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WHEN THE FLAG GOES BY.
When the order was recently given
members of the New York police depart-
ment to salute whenever the American
flag passes in a parade a step was taken
in a direction that should receive atten-
tion in many other quarters.
What has been responsible for the tail-
ing off of outward signs of respect toward
the flag in recent years is not altogether
clear. Possibly it is merely carelessness;
perhaps shows of the George Cohan va-
riety have had something to do with
cheapening the national emblem in the
popular mind.
Someone once said—and brought down
upon himself an avalanche of attack by
saying it—that the American flag is
"nothing but a tri-colored fabric sewn
together.” He quite lost sight of the all-
important fact that this nation’s flag—any
nation’s flag' for that matter to those
who belong under its folds—is the con-
crete emblem of patriotism and of the
ideals that the nation stands for. It
stands in the eye as representing the
country' itself.
When men follow a flag to victory or
death over stricken fields it is not "a
tri-colored fabric” that they win for or
die for but the principle or the idea that
the flag means.
The custom of saluting the flag of
showing the banner the outward evidence!
of respect is a good one because back of
it is the sentiment of respect and love to-
ward that which the stars and stripes i
represents. No soldier in the regular ]
army allows a flag to pass him without!
coming to attention and removing his|
hat. Men who have once been in the j
army may be identified in crowds along
the line of parades by the fact that they
still keep up the practice.
Sometimes this makes them conspicu-
ous. It ought not to. It would be a good
thing if everyone—soldier policeman and
civilian man woman and child—would
gain the habit of standing respectfully
facing it while the flag goes by and if
all the men and boys removed their hats.
This is a good year to start doing such
a thing as this. With most of the re-
mainder of the world fighting over ter-
ritorial aggression and political and eco-
nomic jealousies we Americans are able
to appreciate more than ever before just
what our flag means. And the painful
lesson we have learned during the last 1
twelve months that there are some men
who call themselves Americans who do
* not care as much for our flag as they'
• do for some other flag gives us an ad-
ditional reason for displaying our senti-
ments of loyalty on all proper public
occasions.
Tell the children good Americans to
salute when the flag goes by. And set
them the example.
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"THE OTHER FELLOW.”
Governor Ferguson hit the nail of mili-
tary preparedness squarely on the head
in his address at the Dallas fair. He said
that while the United States should not
pose as a military nation it was not only
what the United States thought that
should be taken into account but that
we should also consider what was in the
mind of the other fellow.
This is nothing but the most elemen-
tary common sense. Just because we
have no intention of attacking somebody
does not by any means imply that some-
body has not the intention of attacking
us. A clergyman in New Orleans recently
shot and killed a man who had broken
into his house in the night and he was
entirely justified in what he did. The
clergyman never had any idea of breaking
into another man’s house in the night
but another man did have it in his mind
to break into the clergyman’s house. He
MONDAY
broke in and the result was a fight and
the killing of the intruder.
The United States like the clergyman
has no intention of attacking another
nation or of intruding upon the premises
of another nation. That does not mean
however that some nation may not at
some time have the idea of attacking us
or that it will not intrude upon our
premises.
The whole argument of the pacificists is
based upon the utterly incorrect idea that
! nobody' is ever going to attack us. As
Henry Ford said: “I want the people
of this country to understand that no-
body is going to make war on us.” That
is something that Mr. Ford knows noth-
ing about. He is not gifted with omnis-
cience nor has he any power of reading
the future that is denied to other men.
He can make a guess at what will and
what will not happen but that is as far
as his powers will take him. Other peo-
ple can guess as well as he.
Mr. Ford probably carries insurance
upon his plant because he fears that it
may sometime be damaged by- fire. He
would not even consider the cancellation
of all his insurance policies on the strength
of a guess that no fire would ever occur
in his establishment. Yet he has as
much right to guess that there will never
be a fire in Detroit as to guess that the
United States will never be forced into
war. And the chances are that he can
guess as accurately on one question as on
the other.
