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THE BEE: OMAHA, i SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 191t.
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MARCH CIRCULATION
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Subecribar leaving Ik tlty ahauM hav The Bm mail!
them. AaTdr change! aa eftan u requested.
Home rule for Omaha ought to come first.
Paving and grading plana will follow the ac
customed course for the present season, at
least. :
Tree planting is good practice for Nebras
kans, but care should be taken to see that the
trees grow.. V
The legislature has just given Omaha folks
another strong hint to adopt home rule. Will it
be acted on? j
A visiting missionary says the world war
was won by Standard Oil. This will relieve a
y i.. .
iuc ui suspense. ;
A .L A I 1 J m '
nnuiiict suiicrican us oecn muraerea in
Mexico, which fact will .very likely call for an-
- -.1 a ' j
Bolshevism is so popular in Budapest that as
i high as $1,000 is offered for an American pass
port to get away on. ;
Price-fixing will wait on the president again,
. just as it did at first His boards are not even
: good rubber stamps. ;
A magician ought at least to control the mind
;of his assistants, if he professes to read the
thoughts of his audience.
- Emiliano Zapata is reported killed again, but
this leaves him far behind Pancho Villa in the
' number of lives he has lost.'
Ak-Sar-Ben is promised all, the help he needs
in making his new show go big, for nothing he
'undertakes ever falls down.
Our absent president seems to have remem
bered that the home folks also are in need of
relief as well as those of Europe.
f-At1rt .nn4.fl .mull K A .,.... . Tmm
sailles in about three weeks, if you are still in
terested in the Peace conference. ' I
Director Hines says he is about through
i raising wages for the time at least. Taxpayers,
who are footing the bill, will hope so.
: Packers tell us meat prices will continue
high until after hungry Europe is fed up. All
Mhe more reason for insisting that the bolsheviki
'go to work. '
'i Do you suppose Newton D. Baker grinned
when he awarded the distinguished service
medal to General Wood? -It was the secretary
who kept the general out of war.
Yankee soldiers inclined to mutiny ought to
'-remember that they must come home some day,
and that wives and mothers Will demand of
them full explanation of their conduct
Quebec has rejected bone-dry prohibition by
a round majority, thus providing a wet spot
much nearer than Europe. Montreal may find
itself i great tourist center after July 1.
: A Roman mob promptly dispersed an at
tempted parade of Spartacans, as the Roman
soldiers disposed of the original Spartacus and
hit Thracian followers some centuries ago.
If Omaha can make vitrified brick fit for pav
ing roads, let us no longer delay the factory.
Millions of these brick have been used here, and
millions more will be needed in the future.'
,. Somehow the bootleggers' bund appears to
get through any barrage the booze hounds are
able to lay down. You know, if there were no
bootleggers there would be no booze hounds.
The new "code" law promises business ad
ministration to Nebraska, as pledged by the
republican platform last year. Incidentally, the
democrats are also redeeming their platform
-pledges for they made none.
, Life in Berlin is just one strike after another,
bank clerks giving the latest demonstration.
For a well organized capital of a race of super
men, the Berlinese are giving a splendid imita
tion of the damphool bolsheviki.
Court-Martial Revision
f Secretary of War Baker would find his de
cision to ask for a law to revise our military
' code received with more enthusiasm had he
made the same statements in January that he
makes today. No one doubts that all those at
were without any desire to set up a merciless
code or to enforce the regulations that exist in a
cold-blooded and heartless manner. Yet when
the attention of the secretary was called ,to
obviously cruel and unusual sentences and to
procedures of the most severe and illegal charac
ter, his first attitude towards his critics was to
deny that any injustice were done, to defend the
code in force and to express surprise that any
complaints should be made at all in view of the
fact that he knew of no valid cause for criticism
and was unaware that the evils depicted ex
4 isted. His bland attitude irritated the critics,
and in ' connection with the animosities de
veloped by the Ansell-Crowder controversy,
which had little to do with the real issue, led to
much intemperate and indiscriminate abuse of
War department ways which was bad for all
concerned. . This, criticism was more or less tn-
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the issue and was justified by incidents cited.
