THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919.
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You should know that
Within a few miles of Omaha is
the finest grape producing soil in
the world.
Now is the time to sow winter wheat.
City firemen have put another knotty
question up to the public.
If moisture was needed to encourage fall
sowing, the point has been settled.
Mr. McAdoo says he will not dodge a presi
dential nomination. No more will his father-in-law.
"Suffer the little children to come unto me,"
was not spoken of an Omaha apartment house
landlord.
The president at least has no reason to com
plain of ''confinement" in connection with his
western trip.
If the way he is being jumped on is any
sign, Mr. Bullitt must have hurt some Eng
lishman's feelings.
Having faced the "sand lotters," the presi
dent need not dread any further experience
America may hold.
Rumor hath it that Japan has been asked by
the United States to set a date for moving day.
The sooner the better.
Just think; last October General Pershing
got a cablegram from Washington, telling him
he was using too much ammunition!
The list of men -'chosen to represent the
"public" in the coming labor conference sounds
like a roll-call of "dollar-a-year" workers.
Senator Borah's report in Washington on
his reception in Omaha is calculated to make
some folks sit up and take notice.
"Doc" Bixby say maybe the Texas hurri
cane is the beginning of the end of the world
that was to follow Armageddon. All right,
let's go.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis proposes to teach
the Milwaukee brewers how to take a joke. He
had some success with the Standard Oil a few
vears aeo.
One expert says the girls wear too much,
another says too little. But the dear things
will go right ahead, suiting themselves as
, nearly as possible.
The thing that worries the Dancing
Dervishes of Nebraska is not so much the fate
of the treaty of Versailles as that their chance
for carrying next year's election is getting
slimmer every day.
Omaha taxpayers are asked to furnish
$5,000,000 to afford greater school facilities for
children, and apartment house managers ask
parents to take their little ones and get out.
Where is the consistency?
Italy is going to try "economic pressure" on
'the mutinous troops at Fiume. If it does not
work better than some of the other features of
the League of Nations now being tried out in
Europe, the end may be anticipated.
Mr. Wilson says he has the gracious permis
sion of the other great men who sat around
the council board to "expect" that Japan will
soon retire from Shantung. That costs noth
ing. Back in the 40's the Millerites expected the
end of the world, but it did not happen.
It may be a little late, but we suggest that
a course in constitutional history be substituted
for the abandoned one of German in our public
schools. Maybe if the boys and girls of today
were given a more comprehensive knowledge
of how this government was founded and its
superstructure erected, we would have fewer
"radicals" in the next generation.
A Tempting Prize
Of the total of $3,839,950,600 in internal rev
enue collected by the government for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1919, the major part, of
course, was contributed by the income and ex
cess profits taxes, which yielded $2,596,008,790.
But the old sources of federal revenue still
make a respectable showing even in the mag
nified scale of war taxation. Thus the revenue
from distilled spirits was $365,211,200, from fer
mnterl linvtnrs $117,839,600 and from tobacco
$206,003,000, or altogether $689,053,890. This
is approximately 18 per cent, or nearly one-fifth,
of the total internal revenue, and equivalent
t to about one-fourth of that derived from in-
1 come taxation.
Under prohibition these "abundant streams
of revenue from distilleries and breweries will
gush forth no more and the lack must be sup
plied by other forms of taxation. And seeing
the success the anti-liquor forces have had in
reducing government income as the price of
moral regulation, will not the $206,003,090 of
revenue from tobacco inspire the anti-nicotine
; crusaders to equal efforts?
At most they cannot make the public treas
ury pay nalt as mucn tor toDacco proniDition
as it had to nay for liquor prohibition. But
' none the less it is a tempting prize, a daziling
'i inducement to "moral reform," and shuld
serve to quicken the movement to abolish
nicotine. New York World.
INJUSTICE TO THE DEAD.
Nothing the president has done or said less
becomes him than, his remarks' at San Fran
cisco anent the Shantung affair. He there de
liberately undertakes to shift responsibility for
the presence of Germany in China and the evils
that attend it onto President McKinley and his
secretary of state, John Hay. Without exactly
distorting history, the president pursues a
practice in which he has frequently indulged of
late, that of telling half the truth. He says:
And in the message of Mr. McKinley
about this matter he says that inasmuch as
the powers that had taken these territories
had. agreed to keep the doors open for our
commerce, there was no reason why we
should object. Just so we could trade with
these stolen territories, we were willing to
let them be stolen.
