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with Indignation and terror. There
was aomethfnu ahnnf-fheT whola nom,

l ..-E I.. fFA .-H#H-lr - L'HE- -tNEaTH t~ft5
with Indignation and terror. There
was. something about the whole dom
inee3ing makeup Of Schwarz that
made her think Of a mailed fist.
Schwarz. with something akin to
a growl, stood aside to let her pass
in AND she fled upstairs to her room,
where she stayed behind locked
door until she heard him go down
the path to the station-Her heart
was flute ing wildly, and tears Of bit
%terness were on her cheeks. 1t was
some minutes before she could calm
herself enough to return to the
~ N ..t u
She hads&been.a at work not mere
than five minutesS4twhen she saw
through the open doorSthat Schwarz
was stciding. back over the tfurrowssto
the house. Her instinct was to flee
again, but the peremptory commands
of Mrs. Schwarz about putting on the
Vegetables for dinner held her at her
post. aEa
I There1was something b%elligerent in
Schwarz's attitude as he entered the
kitchen and strobe over to the stove.
TN his hand he carried an open let
ter and he, gave her a.vicious look as
he opened the stove lid and stuffed
lthe letter in, shutting down, the lid
again and striding out.
Hilda lifted her hands from the
water in. which she had been wash
ing the cabbage and looked afte-'h him
in sudden alarm. Then she sprangsto
rushed up to meet the draughts and
envslepedS the paper, but ~notaabefere
she had read the words: "Dear
Uncle, Otto;" andr There is some
thing strange about this. place"
Trembling, she shut down tbs
stove lid ana a. gteat@despairs seized
her! She was then a prisoner in this
house SO far as any h0pesof writing to
her friends for help was concerned!
Mr.: schwarz had opened the post box
and taken out her letter and read it!
had dared to do that! He did not
intend that she Should Write any
complaints to her friends. but how
did he get the box open? & She was
sure it was regular post Office let
ter box such as they always have at
stations. OF course. he might have
been. appointed station master. He
probably was. as thee did not seem
to be n other official there. But II
was q states prison offence to open
a letter.! Didn't. he. know that? She
had learned that when she was a very
little girl. But perhaps he knew he
had her in his power and did not
care. Already she felt the iron.grip
of the hand that ruled this desolate
household. One look In his eye was
enough to know heSwas not .troubled
by any law of courtesy or kindness,
or n sense Of what was duet to
women under his protection. JProtec-
ltioni What a farce. that word seemed
when applied to him. swithsahfs little
pig eyes and his cruel jaw. The cold
truth slowly sank into her soul. She
was in a terrible situation and there
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LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

At the meeting of a local club a few evenings ago
Mr.. Knowlton. a Minnesota man who served with the 7.
NJ. c. A In France, illustrated in an interesting manner
some of the ways in which obstacles arose to hinder the
establishment Of cordial relations between the American
soldiers and the French residents of districts through
which these soldiers passed. There was, of course, the
difference in language, which stood in the way Of easy
communication. But in addition to this their matters
of habit and tradition. and conditions created by local
environment which gave to thel members Of each group
a different point of view. There was in many cases
friction. or a tendency toward friction, merely because
the two groups did not understand each other, not alone
in the matter of.language, but iT the details which go
to make up daily life. ~. 81;
Mr.. Knowlton illustrated this by referring to the
very homely matter of the use of wood for fuel. Ameri-
can soldiers marching along country roads, he said, often
came across piles Of wood about meal time, and they
found the wood very useful for the purpose Of fixing
up hot meals. To most of them in their own country
firewood was one of the commonest things in existence.
Therefore they were apt to use it freely whenever they
found 1t available. TO their surprise they found that
this was resented by the French peasants. They could
conceive of nothing other than pure niggardliness which
would make any one object to the use ola few sticks
Of wood with which to cook a meal.
- The French, on the other hand, looked at it from
q different standpoint. Wood is one of their most prec-
sous possessions. It is laboriously. gathered. and care
fully boarded. The little pile by the wayside might be
the entire supply Of fuel for the family for the year.
And to them the action Of soldiers in taking and burning
this wood seemed pure, unauthorized destructiveness.
out of many such apparently little things as this
a good deal Of friction developed. In many cases a bet
ter understanding sew UP as the time passed, but in
other cases there was no opportunity to remove the mis-
conceptions and N such cases these misconceptions re-
main.
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HI SILESIAN PLEBISClTE

