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Show fMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinitK IV RISE DAUGHTER w. niwiMiiiiiiuiiMimiiimiimiuiiiij When Hester Malone tripped her ride, the delightful tang 1 Heroes were made every day during the war. GOOD ROADS FOR MILITARY Unusual deeds of bravery became so common that little attention was mid to them. Some8mooth Highway Imperative In Prop times they found their way into official disr Movement of Army Equip ment Along Coast. patches, but often no one heard of them. Hut now many stories of these brave acts are being It la generally recognized by gov ernment officials, especially those of told, usually by the pals of the men ulio dared the army, that one of the most Im and died for their country and for humanity. portant phnscs of real military pre Below are a few of these unusual stories: paredncaa that con possibly be under taken In this country Is that which Is going on under the Impetus of the The federal How Two Yank Soldiers Held X good roads movement. eld road act which woa signed by : : Till Came Street Enemy Help President Wilson last summer - will probably play an important part In this some Interest.' An appropriation of $75,000,000 has been provided for INDIVIDUAL or group of Individuals can step Into the limelight and stay any ,!n this act for use In constructing wb'Ilo 'the various rural time without becoming the subject of states are to In providing criticism of one sort or another. And the American soldier during Ills comparatively short parlike fund. It Is planned thus for an expendi- ticipation In the great world war bus come in for ture of $150,000,000 on such roads bis share. One of the most outstanding criticisms of Die within the next five years. Although the roads are Intended primarily for American soldier as a the purpose of developlug the Is that be fighter of the national forests, and fK'ea&TTvKt doesu't know when to in the Interest of agriculture and othatop, that he's reckless er peaceful enterprises, some study Is In his courage and now being made of their practical tis seemingly devoid of all In the Interest of military preparedcare us to his personal . f I i wmmmwwJ NO post-road- , but I put on full steam, and the old motorcycle lenped ahead Ilka a kangaroo. Bing I A big shell busted only ten feet from my muchine. Bang! Amu her exploded to tha left of me. und I put on some more steam. Then a whopper hissed over me Just missing the top of my tin derby, hut I kept on going. Say, nine I rode a white mule In the circus that no ono else could ride he broke my arm and tattooed me with cuts and bruises. The mute' name was Snowball, and tbut animal seemed to huve a hundred heels every time I tried to get on her buck. But, bcllere me. one Bocbe shell Is worse than a hundred Snowballs. It was the hardest work 1 ever did to dodge the holes In the road. Blngl A shell plunked behind me ami ripped off my hack tire. Bing! A piece of shrapnel knocked off my helmet, but never touched me. Then I began to smell muHtard gas. My eyes watered so that It was bard for me to see. I don't know how 1 did It, but I delivered my message, und when I woke up I was In the hospitnl. Talk about mules In a circus! Mustard gas Is mighty rough stuff. I'm telling yon, and It doesn't help to make speed on a motorcycle, either." And then, because of tils smile aud his ability ns an entertainer In the hospital, Klein was nicknamed Sunny Charles." ( if h!i H , 5 k 2 i . s V 'ti ness. A good road, well built, well su faced and well drained may be. It Is' pointed out, of Immenxo value from a military point of view. In the location of roads, particularly along the shore, special attention to military requirements la the laying out and. planning of a highway may prove of Inestimable value at Borne time In the future when that hlghtvoy, becomes a military road. From an economic standpoint It Is estimated that It costs 23 cents to haul a ton a mile on the average country road under present conditions, while under proper conditions the cost would be but 13 cents. While these figures measure a direct cost, there Is an even greater Indirect cost to consider with bad roads when the farmer must ptan his operations according to the weather. It la a matter of speclnl Interest that at the present time roads on the J 1 Pacific coast and those In some ol the important Atlantic states which : it- - u ... o'v' :l ! i,J t . i .!! i i i. r or safety In 'e accomplishment of 0glveii object. These qualities of the Yankee fighter were shown recently at ne capture of the town of Sergy by the American forces. It was Sunday morning. A platoon of 50 men was ordered to go Into Sergy and to hold