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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-09

Friday night was veritable sue
cess for the Juniors in their staging
of two plays, "The Neighbours" and
Nevertheless"
Alma Prouty as Mis'Abel just he'd
to hev" her enormous ironing fin
shed,, but nevertheless she was not
too busy to attend to the wants of
her neighbor who was in need of as
sistance "The Neighbors" was such
typical village group of friends that
Il appealed to everyone. Grandma,
cleverly impersonated by Laura
Hathaway, was so lonely because
there was nothing for her to do eX
cept sew carpet rags, but she was
cheered when her granddaughter
Tnez, MARY Nelson) persuaded her
that sewing rags truly amounted to
something after all. Each character
was lovable or funny as the case
might be. Ray Warman played the
part of Peter, the bashful grocery
boy, but full of admiration for the
lovable Inez. Jacob Weber, in the
impersonation of Ezra Williams the
wood man, tried to be crouch, but
under the, kindly influence of "The
Neighbors" must needs do his part
towards adding his bit of comfort to
the village life Janet Fisher as Mis-
Moran and Irene Franklin as Mis-
Trot, characterized their parts well.
Miss Ellsworth Frances DeBlois)
about whom the play conferred, was
cheered by the kindly acts of her
neighbors so that she chad to quit
thinkin' about herself"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-09

In Nevertheless" Gladys Pinch,
an adorable little girl, and Billie, her
brother, (Ned Gosslee) a typical
fourteen year old boy who in a mo-
ment's anger because of his being
sent upstairs to be punished, decided
to run away to Texas or Honolulu.
The two children soon forgot their
troubles and became interested in a
new story book, "The Marrow Path"
in which they find the funniest word,
"never-the-less. AS children will
they appealed to the fairies to eX-
plain the word to them. TO do this it
is necessary to turn off the lights.
But instead of a fairy burglar
Howard Roach) comes to them in
tent on robbing their home. With all
the confidence of childhood Billy and
Lou tell the burglar all about the
funny word. Lou reads to him out of
the new story book, "the narrow path
is very steep and straight; it leads
to "a land of gold and is not easy
to negotiate because heaven thinks it
is, best for people to climb for what
they want Nevertheless -" the bur-
glar decides to walk the narrow path,
and led by the two children they
start out on their way as the curtain
falls.
Under the direction of Miss Lillian
r. Grue the plays were voted big
success by the large audience in at
tendance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
AmericaTheir Only
Hope
n
By CHARLES J. ~ROSEBAULT
Of The ~Iigiionfes

From far-away Asia comes q cry
for help addressed to the wide world.
It is a cry made up Of many voices.
1t issues from the desert lands of
Arabia, from the mountains of the
Russian Caucasus, from the highways
and byways of Turkey, of Mesopo-
tamia, of the Holy Land. The indi.
viduals who make up the great mass
from which comes this call to the civ
ilized world are scattered far and
wide. 1t includes four hundred thou
sand children In towns and cities and
villages or hiding like frightened rab-
bits In such shelters as they al find
In the open country: women, most of
them gray and beyond the years Of
loneliness, and others looking from
behind barred windows of the prisons
called hnrens old men and men dis
abled, and "a few men still in the
prime of life but hidden in mountains
and obscure places.
All these are Joining in the cry that
comes to us acros the fertile lands
and the deserts of Asia, the war-torn
countries Of Europe, the vast Atlantic
and across u own great continent
TO the very ends thereof. 1t Is a sad
cry, an agonized cry, made up OF the
treble of children, the soft voices Of
women. the harsh bass Of men and,
mighty as Is the mass of 1t. rising
from four million threats. yet has 1t
the ring of exhaustion, the frenzy Of
desperation. To the attentive ear II
says: This Is the end; If help comes
not SOON, we will call no more-for
the end Will have come for us.
America Must Respond.
Particularly is this appeal directed
to America-the one great country
which Is prosperous because It en-.
tered the war only comparatively re-
Gently and has had to bear only a
small part of the cost of keeping the
world safe for democracy. 1t Is Amer
lea which must respond-immediately
and without stint. Later on there
Will be time to consider fastening this
cost upon the responsible parties in
the form OF stern demands for repara-
ton and indemnity. There Is no time
for considering the call of justice
now. One does not think first of pun
fishing the assailant when one sees his
victim bleeding on the pavement.
If America could only visualize the
terrible situation! Here are four mil
lion victims Of Turkish v~illainy and
brutality, under the guidance of Prus
sian deficiency" Here are husband
less wives and fatherless children
Never mind the dead men-more than
a million Of them. at the least. They
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02

