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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-04
SPEEDING UP SOLDIERS MAIL

SPEEDING UP SOLDIERS MAIL
The war department and the postoffice depart
ment are cooperating to the fullest in an endea-
vor TO eliminate all unnecessary delay IN the de-
livery of mail to our soldiers in France.
Captain Frank E. Frazier, U. S. A, assistant
director of the American expeditionary forces
postal service at Tours, France. has been sent
to the United States mission relative to
postal affairs, with authority to furnish lnfor-
nation heretofore, for military reasons with
held from the postal officials. The military
authorities found it necessary, in order to secure
prompt delivery of solders mail, to provide the
military postal officers in France with complete
information as to the location of troops. The
military postal officers at the central post office
in France have been afforded access to the card
index directory OF the Adjutant Generals depart
ment located in the same building; and on his
arrival in this country Captain Frazier furnish
ed, under seal of secrecy, to the postal officers
directory giving the location of troops in France
and record of those on the way.
Orders have been issued to send mail on every
boat destined to dock at any port in France or
ganized to receive mail This, and the adoption
of a scheme of designation for groups of unat-
tached men sent from the United States to
placement camps in France, which is recon-
mended by Captain Frazier will, it is believed,
go a long way toward expediting the delivery of
letters to soldiers.
The mail of more than fifty thousand of our
soldiers in France is delayed, and perhaps
not be delivered at all. The reason for this is
that letters for a greater number than fifty
thousand, in the aggregate, are improperly or in
adequately addressed.
Only in exceptional cases, does it take more
than three weeks for properly addressed letter
to reach soldier in France who is attached to
and organized unit of the army. Most of the mail
reaches its destination in less time than that
The great mass of letters to and from the
expeditionary forces go and come on schedule
time.
Every is taken in expediting the mail for
wounded men in hospitals The only delay in the
livery of such mail is that which is absolutely
>idable. A wounded man may be sent from
ital to another and even to several be-
ng permanent base hospital, and if
or two at each of the hospitals
asses in transit his mail will
: hospital long enough
-hould be but slightly
7pital long enough
be assigned to a
some further
the delay
uired to
COM
of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-04

Pay S1.OO Weekly-Clothins
for Men and Women-sui.s'
Dresses, Skirts, Waists, etc
Largest and oldest Credit House
Reasonable, Reliable and ooh'
IfidentiaI. Gentry Strickland eo7
rs South Palafox Street.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
"lf You'll Let Down the Bars, Mr.. Fox,
III Hit the Trail"

and I'll have weight arranged so that
it will always close itself if one. is care
less enough to ride Oh and leave 1t
open. | have 1t all worked out In my
alleged brain. shall do 1t right away
too. Aunt Marthy is rather nervous
about this gorge now. Every evening
she walks up here herself to make sDre
the bars are closed"
"You may as well make up your
mind to it." said Billy Louise irrele-
vanity in a tone o9 absolute certainty.
''Those calEes wee driven out of the
gorge That means stolen. You needn't
accuse any one in particular. | don't
suppose you could But they were
stolen"
Charlie frowned and glanced up spec
uIatively at the bluffs rim.
"Oh, your mountain sheep theory Is
no good" Billy Louise giggled. Il
doubt If lizard even would try to
leave the Cove over the bluff" which
certainly was n sweeping statement
when you consider a lizards habits.
"a mountain sheep couldn't anyway"
They're hummers to climb"
"But calves are not. Mr.. Fox. Not
like that. You know yourself they were
stolen. Why not admit it?"
would that do any gOod-brinG
them back?" he cOuntered, looking up
at her.
mo, but I do hate to see a person
deliberately shut his eyes in front of a
fact. We may as well admit to our
selves that there is a rustler in the
country. Then we can look out for
him."
Charles eyes had the troubled look.
81 hate to think that. Aunt Martha
insists that is what we are up against.
but"
"WeIl, she knows more about 1t than
you do, believe me- If you'll let down
the bars, Mr.. Fox, I'll hit the trail,
and IL I find out anything Ill let you
know at once"
When she rode over the bleak up
land she caught herself wishing that
she might talk the thing over with
ought to be done. But winter was CON-
ing, and she would drive her stock
down into the fields she had ready.
They would be safe there surely. Still.
she wished Ward would come. She
wanted to talk it over with man who
understood and who knew more about
such things than she did.
The fate of the four heifer calves be-
came permanently wrapped in the
blank fog of mystery. Billy Louise
watched for them when she rode out In
the hills and spent good deal Of time
heretofore given over to dreaming in
trying to solve the riddle of their dis
ppearance. Charlie Fox insisted upon
keeping to the theory that they had
merely strayed. Marthy grumbled
sometimes over the loss, and Ward
we'll. Ward did not put in an appear
ance again that fall or winter aud 81
lid not hear OF the incident
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
(To BE CoNTINUEDD
VELDT MARKS ITS JEWELLERS
Loneliness and Silence Affect Those
Doomed to Live in Plain OF
British South Africa.