a certain street. The Germans were still in the tow ft and were ruklng ull reads approaching with a storm of machine gun fire. The plntoon emerged from a wooded shelter on tho north hank of the Ourcq and made Its way across a sloping field toward the outskirts of the vllluge. There It was met with a withering hall of bullets that Immediately began to thin the ranks, but the men kept on gowell-bein- ,1 il 'll 1' i fci. Traffic on Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 1. Cl "! h, V would he of particular use for effective mllitnry purposes In defending our coasts are already In very good condition. There Is one trunk road which runs ail the way from southern California up through Oregon, with many smaller roads brandling from It. that Is said to be In the best of condition. Yet It Is a matter of regret that the unsurfneed roads of the United States If laid out In a straight line would, it Is estimated, girdle the earth at the equator more than eighty times, while the surfaced roads would reach but that distance. However, there has been greatly Increased expenditures for road building and maintenance In the lust decade and there Is now a more hopeful outlook with construction the flve-yi-program provided under the federal aid act , ' ing. As the little company drew nearer the town the fire from the German machine guns Increased, ft became so deadly accurate that by the time the platoon had entered the village only 20 odd of the original 50 men remained, and James Hyland of Ilrooklj-n- , jf. Y was one of those 20. , Immediately on entering the town the platoon made Its way to the street U had been ordered to hold., The men sougtit shelter behind a pile of debris at the brad of tho thoroughfare, a poor shelter Indeed ami one swept by machine guns and, snipers from three sides. Ilut the lieutenant In command, who is now dead, decided that Inasmuch ns his orders were to stay there until relieved, there he would stuy. Kvery Hun In that end of the town seemed he directing his undivided attention to the little company of Americans behind Its flimsy shelter. The snipers were everywhere. A particularly deadly fire came from machine guns placed In a Red Cross building; so fierce was it that the men spent nenrly all of their ammunition trying to get those guns, and finally rushed the building, but they had to rente back. Foodh-sand waterless, they stayed there all that tiny. As the hours dragged on, the gallant band grew smaller and smaller, fly afternoon : II of the officers hnd been killed r.ml the privates elected commanders, who one by one were shot down. When relief reached them nt seven o'clock that evening Hyland nnd one comrade whose mime Isn't given were nil that were left of the 00 who started out In tiie morning. Ilylnml was In command, and the two men were shooting their last cartridges nt the machine gunners up the street they had been ordered to hold. one-fourt- h ( i t f. ii U ar Road an Indispensable Asset The time has come when we must consider the roads an asset, Indisof the farmpensable to the er and his family. This being true, Is It not every mans duty to do all he can to keep the roads In good condition! The Individual as well as tho county Is responsible. well-bein- g Advantages of Good Roads. Farm life cannot give ns ranny social opportunities as the life of towns, for people ore not so numerous, but good roads, by providing easy means of communication, will first help the people already living on the land, and second attract more people to the land thua favored. How Former Circus Clown Bore His Message Through Barrage h- - z hwhmw since we have all been old enough to behind the things we see we have as we have watched the nntles of a circus clown Just what kind of a man he really Is when out from under the big tent and moving around In the everyday life of the ordinary man. It Isnt likely, however, that we ever thought of h clown as being of such stuff ns heroes ore made, but here Is the story of a former circus clown who became a renl hero In the great war. Chrrles Klein of Brooklyn, N, Y been me a member of the American expeditionary forces. Bnrly In the spring, before General Foeh turned upon the Germans and began to drive them buck to where they . enme from, Klein was detailed to the motorcycle squad as a dispatch rider. One day enrly In May. Klein was sitting in a dugout watching the big shells ae they went screaming and whistling overhead. But while Klein was watching tie bombardment he fecehed or-tiers to rejort to' the commanding officer of the unit to which he wns attached. Tills officer gave Klein a message to deliver nt once, tho currying of this message moaning thnt ho would have to ride