A more flagrant instance of misapplicaton of
the truth will not be found in all the president's
enormous output of words. The historical fact
is that, although his foreign policy was per
sistently and maliciously assailed by the demo
crats under the leadership of Mr. Bryan, Pres
ident McKinley did insist, to the very verge of
war with Germany and other European nations,
against the dismemberment of China. The
United States had been invited "to share in the
spoil, just as we were lately invited by Baron
Shibusawa on behalf of Japan to unite in the
exploitation of the Celestial empire.
It was because of the earnest protest of
the United States that the breaking up and di
vision of the helpless nation was checked. Rus--sia's
policy of duplicity and rapacity brought on
the war with Japan a little later, but the Ger
man scheme was halted by the attitude of the
United States. The "open door" was then and
since has been referred to as the greatest of
American diplomatic triumphs. It would be
highly gratifying if we had come away from
Paris with as good a showing.
Had the president stood as firmly in 1919
as John Hay did in. 1898-9, the Shantung affair
would wear a decidedly different look. At all
events, he would not be required to cast a slur
on a dead predecessor in order to defend his
Own surrender of a great principle.
Dancing Dervish Bund in Action.
One of the Nebraska "bunds" which never
is entirely calm, although it seems to rest oc
casionally, is the Dancing Dervish bund. At
the moment it is feverishly yiolent, hoping to
repeat its great triumph of three years ago,
when it convinced a lot of people that "he kept
us out .of war."
Supplied with brand new bugaboos, fresh
heads stretched on its tomtoms and all stops
removed from its pipes, its members are kick
ing up a mighty dust, but stirring very little
ground. Just as we were saved from war by
the devotion of this crew, so we are to be pre
served from all sorts of calamities, chief of
which appears to be a more or less uncertain
privilege of having something to say about how
our own affairs shall be managed.
How calamitous it will be if the United
States should be permitted to decide without
the consent of any other nation on whether
it will go to war, have a protective tariff, sign
a treaty, or do any of the things a regular na
tion is expected to do for itself. How much
nicer it will be to take all these things to
Geneva or Irkutsk or iome other faraway and
forgotten place, there to submit them to a con
clave of dignitaries gathered from the ends of
the earth, and respectfully retire while they
deliberate.
Most horrible of all is the prospect that the
republicans will nominate for president and
elect him a man who is American, and whose
idealism does not embrace all the woes of the
world to the utter exclusion of domestic ques
tions. Think what a pall would fall over
Booriooboolaga, for example, when the news
came that Americans had determined to main
tain their national independence.
No wonder the Dancing Dervishes are again
turning somersaults, flipflaps and twisters 1 The
world must be spared such a calamity 1 "He
kept us out of war," and if we swallow it whole
we will never more have war.
High Honor for Pershing.
i General Pershing, modest American soldier,
heard the thanks of his fellow Americans yes
terday. He stood in the great hall of the house
of representatives, surrounded by members of
congress, representatives chosen by the people,
and heard from those who can speak with au
thority from the f plain people of the United
States, words that seldom are given any man
to hear. These voiced the thanks of 110,000,000
free Americans, couched in simple language, ex
pressive of the deep gratitude of a mighty na
tion, mindful of its obligation to God and to
humanity, to the man who had been privileged
to lead its army victorious through a tremen
dous struggle for the right. John J. Pershing
knows that only a just part of this is his, that
through him the congress speaks to every man
in the army, not only those of the A. E. F., but
to the millions that found their duty on this
side and served with uncomplaining fidelity,
while their spirits chafed to share in the stirring
action on the other side. Pershing's honor is
therefore the higher, because it enfolds that of
the nation. And the ceremony itself is impres
sively instructive. How mighty in its strength
is the American people, and how simple in its
dignity I
School Board's Building Program.
