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CHAPTER XIV
The Lighted Windows

T,HE night journey of Mr.. Renwick to
i the Bosnian border with the man in
black was one long chapter of accidents
and delays. But F.err Linke commanded
TO return the Englishman's weapon,
and there was nothing for Renwick to
do but sit in silence by the side OF the
melancholy Colossus, and pray for an
Linke had a watchful eye and sat in
the tonneau of the machine. Toward
midnight they reached Vinkovcze where
they had supper, ,i and resumed s,1nnr theIF dF
petrol, which only seemed 20 increase
the trouble in the carburetor. It was
at this time that an uncontrollable
drowsiness fell upon Renwick. He
allied that in spite of himself sleep was
slowly overpowering him. As in haze
he saw the huge figure of Linke beside
him lean over. smiling, while a deep
voice which seemed to come from a dis
tance rumbled calmly.
You are very sleepy. Herr Renwick"'
Renwick dimly remembered muttering
You've drugged-cof-"
Then Renwick slept
When he awoke il was broad daylight.
The car was. moving smoothly enough
along a good road between two noun
flowed in the direction from which the
machine had come
Renwick felt light-headed and rather
i'll, and it was some moments before
he became conscious of the figure beside
him, while he struggled upright and
found his speech.
Where are we?" he asked,
Near Duboj Herr Renwick. where
we shall presently eat our supper"
supper -
around"
"Ah, I remember" and he turned upor
the man with renewed and quite futile
anger. You druggeu me, you-"
Softly. my friend" the big mar
broke in soothngly. You can do nc
good by defaming me-"
Renwick shrugged. You'll pay the
score at settling time, nevertheless
YOU to consider that you are but nifty
kilometers from your destination. Since
! we passed the Save we have proceeded
with greater rapidity."
But Renwick had sunk into a suler
silence. The huge creature, whom n
had held in such light esteem. had made
a fool of him, had reduced him to th'
Impotence OF a child. AS his mine
cleared. the object of the mans actions
became more involved Whatever h
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But, in your business, I mean, Mr..
Buckingham. Do you accept in the
responsibility for their effect upon the
welfare of the indivduals?"
"The lines OF sound business. Mr..
Robinson, are pretty clearly defined"
answered buckingham Ioftily. "lf you
mix charity with business, business
ceases to be business. a man In my
position cannot venture upon expert
ment of that sort. You see. Mr.. Rollin.
son. I am trustee of the wealth OF
Others"
There it was-the chief Buckingham
obsession-his trusteeship.
But If you accept trusteeships, such
not also accept the social, or, at least,
the humane responsibilities which own.
ership of housing properties Involves!
"As a trustee, my concern Is >, win
Piled Mr.. Buckingham curtly, AS becom-
ing resentful again.
"And would you not consider that
whatever made men and women pet
ter healthier, happier, more prosperous
would increase property values! ;,
"Yes, ! would consider that-theoreti-
calIy; but virtually 1t Is too-too
chimerical to be taken account OF pS
an Investment banker
DO you consider any series OF acts
which makes a murderous fanatic out
of a sober citizen as too chimerical TO
be taken account of by practical man
"Now you are coming back to the
absurdties of this farce" snapped MT;
| Buckingham, waving his hand about
| him. and a little startled to notice that
the jury was still in it's box, and that:
with the exception Of few ofhcers ot
court intent upon their several duties.
! every one was listening to the coloquy
| between him and Robinson.
Did you consider the hatred In the
eyes of Jacob Aurentsky chimerical
The knife when he brandished it before
you-did that seem chimerical?'
'The fact is" qualified Mr.. Bucking-
ham, II never heard CT this particular
house; I am only assuming that your
! facts are correct. and II they are, ] am
responsible for them only as a trustee.
"But you object to being stabbed as a
trustee?" said Robinson sarcasticaily.
Now, Robinson" warned Bucking.
ham loudly, don't you attempt to bait
me -
But Victor was done with batting
He was ready for denunciation.
/ 'Buckingham !" he exclaimed fiercely
listen! for Gods sake, listen, and let
me tell you something, with the citizens
of Philadelphia looking on, something
! that other people have tried to- tell you
and you have refused to hear and have
gone in your headstrong way tlll murder
| mean anything to man, stand still and
| hear what I have to say and then &c
back to your Office and sit down and
| think"
Al Rollnson's voice was not as loud as
Y Buckingham's had been but 1t had dig
nifty and authority in 1t, and the mar
was tall enough to tower above the
financler, who himself was very tall.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
.4nne's Contribution
By EVA SYMMES

