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ON GUARD

ON GUARD By Lurana Sheldon. Guard you well our freedom, men, From your stand across the 5eas! Let no wanton thought of ease, No base word of tongue or pen, Turn you till that glad hour, when yictory's trump shall speak and say, Break ranks. You nave won tn
 day!"
 Guard you we'll, O womankind. Those who need protection here! Lest some proving foe appear; Guard with watchful. wary mind, Those, the weddings. left behind! Faint not till the latest gun Tells your splendid duty done! Guard you well. woman, man, Home and country children, all! ] You have heard the nations cail- lGuard you well each righteous plan. Yours to aid, as patriot can; Yours to fight. protect defend, 4 Loyalty. until the end!
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something awfully funny about "camou-
 flage."
 The man who explains Wilson's mis- takes. Perhaps you know some others your self. Suggestions gladly received
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.IkztaMIl4aps1lI.

F. S.--Birmingham Is fortunate ill having quite number of gifted vio- ltnists in its midst.
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am not going to lose myself in the technic of violin playing, for I am ignorant of it; yet the master vio- linist knows that it requires years of constant practice before even the greatest of artists can with trained fingers and delft arm movements make the violin give forth a kind of speech far above that of words, until the in strument gains courage, sighs, smiles, sorrows, threatens, talks to itself or carries on a conversation in thou sand moods. as though it were a liv- ing person giving out mind, heart and soul
 The next time you hear violinist stop for a moment and think of tho many days, weeks, months yes years, that have made it possible for the one playing it to make his instrument give forth speech in manner so allurins as to make you forget for the time being your troubles as you listen to the magic of the talkative violin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

The Palestine driven
there practically destroyed
Jewish history This plain the ancient times
struggles but especial interest modern world by the
struggle between good evil the all
fought The battle Of that day Of Almighty"
The plain Galee
surrounded by mountains which the
Through the road which
horOughfare Of Asia Minor ancient
the and highway
such frequent famous battle
Jordan by their sudden night attack On Mount Gboa Saul
and Jonathan made their
In the southwestern the
by the Egyptian Hoenes
draelon So did Pompey Antony
Tabor vespasan
great slaughter.
The last campaign Of the Crusades took
another Christian strOnghOlds
Napoleon Bon
won
such that he had give
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
School Garden Badges
Are Being Distributed

The U. s. s. G. badges which
were supposed to have arrived last
spring, came this last week and
are being given out to all the boys
and girls Of the public schools to
show that they have earned the
right to wear the School Garden
insignia
Richmond is noted all over the
country now as. being the city
where every boy and girl had
war garden, and we are called 100
per cent perfect. Partly on &C
count of this distinction, and the
great work which Mr. Murphy did
In organizing the school gardens,
the government is adopting our
city as the model to copy through
out the nation and Mr. Murphy has
been called to carry out the work
In the central states.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
Henry Perkins
Tobacco Cabinet
BY Claude G. Miller.

Mr.. Perkins threw down the even
ing paper and sQuirmed in hts easy
chair He had made a decision.
He took his cigar out Of his mouth
and held It aloft in a very business
like manner.
e Helen" he said as he looked at
the business end of his cigar, 1--WE
decided to buy a tobacco cabinet"
And then he inserted the cigar be-
tween his teeth and grabbed up the
evening paper hoping land pray
ing) the matter closed.
But 1t wasn't. Mrs. Perkins
drew her body up to its gigantic
height and turned her attention
from her knitting to her smaller
husband. What did you say about
a tobacco cabinet?" she asked.
why Helen, ! need a tobacco
cabinet, one Of those things just
out" he said lowering his paper
confidentially. You see, Helen my
cigars get stale leaving them lay
here on the table all the time and
so I'm going to get one OF those
little cabinets-a regular comfort
kit" and Mr. Perkins devoted his
entire interest to the stogy he was
smoking, hoping that his wife
would be so astonished at his max
ing up his mind that she would for
get to say anything.
Not so, Mrs. Perkins.
Henry" she said, I'VE folks at
home must not have comforts. We
must sacrifice everything for the
boys at the front"
"Well," began Henry, glancing
desperately about the room for
some source Of inspiration. 1--WE
do sacrifice don't we? Everything
we do we sacrifice. I work every
day to sacrifice"
Mrs. Perkins nodded.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
THE EOY SCOUTS.
Ey John Clair Minot.

