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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

They are remarkable pupils, their
docility and m9desty are wonderful,
They learn rapidly and retain every
thing. and their gratitude to their
teachers is extreme. They hurn to
avenge the devastation Of France"
After speaking of the American Red
Cross hospital trains with the greatest
admiration, Daudet concludes:
ITO the French, to the English, still
full Of valor but exhausted by four
years of terrible war. the Americans
are bringing their fresh blood. The
older fighters, seing their glorious aid
arrive, understanding it's valor and
vigor, have felt their forces revive.
Hope, the certainty of victory, have
bounded in single leap to the mar
velous level Of the beginning and by
victory, mean the definite crushing
Of accursed Germany. I do not know
that the world has ever known a sight
50 grand or one that even resembles
q - 5.ie 5Es'5.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER YANks.
Leon Daudet Describes Scenes Behind
American Lines.

American Lines.
Correspondence Associated PressI
Paris. Sept 15.-Leon Daudet, son OF
Alphonse Daudet and editor Of the Ac-
ttnn Franchise. recently visited some
scenes OF American activity behind the
lines and his enthusiasm Is unbounded.
What cordial ffankness they show
he writes Of the American soldiers. TO
the inhabitants they offered their bread,
preserves and cigarettes with charm
ing gesture which seems to say. are
we not bothersr They are full OF polite
ness to everywoman, no matter what
her age and Of Kindness to every child.
I'm q station, in the middle Of the
night I saN<some poor little Riddles.
the family OF refugees, sleeping on the
floor; Two American officers passed.
They stopped. looked. shook their
heads, then WITHOUT word, threw over
the youngsters their overcoats which
they were carrying on their arms.
They themselves rat down near by ard
waited for two hours IN the cold afr
nj III, IA q =, ss5sAis . ia 800
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

and half-starved to homes that had
been reduced, to. poverty. They hld to
witness in silence the ipsolent bearing
Of the German soidiery in their streets.
The officers were told they would
either have to salute the German osfj-
GERS or take of their uniforms. They
preferred to take of their uniforms.
There are still plenty Of German
soldiers there looking fat and vel and
at no pains to conceal, their satisfac-
ton at the conclusion OF a peace witch
has put crushing economic burden
on to Roumania and bound the cDun-
try and it's trade hand and foot to the
Germans. The one hope of the people
Is an allied victory. n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

territory and have created a state of
chaos in King Ferdinand's domain. Be-
yond the Egian sea and the Mediter-
ranean General Allenby's British troops
have redeemed Palestine from the Mos
lens. Another British army, separated
from that Of General Allenby by tho
Arabian desert is marching and fight
ing its way noYthward thru Mesopo-
tamia. A junction between these two
British forces farther north isl con-
templated and n successful all Of
Turkey in Asia and even Constanti-
nople will be menaced. 4
Truly the Huns and their allies are
being married On aH side. and if>Mar-
shall Foch Is favored by good weather
the German and Austrian kaisers may
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
CONCEAL BELLS; IMPRISONED.
Polish Priest and Members OF r'oeH'
Jailed BY Hung.

Burich. Sept Shy MaiD.---sev-
eral Polish Roman Catholic priests. TO-
gether with leading members OF the'.
congregations. have been imprisoned
by the Germans because they concealed
church bells to prevent their conhsca :
ton by the German military authori.
ties, warsaw papers report. None OF
the prisoners have been Drought 10
trial. They were merely told tnat thes
would have to remain in jail until the
bells were found
Some years ago Padercwski. the
bianist gave a magnificent bell TO the
church at Kansna. This the Austrians
have requisitioned to the intense indiG-
nation of the narishnners
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
Bed cro.. Food Mission.

New York, Sept ss.-That the milk
and fresh vegetable supplies OF Amer
lean hospitals in ENGLAND and France
may he increased and Improved the
American Red Cross will despatch
detachment OF expert American fairy-
men and market gardeners to Europe.
1t is announced.
Lieut. H. l.. Frost OF the bureen OF
hospital farms and gardens. who, has
been located for some time at Amer.
lean Red Cross headquarters In Parfs
is on his way to this country 70 take
charge OF the mission.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
Cut Thi. Quit 10 Worth Money.

