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CHAPTER V
The Giant ADpeurs

iPc00p, seeking tO free Lonesome
Bear from gang OF trdmps, is her
sell captUreu. she is rescued bU
Billy Bclgimm and the birds. Lone
= some Bear gires Tags: one Of the
tram pS, a painful hugging and then
plun0es ,oith him into the rirerJ
ssrrNHAT'S enough" cried Peggy. as
i Lonesome Bear duckcd the tramp
the fifth time.
''Oh. I'm finished. I'm finished"
sputtered Tags, staggering ashore when
Lonesome Bear reluctantly let him go.
mo, you've just begun" laughed
Peggy. you've got a lot of dirt on,
but you'll have to take bath DAY
for month before youll be finished" :"
II sentence him to take two baths
day chuckled Judge Owl who, with
King Fisher. had hopped out on a limb
overhanging the river. SO that he could
better enjoy the show. The Judge was
wearing the dark goggles which Peggy
had given him at the time Of the Birds
Harvest Party, and looked like funny
paper cartoon as he gurgled and gisgled.
Tags glanced angrily at Judge Owl.
He couldn't understand bird talk, and
didn't know what the Judge was saying,
but he could understand the hooting
laugh that followed.
Angry over the washing he had been
given and afraid to take his temper out
on Lonesome bear, rags suuueI'lH
stooped and picked up a large muddy
sod. This he threw right at Judge owl,
hitting him full in the face and knock
ing him head over heels off the tree
into the river. Judge Owl was so
astonished that he let out loud squawk
that ended in a gulp as his head went
under, the water. He was SO funny that
he couldn't sink and his head bobbed
quickly up again.
My glasses. oh. my glasses are
gone" he shrieked. Sure enough, his
precious goggles had disappeared Quick
as a. flash King Fisher dived into the
stream. When he came up a fish was
struggling in his talons. And; in the
fish's mouth were Judge Owls precious
goggles. Judge Owl grabbed them in a
hurry and King Fisher gobbled the fish.
MY, isn't that a funny fish story!
exclaimed Peggy. Who will believe me
when ! tell it?''
The other four tramps had enjoyed
the ducking of Tags as much as the
Birds had
win some one please introduce us t.
this strange, clean gentleman" jibed
Laughing Jake, as Tags scrambled W
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7AMLY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING

and no one knew to whom the half.
ruined Schoss belonged. but each month
money had arrived from Germany. and
SO she and Wilhelm Strohmeyer, her
man. and two other servants under or
ders from Germany had remained. She
had lived here almost all her life The
people In the village a mile away were
the nearest human folk, and Baron Neu-
deck had not endeared himself to them.
for once he had beaten a farmer who
had questioned the excellency's right to
shoot upon his land. And SO the country
people passed aside and did not venture
up the mountain road. which indeed had
become overgrown with verdure. And
for their part the servants were conten,
to stay alone. " was very auisS. nut as
Marishka listened calmly, trying to
weave the complete story and Captain
Goritzs part in it. Whether Schloss
the German Government--and 1t seemed
probable that II would have been confis-
Gated upon the discovery Of Baron Neu.
decks treachery--the fact was clear that
ter. She had not dared to wonder what
was still in store for her at the hands OF
Captain GoritZ and had lived from day
to day in the hope that something might
ment and mastyrdom She heard moth.
ing from the outside. and Ena. who had
long ago given up the world, was in no
position to inform her.
But as she gained her strength
Marishka knew that she could not longer
deny herself to Captain Goritz. The
mirror showed her that her face. while
thin and wan. was still coSnely. Wis
dom warned her that. however much she
loathed the man. every hope OF liberty
hung upon his favor. And so she gained
courage to look about her and to plan
some means of outwitting him or some
mode of escape from durance. The lat
ter alternative seemed hopeless. for 1t
seemed that the castle was built upon a
lonely crag. its heavy walls. which
dated from feudal times. imbedded in the
solid rock From her bedroom window,
itous cliffs. which fell sheer and straight
to the rocky bed of the stream which
rushed through the ravine 200 meters
below. But there would be other modes
of egress. and SO. feeling that her
strength was not equal to the task. she
determined to go forth, and test the cor
don which constrained her. One morn
ing. therefore. she called Ena's atten-
tion to her pallid face and suggested the
sunlight of the garden as a means OF
restoration. The woman was delighted,
| and attired Sn a costume of soft silk
convalescence from some posthumous
finery that Ena had discovered. Ma
rishka walked forth of her room down Va
stone stairway into the great hall of the
castle and so into the ancient courtyard
| who're the flower garden was.
