us out l in
| tended as soon as I was of age to take
that seat of his and start in for my
self. Well, that chance has gone, but
/ mean to get in some way, though
Now, why can't | leave college and
start now? 1t win be two years gain
ed, won't it?"
Captain Elisha seemed pleased. but
| he shook his head.
| "How do you know you'd like itY
he asked. you've never tried"
"No, l never have, but I'll like 1t.
all right know | shall. It's what
I've wanted to do ever since was old
enough to think of such things. Just
let me start In now, right away, and
I'll show you. I'll make good, you see
If don't"
That evening the captain made
definite proposal to Stephen 1t was
briefly that, while not consenting to
the latter's leaving college, he did con-
slider that trial of the work in a
brokers' Office might be good thing.
Therefore If tho -oung man wished he
could enter the employ of friend of
Sylvester and remain during July and
August
The novel, the wonderful tale which
Captain Elisha was certain would
make its author famous, was finished
that very day in June when Stephen
came back from New Haven.
The advance copy, the first one, was
ready early in September, and the au.
thor, Of course, brought it Immediately
to his friends. They found the dedica
ton especially interesting. "To G. w.
and e. w, consulting specialists al
the literary clinics, with grateful &C.
acknowledgements Probably Captain
Elisha was never prouder of anything,
even his first command, than of that
dedication.
And the story, when at last it appear
ed for sale, was almost from the be-
ginning success, and, most important
of all perhaps, it sold and continued to
sell, There was something in it, Its
humanity, Its simplicity, its clearly
marked characters, which made hit
Pearson no longer needed to seek pub
fishers; they sought him. His short
stories were bid for by the magazines,
and his prices climbed and climbed
He found himself suddenly planted in
re middle of the highway to prosper.
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CHAPTER XVII.
sri

A ! L1AAN INC apartment was SlfCu
w up and Captain Elisha and his
wards moved to the little house
in Westchester county, Annie came with
them. Mrs. Moriarty came once week
to do the laundry work Caroline acted
as sort Of inexperienced, but willing.
supervising housekeeper.
The house had been procured through
the kind interest of Sylvester. Caro-
line took domestic science course at
a university She could not quite w
derstand how ner uncle retained ?
valuable paintings Of their old honA
One day at her request her uncle told
her the true story of hr. Parsons res
lations with her father. Caroline wrote
to Pearson apologizing for her conduct,
but she got her uncle's promise not to
invite Pearson to call. However, the
captain forgot all about It, and Pearson
appeared. AS he turned in at the front
walk Caroline came out of the door.
They met face to face.
1t was most embarrassing situation,
particularly for Caroline, yet, with
feminine resourcefulness, she dissem-
bled her embarrassment to some extent
and acknowledged his stammered Good
afternoon, Miss Warren" with cool,
almost cold, How do you do, Mr.. Pear
SOM? which chilled his pleasure at see
ing her and made him wish deyoutly
that he had not been such fool as to
come. However, there he was, and he
hastily explained his presence by telling
her of the captains invitation for that
day, how he had expected to meet him
at the station and, not meeting him,
had walked up to the house.
SIS he INF" he asked.
No, Captain Elisha was not in. He
had gone to see a sailboat man. Not
hearing from his friend, he concluded
the latter would not come until the next
day. "He will be SO sorry" said Car
dine. F
He was turning to 60, but she stop
ped him.
"You mustn't 60. Mr.. Pearson" she
Bdlu. LOU SOlhC Al 0hu WdAs.
Captain Warren will be back soon, I'm
sure"
Pearson was reluctant, but he could
think OF no reasonable excuse SO he
entered the house, removed his overcoat
and hat and seated himself in the liv-
ing room to await the captains return.
They were deep in the discussion OF
the novel when Captain Elisha walk
ed into the living room. He was sur
prised, stating his feelings at their
mildest, to find them together, but be
did not express his astonishment.
Pearson did not take the next train
nor the next. Instead. he stayed for
dinner and well into the evening. and
when he did go 1t was after prompt
acceptance of the captains invitation
to "come again In mighty little
while"
Pearson came again week later and
thereafter frequently. The sessions
with Cap'n Jim, the hero of the novel.
and his associates were once more reg
ular happenings. 10 be looked forward
to and enjoyed by the three.
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a porous stratum Of soil, such as sand
stone, gravel or porous limestone, only
partly saturated with wafer, and over
laid by some impervious substance such
as shale or clay. So long as the at
mospheric pressure is high, the air is
driven into the well, where it collects
in the upper part Of the porous stra-
tum above the water level. When the
pressure drops, the air flows out with
considerable force, and In so doing pro-
duces what is known as blowing"
The blowing usually occurs during
storm periods or when the wind is In
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London's Crystal Palace.