are gone and, though their blood cries
to heaven for vengeance, this Is not
the time for thought of that. We have
done but a poor job in this wal IL
we do not help Its helpless victims. e,
And who are these victims? Mostly
Christians, like the great majority OF
Americans - Christians who have
been martyrs for their faith; who
could have saved their lives, the lives
and the honor Of their wives and
daughters, their homes and their pros
perity by denying Christ and accepting
Mahomet. They have been the most,
intelligent, the most orderly and the
most industrious inhabitants of the
Ottoman empire. They were relying
upon the Christians of Europe and
America to protect them when the
avalanche Of murderOus persecution
burst upon them. They are relying
upon Christian America above all to
save their exhausted and starving
remnants now.
Thoroughly Organized Appeal.
The chance for the American to do
his bit towards thwartlng the tiend-
fish TurcO.Prussian policy of EXTERN
mating the Christian Armenians, Sy-
rians and Arabs comes In the 100000
600 drive between January II and 10.
There will be a thoroughly organized
appeal all over the United States. II
Is supported by the president and by
the Red Cross. 1t is conducted by the
generous and high-minded citizens
who are members of the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief, and who r not only donat-
ing their time and services but are
seeing to it that every cent donated
shall reach the actual sufferers, all
the expenses Of administration being
already provided by private subscrip
ton. 1t would be n slur upon the
American nation to believe that the
fund will not be promptly secured. II
would be unbelievable that any Amer
lean could deny this appeal and sleep
of nights.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
CANADAS NEW
DEVELOPMENT
After the War a Period of Pros
perity.

1t Is evident that the Government OF
the Dominion in its programme of re-
construction and development Is I'M.
dertaking a work of tremendous i'm
p~ortance. There will be available the
labor for work that has been silent
since 1914, and the rehabilitation Of
this labor will entail the thought and
energy of most capable heads. The
transition period from war to peace
will be rapid and thorough, and. in.
stead of Canada sinking into a state
of lethargy, there will be a continued
period of wakefulness that will give
employment to the unemployed, and
render to the capitalist and producer
ample return for his money, effort
aud enterprise.
The agricultural potentialities OF
the great Canadian West possess Him
liable acres of the best of soil. capable
of producing millions of bushels Of
the best Of grain. The cost of grow
ing this Is lower than any place on
the continent. There will be a greater
demand than ever for these lands, the
consequent production will be heavier
and the profits attractive. Cattle
industry will be one of the chief de-
velOpmentS, and the encouragement Of
1t will lie In the continued high prices
that beef products will bring. Euro.
pean countries have been depleted Of
cattle. and the demand for beef, cattle
and dairy products will tax the efforts
of the producer for years to come.
Western Canada offers unequaled
opportunities for development in this
line.'
In the Canadian West plans are be-
ing laid for the development of cleo
trical power which can be produced
cheaply. There Is an abundance Of
coal and water power that could be
used in developing this useful energy.
What cheap power produced In this
way will mean to the farmer and de
velopment of industrial enterprises
cannot be estimated in figures.
More extensive development OF the
water power at Niagara, on the st
Lawrence and at waterfalls all over
the country, is ready to be launched
Peace will see new mine fields
opened up, and ii is equally certain
that shlpbuildlng, railway equipment,
steel production, and many of the In.
dustries will go forward with o
bound.
Canadian industries will be required
In the reconstruction of Europe, and
already the Canadian Government has
sent across The seas n commission for
the purpose of securing orders. Cam
ada took an early and prominent part
in the war, and in the days of peace
will be found equally active. She feels
that by the valor and loyalty of her
people she has earned q large share
of the business and prosperity that
will follow the war period, and she
proposes to get it.-Advertisement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
Carolyn of the Corners
BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT
Cpman MS mdM Mead ACmunyne

