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The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26
CHAPTER XIV.
The Awakening.

with the opening or spring and the
close Of the shedding season, work had
stopped at Adams camp. Rather, the
entire plant had been shipped twenty
miles deeper into the forest--mill,
clubhouse. cook shed and such CORFU
gated.iron shacks as were worth cart.
ing away.
All that was left on the site of the
busy camp were huge heaps Of saw
dust. piles Of slabs. discarded timbers
and the half-burned bricks into which
had been built the portable boiler and
engine.
And old Judy Mason. She was not
considered worth moving to the new
site of the camp. She was bedridden
with rheumatism. This was the report
Tim. the hackman. had brought 10.
The old woman's husband had gone
with the outfit to the new camp. for he
could not afford to give up his work.
Judy bad not been SO bad when the
camp was broken up. but when Tim
went over for q load Of slabs for
summer frewOod, he discovered her
quite helpless In her bunk and almost
starving. The rheumatic attack had
become serious.
Amanda Parlow had at once ridden
over with Doctor Nugent.
"How brave and helpful It is of Miss
Amanda |" Carolyn May cried. Dear
me, when grow up hope I can be q
gradjerate nurse like Miss Mandy"
II reckon that's some spell ahead"
chuckled Mr.. Parlow, to whom she
said this when he picked her up for
drive after taking his daughter to the
camp.
Mr. Parlow." the girl ventured after
a time, don't You think now that Miss
Amanda ought to be happyr'
"Happyl" exclaimed the carpenter.
startled, "What about, childT"
"Why. about everything. You know.
once l asked you about her being hap
py, and-and you didn't seem IA
v'rable. You said 'Bahr"
The old man made no reply for q
minute and Carolyn May had the pa.
thence to wait for her suggestion to
"sink In" Finally he said:
Il dunno but you're right, Car'lyn
May. Not that Il matters much,
guess, whether a body's happy or not
In this world" he added grudgingly.
"Oh. yes, 1t does, Mr.. Parlowi It
matters a great deal, am sure-to
us and to other people. II we're not
happy Inside Of Us, how can we be
ChpprfuI Ov,to,da ond m ,.o,,~ >xA..
people happyf And that is what I
mean about Miss Amanda"
"What about Mandyf"
"She isn't happy" sighed Carolyn
May. mot really. She's Just as good
as good can be. She is always doing
for folks and helping. But she can't
be real happy"
"Why not" growled Mr.. Parlow, his
face turned away.
"Why-cause- Well, you know,
Mr.. Parlow, she can't be happy as long
as she and my Uncle Joe are mad at
each other"
Mr.. Parlow uttered another grunt,
but the child went bravely on.
you know very well that's so. And
l don't know what to do about IL. It
Just seems too awful that they should
hardly speak. and yet be so fond of
each other deep down."
"How d'you know they're 80 fond of
each other-deep DOWN." Mr.. Parlow
demanded.
Il know my Uncle Joe likes Miss
Mandy. cause he always speaks So
30 respectful Of her. And l can see
she likes him, In her eyes," replied the
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26
Some Difference.

Jack Barrymore, the actor, was In
group who were cracking conun.
drums. when he asked: Nov, you
fellows seem very clever at such
things, so tell me what Is the differ
ence between mosquito and an ele-
plant"
1.-THE difference?" asked one.
"Yes," answered Barrymore.
They all gave It up. when the actor,
walking away, said:
"Their shape"
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26
His Mothers Accomplishment.