- Now, however, the War department chiefs, the
committee of the American Bar association and
the "committee of former judge advocates"
v Should all be able to get together finally and
' with the facts in hand devise a new code which
will make impossible the miscarriages of justice
that have been laid before the public by the
various official and unofficial critics of the army
coarts-nsartiaL That is all the people ask for.
and. the secretary of war might have granted
this in January and not delayed his approval
for tares months, thus maintaining the issue as
ii-mt ana acrimonious controversy. rnua
HOME RULE OMAHA'S GREAT NEED.
Failure, of certain amendments to Omaha's
charter to pass scrutiny at Lincoln emphasises
the need of the community for the right to reg
ulate its own domestic affairs. The character
of the defeated changes in the city' charter is
not so important as is the fact that their disposal
depended on the temper of the legislature. Mas
ters concerning the city alone were being dealt
with, and in all fairness these should be left to
the decision of the'people of Omaha, and not
be subject to the mood of the general assembly.
It so happens that in this case a genuine
favor was done the home owners by the legis
lature. The city commissioners sought to be
invested with extraordinary power in regard to
public improvements. The Bee called attention
to the bills when they were introduced, and at
the time outlined the objections to them. Ar
guments of much force and weight are made in
favor of the measure, but the principle is un
altered. If the citizens of Omaha are willing
that the commission should have the power it
seeks, well and good, but the authority should
be granted by them and not by the state legis
lature. A home rule charter, prepared many months
ago, was held up by court proceedings, but it
surely can not be indefinitely postponed through
that means. Now that the charter amendments
sought have been denied by the legislature, the
whole charter may- well be presented to the
people for adoption. Then it will be in order
to bring forward any amendments deemed ad
visable or necessary, and allow the home
owners an opportunity to express themselves
formally on the point.
Let us take advantage of permission given
long ago, adopt our own city charter, and cease
the biennial pilgrimages to Lincoln to secure
the privilege of attending to our own affairs.
German Hunger and Peace.'
A correspondent, sending word from Berlin,
closes his dispatch with these words: "Finally,
remember that the Allies are dealing with a
desperate nation a nation hungry for peace
hungry for bread." It is well to remember,
also, that this same desperate nation is ear
nestly and persistently attempting to capitalize
this very desperation, and through its hunger
for peace and bread to secure terms more fa
vorable and less burdensome than it knows jus
tice entitles it to. Germany is deeply infected
with the virus of bolshevism; its boasted order
and efficiency has vanished In S mist of riot and
disorder; productive effortJias come, to a stop;
responsible government exists nowhere in the
empire, while the only evidence of organized ef
fort is that furnished by the groups contending
for mastery. The Germans must be made to
realize, to understand fully, that they are mak
ing no headway against their fate by the meth
ods they have chosen to impress the world.
When they cease their foolishness, their hunger
for both peace and bread will be appeased, but
they will be required to pay for both. Peace
will be righteous, based on justice, and bread
will be theirs because they have earned it.
Railroad Wages and the Public.
Walker D. Hines has just announced that
another increase in pay has been granted the
men in the train service of the roads under
government control, amounting to $65,000,000
a year, or a total of nearly a billion since the
Adamson bill was passed. . No one will be
grudge the engine and trainmen the high rate
of pay granted them, unless it be some of the
less well paid employes, who may be envious
of the success of their thoroughly organized
brethren. The public, however, must foot the
bill. February reports, unofficially tabulated,
showed a decrease in net operating revenue at
the rate of $150,000,000 a year under last year's
experienced As the final net deficit in operating
revenue for 1918 was $214,000,000, the indica
tions are that for the current year, unless a
marked change in business conditions transpires,
will be close to $370,000,000. Add this to the
$750,000,000 appropriation asked for the roads,
and the net cost to the people for the second
year of government management of the rail
roads will approximate $1,120,000,000, which is
some load for even the wealthiest country in
the world to carry. Private ownership could
not support such a 'drain, and it is questionable
if the people long will want to put up with
such a plan. The president washed his hands
of the problem in December, and the demo
cratic congress passed it along to the incoming
republicans who will have here the knottiest of
all reconstruction questions.