A hail to the lad who always does
his bit!
When there is work, he hustles into
it
With the zest of batter who is
swinging for a hit
The ready and the steady and
heady Boy Scout.
He's often small, and he's never
very big;
He's always square, and he cannot
be a prig;
And when there is digging you
ought to see him dig
The ready and the steady and
heady Boy Scout.
The woodland lore is a bit of what
he knows;
He loves the flag and follows where
it goes;
He's man in the making, the very
best that grows
The ready and the steady and
heady Boy Scout.
Youths Companion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

I'VE save every cent, don't we?
And we buy Liberty Bonds to keep
our boys, we bought q lott"
f Mrs. Perkins smiled.
II 60 to work early and work
late SO that you, my wife, can visit
the Red Cross room and work, don't
III"
Il 60 to work allday." continued
Henry, Il don't have time to take in
any amusements but to smoke,
therefore, wish a smoking cabinet.
bcan't amuse myself like you do;
You 60 out to the clubs and talk
more sacrifices to heap ON my
head"
Mrs. Perkins ground her teeth.
Henry" she said finally, I'VE
have had enough said on that sub
ject. You shall not have smok-
ing cabinet" And Mrs. Perkins
grabbed the sock she was knitting
and rushed past him into the Ii
brary.
Mr.. Perkins grinned and placed a
finger on his forehead, I've minded
her for fifteen years and I've been
sacrificing for her all that time, but
this Is the limit"
The next evening when Mr.. Per
kins hoped off of the 5:15, he had
a package under his arm, large and
bulky, not unlike flower pedestal.
He gulped down his dinner in one
immense bite and hurried into the
library. Closing the portals tight
he proceeded to unwrap that large
bundle. The bundle when I'M
wrapped appeared to be a tobacco
cabinet.
Mr.. Perkins looked It over care
fully, walked few PAGES away and
surveyed it with satisfaction. Then
he walked up and opened the four
dainty drawers. 1t was his, yes, all
his.
Fully stocked and placed in an
obscure corner, he hunted up Mrs.
Perkins.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
Little Folks Corner

There two little dogs who lived in the country with
But when the went to he gave the dogs to
a rich lady who lived in town.
The lady thought it would be nice to have the dogs help
the Red Cross So day when she up town she asked
what he would think the dogs could do. He said
when you come back will tell you way"
She left the dogs in the and went away Then the
went to store and got two tin boxes with great big
Red Cross he and tied the boxes around the dogs nec
Then the dogs barked that the people would notice
them and when the lady back there people stand
ing around putting money into the boxes.
And that is the way these dogs helped to win the war;
LANDON McCRACkEN, 5B Grade
Baxter School,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

