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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
'NXn7fs ssDf Again, the Cycle
| = Running Like a Dee"

! had arrived at this decision by the
time reached the scene Of last nights
lnishap. Fortunately my cycle was run
ring iike q deer now, and | swept up the
little slope IN a few. seconds and sped
POUND the ioch, opening up fresh vistas of
rcund-tcpped heather hills and wide green
or brown valleys every minute At lone
y bit Of. the road Jumped off, studied my
nap afresh, and then dashed on again.
Presently q side road opened, leading
back toward the coast, and round the cor
ner | sped, but even as | did so the utter
hQpeles4ncss of my performance struck
me vividly- that is, to say, if really
SERIOUS and organized hunt for me were to
he set afoot. For the roadside was dotted
with houses, often at considerable inter
walls, it is true, but then all of them had
sach confoundcdly wide views over that
open country. There was d house or two
az the very corner where | turned, and /
j.. distinctly saw Il face appearing. st. win.
dow TO watch me thunder past. The noise
tAesc motorcycles make is simply Internal!
ut WAS then that. ! fell INTO the true
chances were everywhere against me If
nay enemies took certain steps. we'll, then
The only. thing to do was to hope they did
not take them and dismiss that matter
6. from. my mind. ! was taking the best pre-
cautions l.could think OF, and the coole, l
kept and better spirits | WAS in the more
likely would luck be to follow me. For
In. jS do l.,<l,
who trust her. Accordingly, the sun beng
nov out and the morning beautifully fine,
Il, decided 10 enjoy the scenery and make
the most Of a day ashore.
My first step was to ease up and ride
just as slowly as | could, and then | saw
at once that | was doing The wiscst jking
III every way made less noise and l.ss
dust, and was altogether much less Of a
phenomdnon And this encouraged me
greatly to keep to my new resolution. ~
If leave it all to luck she will advise
ne we'll. | SAID to myself.
Il headed eastward through a wide.
marshy valley with but few houses about.
and in short time saw the sea widening
before me, and presently struck the road I
was. seeking. At the junction [ obcyed an
] impulse and jumping off my cycle,
paused to survey the scenery A fertile
vale fell from where / stood, down to a
small bay between hcadiands. 1t vas
filed with little farms, and all at once
there came over me an extraordinary inn
preston Of peacefulneSs and rest. Could
It actually be that this was Il country at
Trar; that nava! war. indeed, was very,
qsry close at hand, and beneath those
ssaining waters submarine might even
asow, pc stealing or Il loose mine drifting
ne wide, sunshiny, placid atmosphere Of
TIE scene. with its vast cNpanse- Of 'clear
Nue SKY, larks singing hight UP, and sea
birds crying about the shore, soothcd sny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

END Or PART ONE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

things. What things they were precisely
l may not say, but they had to do with
warfare, with making this sound about
as easy for hostile ship to get through,
whether above the water or below, as a
rode very leisurely, with my head half
turned round all the while, / felt that my
time was not wasted if | escaped safely,
having seen simply what | now noted. For
my eye could put interpretations on feat
ures that would convey nothing to the or
binary traveller.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

spirits like magician's wand. ! mounted
and rode gu again in an amazingly pleas
ant frame of mind for a spy within a
hair's-breadth of capture, and very prob
ably of ignominious DEATH
Up a long hill i, my engine gently
throbbed, with moor]and on either side
that seemed to. be so desolated by the
gales and sea spray that, even heather
could scarcely flourish. | meant to stop
and rest by the wayside, but after look
at the map | thought, on the whole, | had
better put another mile or two between me
and the lady with the baleful eyes. At the
top had very wide prospect of inland
country to the left, a -treeless, Northern
looking scene, all green and brown with
many lakes rejecting the sunshine A
more hopeless land to hide in | never be-
held, and was confirmed in my reckless
resolution. Chance alone must protect me-
Down still sleeper hill rode, only now
amid numberless small farms and with an
other bay shining ahead. The road ran
nearly straight into the water, and then
bent suddenly and followed the rim of the
bay, with nothing but empty sea links on
the landward side. The farms were left
behind, a mansion house by the shore was
still a little distance ahead, and there was
not a living soul in sight as l came to y
small, stone wall inclosurc squeezed in be-
tween the road and the beach below. 7
jumped off, led my cycle round this, and
laid it on the ground, and then seated my
self with my back against the low wall of
loose stones and my feet almost projecting
over the edge of the steep slope of pebbles
that fell down to the sand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