The local elections in Silesia have given the Ger
mans something Of a shock. In spite Of all the care that
was taken by the German occupants to drive native Poles
out OF the country, or to prevent them from voting, these
elections. have shown a very marked preponderance of
Polish sentiment. And, when the %plebisctte is taken to
determine whether the territory shall be German or Po-
lish, tho German element is likely to be very greatly
in the minority.
The ~plebiscite will be taken under conditions vastly
different from those which surrounded the local cleo
tions. German troops will have been withdrawn from
the country, and the Allies will be represented by troops
ample to maintain order and to insure to each citizen
the right to cast his own vote according to his own wish.
Silesia is one Of several districts whose political f-
ture is to be determined by the vote of the local popu-
lation. There has been opposition in this country to the
participation of the United States in any of these pro-
ceedings on the ground that the whole affair is none of
our business. But we cannot divest ourselves of re-
sponsibiluy so easily. We participated in the defeat
of Germany. We are, therefore, in part responsible
for its results. 1t is as much our business to aid in pre-
scribing conditions which will tend to remove the pos
sibility Of another war as it waste share in the fight
ing of the war, just closed. The re-establishment of Po-
land as a nation, for instance, is a direct result Of the
war and OF Germany's defeat. 1t was our business to say
whether or not a Polish nation should be established,
and, il It were established. where its boundaries should
be. And 1t is equally Our business to see that Poland
has al fair chance to live and move and have her being.
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AT WASHINGTON,S TOMB
There is b sneci

There is nothing specially new in the spectacle OF q
member OF 2 European royal house doing homage. to the
memory OF George Washington. .,ig It has been done before.
Nevertheless, when, tho Prince of Wales laid a wreath & on
George Washington's tomb. on his recent visit to Mount
Vernon. old conflict and new relation were necessarily
brought into the public thought.
The young prince s q lineal descendants not 50 many
generations removed. Of the crotchety and stubborn Eng.
fish kins against whom Washington and his companion.
fought In that conflict all the fierce passions which war
ensendars were, d~eFeloDed. And yet, but a few years Ia
ter. the British prince lays his token Of respect on the
grave q the general who drove his ancestors armies
from the county,
, Times have chanssd. The ~spiritssof democracy ii.
sssertsd itssKs Where the institutionssof monarchy exist.
4 exists ~ scourtssS: ands because the people affected
choose e retain thats form e : matter 81 tradition and
3conyentsnee. heSworld.s5 danger today ii NOT from the
Esutoesraey e roy.lty, but rather from theatyran1ny q &.
mob Nhics. nasausradss 81 some Of the -trappinss ana IN.
~ ths name s. dsfaocracy.
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once, away down the track Ito the
freedom Of the world. Some, intui,
elude these terrible people, people
who were somehow mystertously
connected WITH he great German ma
ton now at war with the United
States, that she mustSnot anger them
nor let them suspect that she was
aware of their attitude toward, her.
She U act ~ the stupidity that
been. bad that Mr.. Schwarz had-dis-
covered. that h thought there. was
something strange about this place.
He would. begin. to watch her. He
would think h was not so stupid as
sheS had at first seemed, and would
Perhaps set the men to guarding the
house lest h escape. At any rate.
was certain. She must have time to
think and plan. She had. enough
knowledge of the world to know that
q girl alone without. money and
friends was III, frightful danger. She
must not move until She had thought
out every detail. Meantime. she
unjust be meek and innocent and
about hef. work. .g 80
J y So she stilled her frightened heart
as she. heard Mrs. Schwarz come
heavily down the stairs, !. and !. WENT
Ebriskiyssabout her48worR.- There: was1
something strange about the almost
phere of the place. something. ina
tangible that got hold Of the INN /
Hilda felt 1T: It gripped her ana
silent under the ,scathing tongue y0f
her. mistress; made her efface hers
self when the men came into the
house. It seemed to hang about in
the air and give her a helpless feel
Ing that she must. succumb-that
nothing> could help her out Of this;
kthat she was only a Woman against al
great power. Hilda' had never felt
anything like 1t before. She was al
spirited girl and had ideas OF herr
own, u now she felt as II they $were1
gradually being paraayzed, and she
would be compelled to: let her. will lie
inert while she did the will Of these
her struggled wildly against this stahteS
Of things, but she was kept so busy
that she had nj 'tixhe to thinks i. and,
when the work was donA bodily
WEAKNESS was so great that she could
not plan a way ont of things; and so
several days passed with no,letup andl
no hope. A strange non-resistance to-
the inevitable a stealing over, her.
Sometimes as n was dropping off toj
sleep she would know that IL she
l.coufd only be rested enough she could
rise above this and plan a way out. 1
There was just one thing she waited
for and that was the end Of the
MONTH, when she might hope TO get
jher wages. and then she could quietly
told how much her wages were to be.
But they would surely DE enough TO
take her back to Chicago. or at least
to some town where she could get q
decent place to stay until she could
find work. Sometimes. as she Vas go
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suoPg1s.