Congress May Soon Be Convened.
The news that comes from Paris suggests
that Mr. Wilson has by, now recovered from the
chagrin he experienced on his return from
France in March, when congress failed to do
six months' work in five days. He left Wash
ington decidedly out of patience, almost angry,
because of .the fact that the affairs of the United
States demanded that an extra session of the
Sixty-sixth congress be called, at once. At
Paris he met with another disappointment, for
the program there had been delayed beyond all
reason. It is now reported that he seriously
contemplates calling congress together, to work
while he remains at the Peace conference. This
will be good news for the country, for it will not
only provide means for carrying on the govern
ment after the end of the current fiscal year,
but will materially contribute to the relief of
business by setting the machinery of readjust
ment into motion. The call might have been
issued a month ago without interfering with the
job in Paris and perhaps with advantage for
America.
Another decrease of more than, half a mil
lion tons in the unfilled orders of United States
steel may help 'to bring prices to a better level
Director Hines evidently knew what he was
doing when he declined to, accept the figures
set by Secretary Redfield's board.
; The rule against rebating is part ol.the pro
tection the small shipper has against the big
in all properly governed markets. To destroy
it simply places the .little fellow at the mercy
of the larger. Some day the farmer will under
stand this fundamental business principle.
Sam Gompers is not the only, returning
American to shed tears of joy at getting back
to his own country. If anything were needed
to make all citizens proud of the United States
as well as grateful for the privilege of living
here, it is furnished in Europe today. , ,
Raismli Is back on the war mapagin, but is
fighting Spain this time, as something nearer his
six. King Alfonso ought to get a .copy of the
Roosevelt ultima turn and study It closely.
Publicity and Speed
New York Evening Post , ,
Two main grievances are now being formu
lated against the peace conference. On the one
hand, the conference is wasting time while the
world is ablaze. On the other hand, the con
ference is resolving itself into a star chamber.
It was bad enough when a world-meeting of
70 delegates turned into a Council of Ten, gath
ered in M. Pichon's private offices on the Quai
D'Orsay. Today the conference has become a
big four doing business in Mr. Wilson's private
apartment or in the seclusionnof the Hotel
Crillon. Those who were convinced from the
beginning that the conference would fashion
itself into an instrument of secret diplomacy
for the purpose of "putting over" something
on mankind are now confirmed in their horrid
suspicions. The difficulty is that from this very
source come most of the complaints about de
lay in shaping the peace of which Europe stands
so badly in need. No one as yet has formulated
the method by which the representatives of two
hemispheres and two dozen nations may express
to the public stenographers all that is in their
minds and hearts and do it in tne space ot it
hours, more or less.
A breakdown of publicity with respect to the
conference would mean an outside world left
in ignorance of the aims pursued by the as
sembled diplomats, their specific demands, and
their methods. It can not be truly said tnat
with regard either to aims or demands at Paris
the world has been left in the dark. On the
question of Russia we have known from the be
ginning that there is a clash between America
and Great Britain, standing for conciliation of
the soviet, and France holding out for drastic
action, with Italy indifferent. On the question
of reparations and indemnity we have known
the issue to be between what Germany owes
and what Germany can pay, arid in s general
way the alignment of powers on either side. In
the matter of territorial claims we have had
just the opposite of secret diplomacy: instead
of concealing their desires the interested par
ties have been at pains to bring their maximum
claims before the public Surely, nothing can
be nearer to the ideal of open diplomacy than
Italy's recent threat to break up the con
ference unless she got Fiume. This may be
wicked, but it is not secret. What the French
would like to have on the Rhine, what the
Czechs would like in Silesia, what the Jugo
slavs would, like on the Adriatic, what Clemen
ceau thinks of the league of nations, what Mr.