1of any place Of concealment far off the
h4]ghroads. Now that there was a prob
ABILITY Of the hue and cry being raised or
'at least Of q lockout being kept for me. the
chances Of successfully slipping up the
valley of some stream without any ones
notice were enormously decreased | had
bEt to glance around at the openness of
the countryside to realize that. No. on
the highroads I could at least run away,
but up in the moors / should be mere
trapped rat. 49,
Then I had the bright thought of tour
ing IN zigzag fashion round and round
the island, stopping every here and there
70 address an inhabitant and leave, a false
clew, so as to confuse my possible pur-
suers. But what about my gasolene? 7
night need every drop if I actually did
come to be chased. So l gave up that
scheme
Finally decided upon a plan which
really seems to me now to lee as promis-
ing as any | could think Of About the
least likely place TO look for me would be
a.few miles further along the same road.
that ran past my last nights refuge, in
The opposite direction from that in which
people had seen me start. I~resolved to
make deEour and then work back to that
read. s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

was, and as we looked into one another's
eyes for moment in silence I could tell
as surely as if he had said the words that
he had heard the story of the suspicious
motor cyclist.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

The songs coming Mother songs Of mothers that
knit for the farwandeng feet heavy gray socks mighty differ
from the msey little pink affairs that sken
his headat she used make Dad songs; with
the yourself ring that strikes tears
sharp and sudden the softer mother song does Love
with beautiful girl face looking Of very line and girl
calling the things that sweeheas soldier lovers
And song the ~Ange the Flaming Cross-per
haps the bef you returning soldier stripes
mis- young face-od and wise.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14
Little Bobbie'SPa
Pm Wants To Go To WashinEt0n
And Advise Gen March About
The War But Ma Gently
Dfssundea Him.
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK

/ NELL, sed Pa wen he cain hoam
w last mite. see the All Greatest
Kiser is having the All AIitiest Re
treet OF his life The peepul Of his
deer Germany, sed Pa. are all saying
Thare goes Wilhelm coming back
viii be glad wen It IS oaver. sed
Ma It is Citing on my nerves, Ma
sed.
II will all be oaver sooner than
sum peepul think. sed Pa I was
thinking Of running oaver TO Wash
ington. sed Pa, & talking it oaver
with Genral March. I have sum idees
that is worth splitting. sed Pa
wuddent 90 oaver these hot days.
deerest. sed Ma They say It Is awful
hot oaver in Washington Just now.
You better walt til you are a Congress
Man. sed Ma. & then you can help
boss the Land OF the Free
Well. sed Pa, in the meantime our
gallant trupes are straitening out
them Dutch bulges. sed Pa. think
the Mailed Fist is about 10 be dee
livered. sed Pa, TO the Ded Letter or
ris. That is a good line, sed Pa Let
US see that tbs Mailed Fist goes 10
the Ded Letter offs.
Thare is a lot OF good lines. sed
Ma. but good lines won't win this war.
What we need Is good men & plenty
OF them. sed Ma. & then it Will all be
oaver with a grand rush As my
father used 70 say. sed Ma, doant
quarl Il you can help il, but II you
must fife. hit first & hit TO kill
That is a good policy, sed Pa, yure
father d me look at fiteing just the
saim-
Ny deer father newer looked for
fife. ssd Ma. he was peeceful as a
smiling valley in the Spring
That is the way 1 always was, ssd
Pa I am that way now. too, Pa sed,
but like all still matters. sed Pa, have
sum grand idees about how 10 win a
batteL
Maybe you wud better let sum OF
the yunger men do most OF the fiteing
for the present. sed Ma You have
had so much OF that hevy going in
yure life that you deserve a rest from
herring about It.
I can Main-tane a rigid silence on
the subjeck il you like, sed Pa. can
be as still as the SPHINX
I dout it, sed Ma, the SPHINX was
always a kind OF silent crouch. Ma
sed. You cant help bubbeling oaver
at times. sed Ma. You are like a lit
tel spring in the desert. sed Ma When
DO you leeve for Washington
I doant know for sure, sed Pa
Every time I tell about sum crate
need wich I am going to do for my
nashun. sed Pa, you look out OF the
window. I fear you have skant faith
in yure husband, sed Pa
On sum subjecks, sed ma, my faith
in you is faithless- I have knew you
many. many yeers. sed Ma
& then Pa put on his bath roah &
began 10 read the war news.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