brook moved mysteriously. He could
see the smoke Of 1t now.
Amanda Parlow and his niece might
even now be threatened by the flames
Now that danger threatened the
woman he had loved all these years, II
seemed as though his mind and heart
were numbed. He was terrified be
yond expression-terrifled for her safe
ty, and terrified for fear that some
body, ever Jedidlah Parlow, should
suspect Just how he felt about It.
The horses hoofs rang sharply over
the stony path. Presently they capped
"a little ridge and started down into %
hollow. Not until they were over the
ridge was Mr.. Stage aware that the
hollow was filed. chokingly filled, with
billowy white smoke.
Another man-one as cautious as
the hardware merchant VIGOROUSLY
was--would have pulled the horse
down to a walk. But Joseph Stages
cautiousness had been flung to the
winds. Instead, he shouted to Cherry,
| and the beast increased his stride.
Ten rods further on the horse snort
| ed, stumbled, and tried to stop. A
writing, flaming snake-a burning
branch-plunged down through the
smoke directly ahead.
go on !" shouted Joseph Stage, with
a sharpness that would ordinarily have
set Cherry off ut a gallop.
But, as the snortlng creature still
SHE'D, the man seized the whip and
dashed poor Cherry cruelty along his
flank.
At that the horse went mad. He
plunged forward, leaped the blazing
brand, and galloped down the road at
a perilous gait. The man tried neither
to soothe him nor to retard the pace.
The smoke swirled around them.
The driver could not see ten feet be-
yond the horses nose. Ten minutes
later they ratified down into the
straight road, and then, very soon.
indeed, were at the abandoned camp.
The fire was near, but 1t had not
reached this place. There was no sign
of life about.
The man knew which was Judy's
cabin. He leaped from the vehicle,
leaving the painting Cherry unhitched.
and ran to the hut.
The door swung open. The poor
furniture was in place. Even the bed
clothing was rumpled in the old wom-
ans bunk. But neither she nor Aman-
da Parlow nor little Carolyn May was
there.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
The
Living Monument
r.
By GEORGE BARR Nc CUTCHEON
OF The VIgil0nfeJ

In the little Connecticut town of
Norfolk there Is a triangular piece OF
ground belonging to the people. Fol
years 1t stood useless, almost aban-
doned. and to a certain extent un-
noticed. Norfolk sent to France early
i'm 1918 a score and a half of her boys
to fight with the American armies.
Other boys followed and still more In
due course were called from the small
but hardy class representing the fight
ing quota.
A few months after the first contin-
gent marched out Of the town on Its
way to the training camp and thence
to the line of battle, Norfolk began to
receive Its share Of tidings from the
front. Names Of boys known to every
one In the town were found In the lists
Iof those KILLED In action" Boys whose
faces were bright and shining and
whose voices were strong n CHEEKY
were never to return. They were lying
in the fields Of France, covered with
the earth of France, and over the
graves Of each stood the small but
noble cross Of wood bearing II name
and a date.
The return of these names to Nor
folk instead of flesh and blood that
went away. gave Norfolk its insplra-
ton. The little green triangle became
a tract Of glory. No more Will 1t be
looked upon as a waste, no more Will
the people of Norfolk call 1t a worth
less bit of ground. For some one
thought Of a way to make 1t rich
some one thought Of n way to make II
the most cherished spot In Norfolk.
Tree for Each Hero.
On Flag day In the year that the
war made heroes of these lads from
Norfolk the people Of that place dedi'
Gated the point of this triangle to the
memory of those who were not to come
back from France. At that time foul
of Norfolk's boys were lying In
France under cheap little crosses OF
wood, and on this day four little
crosses of wood similar to those II
France. with a name and a date or
each, were driven In the ground a
the point of the triangle, and there
they will stay until they are perhaps
replaced by more enduring and I'm
pressiye marks of tribute. But the lit
tie crosses of wood are not all tina
the people of Norfolk placed In tn,
village triangle In memory of the boy
who will not come back. Something
that will live and thrive and beautif.
the barren triangle was placed Their
for each boy, and It Ii named for HIN
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one Of the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
SO many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is 30 com.
mon to the American people, and the large
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record Of success.
We find that Swamp-Root Is strictly
an herbal compound and we would ad.
wise our readers who feel in need Of such .
remedy to give it a trial. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes.
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., ~Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
ARMENIA TO AMERICA
BY THEopoSiA GARRISON
Of the Niqllantes.