She had expected Captain Goritz 10
Join her. and in this surmise she was
armful of blossoms which she sent to
her room by Ena, when the German
appeared She heard his voice behind
her. even before she had summoned
courage for the interview.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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TRENCH TALK

Continued From .ycsterdap)
MESS KIT. Every soldier is sup
piled with an aluminium frying
pan. with folding. handle, which
locks similar dish on the pan as
fork and spoon. and this outfit in
canvas bag, together with the
army tin cup, make up what is
known as the soldiers mess kit
with it, he can cook himself. from
his emergency ations. n very ac-
ccptable meal wherever he may
happen to be. -.
NENWERFER. The G. German
name for trench mortar. a short
gun of sometimes large caliber
which is equipped to throw heavy
trench into the enemy's trenches.
MITKAILLEUsE. A kind of ma
MULE SKINNER. The soldiers
name for teamster..
MUNITION DUMP. In order to
have an ample supply of shells on
hand. 1t is customary to bring up
huge numbers of high-explosive
and shrapnel shells and pile them
somewhere near the artillery.
This. dump then becomes a target
for the enemy's guns and airplanes,
which endeavor to drop bomb on
the .du,pp, which will explode the
whole.
M STARD GAS. A variety which
the Huns take great delight In
sending over against the Allied
lines. It smells like mustard and
makes the eyes water.
NO MANS LAND. The strip of ter
rtory lying between the hostile
trenches. which no man owns and
no man wants. It is populated
chiefly by shell holes and barbed
wire.
NOsE-DIyE. An airplane maneuver
in which the pilot points the nose
Of his machine downward and
dives at his adversary with full
engine power on and firing his ma
chine gun as he falls. Machines
have been known to attain a speed
OF more than 200 miles an hour In
this maneuver.
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we're out. and what in the devil are you
going to do about it,"
Walsh had now been REINFORCED by
Norton and ten American soldiers. who
had come forth from the dugout. One
Of the boches treacherousy fired shot
pointblank at Walsh. but the shot graze6
the right ear of the sergeant and buried
itself harmlessLy in sandbag.
That quick cowardly shot was just
the thing needed to warm good honest
American blood to the boiling point. and
the Yankees pitched into their foes. hn-
mindful of the fact that they were out
numbered three to one.
Walsh had double incentive for
putting the best i'm him into that fight,
for in his bosom was concealed the log
book of his company. He knew the
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THE DALI Y NOVELETTE,
ssIIow very tempting you look, fifty
IL ffty'r,
A Member Of the Home Reserves
By Ethel NJ. Farmer

"How very tempting you look fifty
IL Hfty'r
Eleanor Chase addressed this remark
to the steaming loaves of dark bread as
she carefully removed them from the
oven Then very critically she surveyed
the results of her mornings labor-three
ans a9ps pen nasn pad
ding. besides the three loaves OF oat-
meal bread.
az certainly have made the sub
stitrtes s., work to sdysntase THIS hsssrws mora
little rest in the cool hammock out under
the trees !"
Eleapor did not realize that she was
tired. but only knew that the soft, roomy
hammock was a decided contrast to the
hot kitchen. where she had spent
morning wondering and planning over
her cooking. Her eyes rested longingly
on ths service flag" that that was was flying
oh. dear" she sighed, 81 wish that
could do something. wish that J were
Joan of Arc. or Florence Nightingale,
or my brother
The gallopng of a horse broke the
stiffness around her. II came nearer and
nearer until a beautiful white horse and
rider appeared in view. The rider was
woman clad In heavy. shining arrnor,
who seemed to be a part of the great
horse as he galloped along with the wind
Beauty and courage. were pronounced
in every feature of her calm face and in
every movement of her slender body:
Horse and rider stopped before the girl
In the hammock.