Don't miss this. Cut out thte slip,
enclose with cents and mail II q
Foley & Co. 1855 Shefield. avenue
Chicago, ILL.,. writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive In
return trial package contasning
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. for
coughs, colds and Group: Foley's KID
ney Pills, for pain in sides and haek:
rheumatism, backache, kidney And
bladder ailments: and Folsys CAt1axtic
Tablets. a wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic, for con1Sapot3oa.
biliousness. headache ana oluo3oa
bowels. Sold everywhere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

carry information to the Belgium and
allied armies.
The Germans make the formal charge
that on. one of Gibson's trips from
Brussels 20 Antwerp during the siege
he brought a full. complete report oil
the number and location of German
troops investing the fortress, lo'aten
of siege guns and other valuable mill
tary information
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

Why suffer with indigest oa. dyspSp.
s'a, torpid liver; eons. ~ s -. 49,
eating, etc, when you can get saa-
ple bottle of Green's August Flown
free at tho Old Reliable Drug StsrA
This medicine has remarkable or.
tive properties. and has demonstsatsA
It's efYlciency by nifty years Of sucdses.
Headaches are often caused by . air
ordered stomach. MI
"A gentle LAXATIVE. Try t. - -
in oil civilized countries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
TURKS ARE DRIVEN FROM PALESTINE

General Allenby has told in recent
dispatches bow hE forces have driven
che Turks fhom Palestine. The cities
II Jerusalem and Jaffa were taken
before last falls campaign ended.
The allies have now penetrated rs
FAR north a. Nazareth. seventy-fve
niles from jerusalem.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
Railroad Time Table
CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN.
GOING WEST.

No. ll-Denver Special ....- 1873 q =.
EMO Overland Limited :07 ., u.
No. 8--Chinn and !s.ra.. -. 80 =
No. 29--Ames Passenger -. IL: ~ Q. =.
No. 5-Des Moines Pnss'ssr $50 = N.
No. II Pacific Express -. s:Aep ,. n
GOING EAST.
No. A--Des Moines PasS'gcr .: - Z n.
No. l2--Denver Special $50. sos p. n.
No. 2-Overland Limited $50 q N
No. so-Clintou Passenger :. 3:I7 p n.
No. s-Atlantic Express 80. 1:3S p. n
No. .2--Chicaso Special. ~: 10 = m.
No. 20-Pacihc Limited ..,.. SIS .. n.
Nos. Z. s. -. 30. daily except Sunday.
Stops to receive slecping-car paassa-
gers for Fullerton. Neb- and points
west
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
FoNck's, REMARKABLE RECORD.
Credited With Having Forced Down
Ninety Seven Hun Planes.

Correspondence Associated Press.[
Paris, Sept 49, First Lieut. Rene
Ronck, Of the French air service, is Of
icially credited with the destruction Of
sixty enemy planes. altho he has ac-
tually fofced down ninety seven since
his hrst flight. Aug. s, 1916. Fonck used
one machine in shooting down fifty Of
the German airplanes. ~
Il have had the JOY. the murderous
Joy, OF having killed sixty seven
crews. Fopck wrote recently and l
must confess that no Nightmares dis
turb my sleep The more | Kill OF these
assassins the happier I shall be>and the
more convinced that have worked not
only for France but for humanity
The only thing TO use with he
bocte r. s--n-" III & 9srst I, b
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hls Object
g. -

Reserved Parson t., = - -
with the church fepce)-" AoDA1
to be watching mo very clooeN. ~
70 you take IN interest in caspeaesJr
Loy-"No." Rev. P.-Thsn waA2 ~
you waiting for!" Boy-"rn vo1eaG
to hear wot . parson says when = ~
IL fumb wiz tho 'Ammer. Punch
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
CHICAGO oNEAT WE0rGRN
sCoen 0slt Route
GOING SOUTH

No. l-St. Joe and X. c. Lin. ass I. n.
No. SIX. c. Mail and EXP. .S:lS p n.
No. 6--K.C. and st. Joseph le:eG Z =.
No. ss-Dcs Moines Mail. .7:1e j. =
GOING NORTH
No. Irwin Cities LAIN. .ll:13 y q.
No. 4--Chicago-St. p. EXP. $50 :. n.
No. 64--Daiiy .............. 7:sE ,. a.
No. s--Chicago Filler ..... io.SS ,. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
MINNEAPOLIS 4 ST. loUl1 4
ETcus.va AASS:M 1877
rN~ .

