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Fritz was beginning to think II was
twenty-five spent for high explosives
| Illuminated, on the wrong side of the Inc
| There's n rumhling all through the
ward 'Tafnt in my division only
insisted Danny sullivan. with gloomy
head shake. 20
all this rag-ChewinE inquired Beverly,
when the two other COunCLmen of his
ward gathered with him once more in the
ward leaders phrlor.
What do YOU think we've got TO 90.
walt" inquired Schaff
we got to get that spur-traCk fran
Chise through $50 blamed quick ther.
ain't nothin' toNit. Rand or no Rand -
That's right" chimed in the others.
II don't get notlrn' else from morning
till night. If we don't get that franchise
quick these three wardS'li go right over
to Penrose and stay there.
I'll see the big man and tell him how
things are| promised SChaf
The Big Boss. high in his office in a
downtown skysCra4er. was busy-now
with the details Of that vast contracting
business, in the interest of which he
managed the city government; and now
with the details of mana ging the govern
ment itself-but he received SChaH after
while and listened, though not patti
entity. To begin with. his mood, was trri-
table. Big issues were at stake in the
coming election. and he was in no temper
to be bothered. Especially was he irri-
tated that anything should happen to
emphasize to the public the manner in
which his organization levied tribute on
'Tve heard about rhat row out there
and I don't like ii" 'he snapped shortly
when the ward Ieaderl had told his story
"Tll see Rand about 1T, SChaff and let
you know"
Fifteen minutes later Rand was wait
ing in the outer office and presently was
ushered inside.
Jim" said the Big Boss huntly, but
with no trace of his former irritability,
i've been studying about that Archer
franchise fight for week and hearin'
about it, too. Isdon't like the way it's
ureaKing You're right of course, and
another time I'd say go TO the mat on u
and clean that Young smart Aieck good
But I can't stand fight like that now"
Rand looked hurt and unhappy.
IF he beats us once he'll fight again, -
the lobbyist warned. 7 tell you that
lar hero He might cause us lot Of
trouble"
Nope" answered the political poten-
s5d Se reta Sg fs
we can choke him off from that side
Engaged to Buckingham's daughter" re-
| iterated the boss with a shudder, and a
cop hammers the head off of him It's
lucky he didn't kill him God I had
chills for two hours after heard about
then. why don't you pinch him off right
now?"
"wouIdnt have Buckingham suspect
for anything we're settin' so light we
could be disturbed by a little thing like
that. Wouldn't go to him about 1t at
all It's too small"
"I suppose $4,000 is small to YOU" re-
preached Rand
"Itll be small to you some day. jim
II you stick with me-" said the Big Boss.
and turned to other duties.
Rand. with an order not stated in so
many words, but conveyed in unmstak-
able terms-an order the most distaste-
full he had ever been compelled to exc
cute-still hesitated
Get it movin'," snapped the Big Boss
shortly, and Rand, who had learned
obedience in the hardest school there is,
arose and numbered heavily out
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gaps. There he met the leaders NJ
me RattIerS with such a shower of
/ "i9WS they stopped and coiIed
hHF belgium bravely jumped to tho
other SIDE of the Glen, waving y cIuh
winch he picked up. -iNN
Inc hattlers halted only n,or,o,.
me Dig fellow who had coiled menan'
- te,.,if,., ,.'fu was sounding his rattle with
denly made a huge lean tou.o, SUI ~,
'Iaht. AT the same mnrent ms ms
op,.oslIe t,,, SIDE, another Rattler snrans
,toWard SILLY Belgium. The C;iant ,,ns s
ms snake with a blow that krooIIoI
IL lhto the flames Billy RaIsi',,I
3GLlhpeu JG pea back just in time to esrsna
| Lio, i"msS OF the Snake that attacked
| be- l''i, s,,,I any before 1t could coil again
! RattinI.S, %s'ieu II on the head. The other
i.o!t'eiS stopped short. The Ciant
scattered the fire across tho alit
hIs SIDE and Billy Belgium did the
Saile on the opposite path. An an
CIhef moment the flames closed tha
fIen from wall to wall 'i'e
~, ierCer and ferCer burned the fro
tbn Ei WiiIu lanned it and it swept down
80, M Mnien with a roar, like a blaze in
an open CRATE. Smoke blinded tha
snakes, burning brands fell arone ne
| 'hem' They turned and fled
| Some tried to scale the steen ,,.au
! oilIS 10 fallR Rback. Some tried to bida
IN holes in the rocky floor of The c!iar e
| only to be forced out by rho ,,ca,sas
| Oh neat The flight quickly became a
panic. The Snakes were in such ter-
lUF mat when they reached the edge
~ ~, tie Gun they tumbled right over.
lnoSe in front were pushed bv those
behind. and to Peggy, SOARING ca feIv
mhoVe the smoke and flames it looked
( IKE a cataract of snakes Thev yera
| pIuhSlng right into the canvas tran
| cliff. '0o' vi 'ne
Inc Birds who hau risen high ont
Oh danger as the Snake army ad-
Nanced, now clustered around Peggy
shrieking with JOY.
The Giant and Billy Belgium climbed
| along the upper side of the Glen until
theN could look down into the tran
Zee whitikers!" yelled the Giant.
Ihere are enough snakes there 10
stock lot of shows and museums.
we be able to buy half a dozen
Liberty Bonds"
snakes that help the farmers" shouted
Peggy
We will" promised the Giant.
/ Blue Jay flew up and on his back
was General Croaker, who saluted
Peggy
nave 10 report, General Peggy.
that YOU have won a glorious victory
and that the entire Frog army has
escaped with only one loss-General
Hopper is hopping yet"
Good riddance." said Peggy.
From the distance came a chant of
triumph;
| "Cro-a-k Cro-a-k The war is ended!
| BY Peggy brave we've been defended!
! Cro-a-k Cro-a-k The Snakes are
beaten.
We're mighty glad that we're not
| A puff of hot wind wrapped a cloud
of smoke around Peggy. She gasped
and ceughed, and rubbed her smart
| ing eyes.
When the cloud blew away, there
she was back at the cottage. A camp
fire was blazing merrily a few feet
away, and over it was cooking a most
savOry supper.
well, I'm glad we won," said Peggy
to herself. "and I'm glad we finished
up that war before mealtime for I'm
awfully hungry"
(Nept tCeek IN Foes Of the Farm
er," the Giant OF the Woods Is
forced to fight dangerous enemies
OF America, and Pe99y helps him
tCin.J
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for me, which would secure me the de-
sired admission.
1t was with certain inward glow of
Contentmen, that. having called for and
duly received the promised letter.
turned my face toward the Whitehall
Office. Naturally enough, now that my
job was nearing completion, my thoughts
ran hack on the de:ails Of its history.
Perhaps | hadn't done SO very badly.
1t had been a good education for me
a gain in subtlety and Capability for
practical action. In fact I'm not sure.
at that moment, that ! was not rather
regrctful at the thought of being about
to give up my control of the affair. of
having to hand over little Eitel's draw
handled the affair with some ncatness
and precision. at any rate toward the
END. That escape on the fish train. for
instance. how that must have left them
guessing whistlod happily and walked
on. Oh, it is great thing to feel the
sense of mastery that accompanies a
well-fnished job. Alas. all too soon |
was to have an emphatic reminder that
such thoughts were premature
My course had lain from King street
to st. James's Square and the Mall to
the top of Whitehall, and | was cutting
across that wide thoroughfare from
about the Horseguards to rerch the
Whitehall Office a little further down 1t
was foolish: in such a place of. fast
moving traffic, to indulge in a brown
study There was no excuse for me,
had had my warning. Again it was a
shout that brought me to my senses. |
looked up and there was car almost
on the top of me. ! tried to jump clear,
but the wood blocks were slippery, and
fell
1t was all over in a second. A police
man and a passing carter lifted me up
and took me to the island.
Great Jerusalem" :" said the carter.
II never saw anything like that in my
What happened?" I asked. feeling l
ought to be dead.
"Narrowest thing I ever saw. sir"
said the policeman. Car put on it's
brakes as you went down, and it did a
swerving skid right in the direction you
lay. Never touched you at all, l don't
think. Move on there"
This last to the circle of open-mouthed
gazers that had gathered round. The
been fool and was very angry in con-
sequence.
Look here" said to the policeman,
that car tried to run me down"
He looked at me and smiled.
Don't be foolish" he said That
cars been up and down here ever since
l came on duty Waiting for some
Goymint official"
This did not in the least convince me.
why didn't it stop them" l asked
hotly.
Knew you 'adnt been touched-good
job for you, too, what with the brakes
on an that. Now" he continued, final
ity in his tone, I'D advise you to be
getting on. and next time not depend
on gymnastics to save your neck. The
age of miracles is past, and don't you
CONTINUED MONDAY
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CopUriom. rms, BY PubHc LCdgcr Go
CHAPTER IX-(Continued)