Before the BOer war there was
saying current among the Beers OF
South Africa that you could always
recognize n man who had spent five
years on the veldt. This was saying
no less true then than now, for the
veldt is Il place Of great silence and
loneliness and 1t leaves its mark on
those who dwell in 1t.
The veldt is the great plain of what
Is now British South Africa, the limit
less, featureless stretch Of prairie dot
ted with knobs of hills that the Beers
call kopjes, pierced and gashed by
rain-washed guIIies that run their
twisting course from horizon to hOrt'
zon. The word "veldt" Is closely al
lied to the German word for "wOrld"
or universe" and the relationship Is
something more than mere cOinct-
dence. To the man standing In the
midst of this plain 1t seems to extend
in every direction to the OutermoSt
limits Of space.
The veIdt is without sound or color,
without striking features to catch the
eye. a days trek among low hills
covered with gray grass, plOds wear
lily through mile after mile of the same
hills, and ends In dry valley as like
the valley of the morning as one pea
is like another. After few days Of
this the traveller wonders If his prog
ress is not n mere Illusion, If he IS not
returning day after day to the same
spot.
Now and again the monotOny Is
broken by some veIdt farm, place of
exceeding loneliness for the eXiles who
till 1t. There will be farmhouse, a
barn. a kraal, well and few huts
for the kafiirs. To the railroad may
be a distance of anywhere from 20 to
20 miles. Half the year the roads are
impossible. The little community
must be sufficient unto itself. Life on
veldt farm is severe test Of the
inner resources of man or woman.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03

wide. white strip on the nose Of one
and white hind feet on the other; that
another was spotted on the hindquar-
tiers and that the fourth was white.
with large, red blotehes. She had
known cattle all her life. She would
know these IL she saw them anywhere.
She also discovered for herself that
they could not have broken out Of that
pasture and that the river bank was
impossible because Of high, thick bush
es and miry mud In the open spaces.
She had a sfght with Blue over these
latter places and demonstrated beyond
doubt that they were miry by getting
him In to the knees In spite Of his vio-
lent objections. They left deep tracks
behind them when they got out. The
calves had not gone investigating the
bank, for there was not a trace any
where, and the blum was absolutely
unscalable. Billy Louise herself would
have felt doubtful Of climbing out that
way. The gray rim rock stood straight
and high at the top, with never crew
ice, so far as she could see, and the
gorge was barred so that it was i'm
possible to go that way without lifting
heavy poles out of deep sockets and
sliding them TO one side.
"I've got an idea about gate here"
Charlie confided suddenly. There
won't be any more mysteries like this.
I'm going to fix a swinging gate In
place of these bars, Miss Louise. |
shall have 1t swing uphill like this,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03