NORTH BOUND Leave
No. l--Albert Lea Mail (sx.
cept Sunday ............ G]s ~
No. s--Mason City Mall (exe
cept Sunday ............ S:1S y q.
No. 6--North Star Limlte1
Local freight Except SUM- .e:9o - -
SOUTH BOUND
No. 3--st. Louis and Kansas
3 City Mail texcept Sunday $500 3 =.
No. i0--Peoria EXP. Tex SUM s:lS .. a.
No. 6--North STIR Limited sA
(daiIy) .................. l:et y Nv
Local freight Except SUM- 1900 :. vAA
STORY CITY. BRANCH a y
Leave AEfivs.Ss
s:0b p. m. Passenger tdaiiy s:St Ss5;;
$50 : a. except Sunday 3 ~ ss53;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

raising his right hand. Miss Smitr
stood by the side OF the clergyman ana
answered the necessary questions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

"A French aviator, instructor at
9nying school for Americans, said TO me,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-26
The Children

The children in the orchard lot are
laughing loud and playing,
Their loud calls coax me to come out ; I
see the tree-tops swaying
see the waves of clover blooms across
the orchard flowing
In waves, like waves across the gulf
when summer winds are blowing
And can smell the sweet perfume the
clover blooms are sending,
And hear the COW bells coming home
when the long day Is ending.
The cheeks Of all the little tads are red
der than red roses,
Their eyes are like the glory bloom when
hrst the bloom uncloses,
And I, who have heard symphonies by
masters know their .pla aging
Is cheap beside the tones hear when
forest trees are swaying;
They can not initiate the tones of the
wild brooklet flowing,
They know naught of the witcheries of
nightwinds softly blowing.
And still the playing children call! I
hear their far, faint calling;
A whippoorwill sends his far cali to tell
that night Is falling;
And cottage windows are alight, the
western sky is splendid
l hear the children coming now, the
summer day Is ended;
The little folks are half asleep. their
cheeks as red as roses;
Their eyes are like the glory bloom that
closes, closes, closes.
Judd Mortimer Lewis, in Houstca
Post. =,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-26

Of balmy afternoon Ruth Walton sat
alone IN her own boudoir reading war
story which appeared In the newspaper.
renas wsh shi rssa genial smis Of re.
cognition his face still bearing the an
guish OF his recent struggle. The empty
snors S,esys told ID III, the sEI standing In the
She let the paper slip from her fingers
and stared blankly out of the window.
4 number Of workmen were erecting q
nagrole on the greensward in front OF
gave no heed. Her thoughts were far
ther away, where D tall, dark figure
shadowed the trenches.
Suddenly she remembered that there
was a dance that evening. in the pa
vilion. She arose, rubbed her face,
which seemed drawn and ,bloodless, and
hastened below to prepare the evening
The dance hall never seemed so pretty
and overcrowded. Nell Whitney, In
furry of excitement, made some COM
plimentary remarks about Ruths dress.
OH sn T du Rss Il heTs Rat she sne ssd sasped
his left arm has been shot OFF,"
This was too much for Ruth. In the
stupor which almost held her brain In
az she faint Tsst
kensington knoll.
Her hands wavered her knees shook
at footsteps she knew only too well.
HO 20 DaCk, ftlCnaTu !! SHe SCEediIl-
ed. Forgive ME. I can't bear to look
at you. Your arm ~ she gasped.
1T isn't as bad as you think. Ruth"
catching her arm and trying to COM
fort her. ''See!"
Deliberately he unbuttoned his frock,
disclosing a whole arm suspended In
sling
Force of habit" he laughed, as he
buttoned his coat this time WITH the
arm outside His jovlality lapsed her
to steady calm. A thrill of pleasure
surmounted her being as once again he
took her hand. A fresh June zephyr
swept the fragrant pine across the knoll,
where, sitting against the open sky. .
stately mansion bathed In flood Of
silvery moonlight.
+. IT'S Hs,:ynsnrs, yours Ruth. did it for you'"
A solitary tear of Joy stood on the
cheek of the girl, who hid her face on
the breast of the man who some months
before she had consigned to the scrap
heap OF character failures .
Gently he lifted her head, pushed back
her loose tresses from her face and rev.
erently kissed her.
Somewhere among the deeper shadows
of a lilac bush a pair of eyes, over
strained and anxious, lit up with child
ish delight. and ruddy face broadencd
into one protracted smile.
Looks like there'll be a wonderful big
time in Kensington some day." said Abe
Walton.
Tomorro,c's Complete Novelette,
"CAMOUFLAGE."
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Get Credit

