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Camp Honeymoon
By IZOLA FORRESTER
(Copyright, 1919, by th*> McCJur© News
paper Syndicate.)
"Well, It’s seven miles from No
where, sure enough,” Dell declared
with n sigh, after they had climbed
the trail for three hours, and still the
eatnp on Mirror lake lay far ahead of
them. “I don’t care, though. The
farther the better, and I hope we’ll
never see a white man all the time
we’re here.”
Wnh-tonah, the guide, heard, and
never changed his expression. If the
white women who camped on the lake
chose to think nobody else cured to
camp there likewise, It was not his
fault, nor his duty to Instruct them.
Two weeks before he had climbed the
same trail with the three men who
wanted to he where there were no
women. One had been very 111. One
was his brother and helped him over
the rough places along the trail. The
other sang much. Ills voice rang out
In the wilds like some clear-toned bird
call. The guide remembered, too, that
be bad been like the old hero hunters
to look upon, tall and sllin and strong,
and he bud laughed much and cheered
the other two.
There was no fear that they would
meet unless the curling smoke of the
camp tires betrayed them to each oth
er, but Wah-tooah felt his conscience
was perfectly clear In the matter.
They eneh had a whole side of the
lake to themselves. If they would stay
on their own sides there would be no
trouble. And here be had n happy
thought Gravely he looked at the
three; the one too fat, the one too thin,
the one with the hair 'ike sunlight
and eyes like deep water In shadow.
He did not know their names, but this
one he liked best, so lie addressed her.
"Too much bear on lake," he told
her. “Not where you go. All good
there. Too much hear other side lake.”
“We'll stay right on our own side,
thanks, Wab-tonah,” Beth said prompt
ly. “Anyway, we're all pretty good
shots."
But she remembered what he had
said. After the second week at the
camp one day she had swung out Into
the woods to pick berries, and there
came a suspicious cruckllng In the un
derbrush. Watching keenly, she heard
the slow, heavy movements of n body
pushing Its way through, and before
she thought twice she had slung her
rifle to her shoulder and sent u good
shot straight at the moving bushes. Al
most Instantly there came a good,
jeavy broadside of strong language, and
Beth sat tight on a log, longing to
laugh and only glad the shot hud not
taken effect.
Oat from the woods came her “big
game,” six feet two, dressed In khaki,
and frankly furious. At sight of her
he stopped short, stared nnd then
laughed with her.
"Well, you did clip my hat.” he said
ruefully, showing the two neat holes
through the peaked crown. “Do I look
like a bear?"
“You acted Just like one.” said Beth.
“How was 1 to know. Wnh-tonah, our
guide, told me there wasn’t a soul up
here hut us, nnd there were bears on
the other side of the lake."
"The cheerful liar!" exclaimed the
Intruder. "Ho took our whole outfit
up there a month ago, nnd knew wo
were going to stay, and he’s been up
with supplies twice since, nnd never
told us anybody wus here but our
selves.
“We’ve got a dandy camp down on
tho shore In that little curve where the
pine grove Is. Probably lie didn’t tell
us about you because -well, my aunt’s
with us, nnd Dell, that's her daughter;
Dell’s Just had a really terrible experi
ence. She Is completely disillusioned,
nnd the engagement’s broken, and we
on me up here to try and make her for
get. She had heard of the lake from
him, and always wanted to come, I be
lieve."
“Isn't that too bad 1" Stanley settled
himself beside her sympathetically.
“May T help pick berries, too? Maybe
we enn fix up a truce whereby I'll
trade fresh fish with you for huckle
berry pies; how's that? I'm dying for
a whole pie. We're not much on cook
ing, any of us. There’s Frank Car
ter— maybe you've heard of him. aw
fully clever fellow, scientist at Colum
bia—and Ills brother. Hal. I roomed
with Carter during our post-grad, years
and when be had to come up here with
Hal, I told him I'd stand by. He’s
been pretty sick; nervous breakdown
nnd worry."
"Halbert Carter?" queried Beth, eag
erly. "Why, he’s the man, you know.”
••The man?”
"Yes, the one Dell was engaged to,
nnd they were to be married this fall,
nnd she went to visit a girl friend,
Madelatne Collier, and she found out
he’d been engaged to her, too.”
"Well?” Stanley tried to look seri
ous.
“But he had told Dell she was the
only girl he had ever loved."