straight through a hot bur rage thnt had Just been Intel lown. , ' Without a moment's hesitation, with eagerness even, the fornor clown a mighty serious-mindecourier now took the message, mounted hi me torcyele and started on his perilous ride. The racket sounded as though a hundred boiler fnetoriei had broken loose," said Klein later, EVnit d Neglect Is Poor Economy. To build roads and then permit them to deteriorate Is very poor eco o. oroy and thus a reflection upon the people. M 'H-H- H t d. How English Aviator Exercised the Commanders Privilege g s i n( of tumn still clung to her. Look tn-of wavy hair lay alimit .,ft whipped to vermilion hy the. Dropping an armful of wnodli mi ty, ahe tugged at the gciierwu folding collar of her modish can't i, looked shout her for a reccpin if I il EVE- By EDITH B. LAMPRty, i jl OF were often compelled to destroy machines to prevent the Gormans obtaining some joulotisly guarded secret about the new type of aircraft. This Is a story of an aviator who did that at the cost of his own life. There were tw-- men the pilot and his observer In the latest flying boat which England's aircraft builders had turned out. The two flyers were well out to sea when a fog came down and cut them off from their companions. .The pilot beaded for home, but the engine suddenly died." A hasty examination showed the pilot that only a repnir shop and a squad of expert mechanics could hope to make the engine run again. He told the observer So, and the two men the observer was really little more than a boy sat down to watch and wait with the hope that a British patrol bont would come along and pick them up. The night enme on and the young observer tell g and asleep. The pilot sat on the listened all the night through. In the morntng the fog lifted and the observer, looking out over, the waters, caught sight of a little black smudge on the horizon, which grew steadily In size, and behind It another smudge and another. It was a patrol flotilla rapidly approaching them. 'The boy was elated. It Is German, my son," spoke the older man In a quiet voice, ' as he turned his eyes from the smudges to his rockHave you ing craft. your life belt on se- AVIATORS o deck-coamin- curely!" ' Yes," answered the boy. Then go over the side and swim for all youre worth." But dont you want me to stay and help you!" persisted , the i boy. "Get over the side," commanded the pilot sharply, and good-by- . sonny. It Is iny privilege, you know." About 200 yards away the boy paused and looked back at the disabled plane. The pilot wns crouched on the top of the under plnne Just over the bomb rack with a heavy wrench In his upraised band, ready to strike a blow. A mile away the first of the German destroyers was tearing the sea In Its haste to take the broken plnne and get away before the British patrol should appear. The boy turned and swam away from the tragedy which he knew was about to take place. A few moments later there wns the mighty roar of an explosion, and he heard the swish of the air blast along the surface waters nnd the rush of the approaching wave from the sea disturb- - ance. The wave engulfed him Just as he began to bear the splash of the lulling dcbrla, then be knew no more. lie was still sobbing deliriously when the British patrol boat picked him up an hour later. The pilot had exercised hla privilege." silver-tongue- HER VOTE. How how you going to vota, Grace! Depend on the weather. If It rains I suppose I'll have to vote In a mackintosh." Judge. ' the treasures. In the tiny kitchenette ' she the big brown henn pot. nlns ! nn er In service, nnd togged It down ft an upper shelf. It wa Just thetl to hold the great duster of purpi,, in ;; How Man Tackled a Deadly Depth Bomb and Saved a Ship X J ter rimmed with goldenrod. r With her amall, dark bond one side, Hester studied the e(Ttq warm luted autumn leaves ngninn drab velours hanging. Sii hlcnljr slim, erect figure crumpled up ilk, I aoft gray kitten nnd plumped the springy couch, crying bcnrthrnbj ly. There was a mighty good mu' for the tears, for Hester wns knot ss a spunky young person, who her head very high whichever waj wind happened to blow. Today felt deeply humiliated, crushed In t and nil on account of Jed linn silly old car. It had a drive, that nr f Jeds, which of course brought li ter's stunning left profile In aim" constant view of the apparently ni. At times, a ( ored young man. car lurched over rail nnd crowlt which was often, Jed's bread rl; shoulder brushed dangerously k Hester's dainty left, and very, close to her heart. Which was ail n fine, or might have been, had only I been seated on Iter right Imnd. I it-- : ra on lletor' left ch--set which shown! a