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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-04-18


senoer Come In"
his car down the road again, and all
the devils of the night might follow.
He feared nothing.
But here again Milky planned too
fast. The servant who came out to
open the doors Of the motor had
brought message. His majesty de-
sires that the messenger come in."
was the bomb-shell which exploded In
Nikky's ears.
Milky hesitated. And then some Imp
Of recklessness in him prompted him
not to run away, but to see the thing
through. II was. after all. a chance
either way. These men beside the cur
were doubtless armed-one at least,
nearest him. was certainly one of
Karl's own secret agents. And, as
Milky paused, he was not certain. but
It seemed to him that the man took
step toward him.
"very well," said Milky. grumtling.
"But have had long ride. and cold
one. ! need Sleep"
Even tnen ne had faint hope thut
the others would precede him. and
that II would be possible to leap back
to the car, and escape. But. whether
by accident or design, the group closed
about him. Flight was out Of the ques-
tion.
A little high was Nlkky's head as
he went In. He. had done a stupid
thing now. ana he knew II. He should
have taken his letter and gone bnck
with 1t. But, fool or not. he was a
soldier. Danger made him calm.
The lodge was noisy. Loud talking.
the coming and going Of servants with
trays. the crackle of wood fres In
which whole logs were burning. and.
as Milky and his escort entered. the
roaring chorus Of hunting song Oiled
the ears.
Two OF the men nung OF their heavy
coats, and proceeded without ceremony
into the room whence the sounds v
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the matter pretty thoroughly. A yoa
know. I have had this on my mind Tor
some time. II 10 necessary to arrnngo
things before I-go."
The king. Of course. was neither
asking nor expecting sympathy from
her, but mentally. and somewhat grim
ly, he compared her unmoved face with
that Of his old friend and chancelfos,
only few nights before.
ut Is q regrettable fact" he went
on, "that must leave. as shall. sad
ly troubled country. But for that"
he paused. But for that, he peant.
he would gladly 60. He needed rest.
His spirit. still so alive, chafed daily
more and more against Its worn body.
He believed In another life. did the old
king. He wanted the hearty handclasp
Of his boy agnin. Evee the wife who
had married him against her will had
grown close to him In later years. He
needed her too. A little rest. then,
and after that new life. with those
who had gone ahead.
"A sadly troubled country" he ~
peated.
"All countries are troubled. We are
no worse than others"
"Perhaps not. But things are
changing. The old order Is changing.
The spirit Of unrest-I shall not live
to see It. You may, Annunciata. But
the day Is coming when all thrones
will totter. Like this one"
Now at last he had pierced her
armor. Like this onei"
THAT IL what I said. Rouse your.
self, Annunciata. Leave that little
boudoir Of yours, with Its accursed
clocks and Its heat and its fiub-dub-
berry, and see what is about youi Dis
contentl Revolutionl We are hardly
safe from day to day. Do you think
that what happened nine years ago
was fash that died ~ II camei Nom
sense. Read thisi"
He held out the paper and she put
on her pince-nex and read Its headings.
trifie disdainfully. But the next mo-
ment she rose. and stood In front Of
him, almost as pale as he was. ~You
allow this sort Of thing to bs pub
lishedf'
mo. But It Is published"
"And they dare to say things like
this? Why. it--lt is"
Exactly. II Is. undoubtedly" He
was very calm. II would not have
troubled you with II. But the sit.
uation Is bad. We are rather help
less"
"Not-the army. tool"
"What can we tell? These things
spread like fires. Nothing may hap
pen for years. On the other hand, to-
morrow
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CHAPTER vl-contInued.