Hilda L~essing's father is dead. He
had lost his fortune and her mother
owned BY a German family ~named
Schwartz. On her way home she mar
rowly escapes being; struck. by a NOV
ing train. and Is saved by a young en-
His train runs by the farm at which
she is to live. and to cheer her up he
suggests that she hang a signal out her
red for danger She reaches the farm
and finds that her hosts treat her bru.
tally, and the son of the household, at.
tempts to. kiss her. I
She tries to leave the place but is
hrnyS tnfornehss that she+ist there to stay
as long as they need. her. One night al
a,anlsht she is awakened by voices I'm.
Hilda hears aae conversation (which
eo1ytgces here that the place is a dan
man captain arrives who shows marked
attention to her. $500
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NOT A FINANCIAL PROBLEM
Among all the ellen

Among all the elements which bear on the building
situation in Grand Forks. no financial problem of any
completely IS involved. AS has always been the case,
the man who seeks TO provide himself q home through
his own effort must do some figuring in order to pay
for it, He must be Industrious and thrifty, and he must
haze strength, of character to deny himself a good many
things that he would like to have. That is not a new
sttnstioh. It is as old as Adam. and it is a sound and
wholesome condition. ~
But any man in Grand Forks who wants to build
= home for himself and who has been able to get to-
gether the few dollars necessary to make a very modest
startsscan borrow: all the money he needs, and at an ex-
@~fesding1Y moderate rate Of interest. There has never
been any difficulty in this respect, and there Is none now.
The building problem In Grand Forks is not i lin
asnctaI problem.
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CHAPTER w.

keep it?- Surely not down in that hole
with the iron trap-door below her
bedroom window. They wouldn't put
such things near enough to house to
blow it up! The tool houses. It look
ed too small to hide much. > 1t was
little more. than a wart on the side of
a bunchy hill with young corn grow
ing all about it. The barn? Ii. was
Very large, but did they ever keep
such things in a wooden building?
Was that one reason why the barn
was always locked? Why Schwarz
was SO angry at Sylvester once for
leaving the door ajar?
iIilda %shuddered at thought of the
peril that might be all about her. She
s~huddered again as the sharp voice of
1.-THE below stairs called her,
She was peeljng potatoes in the kitch-
en- and her mistress was busy making
pies at the kitchen table when she
heard the strange /whirring noise
|again that had SO startled her in the
might. She jumped and dropped a
potato back into the pan again, look
inly up at Mrs. Schwarz with wide
eyes:
I ooh. what Is .that?"
How should II know? Attend to
your work. the woman answered
Grossly.
But Hilda's. eyes were; fixed on the
open window, for out. Of the meadow
behind the barn there arose a large,
bird-like structure, skimming the air,
and floating upward. as Nightly and
easily as a mote ina sunbeam.
Why! That must have been
caught her breath and changed her
sentence. eWhy!. That lis an aero
plane! I have seen them sometimes
far up over Chicago. But never so
close. But an-aeroplane out here in
the country! How did it come, Mrs.
Schwartz,
There was no answer and, turn
ing. the girl saw that the woman
stood absently gazing out of the win
tears streaming down her. cheeks.
Hilda's heart was touched instantly.
Swinging toward her mistress she
! cried:
Mrs. schwarz, you are crying! Ii
something dreadful the matter? oh,
l am sc sorry.' and she timidly put
her arm about the stout shoulder that,
since the words ofssyInpathy, had be,
something terrible In seeing this
great bulk Of woman with her sharp
tongue and stoltd ways all broken.u ~
crying. t
Titles my poyI" she waller. into her
apron. They Will send him away to
var Nj soniy poy! IND there iss no
need. He lis too young. und Isknow
The Will get sintoadrubbIe. He vas ex-
count Of the farmsund now the or.
fders hat some from the Fatherland
und he must go!'s
.But Whist has the TatherlandaRo
Ito do with himf7"" asked Hide
puzxled. This 4 America We arr
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Evenings Herald.

