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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

men might say Of him. But he knew
how to tie down an animal, and he
sacrificed part of his lariat to get the
short rope he needed to tie their feet
together. He worked fast-no telling
what minute some one might come and
catch him-and he did his work wers
far better and neater than had his
predecessors.
When he left that corral he smiled.
Before he had ridden very far up the
blum he stopped, looked down at the
long suffering cattle and smiled again
sardonicany. One could read their
brands easily from where he sat on his
horse. They were not blotched: they
were very distinct. But they were not
Yes within that corral. There were
other brands which might be made Of
Y6 monogram by the judicious adj
dition of mark here and a mark
there.
There, hang yuh, chew on that
awhiley he apostrophized the absent
three. He turned away and rode back
once more toward home.
Rather turned naturally into the trail
which ran up the creek to the ranch,
but Ward Immediately turned him out
Of it. Eve aren't going to overlook
any bets, old timer he said grimly
and crossed the creek at point where
it was too rocky to leave any hoof
prints behind them. He rode up the
lower point Of the ridge beyond and
followed the crest Of it on the side
away from the valley. When be reach
ed point nearly opposite his cabin he
dismounted. unbuckled his spurs and
slipped their chains over the saddle
horn. Then he went forward afoot to
reconnoiter. He was careful to avoid
rock or gravelly patches and to walk
always on the soft grass, which Inuf-
fed his steps.
In this wise he made his way to the
top of the ridge. where he could look
down upon the cabin and stable and
corrals and see also the creek trail for
good quarter of a mile. The little
valley lay quiet. His team fed undis-
turbed by the creek not far from the
corral, which treasured Ward more
than anything. STILL he waited until
he had made reasonably sure that the
bluff held no watcher concealed before
he went back to where Rather waited
patiently.
II guess they didn't plant to stir
things up till they got those critters
planted where they wanted them he
unused while he rSde down the blur to
bis cabin. 'But when they visit that
bunch OF stock again reckon things
win begin to tighten"
He was wary of exposing himself
too much to view from the blum while
he did his chores that night. and he
kept Rather in the stable; also he slept
very little, and before daybreak he
was up and away.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
Throw 10 Your Hands.

the muzzie pointing downward. AT
that distance and from dead rest
it would be strange If he should miss
any object be shot at. He had what
gamblers call cinch, or he would have
had IL the man he watched for had
not been standing directly behind him
with rife sights in line with the scar
on the back Of his thick neck.
Throw UP your handsv' Ward called
sharply when his first flare OF rage
had cooled to steady purpose.
Buck Olney jumped as though vel.
low jacket had stung him. He turned
a startled face over his shoulder and
jerlxed the rife mp from the rock. Ward
raised his sights little and plugged a
round, black trimmed hole through
Bucks hat crown.
"Throw up your bands. told your
he said, while the hills opposite were
still fiinging back the sound Of tie
shot, and came closer.
Buck grunted an oath, dropped the
rifle so suddenly that 1t clattered on
the rock and lifted his hands high in
the quiet sunlight.
Get up from there and 90 on down
to the shack-and keep your hands up
And remember all the reasons I've got
for wanting to see you make crooked
move so III have an excuse 20 shoot
Ward came still closer as he spoke.
He was wishing he had brought his
rope along. He did not feel quite easy
ia his mind while Buck 0lney's hands
were free.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

