THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1919.
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JUNE CIRCULATION t
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K. a- Regan. Circulation Manager.
Subscriber leaving tht city should havt The Boa mailed
to them. Addreaa changed a often ai rcqutated.
You should know that
One new business has been es
tablished in Omaha for every
- twelve already located here on
January 1, 1919.
Thrift will end profitrc ring.
Guessing at Omaha's population costs noth
ing and hurts nobody.
Suspending zone postal rates on food ship
ments ought to help a little in the war against
high prices.
Along with the raids on food stocks in
storage must go the thought that a long hard
winter is ahead of somebody.
Something is wrong somewhere. The city
iennis tournament and fair weather are an
nounced for the same week.
Two Chicago profiteers have been snared
by a federal grand jury. Even these are
enough to serve as an example.
K Polite bandits are doing a thriving business
In Omaha, but the polish of their manners is
little consolation to their victims.
Sift the recall petition thoroughly, and make
sure it is right, but do not overlook the fact
that, there is a sentiment behind it.
The irresistible and the immoveable are
scheduled to meet at the White House tomor
row. The result will interest the world.
A highly illuminated driver landed his car
in a treetop in one of the city parks, again
proving the unsuitability of mingling bootleg
whisky and gasoline.
Ogden Armour is coming in for quite a
bit of solicitude that smacks of irony. The
point of the Chicago joke is likely to be
broken off somewhere.
Swift & Co. have slipped out of leather,
but this does not end their connection with
hides, the price of which is a factor in the
ultimate cost of shoes.
General Pershing plans to visit the home
folks at Lincoln in October. This notice
ought to give Omaha plenty of time to pre
pare for his reception here.
One contribution to the accumulating evi
dence that high living has some effect on the
price situation is the fact that a negro rolling
mill hand at Pueblo had his teeth filled with
diamonds.
Mapping an air route from Omaha to Den
ver ought to be about the easiest thing an
aviator ever undertook. All that is necessary
is to lay a course nor'-nor'west of Pike's Peak
and stick to it.
Tuesday will be a busy day for the presi
dent. While he is entertaining the senate
committee on foreign relations at the White
House, the house will be taking a vote to
override his veto of the daylight saving law.
Farmers who- are apprehensive as to fu
f ture market prices may comfort themselves
that hunger will not vanish from the world,
'and all they can raise will be needed to ap
pease it. No slacking on the farms. Agricul
ture is yet as it always has been the support
of organized society.
Setting up a "straw man" in the form of
textual changes may serve the democrats as
; well as any other subterfuge to get away
.from the inevitable reservations that will be
. made to the treaty. , By avoiding something
that does not exist, they will save their faces,
and appear in due season with loud claims of
victory. In the meantime the good sense and
patriotism of the republicans will preserve na
tional interests against the unwisdom the
j "swallow-it-whole" element would gulp un
r hesitatingly.
New Friction Over Colombia.
.t With the most expert geologists and finan
ciers of the world interesting themselves in
new sources of petroleum and an open ques
1 tion in the northern part of South America
whether the Royal Dutch-Shell interests now
, owned by the British government or American
interests shall come into control of such
sources as may be discovered, we cannot
(tafford to take any chances with Colombia.
!t.:-i -. t u C 1 r
4 jitKcry di Dujjuid is iu icdicu. v, c kuuw
what that meant in the negotiation over
Panama.
If we are going to pay Colombia $25,000,-
000, without formal apology but with an im
plied recognition that she was wronged in the
Panama matter, we must safeguard our invest
ors in the past and our prospective investors
iagainst unfair treatment. That safeguarding
can be done by a new clause in the treaty
pending before the United States senate, which
has been recommitted for the purpose.
' A Colombian decree "nationalizing" oil
'sources, hike a Mexican decree of like effect,
is not open to foreign attack except as it affects
'past concessions or property rights, unless it
is in the future made a means of discriminat
ing against Americans in other concessions.
But fair play we must and will have, in Colom
bia as in Mexico. Brooklyn Eaglt
FINAL TEST ON TREATY.
Washington correspondents report the pres
ident determined to make a final drive for ac
ceptance of the Versailles treaty as presented.
Failing in this, he is said to have told Senator
Hitchcock that he will give over the entire
affair to the senate, declining to accept any
responsibility for negotiations that may follow.