unexpectedly and insistentiy for his
"tlme," and where would she find an
other man whom she could trust out
Of her sight? John Prlngle was slow,
and he was stupid and growled at poor
Phoebe till Billy Louise wanted to
shake him. but he was STEADY" and
that one virtue covers many q mans
faults and keeps him drawing wages
regularly.
Her mother had been more and more
inclined to worry as the hot weather
came on. Lately her anxiety over
small things had rather got upon the
nerves Of Billy Louise. She felt I'll
used and downhearted and as If moth
ing mattered much anyway. She pass
ed her cave with q mere glance and
scowl for the memories Of golden days
in her lonely childhood that clung
around 1t.
She was in this particularly dissatis-
fed mood when she rode out Of the
canyon at its upper end, where the
hills folded softly down into grassy
valleys where her cattle loved best to
Craze. Since the grass had started In
the spring she had kept her little herd
up here among the lower hills, and by
riding along the higher ridges every
day or so and turning back wander
ing animal now and then she had he'd
them in q comparatively small area,
where they would be easily gathered IN
the fall. A few head of Seabeck's sto,.k
had wandered in among hers and some
of Marthy's. And there was big roam
steer that bore the brand of Johnson
over on Snake river. Billy Louise
knew them all, as a housewife know 6
her flock of chickens, aIId If she missed
seeing certain leaders In the scattered
groups she rode until she found them
Two old cows and one big red steUl
that seemed always to have a follow
ing wore bells that tinkled pleasant
little sounds in the alder thicketS along
the creek as she passed by.
She rode up the long ridge which
gave her wide view of the surround
ing hills and stopped Blue, while she
stared moodily at the familiar, shadow
splotched expanse Of high piled ridges
with deep. green valleys and deeper
hued canyons between. She lovet
them, every one. But today they fail
ed to steep her senses in that deep con
tent with life which only the great out
doors can give to one who has learned
how satisfying is the draft and how
soothing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03

onions and fry the liver. When well
cooked on one side, turn, put the on
ions on top and finish cooking. Re-
move to hot platter, add little wa
ter to the fat in .he pan to make the
gravy, then pour It over the liver.
Hominy and Tomato.-Take two
cupfuls of homlny and combine with
well seasoned tomato, using cupful
seasoned with two tablespOOnfuls
each of fat and flour cooked together
and added with salt and pepper to the
tomato. Mix all together and bake
in u well buttered baking pan. cover
with buttered crumbs the last Of the
baking. Keep covered until the crumbs
are put on, then let them brown and
serve hot.
Vegetable Chowder.-Dice six slices
of fat bacon and cook it until brown.
add two onions sliced thin, and cook
until soft in the bacon fat. Combine
can of lima beans with four large pO-
tatoes cut in cubes, and quart Of
milk. Add the bacon and onions and
cook until the potatoes are done.
Thickep with two tablespoonfuls or
flour mixed with a little Of the cold
milk, add four and half teaspOOnfulS
of salt, a can of Okra and stir In n can
of tomatoes, adding a fourth of tea
spoonful Of soda as they come to the
boiling point.
Dried Beans With cream.-SOak a
half cupful of beams, any variety eX-
cept the navy, and cook in the same
water until tender. Season with salt
and pepper and sweet cream; two or
three tablespoonfuls will be sufllcieE:.
This is q most filling and nutrl-
tious dish good for n meatlesS meal.
Bean Loaf.-Take one cupful of lima
beans, soak over night and stew
until tender, put through a sieve and
season well with cream, salt and pep
per, with few dashes of red pepper.
add crumbs and form into loHF,
steam or reheat in the oven and Serve
piping hot.
Rice Cups With MarmaIadc.-.t' ~
In small cups sufficient rice (wPl!
cooked) to serve the family. Unmoid
brush with butter and put into hot
oven ten minutes to brown. Take
orange marmalade-freshly made is
better-Or heat glass of the hardened
marmalade and pour it rich and thick
over the rice cups. Serve with a Gus
tard, making a most delicious dessert
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03

lady," Ward hastily returned the mop
to its corner, rolled down his sleeves
and picked up his gloves. Then he
stepped outside and waited beside Billy
Louise. looking not In the least like Il
man who has just wiped a lot Of dishes
and scrubbed floor.
The nephew, striding along behind
Marthy and showing head and shOul-
ders above her, seemed not to resent
any little mlschance, such as muddy
water flirted upon him from a broom.
He grinned reminiscently as he came
up, shook hands with the two Of them
and did not let his glance dwell too
long or too often upon Billy Louise nor
too briefly upon Ward.
When Ward went to the stable after
Blue half an hour later Charlie Fox
went with him. His manner when they
we're alone was different, not SO exub-
erantly cheerful-more frank and prac-
tical.
Honest, 1t 6oored me completely to
see what that poor old woman has been
up against down here" he told Warren,
stutfing tobacco into a silver trimmed
briar pipe while Ward saddled Blue.
II don't know a deuce of lot about
this ranch game, bat IL that old lady
can put II across I guess l can wabble
along somehow. Too bad the old man
c..shed in just now. but Aunt Martha
as good as told me he WASH. much
force, so maybe l can play lone hand
here as easy as l could have done with
him."
Afterward, when Ward thought it
over, he remembered gratefully that
Charlie Fox had rcfrained from at
tempting any discussion of Billy Louise
or from asking any questions even re-
mOtely personal. He knew enough about
men to appreciate the tactful siIences
Of the stranger, and when Billy Louise
on the way home predicted that the
nephew was going to he n success Ward
did not feel like qualifying the verdic-.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
CHAPTER IIl-contInued.


