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Show ' KELP TOMMY RAY TALK He Plainly Shows Why You Should Buy a Liberty Bond. Lusitania Stoker, Injured !n Service, Three Brothers and Mother Killed by Huns, Still Fighting. By ALICE AVON. Of the Vigilantes. "I never went to school a day In my life and I never thought I would be able to speak in public. But when you lose three brothers "Over There" and have your mother killed by those German Ger-man devils in the streets of London, well, I guess you can do more than you ever thought you could. And this war certainly woke me up !" Thus speaks Tommy Ray, stoker of the Lusitania, in his talks to our boys "Over There." "See this arm," says Tommy, Indicating Indi-cating his right, "Well I hurt it for good in the stoke hole and on account of my operation they won't let me fight. Can you imagine that? Not let an Irishman fight? Well maybe they can't let me fight but they can't stop me from talking, and now that I know I can talk, even though I never went to school a day In my life, believe be-lieve me, I'll talk. And I'll get every mother's son of you to volunteer and lick those German devils 'Over There.' " Tommy means it too. He even promises all the recruits he gains, passing pass-ing the examination, three months tobacco to-bacco in advance, a dollar a week, newspapers and magazines. And after that he intends to keep right on talking. talk-ing. Let's help him. Even if we can't supply tobacco in advance, or periodicals, period-icals, we can talk. Not narrow minded mind-ed prejudiced talk, not hopeless silly talk about if so and so did so, I would do so too, or even about what you would do if you were 'Over There,' or if you were in President Wilson's place. Remember that every building must have a firm foundation if it would brace the elements, every head must be on strong shoulders to bear itself erect. And so, we the fighters for Principle, for Justice, for Liberty and Democracy must be the shoulders for Mr. Wilson's head. Let's talk. The best thing to talk about now. Talk that will help. I mean, help Uncle Sara. Help you and me and all those "Over There." Let's talk for the Third Liberty loan. Uncle Sam will appreciate your giving, if it be the buying of many bonds or the buying of only one at $1.00 a week. And above all remember that you are only investing your money and at 4 per cent too. And the investment spells freedom for the world, so invest and keep right on talking. |