The people of the United States have
not the most remote desire to annex the
territory of any other nation but there
might arise in the future a most import-
ant question regarding the right of an-
other nation not friendly to the United
States to annex territory adjacent to the
United States which might be made the
base of possible military' operations
against the United States. This country
could not permit the annexation of such
territory and the result of the argument
might be war.
It has been suggested in some of the
newspapers of Germany and Austria that
in the event of the victory of the Teutonic
allies an assessment will be levied on the
United States because it has furnished
muntions of war to the enemies of Aus-
tria and Germany. The United States
would not entertain for a second the pay-
ment of such an assessment and an at-
tempt to enforce its collection would
mean immediate war. It would mean war
all the more quickly if the United States
is not prepared for it.
Governor Ferguson was eternally right
when he declared that it is our duty to
consider the mental attitude of the other
fellow as much as we consider our own.
And ir this case “the other fellow” means
all the nations of the earth outside our
own boundary lines.
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A NEW RECIPE.
Charles Saunders of Ohio is eighty-six
years old. Like many men of advanced
years he has been asked to give his recipe
for longevity and like most of those
who are asked he has complied.
Recipes for long life as furnished by
men who have succeeded in getting on
beyond the four-score mark are of in-
terest to men of the younger generations
who would greatly like to do likewise but
unfortunately they seldom agree one with
another. Granther Jones accredits his
great age to the fact that he never drank
nor smoked; Gaffer Smith declares the
thing that has kept his spark of vitality-
burning brightly is three good-sized nips
of whiskey a day ever since about the
time of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Uncle Jeremiah Robinson is certain he
has reached his’present age because he
has always made a practice of keeping his
temper; old Mr. Burns is of the opinion
that he would have died long ago if
he hadn’t invariably let himself go when-
ever anything aroused his angry- pas-
sions.
So it seems to come down to the point
that each elderly- gentleman seems to
have lived long because he happened to
irrespective of what he did or perhaps
notwithstanding it. But that does not
lessen the interest attaching to whatever
they- say.
And the aforesaid Charles Saunders
aged eighty-six who boasts that he
hasn’t a single physical defect has quite
| a list of reasons. Here they are:
He never drank in his life.
He never whipped any of his children
and he has raised five.
He never spoke one cross word to his
। wife.
He never called on any woman but his
। wife cither before their marriage or
. after.
He has made it a rule throughout his
life to be in bed not later than nine
o’clock. »
He has attended church regularly.
He has never taken part in a fight.
He has made it a rule to eat the simp-
lest of foods.
Some of these rules are far from new
| but one or two of them possess consider-
j able originality and he selects these as
: among the very important ones. He
says for instance that he thinks nothing
had been more conducive to his continued
excellent health than the fact that he
never spoke a cross word to his wife or
whipped the children.
He thinks the exercise of temper has
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
a tendency to shorten life—burn the ner-
vous forces out as it were. He doesn’t
seem to think it does a man any harm
to hold himself in the way he must have
had to on some occasions.
On the whole Mr. Saunders’ rules seem
to be as good as any—and better than
some.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
Not all of the new gold in Gotham has
come from the coffers of the allies. As
a source of wealth in the form of coin
Threadneedle and Fleet streets marking
London as the center of the world’s ex-
change now have competition.
Recently about the time Americans
contracted the war-stock fever and Eng-
land began to deliver her surplus gold
into the keeping of New York financiers
there appeared in Gotham’s lobster pal-
aces a balm for the blase. It was dressed
in the garb of a man and for conven-
tional purposes the garb was proper. It
was not how the wearer looked but what
he did that created a question as to
right to classification with the species to
which he purported to belong.
From table to table went the being in
man’s attire scattering coin and costly
jewels. Of necklaces valued at hundreds
of dollars each he seemed to have pockets
full. Of thousand-dollar bills he seemed
to have an inexhaustible supply. Both
jewels and money he disposed of with
lavish disregard for the wealth they rep-
resented. To the beneficiaries of his in-
discriminate bounty he was a stranger.
Soon the ripples of excitement closed!
over him and he was seen no more. Per-|
haps out into the world he went —to'
amass more money sink it in jewels and
return to the point of easiest and quick-
est distribution.
