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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-13
LAWRENCE COUNTY MAN KILLED

David j. Lawson, of Ratcliff. has
died from wounds received In battle in
France. A telegram received by his
relative brings this sad news.
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NOTICE

The ladies' of the Banner Auxiliary
will serve ice cream and sandwiches
Sept 21 at the Red Cross rooms at
Walbridge. You are invited.
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Miss Ethel d. Roberts. OF Bussey-
Vile, a graduate OF the X. N. c. busi-
ness department, has accepted uood
position at Williamson. W. Va =
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Ars. r. A. Braid submitted 70 . 60
rious operation at Riverview Hospital
"wednesday and sis Gotting along very
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KILLED IN FRANCE.

Claud C. RAIDER, OF Prichare, w. Va.
was killen In action In France.
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courts of the nation to which he be.
longs because 1t has power over his
goods and his person; but who or what
can enforce upon a nation any judg-
ment IL does not agree to accept? For
the individual who is an offender the
policeman suffices: but for the nation
who IS an offender there Is ultimately
only the soldier, and even he does not
always suffice.
AS lay there comfortably in the
warm sun, my thoughts were punctuated
by the far-away tap-tap-tapping of a
machine gun. which seemed to show that
somewhere along that coast there were
nieE who shared my convictions. Across
t1e water. too, at intervals, there came
the boom. boom of a big gun from the
direction of Lydd and the Dungeness,
and that. also, was comforting, sound.
as ! thought Of the paper that lay
ONCE. while the grasshopper chirped
near me In the heat. and a little rabbit
lOped out Of the bramble cover and sat
up on his launches to regard the world.
| must have been doing for a min
ute. Anyway. ! recall that, in half
conscious fashion, my thoughts were
wandering over the way l had come
that morning. and l wondered vaguely
why that headland on my left got its
connet ton with Shakespeare. Then the
thought Of Germany. and the far away
boom. boom Of the gun on my right also
suggested Germany, SO that l seemed
to have my thoughts forced into one
channel, both by the silent cliff and the
active guns For a moment l wondered
II were actually going mad, the VIC
tim of an obsession. opened my
eyes and there was the rabbit still
poised on it's hauches--so my thought
had been no more than fash In time
The little animal was watching me in
tently. Perhaps to him the mere lifting
Of my eyelids had been alarming
Then the thing burst on me all at
orct! sat up and tore little Eitels
dra wing from my pocket. while the rab-
bit took header into cover His
mission had been accomplished OF
course that little bust was Shakespeare
and the targets stood for Hythe, and
both marked the limits within which a
landing could take place. l was on the
very ground itself
The whole thing became as clear as
daylight to me as ] scanned the draw
ing. These things which Clarence
Beilby had called the poor little fellows
pathetic toys! The rabbit was the War
rem in which I was seated. The loco
motive stood for the railway which was
behind me, and the lines were the rail-
way system and showed that there was
branch railway to the beach at Sand
gate. l never had been yet to any OF
these places. but l now knew their po-
seized my guide-book. with its map OF
the district. Yes: there were the rail-
ways. and the church stood for Canter-
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store to telephone his rewrite man at
the Courant office. Jerry waited on the
curb. his eyes staring about him Curl
ously and his mind full of bitterness
a breakdown of republican govern
ment at its very source. He recalled
some polished sentences in a speech of
Woodrow Wilson's describing the adop-
ton of the Virginia bill of rights. when
| from cabin and mansion the colony over
dignified planter had marched out to
| register in peace. dignity End order the
will of the sovereign citizens Of a
sovereign State: he thought Of that.
and then he thought of this that he was
witnessing.
"Why. It's no more than feud be-
tween two mots." he decided. and just
behavior Of three or four young men
Of the hoodlum type These men came
out of an alley. hurried diagonally
| across Sixth street paused with furtive
looks about them, then dived into the
door of rickety ramshackle house. a
few yards back from the corner of De
Lancey street.
these young men had been peculiar. and
that. before entering the house. they had
been signaled to by man on the"corner.