I used to buy soup bones and shoes
and silken shirts and hash and all things
my fat frau and kids ate, wore and used
for cash. I'd say, GIVE me a yard of
tripe and fill my Jug" and then I'd hand
out to the waiting clerk four kopecks and
a yen. I'd visit the emporiums and buy
my paint and snails and my dill pickles
soaked in brine and underwear and nails,
'and l would ask the clerk, How much2"
and he would tell me. and I'd count the
kopecks out right there and place them
in his hand. And I was proud that
paid cash, as proud as I could be. and
thought no one In the world had any.
thing on me. Then the war came and
swiped the shop I worked in off the
place and my pay stopped, but still had
somehow to feed my face. So I went
down to Jones's store, where erst I
bought my stew, and said. Give me a
stew; I'll pay you in a month or two"
The clerk asked If I'd an account on the
books of that store, and when said that
had not he led me to the door. And
went all across the town and could not
buy a bone had paid cash for every
thing and so was unknown. had no
credit in the town, so then all out Of
breath I crawled behind high board
fence and sighed and starved to DEATH
Houston Post .es
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Your people shall be my people," she
God"
He could only return her pressure in
silence.
He would have been little happy IL he
could have said how much.
Together they peered through the slip
of the silken hanging to the rampant be-
low. Flashes of reflections from the end
of the pass Played. like sheet lightning,
see the figure of the old man. .Stroh-
meyer, reclining in the shadow by the
raised, and beyond it they could see in
stretching out into the darkness of the
mountainside beyond. Strohmeyer did
not move. 1t almost seemed as though
he were asleep.
What makes you think that Herr
Windt is here?' asked Marishka sud-
denly.
Il saw him with splvaK yonder," and
he pointed to the north beyond the gorge.
Marshka was silent. her eyes eagerly
searching the shadows. Her hand was
their situation. but her voice was firm
Perhaps tonight my eyes are uncer-
tain. Hugh: But do you not see some
thing moving in the shadow OF the
"where?"
"Of the causeway-there, beyond the
chain of the drawbridge-"
indicated. =.
"A shadow" he questioned. IT can't
-no-yes-it moves-there !"
ssnq.her and sosthIna st s3other And
Renwick watched again ior a tense
moment
"Windt-and his men," he said with
conviction. They are going to try to
span 1.-THE abyss"
"Strohmeyer-"
interest with Gorits. They will win their
way across, unless he wakes" said Rem
wick tensely
What is it that they are carrying?"
.o ses rbaS sSrs are age pttnr at
man never wake upT
What can we do7" she WHISPERED
he ssa sEsld sf don't S9t to wans
arouse Goritz yet. All! They have skunk
away again to get more timbers' l
"They must not. One man could hold
the place indefinitely from the protec-
ton Of the gate. If the man would only
But Strohmeyer slept on.
"And Goritz?" she said anxiously
| SuTely tOHlsHl lie CdIiiol De SlecplliS.
Perhaps he is so sure Of himself
yes-in the passage below I heard
there was to be signal-one stroke OF
| the postern bell
| But II the man sleeps"
If they come again--no matter what
happens, we must warn him." he decided
| "Sh-"
| Renwick felt his arm seized suddenly
| by Marishkas Icy fingers and turned
following her wild gaze into the room
behind them listening Tho anxieties OF
the night had made Marishka's senses
| keen. THE door,! she whispered THE
secret door by which you came"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-26
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
The Dolt
BY Airline A. MacD Donald

