RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF
LEGION ROLLERS UNDER THEM
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The Prodigal Village
CHAPTER FIVE Continued.
9
"The flsli are very wise," JuiIkc
Crooker used to sny. "They know tin
truth nbout every one and It's well
thnt they do. After nil, they perform
nn hniiortnnt olllce. There's mnny n
iniui nnd woman who think they've
heen fooling the llsh, but they've only
fooled themselves."
And within 11 dny or two, the se
crets of the IJIng fnmllly were swim
ming up nnd down thu stream of the
under-life or ltlngvllle.
Mr. Blng Imd found n situation I
the plant which wnsliew to him. The
men were discontented. Their wanes
were "sky high," to quote a phrase of
one of the foremen. Still, they were
not satisfied, lleports of the fabu
lous earnings of the mill had spiead
among them. They had begun to
think that they were not getting a
fair division of the proceeds of their
labor. At a meeting of the help a rad
ical speaker bad declared that one of
the Blng women wore a noose of pearls
on her neck wortli half a million dol
lars. The men wanted more pay and
less work. A committee of their lead
ers had called at Mr. 'Minn's olllce with
n demand soon after hW arrival. Mr.
Blng had said "no with a ban); of his
(1st on the table. A workers' meeting
was to be held a week later to act upon
the report of the committee.
Meanwhile, anntber cause of worry
had come or rather returned to him.
Again, 1'hyllls had begun to show
symptoms of the old trouble. Mrs.
Blng, arriving at dusk from a mnrket
trip to lliizolincud with .Sophronla
Ames, had found Phyllis lying asleep
among the cushions on the great
couch In the bitter's bedroom. She en
tered the room softly and leaned over
the girl and looked Into her face, now
turned toward the open window nnd
lighted by the fading glow In the west
ern sky and relaxed by Bleep. It wns
n sad face I There were lines and
shadows In It which the anxious moth
er had not seen before and had she
been crying? Very softly, the woman
pat down at the girl's side. Darkness
fell, black, menacing shadows tilled
the corners of the room. The spirit of
the girl betrayed Its trouble In a sor
rowful groan as she slept. Itoger De
lane was coming next day. There was
every reason why Phyllis should be
happy. Silently, Mrs. Blng left the
room. She met Martha In the ball.
"I shall want no dinner and Mr. Illng
N dining In Hazelmead," she whis
pered. "Miss Phllls Is asleep. Don't
disturb her."
Then she sat down In the darkness
of her own bedroom alone.
CHAPTER SIX.
In Which Hiram Blenklncop Has a
Number of Adventures.
The Shepherd of the BlnN had
raught the plague of InllueiiKti In
March and nearly lost his life with It.
Judge Crooker and Mr. and Mrs. Sin
gleton nnd ibelr daughter and Father
O'Nell and Mrs. Ames nnd Illruin
Blonklnsop bad taken turns In the
nursing of the boy. He bad come out
If It with Impaired vitality.
The rubber tree used to speak to hint
In those days of his depression and
Biiv. "it will be summer soon."
- "Oh, dear! But the dnys pass so
slowly," Bob would answer with n
High.
Then (be round nickel clock would
say cheerfully, "I hurry them along as
fast as over T can."
"Seemi ns If old Time wns losing
tho use of his legs," said the Shep
herd. "I wouldn't wonder If some one
bad run over him with an automobile."
"Hverybody is trying to kill Time
these days." ticked the clock with a
merry chuckle.
Hob looked at the clock and laughed.
"You've got some sense," he declared.
"Nonsense'." the clock answered.
"You can talk pretty well," said the
boy.
"I enn run, too. If I couldn't, no
body would look at me."
"The more 1 look at you the more I
think of Pauline. It's n long time since
she went uwuy," snld the Shenherd.
"We must nil pray for her."
"Not I," said the little pine bureau.
"Do you see that long scratch on my
side? She did It with a hatpin when
I belonged to her mother, nnd she used
to keep her dolls In my lower drawer."
Mr. llloggs assumed a look of great
alertness, as If he spied the enemy.
"What's tho use of worrying?" lie
Quoted.
"You'd better Ho down nnd cover
yourself up or you'll never live to see
her or the summer either," the clock
warned the Shepherd.
Then Hob would lie down quickly
nnd draw the clothes over his shoul
ders and sing of the Good King Wen
ccsIiib nnd The First Noel, which Mlse
Betsy Singleton hud taught him at
Christinas time.