The Omaha Board of Education has set be
fore the people the most ambitious program it
hat ever adopted. A blanket appropriation of
$5,000,000 is asked to cover the expense of
erecting buildings that are deemed immediately
necessary or which may be required by antici
pated growth of the schools. Discussion of this
program is invited, and may be expected. The
amount of money involved is considerable, the
number and character of the buildings to be
erected is unusual, and the general aspect of the
proposal is such as should excite intelligent pub
lic debate. Property owners as well as school
patrons are deeply interested in the manage
ment and maintenance of the city schools, and
it is to them the Board of Education now
makes its appeal. It will be for them to de
termine if the appropriation for a continuing
program is to be made. The question of the
bond issue will be submitted at an election
called for November 4, which does not give
over-much time for deliberation.
Skeleton balloon companies at Fort Omaha
are to be irought up to full strength, if rumor
hath it rightly, and the work of the great school
continued through peace time. If we are to
have an air service at all, ballooning is a very
important adjunct and should not be neglected.
About the Vacation
From The New York Evening Post '
The following one-sided conversation was
overheard in a downtown restaurant:
You know, the place was crowded from
the time we got there till we left They tried
to feed me up on veal loaf and salads and I
never cared for either. I rarely saw my wife;
she would start out in the morning to pick
blackberries, and when she came back she
was so tired that she had to go to bed. The
children seemed to have a good time, but
they wore their clothes to shreds and tat
ters. Smoke I never smoked so much in my
life. And to my dying day I'll never forget
that trip home. In the station they were
packed even into the telephone booths. And
today my stenographer told me she was go
ing on a vacation or quit. I hate to let the
little shrimp feel that I'm beholden to her,
but what can I do? It's better to let her go
for a while than forever. Lord, it's awful!
There is a possibility that this man enjoyed,
or at least benefited from, his vacation in ways
of which he himself is unaware. If the inter
ruption of the normal brought home io him
the wholesomeness of routine activity, 1ie is a
wiser man. If the civic center which he affec
tionately calls his home town appeals to him
as the best place in which to spend his time and
money, the quality of his citizenship has been
improved. If his children ruined their clothes,
it is likety that they improved their health at
the same time.
Getting the most out of a vacation is. of
course, an art, for it is largely a matter of play
ing tricks on the mind. We go away to see
new faces, but the most essential feature of a
town of any size is its transient population. Or
we go to get a change of diet, but the cook is
the most mutable of household personalities.
Or we go for a change of air, but if we travel
60 miles to the north and a north wind begins
to blow at the rate of 60 miles an hour, it is
only an hour until that same air reaches our
home. Or we go to escape the heat, but it is
an open secret that it can, and frequently does,
get just as hot in, say, the peaceful vales of the
Berkshire hills as it does at Laredo, Tex.
Nothing surpasses in interest man's relation
to his own mind and body. The vacationist
knows, subconsciously, that he cannot have the
comforts of home while away. But it is a
change and as' such produces a mental im
provement even though it be, physically, for
the worse. It may be unpleasant to be forced
to change our mind; but it is exhilarating to
change it at will. Each part is set in action,
whereas before it all moved in the accustomed
grooves of current life. On the vacation we
do a number of little things none of which
resembles the other and all of which combined
are unlike the big home task. '
Some people go on a vacation just to be un
like Kant, who never left Konigsberg. The
dissimilarity flatters. Others tell all about
their prospective journey long in advance in
order to be different from Goethe, who, when
he started on a vacation, never told any one
where he was going or when he was coming
back except those who made his journey ma
terially possible. And Goethe rode through
Switzerland with the blinds of his carriage
drawn; there was "nothing there to see but
mountains."
There are two classes of people who should
never be offered a vacation: The man who takes
special pride in saying that he never had a va
cation in his life. If he is not deprived of the
privilege, he may live long and die happy in the
conviction that his course has been 6ne of wis
dom. Nor should the lazy man be encouraged
to take a vacation, ' Laziness is to honest
fatigue as camouflage is to reality.
Receding Prices
If we fix our gaze on a strong light for a
time and then suddenly avert it we continue to
be dazzled, even though the light is no longer
there. If we apply this figure to the. scale of
food prices we shall find that it is pertinent. For
which reason we advise our readers to make
frequent comparisons of prices, lest when prices
decrease they continue to be confused by the
illusion that they still are high.