I'D UB-A-DUB-DUB, rub-a-dub-dub
lGThree men in tub! :" sang Anne
Dexter as she swished the clothes about
In the foaming Suds. her firm round
arms keeping time to the jingle
Abruptly the tune ceased with ges-
ture of despair Anne raised her dripping
hands from the soapy water.
at is too mean for anything" she
pouted. "All the other girls in the club
have time to knit and make all sorts of
pretty things for the soldiers bazaar,
but l., with a disdainful glance at her
the farm and chore around all of the
time !"
In an instant the dark cloud disap-
peared from Anne's countenance.
Captain Briggs said We might enter
anything-anything!" she whispered
softly, her dark eyes cleaning with joy
at the overwhelming thought.
The notice from the cantonment. some
fifteen miles away. had specified that
any girls club within radius of TWEEN
ty miles was eligible to enter articles in
soldiers bazaar to be given for the
benefit of the Red Cross on June 25.
All such articles must not exceed the
sum of IS for materials, and would be
auctioned off to the highest bidders.
The maker Of the contribution netting
the largest amount would receive a
prize of SO.
On the morning of June 25 Anne arose
over the hilltops.
Ten o'clock saw a trim little figure in
a plaid gingham dress trudging through
! the deep sand of the country road. In
her hands she gingerly carried a large,
square pasteboard box. Once in a while
she would lift up the cover and peep In.
Then with a self-assured nod she would
plod on again.
A chattering group of girls met her
at the clubroom.
ooh. Anne, dear, what have you
| brought?" they chorused.
| please let me see !: ~
But Anne shook her curly head mys.
teriously and only held her precious
burden more tightly.
Carefully Anne placed the box in the
truck amid a confused heap of pack
ages. Some were fiat and hard, Other
soft and round some bulged suggestive.
| ly, and yet others neatly hid themselves
beneath symmetrical coverings. Anne
patted her box in a last farewell as
the truck moved away.
| One day went by and no news from
the bazaar: two days, three days passed
and still no word. On the fourth after
noon the next meeting of the club was
scheduled to take place. The girls were
anXiously eXpectant surely a message
would then come from the cantonment.
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astonishing how they avoided getting
stepped on.
What are they building?" asked
Peggy, who couldn't make head or
tail out of the rush Of work going
on.
Cant you guess?" replied General
Thrift
Peggy looked around more carefully
Some men were gluing pieces of wood
together, some were stretching cloth
over frames and vanishing it, some
were twisting wires.
1T looks as though it might be
some kind of furniture factory" she
commented.
Look in the next room," said Gen
eral Thrift, and they floated along to
where men were fitting wooden sides
to frames.
IT'S boat factory" declared
Peggy.
Come on to the next ROOM" urged
General Thrift.
Here there was changing, a rat.
ting and a roaring. Scores of men
were busily setting up motors.
IT'S an automobile factory" cried
Peggy, now convinced that she was
right. General Thrift smiled. "Or a
motorboat plant" Peggy amended.
General Thrift waved the chariot on
to the next room. huge open cham
Der. Peggy clapped her hand with
happy surprise.
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an Grmv of millions Of tiny United
States tcorkerS under the leadership
Of General Thritt. A call comes for
dirplnnes to battle t1ith German
Submarines and the army respondsJ
A r THE end of the street was
A huge factory walled in by a high
board fence. The entrance was a
large gate. which was locked fast.
General Thrift's auto drew up before
the gate. The army Of Whizzes swept
right over the fence in steady march,
which reminded Peggy of pictures
she had seen of warrior ants in an
African forest Only the Whizzes were
larger than ants, and every one of
them was regular little man--not at
all like an insect.
Isn't this annoying?" cried General
Thrift. MY auto can't climb this
wall and I've got to waste time walk.
ing when I'm needed in a hundred
places at once. How stupid of me
not to bring an airplane!"
Come ride with me in my aerial
chariot" suggested Peggy.
"If it will not bother you," hesitated
General Thrift.
Nothing that will help win the war
is a bother to patriot these days"
replied Peggy.
The added weight Of General Thrift
did not seem to make any difference
to the Scarlet Tanagers or Blue Birds.
and they carried the chariot quickly
over the wall. Within the factory
yard Peggy found a tremendous lot of
excitement. Whizzes were every
where, working with snappy energy.
They were unloading cars, carrying
material into the factory and per-
forming hundreds of tasks. There
were so many of them that no job
seemed difficult
On the factory door was a warming:
Keep Out. This Means You"
oh we can't go I'M" cried Peggy.
mo one will stop u.s." replied Gen.
eral Swallow. Humans can't see us
or the Whizzes. Can't you smell any.
thing?"
Peggy shifted the air. II smell sweet
wood, and varnish, and sawdust!" She
shifted again more carefully. And,
oh, l smell Camouflage Perfumer
There's an acornful of It at each
corner of your chariot" twittered Gen.
eral swallow. TT makes you and all
of us invisible"
Then we don't need to be afraid of
being put out" said Peggy, much re.
lieved.
The chariot scared through an open
window. Here there was even more
hustle and hustle than in the yard out.
side. Machinery was buzzing, saws
were humming and men were work
ing. WhiZzes by the thousands were
helping with tools and supplies. 1t
was marvellous to Peggy how they
speeded up the workmen by keeping
materials rushing to them, and it WAS
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II Was Ever Thus!