| 60 ! gave her an account Of all my
~ adventures, telling her of the peddlor
on the bridge. the attack on the house
tn" day | had on the hills. and my
travels on tn" fish express. leaving out
nothing, saving tho discovery had made
about little Eit"l's paper; for that detail
| kent back awhile, remembering the hu-
InlllatiGn of our parting. The fact is,
! was hoping TO he questioned about it,,
and by my reply make an impression
that would rc-CStahlsh my damaged
amour-propr". But the queer girl never
sleep. | told her | did not feel at
all like sleeping. but if she could shell
catch the London train, would gladly
rest later in the day. for | knew that
the less | was seen in public the bet
You do not think they can trace you
., told her il, was hard to tell, since
they had traced me SO far, but did not
there was but one man who had set
eyes on me between the plOwmans house
and her own door: This seemed to CON
tent her and set her. thinking. At last
the question came for which l had
waited;
That THAT paper, have, have you stilI got it,
said to myself. I'll ma Ike her see how
foolish was her pity of me. SHE hesi-
tated, and then continued: "Did you
ever think of letting them have it?"
Never" l said. Never for mo-
But it is such a trihing thing. and
they set such store by it as to be ready
, to take your life to get it"
"Trinng :" I cried. "Do YOU call that
paper trihng?"
"Well. isn't it-a. child's drawing of
sheep and trees and other animals?"
IT was my hour, and ] said:
81 am afraid, Miss Thompson. you
do not understand the significance of
those sheep and trees and other ami
mails When you saw them in Edn-
burgh l am afraid you were simple
minded enough to take that paper at
its face value" She opened her eyes
wide at this. "If that paper is a thing
on which they set such store as to be
ready to take mans life end risk
their own to get it back. surely it can
not be called a trihng thing"
She was an argumentatiHe little thing
son to them, perhaps, but surely trifing
to you"
Upon that took out the paper and
unfolding it, laid it on the table under
her eyes
Judge for yourself whether it is trl-
fling" l said.
She scanned it earnestly enough,
puckering up her eyes.
Il see no sense in it at all" he said
IT'S just a childs haphazard drawings" :"
Come, Miss Thompson The thing
positively cries aloud with meaning.
Does it not strike you as strange, to
begin with. that this little Etel left the
date of his fathers birthday blank, to
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smoke whlrling into the face of the
advancing army.
The Snakes halted. The smoke con-
fused them. They hissed loudly and
darted their heads anGrily toward the
flames, but did not dare advance
Soon, however. a few bold old Rat
tiers discovered the open paths along
the walls and Crawled cautiously to-.
ward them. Once they got by, others
would follow and all would escape
Peggy, flying above them. saw what
they were trying to do.
They are CreCp;:E around the
sides." she cried to the Giant. His
response was to seize a club from
the ground and leap to one of the
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meeting. Paul" he hantered I'm GO
ing out and sit down with my head in
my hands and figure out just how we
did it, because, I've got "A suspicion there
are other fights we'll have to win. and
we ought to know how next time"
You are right. Jerry, there are
other fights" said his father. with a
gravity so deep that it melted curiosity
BY the way, father, You didn't tell
US about your talk with Mr. BuckinE-
ham," inquired Paul
Mr.. Buckingham's attitude was a dis
appointment to me-" replied Mr.. Archer.
Il tried to make him see what had
come to SEQ under your proddInES,
Jerry. in the last few days, but h"
couldn't or wouldn't. Instead he tried to
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CHAPTER Y