We offer this tabulation in the hope that an
easier feeling may result among those whose
gaze has been fixed so long on intolerable
prices:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Lambs.
Saturday ... ...f 16.25 $18.60 $10.50 $15.50
Last week 17.50 20.00 10.00 15.25
Last month 18.00 21.60 11.00 18.00
Last year . 17.40 20.85 12.50 18.00
A national mood, a general disposition of
all the people to stamp out high prices by the
practice of economy and the determination to
increase production, will have its result.
It is very human to indulge in the sporadic
outburst, and by the force of hue and cry to re
sent an intolerable condition. Often much good
results. But the good is likely to be only tem
porary, because the general resentment per
sists only until there is slight relief; then re
laxes. 1
To gain continued, permanent relief it is
necessary that this mood of resentment be per
manent, and that resentment be hot expressed
merely in anger and impotent raging, but in
some specific contribution, such as economy
and productiveness.
We have seen by undisputed figures that
the tendency is downward. It can be kept
downward, until a reasonable point is reached,
by the maintenance of a national mood. Chi
cago Tribune.
Turning Disaster to Profit.
In a number of French newspapers adver
tisements are appearing offering for sale fields
and ruins which were the actual scenes of some
of the fiercest fighting of the war. These sites
are guaranteed to be just as the opposing ar
mies left them, with trenches, dugouts, barbed
wire entanglements, and dismantled tanks and
guns. Naturally the new owners expect to reap
handsome profits from the many visitors who
will be swarming over France in the next few
years.
S3
The Day We Celebrate.
J. H. Hunter, Hunter Inn, born 1849.
Moses P. O'Brien, attorney, born 1860.
Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, who was chief
of staff of the first American field army, born
at Fort Brady, Mich., 40 years ago.
Brig. Gen. George H. Harries, who com
manded the American base at Brest, born in
South Wales, 59 years ago.
Lord Leverhulme. celebrated English soap
manufacturer and philanthropist, born 68 years
ago.
Key Pittman, United States senator from
Nevada, born at Vicksburg, Miss., 47 years ago.
George W. Wickersham, who was attorney
general in the Taft cabinet, born in Pittsburgh,
61 years ago.
John P. Mclnnis, first baseman of the Bos
ton American league base ball team, born at
Gloucester, Mass., 29 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
J. M. Griffith, national bank examiner for
Nebraska and Kansas, is in the city. He says
that Omaha has every reason to be proud of
her national banks.
Ninth ward republicans met at 2908 Far
nam street with Billy Kierstead presiding and
J. K. Coulter, secretary.
Labor unions and brotherhoods comprising
the employes of the Union Pacific system have
federated and will henceforth he known as The
Brotherhood of Railway Employes.
The directors of the Omaha public library
have purchased a very fine private collection
belonging to the late O. F. Davis estate, with
which they have secured the original Lewis and
Clark map of Council Bluffs and surrqunding
country, made in 1820.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies 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.
Ask The Bee to Answer.
He is a Citizen.
Omaha. Sept 14. To the Friend
of the Soldier: What are the regu
lations of the United States immi
gration bureau from Poland?
The circumstances and facts are
as follows: The party came to this
country from Poland before the war
started In 1914, leaving his wife
there until he could send for her.
When he was ready to send for her
he could not get any communication
to or from Poland. Through the
Red Cross In Omaha he established
word to his wife and received a let
ter from her about two months ago,
and he sure was happy. He an
swered and received another letter
last week, in which she desires, and
at his desire also, to Join him here.
He was drafted and served five
months In the infantry branch of
the army on this side. He desires
to learn if there are any restrictions
of the Immigration bureau of the
United States to restrain her com
ing to Omaha? He is able to send
sufficient funds for passage and all
necessary expenses. He is holding
down a good paying Job, has money
in the bank and able. to make her
a good home. I am writing this In
behalf of a young man I have
known for five years, and I know
him to be all right Kindly answer
in your Information column and
oblige. E. G. TODD.
Answer There Is no law of the
United States that will keep a wife
from Joining her husband in this
country, If she or he be not crimin
als, or falling within the proscribed
class on account of disease. On
the contrary, In the case of this
man, his service in the army makes
him a citizen of the United States.