Every now and then a meteoric spend-
thrift appears in Gotham to outdazzle the
lights of the Great White Way. Osten-
sibly they are on pleasure bent but real-
ly there are in search of sensations which
have no attraction for the normal mind.
One such was a young man from Wilkes-
Barre Pennsylvania whose ambition to
be “a millionaire for a day” was gratified
at the end’of several years of hard work
and the practice of rather rigid- economy.
Can it be that life holds so few things
worth while even for such abnormal per-
sons that swift prodigality with its ac-
companying excesses is the only means
of satisfying their wants?
Price of Cotton
After all the arguments of the curbstone
statesmen and financiers and the wailing of the
poMticians it is being demonstrated every day
that tiie government hag nothing to do with tiu»
price of cotton. And oven the advocate of the
bucket shop are silent for the present. Reduced
acreage unfavorable weather the warehouse
and general diversification in crops have
brought us 12-cent cotton. Next year cut this
year’s acreage half in two double up on diversi-
fication and patronize the warehouse organize
for the marketing of farm products of all kinds
and the farmer will be the best-to-do and the
most independent citizen to be found.—Corsi-
cana Sun.
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From Diamond to Politics.
Jake Daubert one of the more prominent
major leaguers in the baseball world is going
to vary the monotony. Instead of stepping from
the diamond to the vaudeville stage he will en-
ter politics his friends In Brooklyn having nomi-
nated him for a seat on the New York city al-
dermanic board. SHH th°re is considerable in
common between the demands of vaudeville and
politics. To be successful in either a man must
be something of a joker and the better the actor
he is the larger will be his success in politics.
Another of the actor’s functions is to fool the
people. However if one had to be an actor to
be a vaudevillian there wouldn’t be nearly so
many of the latter.—Topeka State Journal.
No Action Needed Soon.
As to the Colombia and Nicaragua treaties
there is no need for immediate action. The Ni-
caragua negotiations still savor of mystery. The
proposed agreenM-nt with Colombia concerns
the Panama dispute. This involves the pay-
ment of a certain sum to the republic which
was despoiled of its Panama property by the
Roosevelt administration. But here again there
is no reason for extraordinary haste. The de-
mand for a special session of the senate sim-
mers down to a desire to revise the rules—and
this revision may include the subject of cloture.
—lndianapolis News.
Where Banks Do Not Fail.
In China it is said there are no bank failures.
The reason given is that when a bank closes
its doors the banker is beheaded. To send to
the gallows or the electric chair every sheriff
deputy sheriff warden deputy warden or su-
perintendent of a jail prison from whose cus-
tody. actual or legal any prisoner is taken by
a mob would be to stretch severity too far. And
yet every such officer should pay for his loss
of the prisoner whether he is to blame or not.
with his head. He should pay with his official
head. He should not be heard to say that he
was overpowered.—Wisconsin State Journal.
■laying the War Debt.
The indebtedness of the countries at war has
increased more than $ 1 8000000000 since hostili-
ties began according to official estimates. Should
universal temperance prevail throughout Eu-
rope after the war and should the belligerents
agree to disarmament it would not take many
years to discharge this enormous obligation so
rapidly does wealth *of nations accumulate.
Should these two great events follow the estab-
lishment of peace it would go far toward com-
pensating the unspeakab'e waste and destruction
already wrought.—Christian Science Monitor.
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Opix>rtunity for Youths. '
The study of grasses and cat tie-growing pre-
sents a splendid opportunity for young men of
the South which they <an not afford to over-
look or neglect. It is a knowledge that is im-
peratively needed now and soon the demand
for it unless the cal) is heeded will be far in ex-
cess nf the supply of those qualified to conduct
the work. It is not a question solely of the
abolition of cotton slavery. It is an opportunity
offered in the demand of a growing industry
whose supply .and resources are already more
than overtaxed.—Atlanta Constitution.
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An Example of Tenacity.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson has given the world a
magnificent example of indefatigab’^ tenacity.
