Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
JOSEPH BUcKLIN elsHoP

successful, and then mother washed the dishes and did most of the work, while did odd jobs. Then we walked about the place, which Is fifteen acres in all, saw the lovely spring, admired the pine trees and oak trees, and then mother lay in the hammock while cut away some trees to give us bet ter view from the piazza. The piazza is the real feature of the house. It is broad and runs along the whole length and the roof is high near the wall, for it is a continuation of the roof Of the house. It was lovely to sit there in the rocking chairs and hear all the birds by daytime and at night the whipporwills and owls and little forest folk.
 Inside the house is just bare wall with one big room below, which IS nice now, and will be still nicer when | the chimneys are up and there is | fireplace in each end. A rough flight of stairs leads above, where there are | two rooms, separated by a passageway. We did everything for ourselves, but all the food we had was sent over to us by the dear Winners, together with bilk. We cooked it ourselves so there was no one around the house to bother us at all. As we found that cleaning dishes took up an awful time we only l took two meals a day, which was all we wanted. On Saturday evening fried two chickens for dinner. while mother boiled the tea, and we had cherries and wild strawberries, as well as biscuits and cornbread. To my pleasure mother greatly enjoyed the | fried chicken and admitted that what you children had said of the way l fried chicken was all true. In the evening we sat out long time on the piazza, and then read indoors and then went to bed. Sunday morning we did not get up until 9. Then fried mother some beefsteak and some eggs in two frying pans, and she liked them both very much. We went to church at the dear little church where the Winners father and mother had been married, dined soon after two at Plain Deal ing" and then were driven over to the station to go back to Washington. l rode the big stallion-Chief-and en- joyed him thoroughly. Altogether we had very nice holiday.
 I was lucky to be able to get it, for during the past fortnight, and indeed for q considerable time before, I have
 been carrying on negotiations with both Russia and Japan, together with side negotiations with Germany,
 France and England, to try to get the
 present war stopped. With infsni! e
 labor and by the exercise of a good Geal of tact and judgment-'f do Eay
 It myself-I have finally gotten the
 Japanese and Russians to agres 10
 meet to discuss the terms of peace.
 Whether they will be able to come to
 an agreement or not I can't say. But
 it is worth while to have obtained the
 chance of peace, and the only possible
 way to get this chance was to secure
 such an agreement of the two powers
 tbat they would meet and discuss the
 terms direct. Of course Japan will want to ask more than she ought to ask, and Russia to give less than she ought to give. Perhaps both sides will prove impracticable. Perhaps one will But there is the chance that they will i. prove sensible, and make a peace
 which will really be for the interest oi each as things are now. At any rate the experiment was worth trying. have kept the secret very successfully and my dealings with the Japanese 1T
 particular have been known to no one so that the result is in the nature oi a surprise.
 Gro Be Continued)
 I Copyright, 1919. Charles Scribner' [ Sons.)