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PART I Six months later we find Billy Jr. and Stubby near the City ol Mexico, on a large stock farm, where are raised fierce blooded bulls intended for the bull fights ihat take place every Sunday in the city. It would take too long to tell of all the troubles and mishaps the two friends met with on their long journey from San Francisco to Old . Mexico, but with all their trials f.hey enjoyed it, for both were good travelers and made the best of ihings without complaining when matters could not be helped. Once Stubby came very near getLing drowned in a fierce mountain stream that had become swollen ?rom recent rains until it was twice its usual size. Caught in one of he whirling eddies, he was spun round and round until, dizzy and . lick, he could not open his eyes, and had not strength enough left to swim against the strong, swift current. He was just giving up hope when he felt some large ob- , ject strike his side and, opening his eyes for an Instant, he saw Billy Jr., who swam out to rescue him. "Climb on my back. Stub," Billy cried, "and I will swim to shore with you." Stubby did w he was bidden and soon they were shaking themselves dry on the bank. Another mishap, one In which Stubby was the hero and saved Billy Jr's life, occurred one moonlight night out on the plains. They were both sound asleep when Stubby was suddenly awakened by hear ing a peculiar rattling sound and, looking about, he was horrified to see a snake just ready to spring upon Billy, who was sleeping peace fully. With a bound, Stubby had the reptile by the neck and in a second had shaken him to death. In fact, he had given him such a crack that the snake's head nearly clew off. Small dogs have often been known to kill snakes in this way. Billy Jr. was very much sur prised when he awoke and saw a big snake lying under his very nose. Stubby had dragged it there to see what Billy would do when ' he saw it. Had it been alive Billy would surely have been bitten, for be was too much surprised to move. He stared at it with blinking eyes fo see If his sight was not. deceiving him. When he discovered that it was really a snake he ducked his head and hooked it away. "Dig you see that rattlesnake, Stubby? I had a pretty close call, Udn't I?" "Not so very," said .Stubby, "for dead snakes do not bite." "That was no dead snake, for t was not there when I laid down, ind dead snakes do not crawl." "You are right there, Billy Jr., ut that snake was dead and J night to know, for killed it and iraggea it mere just to scare you." "Oh, you did, did you? and where lid you find it?" "I found it about three feet from our head ready to spring upon you, o I made a spring first and killed t before It had time to bite you. Uter I killed it I put it under your lose for fun." "You are a brick, Stubby, that is vhat you are; a regular gold brick, ind I will not forget this in a turry. I hope some day I shall lave a chance to do you a good urn or save your life." "Well, don't lie awake nights hinking of some way to help me, 'or you have already saved my life .nee," said Stubby. PART II when they were trotthe foot hills of the

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Sierra Marde mountains, tired and footsore, hungry and cold, feeling thoroughly discouraged and as if they should never reach their destination, they thought they saw a curl of blue smoke rising from the base of one of the foot hills in among some tall cacti. "Look, Billy, look," cried Stubby, who had been the first to see it; "that smoke means some man is

building a fire to cook his supper by. I have seen ' a little curl of smoke like that before and it al ways means that, at this time of the day. Let's go and see it he won't share with us. I am so hungry for a piece of meat I feel as if I could almost kill some one, if I bad to, to get it, and I am so thin, I am sure if you listened you could hear my ribs rattle. Raw prairie-dog meat and roots are not very filling food for a dog, and feel as if the only thing I had had to eat since we left Frisco was those ground bird eggs I sucked a week ago. You did not like them and said they were too stale and that if I waited half an hour they would hatch out and I could then have birds Instead of eggs. Yon must be just as hungry, for buffalo grass may sustain life but it is dry stuff to eat, while the cacti leaves are juicy enough to eat, but the thorns on their edges run into one's nose and mouth and make them bleed." While Stubby had been doing all this talking they had cautiously approached the spot where they had seen the smoke rising and soon the delicious odor of juicy steak

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evening breeze. "Oh, Billy, do you smell that steak? Don't it 6mell better than anything you ever smelt in your life before?" "Well, to tell you the truth, I would prefer carrots or turnips. You forget I am not a meat eater. I am a vegetarian, but for all that I can appreciate your feelings. Look between those two tall cacti. There is an Indian as sure as I am alive!" said Billy. "By the Great Black Bear!" said Stubby, "you are right and I see my finish, for if I go nosing around here, they will catch me and make soup of me in a twinkling." "Have no fear, Stubby. I know the Indians well. They are fond of dogs and they never kill and eat them unless they are starving. There is no danger of that now, for from the smell of cooking meat which we get, they have evidently stolen a stray cow or steer from some herd and are now cooking it whole over a camp-fire for the entire band. There is too strong a smell to emanate from a small piece, bo if I am right you are in luck, and likely to have your fill before the night is over. ; They only eat the best part of the animal and throw the rest to their dogs." SEVASTOPOL CHAMPS GIVEN TREAT MONDAY Sevastopol playground honored the team which has represented them this summer in the Major League ball games played by boys from the different playgrounds of the city, Monday afternoon in a substantial way. All members of this team, which has won the cltv championship, received Ice cream cones, given by all other players on the ground. . All members of this team will receive ribbons showing that they gained the championship In this activity. Members of the team are Mitchell, Severence, Harris. Boner, W. Eubank, Mulligan, Williams,' Cook, M. Eubank. HONORABLE MENTION We wish to make special mention of Corinne Florence Lowdenslager and Flossie Marie Lowenslager who sent in contributions to the Junior Palladium which we were unable to publish. These juniors received a personal letter from the editor in answer to their little letters which accompanied their contributions.