All this Is Important ns showing
how n poor lnd, of a lively Imagination
was wont to spend his lonely hours.
He needed company and knew how
to llnd It.
Christmas day, Judge Crooker had
presented him with a beautiful copy
of Itupbners Madonna and Child.
"It's thu greatest theme and the
By Irving Bacheller
greatest picture this poor world of
ours can boast of," said the Judge. "I
want you to study tho look In that
mother's face, not that it Is unusual.
I have seen the like of It a hundred
times. Almost every young mother
with n child In her arms has that
look or ought to have It the most
beautiful and mysterious thing in the
world. The light of that old star
which led the wise men Is In It, I
sometimes think. Study It nnd you
may hear voices In the sky as did the
shepherds of old."
So the hoy nciilred the companion
ship of those divine faces that looked
down nt him from the wall near bis
bed and bad something to say to him
every day.
Also, another friend a very humble
one hud begun to share his conll
dence. lie was the little yellow dog,
Christmas. He bad come with his
master, one evening In Mnrch, to
spend it night with the sick Shepherd.
Christmas had lain on the foot of the
bed and felt the loving caress of the
boy. The heart of the world, that
loves above all things the touch of
a kindly hand, was In this little
creature. Often, when Hiram was
walking out In tho bitter winds,
Christinas would edge nway when his
master's buck was turned. In a Jiffy,
be wns out of jlght nnd making with
nil haste for the door of tho Widow
Moran. There, he never failed to re
ceive some token of the generous
woman's understanding of the great
need of dogs a bono or a doughnut
or a slice of bread soaked In meat
gravy and n warm welcome from
tlie boy above stairs. The boy always
had time to pet him and play with
him. He was never fooling the days
away with an ax and n saw In the cold
wind. Christmas admired his mast
er's ability to pick up logs of wood
and heave them nbout and to mnke
a great deal of nolso with an axo
but, In cold weather, all that was a
bore to him. When he had been miss
ing, Hiram Hleiiklusop found htm, al
ways, on Hob Moran'a bed.
May had returned with Its warm
sunlight. Tho robins bad come back,
"Oh Dearl But the Days Pass So
Slowlyl" Bob Would Answer With
a Sigh.
Tho blue mnrtlns hud tnken posses
sion of the bird bouse. The grass had
turned green on the garden bor
ders and was now sprinkled with the
golden glow of dandelions. The leaves
were coming but Pat Crowley was no
longer at work In the garden. He
bad fallen before the pestilence. Old
Mill Rutherford was working there.
The Shepherd was at the open win
dow every day, talking with lilin nnd
watching and feeding the birds.
Now, with the spring, n new feel
Jug had come to Mr. Hiram Blenklnsop.
lie bad been sober for months. His
Old Self had coino back and had
Imparted bis youthful strength to tho
man Hiram. Ho bad money In the
bank. He was decently dressed.
People had begun to respect him.
ICvery day, Hiram was being nudged
and worried by u new thought. It
persisted In telling him that respect
ability was like the Fourth of July
a very dull thing unless It was cele
brated. Ho had been greatly pleased
with his own growing respectability.
He felt ns If be wanted to tnkc a look
nt It, from a distance, ns It were. That
money In the bank was nudging nnd
calling htm. It boomed to bo lonely
and longing fop companionship,
"Come, Illrnm Blenklnsop," it used
to say. "Let's bo oft together nnd
get a silk hat nnd a gold-headed
cam nn' make 'cm st up and take
notice. Suppose you should die sud
den ah' leave mo wljhout an owner?"
Tho warmth nnd Joy of tho spring
tlmo had turned his fancy to tho old
dream. So one day, ho converted his
bnnk balance Into "a roll big enough
Copyright, 1030, Irrlng Bacbcller
to choke a dog," an-' took the early
morning train to llnzelmead, having
left Christmas nt the Widow Mornn's,
In the mill city he bought a high
silk hat and n gold-headed cane and
a now suit of clothes and a boiled
shirt and a high collar and a red
necktie. It didn't matter to him that
the fashion nnd lit of his garment?
were not quite In keeping with the
silk lint and gold-headed cane. There
were three other Items In the old
dream of splendor the mother, tb
priinclng team, nod the envious re
mnrks of the onlookers. Ills mother
wns gone. Also there were no priinc
lng horses in Iliizolmond, but lie could
hire nn automobile.