His trump card is that, in event of textual
amendments, Germany will be given an op
portunity to bargain for easier terms, and that
"the United States will have to go hat in hand
to Berlin, to beg for peace."
Only two textual changes have been pro
posed, these having to do with Shantung and
Japan. Americans are not all content with the
arrangement that gives Shantung to Japan, to
hold at will, nor with the provision that will
permit the supreme council of the League of
Nations to regulate our immigration laws. Spe
cific reservations with regard to the league
covenant have beeen suggested, and will un
doubtedly be insisted upon.
Able constitutional lawyers hold views at
variance with those the president has ex
pressed, and especially maintain that the United
States can make proper reservations without
the necessity of sending the treaty back to
conference. As to the likelihood of Germany
securing better terms, that is rather remote,
for England, France and Japan will be called
into the conference, and it is not probable they
will make any great concessions to the Ger
mans. If the president is correctly quoted, the
conclusion is warranted that his impatience is
leading him to a frame of mind such as when
he last took his departure for Paris, when he
showed far more temper than good judgment
in his address delivered just before sailing.
He might well reflect on the fact that he is
not alone in either patriotism or idealism.
Comfort for German Manufacturers.
On one of the recent dull days in the house,
Claude Kitchin, who immortalized himself as
the wartime chairman of the ways and means
committee, put on a free trade show. He en
tertained the members jind delighted the demo
crats for a couple of hours by delivering an
onslaught against the republican plans to re
store as'far as possible the benefits of the pro
tective tariff short of general revision of the
Underwood law, which must wait for action by
the commission.
Especially did Mr. Kitchin direct his sar
casm, his fine irony and wonderful wit against
the bill that will levy a duty on chemical glass.
When the war broke out, there was no chemi
cal glass industry in the United States. Sup
plies of this and several other kinds of glass
needed in scientific work were procurable only
in Germany. American genius bridged the gap,
and the glass industry took on new importance.
The Underwood law admits this glass free of
duty, so a tariff is sought for protection by
the American makers. And this is what Mr.
Kitchin so vigorously opposed. Let the glass
come in free, he argues, and if Americans can
compete with the German product, well and
good; if not, let us go back to the prewar
status and buy our supplies in Hunland. Simi
larly he attacked other measures for protective
duties, but chemical glass was subject of his
greatest stress.
It may be justly assumed that Mr. Kitchin
has fairly outlined the democratic attitude on
the tariff question. His party will continue to
oppose any efforts to build up home industry
if goods can be bought more cheaply else
where. The story of tinplate, so familiar to all,
carries no message to this statesman, who
voted for a revenue bill "with his eyes shut,"
and declared that he did not care what the war
cost so long as he could make the north pay
for it. American voters will be interested in
watching how far the democrats follow the
ead of Kitchin.
Production the Only Remedy.
Great Britain's food controller, G. H. Rob
erts, has frankly told his countrymen: "I can
not honestly hold out any hope that prices
will be any lower this winter. Without in
creased production we shall never get rid of
the burden of high prices." This truism has
many times, and in many forms been impressed
on American workers as well as those of other
lands. In the present instance it ought to reach
them with greater force, because Mr. Roberts
is a "labor" member of Parliament, a union
printer and one of the leading prewar socialist
agitators of the kingdom. As "whip" of the
labor group in Parliament in 1911-12, he at
tained great prominence because of his radical
views. It is possible that he has modified these
in some regards as a result of experience of
the last five years. However this may be, he
is now teaching sound doctrine, and deserves
tc be heard. He warns the striking miners
they have a greater influence on the food sit
uation than lies in his hands, "because when
they slack in their work they do harm to every
member of the population." This is just as true
in America. Every day of possible labor that
is wasted for any reason is lost forever to a
world that needs the utmost of production from
all in order to restore an equilibrium. tWork
ers should give this fact full consideration be
fore starting on a strike or any other move
ment that is to limit output.
New Deal for Farm Labor.
The old fashioned hired man has gone to
join the cowboy and the dodo. New methods
of farming, introduction of machinery to per
form what once was done by main strerlgth,
and improvements in general processes to
abolish drudgery, has brought betterment into
the life of the agricultural laborer. He has in
a large measure attained to the dignity of
skilled labor, and comes in for some of the ad
vantages enjoyed by his city brother. More
than that, he has forfeited none of the oppor
tunities and advantages that were his before.
