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f-Continued.

What are you going to do about
herr inquired the major. standing be
side the camp bed and looking down
at Wallace uneasily.
boil some canned cow and see If 1t
will dissolve the cellulose out of an
army biscuit"
"It shall be done. I guess thatu stay
her till morning. But seriously, Wal
Iacef"
81 suppose I'll have to assume the
responsibility for her. I'll take her
down to the base with me tomorrow
and ship her home to my people In
charge of one Of the s-tewardesses on
some liner"
1--WE got a better scheme" said the
major. Let me have her. Wallace.
My wife viii go crazy over her. You
know she's always talking of adopting
q little girl. She's got her ideal type
in mind, and that's It. / was to look
round for one like that If ever the
chance came along"
"Wen, you'd better go on looking
round. Major" said Wallace. irritably.
See here. my boy. you don't really
want that kid, do your"
II do. I'll think over your PROPOSE
ton, Major, OF course, but my sister
would give her a home and"
Let me send her to my wife. You
car claim her after the war. If you
want to. Suppose you got killed; we'd
neither of us have her. If you don't
let me taxi her I'll make you pay for
IT."
"Howf"
"Tn order her a bath. under the
sanitary code. And you'll have TO give
1t. And scraped beef-our beef!"
Get out, Major. and give me a
chance to yell when my wound hurts.
LlstenI I tell you what I'm ready to
do. I'll let the regiment adopt her,
with myself as godfather"
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Wallace" he said. The fellow was q
bad lot, but, as you say, there may be
no reason why this little animal should
suffer for his sins. The mother was
decent, and there may be something in
hat idea of a vicarious restitution.
I'll agree, Wallace, if you'll let me take
over the charge Of her till the wars
ended. Well enter her on the mess
book and settle a fictitious ~parentage
on her afterward, and may she never
know her fathers history. By the time
she's old enough to understand a mas
cots duties, fiirt with the l~ieutenants,
and plead for the DRINKS, maybe we'll
have forgotten it ourselves. Good
night, my boy. Take care of your
wound. I'll send In that milk and bis
cult and a couple of cakes of naphtha
soap, and a porcelain tub with silver
trimmings, for you to make q start on
her In the morning."
He glanced at the sleeping child,
took Marks hand and went quickly
out Of the tent. Under the sky he
stood still for a few moments.
1.-The ID scoUndrel!" he NUT
tered.
At that instant his alert ear heard
what the sentry, posted some distance
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CHAPTER IL.