While everyone had thought the intrepid ex-
plorer lost in the Arctic wilds it develops that he
has been steadily prosecuting his explorations
in the face of overwhelming adversities and in
spite of almost Insuperable obstacles. He haw not
only located new land in the Arctic ocean set-
tling a long-disputed geographical prob’em. but
he has charted hitherto unexplored stretches of
coast. Stefansson's achievement will be greeted
with general acclaim.—Utica Observer.
NEALoftheNAVY
By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
Author ot “Red Mouse." “Running
Fight” “Catspaw” “Blue Buckle” etc.
Novelized From the Photo Play of the Santo Name Produced by
the Patlie Exchange Inc.
(Copyright. 1916. by
(Continued From Friday.)
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
THE SUN WORSHIPERS
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Jungle Trail.
Blindfolded and stumbling. Neal
was led for miles over an almost un-
trod path.
As he went he listened and twice
he could have sworn he heard a
woman’s voice a voice that he knew
well—the voice of Annette Ilington.
Once he heard her s< ream.
Suddenly there was a halt. There
was much whispering and the low-
tone chattering of many people. And
then Neal heard another scream—-
" Neal! Neal!”
There was the trampling of a
heavy body through the underbrush
and then thp rattling of a heavy
chain and what seemed to be the un-
locking of a door. There was almost
another shriek then silence.
Finally without warning Neal was
seized in a^gigantic pair of arms
tossed lightly over a huge shoulder
and was carried rapidly along. An-
other door was opened and Neal felt
himself flung—a bit too violently—-
into the corner of a stone wall apart-
ment. A door clanged to behind him
and was locked and bolted. A voice
assailed his ears.
"Senor” said this voice. "If you
would be relieved of bonds and
blinds approach me.”
Neal —not without apprehension—-
started up and staggered in the di-
rection of the voice. A hand swung
him about. Upon his head and wrists
he felt the pressure of cold steel--
the back of a sheath knife. His bonds
fe'l at his feet. Ho swung about
stretched his arms and looked. Grin-
ning sardonically at him through the
bars was the face of Hernandez and
behind Hernandez with blinking eyes
stood the ever-present brute.
"We keep you merely for safety
senor” said Hernandez. "Hostages
sometimes are valuable things—until
they become useless after which of
course they are no longer hostages."
‘‘How many hostages have you?"
queried Neal.
Hernandez smiled cynically.
“Enough senor” he returned "and
enough is as good as a feast."
He swung on his heel thrust the
brute out of sight and disappeared.
Neal noted now’ that he was con-
fined in a stone cel!-—dingy dirty
miserable. He jumped at once to the
correct conclusion. This was a fort.
Ho examined his cell critically. The
mortar was disintegrating. The fort
was very old. He took out his knife
they had still left him that—and
stabbed viciously at the space in be-
tween tho stones.
Suddenly he stopped and with
good reason for there was a distinct
tapping on the other side of the wall.
Somebody was rapping out the Morse
code.
"Annette” cried Neal exultantly.
Annette knew the Morse code and so
did he. And in Morse code they
talked—tap-tapping on the divided
wall.
“That you Annette?”
“Sure. That you Neal?"
“Sure. Are you comfortable?”
The tapping was uncertain.
“Yes" returned Annette. Then it
became indignant. "Save for the bugs
—there are about a million of them
here."
"Same hero" said Neal “but I’m
beastly hungry. How about you?”
“Beastly is quite right” returned
Annette.
There was a rattle at the door of
Neal’s cell. A native insurrecto
opened the door and sat upon the
floor a jug <>f water and a loaf of dis-
reputable looking bread. Almost at
the same time there was a rattle at
the door of Annette's dungeon cell.
She ceased her tapping suddenly and
turned. The brute was entering- -also
with refreshments such ns they were.
Instead of disposing of these at
once he strode forward his huge
body towering above her. and held
them out to her with a strange gleam
in his eyes. She took the food and
drink and laid them down upon the
bench staring at the brute the while.
The huge anomaly took this as an
invitation. He shambled closer to-
ward her never once removing his
glance from her upturned wondering
face. Thon without warning he
thrust forth a hand and stroked her
hair.