Theodore. aged four, was VISITING
relatives In the country. He stood
watching his aunt preparing to light
the kitchen fire. and observing his In
terest, she inquired If his mother. too.
burned wood.
mo" he answered dejectedly, "she
don't burn wood" Then his eyes
lighted up and he added triumphantly,
but she burns the dinner sometimes I"
-Harper's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26

tAe text written Ut the top of the 4. $,
sheet of sermon paper. II was taken
from the book Of the prophet Jere-
miah.
ITO write every word SOS to make
folks that heard 1t happier" he MUIR
INJURED as he crumpled the sheet Of pa
per In his hand and dropped It In tho
waste-basket.
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WOMAN ROUTS THIEF
WITH A BROOMSTICK

st. LOuis.-Mrs. William Bau-
er, armed with a broomstick,
drove burglar out of the
home Of her neighbor, Mrs. An
ME Miller. while the latter was
away. Mrs. Bauer, hearing a
noise In the Miller home, inves-
tigated. When she made an at
tack with the brOomstick the
burglar beat hasty retreat and
escaped.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26
CutIcura ComplexIona

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment as needed to make
the complexion clear, scalp clean and
hands soft and white. For free sam
pies address "Cutlcura. Dept. X, Bos-
ton" Sold by druggists and by mail.
Soap, 25, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
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observant Carolyn May. "Oh, yes, Mr..
Parlow, they ought to be happy again.
and we ought to make 'em So"
Huh! Who ought TOT"
"You and me. We ought to find some
way Of doing It. I'm sure we can. IL
we just think hard about It."
Huh" grunted the carpenter again.
turning Cherry into the dooryard.
"Huh!"
This was not very encouraging re-
Spouse Yet he did think of 1t. Tho
little girl had started n train OF
thought in Mr.. Parlow's mind that he
could not sidetrack.
CTo BE CoNTINuED.)
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Copyinu Their Elders.

Robert and Harold had been angry
at each other for several days. One
day they arrived home from school
arm III arm and when Robert was lues-
toned as to his sudden change Of
heart, he explained: "Me and Harold
signed an armistice this morning."
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No Wonder.

The Burglars Sweetheart-Ya say
yer man Is n safe robber?
The Yeggman's Wife-Oh, he says
he's safe, but keep tellin' him they'll
git him one of these fine nights.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires.

An ideal that can easily be gained
isn't worth much.
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1t doesn't take much to convince O
q man that he needs q rest
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Always sure to please, Red Cross Dali
Blue. All grocers sell it. Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
.39,7O3
LOOKING AHEAD.

THE PRIMARY election is over if Bill Murray
is reluctant admit it, and the results represent the
choice of the people of the parties concerned In this
democratic state, chief interest centes in the selections OF
that party and the nominees well those they-will
serve may we'll forget the turmoil of the primary
paign and look ahead to the sterner tasks confronting
them There is OF course the general election campaign
attend to- but after that the real test will Not
for any sinecure light labor have these been
ieced Men nominated last Tuesday will handle the af
fairs of state through critical period of history Their
responsibilities will be larger than those attending public
office in peace times and history instead of election
board, will pass final judgment their work
This /, particularly true of the governor congressman
and legislators and there Is for fecation and
dence in the chosen for these offices Judge Robert
is OF ability well as high patriotism. His
past activity in work will prove invaluable when he
his gubernatoria duties and there good citizen
ship we'll as good sportsnanshp and good politics in
fhenway his former opponents are pedgng their support
He will need any high public official will need the
support of all the people throughout his The state
like the nation will need united effort and work
through the times OF stress ahead
That the Oklahoma senator and congressman seeking
election all successful the primary is evidence OF
their good work in times past Of their patriotic support
OF the administration and the war and that such efforts
appreciated at home The news from other states
hom Texas. where McLemore went down to defeat and
from Missouri where Shackeord los-i, evidence that
The wrong kind of congressman aren't to be returned and
the other hand those who have stood the test should
he back they have both patriotism and experience
TO commend them.
The choice for other state officers ha, also placed
competent and dependable in line for those important
positions The whole democratic ticket is with which
the party go before the people confident OF polling
the normal majority or something more
And stated in the beginning the primary election Is
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

over Losers as well as winners may well refrain from
making the post mortem their life work Perhaps there
was something OF bitterness in the prediction proceed
ings but that is politics here and everywhere Grudges
will NOT win the war and s1ch hatred have should
be reserved for the Hun The people who did not vote
certainly have no ground for complaint and those who did
have had their way as nearly be in democracy,
which is based on the theory that the people should rule
Forgetting what might have been let's get with the
and other useful chores.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