shot OF the house These games come
under the head OF rompinE, which is
Mary's manners as for her clothes.
not 20 mention the noise. which is
hard on grown ups"
Too Much SaraEerys Not Enough.
These may have saved her clothes
and the nerves OF her relatives. but
they were bad for 1fary's muscles and
nerves. The former were apt 10 be
under developed. and the latter over
developed. John had TOO much saw
asery- Mary not enough.
The Tell-Tale Pompadour-
There comes day. and every
mother recognizes Its advent. when
John with no urging az al. VIII soap
his ears and begin to cultivate
pompadour-the latter is an unfailinC
symptom and always spells Girl And
there - nothing 20 be done about IL
but 70 lnaugurate policy or watch
ful waiting with a great deal OF SYM
pathy on the side
The equivalent OF a pompadour on
Marys part is a heightened interest
in clothes. and sometimes q tendency
70 so into the kitchen and cook such
days. with their calf love affairs,
come all too soon ana are too highly
upsetrinC TO all parties concerned %
be advanced by a single day.
They come like the first tooth.
whoopine cough. or measles, and good
mothers make the most OF them. and
in due time see their fledgiinEs de-
part 20 nests OF their own But to
begin with it, before children have
cut their milk teeth. TO harp upou
10 while they are still in sWaddlinE
clothes. is as foolish OF the mother
as it Is unfair to the child.
Children should have the same
standards Of honor. truth. and riEht
living. not because they are girls Or
boys, as the case may be. but because
they are TO grow up self-respe ctinE
citizens whose country depends upon
them 20 carry on the torch OF civillza-
ton.
But 70 return Tor a last word 20
the sex question. the war has Ger
tainly- proved 70 be the shortcut 20
general emancipation OF women. How
many girls looking at courageous old
DR.. Mary walker. for the first time.
ever imagined they. too, would take
20 trOusers2
Not one OF al the thousands now
employed as conductors farmerettes.
munition makers or any OF the new
war jobs. demanding bifurcated gar
ments would have believed IL possible.
But then. nothing could have been
more unbecominE than Dr. Mary's
Z ock coat, tight trousers and top
hat-these war rigs are vastly be-
coming 10 the girls. and that makes a
difference
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

I owe my life TO you;
Oh, come back. Love that I found-and lost,
Ny Angel Of the Flaming Crosst7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14
Pennsylvania Dutch
Were and Are Loyal
They Fed WashinEtOn's Army
Through That Terrible Winter
At Valley Forge When They
Could Have Had Money
From the British
BY MADISON c. PETERS.

IT was absolutely necessary that
/ Howe's army should be securely
confined 10 its winter quarters IN
Philadelphia and prevented from raw
aging the rich farming districts OF
the Pennsylvania Germans in Mont
gomery, Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh,
Berks, Lebanon and Lancaster coun-
ties where had been collected vast
stores OF supplies through the gen
erous patriotism OF the Pennsylvania
Germans. Had Washington with
drawn his troops this material might
have been captured and besides ne
might have lost the fertile farms
whence these supplies were derived
Washington knew that there were
not any Tories among the Pennsyl-
vania Germans and he planted mis-
camp with perfect safety on the very
border line OF the German settle
ments He knew all he had to do
was 10 keep his eye on the foe in
front as his friends were in the rear
70 give him all the help and protec-
ton IN their power. II was wash
ington's absolute confidence in the
answering loyalty OF the Pennsyl-
vania Germans which enabled him
TO face the foe on the border line Of
their habitatiOns-
They Are Loyal Now.
The farmers VINO drove through
Valley Forge and sold their prod
ucts 10 the foe in Philadelphia were
not Pennsylvania German It IS true
that these thrifty farmers received
fair pay for their products. but it is
also true that the toll Of months on
their farms went freely to feed the
hungry soldiers and they gave with
out price when they often were with
out things to eat themselves and II
was the patriotism Of a people known
as Pennsylvania Dutch which kept
alive WashinEton's army at Valley
Forge DR.. Otto and his two sons
labOred in the hospital at Valley
Forge during that terrible winter.
In the civil war the men known as
first defenders" were the descend
ants OF these German polatinates and
the men from Lehigh and Berks and
other Pennsylvania German counties
were first 20 respond TO Lincoln's
call Today any one travelling
through these eastern Pennsylvania
German counties will find more ser
vice flags Of two. three and four
stars in the windows OF the farmers
than perhaps any other section In
the United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14
Aunt.