In the course of Ids celebrntlon he
asked a lady whom he met In the
street, If she would kindly be Ills
mother for a day. He meant well
but the lady being younger than
Hiram and not uceiistomcd to such
familiarity from strangers, did not
feel complimented by the question.
They fled from each other. Soon,
Hiram bought a big custard pie In n
bake-sbop and had It cut Into small
ish pieces and, having purchnbod pie
and plate, went out upon the street
with It. Ho ate what he wanted of
the pie nnd generously offered the
rest of It to sundry people who passed
him. It was not Impertinence In
Hiram; It wns pure generosity n de
sire to share bis riches, flavored, In
some degree, by a feeling of vanity.
It happened thnt Mr. J. Pntterson
Hlng came nlong and received n
tender of pie from Mr. IHenklnsop.
"Nol" said Mr. Hlng, with thnt old
hnnimcr whnck In his voice which
aroused bitter memories In the mind
of Ulrnm.
That tone wns a great piece of lm
prudence. There was n mennclng
gesture nnd a rapid succession of
footsteps on the pavement. Mr. Ding's
retrcnt was not, however, quite swift
enough to save him. The plo innded
on his shoulder. In n moment, Illrnm
was arrested and mnrchlng toward
the lockup while Mr. Hlng went to
the neorest drug store to be cleaned
and scoured.
A few days later nirnm Blcnklnsop
arrived In BIngvIlle. Mr. Singleton
met him on the street nnd saw to
bis deep regret thut Hiram had been
drinking.
"I've mndo up my mind that re
ligion Is good for some folk's, but It
won't do for me," snld the latter.
"Why not?" the minister asked.
"I can't afford It."
"Have you found religion a lux
ury?" Mr. Singleton nsked.
"It's grand while It lasts, but it's
like p'lson gettln' over It," said
Illrnm. "I feel kind o' ruined."
"You look It," said the minister,
with a glnnce nt Hiram's silk hat
and soiled clothing. "A long spell
of sobriety Is hard on a man if he
quits It sudden. You've bad your day
of trial, my friend. We nil have
to be tried soon or late. Peo
ple begin to say, 'At Inst he's come
around nil right. He's a good fellow.'
And the Lord snys: 'Perhaps he's
worthy of better things. I'll try him
and see.'
"That's Ills way of pushing people
along, Illrnm. He doesn't want them
to stand still. You've bad your trial
and failed, but you mustn't give up,
When your fun turns Into sorrow, ns
It will, come back to mo and we'll
try again."
(TO DE CONTINUED.)
The "Plo Calendar."
Schoolboys would enslly remember
the months of the yenr If they would
study them In tho "pie calendar" that
tho Chicago Dally News has prepared
and that celebrates the kind of plo
most appropriate to each month.
There Is no such general agreement
nbout pies ns there Is nbout tlowers or
birth stones, hut the following list will
probably commend Itself to the Judg
ment of most Inhabitants of the pie
belt:
January, cranberry; February, np
pie; March, rhubarb; April, raisin;
May, strawberry; June, peach; July,
cherry; August, gooseberry; Septem
ber, blueberry; October, currant; No
vember, pumpkin ; December, mince.
Youth's Companion.
He Was Superstitious.
Kvery one knows that a lot of peo
ple are superstitious about ?2 bills,
but a new phase of It appeared on u
Fourteenth street crosstown car. A
$2 bill was tendered In pnyment of
fare. Panic I "For God's sake, ain't
you got anything else," snld the con
ductor, bucking uwny.
"Sorry, but I haven't got nny small
change."
"It nln't tho size of tho bill, Gl'me n
Ave or n ten and I'll change It, but If
I ruko thnt I'll havo an accident suro
before tho end of tho run. It novor
failed. Wo either run Into somebody
or somebody runs Into us, or wo go oft,
tho track." New York World.
Tact.
"What do you think thnt pretty girl
said to the officer who Introduced his
comrades to her nt tho naval ball?
She said, 'You havo got mo lu a nice
mess.' "
fcnencan
(Copy (or This Department Supplied br
the American Z.ntlon News Bsrvlce.)
POOR LEAD TO OBTAIN SPLIT
Attempt to Arouse Indignation Over
"Horror on the Rhine" Proves
Dismal Failure.