The various state enterprisesS are apt
TO put the state In bonds in5amore
senses thansone. n.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06

things. They are both quite easy
His tone was anxious.
what are they7"
would your"
The chancellor smiled in the dark
ness.
"Good strategy, but am an old SOL
dier. majesty. What are they?"
First. I would like to have dog3
one to keep with me-"
"I-probably that can be arranged"
'-ThanK you do want a dog.
Anti" he hesitated.
ayes, majesty"
II am very fond of Milky" said the
king. "And he is not very happy. He
looks sad, sometimes. IL would like
him to marry Hedwig. 90 we can all
be together the rest of our lives"
The chancellor hesitated. But. after
all. why not? He had followed ambi-
ton all his life. and where had it
brought him? An old man, whose only
happiness lay in this child in his arms.
Perhaps" he said gently. "that can
be arranged also"
The night air. blew softly through the
open windows. The little King smiled,
contentedly. and closed his eyes.
I'm getting rather sleepy" he said
But If I'm not too heavy, I'd like you
to hold me q little longer"
You are not too heavy. majesty"
Soon the chancellor. worn not with
one day, but with many. was noddinE.
His eyes closed under his fierce eye
brows. Finally they both slept. The
room was silent.
Something slipped ont OF the little
kings hand and rolled to the floor,
coin penny.
: 1.-THE END.1
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
By Mary
Roberts .Rinehalt


on q cushion Of white velvet, on which
were the royal arms.
King Otto looked carefully at the
penny and then closed the lid.
whenever 1 am disagreeable, Os-
kar," he said, "or don't care to study,
or-or do things that you think my
grandfather would not hove done,
wish you'd bring me this box. You'd
better keep 1t near you"
He lay back and yawned again.
did you ever hear Of Abraham Lin
coin. ,Oskarr he asked.
IL have heard the name, majes-
ty," Oskar ventured cautiously.
my grandfather thought he was a
-great-man." His voice trailed OF.
.I-should-like-"
The excitements and sorrows of the
day left him gently. He stretched his
small limbs luxuriously, and half
turned upon his face. Oskar, who
hated disorder. drew the covering in
stifY and ,geometrieal exactness across
his small figure, and tiptoed out of the
room.
Some time sitter midnight the chan
cellor passed the guard and came into
the room. There. standing by the bed.
he prayed soldiers prayer, and into
1t went all his hopes for his country.
his grief for hts dead comrade and
sovereign. his loyalty to his new king.
King Otto. who was, for all the di-
Eestivs tablets. not sleeping well,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
CHATTER XXX.
The Lincoln Psrny.'

w SsnSStO Os-Uys
And 20. at last, King Otto the Ninth
reached his palace, and was hurried
up the stairs to the room where the
council waited. Not at an Q royal ns-
ure, but Q, tired little boy In gray trou-
sers, q short black Eton coat, and q
rolling collar which had once been
white.
He gave one glance around the loom.
my grandfather he said. And fell
to crying into his dirty pockst-hand-
kerchief.
The chancellor eyed grimly from un-
der his shaggy brows the disreputable
figure of his sovereign. Then he went
toward him. and put his hand On his
head.
.He was very eager for tAis rsst,
Otto," he said.
Then he knslt and very solemnly
and with infinite tenderness, he kissed
the small, not overeiean. hand.
One BY one the council did the same
thing.
King Otto straishtened his shoulders
and put away the handksreAiE It
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
REFUGEES IN RICH ATTIRE
English Writer Describes Gretesa~s
Figures He Saw During the
Italian Retreat.