With surprise and admiration Eleanor
gazed at the rider, Joan of Arc' she
half whispered.
The woman caught the whisper and
smiled.
Yes. l am the Joan of Arc of today"
What do you mean?" Eleanor asked.
II mean that | am trying to do as
much for our country as she did for
every woman in the country in the
army. DO you want to join?'
OF course. but how
The rider patted the smooth neck Of
| the now prancing horse while she an
swered the questioner.
>. The same old story. but hard one.
II we will conserve the food. our boys
will gladly fight to the end =,
Eleanor's face lighted. ~ already be-
long to that army. but will fight harder
| than ever.'
The rider smiled as the horse galloped
away in the distance.
| No sooner had they disappeared than
a tall, white-clad nurse stood in their
place. The soft. white costume with the
Red Cross emblem on the arm and cap
seemed very suitable for this hand
! some woman with pleasant eyes.
| II am Florence Nightingale and /
heard your wish,' she said
| Eleanors eyes frightened
81 am so glad; ! want to really dc
something. | wish that | could nurse =
You can do something" the stranger
answered. We cannot all be nurses
any more than we can all fight bu,
those who can. and are over there. car
do little without money. You can helr
moro than you think by helping to ssr-
ply their needs 1t is big job and takes
strong women to do il :"
Before Eleanor could thank this brave
woman she had disappeared. and a sol.
;lier stood in her place. The once trim
uniform was torn and muddy, but his
shoulders were straight and his hand
some head erect. In his eyes there was
a new look--a look of manhood and vic.
tory
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the bank MY, isn't he the swell aris-
tocrat, being given his evening bath by
his valet"
But Laughing Jake's jokes quickly
gave place to howls as Lonesome Bear
abruptly grabbed him and went rolling
over the river bank They pumped
into the water, and Laughing Jake got
just as thorough a bath as Tags had,
yelling like spoiled child all the while
Lonesome Bear next went after Rag
gedy Jim, but the young tramp fooled
him by. running to the river and neatly
diving In.
I'm take my own bath, you tend to
the other fellows" he shouted as h..
came to the surface and briskly rubbed
his face. Lonesome Bear went after
Hal the Fat and BERTHE the Boozer, but
they lodged him, finally wading into the
river to escape him. There they
scrubbed and scrubbed, though they
didn't like 1t a bit
When the tramps very damp but
much cleaner. lined up on the bank
again, Peggy gazed at them critically.
You look much better" she said III
l hadn't seen you before your bath I'd
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Eleanor looked with surprise and JOY
into the face Of her brother.
Dan " she cried.
He sat. down beside her in the ham
mock and they both looked at the serv-
ice flag"
so. you want star in that?" he ask
ed at last
| She nodded assent
Well little sister. ] heard your wish.
! know how you feel but you have a
big business 10 do here. We will gladly
do , the fighting II you can keep things things
on the home news and do not forget us
and we will do the rest ~
She put out her hand 10 smooth his
torn coat, but he was not there! she
was alone in the hammock Her cries
! of Dan DAM were frutless.
With. cry she jumped to her feet
and rubbed her eyes. II had all been
real dream that she could not forget it.
Slowly she went into the kitchen and
again surveyed her cooking.
Next time those things vii! be darker
to ssr ser ssr hfd rde
When she discovered the letters to her
brother still lying unmailed on the pol
ished parlor table she Immediately start
ed for the little village postoff1ce. =,
81 wonder what I can do to really
help?" she asked herself. as she wan
dered along the quiet road.
Then her, face flushed with guilty
r Teu. 1Or SHe trOuBHt tho ioquSSe
which she had refused that very morn
ing. Unconsciously her steps quickened.
II simply, cannot DO that" she tried
to assure herself. why can't some
one else do It? Now there is Dorothy
and Bernice and oh. well, plenty of
others who have more time than l.
really can't" she ended feebly.