Life in the open, regular hours of work, whole
some food, fresh air to sleep in, all contribute
to his well being, and in these and many other
ways he is far better off than the mechanic
who works in the city shop, be it ever so
well arranged. ,It is not surprising to read that
a better class of men is being attracted to the
farms this summer, for in the new deal that
has come with changing conditions the harvest
field presents a greater chance for the man
who is willing to work than any employment
the city can afford.
"Education," not "crusade," is the basis of
the campaign against tobacco. That is the
way the war on booze start
Blue Stocking Days of the
4 Cary Sisters.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
"The nearest approach to the first ideal blue
stocking reception ever reached in America was
the Sunday evening receptions of Alice and
Phoebe Cary," writes Mary Clemmer Ames.
"Here for over fifteen years, in an unpretending
home, gathered not only the most earnest, but
many of the most brilliant Americans of our
time. There are like assemblies still, wherein
men and women, rich in all fine gifts and graces,
meet and mingle; yet I doubt if there be one so
catholic, so finely comprehensive as to make it
the rallying spot, the outraying center of the
artistic and literary life of the metropolis.
"Sabbath evening was their reception eve
ning because it was the only one which the sis
ters had invariably free from labor; and, as a
rule, this was equally true of their guests.
"In their reception there was no formality,
no rule of dress. You could come as simply or
as finely arraved as you chose. Your costly
costume would not increase your welcome, nor
your shabby attire place you at discount. In
deed, if anything about you ever so remotely
suggested poverty or loneliness, it would at the
earliest possible moment bring Alice to your
side. Her dark, gentle, tender eyes would make
you feel at home at once. You would forget
your clothes and yourself altogether, in a quiet,
impersonal, friendly flow of talk which would
begin at once between you. If a stranger she
would be sure not to leave you till Phoebe
came, or till she had introduced you to some
pleasant person, and you would not find your
self again alone during the evening.
"During the fifteen years or more in which
it flourished, at the little house in Twentieth
street, it numbered among its guests and ha
bitues as many remarkable men and women as
ever gathered around the abundant board at
Streatham, or sat in the library of Strawberry
Hill.
"There was Horace Greeley, who so rarely
missed a Sabbath evening at this house a man
in mind greater than Johnson, and in manners
not unlike him; who will live in the future
among the most famous of his contemporaries,
as the man who, perhaps, more than any other,
left his own distinctive, individual mark upon
ti p time in which he lived. There was Oliver
Johnson, rarely absent from that cheery tea
table, the apostle of human freedom, who stood
in the van of its feeble guard when it cost much
to do that; strong, earnest, brave and true, a
king of radicals, whose swiftest theories never
outran his faith in God, his love for human
nature, his self abnegating devotion to his
friends, even when his only reward was selfish
ness and unworthiness. There was Mary Ann
Johnson, his wife whose memory of
simple, dignified, wise and tender womanhood
is a precious and imperishable legacy to all who
ever knew and loved her. And Julia Deane,
Alice Gary's beloved friend, golden haired,
matchless as a Grecian goddess. I see her now
as I saw her first, in the radiance of her un
dimmed beauty, sitting by Whittier's side, great
poet and gentleman, in his plain Friends' garb.
"What a troop of names, more. or less fa
mous, arise as I recall those who at different
times have mingled in those receptions: Bay
ard Taylor, with the gifted and lovely wife: the
two married poets, Richard and Elizabeth Stod
dard. Prof. R. W. Raymond. Robert Dale Owen,
Justin McCarthy, Henry Wilson, Samuel
Howies, George Ripley, Edwin Whipple, Rich
ard Kimball, Thomas B. Aldrich, Carpenter (the
artist), Robert Chambers of Edinburgh, Robert
Bonner of New York.
"I have not space for one-tenth of the names
I might recall actors, artists, poets, clergymen,
titled people from abroad, women of fashion,
women of letters, women of home, the known
and the unknown. In each type and class they
found friends; and what better proof cnuld be
given of the richness of their humanity, that,
without being narrowed by any, their hearts
were large enough for all!
"Perhaps neither sister could have attracted
into one common circle so many minds, various,
if not conflicting in their separate spheres of
thought and action. Each sister was the coun
terpart of the other. To the sympathy, appre
ciation, tact, gentleness, and tenderness of Alice
were added the wit and bon-homie and spark
ling cheer of Phoebe. The combination was
perfect for social effect and success."