1t was in darkest Africa.
watched the snow blow furiously
on the negro chasing the tame
cougar. I could feel the cold wind
which whined through the jungle
and ! wondered if it froze the alli-
gators ears. The llamas, e.e-
plants and reindeer were IN plain
sight. At short intervals they
cropped the spots of bare heather.
Suddenly a man with hair on his
chest appeared before my gaze.
Then a woman in a crepe de chine
evening gown wearing ballroom
slippers jumped into his path.
At that the operator changed
the reel.-The Purple Cow.
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THE STORY THUS FAR


4 MQ1M RENwICK. under secretary OF
$6gNfE;Ss MaRIsHRA sTRxHNi, whom
ne loves. overhear on June IL. 1919. the
yay the story opens. a conversation In
l1e rose gardens at konoplsht" between
the uerman Kaiser. Won Tirpltz and the
AZ AypssTian E,,san. ArGhduke in which the destiny
make the ArchduRe and his morEanattc
wife. SOPHIE Chotek important figures in
Evropean history. Marshka Is close
What is afoot she realizes, that her first
duty is, to- her country and the Austrian
porting to him, Renwick is fulfilling his
nscred trust and informing his chief.
This means an estrangement between Hugh
HERk WiNDT. chief of the Austrian
Decret Service Is placed In charge Of that
<puntry's affairs. with orders to thwart
any plans to save the .Archduke, who has
SARfxfS RP1HxsfTsa GoRTz sfT5Sd the Of the
Sircumyent the proposed assassination,
HUGH Renwick. relea sed from his official
Quties. is at Marishka's s service. So II Is
that Goritz, who has CAPTURED Alarishka
power to save the Archduke and Soph!e.
but not to release his fair prisoner. Rem
wick. meanwhile, is in Windts power.
Renwick, released by Windt is soon
black who trails him to, Sarajeyo., Goritz
officer and Wife. arrive in Sarejevo Just
too late. When MaTishka awakens after
fHfnting at the sight of the assassination
she finds herself prisoner in a harem and
she sends a note by Yeva. one of the girls.
to Renwick at the Europa Hotel giving
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"DREAMLAND ADVENTURES"
BIZ DADDY

FIGHTING FOR AMERICA
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CHAPTER III
Building Airplanes

(Pegoy is dtcakened at dd,cn by
General SUullotc. icho tells her an
army is marching By. She 1inds It
an army of millions Of tiny United
States tcorkerS under the leadership
Of General Th,it. 4 call comes for
dirplunes to bdttle t1ith German
submarines and the army responds
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SEND IN YOUR REPORTS ON
SEED AND LABOR SURVEY

