The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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' Georgy Wasrirtafr daughter of Sir
George of the British admiralty hints at
a liaison between her governess Ethel
‘Willoughby and Henry Btreetman Ethel
denies It Henry Btreetman calls on Ethel
' and while waiting for her talks to Brews
ter Sir George’s butler who Is a German
spy about his failure to get at admiralty
papers In Sir George's possession He
phones to German secret service head-
quarters Btreetman the German spy and
Boeder (alias Brewster the butler) are
discussing the possibility of war When
Ethel appears he tries to force her to get
from Sir George knowledge of the sailing
orders to ths British fleet Though she
believes him a French Instead of a Ger-
man py she refuses until he threatens
her She begs him to announce their se-
cret marriage as Georgy Is suspicious
but he puts her off At tea Georgy ant
her lover Guy Falconer tease Sir George
and Btreetman makes an awkward at-
tempt to talk politic Btreetman the
German spy Sir George Wagstaff British
naval official Ethel Willoughby secret
wife of Btreetman ad others are having
tea at the Wagsstatf home The party Is
discussing a Play Charlie Brown news-
paper man or New Tork entertains the
tea party with his views on the threat-
ened war in Europe
If you recall yoir history les-
sons you’ll remember the hard
time the North had to gt
enough soldiers during the Civil
war and how finally conscrip-
tion waa adopted You know
too that the English have had
to use conscription to get enough
men In the present conflict Pa-
triotism Is a queer thing with
most of us Wo wave flags and
enjoy Fourth of July oratory
but many of us are Inclined to
ehy at real sacrifice An inter-
esting discussion of the subject
comes up In this Installment
1
An English tea party at the home of
8!r George Wagstaff of the British ad-
miralty Includes Charlie Brown
American newspaper reporter and
8treetman a German spy The group
Is discussing a possible European war
CHAPTER VI— Continued
"Ton do talk like a German” he
told Streetman after he had blown out
a cloud of smoke
“That Is a matter of opinion” the
other replied stiffly
“Yes I think he talks like a Ger-
man too” Georgy Wagstaff chimed
In “But as we know he isn’t one
does It really matter? Go on
gentlemen! Argue!” Sir George's
daughter was having the time of her
young life
“Here’s one thing I’d like to know”
Guy put In— “where on earth Is all
the blooming money to come from?”
“My dear boy there’s nothing so
elastic as national credit” his friend
from the States replied with a calm
assurance that came partly from the
speaker’s having at one time In bis
career conducted the financial page
for his newspaper “Why down In that
two-by-four affair In Mexico one of
their week-end presidents ran out of
money so he Issued an order for fifty
thousand dollars stuck a gun In the
other gentleman’s chest and said
“That Is worth fifty thousand dollars’-—
and It was” '
Mrs Falconer felt that It was hard-
ly proper that the men should monopo-
lize all the conversation
“I can’t believe there will really be
a war — a great war” she announced
“Think what It would mean — absolute
barbarism I And this is the twentieth
century”
“It wonld put ns back a hundred
years” Sir George declared wearily
He both realized and dreaded the hor-
rors that he knew mnst inevitably at-
tend such a titanic struggle as seemed
Imminent
“It’s too horrible to think of” Ethel
Willoughby exclaimed with something
approaching a shudder “It doesn’t
seem real that we’re sitting here quite
calmly talking over even the possibil-
ity of such a thing”
“And this won’t be a war like other
wars” the American pointed out
“There’ll be ' no personal heroes — no
charges up San Juan hill — no bands
playing or flags flying It’s going to
be a cold deadly thing of mathemat-
ics and mobilizations of big guns and
submarines of aeroplanes and ammu-
nition of millions of little mites called
men who will be only little unimpor-
tant cogs In the big machine It’s
going to be brutal crnel barbarous
murder conducted on the most modem
' scientific basis”
“And afterwards what’ll we do for
men?” Georgy Wagstaff Inquired
thoughtfully as If the dearth of males
that threatened the world were a ca-
lamlty almost too great to face “Not
that I really care so much abont that
personally” she added with an Insin-
uating glance at Guy- Falconer who
always dogged her footsteps “for men
bore mo"
“Thanks!" Guy remarked If Georgy
had a fault (a possibility he was sel-
dom willing to admit even to blmself)
be felt that It consisted of a caustic
tongue And occasionally the thought