Not Exactly an Exemplar.
To understand fully the complete boule
versment represented in the determination of
the Prussian minister of education to remove
from the public schools and other official build
ings remembrances of the kaiser it is to be re
membered that during the war not only were
such emblems universally displayed as a mat
ter of course in conformity with unbroken
usage but in addition special orders were is
sued that the school teachers should make the
sacred person of the kaiser and his edifying
course of life an exemplar for all the youth of
the land. But that day, as the minister of
education well noted in the Prussian diet the
other day, is of the past. Yet even in what
might be considered a grim situation a certain
element of humor is shown in that the minister
recommended vacation time for the job of pack
ing up the various effigies of majesty that yet
remain to disturb the even tenor of the Prus
sian child's life. And this will be bad news
to Amerongen, where tjie effort is being made
daily by means of reports of a consecrated at
titude toward the Scriptures and a deep concern
for texts and religious exercises in order "to
bear his burden," as the wife piously writes, to
build up a new legend of a suffering kaiser
who deserves well of his people. But the piety
is laid on a1 little too thick; the whitewash
won't last and that the Prussian diet is so
hard-hearted as to go on a still hunt for the
busts that have up to date escaped iconoclas
tic hands is a bad omen for majesty in exile.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Day We Celebrate.
Lee McGreer, contractor and builder, born
1862.
Louis M. Rogers, confectioner and florist,
born 1883.
C. J. Meitzen, vice-president and treasurer
Omaha Robe and Tanning company, born 1873.
Ed Wolverton, agent New York Life Insur
ance company, born 1878.
Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, born at Trinway, O., 48
years ago.
Otto A. Hauerbach, author of numerous
successful plays, born in Salt Lake City 46
years ago.
Hamilton Holt, New York editor, known as
the father of the Peace League Movement, born
in Brooklyn, N. Y., 47 years ago.
Congressman John J. Rogers of Massachu
setts, who enlisted as a private in the late war,
born at Lowell, Mass., 38 years ago.
Jack Pickford, noted photoplay star and
brother of the famous Mary Pickford, born in
Toronto 23 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Rev. Charles Witherspoon left for the east
on a two weeks' visit with friends.
Many churches are holding only morning
services during the heated term. Work on the
First M. E. church is progressing nicely.
One hundred Knights of Pythias from
Omaha attended a special service at St. Paul's
church. Council Bluffs.
Omaha turners at Fremont have carried
away the first prize in the class competition.
C. J. Gromme won the high jump, the hop,
step and jump and running broad jump; Otto
Niederwieser, the foot race. Casper Buechner
wonecond place in the pole vault. Among the
judges were George Anthes and William
People You Ask About
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Let The Bee Tell You.
Know About Railroads.
Glenn E. Plumb, father of the
"Plumb Plan" of railroad control
and an "over-night" national figure
because of his attack on the high
cost of living, is an Iowan who was
left fatherless at the age of 2 years
and went to live with an uncle at
Streator, 111., where his boyhood was
passed. After he graduated rrom
Oberlin in 1S91, he spent one year
in the Harvard law school and then
went to Chicago and graduated from
Northwestern university. His prac
tical knowledge of railroad manage
ment was obtained at first hand. For
five years he was associated with a
Chicago law firm that served as
chief counsel for the Santa I' e sys
tern. When that road went into the
hands of a receiver in 1900 Mr.
Plumb had charge of the reorganiza
tion, operating the road during a
large part of the receivership. Later
he became associated in a legal ca
pacity with the Chicago traction
companies and since 1912 ho. has
hocn engaged in private practice, a
large part of which has been in con
nection with the affairs of the rail
road brotherhoods.
May Be President of France.
M. Paul Deschanel, who is promi
nently mentioned for the presidency
of the French republic in succes
sion to M. Poincare, whose term will
soon expire, has been president of
the Chamber of Deputies since 1912.
Educated at the College Sainte
Barbe and at the Lycee Condorcet,
he was elected to the Chamber of
Deputies in 1SS5, and in 1896 he
was elected vice-president of the
Chamber. Elected president to that
body two years later he held ofllee
until 1902. From 1906 to 1912 he
filled the important post of rappor
teur du budget des affaires estrang
eres. M. Deschanel is a member of
the French academy, and has writ
ten many works of a political, as
well as of purely literary charac
ter. His oratory has all the fire of
youth, but is polished and lofty. His
grace of appearance and manner is
proverbial.
