| Show t H I K T t CE CEE i D E P PART AR T M EN E N T TT T i I CONDUCTED BY W C T u UE II T E EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 1 T f MISS FRIEDA DRESSEL MRS U WAY V A Y f HH H i u I A PUSH PUS IN TIME Mrs Irs Kent Spoke hurriedly looking 1001 Ing down from her doorway at am thu tho boy bo who after a 0 run across the tho fields was fanning himself with his bin straw hat Of oc course I cant prevent 3 your our In Inviting Inviting inviting him to your camp Ralph and L I cant absolutely forbid his going gol g Otis Is I old enough now to decide for him himself himself self But ut I do wish would nave nao your somewhere else than on Cider Mill Hill Theros Theres no place in town can hold holda a n candle canille to lo It declared Ralph Im Impatiently impatiently I patiently Theres boating shooting fishing and all nIl kinds hinds of oC larks within a minutes reach and the boys bos GO there unless they thc like Honestly Mrs Kent If J we fellows haven t brain furnishings enough to keep straight In of oC u a little temptation do you think were worth saving And a drink of o sweet cider anyway Its Hs the first step the tho easy cas begin beginning beginning beginning ning Ralph Thayer Im going to tell tehi you something Ive never neer spoken of yet yetto yetto et etto to a living person she opened a small locket hanging from a chain around her neck do you rou know this picture no It Oliff its his father taken at the age ahe Otis Is now Youve heard all your life lIfo that ho died of consumption most people In Inthe the tho village believe boll eVe it H but It true He died of yes Ralph he died cued ot or drink And Aid now you know what I 1 fear tear for Otis I Hello old man called a cheery voice as ns Ralph walked away awa from tho the thedoor door Stand anti and deliver the tile matter malter that thy th classic brow When hen henis is that of ot yours ours at the camp coming oil oft Dont say Bay this tha afternoon because Ive got to drive to the sta station station station tion for Ethel anti and her four hundred t and trunks I I Sure Suro its this afternoon returnee returned i Ralph absently staring at his chum Otis OUs was bareheaded and a tennis racquet aloft He was a hand handsome handsome handsome some lad with a n bright delicate like likeable likeable likeable i able face taceno no other othor boy In school was wasso i iso j so popular as Otis OUs Kent But nut Ralph 1 I saw him now under the of oC a threatening something that made him turn his eyes ees away awn It be that this brilliant lighthearted follow Collow would ever come como to that The 1 he thought was monstrous This afternoon It Is then I think 1 you might have consulted your our uncle about the lie date but you look so sheepish over avo I It laughed Otis I i Ill look after the girl and the trunks I i and be bo with you ou as soon as ns I can The rite meeting at the camp was at nt i I All the boys of the l club such was Its suggestive name were there thero except e Otis Kent Kont and Ralph i pacified tho the company compan by tolling telling them I that the missing member I soon soomi soonbo bo be along The camp was a shanty of or boards built bulk on tho the top of a high hill bill overlooking the river The slope Bl po to toward toward toward ward the river fell tell away awny sharply but the other side sl e of oC the hill was a n succession succession succession sion of long easy rises covered with orchard lands belonging to neighbor neighboring ing farms Loads of newly gathered apples were wore creeping up tho the winding road to tho the cider elder mill at the edge or of orthe the woods near by bj Hooray Hoorn heres herOs the vintage come on boys bos cried Charlie Wendell Wondell ca capering poring around a on which a keg keff ke I stood in tho the shade shado of a I I oak oale tree at time the back ot or the camp Nice lad to have it all aU ready rendy for us usall usall all cool and ripe f i Polite little boys always wait walt till tho the refreshments are arc passed round suggested Ralph hoisting the neatly over oer tho bench and rolling rOiling him Into a convenient bed of oC burdocks The target practice come comes first let fel fellows lows no use waiting for Otis OUs for fol that he ho cant hit hut but ut a tennis tOnnis t J hall hail Heres a prize for the best besta a sliver silver arrow to lo proclaim time the prowess process of the winner They Tho were soon