one, sear, tiny I by a stn I co-fc- jl ISN'T recorded that John Muekenzls, chler mate In the United States naval ITbontswain'a reserve force, wns once a great football play- er but be was recommended for an honor medal and a gratuity of $100 for doing one of the greatest football stunts ever reported. The navy department report shows that on the on board morning of December 17 a depth bomb the destroyer Kemllk broke loose from Its position on the stern of the craft, and. bursting Its boxing, went bouncing about the deck. A heavy sea was on at the time; In fact, the waves were breaking far over the stern of the destroyer, and the rolling and pitching of the little craft sent the big bomb flying backward and forwprd to port and starboard, crashing Into the rails of the vessel and hitting everything upstanding on the deck with a force that threatened to explode It at any moment and blow the boat to scrap Iron. The actions of this engine of destruction recall Victor Ilugoa great description or the gun which breaks loose from Its moorings on and '"beshipboard comes suddenly some suicrna-tura- l lndexcribuble beast. It Is a machine which transforms Itself Into a monster. This mass turns upon its wheels, has the rapid movements of a billiard ball, rolls with the rolling, pitches with the pitching; goes. Its comes, pauses, seems .to meditate; resumes like end to end from the ship rushes along course, an arrow, circles about, springs aside, evades, rears, breaks, kills, exterminates." The bomb was a regular sized depth charge, would have weighing hundreds of pounds, and It It and lifted to have been Impossible for anyone carried It to safety even If one of the crew had cared to take the ftsk of catching it In Its wild rushes and rollings about the deck. So the officers and men stood for a time watching the charge as It thrashed madly about, wondering what to do, and not knowing what minute the Infernal machine might explode nnd send ull hands flying Into eternity. The pin has come Suddenly someone cried out I" Whether Mackenzie had been In some other part of the ship until that moment, or whether he had been standing with the others staring In hopeless wonder nnd was only aroused by the cry, reports do not say. But It Is recorded that less than a second after the shout wrns raised the plucky Yankee boatswains mate dashed down the deck and flung himself on the rolling bomb, much after the fashion that football . players throw themselves on the hall. Three times he had his arms about It, but each time It tore away, once almost crushing him as the roll of the ship hurled It upon him. The fourth time, however, he got a firm hold on It, and with almost superhuman effort heaved It upright on one flat end. Then Mackenzie But down on the deadly charge thhugh even in that position the bomb might have exploded and blown him to atoms and succeeded In holding It until lines could be run to him and the charge lashed safely to the deck. The commanding officer of the Remllk In his report recommending that the medal of honor be conferred on Mackenzie, says: Mackenzie, in acting as he did, exposed his life and prevented a serious accident nnd probable loss of the ship and the entire crew.. Had the depth charge exploded on the quarterdeck with the sea nnd the wind thnt existed at the time there Is no doubt that the ship would have been lost It Mackenzie Is a native of Massachusetts, nis home Is South Hadley Falls. FUTURE HIDDEN FROM CLAY. Could the shade of Henry Clay, roused from ths slumbers of more thnn threescore yenrs hy the pandemonium ns 100 engineers tied down their whistle cords and shrilled forth exgltant shrieks, have trod the atmospheric space from his haunts In the Blue Grass country to Sault Ste. Marie a few weeks slnre, nnd looked with dull eyes on tho newly finished engineering feat spread out be' fore his astonished gnze. he would have been In 1S40 hack declaration his that admit to forced was nt least shortsighted, It Is a work quite beyond the remotest settlement of tho United States. If not In the morn." said Henry Clay on that memorable occnslnn. d when hy the power of his oratory he Influenced the congress of the United States to defont a measure hy which a canal could be dug around St. Mary's falls. lie wns believed, nnd the project that now In finished form ranks In world Importance far greater thnn the Suez canal, nnd In some minds greater thnn the I'nnamn canal, was condemned as ImIt was not until 12 years Inter that practical. congress saw Its mistake nnd yielded to the persuasion of Influential citizens of Michigan and of land Now York to grant nn appropriation whereby the state of Michigan could finance the excavation of a