his shoulders Ia dtsgnst OF MS eautsen
liz Buck Olney wanted anything Of
him he was certainly taking his time
about coming after it. Ward rubbed
his fingers over his stubbly jaw, and
the uncomfortable prickling was the
last smalI detail of discomfort that de-
cided him He was going to have a
shave and decent Gun Of coffee and
cut OFF his own table7or know the rea.
son why, he promised himself while
he slapped the saddle on Rather.
He was camped in sheltered little
hollow in the hills. where the grass
was good and there was a spring. 1t
was a mile and more to his claim.
straight across the upland, and it was
his habit to leave RATHER there and
walk over to the ridge, where he could
watch his claim. Freqeen Is. as I have
said. he stole down before daylight and
lighted a fire in the stove just to make
it look as IL he lived there. There was
risk in that, OF course. granting that
the stock inspector was the kind to lie
in wait for him.
Ward rode to the ridge with his blan.
kst rolled and tied behind the camille
His frying pan hung behind his leg,
and his rifle lay across the saddle in
front of him. He was going home
boldly enough and recklessly enough.
but he was by no means disposed to
wax deliberately into trap. He kept
his eye peeled, as he would have ex-
pressed it. Also he left Rather lust
under the crest of the ridge, took off
his spurs and with his rifle in his
hands went forward afoot, rs he had
done every time he had approached bis
cabin since the day he found the cor.
raj and the cattle in the canyon.
In this wise be looked down the steep
slope with the sun throwing the shad.
ow of his head and shoulders before
him. The cabin window blinked cheer.
fully in the sunlight. His span OF
mares We're coming up from the mead.
OWN the faint hope OF getting a
breakfast of oats, perhaps. The place
looked peaceful enough and cozily de.
sirable to a man who has slept out for
four nights late in the fall, but a glance
was all Ward gave to It.
His eyes searched the bluff below him
and upon either side. OF sudden they
sharpened. lie brought his rifle for.
ward with an involuntary motion OF
the arms. He stood so for breath OF
two, looking down the hill. Then he
went forward stealthily on his toes;
swiftly, too, SO that presently he was
close enough to see the carbuncle scar
on the neck OF the man crouched be
hind rock and watching the cabin
as cat watches mouse hole. A rifle
lay across the rock before the man,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
"coId In the Head,

sons who are subject to frequent colds
In the head will find that the use OF
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Repeated attacks OF acute Catarrh may
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
A Misreadinu.

Cleveland Moifett OF the citizens
vigilance committee New York. said
at a luncheon:
''rhe chap who calls the selective
service demonstrations msreads the
preachers text.
"'What was the textr her father
asked the little girl as he carved the
Sunday roast.
"t0h, papa she said in shocked
voice 1t was Abdomen. Abdomen, my
son Abdomen Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
WARD STUMBLES UPON EVIDENCE OF PLOT TO BRAND
HIM AS CATTLE "RUSTLER" AND BREAKS UP
PLANS OF HIS ENEMIES

synopsisMarthy and Meke pioneers have for twenty
made bare living of on Wolverine
the country Their nebors the
MacDonads living several miles daughter Billy Louise
about nineteen Aarthy secretly hped to
educate AT the time the
afterncn with arth snowstor up way home
meets an interesting
niat the Macdonald Ward Billy Louise be-
firm friends Jase dies and Aarhy without aid
Charlie Fox Narthys
Of cattle stealing and Billy Louise suspicious Billy
discovers what she thinks
Her troubles by serious illness Of her
mother.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

tbe pressure he had put upon his self
control. and he was thinking, thinking.
The silence came creeping in on the
baals of the faint, interrupted sound
of their voices. Ward took long
breath. discovered tEat he was grip
ming his gun as though his life depend
ed on hanging to it and rubbed his
nunbed fingers absently After a min
nte or so he mounted and rode down
to the corral.
rive dry cows and two steers snort
ad at his approach and crowded against
tha farther rails. Ward gave Rather
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
Gro BE coNTINUEDJ
Little Angel Present.

A primary teacher. admonsshing lit
tie Ann, who usually was model
child, for misconduct, said: Il thought
/ had little angel in the roon. Now
where is she7T Little Betty. on the
other side of the room. stood up meek.
" and shyly answered. "Eere / is"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
] cnsson.. sto,a Itohlnn.

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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

q weakness which
caused back ache
and hes1aches. A
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your newspaper
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Immediately my
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pound for m e.
After taking two
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In Convict carb.