of living with her facing her across
the breakfast table for instance pnt
a vague fear Into him Up to the pres-
ent time however he had always suc-
ceeded In ridding himself of such mis-
givings V
“And who do you think Is going1 to
win Mr Brown?” Sir George put the
question abruptly He as well as
Streetman perceived that their some-
what bizarre guest from the other side
of the Atlantic had gathered unto him-
self a surprising fund of Information
during his short stay In their midst
Before Charlie Brown could reply
the spy Streetman threw himself Into
the conversational gap
“I’m sore from what Mr Brown has
said he agrees with me that the Ger-
mans have the best chance” he inter-
posed - ’
Mr Brown himself merely smiled at
(he Interruption He may have
thought Streetman a cad — a lobster
be wonld probably have termed him
But whatever his feelings might have
been be concealed them admirably
“Well I’ll tell yen—” he said as he
turned his back squarely upon Street-
man and faced Sir George “When I
was drinking Munich beer I was rath-
er pro-German But now that I’m
switched to tea I’ve sort of swung
over to the allies”
A burst of laughter punctuated
with cries of “Bravo!” greeted the an-
swer Turning to them all again “Yon
see” be explained “I like the English
as Individuals and I like a lot of
their general ways too I admire the
easy-going fashion in which they do
business I commend the fact that
they won’t talk shop over a luncheon
I like their afternoon tea” He smiled
at Miss Willoughby as he said that
“I llkd the fact that knights and ladles
clerks and shopgirls take their half-
hour off for It I like the way they
respect their own laws— when they de-
cide to make one they decide at the
same time to keep It Bat collectively
the English Irritate me because they’re
so blamed sure they’re a little bit su-
perior to all the rest of the world
That’s annoying personally bat I can
and I do admire it as a great racial
quality that’s made ’em win out
thousand times If England goes to
war it'll take the English about
year before they realize they have
war — they really are slow you know—
bnt once they wake np to It they’ll
raise the deuce and I think they’ll
win”
Sage noddlngs of various heads and
the exchange of approving glances on
the part of the members of the little
party— or of all but Henry Streetman
—set a seal of appreciation upon
Charlie Brown’s views
“Please God you’re right!” Sir
George Wagstaff cried fervently with
a show of emotion that was for him
most unusual
Please God he Is!” Mrs Falconer
agreed
I “I do
“I do hope sol The Germans are so
aggressive!” Ethel Willoughby ob-
served “And so rude!” Georgy added She
could not forget — much less forgive—
having been shouldered off a sidewalk
In Berlin by the kaiser’s haughty offi-
cers “Ah! But I fancy that pride In one’s
country Is a universal trait In every
nation” her more moderate father said
“Exactly! And as Mr Brown has
pointed out we English have a tenden-
cy to be somewhat superior also” As
he spoke Streetman rose He was be-
coming restless under the galling of
that one-sided discussion of the merits
of the nations
“Well I hope there isn’t any war!”
Guy Falconer said fervently “If there
Is yon can bet your boots I’m not
going near It”
“Guy!” Sir George turned upon him
with Incredulity writ large upon his
fine face
“Oh I mean It Sir George” Guy
Insisted shamelessly “If It comes to
war this will be a war of millions
If there are a thousand men killed In
a battle or only nine hundred and
ninety-nine what difference does It
make except to the thousandth man?
None! But If I happened to
be he It’d represent a deuce of a lot
to me and" with my luck I'd be the
first man shot anyhow No
sir! Military service Is not compul-
sory In England thank heaven! And
If there Is a war I’m going to sit
home at my club and fllscuss very
harshly the mistakes of the war office”
Guy’s mother regarded him with no
less amazement than did Sir George
“My son— you’re not serious?” she
exclaimed scarcely believing what she
heard
“Of course he IsP said Georgy “I
never saw a man who thought as
much of his own precious hide— so
much more than anyone else thinks of
it!”
“If you're quite In earnest Gay I
am positively ashamed of you” Sir
George Wagstaff told him As a man
who was high In the councils of his
country Sir George did indeed hear
the young 1 man’s declaration with
something bordering upon alarm as
well as mere disapproval If other
English youths should take the same
attitude as Guy’s be foresaw endless
trouble for the recruiting stations
“If I were shot” Guy retorted "I
suppose the fact that I could say
'Now Sir George Is not ashamed of
me’ would ease the pain a bit?