Through the glad noise of triumph and
delight,
Through the great resonance that rocks
the sky,
A whisper like n wounded thing at night
Falls at the threshold of our ecstasy.
brothers of mine, am l forgotten quite
Who in the sound of your rejoicing die7
'I have no part In all your high estate.
I did but share your burden ana your
trust,
Ye could not shield me from the biadsa
OF hate,
Ye could not save me from the hands OF
lust,
Yet can ye lift me ere It be too late
From this the death ! die here In h
dust.
'T am tho unheaIed wound on Triumph's
breast
How may she go elate unheeding me7
Brothers Of mine. most bountiful. most
blest-
You whose vast mercy cover earth and
sea,
Reach our your hands and heal me. heal
me lest
I stain the white robes q this victory"
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02

At the usual hour he started for The
Corners for dinner. Having remained
In the store all the morning, he had
not realized how much stronger the
smell OF smoke was than II had been
at breakfast time. Quite involuntarily
he qulckened his pace.
The fog and smoke overcast the sky
thickly and made 1t OF n brassy color,
Just as though a huge copper pot had
been overturned over the earth. Wom-
en- stood mt their doors, talking back
and forth In subdued tones. There
was a spirit of expectancy in the dir.
The hardware merchant was stridlng
the Parlow place; but he was not GO
ing so fast that he did not hear the
carpenter hailing him In his cracked
| voice.
"Hey, you. Joe Stagg! Hey, your
Amazed, Mr.. Stagg turned to look.
Parlow was hobblIng from the rear
premises, grooming ut every step.
scarcely able to walk.
"That sclatica's got me agln," he
| snarled. I'm almost doubled up.
Couldn't climb into a carriage to save
my SOUL"
"What d'you want to climb into a
carriage forr' demanded Mr.. Stagg.
"'Cause somebody's got to go for
that gal Of mine-and little Car'lyn
May. Amt you heard-Or is your mind
SO sot on maxim money down there to
your store that you don't know nothln'
elseT"
Haven't I heard whatr' returned
the other with fine restraint, for he
saw the old man was In pain.
1.-THE fires come over to this side. ]
saw the flames myself. And Aaron
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
CAPTAIN CUTTlE FISH
BY CLINTON SCOLLARD
of the Viqilantes.

It was Captain Cutie Fish sailed out
From a port on the German shore,
A brutal lout. with "A swinish snout.
And "A heart Of helebore.
"Mein Gott," said he, now be with me!'
This modern Captain Kidd:
Twas the Devil he meant. and he
planned. you see.
To do as the Devil bid.
"These futile Yankee fools" he cried.
II will wrealS on them o. evous loss,
Then I'll HE me back at Q turn o. the
tide
For a waiting Iron Cross"
So he skunk away from his base In the
bay,
With his subtle. sneaking craft,
And he found his prey on n summer day.
And he battered II fore and aft.
But. Captain Cutie Fish. beware!
Have n care for your precious bones.
For the hour may come when you will
share
The locker OF Davy Jones.
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02
CHAPTER XVI.
The Laurel to the Brave.

The heart OF the man was like a
weight In his bosom. With so many
hundred acres OF forest on fire, and
that, too, between the abandoned camp
and The Corners and Sunrise Cove.
how would Amanda Parlow and Caro-
Ign May know where to GOT
Certainly the place must have been
deserted In haste. There was Carolyn
Mays coat. The a caught 1t up and
stared around, as though expecting the
child to be within sight.
The old woman's clothing was scat
tered about, too. It did not look as
though anything had been removed
from the hut. Coming out, he found
another article on the threshoid-One
Of Amanda's gloves.
Joseph Stage lifted the crumpled
glove to his lips.
"Oh, God, spare herI |" he burst forth.
Spare them bothl"
Then he kissed the glove again and
hid 1t away in the inner pocket of his
vest.
The hardware dealer tried to think
OF just what the fugitives might have
done when they escaped from the
cabin.
If It we're true that Amanda would
not run toward the fire, then she more
than likely had taken the opposite d.
rection on leaving the cabin. There
fore, Joseph Stage went that way-set'
ting Off down the tote road, leading
Cherry by his birdie.
C.IAy I aAv.Aynhnpnd nnIItnO
Prince the day Carolyn May had been
lost on the ice. He raised his voice In
a mighty shout for the dog now.
"Princel Princey, old boy! where
are your
Again and again he called, but there
was no reply. The smoke was more
sitting and the heat more intense
every minute. Mr.. Stagg realized that
he must get out quickly II he would
save himself and the horse.
He had Just stepped into the buck
board again, when there was an ex-
cited scrambllng In the undcrbrush,
and a welcoming bark was given.
"Prince! Good boy !" the man shout.
ed. "Where are they?"
III SANitSu hoS "" ~ hAAht 'NAP''d
on the blackboard so as to reach him
The mongrel was delighted, ant
showed 1t as plainly as a dumb brute
could.
, But he was anxious, too. He leapet
back to the ground, ran a little ahead
: and then looked back to see II the maj
: was following. The hardware deale'
? shouted to him again:
!, !, "Go ahead, Princey! We're coming |!
: He picked up the reins and Cherr,
y started. The dog, barking his satisfac
ton, ran on ahead and struck into
= side path which led down a glade. Jo
seph Stagg knew Immediately wher
o this path led to. There was a sprin
and a small morass In the bottom q
. the hollow.
e To Bin coNTINUInN
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02