The man turned and Jerry recognized
Maldono.
Robinson didn't get Maldono after
ALL" was Jerry's first thought, while be-
fore his eyes was reeled off the picture
of more young men hurrying out Of the
alley. some in groups and some singly.
but all taking their trail diagonally
across the street in the same furtive way
and disappearing In the doorway of the
same ramshackle house.
Kind of queer this" remarked Jerry,
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fCopyri0ht. 1918. By Public Ledger Co.

fCopyri0ht, 1918. By Public Ledger COZ
CHAPTER NI-(COntinuedD
WHEN | eventually reached the table.
w land which forms it's top I was at
an altitude from which. truly enough. a
long stretch of coast line could be seen
To the west was Folkestone on its hills
and beyond a huge curve of bay with
Sandgate and Hythe and beyond their
again Dymchurch. and creeping into
view like a cloudy. low wall thrust far
out to sea lay Dungeness. smudge or
the far horizon. Enamored with the
panoramic display. I lay down on the
mediately below me was the railway
that connected Dover and Folkestone
running under the white chalk cliffs
Further inland the long range of Ct NJ.
fiat green fields, studded here and there
with houses and trees. the hinterland OF
Folkestone and Sandgate.
Due south the French coast was clear
iy visible. more visible indeed than the
filmy gray streak that was Dungeness,
and l thought | could pick out the high
point Of Cape Gris-nez. Indeed, it was.
In fact. much nearer. and so as looked
out over that water that seems so narrow
whenever the French coast Is visible.
fell to thinking of what immense value
the channel Is in the defenses OF Eng.
land. Narrow as il was. 1t had not been
too narrow. And ] mused on the last at
tempt that had been made and saw in
my minds eye that familiar figure In the
cooked hat. the green coat. the top boots
and white kerseymere breeches, the Little
Corporal Of Corsica sIanding above Bou-
logne. with a vast encamped army be-
hind him, his dark saturnine eyes turned
gloomily seaward. Napoleon as Bouri-
enne. his biographer. tells us. was no
sailor arc hated the sea. Well. that was
likely enough. but as l lay there and
looked over the silver strip ] seemed To
understand that his hate might spring
from another cause than want OF sea
manship.
BY a rough zigzag path made my
way down. and came into the broken
stretch OF seashore, all hummocks and
brambles and gorse. that extends right
up to Folkestone, and Is called the War
rem. 1t Is a quaint wilderness of little
hills, well above sea level, and yet well
sheltered from the cold wind Of the east
and the north. and, with the springy
grass mighty pleasant to walk on. After
I had traversed a mile SO. l came on an
old Martello tower standing on sloping
bank, and there l rested for while
BY and by man came wandering up
and we fell into talk. He was, he in
formed me. engaged in making col
lection of wild flowers, for which that
place was famed This foreshore was a
great hunting ground also for rare in
sects, especially for grasshoppers. many
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as Rissman came out. That house up
there has just filled UP with a bunch of
toughs that look like mischief. Does
some Carey supporter live there?"
Having In mind what he had seen last
night. Jerry could easily imagine another
bloody raid in progress.
Don't know" confessed Rissman
"YOnder comes Carey now and Assistant
District Attorney Maurer is with him."
The two men passed the house in
which the supposed gangsters had dis
appeared and rounded the corner Of De
Lancey street.
Lets follow EN-" said Rissman.
They're going to the polls there. Might
be something doing"
than dignified, but the two men were al
ready cut off from view by the project
ing wall Of the playground before a pub
ner
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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in the conference. Every one seemed
suddenly willing to be reasonable
We'll. 7 like Birds" he said, but
the Government is urging us to grow
every bit of food we can this year. and
I'm trying to do it, The Birds eat
so much fruit and berries and grain
and green stuffs that thought it
would be unpatriotic to let them waste
it. That's why had the agent put up
those new.fansled Scarecrows. and
that's why l shot at the Birds that
wouldn't stay away 1t was to pro-
tect food so our soldiers could have it,"
That's Mr.. Dalton's side Of it," said
Peggy to the Birds. Now what have
you to say?" At once a whole crowd
of Birds fiuttered to the front, each
trying to tell his story. Peggy had
to bring them to order.