IF RICHARD DOE had not been a
i poor dolt he would never have been
a good soldier.
At least, SO Richard himself expressed
1t In letter that Abe Walton. the town
clerk. received back home from "some-
where In France"
The young soldier had been the re-
cipient Of a number of congratulatory
missives consequent upon a published
daring on the western front. And the
youth had read them modestly, and had
penned q solitary reply to Abe Walton;
at Kensington. knowing that Abe would
layers. And Abe did.
Now, young Doe had never borne an
enviable name In the village; Tall and
handsome, he regularly Joined the
working at nothing, and giving but
little promise of ever doing anything
else. He made a fit subject for the
gossips, of which there were many.
conscious that he possessed certain
patent. They needed only a time of
trial to bring out their grit and PHI
ability. And the time came. and Ruth
Walton was responsible for It.
Ruth was the only daughter of Abe
school: She was a tall, slender gill.
scarcely out of her teens. whose face
its character as its beauty.
She admired Doe. liked him for his
sympathetic understanding Of his fel-
low human beings. his sense of the dra-
matte. his untrammeled flow of words,
which were the best perquisites Of his
friendship for girl In her profession.
Once he had reproved her for over
dancing and had brusquely turned from
Tom Whitney's proffered cigarette case.
It was at the supper tablet that Ruth
Dick lacks the pep that character.
ICES the. modern young man. He does
not smoke. he does not dance. He's too
handsome to work. He's dolt"
Hes got wonderful, big, IDEAS" was
all that Abe Walton would say.
One day. in desperation, Doe decided
that he><Hpuld force the attention of the
somethins into the ear of Abe Walton
who had already given the youth a big
corner in his own heart The nexS
morning he dropped gently out of the
wagsed furious:y; Mrs. H. who
never meddled with any ones affairs
reminded the neighbors that year be.
fore, she. had said that Richard Doe
turn up later in a penitentiary. AS for
Abe Walton" she declared, "he has
yielded his energy to the hypnotic In
fiuence of that loafer scalawag."
Abe more energy. He quickly got q
contract from New York journalist fol-
the erection of pretenti ious. .stuccc
mansion on the knoll adjoining his own
homestead. Regularly he called at the
postoffice for little yellow envelopes
which bore the name of a newspaper
company in New York city. Every now
and then he made long visits to the big
city. returning tired, but joyous. Ere.
quently he was at the knoll. his lons
| fingers emphasizing his commands to
| the workmen.
IT'S wonderful, big house." said
| Abe Walton one day
Time passed quickly at Kensington
June came and the robins pped theil
sweetest lay, and the odor Of the rose
and the honeysuckle stole through
screened chamber windows. At the close
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Saved!

Hey. YOU" bawled the city editor
from the far side of the editorial room,
tossing handful Of copy on the desk.
boy burned In the fire on the East Side?
What part of the anatomy Is the East
Side, I'd like to know"
1t was the cubs" first story, and
naturally he looked upon 1t as a MASTER
piece. Somehow he managed to grope
his way to the chiefs desk, and, picking
up the copy, glanced at the part penciled
by the editors blue pencil.
Suddenly his eyes lighted up with new
hope, and handing back the penciied
copy, he replied:
Why, the side the sun rises on"
The cubs" record as q hard worker
Democrat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-26
CHAPTER V
The Elephant's WarninR

= Pe00y and Billy Belgium take the
place OF Countess Alice and Jerry the
clOtCn, circus performers, so they can
say good-by to Jerry's soldier son.
Peggy and Billy are assisted by
Balky Sam, johnny Bull and Billy
Goat.)
THE trumpets rang out grandly, the
L band blcred triumphantly. and the
great crowd cheered with delight. Peggy,
swaying in her throne high up on the
elephants back. thrilled with excitement.
She felt like an Oriental princess straight
out of a fairy book.
At first the lurching walk of the ele-
phant was very unpleasant. 1t was like
the rocking of a boat in a heavy sea,
only more jerky. And every jerk threat
ened to hurl her into space. But Peggy
quickly found how to adapt herself to
the queer motion, and then she was all
right. :
''Oh. isn't this Just grand and glorious!
A-riding like a king victorious
But II this beast should get uproarious,
Wed spill and then thered be no more
Of u.s."
1t was Judge Owls voice. Peggy
looked around quickly. The Birds were
taking a ride with her. Some decorated
the throne and other were clinging to
the velvet cloth which covered the ele-
plants back. They made beautiful
picture-prettier than anything Peggy
had ever seen before in a circus parade
There's Peggy! Hey. Peggy! Peggy"
shrieked children's voices. Peggy looked
toward the audience. There waving
hands and hats at her were youngsters
from her own neighborhood. Peggy
smiled and bowed while they yelled with
surprise and wonder. They couldn't un-
derstand 1t at all. Only an hour ago
they had left her at home saddened be-
cause she couldn't go to the show, and
now here she was riding on an elephant,
the belle of the whole circus. 1t tickled
Peggy to see how puzzled they looked.
Major, the elephant, was making queer
trumpety noises as he swung along. and
soon Peggy became aware thao he was
talking to her.
Listen. little Princess" he said. IT
know that you are not Countess Alice,
but feel sure that you are friend and
taking her place for some good reason.
Enemies are plotting against her and
Jerry the clown. The principal enemy
| Is Jenkins the ringmaster who wants
to get rid Of them so he can get the boss
to engage a clown act Of his own.