TNHAT same evening caught the late
i London mail train at the junction.
During the day Miss Thompson, whose
elder sister was away on a visit to
friends. sent off several wires on my
behalf, to which, with one exception, |
received satisfactory replies. This en-
Ception was the message | received from
my mother, telling me that the prisoner
mad escaped, She herself was going to
my unCle's in Aberdeen for while. As
to the escape of Dewinsk / was not
sure whether to be glad or sorry His
disappearance, at any rate. saved my
home from publicity that would be
unwelco,me to my mother, and | was
disposed to believe that it would be
better for the whole affair to be handled
by the Whitehall Office. Still, Dewinski's s
was the master brain, and | had need
again
The first mark of respect | paid to
Dewlnskis recovered freedom was to
leave tho train before it ran into King s
cross knowing that such trains are
frequently pulled up for minute or so
by the traffic of the London suburban
rains ! took my chance when it came,
there going by taxi to town.
As it was still too early to seek for an
interview with the Minister. being ONLY
$50, | made leisurely breakfast at
quiet hotel in Bloomsbury, and while
reading the newspaper in the process /
learned with satisfaction that the Min
lister was in town.
| got on the telephone again. this
time, with member with whom l had
slight acquaintance, and was lucky
enough to find himsat akfast-there
had been a. late sitting of the House
on the previous night. / recalled my
self to his memory, telling him | was
very anxious to see Mr.. Horniman, and
had the notion that he might use his
influence with some parsonage to OBJ.
tain an introduction for me but luckily
he cut in before I had finished sayinS
that if | called round to his club in
an hour he himself would leave a letter
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/ " YY] STEAL THY TERROR
[xnS JOHN EEksuson