"Tiro Oermnnophllo attempt to
arouitu American indignation uviy 'the
horro on the Ithlne' nnd thereby to
'end o a split, spiritual rather than
oiplomtle, between America and her
recent allies has failed of Its purpose
In precisely the same way that Oer
inim propaganda In this country fulled
If every one of the years between
11114 nnd 1018," says an editorial In
lo American Legion Weekly.
"The truth Is merely that the Oer
Minns do not know how to go about
it. 'Kultur' obviously does not Include
any knowledge of the tine nrt of get
ting soineothlng over, a fact limply at
tested by the rcllex action which has
Iccoinpanlcd the present miempt. The
Von Much style of persuasiveness Is
no more subtle than the efforts of a
St. Hernnrd puppy to stand up on a
hardwood lloor. It Is fluttering the
Von Much type of 'boring from within'
to call Its Insidious. Insidious It Is,
however, In Its Intent If not In Its ap
plication. "Dr. Von Mach has proved himself
n iwor servant of his country, wheth
er he regards his country ns America
or Germany. He Is a poor American
for having tried to win America over
to the point of view of the unrepen
tant nation to defeat whose govern
ment 100,000 Americans gave their
lives, for ttttemping to resurrect a
hyphen that was theoretically burled
Just three years ago. He Is a poor
German becnuse his clumsiness hns
served only to arouse America to the
fact that she Is still at war with Ger
many." POST WINS ON GOLDEN CALF
Two-Headed Animal Aids In Raising
Organization's Funds From
$100 to $1,500.
Tho Golden Culf of tho Twentloth
century hns been discovered by the
American Legion post at Fredericks
burg, Vn., which owes an Increase In
Us working capital from $100 to $1,500
to a two-headed Juvenile cow, In full
title to which the post Invested Its
scant $100 last fall.
Having Induced a Westmoreland
county farmer "to part with the freak
animal for this sum, a special levy of
vnrlous small amounts was made
upon the treasury to buy nourishment
for the calf. Then came the Virginia
state fair In Richmond and tho calf
was in full bloom, eating both bis
heads off and waxing fat withal.
The Fredericksburg post put him
on exhibit, charging a suitable fee.
When the fnlr was over and the dust
had settled, the post treasury con
tained $1.500 the accrued earnings of
Two-Headed Calf That Put Virginia
Post on Road to Wealth.
tho calf nnd nil this for doing noth
ing but standing still and bolng in
spected. It was recently thnt the rcpresentn
tlve of a large circus made his offer
of $150 for tho nnlmnl ond It was ac
cepted. There Is a rumor that tho
excitement of travel nnd Into hours
havo affected tho calf's health and
that he Is a poor Insurance risk.
However, ns tho old Itomaus had It,
caveat emptor.
The post plnns to reinvest the $1,500
ns soon us some other such good se
curity ns the calf Is found.
Legion Men Among the Miners.
The activity of tho American Legion
In tho mining districts of southeast
Kansas Js another pertinent proof
thst tho mlimdorstnndlng between
labor bodies nnd tho ex-servico men's
orgnnlzutlon hns been dlsslpnted. At
Scammon, Kan., tho climax of tho
eight-hour day celebration of the
miners In District 14, was reached In
n ball at tho Legion hall, under tho
nusplclcs of Francis Ellison Post.
Another Instnnco Is the nlmost unpre
cedented growth of Clarenco Smith
Post No. 272 nt Wolr. From a member
ship of 21 ex-servlco men In 1020, a
total of 112 has been enrolled In 1021
thUB far.
Ex-Servlco Men Promptly Halt Eft
ploltatlons of Pro-German
Troublemakers.
In response to the wnrnlng Issued
by their national commander, F. W.
Galbrnlth, Jr., American Legion mem
bers In muny parts of the country
hnvo been nctlvo In fighting against
efforts of pro-Germans nnd other
hyphenated persons to drive n wedgo
between America and her allies In thf
World wnr.
Twenty-live thousand patriotic citi
zens of New York attended the "All
American Meeting for God nnd Coun
try," which wus held In Madison
Square Garden under the auspices of
the Legion, ns n protest against n pre
vious pro-German meeting, said to be
for tho purpose of creating sentiment
ugnlr.st the alleged "Horrors on tho
Ithlne."