"You saw mommle, of course. You
came from homer
mo, i did not. got as far as the
creek and saw Blues tracks coming
down, so / just sort Of trailed along,
seeing 1t was mommle's daughter felt
most like talking to-"
"Mommie's daughter" laughed a lit
tie and instinctively made q change In
the subject.
"Tve got to go in and wash the
Dishes" she said. stepping back from
him. "Of course Nothing was done IN
the cabin, and I've been doing a httle
housekeeping. l guess the dlshwater
Is hot by this tlme-if 1t hasn't all
boiled away"
Ward, as matter of course. tied his
horse to the fence and went into the
cabin with her. He also asked her to
stake him to a dish towel, which she
did after a good deal Of rummaging.
He stood with his hat ON the back Of
his head, u cigarette between his lips,
and wiped the dishes with much ap-
parent enjoyment. He objected strong
" to Billy Louises assertion that she
meant to rub the floor, but when he
found her quite obdurate he changed
his method without in the least degree
yielding his point. though for diplomat
ic reasons he appeared to yield.
He carried water from the creek and
filed the teakettle, the big iron pot and
both pals. Then, when Billy Louise
had turned her bac', upon him while
she looked in n dark corner for the
mop, he suddenly seized her under the
arms and lifted her upon the table, and
before she had finished her astJnished
Gaspings he caught up pail of water
and slOshed it upon the floor under her.
Then he grinned in his triumph.
Billy Louise gave squeal Of cOnster-
nation and then sat absolutely still,
staring round eyed through the door,
way. Ward stepped back-even his
composure was slightly jarred-and
twisted his lips amusedIy.
Hello" he said after few blank
seconds. "You missed some Of 1t. didn't
your His tone was mildly commiser.
ating. "Will you come in?"
Moo, thank you, don't believe l
will" The speaker looked in, however,
saw Billy Louise perched upon the ta-
bic and took off his hat. lie was well
plastered with dirty water that ran
down and left strehks of mud behind.
II must have got off the road" he said.
"I'm looking for Jason Meilkes ranch"
BILLY Louise tucked her feet farther
under her skirts and continued to stare
dumbly. Ward, glancng at her from
the corner Of his eyes, stepped Consid.
erately between her and the stranger
so that his broad shoulders quite hid
her from the mans curious stare.
you've struck the right place." he
said calmly. This is it." He picked
up another pail Of water and slOshed it
upon the wet floor to rinse off the mud.
"ls-nh-Mrs. Meilke in?" One could
not accuse the young man Of craning,
but he certainly lid try to get another
glimpse Of the person on the table and
failed because of Ward.
''She'S down in the meadow" Billy
Louise murmured.
"She's down in the meadow" Ward
repeated to the bespattered young man.
"yOu just go down past the stable and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
Crenes and Ponnees.

Crepe de chine, in spite of Its name,
does not come from China hut from
Japan, Italy and France. There are no
factories for making silk piece goods
in China. all the weaving being done
by hand. With the exception Of pom
gees, the products Of the Chinese looms
are not popular abrOadA except in
Oriental countries. being too heavy.
although the patterns are wonderfully
beautiful and the cOlorS exceedingly
rich.
The pOngees are woven in the homes
of the peasants. and as they come from
many looms no two pieces are ever ex-
actIy alike in weight, fineness. color
and texture. The Standings come from
the LIutang district, and the Nanshal
from the Nlghal district.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03