One at a time" she cried. MIR.
Swallow. you're first"
You bet | am" shrilled MIR. Swal-
low pugnaciously. 81 used to live in
Mr.. Dalton's barn and paid my rent
many times over by catching thou
sands and thousands of beetles that
were trying to eat up his garden. Now
that he has bounced the Birds out, the
Beetles are growing fat and Mr.. Dali
ton Is growing poor. So am !"
Mr.. Goldfiinch came forward shyly!
IL had home in the hedge" he sang
the fields Of myriads of insects and,
besides that. l cleared away the this
ties, burdocks and other weeds"
"And I kept the ants from spreading
everywhere" said Mr.. Thrush.
1--WE killed just millions of bugs and
caterpillars that were attacking his
fruit trees" twittered Bob Olink
i've eaten spiders, worms and in.
sects." declared Blue Bird.
"Ire paid for the cherries I've
eaten hundred times over by dig.
ging up cutworms," boasted Robin
Redbreast.
Last year I saved him from the
White Grubs. | eat grasshoppers and
everything" cried killdeer.
''The Night Birds work at night"
hooted Judge Owl. Field mice,
grasshoppers and other destroyers are
among our prey"
I'm Bob White. Bob White!" whis-
tied a Quail. IL kill beetles, bugs,
weevlls. moths. locusts and worms, be-
sides eating the seeds of weeds"
Maybe I've been hasty!" cried
Farmer Dalton. II didn't realize YOU
Birds did SO much for me. II I wei.
come you back to my farm will you
promise not to touch the crops?"
I'VE will be too busy eating the food
Huns to touch the crops" shouted
the Birds.
iHcIi we VIII make treaty, said
Farmer Dalton. "Ill throw open INV
farm to you and
Suddenly he was interrupted by a
rough clamor. Blue Jay and a flock
OF bcisterous young Jays. all fudely
clattering, burst into the council hall.
"Whe-e-e.e! We've been having a
rip.roaring time in Farmer Dalton's
orchard and garden" screamed Blue
Jay. not noticing the presence Of
Peggy and the other humans. I'VE
ate all we could and ripped to pieces
what we couldn't eat! Whe-e-e.e. It
was fun"
Peggy jumped to her feet in dismay.
Farmer Dalton had gone white with
anger.
There, you see!" he shouted. They
rob me and boast of 1t! They ruin
the food of Americas soldiers and
laugh over it! Huns! Huns! Huns!"
(TOmorroW IL tDiH be told ho,psthe
Jays are punished,)
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! rare species of which were fairly com.
mon in that place He had friend who
| made the collection the work OF his life
but he himself was getting old. and pre-
ferred to collect something that did not
run away from him.
Another acquaintance of his a young
bank clerk. was an authority on sea-
shells of which there were many in the
neighborhood--even fossil shells were
to be found frequently there: A very in
teresting pursuit. he was informed. was
the collecting of sea-shells. conchology,
the young man called it. but as 1t in
volved the risk of damp feet, and so on.
he himself Glove to his flowers. Selecting
a yellow one from the bunch In his hand.
he showed 1t to me as being one which
in my character OF clergyman ought to
be of special interest to me. the tansy
he called 1t. The name he said was from
Could I write down In his note book
what the Greek word was? Here was an
unexpected stroke at my disguise Hith-
erto had not had the slightest difficulty
in maintaining my assumed character A
connected story to account for myself I
had of course prepared, but I had not
gone the length of acquiring knowledge
Of the Greek language as a proof Of my
bona fdes. 1t was truly amusing that the
one person. Joseph Dewinski excepted
disguise should be a silly. @old-young
man who collected wild flowers.
knew no iFeek. Dut tnen ne1tnef
did the man himself! So out OF my re-
membrance OF the appearance Of Greek
characters ! constructed word which
assured him. was tine one desired
After looking at it with interest and
contentment he was profuse in his
thanks lifted his hat, and went on his
flowery way. Dear peaceful England
should have liked to pluck at his
sleeve, and at that of the collector of
ants and grasshoppers. and at that of
the young bank clerk who was an au-
thority on shells. and have pointed out
that Martello tower TO them which stood
In the midst of their innocent preoc-
cupa tions. and yet told them nothing of
, their forefathers' fear hundred years
ago.