The chancellor was in his old smok.
Ding coat and slippers. He made an
effort to don his tunic. but Hedwig.
on Mathilde's heels, caught him In the
act. And. after glance at her face.
he relinquished the Idea, bowed over
her hand, and drew UP chair for
her.
And that was how the chancellor of
the kingdom learned that Captain Lar
asch, aide-de-camp to his royal high
ness the crown prince, had disap-
peared.
81 am afraid It Is serious" she said.
watching him with wide. terrified eyes.
Il know more than you think do. L
we hear things. even in the palace"
Irony here, but unconscious. Il know
thnt there is trouble. And II Is not
aike Captain Larisch to desert his
post"
"A boyish escapade, highness." said
the chancellor. But, In the twilight,
he gripped hard at the arms Of his
chair. "He will turn up. very much
ASHAMED of himself. tonight or tomor-
row." Uf H 'ttl
THAT is what you want to believe.
You know better"
He leaned back in his chair and con-
adhered her from under his heavy
brows. Milky gone. perhaps to join
the others who, one by one. had felt
the steel Of the terrorists. And this
girl. on whom 90 much hung, sitting
there, figure Of young tragedy.
"Highness," he said at last. III the
worst has happened-and that I dc
mot believe-it will be because there
Is trouble, As you have said. Sooner
or later, we who love our country
must make sacrif1ces for II. Most Of
all. those in high places will be called
upon. And among them you may be
asked to help"
III What can do" But she
KNEW, and the chancellor saw that she
knew.
ut is Karl, thenf"
TT may be King Karl. Hedwig."
Hedwig rose. and the chancellor got
heavily to his feet. She was fighting
nor calmness, and she succeeded very
well. After all. II Milky were gone,
what did It matterf Only
'There are SO many Of you," she
said, rather pitifully. "And you are
all SO powerful. And against you there
ns only-me."
"Why against us, highness7"
"Becnuse," said Hedwig-"because
carc for some one else. and shall care
fer him all the rest of my life, even II
lhe never comes back. You may marry
nne to whom you please. but I shall 60
on caring. shall never forget. And
Y shall make Karl the worst wife In
the world. because I hate him."
She opened the door and went out
without ceremony. because she was
hard driven and on the edge Of tears
That night. the city was searched for
Milky Larisch. but without result.
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NIKKY FINDS HIMSELF IN A SERIOUS PREDlCAMENT AS
ARESULT OF HIS F00LlSHNESS.

eynopsIaThe william Otto
ten old taken the his tires the singing and
Bobby
Thorpe little night he
finds everything which
made for him. The night chancellor the
boys grandfather the old king who ILL., The chancellor
that Kingdom which threatened OF
the republic the friendship neghbong
kingdom
King that Lochek ladyinwang
Princess Annuna Hedws mother b love with King Karl
his Hedwg Hedwg
aid dsmayed when
Loschek
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HedwIo 10 offered - q sacrl-
nes to cave the tottsrine king.
dom. This act Incidentally sx-
trIeatss Milky from . desperate
situation. Read about these DE-
vslopmsnts In the next Install.
ment.
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lro BE coNrlNuEDa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARkEN HAIR
Common garden Sage and Sulphur makes
streaked, faded or gray hair dark
and youthful at once.

Almost everyone knows that sage Tea
and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded, streaked or gray.
Years ago the only way to get this mix
ture was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wveth S Sage and Sulphur
Compound. y You will get large bot
tie of this old-time recipe improved by
the addition of other ingredients, at very
little cost Everybody uses this prepa-
ration now, because no one can possibly
tell that you darkened your halr, as it
| does il so naturally and evenly. You
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your halr, taking
one small strand at time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two. your hair be
comes beautifully dark, thick and glossy
and You look years Younger. Nyeth :
Sage and Sulphur Compound is de
lightfnl toilet requisite. 1t IS not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-
ivention Of disease.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
DADDSEWNDl(
[A|RY TALL CT
~ MARY GPAHAM BONNER
TRIP FOR ANT THRUSHES.

