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motion car-that was the answer he
gotl" "WelI, I'll try it, anyway" said
the half-convinced Tim.
But the line was busy. Moreover, it
was,likely to be busy for the next two
weeks, Central said, which rather dis
couraged the boy, but at the same time
gave him bright idea: Why not put
up his own wireless telephone? Then
he could ask for all that he wantedi
The neighbors, and especially the
neighbors' boys, were much interested
In Tins experiment as 1t progressed.
The stock Of materials was limited,
but with friendly help the two wires
and the rest of simple apparatus
were contrived and the boys imagined
that they heard things as they listened
In. They imagined, too, that there was
an ear at the other end of everywhere
as they were sending out their express
sions Of desire. Certainly it was well
noised about In the neighborhood that
MeCann's boy was scientifically hope
full for himself and family; even the
particulars Of his aspirations were un-
derstood.
Among others, old man McKeefrey
heard the news. McKeefrey was pc
cuIiar old chap. He lived alone in a
rather dilapidated house on the edge
Of the village and had little to do with
anybody. Once In a while he would
give his views on the one subject that
employed his thoughts to an evening
company at the corner store, but no
one paid much attention to them. His
one idea was that charity began at
home, and the popular opinion that in
McKeefrey's home 1t stayed there.
There was also general opinion that
in McKeefrey's home it was not very
much needed The old man was not
much on dress and he seldom went
anywhere or seemed to indulge in any
of the non-hecessities or luxuries of
life but he was supposed to have
means enough to outshine the best Of
them, should he desire to.
1t was when he had been descantIng,
to a few listeners who sat about the
store stove, upon the folly of send
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electrical efforts.
The old man was
at once interest
ed. In earlier
years and before
his retirement to
Apple Center he.
had known the
ambitions t h a t
are com m o n
e nou gh In the
world and had
G o m p elled for
tune to yield him
some Of his fav-
ors. A dishonest
partner and some
thing that went
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THE INVISIBLE GIFT

THERE'S a gift on the Christ
= mas tree that we cannot see,
but we know it's there. There's
something that gives value to
all the. rest and we feel it. With
the rich there are fifty gifts to
one baby; with the poor, fifty
babies to one gift; with both
there is this something that
makes an equal happiness, some
thing that gives riches nothing
over and poverty nothing lack
ing, something that gives light
without candles and warmth
without fire. The tree itself
springs from it, the Christmas
festival sings Of 1t. We are all
excited by it and about it. 1t
fills the shops with beautiful
things, gathers crowds to buy
them, hangs garlands in the
windows, carols on the air. It
makes the church bells ring and
kindles devoutest worship. 1t is
love that hangs upon the Christ
mas tree. Without the Cross the
Christmas tree had never been.
20. G. Hazard,
"a. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.)
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RaIsIn Nut Gems.

Two cupfuls -four. 2 teaspoonfuls
baking powder. Y teaspoonful salt.
2 tablespoonfuls sugar, u cupful
raisins. n cupful walnut meats, 1
well-beaten egg. 2 tablespoonfuls melt
ed butter or shortening.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and
sugar together. Add raisins and nuts,
cut in pieces. Add milk and beaten
egg and mix well. Stir in butter
Pour into CREASED gem pans and bake
In moderate oven 80 to 50 minutes
This makes about - gems.
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al quarterS and TAX even
the resources of his prodigal spirit.
It used to take time and pains to
send letters to his headquarters,
but now anybody can call him up
In d moment or send a wish out into
the space that tingles with electricity,
that swift and willing servant of joy,
full Of light, and heat, and power.
So, when Tim had suggested a letter
to Santa, Maggie had replied "Why
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How Did AuntIe Know2

1t was their second Christmas and
the young wife was proudly display
ing the big Christmas remembrance,
an electric washer. from friend hus-
band" to the relatives gathered, when
one auntie remarked: ''Isn't that just
typical Of married life-the first
Christmas a talking machine and
the second Christmas washing ma
chinel'
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DON'T you use the
tell-'em phone? !"
and Nora h a d
said that wireless
was better. "Sure,
he's too far away
for them things, /"
objected Mrs. Nc
Cam. "No, not
If he was ten
thousand m il e s
away said Mr..
McC Cam. mike
81 e n n e sy stint
worrud to his ia
ther in Australia,
and him as far as
that, and look at
b3,,, ,,ox,v ia Ia
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Mr.. and Mrs. Squirrel were busy the
rest of the morning taking them home.
And they asked the Chatter-Reds to
join them and fill up their larder, tool
So every one had Merry Christmas
and Mrs. Squirrel did not have to put
both hands in her apron pockets for
months and monthsl
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Photo AyNzIetuVfa0sI

job days
million sacrificed
from the woods Of northern Vermont and species
spruce
southern
shipment, 0
trees according
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.. ,eaa. WESTERN NtwspApEa UNION

