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\ SAVED STACKER.
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Mother. ! will have to register to-
no! my son. you do not, for YOU
are only twenty years old and the
papers say from twenty-onc years old
ment.''
why. mothers" exclaimed her son,
Herbert. - was twenty-one the 10th
We'll. my son. bring me the family
Bible and We shall see"
So Herbert got the family Bible and
just to his surprise he found that lie
was only twenty. Herbert. his mother
and father lived in rich part of New
York. for they were very rich. Their
and Mrs. Bloops. Mr.: Bloops was very
nice and kind hearted, bus. Mrs. Bloops
was very greedy. selfish and mean.
About fifteen minutes before this con-
versation between mother and son. &C.
liza had come in tfs very room and as
she saw Herbert and his mother com
could not be seen. Celia was Mr..
Bloop's brothers child. She had come
10 live with Mr.. and Mrs; Bloops be
cause her father WAS lieutenant in
this war and had been wounded very
badly and soon died. His wife had
died from heart trouble.
in that room she would scold her, be-
cause she had dislike for Celia. But
Celia was "A nice, quiet girl. Celia was
about eight years old and everyone
that knew her loved her. Yet before
Mrs. Bloops and Herbert came in. Mrs.
Bloops came In and scratched out
was twenty. for he really was twenty
one. but she was Stacker and wanted
to keep her son at home; Celia had
seen all OF this sight and wanted to
see the rest. She had also heard the
conversation between mother and son.
The next day Mr., Bloop took Celia
read her n Bible story. Then Celia
exclaimed: Oh, that is the book that
aunties scratched something out Of"
Mrs; Bloop hnd also told her husband
that Herbert did not have TO register
and that he was only twenty years Old.
and her husband said he WAS twenty
The family Bible. Mr.. Bloop done so.
SO Mr. Bloop knew that there was
some crooked work in it. So he let
then said: Celia. do you know what
page auntie scratched something out
her incl, what. page it was. Just, to
his surprise he found she had scra tched
out out srhspSs birth 1t , was lss.. SO
told her what he had found out. As he
said this she grew very pale and said
me. YOU know how hard it is for Il
give me. will you?'
Yes. l will forgive you this time.
hut never again shall anything like
this h"nnen In orr home"
So Herbert enlisted in Tho army and
went TO France with the rest OF the
u. s. boys. He was soon promoted 10
higher position and is now n captain.
Mrs. BlooD was very angry with Celia
for a good while because she had found
out that sh" had told her husband IN
her. one day MIR. Bloop came up TO
Mrs. Bloom and said: You should not
he mad with Celia for she is n nice
girl and has saved Won from being a
Stacker SO she loved Celia ever after.
Composed bv
SARAH MAYER.
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Editorial and Literary Department

decided to catch a word or two of their
clock. she heard you be all ready.
oearie. and we'll have this thing over;
you be sure and be at the front win
doW-don't forSet-oh. that, all right
you're not afraid"
so tho little inns are going to
eiope are they. Well, we'll, I'll have a
little fun also" said Aunt Mollie TO
nerself. as she hurried away u fiX up
for her fun. "'
Later, at eleven forty-fivc.
charles. is that you?"
Yes. answered the one from hclow
II isn't midnight yet, dear" called
That makes no difference Come now.
are YOU ready?"
Yes. almost Are YOU sure the lad
der Is safe. I'm awfully frightened to
climb down.
Climb. there is nothing to he afraid
And she did climb, reaching the bot.
tom safely. Thank goodness that part
Is over Now what must l do, Charles?
You know"
At that minute soft little whistle
was heard coming toward them.
oh. Charles. what is it?" and she
chung to his arm. At that minute an
'ther person appeared on the scene
What the" muttered the new one
And to PansyS dismay har supposed
Charles took off the cap and coat which
he had on and there stood no other
than Aunt Mollie. Pansy screamed. 50
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ala lid Charles. who was no other than
10 ransy. '''
on, Aunt Mollie." said pansv
ricase don't stop us All of my trouble
uon let II be failure" and she nut
arms coaNingly around her .,urte
neck and looked into her face, saving
Charles pleaded also with Aunt Mol.
he unLii she laughed and said:
children. had no notion TO stop
sou only wanted TO scare YOU bit.
ana think I succeeded. for, Pansy
dear, YOU are trembling"
THANK YOU so much, Mrs. Nichols
aaid charles. Il am sure we Will owe
you our gratitude Tor our lifetime"
Aunl Moilie's a dear" said Pansy.
come, sweet heart we are delay
nE things, replied Charles. as they
badc good-by TO Aunt MolIic and told
Ier TO know nothing about their elop-
ing when the curious neichborhood
ted the news; also mother and
Preacher Brown readily agreed to
marry them. AS soon as the bencdic-
non was said Charles arm stole around
Pansys waist and he said: 1T is ac-
coinpiished."
Pansy's parents forgave her and said
they would take cane of her when
CHARLES went across until he returned.
Many friends laughed ut their difficulty
IN becoming man and wife.
FRANCES REt'TOP
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a CATASTROPHE IN ELop1NG.