ennui. J. Paul Chandler in Detroit Free Press. r Y. M. C. A. IN DARKEST RUSSIA. The rural group (of the American Y. M. C. A. In Russia) dealt with another need of nntlonnl The mighty Volga basin, covering magnitude. more thnn hnlf a million square mile. Is unable even In norntnl times wholly to feed the huge population It holds. E. T. Cotton In Association Men says a flontlng exhibit wns made up to visit and Impress the teeming riverside communities with the Importance of more sowing, better production and fuller conservation. A staff of 35 wns organized to demonstrate with models, moving pictures. lantern slides, charts nnd lectures such neglected subjects ns seed selection, cultivation, dairy Ing, horticulture, nnlmn! husbandry, hpe keeping, domestic economy, play life for children and other aspects of community welfare. This association conception nnd undertaking won Instant recognition, the government furnishing a steamboat, a barge and some funds. FINDS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. No place In the United States or Cannda has a lower death rate than Kelleys Island, Lnke Erie, neeonllng to Dr. Pnul Fitzgerald, chief of an enst-er- a Insurnneo companys bureau of statistics. The Island, tho home of a large Industry. Is the home of approximately 5, (W0 peostone-quarryin- g ple. ' For yenrs the Insurance company has been Insuring a large percentage of the population but never has been called upon to pny a death claim rays Doctor Fitzgerald, who In hla report to headquarters will refer to the island as "the head of the fountain of youth." left-han- d k ly sny. unless Irritated I wind. 1 Jed had parked the ear hy then side, nnd together they had folio the long the winding pnth--tidotted with dumps of I ! p varl-colore- lingo. He hnd filled tier arms with riot of wild flower growing hy wayside. Hester was hnt!es now, i as her dark head had leaned to a te; ground of blazing sutiine Jed started toward her with arm oj stretched. Hester's dilating had already answered the love nr Ills when to her ntter eonfm-lni- i humiliation she saw his arris dot his sides. His finely lighted eyes denly grew dim nnd dropped frotnbt fastening themselves directly iiytoo f scar on her left cheek. The thrir, words' Hester hnd been waiting tab for more than a year now were left; said. ,' It was the 'horrid little sear, course, which had raised its Infta' head nnd separated her from Why did site lw( haps forever. have thnt unfortunate fall In herW hood! It wn ruining her life, j A fresh hurst of fears nml llef face ducked into n convenient Jed was going Wet tonight "on Important business," be had there wn someone tt whom he cored for more thnn f He hnd behaved strangely when 6 j parted. Jnmle Boyce, flashy acquaint- -' called her on the telephone. Inn her out for a spin. After Innuttwn1 t t s refusals the weary-lennn enr to the It a t drlv ' coolly nsked. Not for mine, little Mlfs nionv- retorted this young sport. I It I girlie?" "Ill come." laughed Hostrr. It do her good, perhaps numb the nul ache In her heart. It wns n glorious Sunday and ft made a desperate effort to enjc Laughing nnd chattering like n ' ns the enr slid snavf alone tinder the delighted Jnmetl pert guidance, she realized flint old ear hnd hpen n "bark nnmK Was jed himself In the same entrrj She stole a plnnoe nt tiie cock 4 profile. At her second searching Jnmle whirled the big enr Into a o' country Inne, shut off Hie gas. t on the brake and flung his arms fi her. Hester, I love you. Will he demanded speedily i me?" marry Hester stared horrified Into the close to her own the spreading If'I f from lack of sleep. Iky ch!n, weak slpnfed month nud green neektle, decorated with tnfls "freckles" and s diamond horsedi-get ynj coolly announced Jt1 releasing her. He Jabbed at the f starter button. If only It hnd hecn Jed ! Jamie ! ed on her right, hadn't noticed! sear.1 Hester smothered a groan. I loved .Ted and Jed only. endentfl As Hester was pltieklly to helipve thnt she wanted to "rt brass" the rest of her life, Jed f bnek. "I want you. Hester," he rrlt "Indeed." commented she to In general. But her henrtk f mered divine messages. "Ive needed yon for so long. he explnlned, "but sis's little fp who wns crippled for two yenrs t He's C, ed my superfluous enxh now. Ive Just been out there tr. him nnd make sure. Dont tell f Im too tnte." "Then It wasn't the senr, J gasped Hester. "The sear?" he repented. what are you talking nlmut! oil? ' denr." Felng a true daughter of slipped to bis arms without other word. left-han- d - a w t i! m-- V J b d 1: tl C r t o ( t h d h ( v I (Copyright, W1 bv MeClur Syndicate.) I. r n o ti t, fi A tl 1c t( a al fc tl In cl hi a to c fit I In hi |