in the midst of an exciting g contest all talking at once as us if It were a contest of oC tongues ton lles In Instead Instead instead stead of firearms But all nil the time timo Ralph was thinking so deeply that hi hl hardly heard them Tho The winsome faca CaCI of oC his friend seemed to hover before him in the sunny sunn all air and always above ahoe it Il there thero was that threatening threaten In shadow But after a all nil ho lie must let Otis live his own life He IJo if It Ithe he would guard all tho the stops steps of his way war Temptation to drink was every everywhere where the only ouy thing to do was to face and overcome it t And a n glass of or I sweet cider hat was that to make maize a ft fuss about The easy beginning Mrs Kent had hac said Pshaw that was wan the cry cr of women and anti weaklings Look Lo k here Ralph of the stony ston heart hearl Charlie Wendell with a won plaintive face was holding up tip the sliver silver arrow he had hiatt won can you longer refuse to pledge your our vie vic knight In lii tho the contests of that keg A toast would bo ho no more moro than polite if youre bound to go In for manners Ralph did not answer Ho was vas look log ins away aWn down the hill hili at a n light ath athletic athletic letic figure swinging up tho ho road to tho the accompaniment of a cheerful whis tie The memory of that pictured taco face In tho the locket came to him hint with the suddenness of a revelation j that other boy bo Otis had looked i j I i and moved Ikie that lint And all lila his cheerfulness and youth and strength II hold held him back from that doom I Ralphs mental montal conflict con lct ended all nil at j once He Ho turned and quietly put his foot fool under time bench that heM held hel tho ho kop keg Ito A vigorous lift and push and bench and keg ko together went wont hounding bounding anti and bumping down lown the steep side of ot the lie hill into tho the river and the host of tho I party part wheeled about and faced his with stench eves I I Hello the tho reformers have h e roped In InI another man manThe manThe The chief chlof of the is on I the water wagon Some of the exclamations were wore ban some soma amusing some Romo sneering but Ralphs eyes kindled as he con fronted them Look here fellows follows ho bo said firmly hats tho last cider over see sec In this camp while whilo I own It You may mo say sn theres theros no harm In it perhaps not nol for most moat m t of oC us though you ou cant he sure Ive always said let every body hod bOl fight his own on bottles battles and that th t It was all balderdash to talk about It being our duty to koop keep temptation away from other folks But suppose you jou know for certain there thero was dan lan langer ger ger r for one of us In that keg keglor for one 4 i L t of us mind you his eyes turned unconsciously to that figure coming up I the tho hill would you you ou want to be bo the first to offer it to him If standing on shelving ground at tho the edge of oC a cliff do 10 you want It to be your our fault ault If it he lie takes the tho first stop was a startled silence for Cor a moment TiLe Tito boys bars had not looked for tor such earnestness but perhaps they the guessed something of tho the hidden meaning of Ralphs words Otis whis whistle tie tle sounded Bounded nearer and his bright face Cace appeared through tho hanging boughs of oC the oak tree Charlie Wendell stuck the tho arrow upside down In the tho front of his sweater venter s and stepped to Ralphs side holding aloft the club banner which ho he had picked up I What the chief says goes goeB he lie de 10 declared dared cheerfully I can call on all to rally round tho the flag tin and stand standby by their I leader I There was a moments pause and then with a n rush the whole club climb was massed around Ralph and Charlie and Otis Kemp coming up looked ed at them with laughing Inquiry i What new now hind kind of oC mystic rite has hn been going on behind my mf back he ho hoI I demanded Is it a vow of or friendship or of vengeance 7 Of Or friendship comrade answered Ralph The Crusader Monthly GOVERNMENT BY WHISKEY I Wo We hear henr a 11 poo gool 1 deal about gov gay government government by b Injunction oD government by bya a 0 plutocracy government by hr labor unions go government by a mob and so soon soon soon on But Governor Folk hit tho the bulls bullseye eye e e recently In a speech In Topeka Kans