He can obtain his papers by apply
ing at the naturalization bureau at
the federal building. His wife thus
becomes also an American citizen,
and no law can keep her from Join
ing her husband in this country.
Many Questions Answered.
An Anxious Sister The Eighth
Infantry has been returned to the
United States. Write to the ad
jutant general of the army at Wash
ington for exact information as to
the whereabouts of your brother.
A Soldier's Sweetheart "Provis
ional" companies are listed as cas
uals, and are so returned to the
United States. We have no word
as to provisional cook company No.
2 at Brest. All American soldiers
will soon be removed from there.
W. H. E. If you will write to
Col. G. S. Brigham, quartermaster,
Omaha, you can get full Information
with regard to the sale of govern
ment harness or any other surplus
supplies the army expects to dis
pose of.
Mrs. G. H. V. The letter you re
ceived from the War department
fairly states the case of the men
who were called in the last draft
and turned back before reaching
training camps. They were released
by order and not by fornsl dis
charge, for they had not completed
the final formality of muster into
the service.
TO ADOPT 24-HOUR CLOCK.
British Railway Will Use Continental
Time Tables.
The 24-hour clock system has
been adopted by the Southeastern
and Brighton railways in their con
tinental time -tables. The system is
now practically universal on the
continent, and "the change has been
made for uniformity," said a South
eastern official. "Travelers from
France and Belgium appreciate it,
and it is simpler when once people
get used to it."
After noon, instead of going on
to 1 o'clock, one says 13 o'clock.
Thus the inward boat train is due
at Victoria, London, at 21 o'clock
Instead of 9 at night.
All demobilized men are familiar
with the systpm, for it was adopted
by tho army in J 917. London Mail.
LAUGHS AND LYRICS.
"Am I the only girl you ever loved?"
"You don't think I make love like an
amateur, do you?"
"They say there are going to bo big
profits In the .coffee business."
"Well, that Is one Industry which ought
to be In a settled condition."
An absent-minded Japanese went Into
a store to buy a Jar and, noticing one
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
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MRKEBREflB BEFORE U1E
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cue com ta nee o nTnC
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13:
Quickly!
Your Winter Togs
Let's have 'em. Let's
clean, press and fix 'em
up. Let's forestall the an
nual pre-winter rush.
Let's Do It NOW.
DRESHER
BROS.
Dyers, Cleaners, Hatters, Furriers,
Tailors, Rug Cleaners,
Shoe Repairers.
Main Office and Plant,
2211-13-17 Farnam St.
Branch Offices:
Dresner, Tho Tailor, 1513 Farnam
St. Pompelan Room of Brandeis
Stores, West End of Main Floor of
Burgess-Naah Co.
PHONE TYLER 345.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE CHARMING MERMAID."
(Tho Prince of Dollars, lured by the
Toice of a mermaid, rides Balky Sam out
to an Isle In tho lake. There they are at
tacked by a turtle, and tho prince, after
hurting his head on the rocks, sinks Into
tho lake. The mermaid dives to the
rescue. )
CHAPTER VI.
The Mermaid Runs Away.
PEGGY and Billy were surprised
when they found that the mer
maid Instead of being evil reall
was good and was trying as hard as
she could to save the Prince of Dol
lars. "We will help you," shouted Bil
ly, Jumping into the water to aid
the mermaid in holding the prince's
head aDove water.
"We must swim to shore," gasp
ed the mermaid. "It will be hard
work to bring him back to life and
we can't do it on these wave-swept
rocks."
"Hee-haw! I'll protect you from
the giant turtle," brayed . Balky
Sam, leaping into the lake.
"That turtle has too big a stomach-ache
to want to bother around
here any more," declared Peggy.
"Put the prince on Balky Sam's
back and you'll get him to shore
faster."
This was done and soon Balky
Sam was swimming for the beach
as fast as he could with the limp
body of the prince across his shoul
ders. The mermaid was close be
side him helping to hold the
prince's head above water and Peg
gy and Billy followed behind.
"Didn't I tell you she was a real
mermaid!" hooted Judge Owl, keep-
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Draw from ons to two and so on to the
end.
turned upside down, blurted out: "How
absurd! This Jar has no mouth."