Hughes of Australia thinks of Japan, is far from
being a secret As a matter of fact, when the
diplomats are not accused of secret practices,
they are accused of uttering brutal imperialistic
demands in cynical disregard of the opinion of
niankind.
The progress of the covenant of the league
has been in the full light of humanly attainable
publicity. It has been built out of material
gathered in the open; it is based on ideas de
veloped by Lord Robert Cecil and General
Smuts with s large group of coworkers in Eng
land; to some extent on the French plan of
Leon Bourgeois; to some extent on the work in
this country. No service was rendered Mr
Wilson at the time of the publication of the
covenant when it was intimated that the draft
must stand without change in jot or tittle; then,
indeed, there would have been excuse tor the
charge of secrecy. Actually, a storm of pub
licity has been breaking over the document,
and the results are to be embodied in the final
draft It is true that we do not know what have
been all the arguments exchanged in the
privacy of the commission meetings at the Hotel
Crillon; just what have been the French fears
about the league, what the exact Japanese reser
vations, what the inducements offered to the
league opponents, what the possible threats ut
tered by such opponents, what the whole
process of give and take. Only that such a
conception of open diplomacy is an unattainable
ideal.
The ideal is unattainable because in every
discussion there are legitimate arguments which
cannot be spoken in public without peril or
without frustrating a just purpose. We may
imagine Clemenceau backing up his demands for
large indemnities with a statement of France's
unhappy economic condition; but it may not be
desirable to reveal the true condition of France ;
either to its own people or to its late enemies.
We may imagine Sonnino arguing from the
threat of revolution In Italy; but no govern
ment will invite revolution by holding Out the
prospect of its success. We may imagine Lloyd
George citing his labor difficulties at home, but
it is futile to think of a statesman announcing
to the public, "If I don't get the Russian policy
I want I am done for."
The danger of secret diplomacy is secret
aims. The peril to the world is in secret
treaties that remain secret, though that peril,
too, is minimized by the fact that secret treaties
when exposed have a way of turning out very
much what was suspected. As much publicity
for diplomatic, proceedings as is practicable, by
all means.
Friend of the Soldier
s Repfies will be given in this ,
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed, j
Ask TheBeej to Answer.
Hines Plays No Favorites
The position taken by Director General
Hines in refusing to be bound by the steel prices
recently fixed by the leading steel producers
and the war industrial board is not easily to be
assailed.
These "stabilized" prices represented some
reduction from the war-price level, but they still
averaged almost 100 per cent more than the pre
vailing pre-war prices. They were an arbitrary
creation and were recognized as such by the
consuming trade, which has accordingly re
fused to come forward with large orders at
prices still regarded as highly inflated. Why
should the railroads be expected or be forced
to do otherwise, and load Up with a lot of im
provements at such prices permanently capital
ized into their plants?
Copper prices have been left by the govern
ment to seek their own level, and are now down
nearly a half and close to the pre-war average.
Why the government should deal with steel
as a special favorite is not apparent
Director General Hines is said to believe that
the Department of Commerce's price agreement
with the steel producers is against the federal
anti-trust law. But whether so or not, he had
been placed in the position of letting the rail
roads be squeezed by the big steel concerns,
and he declines to lend himself to such a
process. On that ground alone, and as a trus
tee for the roads as well as for the public inter
est in the roads, Mr. Hines course evidently has
abundant justification. New York World.
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The Day We Celebrate.;
Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss,
first sea lord of the British admiralty during the
wir, born 55 years ago.