he filled in later. after his father was
born" And that eagle floating on the
tol'-I suppos" you've seen that breed
Of eagle hcfOTe?'
"On the German flag" she inter-
jeCtcd
And the dead lion at the bottom"
"Fhc British lion! :"
Yes: and the transfXed heart-What
is the heart of the Empire?"
London ~ She was eager enough
now. "What does it mean? Oh, tell
me :"
1T is scheme for the invasion of
England from three separate points. as
aiaholiCal as it is clever. But there's a
lot in it | don't yet understand"
We were both gazing on the fateful
drawing when light suddenly broke in
on me, and | cried
My heavens see it now-that
stone on the top of the mountain is not
threatening the church. 1t is not a
not church, and those archery butts
have nothing to do with the arrows"
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CHAPTER VI
IicfnrN Is Hnn

iPcgqD. didiH0 the Frogs IN their
trar against the Snakes, plans a trap
for the ldttCr The Giant Of the
Woods and BHly Belgium assist her.
Tho Snakes seem about to dodge the
trap ,rhen PcO0U calls to the Giant
TO set fire to the GRASSY
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CHAPTER XVI
What Did IL

TT WAS on this same afternoon that
i jeremiah Thomas Archer sat plunged
in gloom. For an hour he had leaned
over his desk twiddling thumbs and
cerebrating over some scheme for put
ting his franchise fight on its feet
again. Evolving nothing satisfactory
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(Nert tCeek IN "FoeS Of the Farm
er," the Giant of the Woods Is
forced to fight dangerous enemies
of America, and Pe09y helps him
tDin)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-03
ARRAS OBJECTIVE OF HUN
ASSAULT ALONG SCARPE
Enemy advancing w Iull Mar, hiua
order Galncd OuN More
tH~uulflC-

q, T.. N..,..,,rJ p,... Il
ut,rrtst, ,,,.,,,.,.,..,,S Sg~~,-..
~
J. RAM T., M"nd'H, \'N Tho
Gouunu attack a,uus the s.upo
river on N,rrh .rT b,J ....r- ..,.,,..
.,n..
NV '"' wy "' N'''n ''" '''' '''
midhblo \lWN rldE" turiul plrus
were hh aud the attack vus sum
ported hy u very non, uaYH,t
south aud southeast uf Arms ura..
or at least ~ German divisions hr.
Ing employed here
II may be- seen. therefore. inat tho
Gcrmau plans were Gy reaching bu.
the maiu result hry achieved ,,ns
to swell the already grii total of
their casualties At about > u.,ro.t
ON tho morning of March rs Grr
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homo life of Dallas inhabitants and
t boy is unlucky indeed who boasts
only one invitation FOR sunday
dinner IN the home of some new
found Texan friend. There Is scare
,Iy a home In the city whore at least
one uniform is not a fixed feature
Of the sunday dinner
"IVe promised four different girls
to meet them at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon" one cadet complained To
his bunk mate on turning In late
Saturday night. "and | have PACED
tho whole camp to get somebody TO
I'M In for me / can't find a man
who isn't promised to at least one
family for dinner"
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Pro.Gcrman Duckcd

IA SALE. III. Apr Local
pro- Germauism was silcnced here
last night when "A crowd Of four
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When Itching Stops

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skin irritation almost instantly anc
that cleanses and soothes the skin.
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lackheads, eczema blotches, ringworn
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A little zemo, the penetrating. salts
wing liquid. is all that is Ieeded, for
banishes most skin eruptions, make
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The /. w. Rose Co.. Cleveland. o.
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THE COMPANIONABLE WOMAN

Men marry. for companicnshiu;
some get il and some do not No
woman who is dargged down with
"a lmcnis peculiar to her sex can be
70 nt and happy companion for any
man There Ia, howsVer5 one tried
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w tl'tl ''lnJm nJ.m E. PfnkhamH Veg
l"dl'lDc. I15.p,,nd, and no woman
ctable C2mieted with displacement,
Who IS ,aiics. inflammation. nlcera-
lrreH 1isckache. headaches. nervous
llol., . or "thc blues" should rest unth
ne has given this good Old ihsh-
ioned remedy y trial u VIII restnre
henlth and Influence your whole lie.
--AhN.
Marble Hill press., 1918-10-31

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-14
4 MILE s IN AIR
RECORD Of j. {.
ARMY AVA 7 OR
Height And Endurance Rec
ords Broken In One Day
AT Texas Camp.