No thank youl I tell you If worse
comes to worst I shall sail for Cuba”
At that bis mother approached blm
much as she must have when as a
small boy be had been guilty of naugh-
tiness She thought It high time to
assert her authority-
“Guy” she Bald “I forbid you to
talk like that”
“Oh now mother — ” he remon-
strated ‘I think be’a spoofing” Charlie
Brown told them as quick to adopt s
new word as he was to detect signs of
shamming on Guy’s part “If war
comes I bet he’ll go to the front He’s
like the rest of yon English — half
ashamed to say what he really feels”
The embarrassed Guy faced him
sheepishly
“Oh I say — that’s all BwankI” he re-
monstrated “‘Swank!’ That’s a good word!”
Charlie Brown exclaimed “I’m going
to take that back to America too"
And then returning to the subject of
their conversation who was manifest-
ly 111 at ease Mr Brown continued
“Once yon do touch Guy on the raw
pf his patriotism he’d go through and
go through big”
“I think Mr Brown Is right” Street-
man declared “It was only two months
ago at the Rltz in Paris that I met a
young English officer We got to chat-
ting He seemed very down In the
month — some trouble over a girl he’d
been jilted or hadn’t enough money to
propose or she’d married someone else
—usual sort of thing so I paid no at-
tention to the Incident Bnt one night
walking along the Champs Blysees a
man ahead of me suddenly turned
aside behind one of the trees Silhouet-
ted against the moonlight I saw his
hand go to his pocket as If to draw a
revolver I ran np to him and seized
the pistol It was my young
English friend I dare say the moon
had gone to his head He was quite
desperate — really started to struggle
with me at first We stood there for
an hour talking I’d taken quite a
fancy to him It seemed such a waste
of goad material for him to kill hlm-
self but he waa quite firm Finally
I appealed to him as an English officer
In his majesty’s service Some day his
country might need him — I told him —
and he wouldn’t be there because he
was a coward — a traitor That
hit him -1 pressed the point And
eventually he gave me his word”
They bad all listened eagerly to
Streetman’s vivid recital
“Did he keep his word?” Ethel asked
“I don’t know! I’ve never seen him
since but he’s the sort of man who
wonld I merely mention the Incident
to show that when nothing else count
ed his country did And most men
are like that” Streetman added as he
patted Gny Falconer on the back
Somehow Gny resented the familiar-
ity But he merely moved away So
far as be knew Streetman was a de-
cent enough chap But be did not rel-
ish being patronized by blm
All at once Sir George Wagstaff no-
ticed for the first time that the after-
noon light was fast fading Booking
at his watch he rose hastily
“By Jove!” he said “I’d no Idea It
was so late I shall have to be getting
back to the admiralty”
“I must be leaving too” Streetman
announced
“So must I” said Charlie Brown
“Good-by Miss Willoughby!”
“Oh don’t yon hurry off too!” Ethel
protested “Stay and have one more
cup of tear In some Inexplicable way
“I Shall Have to Be Getting Back to
the Admiralty”
she felt drawn toward the outspoken
American Ahd she coaid not avoid
the Impression that they were destined
to know each other better
“I cim’t resist you” be said yielding
at once to her cordial urging And he
accepted another cup of tea
Sir George and Streetman were al-
ready at the door when Charlie Brown
called after the older man:
“If there’s any news of yonr fleet for
publication Sir George yoa’U let me
know?”
“Surely surely I" came the good-na
tured answer And with that Sir
George left them accompanied
Streetman to whom be offered a
In bis car
CHAPTER VII
Redmond of ths Irish Guards
Charlie Brown had thanked his friend
of the British admiralty And now he
said to those who still lingered there In
Miss Willoughby’s sitting room —
“Yon know I think there Is going to
be news— and mighty soon You listen
to me” '
“We have been listening with great
pleasure” Mrs Falconer Informed him
“But now we must go”
He sprang to his feet
“That Is a bit of a hint” he ex-
claimed albeit with entire good humor
“But don’t forget I told you I loved to
talk!”
“You’ll come again?” Ethel asked
him
“Often I hope!” he said heartily I
be took the band she held out to him
“Good-by Charlie!” Guy Falconer
said with a wink that the others did
not catch “If I don’t see yon before I
sail drop me a postal My address
will be In care of the General Post Of-
fice Havana Cuba”
Charlie Brown smiled at him Indul-
gently He knew just how serious Guy
was in regard to shirking bis duty But
Mrs Falconer was still troubled by
her son’s apparent disaffection
“Please Guy!” she pleaded She
could not bear to hear her own child
brand blmself as unpatriotic if not an
actual coward
“I never knew till now that yon
were a Spartan mother” Guy told her
“Besides I didn’t think you’d want to
see your own little boy all shot to
pieces” '
They were on the point of leaving
when Sir George’s butler brought the
news to Miss Willoughby that Captain
Redmond was calling
“Captain Redmond!” she repeated
as If the news were almost too strange
for belief “Ask blm to come up
Brewster”
At the name Gny Falconer turned
to Ethel Joyfully
“Larry back after a whole year?”
he cried “Isn’t that ripping!”