"Didn't thut prove It, when he’d
found out the other was a mistake?"
“I don't know." Beth looked away
from him over at the waters of the
lake. “I suppose to men engagements
are Just happenings, but perhaps they
don't realize there are girls who are
different, who really do believe In—"
“What?"
“Why, In romance, don’t you know,”
She flushed a little, but went on, feel
ing she was pleading Dell’s cause
agalust one who was an Infidel In the
faith ot lpvlng. "It was an awful
shock to her to find out he bad been
all through a real engagement before.
Madelaine told her she had even start
ed her trousseau.”
“It may do her good to tell her"—
his tone took on a quick sternness as
he stood up—“that Hal’s absolutely
smashed up over her silly nonsense.
He loved her completely. lie made us
bring him up here because it seemed
they had planned to spend their honey
moon here In camp—”
“That’s what Dell told me. I must
get back, or they’ll miss me.”
“Let’s try and tie up these ends of
romance again, you and I,” he said
“And don’t think me an infidel. I be
lieve, too, In love at first sight."
She ran back down the overgrown
path to the camp with Ids words ring
Ing In her ears and a guilty load on
her conscience. Hut the secret of tin
other campers was as-safe with her as
•with Wab-tonah, and when she coaxed
Dell to take a long hike with her h<
never betrayed the plan Stanley lmd
laid out. He was to bring Halbert half
way round the lake, up to the rocky
point where the pines were and leave
him there to rest just when Dell would
find her way up the narrow trail.
The two conspirators waited down
at the base of the cliff. They had
known each other now for two whole
weeks, and when Dell and Mrs, Cam
eron had marveled at the fish Beth
caught she only smiled happily. There
was too much at stake to give the se
cret away.
“How long shall we leave them up
there?” asked I’.eth, hopefully.
“Till they come down. If there had
berm any trouble she’d have come
flying buck the minute she saw Idm
It’s all right I’ll bet a cooky they get
married up here nnd chase us all
away,” he laughed up ut her. “I've
had a corking time, haven’t you? I
wonder If you still believe that?”
“What?”
“Love at first sight." Above them
there came a whistle, then a hall from
Hal. "Don’t answer yet," lie began.
“They won't miss us aW* Didn't jou
know tho first day we met that ”
“They're coming down,” said Beth.
“I know It’s all right.”
He took her two bands In Ills and
forced her to turn to him.
“I’ve never even asked a girl to
marry ine before,” he said, “and here
you won’t even listen to me. I’ll throw
you over my shoulder and carry you
Irnek to camp If you don’t answer me."
She laughed up at him tennlngly 11s
I tell and Halbert came In sight to
gether.
“I’d love a honeymoon In eatnp, too,”
she said.
BIRD SAVED LOST BATTALION
And for That Reason “President Wil
son" Has Been Cited for the
D. 8. C.
The carrier pigeon that saved the
“Lost Battalion" was a visitor here tlie
other day with the third assistant sec
retary of wur.
This winged messenger, named Pres
ident Wilson, Is the sole survivor of
a basket of signal corps pigeons that
attempted to carry messages from the
“Lost Battalion” to headquarters. For
this service the war department has
Cited it for the Distinguished Service
cross. In action it had its left leg
shot away.
The official citation of President Wil
son follows;
“During the operations of the tanks
In the St. Mihlel offensive, one big
blue bird, known to his trainer as
President Wilson, working front the
tanks, carried messages of Importance
with such rapidity of flight ns to call
forth commendations from the signal
officer of the first corps. Transferred
to the Mouse-Argonne sector, with sta
tion at (’iitsy. President Wilson again
proved his mettle. 11 was on the
morning of November 5, the big blue,
with his leg shot off. arrived at his
loft. Ills flight, the second on this
front, was made In 21 minutes, over
a distance of 20 kilometers. Particu
larly creditable wus the performance of
President Wilson because of the fact
that he homed In a heavy rain and fog.
A powerful bird, of wonderful vitality,
the big blue recovered quickly, and to
day graces the Hall of Honor of the
American pigeon service. President
Wilson is officially designated as TV s.
A. IS, 10374, b. c."—Philadelphia Led
ger.
Noted Chinese Engineer.