Annette was startled. Yet there
was so much docility In the expres-
sion of this half man. half animal
that she instinctively submitted to his
touch. And there was something else
—somethnig struggling for expres-
sion in those strange wide open eyes.
There was a quick step behind the
brute and Hernandez entered. An-
nette shrank back into a corner of
the cell.
The brute gazed at him. but still
stood his ground. Hernandez in a
rage struck hi;n sharply on the
shoulder and thrust him toward the
door. The brute cringing in his turn
half fell half shuffled out of the
cell followed by Hernandez raining
blows' upon his back.
Annette with a sigh of relief
sprang to the farther wall and tap-
ped her Morse code again upon it.
She met immediate response.
"Any news?" asked Neal.
“Yes." said Annette. "The centi-
pedes and all the other bugs are eat-
ing up my bread— many thanks for
that. Any news with you?”
‘'None” returned Neal. “I’ve fin-
ished my bread now I’m eating up
the bugs. "But” he added tap-tap-
ping upon the wall "they taste dif-
ferent from the bugs I’m accustomed
to.” ’
Hours passed. Suddenly an omin-
ous 'whisper spread through the fort
—a whisper of apprehension. There
was much bustle.
During an interval of comparative
quiet there was wafted into the
range of Neal’s hearing the one word
—"Americanos." Then with two suc-
cessive <'langs tho cell doors Neal’s
and Annette’s were flung back.
They were bound and once more
blindfolded. Then each in the cen-
ter of an ample escort they stumbled
plunged and staggered once more
through the Jungle trail.
chaptkr xxxv
Sanctuary.
Meantime things had happened.
Gutside the fort there was camped a
gang of about fifty Insurrectos. Many
were wounded; all seemed to be in
tatters.
They had with them three Ameri-
qiiiam Hamilton Osborne.)
canoa One was Joe Welcher w’ho
sat sullenly upon the ground smoking
a cigarette. Inez Castro was also in
evidence. The third Americano was
Neal Hardin’s mother. She was the
subject of considerable discussion
for she wag ill. The fugitive leader
leader of the insurrectos sent for
Hernandez who was within the high
walls of the fort. Hernandez came.
"The sickness of the senora” said
the leader shaking his he^d "is very
troublesome. In further flight it may
embarrass us.”
"Get me two donkeys” said Her-
nandez "I will- send her back down
the trail with Senorlta Castro and
Welcher.”
A quarter of a mile away on the
top of a jagged rock that thrust its
head above the surrounding foliage
there cruoched a native scout. He
watched a cruiser slowly steaming
up the coast. He watched the shore
—and the trails leading from the
shore.
Suddenly he started —he had seen
something ominous. He clung to his
perch for one instant peering down
to make quite certain. Then he
scrambled to the ground and then
crawled leaped staggered through
the brush. He reached the insurrec-
tos’ camp and clutched his leader’s
arm.
"Americanos captain.” he panled
breathlessly. They come.”
’’From whence?” queried the lead-
er.
The insurrecto scout indicated the
direction. Fear spread itself over the
countenance of the leader.
’’There’s a good trail there senor”
he said to Hernandez. “They have
nosed ns out.” He turned back to
the scout. "How many Americanos?”
he inquired.
The scout flung up his hands. ”A
thousand” he returned; maybe ten
thousand senor captain.”
Hernandez grunted. "We must va-
moose. Senorlta (’astro” he said to
Inez “you and the two Americans
shall go thither—east.” He nodded
to tho leader. “We go west at once—-
and with our prisoners.” He nodded
to the scout. “You have the uniform
of a regular of Dolores” he said.
"You will accompany Senora Hardin
Senorita Castro and Senor Welcher.”
The scout shivered. "What about
bayonets?" he demanded.
Hernandez nodded with assurapce.
"Senorita Castro will protect you
from the Americans" he explained.
"Senor” he said to the insurrecto
’eader “there is no time to lose.”
There’was little need of this In-
junction. The whole camp terrorized
was in a frenzy to get away.
“Every man for himself!” shouted
the leader in the patois of the na-
tives. "and the devil take the hind-
most.”
Suiting the action to the word he
lunged foremost through the jungle
toward the west.