Oldest Member of Congress.
Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood, now in
his 85th year, is the oldest member
of the Sixty-sixth congress and one
of the few surviving civil war vet
erans among the national lawmak
ers. Knlisting as a private from
Ohio, he served with distinction
throughout the war, and was mus
tered out as a brigadier-general of
volunteers in 1SC5. He was twice
elected secretary of state of fhio,
three times elected to the judicial
bench, and is now serving his sev
enth consecutive term in congress
as representative of the Ninth Ohio
district. For many years General
Sherwood was engaged in editing
newspapers in Cleveland, Toledo and
other. Ohio cities. All during his
congressional career he has been
particularly active in promoting leg
islation in the interest or the Union
civil war veterans.
Cicerone for the Prince.
Sir Joseph Pope, who is in charge
of the Canadian tour of the Prince
of Wales, has been under secretary
of state of Canada for nearly a quar
ter of a century. ITe was horn at
Chnrlottetown, P. TC. T., 65 years ago,
and is a son of the late Hon. W. II.
Pope. In 1 884 he married Henri
ttte, daughter of Justice Tasche
remi of the Superior Court of Lower
Canada. Sir Joseph was educated
at Prince of Wales college, Char
lottetown, and entered the civil serv
ice in 1 878. Ho was private secre
tary to the late Sir John Macdonald,
and was appointed under secretary
of state in 1S96. He was attached
to the staff of the British aent on
the Bering sea arbitration in 1S93
and was agent of the Canadian gov
ernment at the proceedings of the
joint high commission in 1898-99.
He made the arrangements for the
tour of the prince and princess of
Wales in 1901, and for his services
in that capacity received a C. M. G.
FROM HERE AND THERE.
It is generally conceded that the
best thirst-quenching beverage is
barley water. Next to that comes
cold, weak tea, with a dash of lemon
juice in it.
Teaching swimming strokes by
moving pictures is a new idea that
has come into practical use. Ex
pert swimmers are photographed
in action, and after studying the
strokes the pupils imitate them un
til the teacher is satisfied. Then
the motions are practiced in the
water.
Several years ago the largest gi
raffe in the Paris Zoo committed
suicide. She had been unhappy for
several days, and one day she killed
herself by banging her head against
the bars of her cage. The giraffe's
great friend had been a collie dog
that had, a few weeks previously,
been sold.
A new kind of mattress designed
particularly for use in hospitals is
made in sections, each about 10
inches square. The advantage is
that any soiled section can quickly
be removed without disturbing the
patient unnecessarily. Another ad
vantage is that one section can be
removed and give the patient relief
from the pain of being compelled
to lie on some sore or tender part
of the body.
A Parisian, with a sense of hu
mor, bequeathed 300 francs to each
relative who abstained from attend
ing his funeral. Only one poor
relative insisted on following the
deceased to the grave, and her loy
alty was richly rewarded, for by
a codicil to his will the deceased
left the residue of his large fortune
to those relatives who were prepared
to sacrifice the 300 francs.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
NOUI-iTOHN-WHILE I'M flUlflY
VI5ITIN(j MOTHER-BOUT FORGET
RNYTH INSANE BE5URE TO
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE SINGING STRANGER."
(Peggy and Billy ara attractad to the
woods by a strange bird aong. Whun thev
go with the father birds to find the stran
ger they come upon a half-hidden cottage.
The strange song lurea the mother and
baby birds into the mysterious cottage,
and the door cloaca behind them.)
Vp the Chimney.
TRAPPED! Our mates and Ht
tie ones are trappe!"
screamed the birds, raising a clamor
that filled the forest. But above
their cries sounded the loud, clear
song of the stranger so sweet: that
even in their alarm the birds and
Peggy and Billy had to stop to listen
to it.
It was a song of Joy, a song of
rollicking fun, a song of bubbling
happiness. There was no evil in
it nothing of traps, or cages, or
danger. It was so free and jolly
that Boh-o-link, Catbird, Rrown
Thrush, Warbler and Canary found
themselves trying to imitate it.
"It's a charming song," said
Peggy to Billy.
"That's what I'm afraid of," was
Billy's queer answer. Then, when
he saw Peggy's puzzled look, he
went on to explain: "I'm afraid
it's a song with a charm in it and
that charm is working a spell on
the birds. I'm going to peek into
the mystery." Billy quickly climb
ed a tree overlooking a window of
the cottage, and Peggy followed
him.