brary fire. Cynthia watched her aunt
and listened TO her perfectly modu-
lated accents
One Of the Family.
Yes. Dora was right. Aunt Amanda
was certainly conventional although
most kind and gracious she was
the sort OF person 70 say the correct
thing in the correct way upon al oc-
casions.
Tea finished. Dora jumped Up.
Let's 80 upstairs. Cynthia" she
proposed. your room is right across
the hall from mine. and there's lit
tie room IN between with connecting
doors. So We can run back and
forth to see each other without going
out into the hall I usually keep that
door shut when We have company in
your room But you are not COM
shall leave that door open all the
MY dear child" Mrs. LIviuEstone's
tone was affectionate, but slightly
reproving. suppose you allow your
cousin TO become accustomed TO you
and your harum- scarum ways before
YOU decide that you and she are to
be as inseparable as you evidently
wish"
"Oh. but we shall be inseperabIeF
Cynthia exclaimed 1T makes me
happy TO believe We wills
4Adl - sweet o. you -Ea- A4lF-
ingstone said gently. And now. my
dear. shall I send my maid up 60 IN
pack your bags for you. or would
you prefer waiting until your trunks
come. They Will be here soon"
"Oh. 7 can unpack for myself
thank you. Aunt Amanda" the girl
replied
That must be as you prefer" Mrs
Livingstone remarked. But II you
need a maid, call for mine"
She was very kind. the girl re-
Elected as she followed her cousin up
stairs. But she wished she were
little less polite and a little more
affectionate.
CTo Be Continued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

into Canada. gong further north as the I
climate grows colder $
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

For these perhaps the eastern sky behind the homebound troop
ship holds another thing beside the
ming mean his flag the blood and dram dust he gave for
it. Sings this song that he faeeoty SOBER brave and
sweet cofed Immaculate white, winged with the great rustg
wings of angkind lho said the angles OF the Bible
anges up there in the ghbendng heavens toward France Ia
belle France where he learned suffer and grow
things and people better than he knew could be done
And behind glow welded flaming cross
the RED CROSS-behind head. girl nurssd
through. Here's the song her Catch feoWsl
almost beautiful as she is herself. Almost
NELL BRLNKLET.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

IN a homeward bound transport,
~ As the sun was sinking low,
Stood a wounded soldier dreamiu-
In the twilight's glow.
Visions of an angel,
Golden hair and eyes Of blue.
said a sailor lad,
why are you so sad
said the soldier, 'I'll tell you.
There's an angel over there.
An angel from I know not where,
Smiling sweetly through her tears,
She drove my fears away.
Little girl who nursed ne through,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

HERE'S an FL Pasoan in his second
1 L enlistment, Pvt. L W. Hight. q
company. 14fth infantry. A. E. r He
is a son Of Mrs. Edna Fowler, 81
Octavia street, and before entering
the army was "a mechanic here Pvt.
Hight was a member OF the old com
nany K Fourth Texas infantry. and
was stationed for six months in the
Big Bend during the border trouble.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-14

GROVER C. MUM, Of Fl Paso, who
" is overseas as a sergeant in the
nth trench mortar battery. Two
brothers, ". A. and Fred Num-. and
a sister. AIRS. y. " Faulkner. reside
in El Paso. Before enlisting. he
worked for the Wells Fargo Express
company.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-12