Turning It over, he was once more as
tonished. "Why, the bottom's gone, too," he exclaimed.
Employer. For this Job you've got to
know French and Spanish, as the pay
is $18 a week.
"Lord, mister" I ain't got no edlca
tlon; I'm after a job In the yards."
"See the yard boss. We'll start you In
at forty." Life.
Smlthson. Do you know that Noah was
the greatest financier that ever lived?
Dlbbs. How do you make that out?
Smlthson. Well, he was able to float
a company when the whole world was
In liquidation. London Tit-Bits.
"You used to bo very strong for the
debating club when you were single."
"True."
"Why not drop around now occa
sionally ?"
"Wouldn't be any use. A married man
can't put up any kind of an argument."
"THE GILDER DRIVE."
When the sumac's turning red
And yellow are the leaves o'erhead,
On hazel shucks you see the brown
And nature's donned her autumn gown;
Rome benefit you will derive
If you "hike," or rldo o'er the Gilder
Drive."
Near the river you will wind
And prehistoric graves you'll find.
Perhaps' may see a crude crenels,
The resting place of Fontenelle;
The scene like a picture will portray
When you ride on the "Gilder Auto High
Way." The trading post of Joseph La Fleshe
This ride, your memory will refresh
And the annuity house you will nee
Inhabited once by the tribe, Pawnee;
And to the village of Bellevue
The "Glider Drive" will lead you to.
On "The Prettiest Mile" of tho "Glider
Drive."
A Pawnee village once did thrive
And flourished there, when Lewis and
Clark
Sailed up the Missouri and made their
mark.'
There many relics have been found
On this historic camping Ktound
Somewhat In the hills among
Once lived the followers of Brigham
Young.
And this village you'll pass through.
Further north, the site of Fort Atkinson
view
Through Forest Lawn on roads that wind
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Ing close above their heads. "I
told you so! Hoo! Hoo! Next time
you will believe what I say."
Finally they reached shallow wa
ter and there Peggy and Billy had
another stunning surprise. For
wnen iney Degan to wane asnore
the charming mermaid reached
down and slipped oft her tail Just
as she would a bothersome skirt and
there she was with a pair of hu
man legs as useful as their own.
Putting the flsh tail beneath her
arm she aided in carrying the
prince up the beach.
Then the mermaid showed how
sensible and levelrheaded she was,
for she began working over the
prince to bring him back to life,
using all the methods Billy had
learned in his boy scout lessons.
She and Billy turned the prince
over so that the water -he had swal
lowed ran out of his mouth, then
they lifted him up and dropped him
down to start breathing again. And
while they were doing this Peggy
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slapped his hands to get his blood
flowing.
Finally the mermaid leaned over
the prince and blew her own
breath into his mouth. Then she
kissed him.
That kiss seemed to have magical
results. The eyes of the prince
popped open, he gasped once or
twice and in a moment he seemed
to be breathing all right
"My mermaid love!" he mur
mured. "Kiss me again!"
When he said that the mermaid
blushed a rosy red and Jumped to
her feet. She seized her fish tall
from the ground where she had laid
it and turned as if to flee.
"Farewell, farewell, prince of my
heart!" she cried back. "When 1
was a mermaid I could sing to you
from afar and tell you of my love.
Now that I am human, it must nol
be. Farewell! Farewell!"
Saying this, the mermaid fled u
the beach. A cloud chanced to
darken the moon, and when agaiv
the light shone the mermaid wai
no longer to be seen. Far, far awaj
came her song, growing fainter and
fainter:
"Prince of dollars, prince of mj
heart.
Cruel the fate that keeps us apart."
The prince staggered to his feet
and held out his arms.
"No fate shall keep us apart,
Now that you are human, I shall
find you if I have to search thitj
whole wide world."
Just then a bugle call rang out'
from the military camp.
"Hee-haw! my vacation is over'
brayed Balky Sam. The next Instant
Peggy found herself on his back
galloping along the beach, and then
in a trice she was back home in
bed, wondering if the Prince ot
Dollars would ever find the charm
ing mermaid.
(The next story will tell how ths Prince
of Dollars does find the mormald, and
how Peggy and Billy help solve mystery.)
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