Little Irene had gone to the zoo with
her mother one afternoon. As they
came 70 the zebra she exclaimed:
"Motller. look at the horse with the
prisoners coat on"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

Ward evens up old scores with
olney in a manner which oIney
is not likely to forget for a good
many years. The next Install
nent tells how Ward got revenge
on his old enemy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

The reported glorious work of the
tanks makes the fat militIamen step
high.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
Bow. pace Hoover.

'Why did they pinch Terry Toad9"
"oh. he simply wouldn't observe fiy.
less day.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

Some people spend lot OF time
regrettlng things that never happen.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

DR.. Pierces Piensaat Pellets are the
original little liver pills put mp 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25
usaaA
HUSBAND
SAVES WIFE
From Suffering by Getting
Her Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Pittsburgh, Pa For many months
/ was not able to do my work owing to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-01-25

Piles Cured Ia to ~ Days
Druggists refund money III PAzO OINTMENT faili
10 cure Itching, Blind Bleeding or ProtrudiDg PLEA
First application gives relief. 30
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
France Has "Mothered"
100000 Refugees
Distributed Systematically

Paris.-F'rance has "mothered''
more than 100000 refugees i'm
posed upon her while she was engag-
ed in war, with the country unpre-
pared to receive a helpless mass and
with but 100000 population.
These 100000 refugees have been
handled with system. They have
been distributed over France with
as much foresight, as to their ability
to adjust themselves, as possible.
Each department has now within its
borders from 10000 to $4,000 refu-
gees. When a city is ordered evacu-
ated by the military authorities, if
possible trains are made up for the
civil population. Groups are form
ed and the whole organized into con-
voys and their destination determin-
ed by the character of the refugees
and the industrial necessities of the
section of country to which they are
sent.
The whole is performed by the
centralized French government. The
transfer of refugees from the war
zone to safe place where they can
settle is conducted much as is the
transfer of the army from one sec
ton to another. 1t is done with
military precision so far as the
eXigencies of the situation will al
low.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

to know how properly to make either
of them.
And by the same token there is
nothing better than the simple po-
tato, not au grained or croquetted
but boiled or baked in its jacket to
just the perfect and exquisite degree
of fakiness.
How many people can make an
omelet as an omelet? How many
can make a cup of coffee that is the
nectar of the gods and not just a
nondescript black brew?
There are those rarified souls who
affect not to know wherewithal they
shall be fed. WE'LL "Aspera ad astra"
is very good motto, but unless your
feet are pretty well planted on the
earth you are going to bob around
among the stars as aimlessly as a
stray balloon. 1t may be Puritanical
narrowness on my part, but l have
no belief in the mental qualities of
any one who does not respect his
food.
l believe that one of the reasons
why men are more agreeable COM
panions than women is that the ma
jority of them know good food, and
many of them can cook it. The great
est scholar l ever knew was also the
best cook.
Cooking is not an exact science;
it is an art. And cooks are born,
not made. The difference between
the trained cook and the born cook
is the difference between the trained,
conscientious musician and the vir-
tuoso.
oddly enough, some of the most
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
Life'sProblems
Are Discussed
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW

BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW
The domestic problem! 1t is no
longer little sum in mental arith-
metic, but a proposition of higher
mathematics. Euclid might have
solved it, but it is beyond the powers
of mere woman.
1t isn't only a question of food
conservation which confronts the
housewives of the country. Food
the raw product-soars. Sydney
Smiths receipt for welsh rarebit,
First, catch your hare" has taken
on new and deeper meaning, First
buy your food"
How simple it sounds! But it pre-
supposes a number of things, among
others the possession of the price.
Granting, however, that you have the
price, the next question that con-
fronts you is how to get it cooked.
vanishing lady, and now she is a
mere speck on the horizon. In these
changing times a cook Is as great a
luxury as diamonds or limousnes,
and no one can be sure of her. At
any moment she may be proclaimed
a "non-essential."
There is something more subtle
than appears at first glance in the
admonition which is flashed nightly
upon the movie screen, when the
bread is passed, say, No, thank you;
I prefer a potato"
1t is in most cases the part of
wisdom to choose the potato. To take
the bread is peculiarly reckless
form of gambling, with ones diges-
ton for a stake.
1t matters not whether one is
dining in the homes of the once idle,
but now toiling rich, or at a smart
restaurant, or sampling the fruits of
modest kitchenette, the same
gummy, gray paste is offered for the
staff of life, the same indescribable
mess for corn bread. And one is sup
posed to be showing ones patriotism
by eating it thankfully.
l am willing to eat clay if it will
benefit my country. l would be glad
to suffer any form of martyrdoni if
| could thereby help in winning the
war. But useless sacrifice does not
appeal to me. 1t is waste of energy.
There is not the slightest necessity
for the wretched bread and corn
bread that are everywhere offered.
They are merely the triumphs of bad
cooking.
] know whereof l speak when l
say that excellent bread can be and
is made of the various substitutes
which we have for wheat and there
is nothing more delicious than corn
bread when 1t is properly made. But
only the infinitesimal minority seems
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