L. C. Christie, Emergency County
Agent, informs me that he is not get
ting these seed and labor reports as
he should. This survey will be of
great benefit to the farmers of this
county in that we may know who has
seed to sell and who wants to buy
seed for 1918 planting. 1t will also
give an estimate of the amount Of
labor needed for the coming harvests.
The government has no idea of COM
Wandering these seeds and there is
no reason why these reports can not
me mailed to Mr.. Christie or handed
to the school teacher in your dis
trict. If we do not encourage, work
with and cooperate with our county
agent he will not stay in this county
as the government will not hold this
man here if the farmers continue to
be Indifferent.
JOHN L. BOLES,
Secretary.
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Or take the case of New England
farmer who grows enough corn and
buckwheat to "do him." and buys
enough wheat flour for white bread
and pie. If he asks to be excused
from the combination sale of cereals
because he already eats a combina-
ton, how much bread stuff will he
send his boy in France?
Or suppose farmer in the North
west takes his wheat to the elevator
and exchanges it for 80 days supply
of flour and drives Of home to eat
white bread for 80 days, and then
takes another lot of wheat to the ele-
vator and get another 80 days supply
of flour, how many bushels of wheat
has he contributed to the 100000
600 bushels of wheat that his coun-
try calls fo:'? If that farmer wants
a clean bill of health to certify to the
neighbors his Americanism, he will
drive home with equal weights of
white flour and other cereals and his
grocer's sales-slip to prove to each
and all that he will go Uncle Sam So
so on any proposition.
Talk to your wife about it. You
are not going to be hurt-all cereals
are about equal in food value. Be
thankful you have any kind. Making
use of them is merely matter of
ingenuity with the housekeeper. Any
woman who can put hairpin to a
dozen uses, can find hundred and
more ways of utilizing the extra cere-
ais she is called on to buy, and no
woman who is a red-blooded Ameri-
can, will ask to have the ratio
changed or consent to be left out Of
saving that 100,00O,000 bushels of
wheat.
This is Just another little bit of
democracy and hits everybody all
down the line, from the miller to the
ultimate consumer. If conditions are
such that you cannot go Uncle Sam
$3.50 on this wheat deal, write to
the United States Food Administra-
ton and state your case.
w. P. INNES,
Federal Food Administrator for
Kansas, 1877 N. Market Street,
Wichita, Kansas.
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THE BOOSTER CHOIR

Saturday evening the Booster
Choir lead the singing at the taber.
nacle. We have wondered how Prof
Wickland got all these children SO
wei TRAINED in such a short time.
The hundreds of children that filled
the platform and surrounding seats
sang like veterans, We can hear their
sweet voices singing "Jesus Included
Met has been ringing in our ears
ever since Saturday night. We want
to hear them sing it again. We hope
it will be possible.
The Booster Choir has meant q
great deal to the boys and girls. Mr..
Wickland has proven himself a mas
er of the art of handling children to
the satisfaction and pleasure of ev-
eryone.
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Fifty-Fifty With
Your Uncle Samuel