his bosom he bore it away. But, did
his tobacco weigh so heavily?
Surely this weighed too much for
mere tobacco. But what cared he?
Now he was on his way to infinite
paradise.
He took his tobacco cabinet
down those stairs, and resting
it upon it's pedestal he sat
in his chair and gave a sigh
the chair rubbing his hands until
he wore blisters on them. What
care he? The treasure of his long
suffering heart lay before him and
at its slightest movement would
open up to him pleasure far great
er than any other he knew. He
rubbed his hands harder and turned
his eyes heavenward Finally he
reached out his hand and opened
the cigar draWer-buttons, buttons,
buttons. Big buttons, little buttons
and all kinds of buttons met his
gaze.
Quickly he opened the pipe
drawer - thread. White thread,
black thread of all colors Threads
of every size and shape.
Mr. Perkins grabbed at the other
drawer and jerking it open blindly
he discovered hooks and eyes.
This was too much!
Mr. Pedkins felt himself sinking
so wishing to complete the job he
grabbed at the remaining drawer.
Its contents revealed the scissors,
needles and pins.
Mr. Perkins brushed the cabinet
asided He was a ruined man!
What was life without smoking?
! AS he pushed the cabinet aside
hanging to the chair Imply he
looked onto the lamp and there dis
covered letter addressed to him
self. Henry mechanically took the
letter and opened it with trembling
fingers and read:
Henry: ...
You dear, dear husband. Thanks
for the beautiful sewing cabinet. l
never thought that you thought SO
much of me. 49,.
Yours lovingly,
.....- Helen.
He threw the note down, but It
Lit wrong side up and he saw more
writing. He grabbed it UP and
read: Those cigars you had in
side threw In the waste basket
Henry plunged into the bottom
Of the waste basket and there at
last he found his paradise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
Penrog Stories Are STAGED

"Penlud," the series of boy sto-
ries by Booth Harrington, the In
diana author, which has proved so
popular over the country, has just
been rewritten as a play and is
successfully being dramatized in
the large cities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

He found her in the dining room
and said to her, 'Helen, I'm going
west for few days and will not be
home until Monday perhaps"
Mrs. Perkins eyed him like cat
does a rat. Every WE'LL" she said
in icy tones. Don't let it be longer
than Monday"
Monday evening Mr.. Perkins
hoped Off the late train. He was
very tired and hungry and was
craving smoke.
Never mind" he consoled him
self. Mora will have a good hot
dinner for me, and (smacked his
lips) and my tobacco cabinet
and heaven"
A brisk walk soon brought him to
his dwelling place. He knew at
glance that it was unOccupied. He
crossed the porch and fitted his key
in the lock- Turning the knob he
found himself inside of a house
empty and musty.
He switched on the light and
there on the hall rack was pinned
a note. He opened it and read:
Dear Henry: a.
Aunt Jane and ! have gone to
visit mother. We will not be home
until Thursday All the servants
have been given vacation.
Helen.
Henry felt himself sinking and
SO grabbed at the hall tree for a
! life saver.
Ugh! Henry nearly crawled to
the kitchen so hungry was he, but
! he frightened at the thought of his
tobacco cabinet and what it held
for him.
That one thought made it easier
! for him. Notwithstanding the fact
that all there was in the house
I; were two eggs of a questionable
! stage, and a piece of bread hard
ened with age, he soon prepared
the cooking utensils. But the eggs
were beyond hope.
All he had for dinner was a piece
of bread, hard as Bedford limestone
! and prospects of solitary amuse-
ments to be furnished by the con-
tents of the tobacco cabinet.
AT last the dinner was finished
and rubbing his hands in expecta-
ton Of a treat he wended his weary
way through the library door and to
! the obscure corner that held his
tobacco cabinet.
| Only the corner didn't hold it.
Desperately he searched the IL
brary, but the library didn't hold
it. With increased desperation he
searched the whole house including
, the attic and cellar, he never swore
so much since his last gold collar
had never felt so angry since his
friend Ella had stolen his piece Of
icondy in his childhood days.
Down on his knees he got;
searched every chink and crevice
| where tobacco cabinet could be.
He searched in the garage under
the board walk, in the family Bible
and everywhere!
The crave of smoking grew upon
him until he finally sat down in
despair and thought of all the cruel
deeds fate had dealt him, none of
them, however, quite matched this.
He Remembered how fate had
made him the proud pOssessor OF
an immense fortune and how fate
! at one time had taken him into the
! sewing roOm-Sewing room; He
had forgotten to search there!
Away he went up the stairs five at
a time
He approached the door with a
sinking heart and as he turned the
knob he felt his heart hit the base
ment floor.
He swallowed hard and pushed
open the door turning on the light
he beheld on the top Of the sewing
machine his dream, his cabinet
his tobacco cabinet!
He rushed to 1t as II It had been
long 1Osf frond proSoinp II IN
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
RAIN.