DALLAS, Tex, May 10 - New
achievements in endurance and alti-
have been recorded frequently this
spring Some of the latest are report
ed from Ellington field at Houston.
where on single day new camps
records for both height and endurance
were set. An army flyer whose name
IL withheld by order of the executive
authorities ut the post, climbed to 20
500 feet. only little less than four
miles in the mir. On the same day,
civilian domOnstrptor for an eastern
motor company remained In the air,
with passenger for nine hours and
81 minutes and descended only when
his last drop OF gasoline had been con
sumcd
The type of the machine used in the
test for altitude. was withheld by the
Ellington Field authorities, The re-
suit, they said was gratifying and of
great value in demonstrating the utili-
ty of certain innovations and improve
mcniss hat have been under consider
alton for some time, Tho climbing
quality and power and speed develop
ed exceeded expectations.
In the endurance trial some Of tho
officers had been of the opinion that
the motor to he tested would stall
before the gasoline in the tank was
completely exhausted, while the manu-
facturer's demonstration contended, of
course. that the motor would consume
every drop of available fuel. With n
passenger he arose AT S.25 q. m. and
stayed alOft until he vOlplaned to q
/ landing at 6:1S p m. without n hitch
to interrupt his flight. The engine
continued running without the slight
est indication of stalling until tho
last drop of fuel in the tank was drain
ed into the cylinders.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-14
TO ERADICATE
BARBERRY HERE
County Agent To Open Cam
paign Against Plant
SPREADS WHEAT RUST
Supplies One OF Necessary
Elements To Existence
OF Blight

On account of the dctrimont Of the
plant 10 wheat. campaign to cradi
cate European barberry from the front
lawns OF city residences and farm resi-.
dences, the latter particularly, will bc
formulated by County Agent $. l.. An
derson, who expects 10 start active
0peratiOna against the harmful shrub,
bery as soon as the work of distrihui-
ing seed corn over the county is com.
pleted.
According tn Anderson, the Euro
pean barbcrry Ia the species which IN
detrimental 10 wheat, the plant sup
plying one JOf The necessary elements
TO the existence Of wheat rust, thus
kpreading II.
The harm done by the barbcrry
which IN planted In the city is not "a
far-reaching aa that done by the plant
In the country districts whore II Is
close 10 wheat.
The Wooster experiment station
has been advocating the entire eradi
cation OF the European barbcrry foI
several years, but no police measures
have been taken by the state against
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-14
REvE|LLE LANDS
ARTILLERY UNIT
Praises l34th F. A. In Spe-
cial Edition
E BATTERY MENTIONED
Paper Ranks With Best; Has
Staff Made Up OF
Soldiers Alone

In special Ohio souvenir edition
OF the Camp Sheridan Reyeille, the
only daily paper published at the big
camp where the pride of Knox county,
u Battery l31th Field Artillery, is sta.
toned, and which also claims to be
the only daily publication in the world
which has a stalf composed entirely of
soldiers, the l3ith regimen. IL held up
in Il long article AS the hest trained
regiment in the camp.
a copy of the special edition was
received from Albert Devault OF u
Battery Thursday. The paper would
have no difference in appearance from
any good newspaper were II not for
the absence of war news and the fact
that every item, every cartoon - In
fact every line deals with the sol.
dlcrs AT Camp Sheridan. In makeup
and appearance the 2i-page edition
has all the appearance of any up-t0.
thc'minuie daily paper. but every item
deals with some phase of the soldiers
life.
II Battery or members of that or
gnnizaiion IL given space In The Re-
vcillc In three places. being the one
mentioned above, an account of a
baseball game In which the l34th regi-
ment lost to the 135ih (lineup not Civ.
pu but II Ia In In nrpuumnI thot onn, =.
of the local hallplaycrs were includ.
ed and n statement attributed ia
Charles IInntsbcrry Of east Chestnut
street in Il conversation with his son
Walter lIuntsbcrry, In which he Is re
ported to have said that he wished he
could stay at the camp, while there AT
Christmas time, and send his son
home.