DEAR" said Mrs. SPUR.
rel to her husband on
Christmas m orning," do
you realize that we have
absolutely nothing in the
cupboard?"
Mr.. Squirrel stroked his
W hiskers and gave a
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ing Christmas things to soldiers that
he heard about Tim McCann's hopeful
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n THESE days, when wires
stretch from pole to pole
and wireless messages fill
the air like auroras, Santa
Claus is not left without
hints and suggestions as to
the desires of his bene-
ficiaries. They come in from
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-04-20
Carrying On With the
American Legion

The SO Americans who received the
Congressional Medal Of Honor will each
receive the Italian war cross, General
Zaccarl, chief Of staff Of the Italian
army, has announced.
The National Guard Of the country,
with an enrolled strength Of $4,000
men, has reached point only slightly
below that Of the nations regular
army.
During the war the British Red
Cross collected $95,OOO 600, Of which
$7O,5OO,OOO was expended. The mem
bership was 10000. Women members
numbered 10000.
A proposal has been made In Wash.
ington that the President give an
American flag to the next Of kin Of
each deceased soldier whose body is
not returned from France.
The Congressional Medal of Honor
laid upon the tomb Of Great Britain's
unknown soldier will be encased in
glass fronted box and affixed to the
tnmb. according to the wish Of the
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THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN

an almost unthinkably distant pros
pect. II guess I'll 60 In with my fa-
Their, In the wholesale drug business
said Fred. MY married brother al.
ready is In the firm, and suppose
they'll give me show-send me out
on the road year or two first, maybe,
to try me. Then I'm going to marry
some little cutie and settle down.
What you goin' to do. Ramsey? Go to
law school, and then come back and
60 in your fathers Officer" qH
II don't know. Guess So" a.I
1t was always Fred who did most of
the talking; Ramsey was quiet Fred
told the "frat seniors" that Ramsey
was developing whole lot these
days." and he told Ramsey himself
that he could see a big change" In
him, adding that the Improvement wis
probably due to Ramsey's having
passed through terrible trials like
that debate 4 2'tst Aa -'7Sis''
Ramsey kept to their rooms more
than lbs conrade did, one reason, for
tbs domesticity being that he 'had
to study longer than Fred did, to keep
ups and another reason may have
been a greater shyness than Fred pos
sessed-if, indeed, Fred possessed any
shyness at all. For Fred was CHEEKY
spirit difficult to ,abash, and by the
coming Of spring knew all Of the best
looking girl students in the place;
knew them well enough, it appeared.
to speak Of them not merely by their
first: names but by authorizations Of
these. He had become fashions sprig,
''fusser" and butterfly, and he re-
preached his roommate for stunning
the ladies. go 5faia
"Well, the truth Is, Fred" said Ram
sey one day, responding darkly-"well,
you see the truth is, Fred, I've had a
---a-I'ye had an experience"
So, only, did he refer to Milla.
Fred said no more; and it was COM
pretended between them that the past
need never be definitely referred to
again, but that 1t stood between Ram
sey and any entertainment to be OBJ
tanned of the gentler but less trust
worthy sex. And when other brethren
of the "frat" would have pressed RAM
sey to join them in various frivolous
enterprises concerning "co-eds,' or to
be shared by "co-eds," Fred thought 1t
Better to explain to them privately
(all being sacred among brethren) how
Ramsey's life, SO far as Girls went,
had been toyed with by one now a
Married Woman.
This created great deal Of respect
for Ramsey. 1t became understood
everywhere that he was a woman
.hater. &%
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APRIL soyjls,,