Yes, they had been planning for ever
so long to get married, but ii seemed
that the opportunity never came
around. For you see, Pansy and Charles
had been turned down by the family
when they acknowledged their love for
each other and strictly forbidden to
way left was TO elope. Just think, to
elope. Charles was sailor and was
soon to be called to go across. OF
course. IT was perfectly silly for them
to want to get married in that case. but
neither one could see otherwise. SO this
was their plan.
Aunt Mollie that night. and so on
and so on. At last the exciting day
dawned clear and sunny. II seemed
ready to greet her with congratua-
tons. For she was all in hutter.
More than once Mrs. Darling tPansy's
thing. pressing that and trying on this
dress and changing the ribbons on her
"Pansy. what do you mean by all
mered fan sra "1 Pfhspar mo,1er. can'
nix hco up my clothes and have them al AL
Don't get angry. dear. only
thought that 1t was little unusual Of
you, but / am always glad to see my
daughter Keep her clothes tidy
No moro was said until that evening.
when PanSy SAID she was going TO
Aunt Mollie's Then father put in,
why do you want to so to Aunt Mol
lies on Friday night, daughter; you
know thore is lots TO do on Saturdays
and you Will have to come home early"
"Oh, L want to go bccause-because
Aunt Mollie wants me. and haven't
boon for O long time"
very we'll, dear, suit yourself"
Pansy went. Charles came around
early that night to talk over tho plans.
They we're safe. you know. because
best room to themselves. But Tonight
Aunt MoIIis suspictoned something and
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THE STOLEN bride.
Part Iv.--The Visit of the Fn,rie.

Part IV.--The Visit OF the Fairies.
year then passed in peace and JOY.
and when next Yule had come
child was born ut Austen Hall, to
brighten up her home.
She WAS Il lovely little one, as fair as
any flower,
But. at her birth, dark mystery, like a
cloud. began to lower.
Wh'Sperin"S were heard In air, and
music wild and sweet;
There We're CLEANS of unseen trcSscs,
gatherings Of unseen feet,
There was swish of unseen garments =.
there was scent OF unseen blooms,
And no iron wall could bar them from
the Lady GATHERINGS rooms.
maids found her bed untouched all
night:
1t was Strewn with tiny flowers like n
coffin draped in white.
And when Lord John found that the
fays had claimed his lovely bride.
He tcttcred like one stricken, and held
out his arms and cried
Catherine. My Catherine. Come ba ok
to me. my own.
Can't you see my heart Is breakinG?-
and our baby, all alone
Is sobbing for your fond caress With
cut you she will dien
But Catherine, his Catherine. could not
hear his cry.
And then Lord John said he'd scar CHI
the world DER for his wife
He'd find her--yes. he find her, though
So he mounted Grey Fidcla. his truly
dapple mare,
And started on the quest for Catherine
"f the Golden Hair
tNeXt Chuptcr: Iinlcn, the y-Witch)
HALERIEDE MILAN.
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR THE
LIBERTY LOAN.

MY Dear Girls and Boys.-I am sure
our club is just as interested in buying
bonds in the fourth Liberty loan cam
paign as the grown-ups. because we
have brothers and fathers and uncles
and cousinsSover there" and we want
the war to hurry up and end. so they
VIII come nome. That is why I want
every member to do what they can to
help See II you can't persuade some
body to buy bond. Maybe you have
bouhgt one yourself. but think the
best way the boys and girls can help
is by persuadinE other people to buy
bonds. and lots OF them. Write and
tell me If you have really done any
thing to help in the Liberty loan cam
paisn. The club will be so SO proud
to know what you did to help our bows
over in France.
l don't believe all OF you understand
about the contest We don't have to
write about Claude Belot unless we
want to. One member writes that he
has already written about the war
orphan. We can say why people should
take care OF these children, make up
stories about the way some of the chill
dren lost their parents and families
and tell what good our money will do
when we give it. Please don't write
your letters and stories in pencil. and
be sure and do what you can, children
mine, TO help swell Liberty bonds.
YOUR EDITOR.
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A STORY.