Daddy had heard of curious fam
lily of birds that had been found and
put in the bird section of zoo. The
children naturally wanted to hear
about the queer old birds so they asked
Daddy to begin his story right away.
Dear me-" said Daddy. $50 I must
begin at once, must I? Well, / enjoy
telling stories to two little people who
seem TO want to hear them so much.
''Once upon time man was look
ing in far off lands for queer kinds of
birds-birds that were rare and Won
derful. The usual kinds he passed by
without noticing them at all. This
made some of them rather angry. But
when he passed before Mr.. Ant Thrush
and saw how strange he was, he stop
ped right off, and said:
"'Will you come and live in our land
in q big zoo where people and people
and people will stand before you every
day and say how wonderful you
are?'
and the ant thrush said he would
if ne could bring his wife along too
Mr.. Ant Thrush had just been mar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

Attorney General Gregory, in letter
to Congressman Currie, urges the
speedy enactment of laws dealing with
disloyalists. The espionage act was
not drawn as requested by the depart
ment of Justice, but under the provi-
sion to prevent obstruction of enlist
mcnts and recruiting more than $50 Of
tenders in different parts Of the coun-
try have been convicted, and in some
eases sentences of Is and % years i'm
prisonment have been inflicted. Con
grcss has taken no action ON the sa-
botacc bill, which was presented more
than year ago General Gregory also
urges the passage of the passport bill
which has the endorsement of the de
lpartmcnts of state, labor and justice
and of the officers Of the military and
naval intelligence service. Mr.. Greg
orv is well within his rights in demand
ing that the government have Law
with teeth in il to suppress industrial
treason and disloyal utteranccs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

ried, and when he marries in honor Of
the occasion his black feathers on
the top of his head turn into white.
soft, downy feathers-just like big,
full flower. He calls it his wedding
suit, and he wears it for some little
time. At no other time, but just when
he is getting married, does the ant
thrush wear such fine headdress.
Now Mr. Ant Thrush was about six
inches long and very graceful-he
wore a lovely slate-colored suit, and
his headdress would appear and dis
appear all the time. 1t made him look
very beautiful and at the same time
very strange.
'Mrs. Ant Thrush wore lovely
brown dress. But I must tell you
about their mouths-or rather their
beaks-for the man was SO delighted
with the usual way their beaks went
up in the air. They curved straight
up, and the man thought probably they
would always have to stand on Their
heads when they ate or drank. But
as they looked very well fed, he didn't
worry about that.
"Let's be starting, then said the
man. we have very long trip be
/ fore us and you want to take it slow
~ so you will not look all tired on
when you arrive
| 1.-THE ant thrushes thought it was
perfectly splendid to be taken sucl
care of. They loved being thought 81
rare and wonderful.
''But suddenly it dawned on Mrs
Ant Thrust that she was leaving al
her family behind, and while she wa
very devoted to Mr.. Ant Thrush, sh
thought it would be lonely withou
some Of her sisters and brothers an
cousins.
"She began to cry quite hard, an
the man hadn't any idea what the trol
BILE could be.
"Even in the far off lands thougl
:, there are little fairies always aroun
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

Secretary McAdoo's plea that the
states bear lightly upon the railroads
for taxation during the first period OF
government control emphasizes one fact
in connection with government control
which it win I've desirable to keep in
mind. Federal property, such as post
office buildings, customs houses, mill
tary reservations, forest reserves and
the like, are not subject to state and
local taxation. Nor will the railroads
be taxable if the government ever takes
title to them. At present railroads
still belong to their stockholders. The
government is running them, that is
all, and they are still taxable to any
extent which local taxing boards think
proper. Those who advocate complete
government ownership will have this
problem of taxation to solve before
they can carry their plans into effect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
Little Benny's
= Note Book y
By LEE PAPE