4 was 80 sure I'd convinced Mr.. Col.
burn Of all this, the last time we
talked Of 1t! He seemed to under
stand, and was sure he agreed with
me-" She bit her lip. HE was only
pretending-I see that now!" 7
II guess he must "a BEEN" said
Ramsey, with admirable simplicity.
"He didn't talk about anything like
that last night. He was as much for
1t as anybody" -.
"I've no doubt r. --;-------- s---.
Ramsey made bold to look at her
out of the side Of his eye, and as she
was gazing tensely forward he scontin-
ued his observation for some time. She
was obviously controlling agitation. al.
most controlling tears, which seemed
to threaten her very wide-open eyes;
for those now fully grown and notice
able eye-winkers Of hers were subject
to fluctuations indicating such a
threat. She looked "hurt," and Ram
sey was touched. There was something
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been at first; for some reason her agi-
1tation made him feel easier. what
was wrong about that?"' y Y s.5a
"Oh, It's all 50 shocking and wick
ed and Mistaken she cried. Even
the faculty has been doing it. and half
the other 'frats' and sororitiesl And
It was yours that started it, "
Eyes, we did," he said, thoroughly
puzzled. "We're the Oldest frat here,
and Of course"-he chuckled nnodestly
-"of course we think we're the best.
Do you mean you believe we ought
to'ye sat back and let somebody else
start it?'
"Oh, not" she answered, yehemently.
Nobody ought to have started It.!
That's the trouble; don't you see? II
nobody had started 1t none Of 1t might
have happened. The rest mightn't
have caught it. 1t mightn't have got
into their heads. A war thought is the
most contagious thought In the world !;
but If 1t can be kept from starting, it
can be kept from being contagious.
It's just when people have got into an
emotional state, or state of smoul-
dering rage, that everybody ought to
he so terribly careful not to think war
thoughts or make war speeches--or
send war kilograms thought-ol,
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who, who? Hoo Lun! Who loves
Linski? Who, who, who? Hoo Lun!"
Linski was disguised, resigned from
the university, and disappeared.
"Well, here 1t isn't midyear Exams
yet, and the good ole class of Nineteen
Eighteen's already lost a member"
said Fred Mitchell. II guess we can
bear the break-up!"- t.-. =
II guess So" Ramsey assented.
"That Linski might just as well stayed
here, though" v.lC.
@"WhyT' =
"He couldn't do any harm here. He'll
prob'ly get more people to listen to
him in cities where there's so many
new immigrants and all such that
don't know anything. comm in all the
time"
"Oh, WELL" said Fred. "What do
we care what happens to Chicago!
Come on, let's behave real wild, and
60 on over to the TERRA and get us a
couple Of egg sandwiches and sass
prilly." g
Ramsey was willing.
After the strain Of the "mid-year
Exams in February, the chums lived
a ,free-hearted life. They had settled
into the ways Of their world; they had
grown used to 1t, and 1t had grown
used to them; there was no longer any
ignomiry in being freshman. They
romped upon the campus and some
times rioted harmlessly about the
streets Of the town. In the evenings
they visited their fellows and brethren
and were visited in turn; horseplay
prevailed, but collegiate gossip had its
turn, and sometimes they looked so
far ahead as to talk vaguely Of their
plans for professions or business
CORY, al
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CHAPTER TX.