It takes the trained eye of a native
to know a trail when he meets one
in the well-nigh impossible jungles
of Dolores. The United States mar-
ines. a little squad of 25 men. were
beginning to realize this fact. For an
hour they followed blind trail after
blind trail only to retrace their steps
to a given starting point.
“Never mind” said their officer.
"They’re up there and we’ll get them
and then—”
He stopped. A shower of dirt and
small stones spattered on his head.
The officer looked up. Above him
towered a cliff and half way to the
top nf this cliff there ran a narrow
ledge—a mountain pass. The officer
ducked for there was another show-
er of dirt and gravel. Then he caught
sight of a donkey’s tail swishing out
over the precipice.
“Ah.” exclaimed the ensign;
“somebody at home at any rate.”
A marine saluted. “Sir" he said
“follow the ledge with your eye as
far as your eye cap reach. It slants
down down down."
The officer glanced about to his
left. He seized a pair of glasses and
searched the distant face of the cliff.
’T’ve got the trail.” he said "and a
good trail it is for it leads here—-
here to our very feet.”
He was quite right. Some three-
quarters of an hour later Inez and
her small party passed that very spot
—a spot now deserted. One of the
natives with her clutched at her don-
key’s bridle and drew back. Fear
shone from his eyes.
"What is the matter?” demanded
Inez.
"They have been here —the Amer-
icanos” he exclaimed.
"How do you know?” she asked.
He pointed seemingly everywhere
at once to the ground the vines the
trees.
’See.” he exclaimed "there are
foot prints.”
Inez searched the surface of the
ground in vain. “I see nothing” she
returned.
"See” he went on. ”the leaves of
the trees—they have been brushed
aside.”
Inez shook her head and laughed
You are seeing things.” she said.
Move on.”
They did move on—a space of half
a hundred feet; then she saw things
—everybody saw them. Suddenly
25 American marines with drawn
bayonets sprang from the jungle as
by magic and surrounded them.
Inez excellent actress breathed
an audible sigh of relief. "At last”
she said "we have found you.”
The ensign advanced toward her
afid saluted. He glanced doubtfully
at the half dozen insurrectos wearing
uniforms.
"Who are you?” he demanded of
Inez.
"These" said Inez with a wave nf
her hand "are Dolores regulars w’ho
have befriended us. and we are
three Americans and one of us is
sick. It Is for her that we seek re-
fuge."
He strode swiftly to the side of
Mrs. Hardin. She was swaying help-
lessly fmm side to side In the sad-
dle of her donkey supported by
two insurrecto escorts.
The ensign drew from his pockets
a small first aid kit. hastily sprung
the catch and administered a restor-
ative. Mrs. Hardin revived for a mo-
ment and looked wildly about her.
“Neal Neal” she cried.
Inez dismounted and approached
the officer. "She has the fever.” she
exclaimed “and she raves In her
speech all the time lieutenant; hso
makes up names—a’4 kinds of
names ”
"Such a< Neal?” suggested the en-
sign. glancing keenly at Inez.
At the name two of his men press-
ed forward.
"Neal” they echoed.
The ensign held uj> his hajad. “She
Daily Fashion Hint
FUR TRIMMED SUITS MOST
FASHIONABLE.
One of the most noticeable fea-
tures of the fall fashions is the ilsc
of fur trimming on suits and street
Irock*. The iM^erials vary from
serge gabardine velour de laine. to
velvet faille or any of the wonder-
ful rich fabric's that arc being fea-
tured so much. The latter of course
are used in the more dressy type of
afternoon suit. One thing is cer-
tain that is. that a street cwtume is
not really smart unless it lias the
seasonable fur. Fox is extensively
used either white cross or silver
any of these proving smart and
youthful. The flaring lines from
shoulder to hip as featured tn many
of the newest models and again from
waist to the hem are particularly
smart especially when a border ef-
fect of fur is added. The suit il-
lustrated Is fashioned in navy velour
do laine showing the not too short
circular skirt and flaring coat. Smart
cloth topped button l>oots are worn
with this suit and a clever velvet
hat with a saucy chin strap. A very
wide band of beaver fur lends a bor-
der effect to the <*oat and skirt. Deep
cuffs and a high snug collar of the
same furytre Introduced on the cviat.
and you miss” he queried—“you are
relatives ?”