1t is not unlikely that secondary to
the idea OF keeping the enemy busy pro-
tecting himself, General Foch wishes TO
make two salients out of the one big
one in Picardy Another salient will
double the enemy hazard and give Cen
eral Foch six fields in which TO play
chess with Ludendorff
! think of this new action as a great
local attack 1t is unlikely that the
Franco-British are to pour in here and
develop the major offensive of the year.
General Foch's reserve has not
reached that point, He expects to keep
his guard up for the balance of the
summer and continue to jab with his
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

unengaged hand until he gets his oppo-
nents head we'll back Then the Ger
man will make his best and last lungs
of the campaign. That lunge will be
weakened because of the jabbing Foch
has drawn his blood with. The last
chapter OF the campaign of 1918 should
he Foch's long nuried walop of which
General March spoke in The Okla
homan yesterday morning. wallop
with a million Americans in il and al
of the British and French--a wallop
that should knock the German back 10
the HindcnburS line for winter reflec-
tion-W. NJ II.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

The Waterloo, Iowa, draft board is disposed to re-
gard journalism as essential occupation and warned
newspaper in that vicinity 10 prepare to work or fight
Still presidential appeal newspaper man from New
York state was granted deferred classification indus
trial grounds Modesty prevents saying than that
of the usefulness of this fourth estate.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Senator Whitley Of Missouri was defeated for re-
nomination it is said, because, in unguarded moment,
he signed telegram protesting against selling munitions
the allies 1t not only essential to be right the
war now but it is also quite helpful always to have been
that way There right and wrong side to this war
from the start and they haven't changed any.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

President Wilson is urged by the trade commission to
take the packing plants to stop protcering. The
packers be sure have denied any such method Of get
ting the money they have denied extensively and ex
pensivey but still you know what you pay for meat and
probably have your own opinion of the matter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Socks are also to be taxed in the revenue measure
but it hoped this will. not drive many statesmen to
emulate the late and amentcd Jerry Simpson, the sock
les, congressman from Kansas in the pamy days Of
populism.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

The disappointed candidate has right to his alibi
and certain display OF spots may be permissible
but should make that sort Of thing his lie work
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Thirty days should say is long enough for demo
cratic campaign in this Indeed is long enough
for political campaign by any party in any state when
there is so much useful work to do
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Joseph w Folks nomination for United States senator
by the democrats in Missouri rather dsproves the pugs-
tic and political axiom that they come back.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

No one will contend that the parsnp is a luxury our
faith in human prompts say and still hope
congress will hang tax the vexing vegetable while
the taxing is good.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
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X -p1vvh- v
RAINY DAYS.

We wonder, as we spin this lay,
How TWAS an abler bard could find
Such sorrow I'm rainy day,
or why he fretted and repined.
Precipitation doesn't loom
As cause for anguish or for grief.
Nor clouds appear as sign OF doom
When solar rays scar blade and leaf,
And he who dark and dreary found
The shower or n bally flood,
Must nr'Cr have seen the parchfng
ground.
Nor known the wlGardry OF mud
lie never felt n hot wind blow
To blast the succotash and corn,
or he had seen the heavens flow
without feeling so forlorn.
He also kicked about the cold,
While fell the million dollar rain
And. though we would not be n scold
Such sentiments give us a pain.
For had he dwclt as we have dwelt
Through sutry, Hud6rifc days,
And known ch heat ms we have felt,
Cold would have been theme for
praise,
And had he known a drouth like this,
Then he had counted rain n lark,
Fii cause for forty kinds Of bliss,
Though doomed TO cruise upon an ark,
ENvOI
Lonrfcllow. though your DAYS we're long
Your ntmc and exc your whiskcrs. too.
lnn Ind this rainy stuff all wrong
or else you had not been so blue
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Honest confession being good for the
soul and everything. we admit that our
working knowledge of French isn't
such as to enable us to put in. more
than an eight-hour day of it. Still, a
contrib who seeks to make Vesle rhyme
with wrestle, is expecting too much in
the way of ignorance or the poetic
license of this column. That license
will be revoked If anything like that
ever gets by.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Now the British tearing in with offensive of
some proportions and Won Hindenburg probably realizes
by this time that the German machine has monopoly
this driving business.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Frank Wigle, Of Supply, Okla, is a
travelling man, and not an oriental
dancer, as one might expect.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