Maj. Gen. Jesse Mcl. Carter, former chief of
the militia, bureau of the United States army,
born in Missouri 56 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Arthur C. A. Hall, Episcopal bishop
of Vermont born in Berkshire, England, 72
years ago. ; .
la Omaha 30 Years Ago.
Buffalo Bill left Omaha for Washington,
New York and Paris. Ed Rothery presented him
with an elegant ring whip. Sherman Canfield,
who was with him in his recent tour of Great
Britain, will join him in Paris.
The old Redfield building on the southeast
corning of Twelfth and Dodge streets, in which
The Bee was born, is being torn down and will
be replaced by a three-story brick building,
costing $6,500.
Jules Levy, the great cornetist, and wife, are
at the -Millard. Mr. Levy gave a concert last
night at the Grand Opera house.
, Editor Hitchcock is having lawn tennis
grounds made on his Twentieth street lots.
Oklahoma boomers held a meeting last night
at Kessler's hall on South Thirteenth street.
One faction of this association recently elected
officers secretly as follows: Capt. J. G.Smith,
J resident; Capt. W. P. O'Neill, vice president;
. P. Henderson, secretary, and Daniel O'Neill,
tteasvrep
Bonus for Dischavrced Man.
W. H. T. If you were Inducted
into service and received pay as well
a discharge certlHcate, you are en
titled to the f60 bonue. Write to the
Zone Finance Officer, lmon build
in. . Washina-tan. I") C .n.l.ln.
your certlHcate of discharge, or a
icruiieu copy or me same, it will
reiurneo, 10 you wiin tne cneck.
Release for Soldiers.
Mrs. P. M. 8. The Fourth division
is In the army of ooeupation, and no
definite date can be set for its return.
Enlistments are now being made to
replace me arartea men serving with
regular army units in tnis work,
as last as arartea men can be re-
Disced bv voliintaura If will ha rfnna
To secure the early release of your
on, mane an amaavit, setting forth
the facta, anil mimA l tn th. .antai.
commanding hie company, together
wiin a, request ior nia release. Also
have your eon make a similar request
ana amaavit ana give tnem to his
CaDtaln. ThlS la th tlrmt mi an a rA
the rest le done through military
Many Questions Answered.
Miss M. S. No orders have been
Issued for the return of the 148th
field artillery, now with the Third
army In Germany. See answer to
Mrs. P. M. 8., above. Drafted men
may be held for four months after
the declaration of peace.
A Father Telegraph , battalion
414 is In the servlo of eupply at Ore
leans, A. P. O. 797, and not on sched
ule for Immediate return.
Mrs. V. L. We have no informa
tion as to when the 109th supply
train will sail for home.
A Sister See reply to Mrs. V. L.,
above.
A Soldier's Friend The Thir
teenth veterinary hospital Is sta
tioned at Commercy (Meuse), A. P.
p. 747, and Is not attached to a di
vision; we have no word as to when
it will return. The Insignia of the
Seventy-ninth division is' a blue
shield with a double cross In white
and a red star embordered by a red
circle.
A Slstei- The JO 6th Infantry is
part of the Seventy-seventh division,
under schedule to sail in April; plans
are being made to bring this division
home in a single convoy.
A Reader No orders for Immedi
ate return of T. C. 160.
A. M. P. No orders for return
of the Second supply train, now serv
ing with the army "of occupation;
soldiers are given extra credit for
overseas service, if that is what you
mean by asking their "time Is doubled."
A Soldier's Sistei- No orders for
the immediate return of veterinary
hospital No. 11.
M. A. M.The Forty-sixth com
pany, Twentieth engineers, is unas
signed. Its present address is A. P.
O. 731, which must appear on mall
intended for men attached to this
unit. The postofflce mentioned is at
Neufchateau (Vosges).
Mrs. J. C. W. Detachments of the
157th Infantry arrived at New Tork
on April 2; cannot tell -you what
units were included.
A. ti. A. See answer to Mrs.
J. C. W.
Wife The Thirty-flfth division is
on the Bailing list for April, and the
Twenty-eghth is down for May.
