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J b u t I h af n ot ad h ered . Now 1 stick , I up A lm a’s face as she h u rrie d hom e
I se ttle. Soon I sh a ll esta b lish th e from th e office th e evening of th e
day h e was to re tu rn .
resid en ce.”
H is Joy in h is p rese n t freedom , his
H is h a t upon th e h a tra c k w as th e
IN AMERICA
in to leran ce to w ard in ju stic e an d ty- firs t th in g she saw as she en tered
1 ranny, w ere app eals th a t w ent th e hall— h is excited voice In th e
is a slogan that means
s tra ig h t to A lm a's h e a rt. H e could living room th e firs t sound th a t fell ,
u n d ersta n d , sym pathize, w ith h er on h e r ear.
m u c h to the American
sp irit of b ittern ess, of rev o lt. H e
“ Ah, Mees B la-ak e,’ he cried, h u r
too, had been in cap tiv ity he too ry in g o u t to m eet her, “ it is w ith
Housewife. It means the
bad broken his chain forever.
g re a t sad-ness th a t I tajee y o u r h an d
“ My o b lig atio n s of b irth , Mees In m ine fo r th e la3t tim e. I leave
protection of the U. S.
1 B la-ak e,” he exclaim ed vehem ently, on th e n ig h t’s overland. My coun
pure food laws, which de
"th ey no long-er exist. I h a f wiped try it is in per-11. I go to G erm any
them o u t by my service in th e arm y. on th e firs t ves sel I can o v ertake.
mand that all foods must
T h a t d eb t of h o n o r is al-read y paid.
” 1 d o n ’t u n d e rsta n d ," fa lte re d Al
I am n o t a G er-m an, Mees B la-ake,
conform to a
I am a A -m er-i-can, th e w hole every m a, bew ildered, ag h ast. "Y ou have
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th in g , all th e w ay th ro u g h to th e
fixed stand
ican, th a t—•”
h e a rt.”
“ B u t th e re is a difference now ,”
ard of purity.
Alm a felt h e r la st d o u b ts of con
“ G er-m any is i n ;
science slip from her. H ad she n o t he in te rru p te d .
My K aiser needs me.
I .
wiped o u t h e r d eb t of o b lig atio n s of d an g e r.
I
b irth in service? P aid h e r d eb t of g o ! ”
A wave of dizziness sw ept over h er
h o n o r to th e la st ce n t? She w as as
At All Grocers
free as he— to live th e life of peace an d she tu rn e d to th e little ta b le
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an d happiness th a t lay before them . !
One Pound
T hen w ith th e su d d en n es of a stre tc h e d to ste ad y herself.
25 cents
T h e yellow envelope of a teleg ram
b u rstin g bomb w ar b roke upon th e
ad d ressed in h e r nam e ca u g h t h e r j
n atio n s of th e ea rth .
K arl W ag n er w as o u t of tow n on , su rp rised eye.
a business trip an d A lm a's im p a - , W ith sh a k in g fin g ers she to re It,
tience could scarcely a w a it his re open an d read.
Geo. E. Scott, Contractor
“ I hope n o th in g is th e tro u b le,
tu rn .
Mees
B
la-ak
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,”
said
K
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CITY,
RAILROAD AND RANCH W E LL 3
If he had been rab id a g a in st G e r-'
6 to 12 INCH
m an ap pressiveness an d ty ra n n y be-! licitously.
“ I t ’s my f a th e r,” answ ered Alma. 1 A lio Bridge end B ofld ln z Soundings
fore, w hat tira d e s of in v ectiv es he!
P. O. Box 481, Portland, Or«.
w ould h u rl a g a in st th e K aiser, t h e ! te a rs sp rin g in g to h er eyes. “ He is ,
P. O. B ox 175
very sick.
I m u st go to him at P. O. B ox 501
governm ent, th e arm y now.
Salem. Or«.
M cM innville, Oro.
An expectant little sm ile lig h ted once.”
Maderite.
By May fl. Kirigwnlt.
AM not a G e rm a n , Mees Bla-
I ke. I am an A -m er-l-can—
the whole, every th in g , all the
w ay th ro u g h to th e heart.'*
A cu b it added to his s ta tu r e from
p rid e In his ca refu lly en u n ciated
E nglish, K arl W agner, stam ped with
an unm lstable llght-haired -b lu e-ey ed -
G retchen b irth m a rk , solem nly re
garded th e young w oman seated op-
p osite him a t th e table, A lm a Blake,
a new a rriv a l a t Miss M inerva K ing's
select second-class boarding house.