Us fellows went Ground after Pubs
Simkins yestidday, and we rang the 1unt
bell and Pubs came to the door, saying,
Aw G., fellows. half to to stay in, | Went
and did sumthing and | half to stay in.
| tell you wat, fellows, Wy don't you all
yell for me rite outside the parler VIII
dows, and maybe wen my mother gets
tired Of heering You yelling maybe she
Will leeve me 90 ont maybe.
And he went in and shut the door and
us fellows stood underneath the parlcr
windows and started to yell. Q Puds, hay
Pubs, ooh hoo, ooh hoo, Pubs. And
then we WISHED a vile and then we yelled
another vile, and then We climbed up on
the celler windows and looked into the
parler to see if we Good see eny effect,
and Mrs. Simkins was setting in there
with her back to the window, hitting,
and Pubs saw US looking in and started
to make fearse faces at US to Keep on
yelling.
Wich we jumped down of Of the celler
windows and started to do. yelling, Hay,
| Pubs. coming out? @ Puds, Hay Pubs,
ooh hoo, ooh hoo, Pudzee, Pudzee, oohhoo.
! Wich the more we yelled the more
nuthin happened, and after vile we
/ climbed up on the celler windows and
looked in the parler agen, and wat was
Pubs doing but holding wool for his moth
er TO wind into a ball, and he saw II:
and started to make faces agen, meeninl
not to stop yelling, and his mother saw
him making faces and quick termed er
round aud saw US, and she got up ant
came over and pulled down both the win
dow shades, and us fellows decided i
wasent eny use and went away in diskus
and got up game Of primers base, an'
today wen Pubs saw MS he sed. Its
.. wonder you fellows wouldent of kepp OF
yelling last mite, ! bet if you wood 0
: yelled for another hour Id OF bin alowe'
ont.
, Proving if you try to 60 some peepl
| Il favor il ony makes them Unreasonable
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

F. H. Brooks Of st. Johnsbury has
been selected as chairman of com
mittee which will form a state organ
ization having for its object the ratif
cation by Vermont of the constitution
al amendment for national prohibition.
Our opinion is this: In principle pro
hibition has no part in the federal con
stitution. 1t is not constitutional sub
iect. Every state should have the
right to settle the question III its own
way Local option does this with the
towns and cities as the units instead
OF states. Here in Brattleboro we are
content to vote no-icense every year
and to let Bennington have license
We do this on the belief that the PEG
pie of Bennington know more about what
they want and know more about THEN
local conditions than we DO. In the
same way Vermont may want prohibi
ton, but it has 10 right TO make the
decision which ii wants for itself ap
ply to some other state hundreds o.
miles away which few Vermonters eve
visit. The country, however, is sicl
Of the liquor curse and the voting vii
not consider the techniealities of stat
rights and constitutionalitv. When on
legislature has a chance we expect tina
, Vermont Will strongly endorse the fed
eral amendment National prohibitio
would be blessing to the country, an
it is bound to come regardless o
the method in getting it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1918.

The name of Fred T. Austin, colonel
to be brigadier general, appears in the
list of promotions announced by Presi-
dent Wilson. We presume that the
new general is our old friend from
Mortified Vermont, who was drum
major of the Brattleboro band of more
than 90 years ago which headed the
marches of the First Vermont regiment.
Gen. Austin is a Norwich university
man. who served in Massachusetts
regiment in the Spanish-American wal
and later went 20 the Philippines. He has
been an officer in the regular army
many years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

Mrs. Cora G.. Lewis of Kansas has
been speaking for the third Liberty
loan through Iowa. AT a meeting at
Burlington. Ia, the other night Mrs
Lewis, who has given her only son to
the service, said: ''The boys are at
the front or in the camps. Theirs is
the hard fight. They will fight in
rain, slcet, mud and blood. What are
you going TO do? Is it fair that your
son or my son should be conscripted
and leave your money in the bank?
Wiping the kaiser off the face of the
earth and dismcmbcring his army is
an enterprise in which we should all
bc stockholders. The methers give
much when they give their sons, but
do not pity such mothers. Save yom
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
The MeddLer
~ he coat ft, you. put Il on"