While the allies going to help Russia few
plment
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
Fair prices are to be lowered,
and, thinks the ultimate consumer,
nothing could be fairer than that.
THEY ALSO SERVE

From the Durant Democrat)
Even n an indoCnt gardener has not
raised much. he may have fed the bugs
mat otherwise would have feasted on
more carefully tended crops
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

This Is a conservative column,
and you can believe II when il saws
the backbone of winter is broken.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

War is terrible and all that but book
agents haven't been as numerous as
usual this summer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
KEEP AT 1T.

At home or I'm vacation camps
DO not neglect war savings stamps
Select some other form of summer
reading besides the thermometer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

From the Healdton Herald.)
Hearing that the castor oil crop win be
2 large one the Small Boy win be re-
leved to know that II Ia ali Intended for
airplane manufacture
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

Very little of the visible supply Of
heartfelt enthusiasm is exhausted by
the congratulations the loser extends
to the winner, although, of course. such
fluctuations are the pinnacle of polite
ness, and all that sort of thing.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

tcopyrlsh.. 1sl.. BY c. NJ. psyn.N
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09
ENVOI

lonrfcllow, though your DAYS we're long
Your ntmc and exc your whiskcrs. too
You Ind this rainy stuff all wrong,
or else you had not been so blue
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-09

And had he known drouth like this.
Then he had counted rain n lark.
FIi cause for forty kinds Of bliss,
Though doomed TO cruise upon an ark
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28
fBy The Associated Press)

While the German line continues to crumble under the allied attacks, and the German border slowly but grad ually is being approached by Ger many's foes comes a report that the reichstag by a large majority has passed a bill placing the military com mand under the control of the civil government.
 On the western battle front the British. French and Americans have continued to make further slight gains against the Germans; in the Italian theatre both the British and Italians have scored successes, while in Aslatio, Turkey the British have captured Aleppo in Syria and are driving ahead on both banks of the TlEris in Mesopotamia, with the Turks urab ble to check them. The fall of Aieppo and the continued advance up the Tigris are moves of such strategiv value that it is not unlikely Turkish opposition shortly will be entirely overcome both in the Holy Land and Aesopotamia.
 The French armies fighting on the forty-mile front between the Disc and Aisne rivers are keeping up their of- fensive aga1nst the Germans and have made additional gains. taking severa villages and compelling the enemy tC fall back ct various points.
 In the region southeast of Nalen- ciennes around Le Quesnoy the Ger mans have delivered violent counter attacks against the British. Their eff
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28

forts to throw back Field Marshal Haig's men from the positions they hold were unsuccessful and heavy cas- ualties were inflicted on the enemy by machine gun and rife fire.
 The Americans have begun the sec ond month of their operations in the region of Verdun by keeping their at tacks against the Germans from the Mouse to the wooded country north of Grandpre. Further progress has been made notwithstanding continued tsrong opposition by German machine gunners from behind the natural for
 tifications which abound throughout this district American airmen are also continuing their bombing opera : tions behind the German lines, their latest effort in this respect having been made against the territory around Briquenay, north of Grandpre, in which 40 airplanes took party, SO ot them being bombing machines. Since the Americans began their op- l erations northwest of Verdun more | than 45 villages have been liberated an advance to an average depth oi ten miles has been made and more
 than 10000 Germans have been taker | prisoner
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28
i, 1,5s1 NAMES IN THREE
 ARMY CASUALTY LISTS