He stopped, astonished ut the way
The Major took his suggestion How
ard began to stutter, paced the inside
OF the tent for some moments, mutter-
ing to himself, and then swung round
upon his heel, facing the lieutenant.
GOOD God. no, Wallace Whatever
put that Internal idea into your head2'
he exploded. See here, nOwi You're
not well enough to talk this thing over
tonight. Some day I'll tell you why
your proposal is impossible"
That's all very well, Major. I don't
know what you mean. but if you don't
like my proposition you know what
you can do. I'm quite well enough to
listen TO what's worrying you. Dig it
outI"
II haven't time, Wallace. There's
these stragglers to be sorted out. Not
that much a be done tonight, 1 sup
pose. Sometime I'll tell you"
He swung round on his heel and
made for the entrance, stopped and re-
turned.
Il suppose I'd better tell you now"
he exclaimed. "I had thought Ii might
be as well not to tell you ever. You
don't happen to know who this child's
father was-that man In the tent?"
What do you mean, Major? Some
settler caught by a bullet, I suppose"
"HamptonI" said Major Howard,
grimly.
Lieutenant Wallace sat bolt upright
on the bed and stared at the other I'm
amaZement.
The man who sold our mobilization
plans to Spain?" he whispered, con-
Sclous of a sudden terror for the child.
The major nodded. Its years
since we worked together in the war
office" he answered, "and, frankly, /
didn't know the face. You wouldn't
have would you, after the work that
the bullet had done? One Of those
ID dum-dums. But-you didn't
see this, did your"
He took a purse from his pocket.
opened It and shook out three gold
pieces into his hand. 'That was on q
belt about the body" he said. "And
there were some papers-not the one
we wanted. but enough to identify
him. 1t was Hampton all right"
He went to the e door and looked
but Here, Johnson ]" he called.
The negro servant appeared almost
inStantaneously within the opening
and stood to attention.
Gould you use three gold pieces,
JohnsonT' inquired Major Howard.
well. sub, I don't know as I'd OBJ
ject." replied the negro, grinning.
It's part of a sum that was paid
o an American soldier for betraying |
is country" |
"Oh. Lord, no, MajorI" answered
Johnson.
Then do what you think best with !
these
Tho negro looked at the gold coins
n his hand, stepped outside the tent
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away, had failed to catch-the rustlins
of some moving figure in the dense
jungle grass at the edge of the camp.
The major remained perfectly mo.
~tiOnless, except for his right hand.
which was swiftly Withdrawing his re-
volver from its case. Suddenly he was
transformed into action. He leaped
between the two last tents of the line.
to see q man confront him for an in
slant. In the light of the quarter
moon the major could not distinguish
how the intruder was dressed. 1t was
evident, however, that he had been
prowling outside the tent which held
Wallace and the child.
"Halti' shouted the major and the
sentry together, and, as the man drop
ped into the grass, the rifle and revol.
yer rang out simultaneously.
The sentry, shouting to the guard,
came running up. The major and he
searched the spot, but they found no.
body.
"One Of those id Cuban sneak
thieves! :" muttered Major Howard as
he replaced his revolver in its case.
And he hurried away to look after his
men.
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Bluff That Failed.

General Plumer, who has recently
been recalled to France from Italy
can be very ironical when he chooses
as the following story proves:
Shortly before the war, when he
held the Irish command, a regiment
was being Unanswered before him on
a field day, and the colonel in charge
succeeded in getting his men mixed up
pretty thoroughly.
However, he went grirnly on, and at
last, calling a halt, rode up to Plumer
with an air of importance.
81 fiatter myself that was extremely
well done, SIR" he said, evidently with
the idea of trying to bluff that moth
ing had gone wrong.
"Oh, excellent" was General Plum
er's suave reply. "But may I ask what
on earth you were trying to dof"-
Weekly.
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CTO BE C~oNTINUED.)
Insects That Have Food Value.

Among insects which have been and
are considered of g~astronomic value
are caterpillars, moths, a favorite In
some parts of Africa; the pupae of
the silkworm in China (: ants, alive and
roasted, are appreciated in Burmah, as
well as by the Indians of North and
South America, while it is said the
lumbermen of Maine enjoy an Occa-
sional meal of large wood ants. The
beetle is eaten in the Nile valley, in
Turkey. Lombardy, Java, Peru, and is
said to be nutritious and fattening. In
Central America the eggs Of three
aquatic bugs are made into little
cakes and eaten. Mexicans make q
strong drink by infusing a tiger beetle
in alcohol.
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Parachute Jump Ion AIrpIane.

The first successful experiment on
record of jumping from n moving air
plane with a parachute was recently
made by Captain Sarrat. a French avi-
ator. This intrepid a1rman leapcd
from n height of 500 yards with an
umbrella some Il yards i'm diameter.
and landed safely He was three min
utes in the air. suspended from the
parachute. Previous to this test U
merous experiments were carried out
In France with sandbaEs, and the prac-
ticability of tile scheme was establish
ed beyond reasonable doubt. But it
goes without saying. nevertheless. that
It required real courage to be the first
to risk life ana limb in an actual test.
Scientific AmerIcan.
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SOUGHT WORLD
DOMINION; WINS
WORLD HATRED
Kaiser and His Power Completely
Crushed by Hosts OF
Civilization.
PLUNGED WORLD into WAR
once Mightiest of Monarchs Leads
His PeopIe From Peace and Pros
perity into Ruin Insane
Dream Ends With His
Abdication.