"G er-m any, Mees B la-ke, It Is a
g re a t co u n try ,” he w ent on w ith an
Im pressive roll of his “ r ’a ," as ho
held a teaspoon poised In m id-air
over his saucer of bread pudding,
“— a m agnificent co u n try in th e
learn-ing, th e scl-en-ces, th e in v en
tions, b u t not in th e govern-m ent.
T h a t is— how do you say it? — a be
hind n u m b er.”
T here was a rh eto ric al pause w hile
th e spoon gloatingly swooped up
w ith th e one raisin in th e saucer.
“ And the arm y, Mees Bla ake, it
la a cu rse .”
T he roll of th e final “ r " rum bled
lik e th re a te n in g th u n d er.
“ W ho sup p o rts its em p-ty g llt-ter?
T he K aiser? T he govern -m en t? No,
th e people th a t pay th e tax-es, G ott
in U lm m el, Mees Bla-ake, th e re h af
been tim es w hen I h af h ad th e feel
to throw th e b o m b !”
A lm ost convulsed w ith hidden
la u g h te r A lm a B lake listen ed as one
hypnotized
T his m ade-in-G erm any A m erican
in te re ste d , fascinated h e r— w as q u ite
th e m ost ch arm in g of all th e de
lig h tfu l people she had m et d u rin g
th e tw en ty -fo u r h o u rs she h ad been
a t Miss M inerva K ing ’s.
F o r a f te r tw enty y ears of looking
a t th e w orld th ro u g h a d usky glass
la rk ly , sh u t aw ay in a fo rlo rn , color
less little tow n, she su d d en ly stood
face to face w ith all th e w onder and
beau ty and excitem ent of city life,
everything, everybody, ab o u t h e r u n
d e r a spell of en c h an tm en t
T he fa c t th a t she w as a h a rd
w orking, underp aid sten o g rap h er,
th a t h e r room w as a cold sto rag e
tw o by four, hall ch am b er up on
th e th ird floor, u n d er a m ansard
roof, did not brush off a single gol
den speck from the g la m o u r’s bloom.
She w as free. F ree from th e do
m estic d ru g e ry she h ated .
From
th e daily irrita tio n of living w ith an
Irrita b le , ty ran n ical fa th e r w ith
whom she had not an idea in com
m on. F re e in m aking h e r w ay and
all th e adorable new clo th es th a t
stric t econom y and b arg a in cou n ter
buys w’ere going to a rra n g e betw een
them .
And because she w as filled b rim
m ing over w ith freedom , she did not
h esita to an In sta n t In reg ard to the
new friendship th a t so quickly grew
up betw een h e r and K arl W agner.
She liked being In his com pany. T h at
w as enough. As eagerly, as s tr a ig h t
fo rw ard ly as a child stre tc h in g out
its nrm s .ow ard a desired o bject she
follow ed w herever he led.
S om etim es the lead w as to an ice
cream parlo r, som etim es a m otion
p ic tu re show — on ra re , dazzling oc
casions, an evening a t the O rpheum .
B ut no m a tte r w here th e goal, a l
ways on th e way h e r com panion rode j
his pet hobby - a— t a tr o t; on a gal
lop, w ith a wild leap a t all o b stru c t
ing fences.
"G er-m any, Mees B la-ake,” he
w ould say. “ Is a land of th e brave,
b u t n o t a land of th e free. I t is a
law -ridden country.
T he w hole
ev ery th in g tied up w ith — how no
you say it? - th e scar-let tape. Not
only th e actions, b u t th e th o u g h ts,
th e e m otions T he K aiser, he is not
th e U ncle Sam, Mees Bla-ake. He
la —how do you say It? — th e man
w ith th e large clu b .”
"H ow long have you been n a tu r
a liz e d ? ” A lm a once asked.
"O h, Mees B la-ake,” he answ ered
m o u rn fu lly , “ th e re you h an d le a sore
■pot. I am an A ine-er-i-can, h u t 1 $
an not yet th e citizen. F ive years
h a f passed since I en tered th e S tates,
b u t I h a f been— w h at is th e word 1
h u n t fo r? You say it of a pop u la
tion th a t fid-gets abou t I catch him
a t la st I haf been a float er. H ere
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a lee-tie while, th e re a lee tie while,
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