Crystal palace was originally built
in Hyde park for the great exhibition
of 1851, being afterward removed to
its present site and regretted. AT the
first state opening of the palace by
Queen Victoria 1t was urged that the
usual artillery salute should not be
fired. the reason given being that the
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certain direction or during certain
periods Of the day. In some cases
marsh gas or oil or rock gas may cause
similar blowing effect.
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concession would SILVER the glass roof
and the company assembled below, In
Guiding her majesty, would be cut into
mlncemeat. Dire were the predictions
OF the scaremongers when the design
for the palace was made public. The
first gale, they said, would inevitably
wreck it, while the heat engendered by
the sun pouring its rays upon the
domed glass roof would be SO terrific
that no human being could withstand
1t. Consequently If they escaped an
avalanche of glass they would bn roast
ed to death inside the case.
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Her Misfortune.

Nancy. much afraid of dogs, wss
walking happily along beside her fa.
Their when little dog snapped at her
heels, and soon another dog barked al
her. Nancy said nothing, but held her
fathers hand pretty tightly. Finally
great big st. Bernard rushed by and
nearly knocked her over. "Oh, deal
me, daddy" said Nancy, "why is 1t that
always get on the dog 81 de of your
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Nothing is more pointed than the
finger Of scorn.
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Philadelphia now has street rail-
way skipstop system.
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How Dead Men Held
the Hun

Many soldiers who fought through
the battle and retreat at Mons say
that angels saved them from annihila-
ton. The following is the story, as
told in the April W0man's Home
Companion, Of a Scot whose two
brothers had just been killed in the
red horror:
at was in the twilight when I
came TO full grief for my brothers.
We were marching, dropping like
tired beasts. Once some German
snipers shot at us. and killed the man
just behind me. I fell 20 thinking
what II that had been me and how
would my mother fare, wi all three
Of her sons gone? I began to wish
for my own life then, for my mothers
sake.
That twilight was full Of terrors.
Germans everywhere. and II not Ger
mans. then fear and wonder and dis
tress. I could see men falling down
struck, who knew hoW2 No one dared
stop to see IL il were a bullet, or just
sleep that OYerCame them. And II
seemed to me as IL the Germans were
sweeping up on US like tide. ] heard
myself crying on my elder brother
Dougal, and crying on my mother,
too.
J. men oil EAQ4EuAg A0AlA ny 4GAA
walking backward. and looking
looking into the dark. Against the
sky behind I felt there was some
thing. lOoked-and then the black
ness shaped ftseT into dim figures.
Men have said that it was the angels
helping us that night against the
Germans. To may have been but that
rs not what I saw. Those who helped
US appeared to my eyes Ike the mea
that bad fallen on our side In the
battle OF Mons. They had fallen be-
cause we were outuumbered and un-
prepared. They had died too soon.
before all their work for their coun-
try was done And now they had
risen I'm the dark TO hold back the
Germans. That they fought with
weapons L do not believe but that
they were helping as. know.
" tDouEaIt" II cried &AlecE.%
And though I couldn't see them, I
knew my brothers were there, guard
ing me. They couldna 20 back 20 my
mother again but they would protect
me for her Eake.
do you seer said 70 the cor
poraI
He saw nothing. but he listened
and he said he could hear the Ger
mans shouting. n heard thefu. too
cries of surprise. and fear. The cor
poral thought they were the ahouGs
81 wictorB. but ] knew VINO TIE vie
tors were I was flied WI great
peace. like tns sense uf rest after
pain IE tE not defeat when men
come back from The dead 20 hsip.
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WHAT RUSSIA MUST PAY.

And now 1t appears that the full
terms Of the Brest- Litovsk treaty
have not been given to the Russian
people.
NJ. Martoaf, the leader Of the Men
shevik faction, claims that the
treaty provides for an indemnity Of
nine billion rubles. or between four
billion and FIVE billion dollars, and
the making Of Petrograd a free
port.
The truth Of the latter clause Is
borne out by the reported advance
Of the German forces toward Petro-
grad. The Prussian tunkers gener-
ally try to have some sembIance Of
justification for their worst acts Of
oppression, and such a clause could
be pleaded as an excuse for occupy
ing Petrograd-
They viii attend to the little mat
ter Of indemnity when they get
Petrograd. A city Of 5000, 900 peo-
pie, even bankrupt and devastated as
Petrograd must be, might be expect
ed to raise a large part Of even such
a huge sum If properly squeezed.
The Bolshevfld, it win be remem-
bsred, were the party that insisted
so loudly on the abolition Of secret
diplomacy.
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WHEN THE PRE\IDENT PLAYS
POLITICS.