william Hohenzollern, German en-
peror and king OF Prussia, has abdi-
Gated.
He was:
William II. German Emperor and
king of Prussia. sole arbirer over the
fate of 10000 900 men. women and
children; commander in chief of the
German army and navy, and supreme
war lord overload OF four Kingdoms,
six grand duchieS, five duchieS, seven
principaIiNes, three free towns and
one ~"reichsland," Alsace-LOrraine, viz
tual owner OF 20S, $50 square miles
with q total rontier length of 1870
miles; owner of dependencies In vari-
Gus parts of the globe ~aggregatinS
1927, $50 square miles and 100000
natives
Now, and ever after. he is:
Herr Wilhelm Internationally the
grace of his people.
\ dream of world dominion obsess-
ing the mind of Emperor William
plunged the world into war. Upon
him and the tremendous military en-
CINE of destruction of which he was
the embodiment, the exponent and the
leader, rests the responsibility of de-
liberately planning and bringing about
the greatest conflict the world has
ever seen.
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surely proved to be-. | feel better and
stronger in every way since taking il,
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. "-Mrs. NJ. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon ST, Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and 1.-THE blues. may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
= If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result of forty
years experience is at your service and
your letter held in strict confidence.
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Salmon and Acids.

Investigators say that salmon find
their way into rivers by mean Of the
presence Of acids or alkalis. which, Of
course, varies in different streams.
Even when they are a long way OFT at
sea, says the Youths Companion. they
can discover the trace that will lead
them to the bay and the stream that
they seek. It thus becomes unneces-
sary to appeal to a 'homiEg instinct"
to explain the return of certain salmon
to certain rivers or the running OF
herring to certain localities.
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looking young woman, little more than
n girl. named Hilda Morsheim. One
Of those French-German Alsatians,
Wallace. Kellerman got some hold on
her, and she confessed. The case
against Hampton was absolutely
proven
There wasn't any trial. The fellow
could have been shut up for a good
many years; he had cost his country
millions; he ought to have been
hanged. But he was quietly cashiered
and allowed to disappear. Maybe it
was a foolish move, but we felt the
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MUCH IN LITTLE

Shifts caused by the war have en-
abled England to develop Its top and
monograph needle industries.
The production of pig iron in Can
ada during the first six months OF
1o17 amounted to 5S6,99S net tons.
compared with 562.O97 ton during the
corresponding period of 1916
II Is becoming a custom among nom
Christian Chinese of BorneO TO go TO
the Methodist chapel for their mar
ria1e ceremonies.
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The Germans are using a special
~skyrocket. as an antiaircraft meas
IRE. Bursting. 1t Eliminates a wide
area. So intense is the glare that
avfators coming within range Of the
device are temporarily blinded.
Whale meat has been selling In the
California market at 22M cents q
pound. This seems to be too high a
price for popularity, although 1t Is
cheaper than beef, when the absence
Of waste Is considered. The hotels
and restaurants in San Francisco now
have whale meat daily on their menus.
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SIX years OF age ana
had all the symp-
toms incidenttothat
heat flash
es, nervousness, and
was in a general run
down condition, so
it was hard for me
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound was c o
mended to me as the
best remedy for my
troubles which If
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BELIEVES "MUTINY" is TRICK
Chicagoan Believes German Rulers Are
Behind Reported Seizure of Bat
tleships by the Men.

Previous to the announcement that
-mutineers' In the German navy had
destroyed four German battleships, DR..
George Cooke-Adams, n of the most
prominent British-Americans in Chi
cago, said.
Ihe reported mutiny must be AIKEN
With 4 large grain of salt. There is
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4 vast light railway system has
been created in France, according to
the British war cabinet report for
1917, involving the supply during last
year OF approximately 100 miles Of
track and the whole of the equipment.
Exclusive Of these light railway sys-
TENS the total mileage OF permanent
railway track supplied complete To all
theaters of war was about 5000 miles.
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Stucco for Renovatina House.