The white-clad nurse seemed to be
looking at her accusingly and saying
Remember 1t Is money that they need
and every one must help
Eleanor deposited the letters In the
little office and went on up the road
Now her face was flushed with de.
termination and her step was resolute
For a moment she hesitated before a
beautiful residence then she went W
the pretty driveway and broad stone
steps.
A stout yet very energetic man. an
swered the quick ring OF the doorbell
When he saw the caller there his fa
face lighted up with smile.
Hello, Eleanor" he shouted, cheer
fully. 80 you have decided to be chair
man of the canvassers for War Saw
ings Stamps for the town."
"Yes, If you still want me- she an
swered.
Want you? I guess we do, Why W,
you Want you? Why don't you know
that every one voted for you? You arc
very popular, my giri.'
Eleanor smiled as the man continued
to give her praises, for the dream peo.
pie all seemed to say together, Good
for you. Eleanor. ~
TOmOrro,C's Complete Norelctte--
CAMOUFLAGE."
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abuse by the Allies If they are captured.
One of the prisoners who was sent TO the
hospital because of wounds Wouldn't
eat any food until it first had been tast-
ed by nurse. He was certain that
poison had been placed in his chow.
A map found on one of the Germans
pare their raids. The map showed every
machine gun emplacement. every trench
and every depression in the ground with
in the American lines.
That raid made us so mad that We de-
"'ded to strike back at the Huns and we
did few days later.
(TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW
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the wreckage with hell a-poppin' an
around him. and kept his piece going
until the order came to cease firing,
talked with Some OF the German
prisoners taken by our boys, and 1t was
truly amazing to discover how they have
been buncoed by the military leaders OF
Germany. We couldn't make, those
prisoners believe we were Americans.
They thought that we were Canadians
and English dressed up to look like
ranks. One of them told us that New
York had been captured many months
before by the German fleet. and that ev-
cry transport that had left the States
had been sunk by boche submarines.
We had an awful hard time convincing
them that we were real est-to-good-
ness Yankees.
The German officers tell their men that
they will be subjected to all kinds or
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Huns would give good deal to capture
that record. but he made up his mind
that they would onfy take II from his
dead body. He and his men fought with
such splendid ardor that they quickly
drove the invaders from the trench.
But the Americans enjoyed only brief
respite. A force Of fresh German troops
to the number of forty poured into the
salient Walsh quickly sensed fight to
the finish.
lively now or well wake up tomorrow
morning in boche prison pen"
He had scarcely finished speaking
when the Germans bore down upon the
their rifles
wait until they get within ten yards"
counseled Walsh, "and then pump the
lead into them"
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WONDERFUL SINGER

My wife is wonderful vocal.
list: why, have heard her hold her
audience for hours"
Get OUT"
After which she would lay it in
a cradle and rock it to Sleep
PENNSYLVANIA Punch Bowl.
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ADMITTED

Lady TO W. uH4ed soldier in hos
pitaD-You must have come
through some pretty tight
squeezes?
He tguiltilyt-Well, ma'am, the
nurses have been pretty good to
me.-Yale Record.
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CHAPTER XVII (Continued)
CTORIES OF the great personal herCism
y of the boys down in the tirst-iine
trench, while the fight was on. drifted
to our headquarters before the day was
over. I will relate some of them.
Sergeants Patrick Walsh and William
Norton were in a dugout when the Huns
landed in our first-line trench.
Come on out. you American dogs
yelled a German captain through the
door of the dugout.
We're coming!" yelled Walsh. He
emerged with n rush with .4h.caliber
automatic in each hand; he killed the
boche captain with one shot, and men
aced the rest of the German crew with
his pistols.
Come on out. shall we?" sneered the
spunky American sergeant. well,
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Stacy

Stacy
The girls all know the worlds a
stage,
The stagiest of stacy places.
Since art for arts sake is the rage
They very promptly paint their
faces.
Archie Race.