That early spring of 1915 the two
boys and their friends and brethren
talked more of the war than they had
in the autumn, though the subject was
not at all an absorbing one; for the
trenches Of Flanders and France were
still Of the immense, remote distance.
BY no stretch Of Imagination could
these wet, trenches be thought greatly
to concern the STRAIT" the Lumen, or
the university! Really important mat
tiers were the doings Of the "Track
Team" now training in the Gym"
and on the Varsity field, and, more
vital still, the prospects Of the Nine.
But in May there came shock which
changed things for q time. 'j5 =
The Lusitania brought to every
American a revelation of what had
lain so deep in his own heart that
often he had not realized 1t was there.
When the Germans hid in the sea and
sent down the great merchant ship,
with American babies and their moth
ers, and CALAMITY dying American gen.
tlemen, there came change even to
girls and boys and professors, until
then SO preoccupied with their own
little aloof world thousands Of miles
from the murder.
Fred Mitchell, ever volatile and gen.
,erous, was one Of those who went
quite wild. No orator, he nevertheless
made frantic speech at the weeks
"frat meetings." cursing the Germans
in the simple old English words that
their performance had demonstrated to
be applicable, and going on to demand
that the fraternity prepare for its
share in the action of the country. II
don't care how Insignificant we few
fellows here tonight may SEEM" he
cried; 1--WE can do our little and If
everybody in this country's ready to do
their own little, why, that'll be plenty |!
Brothers, don't you realize that all
over the United States tonight the peo-
pie are feeling just the way we are
here? Millions and millions and mil
lions of them! Wherever there's an
American he's with us-and you bet
your bottom dollar there are just few
more Americans in this country Of ours
than there are big-mouthed Holsters
like that fellow Linski! tell you, If
congress only gives the word, there
could be an army Of five million men
in this country tomorrow, and those
dirty baby KILN dachshunds would
hear q word or two from your Uncle
Samuel Brothers, demand that some.
thing be done right here and now, and
by us! move we telegraph the sec
rotary Of war tonight and offer him q
regiment from this university to 60
over and help hang their DIN kaiser.
The motion was hotly seconded and
instantly carried. Then followed a
much flustered discussion Of the form
and phrasing of the proposed tele-
gram, but, after everything seemed to
have been settled, some one ascer-
tanned by telephone that the telegraph
company would not accept messages
containing words customarily defined
as profane; so the telegram had to be
rewritten. This led to further amend
ment, and 1t was finally decided to adj
drass the senators from that state, in
stead Of the secretary of war, and
thus in somewhat modified form the
message was finally dispatched.
Next day, news Of what the frat"
had done made great stir in the uni
yersity. Other "frats" sent kilograms,
81. did the .Rarbariana.n haters Of the
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do you any harm in the frat or with
the Lumen, either. And don't he dis
couraged about your debating. You'll
learn. Anybody might have got rat
tied by having to argue against as
clever and good-looking girl as that ~
The roommates gave each other
look of serious puzzlement as the door
closed. well, Brother Colburn Is a
mighty nice fellow" Fred said. Hes
Kind Of funny, though"
Ramsey assented, and then, as the
two prepared for bed. they entered in.
to further discussion of their senior
friend. They liked him ""all right"
they said but he certainly must be
/ kind of queer, and they couldn't just
see how he had lever managed to get
where he was" in the 'sfrat' and the
Lumen and the university. 1g
e
n Ramsey passed the Slightly disfig-
ured Linski on the campus next day
without betraying any embarrassment
or making a sign Of recognition. Fred
Mitchell, told his roommate, chuckling
that Linski had sworn to "get" him,
, and, not knowing Fred's affiliations,
had made him the confidant of his
oath. Fred had given his blessing, he
said, upon the enterprise, and advised
Linski to use brick. Hell hit you
on the head with It," said the light
hearted Fred, falling back upon this
old joke. "Then you can catch it as
: It, bOunces off and throw it back at
him." @gFS n ~ s#
Nv However, Linski proved to be mere
ly an episode, not only SO far as Ram
sey was concerned but in the Lumeh
and in the university as well. His sus.
pension from the Lumen was for a
year, and SO cruel punishment it
proved for this born debater that he
noisily declared he would found a de-
batting society himself, and had a
poster printed and distributed an
nOuncing the first meeting of "The
Free Speech and Masses Rights Coun-
NAAs oCfVAdl LOWA lOu1CIo dllClluCu
the meeting, but the only person con-
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, a Chinese
youth of almost intrusive amiability.
Linski made fiery address, the towns
men loudly applauding his advocacy
Of an embargo on munitions and the
distribution Of everybody's property"
but the Chinaman, accustomed to see
students so madly in earnest only
when they were burlesquing, took the
whole affair to be intended humor, and
Uttered politely without cessation
except at such times as he thought it
proper to appear quite wrung with
laughter. Then he would rock him
self, clasp his mouth with both hands
and splutter through his fingers.
Linski accused him of being in the pay
Of capital" @
Next day the orator was unable to
show himself upon the campus with
out causing demonstrations; whenever
he was seen file Of quickly gathering
students marched behind him chanting
repeatedly and deafeningly in chorus !:
"Down with Wall Street! Hoch der
Kaiser! Who loves Linski? Who.
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his proficiency In
directing S ~ l s.
AS state chaplain
Of the American
Legion in Mon
tana, he built up q
splendid reputa-
ton as notable as
that which he won
as captain in the
British field artil-
lery. Mr.. Por.
ter, who is a
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Presbyterian, was one Of the three
men who wrote the national cere-
monial ritual for the Legion. +. He
worked in conjunction with a Catholic
priest and Jewish rabbi. He recog-
nizes no UNCONVENTIONAL bars in his
Legion work, and at the 1921 conven-
ton nominated a Catholic to succeed
him as state chaplain.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-With his grandfather,
small Ramsey Milholland is watching the
Decoration Day Parade In the home
town. The old gentleman, q veteran OF
the Civil war, endeavors to impress the
youngster with the significance of the
great conflict, and many years afterward
the boy was to remember his words with
startling vividness.
CHAPTER HIN the schoolroom. q
few years afterward. Ramsey was not
though his two pronounced dislikes were
arithmetic and 'Recltations." In sharp
contrast to Ramsey's backwardnees Is
the precocity Of little Dora Yocum.
young lady whom in his bitterness he de-
nominates Teachers Pet"
CHAPTER III-In high school, where
he and Dora are classmates, Ramsey
continues to feel that the girl delights to
manifest her superiority. and the yindic-
tveness he generates becomes alarming.
eliminating In the resolution that some
day he would SHOW" her. .s4
CHAPTER Iv.-At class picnic RAM
sey, to his intense surprise, appears to
attract the favorable attention Of Miss
Milla Rust, a young lady Of about his
9 fSn ags and a the Ss belle Of
sew and that Youth nromntly niunees to
the rescue The water ia oniy some three
feet deen. hut Milla's rratituda for his
heroic act 10 embarrassing. He 10 In fact
consternafion - >SS 400 '9' =
~ I.N1H- ,lgs a
CHApTEyR v-The acquaintance r,nena.
pensax anS Millo onanfv .Teaninr cono.
nanv" vhiie The formeT,s narents won
SSar' tn" ,rothar inaasd! ooes 90 far as
~ .xnrasa snyna d,sannrnvaI Of hia choice
eve, hintinr that Dnra ync,,rc would he
norn s,,;ta Ma eo,,nor,o, su1rastion
Which, the Youth receives with horror.
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