Knits where he be said something this th Is t I I i i I liThe The fight now going on In nearly every stats Is to restore the tho govern gOern government mont ment to tho the people Have you a gov government go government by the people In Kansas or have hae you a government by h the liquor Interests If JC any an of you ou are arc under tho the thoi Impression that you iOU the people rule In this state yOU jou had hotter better look lookaround lookaround around you ou to find that you are mis mistaken mistaken mistaken taken You tho the people of or Kansas havo have ordered In your constitution and laws that no liquor shall be sold In Inthis Inthis this state The have havo I overruled your jour constitution and sot set at naught your statutes You tho the people have hao declared that liquor shall not be bo bosold besold sold Tho The join have declared that it shall be sold Who Is the tho superior Bu in authority the people or tho Joint keepers At the tho present time Lime tho the are on top They Thoy Tho are aro run running running ning fling right here In Topeka tho the capital of your our magnificent commonwealth Thor They TIle are open Insolent arrogant n Impudent In their lawlessness They Thoy not only break your jour laws and operate In defiance of your our authority but with amazing Insolence they tho try ir to run rn your our politics as Its well wall They rho aro are tell fig nig you Jou for whom ishom to lo vote oto In this county If it you 01 want liquor sold Bold in Ia Kansas Kausas the let Iho tho law forbidding It be d If Jt you ou dont want It sold then thea elect who will en cn force the law If thoro Is not enough power pow or under the existing statutes to t maintain the dignity of oC the tho state and anti uphold tho laws those thone in authority can nt at least tell you ou what additional power they the want and hie you ou give she It to them to tho time end ond that outlawry be ef of effectually I suppressed Its Ils up to you to either enforce the law lav or acknowledge that tho the have havo you whipped and repeal ho law Gov Coy Government by the tho people that is Js the end toward patriotic men mea should I strive What Governor Folk said about Kan an tot U I smut can Is trite of all other states In the tho union Liquor sellers aro are persistent violators of or law Even Een whore the laws aro most favorable to them they tho do not hesitate to violate viol ale them and where prohibitory laws prevail they strain every e r nerve none to elect officials who will trill not enforce thorn Peoples Popular Monthly J L W C T U The Tho Womans Christian Temperance Union met at nt Miss 1159 Chapmans 2123 Adams Alanis avenue Mrs Irs Montgomery su superintendent of oC contest work spoke on getting up and drilling a n class from rent j the Iho Good or the churches or schools It was wan left eft in tho the hands ot or the local superintendent The Tho state president Mrs E E spoke about her work In tho the state which was very vory much also time the life work worle of Frances Willard anti and of or Abraham Lincoln Very VeI tasty refreshments were served to about thirty members and their friends GREAT REJOICING Not only does docs the Southland rejoice but from Crom all over oer tho tim nation Is heard beard the sound of praise and thanksgiving that Tennessee has passed the tho bill for statewide prohibition by such a decided ed cd vote the house voting 20 to 13 and the senate 62 to 36 Even tho the gover governors governors nors veto eto has proved to have little weight with the tho good men of Tonnes J see for they the have hae passed passe the tho bill over r his veto veo and another state has been heen added to the roll of honor Great Is tho time rejoicing of the I ANOTHER CLASS TURNED DOWN The Tho press dispatches have made mado glad tho the hearts of or the temperance hosts by bv announcing that President Elect William Howard oward I Taft TaCt has hns Emperor William In tho time ranks ronks of oC total abstainers Mr Taft TaCt believes that ho can withstand d the strain and pressure of public life lIfo better by refusing alco alcoholic alcoholic holic beverages STRAWS IN THE WIND It Ills is estimated that If IC all tho the theona closed In the United States since Jan January Januar uary 1 I 1908 were placed side by br side 4 allowing feet fact front to lo each It would make a 0 solid row of saloons more than fifty miles long Crusader Monthly |