Crummit drove through ard says that
you can't git by On the main road. The
fires followed the West Brook right
down and Is betwixt us and Adams
old camp"
"Bless mel" gasped the hardware
dealer, pallng under his tan.
"Wal?" snarled Parlow. Coin to
stand there chatterin' all day, or be
you goin' to do something's
Somebody must get over to that
cabin and bring them out" Joseph
Stagg said. without taking offense at
the grabbed old carpenter.
"Wali" exclaimed Parlow. glad ter
see you're awake"
"Oh, I'm awake" the other returned
shortly. ~ was Just figuring on who's
got the best horse"
81 have" snapped Parlow.
eyes. And I'd decided on taking
Cherry. too" the hardware dealer add
| cd, and swung into the lane toward the
carpenters barn.
"Hey. you'll Needn't be so brash
about It," growled the carpenter. Hes
my boss, / s'poseT
Joseph Stagg went straight ahead.
and without answering. Having once
decided on his course. he wasted no
time.
He rolled back the big door and saw
Cherry already harnessed in his box
stall.
Together they backed the animal be
tween the shafts, fastened the traces,
and Mr.. Stage leaped quickly to the
seat and gathered up the relns.
'Youn halter take the Fallow road
the carpenter shouted after him. IAN
have a care drivin' Cherry"
Horse and blackboard whirled out o.
the yard and his voice was lost to thu
hardware merchant.
Cherry stepped out splendldly, ant
they left O cloud Of dust behind then
as they rolled up the pike, not In tn
direction of the abandoned camp. Fore
warned, he did not seek to take tn,
shortest way to the cabin wher
Amanda Parlow and Carolyn May wer
perhaps even now threatened by tn
forest fire. The Fallow road turne
, north from the pike three miles fror
. The Corners.
t Flecks Of foam began TO appear o
CAerry's glossy coat almost at once
The air was very oppressive, and ther
was no breeze.
0 The streak Of fame that had 70
lowed down the banks Of We
The Red Cloud chief., 1919-01-02

For each hero n tree was planted, and
1t will always be known rs his tree,
by his name; and long after the great
grandchildren Of those who now live
In Norfolk are dead and gone, these
trees will still be standing and they
Will be known through all the sunshine
and storm of the ages TO come by the
names they received at the christen-
ing.
A Fine Example.
The thought Is a beautiful one. That
little triangle In Norfolk will have
! many trees and crosses, the boys who
died In France will live and grow to an
age far beyond the years of the oldest
Of men. The John Perkins Elm" or
the "Henry Smith Oak" as the cass
may be, will be living In Norfolk 200
| years after the day on which they
were so lovingly named by a forgotten
| generation.
And how simple, how easy this way
of concentrating the deeds and the
spirit of the boys who went forth to
the war never to come home again. A
little cross of wood for the present, a
towering tree for the future, and the
name of a hero preserved for an age
to ONE.
What better example could be set
for the rest Of the country than this
beautiful act Of the people of Norfolk
Why not In every community, II plot of
hallowed ground with Its trees bearing
the names of the boys who went out
and did not come back2 A living
monument, green and spreading with
the years, to stand as a guardian over
the memory of him who fell in battle
not the artificial product of man, blu,
the incomprehensible handIwork OF
God who first put life into the body
Of the boy whose death dignities the
community that lost him.