domestic women don't know good
from bad, while some of the busiest
professional and business women are
corking cooks.
L met woman the other day, at
tractive and interesting, and she told
me that she was about to try a novel
experiment. 81" she said, "am going
to cook during the summer. / shall
get fabulous salary and have my
own sitting room, bed room and
bath, and assistants to do all the
rough work. l simply have to make
out the menus, market and cook"
And shall you have to take your
meals with the family?" | asked.
Il shouldn't think of such a
thing" she replied. Never mix up
society and business"
A little later a friend of mine was
gladdening the moment by telling
me that if the war continued in
definitely there wouldn't be any more
white paper, and that, therefore, the
writer's of books would starve.
Not l." l said with the former
conversation in mind. 81 shall live
in plutocrats' palaces and eat the
fat of the land. l can cook"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

school amazons. 1t was another
case of Pope's famous line:
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her
face,
We first endure, then pity, then
embrace
MY telephone is always jingling
for Bob; they dance nearly every
night, and if they don't dance it's
the movies. He no longer cares
about tramping and athletics; he
has become an authority on the
one-step, he imagines he is an au-
thority on girls. and he is an awful
bore"
l repeated. this conversation to
the clever man, and he said: Non
sense! That woman doesn't know
what she has to be grateful for.
That poor little high school girl has
taken her young iout and broken
him in, pruned down his savagery
and made him presentable. His
mother has the natural jealousy of
all mothers"
Then l reflected: But the clever
mans sons are not old enough to
go TO high school; how will he feel
when they are?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
FOR SHAME!

DFA * MISS FAlRFAA:
I am II and engaged to a man four
years older, now in France. Almost
every sentence in the letters 1 receive
from him convinces me that he has
still retained his affection toward me.
However, | have decided to discon-
tinue answering his letters, since he
persists in writing about his popu-
larity with the girls "Over There"
Now, Miss Fairfax. don't you think
that l am justified.
LOLA NJ.
OF course I do not think you justi-
ned in an attitude of petty jealousy.
This boy is far from home, lonely, up
rooted, fighting for your safety and
preathing In every sentence his devo-
ton to you And still
because he tries to cheer himself a bit
by Jollying" himself and you about
his popularity with the girls of
france you want to deprive him of
the comfort of your letters. What
Kind of an American is any girl who
is so self-centered that she risks low
ering her sweethearts fighting effici-
ency by causing him to worry over
her. And now for the
practical side of the matter-the side
that makes you jealous a bit hum
orous. How much chance do you
think any of our soldier lads has for
philandering2 You know there is
quite bit of drilling and fighting
going on! And smiling at a pretty
French lass, who beams with hope and
good cheer when she sees the tall
American swing by, is just a tonic
not an affaire de coeur
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
Postmen Sell Thousands
Of War Savings Stamps