It rained and rained and rained,
The faces were all beaming from
the window pane.
The gray clouds rolled in the sky,
But happy were those eyes.
Florence Webster.
Age 10, grade 6.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28
POOR CARL!

Carl had hornet sting
Upon h $ little nose.
] don't know whether it hurt much,
But 0, how red 1t grows.
Byron Mckee,
Age II, Chester school, No. 2.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

FOR SALE-Boys' books-includ-
ing the best of juvenile literature.
rs cents to $l.00 books for Is
cents each. Call ia Pearl street,
West Side.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

LOST-Red floral hair ribbon, Aug.
81. 1913, In gold bow fastener, on
South Ninth street. Please re-
turn to 302 8. Ninth street. Mary
Louise TOrbeck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED-More Lone Scouts for
Rattle Snake Tribe. For further in
formation see Charles Popp, L. s.
c., 316 South West Second street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED-MOre girls to join the
Girl Scouts. Inquire at 8 North
Tenth street, or at the Junior Of
fee.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

FOR SALE-A girls bicycle, in
good condition. 1916 model.
Phone 1861. Helen Robinson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED--A small steel wise.
See Frederick Weir, or call phone
1880.
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LOST Green hair ribbon with
clasp, Wednesday afternoon. II
found, leave at Palladium Office.
Genevieve Mcdonnell, Phone 1866.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

LOST-A gold bracelet having a
threeleaf clover with red, white
and blue set in it. Elizabeth Es-
telle, III N. Third sereet. II
found, please phone 1921.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

FOR SALE-Ladies' wheel, $500.
Call at 200 North Twenty-first st.,
or phone 1904.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED--A book on aeroplanes.
Cali phone 1880.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

COUND-Hair ribbon between
Fifth and Sixth on Main. Owner
may have same BY calling at Aunt
Nolly's ofncie and describing II.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED--A bicycle See Nuncio
Corsi, 615 North Twelfth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

WANTED-At once, to buy Green
Trading Stamps. Charles Walsh,
303 South Fourth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-28

FOR SALE-Airplanes for 20, Is
and 80 cents. Inquire OF Leoline
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Kills. and Andrew Spaulding at
915 NJ G. street
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-12-12
CHAPTER x.
Hcyr>ard Is Caught.

II the haste was not in the
81, 8, it was in my heart at least
as We trailed along, Dual in the lead.
then myself. flapping baggy legged
garments; behind me the great, gray
nierccaGry of the tongs.
Z Dual led the way. in a wordless dig
nifty O, slow advance. To one passing
be r,i.:t have seemed some power of
the |. ern world, with his tail of at
tend, Ii, in order or nearness to his
pe-sca.
q At tie corner of Washington we
tu.i.cd east, and passed steadily for
WEE down the hill. Somewhere far
q. a., as it seemed, heard clock be-
gin 10 strike. 1t was eight o'clock!
IN minute now!"
I'll, thought flashed in my brain. In
one minute, if Connel had been as he
said, ION the job" he would strike for
the r. 7dom of Lucille and his man Nc
Kc.a.
z Ia Cne minute, sixty seconds
Cual paused before me, SO that /
t:od we'll nigh on his heels.
e looked up to find that we stood
before the dingy front of small shop
in on instant it was familiar as the
one through which We had led Lily
Lawton and Annie and Reich the night
before.
= Back of its grimy windows dim elec.
tries cast reddish.yellow light about
a squalid interior of wooden counter
ard ha,f-filled shelves, where sat one
or two denizens Of the quarter, hold
ing long bamboo pipes and smoking in
;aeo2csiye sort of enjoyment.
u So much saw and then Dual turned
TO the great man who followed behind
Lie and spoke quickly in the native
tocgCe
4, In response he advanced, passed to
the front and set his hand on the latch
q: the door swinging it before him and
stepping inside.
Dual and followed. In moment
we were in the shop.
- The same little keeper of the place,
who had shown such palpable fear and
surprise at our advent of the night be.
fore. showed before me.
Like his fellows, he glanced up as
we entered, and began to chatter in
what seemed question to me.
For the first time in my presence
the grim-faced giant opened his mouth
and spoke. He snapped forth his
words in a torrent of decp-toned
phrases, seemingly addressing the sev-
eral occupants of the place in collec,
tive fashion.
At the end of his speech he waved
his arm in gesture which seemed to
clear the room. They rose from before
him = those stoIid-faced sons OF the
East, and skunk out of the door. all
save the little keeper of the shop, who
glanced here and there in furtive
manner, while his companions scut-
tered away. q o'@
OF course. understood no word of
what the hawk-eyed man had said,
but oven without could see that they
seemed TO have carried terror 10 all
those present.
/ glanced from the little shop-man,
whose face showed fear and sort of
desperate determination, to the man
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-12-12