Washington, Oct 27-The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces:
 Killed in action 192; died of wounds 63; died of accident and other causes 8; died of disease "A; died of aero plane accident 1; wounded severely 30; wounded (degree undetermined 160; prisoners 3; total 526.
 New England men are:
 Killed in hetion.
 Sergeant Robert M. Ryans, East Boston. Mass.
 Corporal Seth H. Dickinson, Wind sor, Conn.
 Mechanic Feb Gooden, Chicopee Falls. Mass.
 PriYates-Leon w Josselyn, West Hanover, Mass; Leslie David Calla- han, Fall River, Mass; Ralph W. Douglas, Rockland, Mass. Died from Wounds Received in Action
 Private William H. Sullivan Valley Falls, R. l.
 Died from Accident and Other Causes Corporal Fred Russell Robinson Charlestown, Mass
 Private Stephen s. Gauss, Salem Mass.
 Wounded Degree Undetermined) orporals-William K. Crosby, Re- were Mass; John T. Mcqueen, Low 1 ell, Mass.
 Privates-Arthur F. Harry, Chesh- ire, Conn; Archibald w Proulx, At tleboro Mass; Herman H. Scheffe~ Williamstown, Mass; Henry J. Bel rose, Franklin, Mass. John w New kirk, Quincy, Mass; Arthur H. Pratt l LeominSter, Mass
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28
RoADHoUSE RAIDED
 AT CUMBERLAND, R.

Woonsocke5. R. l., Oct. 27.-Lieu- tenant Hanibal Hamlin ard a de- taehment of provost guardsmen from Camp Devens forced their way into a roadhouse in Cumberland early to- day and cantUred 59 men and nine wo- men who after refusing to give them selves up, had fired upon the soldiers Deputies from the United States mar shaPs office in Providence and agents of the New England Watch and Ward society previously had been held at bay for more than an hour. Charles Caswell of Lynn. Mass. an agent of the Watch and Word society was hit in the left leg by bullet fired from a window in the upper story of the road house.
 All the prisoners will appear in the federal court in Providence tomorrow. charged with resisting arrest and fir ing upon soldiers of the United States. The law provides for a max mum pen atty of twenty years imprisonment for persons convicted of thrs@ charges.
 Among the prisoners were several men in uniform.
 1 Lieutenant Hamlin arrived with his detachment while the inmates were | firing upon the federal officers and l Watch and Ward agents who had l taken cover behind automobiles and
 trees. He demanded in the name of | the president of the United States that | all in the house surrender. The re- l sponse was another voliey from the I roadhouse windows.
 Ordering lis men to surr0un6 tisfe 1 house. Lieutenant Hamlin went to a.
 window, smashed the blinds off and
 broke the glass. Pushing his revolver 1 into the room ne repeated lis demand.
 The inmates. who had gope upstairs.
 refused to come out.
 | The soldiers tEen rushed the house,
 smashing tho front door. They went through the rooms covering men and | women with revolvers Evidently frightened bv this quick action, the inmates made no further resistance. | Rev. J. Frank Chase. of Boston. pres ident of the Watch and Ward society
 who furnished the information upon which the raid was made. said tonight
 that it was the first of q series to he
 conducted until every house Of the
 sort in New England was closed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28
30 AMERICAN AIRPLANES
 BOMBED GERMAN TROOPS

With the American Army Northwest of Nerdun, Oct. 27. ?. m., (By The A. p) German troop concentrations in the region of Briquenay, north of Grand Pre-, were bomoarded this at- tevnoon by about sixty all-American bombing airplanes with about eighty pursuit planes protecting them. For nations of from fifteen to twenty German machines attempted to drive off the Americans and several aerial cCmbats resulted. Two American planes are reported missing.
 Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher was among the pursuit planes accom- panying the bombing squadron. He engaged in two aerial combats and brought down a German machine within the American lines near EXer- mont. Rickenbacher followed the enc my machines close to the ground un- til he saw the enemy aviator land ant fall into the hands of American in fantrymen. Returning to his airoromt Rickenbacher heard the news of hi; promotion to a captaincy.