Once there were three boys and ono
giri. Their father and mother were
was seventeen; Luther was sixteen.
and Grace was fifteen. So Henry and
George enlisted in the army and left
Grace ana Luther to housekeep.
two boys saying they had landed a nd
were on the lighting line. Grace and
Luther invested $2b In war saving
stamps each and when the war ended
they received their money back and
they advise all Of the boys and girls
to invest their money In thrift and
war saving stamps. They Will neve.
ALFREDA HAKkIs
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Puzzle Department
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

My first is in V, also i'm lane.
My second is in a. also in above.
My third Is in $, also in star.
My fourth is in II, also in tar.
Ny NTH Is in a. also in at.
My sixth is In II. also In hat.
My seventh Is In T., also in eat.
My eighth is in f.. also In feet.
My ninth is in ~. also IN fray.
My tenth is I'm /. but never in fry.
My eleventh is In II. also in rye
My whole is something that Will come
soon.
j. ALBERT DOYLE.
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Lancxa. Va.
They Are Fine.

1850
Dear Editor
in a dra wing Of
holding the flag.
see IL in print.
ia the best I
l worked on IL 4
some changes. b
III II Is to bc in
II turned cool,
SimonS and Al
best members
sure has the ia
the members. 7
drawing in the
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THE WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Peggy Stuart. no address given.
stockton NJ. Holze. liza North Row
land Street, city
]. Albert Doyle. McKenny. Va.
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Mercdithvilln. Va.
Reaf3a Pare Rarulsrix
UT
Badge Sent.

Dear Editor. II
letter In the pane
to see II WAS hi
sent me the paue
called ''Selfshnes
MIR. Waste sEc
would pleasc look
my prize and ALI
button. ] am col
contribution reEul
letter Is getting 2
TO take SO much
time. Your new !
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-05-09

Correspondents will please mail
their letters Monday in time to
reach this Office Monday evening.
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SHERIDAN NEWS.
Mrs. ]. II. HATCHER.

Edna Davis spent Saturday after
noon in Carthage.
Roy Carter and wife entertained at
dinner Sunday BAIL McClintock and
family of Jasper, Charley McClintock
and wife and Miss Leota McClintocl.
Ben Campbell and Johnnie Gresham
spent Saturday afternoon with Lester
and Chester Davis.
Harrison Waltz and wife spent Sun
day with MIS-. Belle Patterson.
Homer Wampler and family motor
ed to Carthage and visited relatives
Saturday.
Ed Davis and wife were Wednesday
evening callers at the A. w. Radford
home.
John Sunderland and family and
All Campbell and family were dinner
guests at the Oscar Faskin home Sun
day.
Mrs. Kearney and grandchildren,
Charley and Marie Kearney, called on
Mrs. Will McClintock Friday.
Mrs. Lloyd Winder and daughter Paul
inc were Lamar visitor Thursday.
Gus Campbell and family motored
to Carthage Wednesday afternoon.
Joy Kearney and family visited Sum-
day with Mrs. Kearney's parents, John
Sheldon and wife near Neck City.
Ethel Harvey called on Mrs. Phillips
one day last week.
A. w. Radford is again able to be
out after very severe attack Of throat
trouble.
The farmers are fearing the continued
cold rains will result in the replantine
of their corn, which will mean quite {
delay with the ground now too wet tt
work. However, the wheat and oats
crops are looking prosperous at present
Mrs. J. II. Hatcher and son Lee wert
dinner guests of Mrs. Steve Tindal o
Carthage Tuesday.
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JASPER, ROUTE 2.
Miss LULA DIXON.

L. j. lille and daughter called on
relatives in Carthage Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Hille Of Carthage
visited home from Friday till Sunday.
Several from this route have been at
tending the revival services conducted
by DR.. Biederwolf at the tabernacle in
Carthage.
Charley Wescott helped y. NJ. Dixon
pull hedge several days last week.
II. l.. Hille and wife and Theodore
Lawson and family were guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts.
Robert Knox and wife OF Carthage
were dinner guests of their son, Loren
Knox and wife, Sunday.
MIessrs. and Mesdames Stumbolt OF
Webb City and Ralph Hubbard and
children of Purcell spent Sunday at
the home of w. b. Milton.
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BLUE AND BETHEL.
MISS EDNA YATES.