Amid all the chaos Of the italian re-
treat one kept on meeting utterly In
congruous figures. for alongside OF
others road-worn, shabby and dirty. to
be clean and well dressed II to be
grotesque.
Amid this multitude Of haggard. un-
washed. unshaven, dead heat males.
I noticed two. italian ladies' treadins
delicately over the rough ballast OF
the railway track. They had naturally
brought with them In that flight the
most valuable Of their possessions,
which were Of kind conveniently car.
ried on their persons. Against this
gray background Of mud and rubbish
and a disbapded army their two nE-
ures glitterdd with q brilliance that
would have been conspicuous in the
Rue de Ia Paix. re.
Heavy sable furs and NUTS almost
bowed their shoulders !. each finger had
two or three rings that flashed In the
light; round their necks were gold
chains hung with pendants, and yet
instead Of the air of self-satisded os-
tentation that might well have gone
with display so lavish. they were only
two pathetically little, frightened. per
picked faces. and an pnssrtain gait
that did not promise much further
progress along that sankle-wrenchinG
railway line.-G. Ward Price In the
Century Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
a. % RemarkabIe LSnesvity.

We have all read Of Thomas Parf.
who lived to be one hundred and nifty.
two. Likewise Of the countess Of Des-
mond, one hundred and forty-five;
Margaret Patten. one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas Damme. one
hundred and sixty-four; John Rovin.
one hundred and sesenty-two; and Pc
ter Torton, who reached the age Of one
hundred and eighty-nvs: But these
cases of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates Of occurrences
were usually nxed BY associating them
In memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A mans identity was liable to be con-
fused with that Of q grandfather Of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to Yhy such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
limits Of longevity have shrunk within
the hast two or three centuries7
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06
rhsn hasesssl Killed Him.

white, fantastic figures. Those who
we're unarmed seized weapons from the
crowd ~ they passed. Urged BY
aasckel, they ran through the streets.
Haeckel knew. It was because be
lad known that they had done away
With him. His mind, working now with
almost unnatural activity. dew. ahead
10 the house in the Road Of the Good
Children. and 10 what might be enact
Ing there. His eyes burned Now at
last he would thwart them. unless-
Just before they turned into the
street, a horSeman had dashed out
e Il and flung himself out Of the sad
dle. The door was bolted, but II
opened to his ring. and Milky faced
he concierge, Milky. With a drawn re-
voavsr In bis hand, and = face deathly
Whfta.
He had had no tims 70 fire, no time
wen 70 spssk. The rsvolvsr new out
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06

reused and saw him there, and eat
upright at once.
Els It morningT he asked, blinking.
"No. majesty. Lie down and sleep
again"
would you mind sitting down for
q little while1 That is, II you are not
sleepy"
II am not sleepy" said the chan
cellor, and drew up q great chair. III
stay, will you try to sleepr
do you mind II talk 4 little? It
may make me drowsy."
Talk II you like. majesty" said the
old man.
King Otto eyed him gravely.
I "Would you mind II got on your
kneer he asked, almost timidly. In
all his life no one had 20 held him,
and yet Bobby. that very evening. had
climbed on his fathers knee ~ though
It was very generally done. II would
like to Try how It feels"
-Come. them" said the chancellor.
The king climbed out Of bed and up
on his lap. His chancellor reached
over and dragged q blanket from the
bed. .r .
For fear Of q eoldl" he said, and
draped It about the little figure. Nov,
how IL thatr'
TT IL very comfortable May I put
my head backf"
Long. long years since the chancellor
had sat thus, with q child in his arms.
his sturdy old arms encircled the boy
closely.
II want to tell about running away"
said the king. wide-eyed in the dusk.
II am sorry. This time am going to
promise not to do It again."
''Make the promise to yourself.
majesty. It II. the best way"
Il win. I intend to BE- q very good
king"
"God grant 1t. majesty"
Like Abraham Lincolnr'
Like Abraham Lincoln" said the
chancellor gravely.
The king. for all his boasted wake
fulness, yawned again. and squirmed
closer to the old mans breast.
~And like my grandfather" he
added. =
"God grant that, also"
This time It was the chancellor who
yawned, . yawn that was half q sigh.
He was very wesrS, and very sad.
Suddenly. after 4 silence, the kf6c
spoke: MAY q king do anything he
wantsr
mot at an" saiA the chancellor
hastily.
~But, II II win not hurt the psoplsf
J waAt b - TIVE thinss Or have tWe