A Mother The Fiftieth aero
squadron is In the service of supply
with the First army corps; no orders
have been issud for Its early return.
M. very few transportation com
panies have been sent home; the
Thirty-eighth transportation com
pany is now stationed at Glevros,
and not under early Bailing orders;
the Twelfth engineers is engaged in
railway operations with the Second
army; drafted men may be held for
four months after peace Is declared;
cannot tell you about the bakery
company at Camp Banning. '
V. M. J. The Sixteenth balloon
company Is in the service of supply
with the Fourth army corps, and no
orders for its early return have
been Issued.
Anxious Reader Camp hospital
No. 28 is not listed for Immediate re
turn. Watch The Bee for announce
ment of its sailing.
Mrs. L. H. See answer to Mrs.
P. M. S. at top of this column; no
orders for return of aero squadron
No. 88, which is with the First army,
or for the 168th transportation com
pany. '
Mrs. I 8. The Third pioneer In
fantry Is stationed at Heippes
(Meuse). and is not attached to a di
vision; its address ia A. P. O. 914;
no orders yet for its return.
A Soldier's Sister Sailing dates
for casual companies are not 'an
nounced in advance; many of these
are continually arriving; the for
warding camp at Lemans Is a re
placement headquarters; watch The
Bee for word from the organization
you mention.
Mrs. A. F. Li. we have no infor
mation concerning camp hospital
No. 108; the 800th aero squadron is
in the service of supply, and not un
der immediate sailing orders; base
hospital No. 49 is assigned to early
convoy, but the sailing date is not
yet fixed.
Marion Tne seventn division is
In the army of occupation, and will
be held in Kurope Indefinitely.
M. D. M. The Twenty-eighth en
gineers are scattered with the First
and Second armies; no orders for the
early return of this regiment.
Mrs. B. It. B. Tou do not say
what unit at A. P. O. 705 yon are
asking for; this postofflce Is att Bor
deaux, and many troops are sta
tioned there, Waiting for transporta
tion home.
A Soldier's Brother The 838th
machine gun battalion Is with the
Eighty-eighth division; no date has
been set for the sailing of this division.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
(Whsn rvolt braaka out In Blrflland
a mysterious knight cornea to Help Persy
settla It.)
CHAPTER VI,
The Revolters Are Banished. ,
THE leader of the Hawks held
General Swallow in his talons.
"Cree! Cree! Everybody for him
self!" he shouted, alighting on s
dead tree.
The knight set down the sack of
wheat and, reaching into a saddle
pocket, brought out two large chest
nuts tied together with a string. This
odd weapon he sent whirling up Into
the tree. The Hawk never suspect
ed danger until the string hit him
and the flying chestnuts wound the
eord tightly around his neok and
wings. With a choking squawk, the
nawK aroppea uenerai Swallow and
fell from the tree right Into the
hands of the knight
The other Hawks, seeing their
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DAILY CARTOONETTE
I'M QOIN TO jET LITTLE
FRODIE A JRLK IK THE BOX
ASA SURPRISE? .f jwf 1
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W3 HE DID "
She quickly opened up this bole.
leader in peril, swooped back to the
rescue. They smashed into the
knight, tearing at his armor with
beaks and talons. The only effect
was to bruise and batter themselves.
And while they were tearing at hjm
APRIL SMILES.
'Why did you allow those two Dattents
to have adjoining cots? Were you not
afraid one might Infect the other T"
I wish they would. The first one has
Insomnia and the other, the sleeping sick
ness." -Indianapolis Star.
Smith I lost my Identity for two whole
reeks last summer.
Jones How did it happen T
Smith SDent my vacation ,mnnr wlf'.
relations, where I was simply known . as
nna s nueoana. Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Better consider my course In efflelenev
training. I can show you how to earn
more money than you are getting."
"I do that now." Louisville Courier-Journal.