The $3.50 combination sale of -four
with other cereals took the whole
country by surprise. "Why didn't
you warn us and I'd been fixed?"
said one woman.
Exactly--and the whsle plan for
the necessary 100,000,00O bushel
wheat reserve would have been
wrecked
Let's keep the object of the COM
bination sale clearly before us. 1t is
to bring about a one-third reduc-
ton in the consumption of wheat
flour and insure the supply that must
be shipped to the allies. Any let
down in the program, any concession
"just once, just for you" defeats the
object of the regulations. Only the
Indifferent, the weakened and I'M
patriotic will lie down in the traces
and ask to have the load lightened
Suppose southern farmer who
grows his own corn says that he al
ways eats an equal amount of corn
bread and wheat biscuit, and so
ought to be excused from buying
-four on the $3.50 basis. Stop and
think! Will it add a pound of -four
to that needed reserve if his family
runs along as usual?
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cutter and bake Is minutes in a
quick oven.
Potato Doughnuts: l cup sugar;
" teaspoon shortening; l egg, Y
cup sweet milk; u teaspoon CHINA
mon; u teaspoon nutmeg; tea
spoons baking powder; cup riced
potatoes; 2 cups -four; " teaspoon
salt. Mix sugar, spices, salt and
Add well-beaten egg and
milk. Beat well and add riced pota-
toes then flour and baking powder,
which have been sifted together.
Mold on board and roll " inch thick,
cut with doughnut cutter and fry.
Of the potatoes are not dry and
mealy a small amount of additional
-four may be used.)
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next introduced me to young off,
Ger when he told me to take for a
short shop" and see how he handled
the controls. l was more frightened
than ever then, as it meant to sit in
the back Of the novice and control
the plane by reaching over his Shout
ders
We were off. UP we went to the
great height Of about fifty feet, when
suddenly small scout swooped
down in front of us. / kicked up a
terrific back wash. The gentleman
thought was rocking the machine
and I thought he was. He turned
around and shouted: "For Gods
sake man, be careful; this is only my
first flightp
I yelled back: you've nothing
on me, old top. It's only my second
fight w-and down we came!
We did no further damage than
burst couple of tires, but we were
both through with flying for that
day. So we got out and sheepishly
walked back a mile and half to
where the Colonel was standing. The
situation seemed to amuse him a lit
tie and after a short lecture he de-
tailed me to a class under qualified
instructor, really to learn flying.
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Potatoes Are Not a
Substitute For Flour

For the benefit of those who have
heard that potatoes may be sold as a
substitute for flour, we will state on
good authority that such is not the
case. The states of Colorado and
Oklahoma have that privilege, but
Kansas has not permitted the use of
potatoes for wheat substitute
There are one or two places in the
state where this has been done, but
the food administration has begun
investigation of the cases.
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takes place on the farms, in the mar
kets, and in the homes.
In the grocery stores in cities and
small towns all over the country and
even in the homes of the people, i'm
mense quantities of small potatoes
are wasted. On the farms and in the
truck gardens small potatoes are as
a rule not gathered, but are left to
rot on the ground. Why not make
use of these potatoes? 1t costs time
labor and money and fertility to grow
them, and the grower cannot elimin-
ate the small potatoes from his crop.
If we must grow them, why not save
them?
The potato crop for 1917 was about
100000 bushels. Potatoes can
easily be kept in pits and cellars, and
there is no reason why the tremend-
Gus waste should take place. The
need of saving them is made greater
by the fact that they can be used as
wheat substitutes, the one great grain
crop so greatly needed for EXPORT.
Save the small potatoes. Save the
"culls." Use them in making bread
or biscuit. Housewives will find it
a source of household economy.
Directions
Here are some recipes you will
want to try. Potato Bread: 2-3 cup
sweet milk; l cup potatoe; 2 cups
-four; teaspoon sugar, " yeast
cake. These measurements make one
loaf. Heat milk to boiling point,
then cool to lukewarm. Bake or boil
potatoes, then peel and mash or put
through ricer. Dissolve yeast cake in
milk. Make a sponge as follows
Mix milk, yeast cake, salt, sugar, all
the mashed or riced potatoes and "
of the flour. Beat well, let stand
over night to rise; in the morning
add balance of flour. Let rise until
double in bulk, then bake 40 minutes
in a moderate oven.
Potato Biscuit: cups flour; l cup
riced potato; 3 teaspoons baking pow
der; l scant teaspoon salt, table
spoon shortening; 1 teaspoon sugar
sweet milk to make a dough which
can be rolled for biscuit. Sift flour
baking powder, salt and sugar togeth.
err. Work shortening into -four; ado
potatoes which should be boiled OF
baked and put through ricer, then ado
milk to make dough which can be
easily handled on board. Roll Out
about " inch thick, cut with biscuit
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Liberal Drug Stores
Show a Fine Spirit

The drug stores Of Liberal are not
back numbers when it comes to CO.
operating in things that are for the
public good. Yesterday evening the
three stores-Geo. S. Smith & Bro,
Taylor Drug Co. and Wiley Drug
Store-agreed to close during the
services at the Tabernacle.
These firms showed a splendid
spirit and the Christian people Of
Liberal are grateful for the kindness