central mind Of the whole loathsome
aggregation, Dual laid a paper chase
for his hounds of the law to follow.
It was game of hare and hounds,
and the little rabbit held by the claw
of the hawk was the guide who should
lead us to the heart of the warren.
wondered just what we should find at
the end.
Dual spoke again.
"The liberty of Reich and his ally
is of short duration, my friend. They
came from the station and entered
this place. BY and by, like Nemesis,
we shall overtake them and hale them
back from whence they came"
"You used them as you used Lucille
then?" whispered.
He nodded. 1.-THE hounds must have
a scent" he said shortly. when the
fox has gone to earth, one seals his
burrow before digging him out"
Well, Dual had sealed the burrow.
II his orders had been obeyed, by
now strong squads Of police were in
the other leads of the tunnels, work
ing inward toward us as we went for
ward.
Let the fox try for another exit than
the one we were threading and he
would merely fall into other hands
than ours. The result would be the
same---capture.
/ smiled somewhat grimly as /
walked. The whole thing was so eX-
tremely simple in a way, yet so uneX-
pected.
looked back over the day. l saw
how Dual had led these people to
think him inactive, baffled, beaten, by
their counter stroke. He had led them
to think only of their own success.
He had thrown them second cap
tive and used their seizing of the bait
to expose secret they still believed
to be safe. He had yielded as it
seemed to their demands and used the
ones they demanded to lay the trail
which should lead to their absolute
undoing.
"Whom the gods destroy they first
make mad" I muttered as l walked.
Semi heard me. He turned his head
and smiled with a quick flash of un-
derstanding in the half light of the
tunnel.
Cor overconfident at least" said he.
We went on. We twisted and
turned again into longer, and at last
we came to a door,
1t was set in the side of what seem
ed to me to be wall of concrete. 1t
was made of steel like the door of a
vault, and in it's center it held the but
ton of a bell.
Above the button was small circle
of glass, to judge by the fact that it
showed light. 1t was peep-hole be-
yond any doubt.
l wondered how we were to pass
this barrier to our progress. Surely,
if we rang and they looked forth, they
would never admit us.
Dual settled the matter. He reached
up and partly unscrewed the bulb of
an incandescent so that its filament
ceased to glow.
The dimness of the tunnel increased.
1t was as though this light had burned
out and left only its more distant fell
low to tighten the gloom of the place.
On soft feet we advanced, and at
a sign from Dual l knelt down, close
to the steel leaf of the door, so that
the line of vision from the peephole
passed above my head
I drew out my weapon and held it
ready. l found my heart beating
quickly so that the little pistol Quiy-
cred and jumped in my hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-12-12
Good Positions

Good positions. are always open for
men and women who are rapid at fig
ures. Become an expert at rapid figur-
and Calendars-by mail-postpaid. soc.
Thrift Stamps good as cash. Paul HUI
berich, 1875 Grand River, W., Detroit,
Mich