WHEN SPRING COMES.
I would go to the fields wbera farmers
ilng
Of the ways of their honeat toll.
I would go to the fields where I could
list
To the tuna of the crumbllnr soil.
t would go to the pastures new and green,
I would bask In the balmy air,
I would loll In the arm of nature's charm
With the low of the cattle there.
I would go to the woods to gather flowers,
I would sit by the winding stream.
I would Hat to tha aong of warbling birds
as tney rut through the smiling gleam.
I would go to tire woods to see the green,
I would stroll In the shade' of trees.
I would cast to the air my weary care
Aa I'd walk In the open breeze. -
I would go to tha wooda to find a rest
In the lap of their charm and thrill,
I would go to the wood o find a gem
In the tempi of 3od's good-will.
t would go with, a faith where nature
smiles
In the vole of the open breeze,
I would search for the fount of truth and
love
In the songs of the birds and trees.
M. S. HOPEWELL.
"Business Is GoobJhankydu
-WHY
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the knight reached out quickly and
made them all prisoners.
"Kill m! Kill 'em!" shrieked
the revolters.
"No," said the knight "They are
our comrades. Didn't you hear their
cry, 'Everybody for himself 7' "
"That cry is silly nonsense. We're
Sick of it," shouted the revolters.
"What, sick of the revolt?" ex
claimed the knight
"You bet we are. We want the
old happy days with peaceful birds
free to enjoy what belongs to them,"
chorused the weary revolters.
vvnat say you, Jack BparrowT
asked the knight
"Away with Jack Sparrew and all
his leaders!" shrieked the revolters.
"8o be It," declared the knight
"And as for you, Hawks, It would
be easy to drown you, but I think
you cart become useful comrades of
the honest birds of Blrdland. If I
let you go, will you chase Jack Spar
row and his agitators so far they'll
never come back?"
"You bet he will," promised the
leader of the Hawks.
Jack Sparrow and his leaders
didn't wait to hear more. With a
sudden whlr-r-r they took wing and
by the time the knight let the
Hawks go they were only 1 black
specks In the sky.
While this was going on Peggy
became aware of a tap, tap, tapping
on a tree near by. It sounded like
Reddy Woodpecker at work. And,
sure enough, when Peggy went to
see she found that It was Reddy
Woodpecker, but instead of being
outside the tree boring a hole In he
was Inside the tree boring a hole
out .
"Any old time you can keep a
Woodpecker shut up in a hollow
tree I'd like to know It," he scolded.
Going around toi the other side of
the tree. Peggy foiind the large hole
which had been filled up when Red
dy Woodpecker, Judge Owl and Blue
Jay were ahut In the trees. She
quickly opened up this hole and her
three friends hopped out safe and
sound.
"Fair Princess, the realm of Bird
land ia at peace again," said the
knight, bowing grandly before Peg
gy. "I bid you farewell."
"Brave knight, I thank you," an
swered Peggy- "But your name "
"Call me Sir Good Friend," an
swered the knight, mounting his
steed. "I go back to the unknown,
but If you need me I shall come
again. Ki yl! Away, my gallant
steed 1"
But the gallant ' steed, before
breaking into a gallop, turned Its
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head and winked at Peggy in that
oddly familiar way.
Who was that mysterious knight?
And why did she seem to know that
wink? Peggy was still asking her
self these questions when she re
turned to her garden, but she wasn't
to learn the answers until her next
visit to Blrdland.
(tn the next story King Bird finds thst
being a king la not so much fun aa It
seems.)
A Qrand in a little home .1
TrlE WONDER OF ITl Sorlchly toned and sonorous,
so graceful and classic, ennobling and beautifying Its sur .
rounding. Yet so compact, taking no more room than li
en upright and unlike an upright, fitting tastefully in the I
centre ot anywhere in the room. Thus the little home with I
its grand, proudly matchs the most palatial of residence. I
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