DOING A WEEKS az. P..-

Sitting here in the kitchen. peeling a
bucket of spuds.
Wearing dirty apron to cover my blue
serge duds;
A HUNDRED thou in the bank-"society
But because I was late at roll call. they
gave me a weeks TX. P.'
Sitting here in the kitchen, with slop
all over my jeans.
Pickin' rocks and splinters out of a
barrel of beans.
My thoughts have gone a wandering to
what used to be.
Before I missed that last post car. and
they gave me weeks *. p"
I think Of the nights wandered, doing
the barrOom stunt
Gee! What sissy I was. what hope
Oh. was there with the girls. boys:
men around!
they called me "Lady's Man"
What would they say IL they saw me
now. scraping greasy pan?
The mess sergeant's SLAYER, he gives
man no rest;
the second the best.
Oh. sure. boys. l enlisted to march away
to wars,
But they've got me here in the kitchen.
doing the company chores.
A week policing the kitchen. watching
the UISCultS DTOWueu-
Me, who used to order two thosuand
men around.
I wonder what those two thousand
would say If they could see me now.
Washing a hundred dishes. ready for 6
o'clock chow?
Two months ago in the greenhouse. I
held Anita's hand.
Told her that had enlisted to fight for
my native land.
She leaned her head on my shoulder:
said she'd be proud of me.
She'd be proud all right if she saw me
now, doing a weeks *. p"
Dumping the sIush in the hog can,
scrubbing the kitchen floor.
Swabbing Shiny muck pan It'll my
hands are bleeding and sore:
Fixing the hash for supper. putting ice
in the tea
Archibald Percival knutty. society man
that's me.
Basil Dillon Woon, Sergeant. First
Glass, O. NJ. G.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-12

Speaking at the armory at Baltl-
more, Md, opening the Liberty Loan
campaign last Saturday, Liberty
Day. President Wilson, pointing to
the peace forced on Russia, asserted
that Germany has once more de-
clared that force, and force alone,
shall decide whether right, as Amer
lea sees it, or dominion as Germany
sees it, shall determine the destinies
of mankind" declared that America
accepts the challenge" and that
"force without limit-righteous and
triumphant" is Americas one re-
Spouse "to make right the law of the
world and cast every selfish domin-
ion down in the dust"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-04-12

America and all who care or dare to
stand with her must arm and pre-
pare themselves to contest the mas
terry of the world, mastery in which
of women and of all who are weak,
must for the time be trodden under
foot and disregarded and the old,
age-long struggle for freedom and
right begin again at it's beginning.
Everything that America has lived
for and loved and grown great to
vindicate and to bring to glorious
realization will have fallen in utter
ruin and the gates of mercy once
more pitilessly shut upon mankind.
The thing is preposterous and i'm
possible. And yet is not that what
the whole course and action of the
German armies has meant wherever
they have moved? 1 do not wish,
even in this moment of utter disillu-
sionment, to judge harshly or un-
righteously. l Judge only what the
German arms have accomplished with
Implying thoroughness throughout
every region they have touched.
What, then, are we to do? For
myself, I am ready-ready still.
ready even now, to discuss a fair and
just and honest peace at any time
that it is certainly purposed-a peace
in which the strong and the weak
shall fare alike. But the answer,
when l proposed such a peace, came
from the German commanders in
Russia, and l cannot mistake the
meaning of the answer.
America Accepts Challenge.
I accept the challenge. l know
that you accept it. All the world
shall know that you accept 1t. 1t
shall appear in the utter sacrifice and
self-forgetfulness with which we
shall give all that we love and all
that We have to redeem the world
and make it fit for free men like our
selves to live.
This now is the meaning of all
that we do. Let everything that we
say, my fellow countrymen, every
thing that we henceforth plan and
accomplish, ring true to this re-
Spouse, till the majesty and might of
our concerted power shall fill the
thought, and utterly defeat the force
of those who flout and misprize what
We honor and hold dear.
Germany has once more said that
force, and force alone, shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign
in the face of men. whether right as
! America conceives it, or dominion as
she conceives it, shall determine the
destinies of mankind. There is, there
fore, but one response possible from
US: Force-force to the utmost
Force without stint or limit, the
righteous and triumphant force
which shall make right the law Of
the world and cast every selfish do.
minion down in the dust.