So thought. as I turned over the
pages of guide-book to the coast
of Kent that ! had procured. And ther
I came on this passage, which showed
me that others. whose occupations were
M; so futile. could be no less futile
| In their outlook This was the passage
and its reference Is to the very coast
| Gefenses had that morning passed:
THE future perhaps will let all the
Notifications go to ruin. being able a,
Hague and other courts, to settle its
rational quarrels quite AS easily as mer
law courts" cThe Kent Coast b,
A. D. Lucas. p. 276. Fisher Unwin)
There is faulty If you live! quite
as easily? Surely not! An individua
| has TO accept the decision Of the Law
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bury and away beyond. the stone was
really an oyster, and stood for Whit
other landing with which Il" would
there link up. Beyond the railway line
was the high semicircle Of the downs,
which would form an inner camp and
million men easy and safe. At ali events
that Is how it struck me. though / knew,
of course: nothing of military operations.
Next ! turned my attention on the
drawing. It was long before ! could
make anything of them. and in the end
[ was doubtful However. what I
seemed to make out was this: the draw
indicated place. There was the repe-
tition of the two targets already used
as symbol for Hythe on account of
It's musketry school, to show me that.
and OF these could make nothing Then
there followed another drawing. and to
each OF these ! turned my thoughts
These were. as | made them out. draw
a pair of eyeglasses. Set together in a
list they at once. think. become sug-
gestive. ] was hot on the scent now
FAR too keen an9 excited to Inger where
OFT rapidly along the foreshore in the
direction Of Folkestone. anxious to ver-
ny my theory that there were in FOlke-
stone snd a ~ ~hairdresser' In Hythe a ieweler
tell me as much of little Eitel's secret
as any other three men in England,
though ! suspected / should not And
them to be men of English birth.
Well ] had a nice little surprise for
them once they, were found for j had
an idea as to how l might find them,
which ! put into practice when I en-
tered Folkestone. At the postoffice in
me Sandgate road ! got possession Of a
ton. proved to be well-arranged pub
lication, giving not only the inha hit a nj 9
in alphabetic order. hut also a classified
list OF trades and occupations. 1t also
did the same thing for the neighboring
Sandgate and Hythe. Turning its pages
l came on the list of hairdressers, There
were about forty classified as hairdress-
ers and perfumers.
Now If | found the street number of
number on the Eitel column / might he
certain ] had found my man. The num-
pers under what took to be Folkestone
on my paper were Is and 81. Was there
shop: In any street. at either of these
numbers. Yes, there was. This was the
entry:
Black F.. Is East Clin Steet.
There was no entry that gave 27 as an
address. so the second number must re-
fcation | tried the directory for a Sand
gate violinist who had shop In num-
ber Of some street l was right on the
Aim, r.. 8. Seabrook Road.
This was beyond the range of mere
coincidence and II did not need the fur
ther proof Of ascertaining that at Hythe
an opticlan and matchmaker assisted in
throwing dust In the national eyes while
he fitted glasses on the public nose:
Daubmann. Is West Parade.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
AUNT BESS'S TRUNK
Bv HERMiNE K. TRASK

"NEoTHER" "'
Wl Yes. Laura?'
well. you know. mother. Roy Rentou
is coming home for few days before
going over there
"Is he? That is very nice, indeed.
! said Mrs. Nelson.