Jeme Tlen-yu, better known among
Chinese us Chan Tien-yu, died recent
ly at Hankow. He was the builder of
the Peklng-Kalgan railway, the only
purely Chinese railway, and has held
many Important posts In connection
with China's railways and the min
istry of communications. In building
the Kalgan road ho made a record
for efficiency and success in doing
good work at small cost not yet equal
ed by an foreign enghieer In China In
any large undertaking. He wus Amer
ican-trained. —Fur Eastern Bureau
Bulletin.
Welcome Troops With Song.
In Frankfort, Pn.. the war camp
community service has organized sing
ing groups to welcome home tho boys
nnd to have the groups participate
In the great peace celebration which is
scheduled for May. The groups will
be divided into adult community units,
female industrial units and children’s
units, and will be so distributed about
the town that the total number of
voices will number about 10,000.
Seems So.
“You frequently see a doctor at the
head of a South American republic.”
“They are evidently experts at feel
ing the pulse."—Louisville Courier-
Journal
PEARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 22, 1919
f»lMpsi§
PROVIDE A BIRD SANCTUARY
Community Benefited in Many V/ays
Where Feathered Friends Are
Attracted and Helped.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Birds have such an Important part
In the courses of nature study given
in most schools and colleges that more
should be done to attract them to
school grounds or campuses.
Unfortunately the campus, like tho
park, has suffered from too formal
landscape gardening. Cropped hedges
are not inviting to the birds, and
wooded campuses where formerly
birds abounded have been so filled
with buildings, so gardened and for
malized, that birds are now scarce.
Some corner-—preferably of original
woodland and undergrowth If that still
exists—should be sot aside and al
lowed to run wild, as a bird sanctuary.
In addition to tbo help thut birds
give as protectors of trees and shrub
bery against Injurious insects they
furnish, on school grounds, a distinct
educational resource. There Is scarce
ly an advanced school in the country
that does not offer courses In bird
study; and the study of birds out of
doors Is a necessary supplement to
that in classroom and laboratory. For
this reason the educational need should
be kept In view by those In charge of
College and school grounds.
Plants which furnish bird fowls
should he added, nest boxes put up,
and winter feeding carried on as an
interesting and Instructive part of the
work In bird-study classes. It Is fur
ther suggested that the teacher of or
nithology should be called in to advLse
In relation to the planning and treat
ment of the campus.
Those who are interested In attract
ing birds to public nnd semlpubllc
reservations can get a publication de
voted to this subject by writing to
the United States department of agri
culture at Washington for Bulletin 715.
SERVES TWO GOOD PURPOSES
Bird House In Detroit Park Also Af
fords Convenient Shelter for the
Pleasure Seeker.
In Belle Isle park, Detroit, Michi
gan, which Is one of the most attrac
tive municipal recreation centers In
'a i iff# ; ■if
hmm
America, is this big rustic bird house
made of logs and set high above the
ground so that it serves also as a shel
ter for many pleasure seekers. —Pop-
ular Mechanics Magazine,
For Public Health.
It Is plain enough that the cities are
expanding In the scope of their gov
ernmental functions quite as rapidly
ns in their physical dimensions. It
makes for social unity, stimulated
patriotism nnd ministers to the finest
humanity.
For example, the city of the future,
realizing the Interdependence of Its
citizens, will concern Itself more and
more about health. The city of the
future will neglect nothing that tends
to preserve and invigorate human life.
The future city will be careful of its
good looks and tolerate no unsightli
ness. It will be proud of Its beautiful
bridges, monuments and buildings.
The billboard, as we know It, will dis
appear. It will electrify its railways
and keep its pavements scrupulously
clean. It will deodorize and utilize
Its sewage, cart Its waste In sealed
vehicles, consume most of its smoke,
and confine its dust within the limits
of the nonpreventable.
Origin of Christmas Carols.
Christmas carols originated In Eng
land In the time when mystery and
morality plays were very popular, and
to set the stage properly for each act !
required quite a little time. The carols
were what music between the acts
of a play Is to the American people,
and to keep the audience from getting
tired, the “waltsr" between the acts !
were filled In by companies of sing l - |
ers who came before the curtain and !
sang what to us today are the Christ- j
mas carols. Gradually, to give them I
variety, dancing was introduced. All j
the Christmas carols were not relig* I
lous, however, in their character; some
were love songs, while others were
convivial in their nature.
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Willie (whose father attends the
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The district court holds that the
voters of Nebraska must vote to
accept or reject the action of the.
legislature in ratifying the prohi-j
bition amendment to the Federal!
constitution to make it legal.
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