“Ob we mast wait to see Larry!”
bis mother said
“Ob Indeed we must!” added
Georgy
In another moment Captain Red-
mond stood before them There waa
certainly no question as to his greet-
ing Guy Falconer all but fell upon
his neck
“Hello good people!” the newcomer
aid with an all-embracing smile Ha
was Irish The bint of the brogue even
In those few words showed that much
had his dancing blue eyes left any
chance of donbt as to his race Ad-
miration as well as affection shone In
the faces of his friends as they feasted
their own eyes upon him for the cap-
tain was unquestionably a fine figure
of a man In his spruce uniform of tha
Irish Guarda Ethel Willoughby waa
the last to greet him But when tha
rest had released him she held out hel
hand to blm
“Larry I am glad to see yon” sha
said from the bottom of her heart
He stopped short In his acknowl-
edgments of the others’ greetings And
turning abruptly to Ethel as If he had
eyes for her alone he exclaimed:
“Sure not as much as I am to sea
you!” And he fairly beamed his do
light at seeing her once more
“When did you get back old man?”
Gny asked when they had Introduced
Larry and Charlie Brown
“Only this morning” Captain Red-
mond answered “but I thought I’d
have to come here directly to pay my
respects to an old friend — and I meet
three old friends”
Georgy Wagstaff pouted at that Sha
was extremely fond of the dashing of
fleer and she dearly loved to bantet
with him t
“I’m not so terribly old” she object
ed — “or do you think I’ve aged much?”
“In a year sure you've grown
younger You’re only a slip of a girt
now and you were getting to he quits
a young woman when I left” he told
her
“It’s a whole year since you went
away” Ethel Willoughby half whis-
pered to Redmond as be came nearei
her
“And It seems a hundred!” he de-
clared Charlie Brown catching hit
reply to her knew of a certainty that
he was Irish But underneath the cap-
tain’s fulsome remarks there often lay
a sincerity that was more deeply root
ed than a casual bystander might sup-
pose Mr Brown felt that he must really
tear himself away from that Interest
lng party
“Good-by Miss Willoughby!” he
said “Good-by captain I I bate to
bust up a reunion like this but I’v
got to get back and write a piece fo:
the paper”
Still Mrs Falconer would not let hex
son’s friend escape quite yet
“Mr Brown” she said "for some
reason I like yon I fancy It’s because
yon amuse me Wby don’t you dine
with ns? Perhaps If I ask Captain
Redmond Ethel will come”
“Let’s dine early” Guy said “Don’t
bother to dress Well go to the Savoy
grill and meanwhile I’ll get tickets for
the Palace There’s an awfully clever
American girl there now”
“We’ll pick you np here Ethel” his
mother added — “say In half an hour
We might be able to motor to Rich-
mond for dinner and still see the
show”
“Will yon pick me np here too?”
Captain Redmond asked
“In half an hour!” she agreed '
In the doorway Georgy Wagstaff
cast a roguish glance back at her
pretty governess
What do you think will come
out of this meeting between
Redmond and hla old sweetheart
Ethel Willoughby? la R likely
that tho girl will tell him the
truth at once?
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Bringing Up Father
“We dined out last evening Pa dis-
graced us as usual”
“How was that?”