when very light the grated rind and
Juice Of one orange and one weIl-beaten
egg; then stir in alternating half q
cupful of milk and cupful and n quar-
ter of flour sifted with q teaspOOnfuI
of baking powder. Bake in two layer
cake pans in a quick oven for Is min
utes. For the filling heat n small cup
full of cream, add tablespoonful OF
gelatin that has been soaked in a table
spoonful of cold water for five minutes,
sweeten with tablespoonful of sugar
and flavor with the Juice and rind of
one orange; strain this into a bowl
placed in ice water and whip with IN
egg beater. adding when quite stiff u
cupful of whipped cream and half a
cupful of chopped hickory nuts; spread
this between the layers, heaping in n
small pyramid on top.
Frozen orange Pudding.--Prepare a
custard by using n pint Of milk, two
eggs and two tablespOonfuls Of sugar.
Remove from the heat and flavor with
the grated rind and Juice Of one Or
ange. While this Is cooling, peel two
oranges and remove all of the white
and seeds, talking the pulp In small
pieces, sprinkle literally with pow
dered sugar and let stand. To the cold
custard add half pint Of sweetened
whipped cream and turn at once into
the freezer, sdrring in when half fro
zen the prepared orange pulp and a
small cupful Of grated macaronl
crumbs; continue the freezing until
very stiff and then pack In melon
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
Write CHEEKY Letters.

One girl has a plan which has
worked out admirably. She neveF
writes any of her troubles to her peO-
pie. She decided when she started
out In life for herself that she would
never write Of her worries. If she
were In any real difficulty she would
use the telegraph. And she would use
1t only to solve problem which could
not be solved in any other way.
So far she G.s been able to work
out all her problems without writing
of her worries. She has never tele-
graphed, because she has found that
with earnest effort she has been able
to work out all of her own difficulties.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
CHAPTER w.
The Mystery Of the Missing.

w the Wolverine a month or so
later, tied his horse under the
shed and came up to the cabin as
though he knew of no better place In
all the world; when he greeted "mOm.
mie" as though she were something
precious in his sight and talked with
her about the things she was most in
tereSted In and actually made her feel
as If he were immensely interested nj.
so, Billy Louise simply could not help
admirlng him and liking him for his
frank good nature and his kindness.
She had never before met a man just
like Charlie Fox. though she had known
many who were what Ward once called
'parlor broke"
1t was not until Charlie was leaving
that he gave Billy Louise a hint that
his errand was not yet accomplished.
She walked down with him to where
his horse was tied and so gave him q
bloom against the dull brown of the
chance to speak what was In his mi:d.
You know, hate to mention LITTLE
worries before your mother" lie said.
'Those pathetic eyes of hers make NE
ashamed to bother her with thing
But l am worried. Miss Louise. ] came
over to ask you if you've seen anything
of four calves of ours. know you
ride a good deal through the hills.
They disappeared n week ago, and |
can't find any trace of them. I've been
looking all through the hills. but can't
locate them"
Billy Louise had not seen them. Ell.
ther. and she begged for particulars.
II don't see how they could get away
from your cove" she said. unless your
bars were down"
'The bars were all right. 1t was last
Friday, think. I'm not sure. They
were in the little meadow above the
house, you see. was away that night
and Aunt Martha is n little hard OF
hearing. She wouldn't hear anything
unless there were considerable noise
came home the next fOrenOon-I was
over to Seaback's-and the bars were
in place then. Aunt Martha had not
been up the gorge nor had any one
come to the ranch while | was gone
So you see. Miss Louise, here's n very
pretty mystery"
"YOu think they were driven of
don't you?" Billy Louise asked Ques
ton with the words and made a state
ment of it with her tone, which was a
trick of hers.
Charlie Fox shook his head, but his
eyes did not complete the denial. "AIiss
Louise, Id work every other theory tu
death before Id admit that possibility
don't know all OF my neighbOrs SC
very well, but should hesitate u long
long time"
1T needn't have been q neighbOr
There are lots of strange men passing
through the country. Did you look for
tracksT
81 did not. didn't want to admit
that possibility. l decline to admit II
now" The chin Of Charlie Fox squar
ed perceptibly. so that Billie Louise
caught n faint resemblance to HiarthS
in his face. 81 saw a man accused Of
} a theft once" he said. "The evidencI
was-Or seemed--absolutely unassaila
BILE. And afterward he was exOnerat
, ed completely. 1t was just a horrible
mistake, But he left school under |
, cloud. His life was ruined BY th'