Postmaster Frank C. Sites, recently
appointed chairman for Dauphin
county, by the Pennsylvania Direc-
tor of War Savings to succeed w. M.
Donaldson, resigned, is planning an
intensive drive to be conducted be-
tween now and next Friday, National
War Savings Stamp Day, to educate
the people to the necessity of pur-
chasing Baby Bonds" During this
educational campaign. committees
will be at work securing pledges of
individuals for stamps to be bought
during the balance of 1918.
The records to June 10 follow:
J. e. Beatty. $1,1S7.5O; w. B. Berry,
s3.091.43; w. II. Bond, Jrr $1,374.2O;
II. C. Brady. sSS412; Clarence Buff
ington, STILLS; T. j. Carpenter, &c.
792.43; c. w. Cless. $2.761.26; d. p.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
By McMdnus

Dougherty, $e49.62; w. w. Dunn,
$2.594,S6; II. G. Byblie. $157.5S; G. l..
Ebersole, S4,446.55; G. L. Ehler. ST.
1892; c. A. Fortna. s2,S67.12; r. X.
Fortna, $S,25G.55; E. r. Gault, s6,-
1o4.27; J. 4. Geiger, $5,57s.45; J. A.
Haas, $l,42437; G.. l.. T. Hohen-
shildt, $210.S1; G: a. Hollinger,- ST.
S3562; H. c. Jordan, s2.S46.67; ]. H.
Kurtz, $9S1.36; j. G. Laverty. ST.
090.42; W. r. Manley, $3,2O2.94; ]. w.
Naylor. $1,326.71; j. G. PopeL $141,3S;
G. r. Pritchard, $3.299.S3 c. L. Rea.
$3,12S.61; +. NJ, Reen. $1.532.32; G.. p.
Satchell. $1.362.7S; j. A. Snyder, ST.
533.91; Il. b. Stouffer. $1,133.01; A. II.
Stover, $1,210.39; w. E. Swiler. ST.
233.76; A. w. Wagner, $1,5O6.S9; h.
w. Walton, $2.SS7.75; G. w. Warden
S2.402.06; r. II. Weaver, S2,0S3.30; II.
G. Wrestling. $2,25750; Harry c.
Young, $3,1l9.S3.
Rural carriers-J. A. Christman,
$123.46; A. N. Ulrich. $271.S2.
Twenty-four War Savings Certifi-
cate Stamps with a maturity value of
s120 is offered as the first prize in this
contest; twenty stamps ($10O), sec
ond; eight stamps ($45), third; five
stamps ($25), fourth; three stamps
tS15) fifth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22
TOO MUCH EFFORT

DEATt NIIoS i AIFtF AZ.
Are all men enigmas? I have, on
different occasions. met several who
at first sight, have taken a fancy to
me. From them l have accepted sew
eral invitations. and always when
leaving me. they all express the pleas
ure my company gave them, stating
also that I was Just the sort of girl a
man would be happy to make his
wife.
try always to be kind and cour
teous. happy and serious as need be
tactful and unassuming. In fact. [
have practiced these so often until
now find them all habits from which
1 do not care to be freed. / have,
however, a great deal of pride, and
can never. without apology. forgive
any mans forgetfulness or rebukes.
Now. in spite of the facts above
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

mentioned, after four or five visits,
the men cease calling. 1 cannot re-
member a time / have in any way
injured them, nor can | reproach my
treatment of them. What is the mat
ter?
DILEMMA.
Perhaps you are one of those girls
who took themselves and their good
points so seriously that after a time
they weigh heavily on the conscious
ness of those who know them-begin
to bore and tire their friends. Per-
haps you are too self-conscious and
elaborately charming. Perhaps you
have the fatal habit of thinking too
much about yourself and so of talk
ing too much about yourself. And
perhaps your pride" makes you
tcuchy and difficult to get on with.
Perhaps, too. you give the Impression
of husband -hunting taking your
men friends and their attentions too
seriously. At all events it is evident
that men tire of you. Can't you stand
off and analyze your failings instead
of your good points? Can't you have
a frank and friendly talk with some
one who knows you2 Your letter does
not reveal enough of yourself for me
to undertake a serious diagnosis of
your case-it is general, not specific.
I have an idea that you try too hard
to pleas. and that so you undo the
effects of your natural charm.