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TRUE WAR STORIES of SOLDIERS in FRANCE

Where the Kaiser and Hindenburg Stayed During the War. The former headquarters of the Kaiser and his general staff is disclosing some extraordinarily queer facts these days about the men who engineered the World War. Take for one, Hindenburg, Germany's super-man, around whom reams of poetry have been written, disclosing him as a fearless Napoleon leading his troops to victory. As a matter of fact he spent a great deal of his time in a wonderfully constructed "funk hole" or dugout, underneath the grounds of his villa at Spay. Spay It may be noted, is almost on the German border and so far from where battle lines used to be that it was almost a day's journey in a fast motor car to get within sound with the big guns. The Kaiser too had a similar hiding place at Neubois, near a comic opera trench system about which he is said to have paraded for the benefit of motion pictures. At each of their villas there were delicate electrical instruments which would set up furious buzzing whenever an airplane approached anywhere near. At the first sound from this contrivance. Hindenburg and the Kaiser used to run to shelter. People who worked about Hindenburgs establishment, said that he wa3 continually running for cover. America's representatives on the International armistice commission were occupying Hinaenburg s neaaquarters and they were amazed when they discovred this under ground refuge of the great warrior. Tho entrance was through the dining room. From there a flight of steps lead down to a tiled anteroom which by the way served as a very good pantry for the Amer icans. From the tiled room there was another flight of steps that led down to the real dugout. This was blocked by a huge iron door about one inch in thickness whichc could be locked from the inside only, Within, it was fastened by a double bolt which would do credit to an 'American banking establishment. The dugout itself was luxurious ly equipped. On the floor was a heirvy flowered carpet and a Louis XV table and chairs added to the By Ad Carter

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artistic arrnagement. The walla which were of corrugated Iron were painted solid white and the whole place brilliantly illuminated by electricity. On the little table was an electric fan to keep the marshal cool in summer while an electrio stove provided for heat in the winter. The room was about 14 by 12 feet and was protected by four or 6ix feet of earth above it. The emperor's dugout was similar except that it was much deeper underground and there were two entrances, one through the villa and the other from the grounds. The main entrance was from the house and led down a long flight of stepa. Another touch of the picture was added when a German resident of Aix-la-Chapelle said that the crown prince spent virtually all of his time in amusement. Sammie. Next week "The Angels of Mons"

SEVASTOPOL PLANNED NEW TREASURE HUNT After Charles Thomas found and generously divided the treasure which was a big watermelon, on the all playground search for hidden treasure, the children of Sevastopol liked the idea so well that they planned another one. Bud Wiliams arranged the second hunt which took place Monday. Tho prize this time was a box of candy and was found by Paul Maddix. TWENTY-SECOND BEATS WHITEWATER The Twenty-second street nine beat the Whitewater team, in a hard ball or major league game, on Friday afternoon, July 29, with a final score of 15 to 7. The boys who played on the Twenty-second street team were: Kelly, catch; Sharp, pitch; Voss, shortstop; Porter, first base; Eversman, second base; Harwood, third base; Moore, left field; Fitz-' Patrick, center field and Sweet, right field. WHO IS HE? He engineered the building of the Panama Canal. Last week's Lord Asquith. . RIDDLES STORY RIDDLES The tale my first doth represent Has for its name 3 words in 1. The first Is small and rhymes with fuss And thought cute by the most of us. The second's just a preposition And may be found in inquisition; The third part Is a rubber shoe The first part wore his journey through. My whole is the name of a 6tory, 'tis true. A story well loved both by me and you. 2. Herein is the name of another story, Which is told to us by grandmas hoary. We love the maid, the spelL the sleep, The prince who went through forest deep. And broke the spell which held them fast; And all was happy at the last. But there I've nearly told it here Guess if you can this story dear. Look elsewhere In this week's Junion for answers' to these riddles. WANT. ADS FOR SALE Here's a chance to have some fun! Tap in on the music from the Palladium. Buy a small wireless set and an Arlington cupler with loading inductence reaching about 4,000 meters; also an audlon control with vacuum tube in good condition. All of these have been used in -hearing music from the Palladium wireless. Receiver accompanies these sets. Call 202 North Fifteenth street, Gerard Harrington.

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