Many men will spruce up the old
place" when they will not tear down
and rebuild. Sometimes it is centi.
ment. sometimes economy. Renova-
ton can do a lot more than improve
the looks Of the house. Remodeling
and o~vercoating with stucco make the
walls Observation-Disclosures insur-
ance premiums and increasing safety.
It makes the home easier to heat in
winter, cooler In summer. and often
lowers the cost Of repairing or repaint.
ing.
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reason TO believe the allies terms with
Austria, by which the latter had to
turn over many of Its warships to
the allies, have had their effect In
Germany. 1t is also reasonable to
believe the allies Will demand the en-
tire German fleet.
There is every reason to believe the
German rulers instigated the alleged
mutiny TO destroy the navy rather thar
have it fall into the hands of the al
lies. This is probably only oEe of
many tricks to circumven, compliance
with armiStice terms"
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Several years elapse and then
Wallace, now a captain in the
army, visits Eleanor at a young
ladies' boarding school. Eleanor,
now a young lady, gives her
guardian a shock, but a pleasant
one, as he takes leave Of her.
Don't miss the next instaIIment.
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man empero in the light Of an unscru-
pulouS plotter. The kilograms disclosed
hat Emperor William had induced,
Emperor Nicholas of Russia to sign a
secret agreement 10 which he was to,
force the adherence Of France in the.
perfection of an offensive and defens-
i've alliance against England. The.
treaty was discovered and repudiated
by a Russian minister.
Failing in his attempt. the German
emperor set upon himself the task of
drawing England TO his side against
France and Russia.
How well he thought he had sue
ceeded in this may be gathered from
q letter he wrote to President Wilson
in 1914 in which he said King George
had promised Prince Henry Of Prussia.
on July %. 1914. that England would
remain neutral in a war involving the
central powers with France and Rus
-
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Streaked.

Mrs. Gadabout-And that dreadful
Mrs. Schimtzelhauser has deserted our
patriotic relief society.
Mrs. Gahbalot-Tm not surprised
the pro-German thingI I always did
say she was yellow to the corps.
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INDIGESTION produces dfsa greeabIe and
sometimes alarming symptoms. WrightH
Indian Vegetable Pills stimulate the dtges-
tive Processes to function naturally- Aav-
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Our thanks should be as fervent
for mercies received rs our petitions
for mercies sought-C. Simmons.
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New York finds night travel ON
street and subway cars diminishing.
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THAT CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Golden Tells How Il
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.

Fremont, OF was passing through
the critical period of life. being forty
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Lichnowsky Shows Up Intrigue.

1eIu8pS the mOSl ulTSCl anu aulItii i
tative of the accusations against the
German emperor and the pan-Germans
are contained In the published secret
memorandum of Prince Charles Max
L~ichnOwsky. who was German am
basSador at London az the outbreak of
hOStilitieS.
The prince uneQuivOcally placed the
blame for the war on Germany, and
for his frankness was imprisoned in a
Silesian chateau. permanently expelled
from the Prussian house of lords,
which action was sanctioned by the
emperor. and finally was exiled to
Switzerland.
Emperor Williams domination over
German statesmen, diplomats and the
high command of the German army
was emphasized by Or. Wilhelm
Muahlon. a former director Of the
Krupp works. the great German NUM-
lions factory, in his book on The
Devastation of Europe" In this he
o only laid blame upon Germany for
bad faith and criticized the German
army for its brutality but asserted that
in the German foreign office only he
who did the emperor's bidding was al
lowed to remain" They could not
do better" he declared, because of
the character. the power. the ~vascilla-
ton If and continued interference by
the kaiser"
1t was Doctor MuehlOn who asserted
the authenticity of the statement that
Emperor William stated at a meeting
of German army officers that he had
plenty of prisoners and that he hoped
the officers would see that no more
prisoners we're taken.
Macmillan Harden, q German lib
eral leader, declared the German ruler
brought on the war because of his de
sire for something like world rule"
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mo Nonsense From U.s."