There they beheld a sight entirely
different from what they expected.
Seated within the cottage was an old
man, white-haired, whiskered, big
nosed, and apparently poor, for his
clothes, while neat, were cheap and
much worn. Around him were gath
ered the mother birds and the ba
bies, listening to him most intently.
Billy Quickly Climbed n Tree Over
looking a Window of the Cottage.
And they were listening because It
was the man who was singing sing
ing like a bird, the melody rippling
out from his whiskers in rarest pur
ity and beauty.
"How wonderful," whispered Peg
gy in awe.
"He may be a sorcerer easting his
spell over the birds with his sweet
singing like the sirens of old,
about whom teacher told us In
school," said Billy.
"But teacher's sirens were charm
ing maidens who lived on an island
in the sea," argued Peggy. "I don't
believe there ever was a whiskered
old man siren."
"Those whiskers may be a dis
guise. They look false to me." de
clared Billy. "Anyway we'd bettor
get those mother birds and little
ones out before harm comes to
them."
"The door is barred." said Peggy,
peeking into the window, "and the
windows are covered by heavy
screens."
"But there's another way of es-
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Rebuke for Mr. Bchrens.
Omaha, Aug. 12 To the Editor
of The Bee: How easily it is for
one to take exceptions to certain ar
ticles and put a construction on the
same to suit their particular whim.
I wish simply to call the attention
of The Bee to an effusion in issue of
today from Henry C. Behrens rela
tive to the German-American Alli
ance. Now, is there any one outside
of Behrens who would have put the
construction on this article that he
did? I don't think The Bee had in
mind anything at all pertaining to
one contributing directly to father
or mother or sister or brother. That
is humane and a duty conceded to
any relative, and he would be a
derelict if he did not pay homage
to those, that gave him birth. But
.Mr. Behrens has got his wirea
crossed and one would think The
Bee had reference to his family
alone, and the article entitled the
"Great Mistake" was intended to
convey in a general manner the German-American
Alliance, pertaining
to a class that is organizing to he
little the American spirit and at the
same time placing German "Kul
tur" ideals above our all American
ideals.
His remarks and thrusts regard
ing the treatment of the colored
race and Jewish people has no bear
ing on the subject. My idea would
be to turn this man Behrens over
to Metcalf and let him train him
a while, give him a few lessons in
civility, teach him to curb that
temper that he may not be tempted
further by "scalawags" to challenge
his loyalty to America. Yes, as he
remarks, the war is over and he Is
well aware of the fact, lest he would
not have been so brazen. Probably
eight months ago he would have
taken second thought before mak
ing the present remarks. Many a
boy in khaki would have resented
his remarks in quite a different
manner than The Bee has done.
J. T. WATSON, Binney St.
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Some farmers are complaining
now because they think that with
out the government-fixed price they
could sell their wheat for more than
$2.26 a bushel. It's a poor guaran
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cape," cried Billy. "Do you see
that big fireplace?" He turned to
the anxious father birds. "Fly to
the top of the roof and scream down
the chimney," he ordered. "Scream
as if you were in trouble and beg
your mates and little ones to come
to you at once."
The father birds obeyed Instantly.
"Come quickly, mates and little
ones," they screamed. "Coma up
the chimney."
At once there was a commotion
among the mother birds and babies.
The voices coming from the chim-
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mysterious stranger, and, as If freed
from a charm, the mother birds ami
youngsters darted Into the tlreplace
and up through the chimney to the
free air.
The whistling bird song of the
stranger ceased at once. He ran
to the chimney and looked up, but
the birds were already rushing to
the safety of the woods. Then the
stranger threw open the door. His
eyes fell upon Peggy, and he
stretched out his arms toward her
stretched them out aa if in plead
ing. "Little daughter!" he murmured
softly in a speaking voice that was
us sweeet as his bird song. "Little
daughter, you have heard my call
and have come to me." And from
his Hps came again the rippling
melody, tender and coaxing. As
Peggy heard it and looked into the
stranger's pleading, kindly eyes, she
felt herself drawn toward him.
"Hold back!" warned Billy Bel
gium, grasping her by the arm. "He
is working his spell on you instead
of on the birds."
(Tomorrow will b told how the mys
terious stranger aeeka to gain a lovely
daughter. )
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