"She is my foster mother” said
Inez without the slightest hesita-
tion "and this Is my foster brother."
The ensign beckoned to hilf a
dozen of his men. "There arc lots of
saplings here." he said. "Make a lit-
ter. This woman needs attention."
In less time than it takes to tell it
six cleverly trained men had cleverly
constructed a comfortable litter
padded and softened with a multi-
tude of leaves and vines. Gentle as
trained nurses they placed Mrs. Har-
din "D this litter.
Once again the fever-stricken
woman opened her eyes caught sight
of the uniforms and once again she
murmured:
"Neal.”
The ensign however was chat-
ting with Inez Castro.
"There w other Americans in
the mountains?” he queried.
Inez opened wide her eyes and
shook her head. "We saw none sir”
she said.
"Where have you been?" he asked
"Hiding.” she answered “from the
insurrectos.”
“You were in the fight?” he in-
quired.
She nodded. "At the plantation"
she returned .“when the onslaught
came. Wc escaped with nothing but
our lives.”
"And you have seen no marine no
uniform like these?”
“No” she answered “would that
we had. That is what we have hoped
for all along.”
•‘One of us.” went on the ensign
“is missing—was missing after that
plantation fight. His name is Neal-
Hardin. He is a gunner on the Al-
bany. You haven’t seen him any-
where?”
Inez was skimming over thin ice.
but she had to go on. It was too late
now to retreat. Beside it was all
part of the great game—the great
game that must he played boldly if
at all. It was no part of the purpose
of Hernandez to be followed by
United States marines and she knew
it as well as did Hernandez.
Inez shook her head. ”1 do not
know any gunner on the Albany nor
any other battleships” she an-
swered.
“I was puzzled.” went on the en-
sign. “because—your foster mother
twice called out the name of Neal.”
Inez nodded understanding!}’. "She
is religious ensign” she returned
“My foster mother is piety itself and
when the onslaught came there af
the plantation she urged all to invoke
Divine aid.
"Kneel—kneel” that was her con-
stant cry.
Mrs. Hardin upon her litter stirred.
“Neal —Neal my boy” she mur-
mured.
“Her boy” exclaimed the ensign.
Inez placed a hand upon Joe
Welcher’s shoulder. "That is what
she said to him al 1 - the time” she
answered. "Kneel kneel my boy
e.id she still k-'eps It up. Sho re deli-
rious. She thinks we are all still un-
der fire.”
The ensign strode to the litter.
Inez tripped jauntily by hi* side. He
nodded to his men.
"Four men toiled off to earn- the
litter." he said "six as escort."
"Where to sir?” asked his men
The ensign pondered. "This woman
needs immediate attention. Take her
to the launch and thence to the Al-
bany.” He bowed to Inez and beck-
oned to Joe Welcher. “You two must
go along" he said soncr’y.
"And you.” queried Inez of the of-
ficer “you. and the remainder of
your men?”
The officer smiled and bowed. "I
will find our gunner Hardin if it
takes—if it takes one of my nether
limbs.”
(To be continued Wednesday.)
OCT. 18 1915.
Sleepy-Time Tales
For the Little Folk x
WHEN DANDY GOT SICK.
Once upon a time after Frank had
taught his piny. Dandy al! the tricks
he could think of he thought he
would teach hint to get his own din.
ner by going to the feed box poking
his nose under the lid and in that
way get the corn. One day Frank
was very busy playing ball and forgot
to go to the barn to feed Dandy.
Dandy waited way beyond the usual
time and then started out to get
something to eat for himself. He
went to the. box lifted up the cover
but much to his surprise found no
corn there for Frank had not put in
any.