The emperor, despite his previous
expressions of good Will for America.
gave vent to his anger against the
United States when 1t became evident
no official action would be taken to
stop the shipment of munitions and
supplies to the entente allies by de-
claring to the American ambassador,
James w. Gerard. Il shall stand no
nonsense from America after the
war"
Williams designs to spread German
dominion in Asia found expression in
his famous visits to Constantinople
when he was proclaimed as protector
of the Moslems. In this the world saw
a cunning step toward achievement of
the German ambition of German do
minion from Berlin TO Bagdad.
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert was
born January -, 1859, and became
Emperor William II on the death OF
his father. Frederick III, June u, 1888.
He came out of the University of Bonn
fully prepared to enter the school Of
statecraft. Set to work in the govern
ment bureaus. he was early taught the
routine of official business under the
tuteiaSe OF the great biSuldICh-
At the death of his father, the i'm
perial throne devolved upon William
II, who was then but twenty-nine
years of age. Bismarck continued as
chancellor, but not for long.
In 1890 the disagreement Of the two
men reached a crisis, a rupture came
and Bismarck went. The relations be
tween the two men remained strained
for several years, but before Bismarck
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stickIer for Military Etiquette

With the passing of Bismarck the
emperor'S real reign began. AS a mill
tary man he was a stickler for eff
cheney, discipline and the observance
of etiquette to the last detail. And with
the details of all these c-ompOnents Of
army life and training he was familiar
to the smallest point.
In everything he was described as
thorough and, withal, one of the 'hard-
est workers in the empire.
Physically unimpresSive-he $vas
short and inclined to stoutness-Wil-
liam was fond of being photographed
while striking a military posture,
though taking good care TO veil the
deformity of his left arm, a disigure-
ment with which he was born and of
which he was extremely sensitive. He
blamed his English mother for living
a life of self-indulgence and cursed her
repeatedly as being responsible for his
deformity.
He married Augusta Victoria, Oldest
daughter of Grand Duke Frederick OF
Schleswig = Holstein = SOnderburg Au-
gustenburg, on February q, 1881.
They had six SONS and one daughter,
of whom the Crown Prince Frederick
Is the eldest. With the crown prince,
his father clashed frequently, and on
one occasion virtually exiled young
Frederick to Dantzig, but oon recalled
him.
German mothers who wrote to the
emperor of the deaths Of their sons
killed in battle elected from him no
word of sympathy. He regarded their
deaths as glorious" Yet his own six
sons, though holding high commands,
were so protected that the imperial
family TODD practically alone in all
Germany In warding off the clutches
Of death.
Weekly Nome industrial worker. (Nome, Alaska) 1918-1919, 1918-11-16

WASHINGTON,-The State De-
partment announces that the German
War Council has notified the Allies
that Germany is willing to conclude
peace on the terms laid down by Pres
ident Wilson n his address to Con-
gress on January IA last.
The only exception Germany notes
is in regard to the freedom of the
seas.
The German War Council was no.
titled that General Foch has the terms
upon which an armistice can be con-
Guided and which can be had by APP
plying to him and which must be &C
copied before peace will be made.
President Wilson declares that all in
vaded territory must be evacuated
and freed. He declares also that
the Allies reserve complete freedom
on the subject freedom of the seas
when they enter the peace conference.
Weekly Nome industrial worker. (Nome, Alaska) 1918-1919, 1918-11-16

diplomatic adj
vices say that the armistice terms to
be offered to Germany by the Allied
War Council. require the withdrawal
of the German troops thirty miles
beyond the river Rhine, leaving be-
hind all rolling stock and munitions.
Helgoland, the key to the Kiel canal
and the whole German fleet will also
have to be surrendered. These pro-
posals will be submitted to the Ger
man High Command for their accept
ance or rejection.
Weekly Nome industrial worker. (Nome, Alaska) 1918-1919, 1918-11-16
|TELECRAPHIC NEWS FROM
NOV 3 TO NOV IS
YANKS FORGE AHEAD A

PARASITIC American troops
fighting in the Verdun Mouse sector
are keeping up their sledgehammer
blows following up. the retreating
Germany without giving them q
chance to- make a stand. Their resis-
lance is only halfhearted and the re-
treat begins to resemble a rout. SAT.
Hundreds of prisoners and numer-
Gus guns are falling into the hands OF
the Yankees. s1I