1t isn't throwing any undeserved
bouquet at Road Commissioner Wal
lace to say that he had a considerable
part in bringing about the reduction of
the village debt during the past year
Although not officially connected with
the village Mr.. Wallace evidently was
quick to appreciate the advantage of
making use of the village fire horses on
town work whenever possible, and the
result was an income to the village of
approximately 81 900 from this source
as compared with about $500 the year
before. This saving is indicative OF
the efficiency that might be brought
about through still closer cooperation
between town and village governments
pending the time when we shall de
eide to do away with the double barre
system entirely and put the entir'
municipal machinery under the contro
of one lever.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

10 see what they can 90, and they
to the man:
"Mrs. Ant Thrush wants some of
her nearest cousins and relatives to
go along too. Now she is sorry she
has said she will go because she thinks
she will be so lonely
'"That pleased the man more than
very fine to have a whole family OF
rare birds with him, and he at once
invited Mrs. Ant Thrush to ask any
of her family she wanted, so there
was great rejoicing all around and a
whole family of ant thrushes went
to the new land to be admired.
Later on, as you can imagine, many
Of the handsome Miss Ant Thrushes
and the beautiful Mr. Ant Thrushes
married and when they did every single
Mr.. Ant Thrush wore his wedding suit
of soft white downy feathers.
"Of course. we wouldn't call it a
suit-for only his black feathers at
the top OF his head would change into
white but every Mr.. Ant Thrust con
sidered that such marvellous ant
wonderful change was worth calling
| by fine name in honor of fine oc
| casion, and in truth such change
| does deserve the fine and honorable
name of a wedding suit.
| "And everyone in the new land t
which they came said they though
they were the most curious family o
/ birds ever seen or ever heard of! AM
every ant thrush was glad and prou
to belong to such a family!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co, C.
W. Cleaveland. S l. Purinton (Estey-
ville). Brooks House Pharmacy, Allen 5
Depot Newsstand. Mrs. d. F. Doyle
South Main Street.
West 8ratteboro, ] L. Stockwen
East Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney. NJ. G.. Williams
Newfane, n. NJ Batchelder
Townshend, c. w Cutler
West Townshend, C H. Grout
jamaica, Il. j Daggett
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler
South Vernon, +. Il Puffum
Northfied, Mass, Thompson Bros
West Chesterfield, NJ. r., Mrs W
Streeter
Hinsdale. N. H., w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, Depot Restaurant
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
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TO The SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and il solicits the
cooperation of subscribers TO that end.
Prompt reports should be given OF each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person,
hN telephone or postal card. thus enabling
the cause Of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can
SECURE the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
Water in Cistern.

Harry" said mother to her little
son. II wish you would run out and
look into the cistern and see whether
there is only water in it." A few min
utes later the little fellow came back
md reported. Its full on the bottom
Gamma, but there amt any on ton
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in America 8
Fighting Service.

4 fruitless but daring attempt to res
cue a man under the most untavorable
conditions was recently made by William
r. Ransford, seaman Of the National
Naval Volunteers, and Allen J. jackson,
wardroom cook The man lost was a
seaman named w. A. Wells. He slipped
and fell overheard from the forward tur-
ret of the U. 5. s. Iowa. 1t was cold
weather and the water was full OF toat-
ing ice Nevertheless Ransford and Jack
son went overheard after the man, but
were too late to save him from drown
ing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

pity for the mothers of slac kers. They
are the ones who need your pity.
Here is something to think about. The
mother of the boy who steps forward
quickly in his patriotic fervor, ready
to give his services and perhaps his
life for the great cause, has reason to
be proud of her offspring. But the
mother of the Stacker?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
A Brave Man.

If there be one thing upor this earth
which mankind loves and admWes
better than another, it is "A brave man
it is man who dares lool, the dew
in the face and tell him he Is devil
Garfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19

Contents Of camp swill-tubs IN I'm,
gland have produced sufficient giscerine1
to provide explosive for 1S,Wo,ooo lo-pound
shells From the same source the taiio"
is recovered to supply all the soap re-
CURED by the government, the army ana
the navy. There is also a surplus valued
at S5,O00.O00 so far for the use Of the
public
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-19
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The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled TO the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to il and not
otherwise credited in this paper and also
the local news Published herein.