When word wns received In Phlln
dolphin that Dr. Edmund von Much,
notorious German propagandist, was
planning to hold n meeting In that
city, Legion members nnd other pa
triotic citizens opposed the proposi
tion nnd succeeded In blocking the
scheme.
Slmllnr action wns tnken by the
Legion nnd vnrlous societies In Indlnn
upolls. Among the organizations co
operating with the Legion was the nn
tlonnl executive committee of the
Ameiicnn Gymnnstlc union, composed
of n large membership of citizens of
Gerniun extraction, which Insisted
upon unhyphenated citizenship nnd
scored Von Much and George Sylves
ter Vlereck. On the same dny the In
dianapolis bonrd jot public works an
nounced It would not permit the use
of Its lnrgo convention hall for the
proposed Von Mach meeting.
Learning that Louisville was on the
proposed Itinerary of Doctor Von
Mnch, the Kentucky department of
the Legion Instructed posts to use
"every lawful means practicable to
stop the threatened lnvnslon of Hocbo
propagandists." The Kentucky Legion's
bulletin also warned against the ac
tivities of Vlereck.
Legion posts havo also opposed the
hyphenates In Chicago, Cleveland,
Omaha, Cincinnati and Milwaukee.
THREE VOICES AT ONE TIME
Minneapolis Legion Man Can Sing
Tenor, Bass and Baritone Parts
Simultaneously.
Wonder voices have boon heralded
tho world over, at least since the In
ception of tho
press agent. Hut
It was left for Joe
Kaufman, u for
mer army ser
geant und an
American Legion
member In Min
neapolis, Minn., to
sing the llrst male
trio simultaneous
ly, carrying tho
purts alone with
the same liar
mouy nnd control
of three singers.
Knufman Is a government music stu
dent. Tho secret of Knufman's uniaxial
accomplishment has baffled voice ex
perts as well as himself. Severnl
years ago he discovered his ability to
produce overtones which gnve the
sound of more than one part. He en
tered the MncPhnll school at Minne
apolis ns a government student nnd,
as his voice strengthened nnd became
clearer, he developed tho curious trio.
Tho only case remotely similar to
that of Kaufman, according to his In
structor In the government school, Is
thnt of a woman singer In whoso voice
could be distinguished ono separate
overtone, over which sho had practi
cally no control. Tho former soldier
In some wny hns separated and con
trolled tenor, bass and baritone part
simultaneously.
LEGION MAN BUSY WITH B'S
Buckeye Boy Bends, Bows and Bor-
rows Bad and Beautiful Bonus
Boosting Babble.
"Apt nllltcrntlon's nrtful aid" wb
not neglected when nn Akron (O.)
member of the American Legion spu
the following bonus yam:
"Hurt began to bitterly berate tho
'bull' about tho bonus bill, bownlllng
the benighted bigotry of tho belllger
out birds, badly blocking the bonus
by bombastic blusterlngs und brnble,
nnd branding tho busted bucks who
bore the brunt of tho battle as bad
gers and booty-burglars of billions In
bonds, believed by big, bnld business
brow-beaters to belong buried In
bntiks.
"Hefore our bewildered Hurt board
ed a boat to become a battle-scarred
vet beyond tho borders of our blight,
benutlful, big country, bo boenme a
benedict; nnd, back from tho battles,
busted and barren of bullion, our be
nighted boy hero became beautifully
bored because big bibulous bunco men
breathlessly built a bunch of back
blind lies to bribe him by a bunk
promise of a bonus.
"Hut Hurt Isn't badly brow-bontcn
by the bedraggled babble of a bonus.
Hlythe, buoyant and bubbling, biding
his tlmo, Hurt, tho benedict and bat
tlo buddy, and Heulah, his brldo, be
llovo the bully and bumptious ldoq
that a beneficent bunch of birds will bo
brought to bellcvo that big battles
boat tho Bocho and busted bucks need
bread; and beforo beaucoup belated
years pass a bonus bill to bring the
bacon back to our buddy, Burt.
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His Views.
"A 'zoo' Is a place to reflect on tm
superiority of mankind," remarked U.o
bumptious citizen.
"I don't agreo with you," answered
Mr. Grumpson. "I've never visited a
zoo' hut two or three times In my
life, but the thoughts that struck mo
was that all thu animals were attend
ing strictly to their own business and
If mankind bad less curiosity and
more consideration for dumb creatures
none of them would have been there."
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