Those who took dinner with Geo.
Quillin and family Sunday were
Blanche Bradford, Bess Dubes, Carrie
Serahne, Daisy Livingston, Emma
and Edna Yates and Guy and Gulley
Serafne.
Earl Dubes and family of Colorado
came Friday to spend the summer
with J. e. Dubes and family.
Clarence Hiner and family were
Webb City visitors Thursday.
Ernest Yates spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Walter Wood.
Quite few from this neighborhood
attended the Red Cross sale at Lamar
Tuesday.
The North Fork Township Sunday
School convention will be held at
Bethel next Sunday, May u. Every
body invited.
Grandma Budd spent Sunday with
John Sailor and wife.
Cora Ross and Rude Williams went
to Carthage last week and were married.
Their friends all wish them good luck.
| Houston Cline and wife visited Sun.
day with Gilbert Keltner and family.
Craig Sailor and wife OF Sheldon
spent few days last week with John
Sailor and wife
Walt McPeak and family and Clar-
ence Pugh visited Sunday at the Budd
home.
A number of the neighbors went
to Frank Arner's Thursday and helped
raise his new barn.
Claude Budd and wife called on John
Sailor and wife Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Quillin, Mrs. Dubes, Mrs. Yates
and Len Quillin attended lecture al
the tabernacle in Carthage Friday.
Grandma Budd spent Sunday night
with Claude Budd and wife.
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Willians-Ross.

a very quiet wedding took place in
Carthage at high noon last Thursday,
May ,, when Cora Ross of Jasper and
Rude Williams of Lamar were united
in holy matrimony.
The bride and groom were unattend-
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. John Baston, sister
and brother-in-law of the groom, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baston, jr., cousins
OF the bride were the only guests
present.
The bride is the third daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Beason, and highly
respected among her many friends.
The groom is son of Isaac Williams,
well known around Red Brush where
he has host of friends.
Shortly after the ceremony the bridal
party were autoed to the home of John
Baston where they were treated to an
old time charivari, consisting OF
about 10 men and women. The groom
n return showered the crowd with a
treat of candy and bananas.
May they enjoy together a long and
and pleasant career, fraught with
naught but perennial love and thai
substantial happiness which is founded
in prosperity, is the wedding wish O.
their large circle of friends.
"A Friend.
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Allied Children!

English children over sea,
Boys and girls who talk like me,
Who give up butter, candy, meat,
And barely take enough to eat,
So that Belgian babies may
Not go hungry every day;
We will save and offer, too,
And show what Yankee kids can do!
Little boys end girls Of France!
Once you liked to sing and dance,
Laugh and chatter all the day,
inst as we do at our play.
There are tears now in your eyes!
We will be your true allies,
Even as your fathers are,
Love shall reach you from afar!
Polish boys with flaXen curls;
Darll-eyed small Italian girls,
Starved Armenian, Serbian, Greek
Every tongue the sufferers speak!
Everywhere in allied lands
Children stretch their little hands,
Hungry, homeless, cold and sad,
Oh, how it will make US glad
TO remember we have done
Something kind for even one!
And when Right has conquered Wrong,
Freedom to one clan belong,
We children shall have helped to make
A friendlier world, for Kindness sake!
-Abbie Farwell Brown of the Nigilan-
ties.
Correspondents will please mail
their letters Monday in time to
reach this Office Monday evening.
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BLUE STAR.
Mrs. MYRTLE CoINER.