“He got to the end of the dinner with
three forks and two spoons still nor
used” — Boston Evening Transcript
By Degrees
“My dear Isn’t that dress a trifle ex-
treme? She — Extremal Why I put this on
In order that yon may become accus-
tomed to the one I am having made—
Judge
POUJHRY
MTS ‘
GROW BROILERS FOR MARKET
Early Cockerels Not Intended for
x Breeders Should Be -Fattened Up
and 8old
Early cockerels unless kept for
breeding purposes are best sold for
broilers or fryers
On the average farm It Is not prac-
tical because of rush of work to hatch
chickens extremely early1! hence they
do not reach the market early enough
In the spring to bring the best prices
The price of course depends upon the
market and the demand
Growing broilers for market Is a spe-
cialized Industry and is not always
profitable On the large markets broil-
ers are classified as small medium and
large They weigh from three-quarters
of a pound to a pound and one-half
each
Young chickens as sold by farmers
are frequently not properly fattened
no attempt being made to get maxi-
mum returns Confining broilers In
crates holding from six to eight birds
and feeding an exclusive diet of wet
mash composed of cornmeal and
wheat middlings mixed with sour milk
or buttermilk the consistency of bat-
ter - gives best results but broilers
thus fattened lose weight quickly
when shipped alive
For the farmer this method Is
usually impracticable A better method
Is that of confining young cockerels In
groups of 25 to SO In a small pen where
their exercise Is restricted Feeding the
birds cracked corn helps the qnallty of
the meat and increases the weight con-
siderably BEST SHIPMENT OF POULTRY
Many Processes Gona Through Befora
- Product Roaches Comumei — Keep
All Culle at Homo
(By F E MIXA)
Before poultry reaches the consum-
er It has to go through many proc-
esses: From the farm the poultry
Is marketed as It runs large small
fat lean sick and deformed Very
little attention is given to the quality
of the product yet It would be money
In the pocket of the farmer were he
to keep out the culls for his own use
or dispose of those which were unfit
for food elsewhere beside on the mar-
ket The shipping of poultry to a com-
mission merchant or firm Is quite a
common practice near large cities
Chickens Packed Breast Up
This seems to be quite a satisfactory
way It has advantages and disad-
vantages A car of poultry shipped to
New York city from Kansas City
raises the price per pound from S1
to 4 cents and before the consumer
gets It It Is raised 1 to 2 cents more
per pound Yet the results obtained
are usually In favor of this method of
marketing Large commission con-
cerns have adequate facilities for han-
dling both live and dressed poultry
thus assuring good care of the prod-
uct until it has been sold It Is es-
sential that the product be the best
grude possible to get the beBt results
PICK FEATHERS FROM GEESE
Operation 8hould Not Be Performed
Until Warm Weather 8ete In
Usually About May 20
Geese should not be picked until
warm weather sets In usually about
the 20th of May In handling geese
they should always be grasped by the
neck not by the feet and held with
the back toward the person In order
to prevent them from striking with
tlielr wings
Draw a stocking over the bird’s head
while picking Do not remove tho
feathers from the wings shoulders and
back as they are needed to protect
the bird from the sun and rain
LEGHORN IS MUCH IMPROVED
Tendency Has Been to Breed Larger
Fowls and Still Retain Laying
' Characteristics
The Leghorns today are a much bet-
ter breed than they were years ago
The tendency has been to breed larger
birds and still retnln all their charac-
teristics us producers of a largo num-
ber of eggs
With larger bodies nlso has come the
production of larger eggs which Is au
added merit to the breed
BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH
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E Pinkham’e Veg-
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and to nsa Lydia E
Pinkham’s Sanative
Wash I began tak-
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and took $5 00 worth
and in two months
was a well woman
after three doctor said I never would
tend op straight again I waa a mid-
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the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after-
wards and they all got along so nicely
that It eorely is a godsend to coffering
women If women wish to write te
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IT’S AN EARLY MORNING JOB
Raid on Destructive Garden Pests at
Right Time Much Mere Effective
Than Poison
The boy who gets out early In the
morning in his young garden and be-
gins to pick squash bugs cucumber
beetles potato bugs and such slugs
and cut and wire worms as are in
sight with hts thumb and forefinger
and drop them In a deep can will do
more good than poison could do In
three days says a writer In the Amer-
ican Boy
Pour boiling hot water Into the tin
holding these Insects to make Bure
they are killed Go the rounds every
morning Do not wait until after
school or late In the day because they
have feasted and crawled away to
sleep and rest — most of them Do not
try to pick them at noon because they
hide underground or behind leaves to
get out of the hot sun But bright
and early In the morning they come
out with the spurkllng dew to get
busy and eat the good things yon
have planted Get up an hour earlier
three mornings a week just to do
this and the result will repay you ten
times over when your garden begins
to supply you with peas and beans and
cucumbers and lettuce and radishes
and many other delicacies
— — — — - - -
Her Part i
tJenn was to take part in her first
wedding which was to be one with the
double ring service When she came
home she was questioned by her moth-
er as to what she did Jean answered
“I carried the he ring”
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