President Wilson's letter indorsing
Mr.. Davies for the senate would have
been a harmless and proper act Of
courtesy II he had left of the last
paragraph which referred to the Nc
Lemore resolution, the embargo issue
and the armed neutrality measure.
This paragraph is a yelled attack on
Mr.. Lenroot, who voted for the Nc
Lemore resolution to keep Americans
OF armed merchantmen, and for the
amendment to the armed neutrality
bill which provided that ships carry
ing munitions should be unarmed.
Since war was declared, Mr. Len
root has proven both his loyalty and
his lack Of partisanship. He has
vigorously supported Democratic
measures which he thought were
right, and he has faithfully upheld
the Presidents hands.
Mr.. Davies is a cIean-cut, loyal,
honest and most efficient American,
but he is no finer type Of American
than Mr.. LenroOt. If it had been a
choice between either one Of them
and Mr.. Berger or the La Toilette
candidate, the Presidents letter
would have been applauded by every
loyal citizen. But drawing distinc-
tons between two men Of the type Of
Mr.. Davies and Mr.. Lenroot can be
ascribed to nothing but party poll
tics, or possibly a personal friendship
for the Democratic candidate.
II Mr.. LenrOot should now with
draw in favor Of Mr.. Davies, he
would come out Of the incident with
just a little more dignity than would
attach to the President himself. He
would prove that he is above party
politics in a national crisis, whether
the President is or not, and he would
not long remain in private life-just
until the next election when he could
choose his office.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23
A JUICY MoRsEL-

The business manager Of The Non
partisan Leader, which recently de-
parted unmourned and unregretted
from Fargo. evidently is finding the
going rough and rocky in st. Paul.
The last issue Of The Leader con-
tains a full page appeal for support
for the gradually shrinking Leader.
The business manager wants farmers
to write to advertisers and explain"
things. Here is one quite delightful
excerpt from the instructions:
In writing to them ASSUME
that they want to be fair to the
farmers and that they are
PATRIOTIC AND HONEST"
BY all the sixteen boxes Of cartoons
of Big Biz this is the richest, juiciest
morseI that has seen the light of day
in The Leaders columns. For two
years the editor has been telling the
farmers that all business men were
grafters and their mortal enemies,
and now the business manager wants
the farmers to assume they are
patriotic and honest.
, There doesn't seem to be the proper
degree Of team work on the STAFF Of
the now anaemic Leader.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

The Mandan Pioneer pleads 70,
q patriotic celebration on April 6, il
the following editorial:
All over the country Liberty
bond managers, national, dis
trict, state and county are pre-
pairing for the drive for the
third Liberty bond that will
start on April 6, the anniversary
of Americas entrance into the
war.
That day should be made a
day of special patriotic fervor,
the day should be observed by
appropriate services in every
city, town and villagel Of the ma
ton. The day should also mark
the beginning of the drive for
bond subscriptions that will most
assuredly send the third bond is
sue over the top.
One year OF the war will have
then passed. America up to this
time has not done much fighting
but the accomplishments have
been marvellous. The foundation
for a successful campaign will
have been laid by that time
America will be ready for the
fray.
The day for the starting of the
bond drive is a psychological one
and may we not make that fact
inspire us all to do our utmost
for its success.
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the Nonpartisan leaders for their
insidious disloyalty.
Many times during the past ~
months the writer has felt CALI
ed upon to severely criticise the
official acts OF the states chief
executive. In his declination TO
address the league the COVER
nor makes his reasons so plain
and vet straight from. the shout
der that even doubling Thomas
can understand. With sincerity
and truth he puts the stamp Of
disloyalty upon the league lead
ers and The Standard wishes to
compliment Mr.. Burnquist upon
his courageous stand. The
Standard editor believes Town
ley and his immediate advisers
arc disloyal, and are loyal even
now only. by lip protestation veil
ed in many instances by a. siur-
ring innuendo, to keep out Of Jail.
Judging by their almost daily ar
rests they are having hard time
to do that.
Lenine, the betrayer OF strick-
en- Russia, apparently got his"
in a lump sum from the kaiser
while ToWnley is collecting SIS
per from the farmers.