Mis-. vi SOlNEh.
Miss Elsie Kaufman spent Tuesday
afternoon with Mines. Norton and Hol-
lywood.
Oscar Wade left Friday for short
stay with his relatives at Lincoln.
Miss inertia Crow closed very sue
cessful term of school at Blue Star Fri
day. She and her sister Miss Grace
took the children to the creek, where
the day was spent in kodaking, boat
riding, fishing, etc. At noon a fine pic
mic dinner was served by the teacher
and pupils. They all departed for their
homes late in the evening, declaring to
have spent most pleasant day "'..."
DR.. Norton and wife, Mrs. Besha
Hollywood and Mr., artspent Wednes-
day with Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. Holly
wood staying over few days and visi-
ted in Neck City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade and family, Miss
Elsie Kaufman, Frank Kaufman and
Grace Sellars were Sunday afternoon
visitors Mt Fl. T.. Coiner's.
VIM. Kaderly and wife spent Monday
night at Jake Kaderly's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wicker spent Thurs.
day evening at Mr.. Wade's.
Mrs. Besha Hollywood called on Mrs.
Conner Saturday.
Clara Rodden and Bert Kaderly spent
Saturday night at Jake Kaderly's.
Will Law and wife spent Sunday af.
ternoon ut his fathers,
Jake Kaderly and family spent
Wednesday at VIM. Kaderly's.
Mrs. Jay Bradford visited Mrs
Norton Thursday.
Will Law and family and Harve Law
and children we're Carthage, visitors
Tuesday.
Fred Campbell, Jess Onstott, Francis
Wade and Mrs. Still were callers Mt III
f. Coiner's Wednesday and Thursday
VIM. Kaderly and wife and son Bert
Chas. Avery and wife, Clara and Elma
Rodden were dinner guests at Jake
Kaderly's Sunday. j. Il. Hull anG
wife, c. M. AIikesell and Mr.. Hart spent
the afternoon there. Henry Wade
Frank Kaufman, III. Il. Coiner ant
DR.. Norton called there in the evening
Miss Helen Hickman has been cleo
ted teacher for Blue Star for the com
ing term.
Mrs. Will Law and children spen
Friday with Mrs Nelson.
| James Kaufman was a Carthag,
visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. Berrian of Joplin visited at DIR
Norton's Friday.
Will Law purchased a new Wagon
Monday.
Little Miss Ruby Law is spending
few days with her aunt, Mrs. Will Law
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Additional Local


DR.. Knott reports the birth of a
baby boy to J, H. Blair and wife,
E miles north of Jasper, Tuesday,
May I,
D. w. Teeter filled his monthly
appointment Sunday preaching for
the Church of the Brethren at
Nevada.
Mrs. Bert Crandall and little
sons are spending a few days with
]. W. Crandall and wife and other
relatives.
A. L. Lattimer of Webb City
spent Sunday here. Mr.. Lattimer
has just returned from a three
months visit in Indiana and Ohio.
John Kincaid of route s, who
raises fine strawberries among
other things, was in Saturday and
reports his strawberry prospect as
fine as could be.
Rosco Barnsley of Claremore
Okla, visited Tom Kunkler and
family the past week. Mr.. Barns
ley was raised in the Esrom neigh
borhood and is we'll known here.
Miss Gertrude Martin of Oronogo
came over Saturday evening to Wis.
it her cousin, l.. T. McCune, an I
family. They all drove over 10
McCune, Kans., Sunday.
H. F. Pitts, has been appointed
an enrolling agent for the U. S.
Shipping Board, to sign on"
young Americans, from IL to 80,
for service in the Merchant Marine
Rev. J. w. Moore visited his
mother at Neosho last Friday. He
went to Camp Doniphan Sunday
evening to see his brother who is
in the Army and was transferred
early this week to an eastern m
bilization camp preparatory to CO.
ing across for foreign service.
Earl Owen of Carthage. who is
well known here and was called to
leave for Camp Funston last week,
was finally placed in class S by the
examining physicians on account
of rupture. Earl was very much
disappointed at being kept athome
]. W. Crandall and wife enjoyed
, a visit last Sunday with the follow.
ing relatives; Mrs. R. S. Whitesel
D. D. Watson and wife and two
sons of Webb City. and C. R.
PulIins and wife of Joplin, who
were leaving on motor trip tc
Colorado to spend the summer.
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M. E. Church, South, Services.

Preaching at Jasper at IL a. m. and
1880 p. m. the first and fifth Sundays of
each month.
AT Salem the second Sunday.
At Boston the third Sunday.
At Lebanon the fourth Sunday.
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Advertising Rates.

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The ads in this paper are not run as
filters" They are printed to be read
and they are read.
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Jasper School Notes.

There are only few more days of
school. The program OF closing exer-
cises is as follows. The various grades
will give appropriate programs in their
rooms on Thursday afternoon, May 1G.
The baccalaureate exercises of the high
school will be given at the NJ. L.
Church Sunday morning, May II.
The commencement exercises will be
given at the same place Thursday,
May 16, at s p. IN. Tickets are on sale
at Browns Cafe. Price IS cents. The
public is cordially invited to attend all
these exercises.
The pupils have contributed about
$50 recently, with which to buy a Lib
erty Bond and flag to place on the
schoolhouse. \ Junior Red Cross has
also been organized with a member
ship of 81.
Mrs. L l.. Pinnell and daughter,
Mrs. w. H. Wallace, spent couple
of days in Vinita, Okla, last week.
Mrs. Dora Hastings and Mrs.
Wayne Peterson and Miss Ham
mond of Kentucky were in Joplin
Sunday.