So Dandy hunted around and
found where Frank kept the store of
corn from which he filled the feed
box. Dandy stuck his nose under the
lid and began to eat as fast as he
could. When he had eaten all he
could like a greedy boy. he trotted
back to his stall. In a little while he
began to feel very ill and he wished
he hadn't eaten so much for his poor
little stomach felt very bad and ached
something awful. •
When Frank remembered that ho
had not fed Dandy he hurried to tnp
barn only to find a very sick ponj«
groaning and moaning with a stonr-
achaehe. He had to give the pony
some horrid tasting medicine and
stay with him a long time before
Dandy felt better. The next day when
he went to the barn to give Dandi
his dinner he found that the pony
would not go near the feed box. He
remembered how sick such an Inno-
cent looking box had made him the
day before and would never feed
himself again.
At the Theaters
THE MAJESTIC.
The new bill at the Majestic Thea-
ter is somewhat like a Scotch plaid
• —the effect of any one checker
Is about the same as that of any oth-
er. yet the total eflect is distinctive.
Not that there is a lack of variety
but that the bill is so evenly baD
anced just as are the vari-colored
checkers. As a whole the bill 1j
one to be enjoyed except perhaps
by those whom only the highly sen-
sational will satisfy.
Originality and cleverness are the
outstanding factors in the success
of most of the acts. Among the re-
markably ingenious are "A Shine
Flirtation" in which Walter Shan-
non and Miss Marie Annis both with
good voices carry on clever conver-
sation in song; and a similar act by
George W. Barry and Miss Maude
Wolford in their “own typical top-
ical tinkling melodies.” Tn each
case the titles of well-known songs
and plays are woven together to
"make sense" and Mr. Shannon re-
cites a toast to "good fellows every-
where" that brings applause from
the heart.
A "freak” act to arouse wonder-
ment is that of Willard “the man
who grows.” Standing beside an-
other man one of about his own
height. Willard increases his stature
inch by inch—one can watch his
head slide up. as it were and ob-
scure the details on the curtain im-
mediately behind him —until he be-
comes more than half a foot taller
than his companion- Then Willard
makes one leg longer than the oth-
er and performs a similar feat with
his arms. He is either a magician
or an “eighth w. »nder."
George 4' r ’ mroBe . who first camo
to San Antonio with h!s minstrels in
1876 made his debut in vaudeville
here Sunday. In his company are
six blackface comedians with good
voices and some new Jokes.
Venita Gould impersonates a
number of theatrical stars creating
fun by exaggerating their stage
traits. She is so versatile that even
a gruff-voiced Thespian offers no
difficulty for her.
The bill opens and closes in whirl-
wind fashion. Page. Hack and Mack
two men and a woman perform
many feats that arouse admiration
because of their novelty as well as
because of their difficult nature.
This act is an effective introduction
to the features that are to follow.
A good impression is left by the
William Horelik Ensemble in gypsy
dances.
Observant Citizen
A lady of the neighborhood hav-
ing had occasion to buy ice from a
strange ice man remarked on ths
small size of the piece.
"My regular ice man” she said
“gives me ten pounds for five cents.
I don’t believe there are more than
six pounds here."
"But. madam you’re wrong.” re-
plied the ice man. "There are full
twelve pounds here. If you don’t
believe it watch the scale.”
The lady watched the scale and
sure enough it registered twelve
pounds and a fraction.
"What make is that scale?” she
asked.
“It’s the best made” he returned.
“It’s the Excelsior scale.”
“It ought to be known as the Am-
buscade scale" she retorted-
That evening the ice man re-
membering the term she had applied
to his ice scales looked it up in the
dictionary.
He found that “ambuscade” meant
to “lie in wait."
Ready for the Harvest.
A long wisp of artificial grain that
aervad aa a atlck-up on the aweet girl’s
hat was placed horizontally so that It
tickled up gml down the face of the man
who aat next to her In the atreet car un-
til It came to a retting place with the
end nestling In his right ear. After the
car had traveled a few blocka the man
was seen to remove from hie pocket a
large jack knlf*. which he proceeded ts
strop on the palm of a horny hand. Ex-
citedly the girl Inquired:
•Why are you doing that?”
"if them oata git in my ear again" ths
man ejaculated “there’a gonna be a AaS*
veaL’’—New York Globa.
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