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s - ~ shadows and 'Marishka tried to
her eyes upon the sobjects IN tne
s {s--lSrRe chests of drawers, ana
8 8 a 4 cheyaI glass a prie-dieu,
133 eecritoire with ormolu mountlhgs,
- ~ sStch dressing table, portraits let
II ~ fSe paneling massive oaken chairs.
+ npholstered--a room o. soi,e
Il eurs Schloss Szolnok? What mat.
II 49, n where she was? Death al
81 f76uu erolnok could be no worse than
|4 ~ eisewhere. Weakness overpower-
Z R Nar. and she sank back into her pii,
q q -. aware of her throbbing temples ana
II <<.xssrihie main that racked her breast
N ~; "A Hu9h. too He was calling to
& K. ~ would come Hugh! With his
Goon her lips she sank again into
3SSS&' the very weeks that Hugh
1k lay in the Landes Hospital
ka. lay upon the tall bed in the
SSS1r, At >Schloss Szolnok. struggling
r17la There was doctor brought
go I.aborcs, who stayed In the
|6r q week until the danger point
I'D. and then came every few
GNkii the patient was weil upon
II 70 recovery Marishka did not
81 this until much later when, con-
IN she sat by the window. look
over the sunlit mountains be.
f0rge, and then In wonder and
= of disappointment that Goritz
0ormitted her to die.
m|kon the old woman. who bore
a. Ena. related that the Herr
Inn had himself driven the au-
which brought the doctor In
n night 10 Ssoinok. the won
Harishka had learned to
Uorits ~ one interested only
~ q impriaCgment, and after
~ had even believed that her
ri NJ keeping bad hung BY
NJ Killed Hugh. brought
~ epee@rv eeeaneF ~
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FOR SAIE-Furnitre of a 14-room
apartment house; cheap rent. owner
leaving city. Address Bargain" Sen
uneI-Reeord ca #
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department OF the Interior, u. s.
Land Office at Little Rock, Arkansas.
April 10. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that John T.
Newkirk, of Jessevile, Ark, who, on
December 5, 1914, and October &c,
1916, made original homestead entry
and additional homestead Nos. 01153l
and 012093, for sw IA sw IA Sec II,
and 1-2 NV Ia, Sec. IA and ne Ia
ne Ia Sec. Is, Township l N. range
10 w. 9Th Principal Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
three-year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the United States Commissioner at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the 2Sth
day OF May, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: w.
Thomas McCrea, of JessevilIe, Ark. ;
Thomas Parker, OF Jesseville, Ark. :
Robert Johnson, of Beaudry, Ark.
Elias II Newkirk, of Jesseville, Ark.
JOHN w ALLEN. Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

U. S. Land Office at Little Rock,
Arkansas, Jnne 7, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
NJ. Day, of Reform. Arkansas, who,
on April %, 1915, made homestead
entry No. 01202S, for S 1-2 Sc IA,
Section q and SW Ia SW IA and
w 1-2 Sc IA SW IA, Section 20,
Township ", Range is w, 5th prin-
cipal meridian, has filed notice of in :
tention to make three-year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before United States corr
missioner at Hot Springs, Arkansas
on the 10th day of July, 1918
Claimant names as witnesses:
stephen +. Deer, Reform, Arka1-
sas; Samuel Williams. Reform, Ark
ansas; Leonard Bradshaw, Reform
Arkansas; ]. NJ Cheatem, Reform
Arkansas.
JOHN W. ALLEN. Register.
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NOTICE roR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office, Little
Rock Arkansas. Jure 7, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Jurdy
! Hicks. of Gladstone, Arkansas, who
on June IS, 1914. made homestead
entry, No. 0l0972, for S IL NV IA
SW Id, section 4, and 1-2 NE Ia
SE Ia. section j. township / N,
range % w, 5th principal meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
United States commissioner, at Hot
Springs, Arkansas. on the 10th day OF
July, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Frank Meredith. of saltwater, Arkan-
sas; Joseph Melton, of Cedar Glades
Arkansas James Meredith. of Still
water, Arkansas; Delmar Hicks. OF
Gladstone, Arkansas.
JOHN w. ALLEN, Register.