Yes. IL is"
Then. hesitatingly. There is going to
be dance given in his honor DO you
trock? There are some very pretty pat.
terms In -----'s window that are very
reasonable in price,
Laura. you know would love to
But what?" impatiently from Laura
Why. there are the rent and the gas
bill due Saturday. her mother said
YEARLY. and you know the funds are
suitable in the trunk Aunt Bess left
you
..Oh. that trunk" snapped Laura an
grily., .,,'I wish Aunt Bess had never
mother and went to her room.
Laura's father had been a carpenter
and had kept his wife and daughter In
Gomfor,able circumstances. but when
pneumonia after a short illness. Mrs.
| Nelson was "A clever seamstress, and
by careful planning. and strict econ
and Laura They lived together in a a
small cottage. which. though humble.
| was neat and pretty and where Laura
entertained many friends for she was
very popular.
| Among the friends ..as Roy Benton
the only son of the village doctor He
had been her champion since early
childhood. CARRYING her books to and
from school, while in the grades. and
was always her escort to dances and
plays while they were in high school.S
u~ueu.. Sor,ow
After high school days. however. they
| began to drift apart. Roy left his home
town and went away to military
school and had not been home for four
her prettiest."
In her room Laura cried resentfuly
until her eyes were red and swollen.
Indeed. she did not wish to he seen by
Gained down she thought of how hard
her mother had worked for her. and de-
cided to take her advice and look
through Aunt Besss trunk.
| There were many dresses which prob
ably had been very fashionable in their
day. but there was nothing that was
suitable for evening wear At the very
bottom of the trunk. however. there
on the skirt. which was very full. were
exactly, ten two-inch ruffles.
herself. and I am going to try it on
About ten minutes later she ran into
the sitting room, where her mother sat
knitting an Oive-drab sweater. Her
cheeks were aglow with excitement. and.
| dressed in the dress of the nineteenth
century. she certainly looked like pic
ture.
Laura Nelson" gasped her mother.
Isn't 1t pretty. mother dear?"
Yes. Laura it is. That dress was
always very dear to Aunt Bess. She
had worn It the night before Robert
Kingston. her soldier sweetheart. went
| off to jon, the boys in blue in 1861. She
was to have married him but he fell at
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FOES OF THE EARMEE

|
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| hG Drus were gathereu IN the
council nail which Peggy first
| visited on the day she was crowned
Princess OF Birdland: There Peggy
guided Mr. Dalton. the Giant of the
| WOODS. and Billy Belgium.
Mr.. Dalton was puzzled and uneasy
as he looked over the great crowd of
Birds assembled there--some sitting on
the sloping grassy floor, some perchetI
on the surrounding bushes. some high
above in the trees The Giant knew
the Birds better than the farmer. but
even he was nervous, as he remem-
bered how he had waped war upon
them before Peggy tanned him, Billy
Belgiums eyes were glistening. He
was fairly bubbling over with delight
at being so close to- the feathered crea.
lures he had so long loved at dis.
| tance.
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r,,;ch iarnnr ,hnn,n ,hn, ~ ta,,
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had beor radroaJ | -, tba s;.. "s or sm ,,f
hs ,h, ,,o,,n,o1 i, ,nd .,'n.,a a., ca.
tho Rirds ~ snann s,,,,iia,,', s,r,',,,.
bar 40 heirg lilo a t,aatra Sha ,,,ri
,ha rthar h,,,,,n,, iii A.. S',,o,ia,.. anu
I,d,a 0n,, and ,hn i.a,i;,m p;rSs ,,.o,.
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will you tell the Birds why you haven't
made them welcome to your farm"
This seems fOolishness.' declared
the farmer. "They can't understand
me any more than | can understand
them
why, don't you know what they
are saying" asked Peggy in surprise
BLOW in his ear, Princess Peggy
That will let our talk in." This was
the advice of Mr.. Swallow. 1t seemed
silly. but Peggy did as he said and blew
vigorously. Mr.. Dalton ierked his head
away and shook it angrily. Then a
look of astonishment came over his
face.
why, can understand what they
say" he exclaimed.
Now will you present your case?
and smile. please" Peggy urged. Mr.
Dalton hesitated. then he did smile,
and 1t made wonderful difference