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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
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What is this:" l said %anNiouSly.
"Oh. YOU there, gentlemen:" said
Sercombe. pulling. This knave would
have ruined our whole venture. But l
reckon I've given him his stomach
full"
Eyes, you have" l said bitterly.
bending V g the man. Hes about
done for"
"Pooh." said Sercombe. Only struck
his head on a log. He's all right. Don't
waste time over such swine" And he
made for the boat, where l could per-
ceive Montgomery.
I stopped him. Understand this.
Captain Sercombe," l said-"I am not
here to break innocent heads or to i'm
and l hope. this poor man is not dead.
I will have him taken where he can be
cared for"
Sercombe laughed harshly. You are
so Internally particular, Mr.. Great
orex. But have your way"
Every WE'LL" said I; then l will take
him over to the house yonder."
we carried the unfortunate man
aboard the boat and pushed her off,
Montgomery punting to the jetty. There
we landed the body. Suddenly Ser
combe stopped.
This is my affair."" he said, mot
yours. You Won't be able to show Your
faces after this if you're mixed up in
it. Besides, I may get definite particu-
lars as to Hood if I go up"
He shouldered the unconscious form
Of the policeman as he spoke and de-
parted. staggering under his burden.
In a little he came back.
Its all right he said easily. Il
told the farmer that it was a friend of
mine who had met With an accident,
and he has promised to look after him
till l return. l am to call in an hours
time He laughed. And I've found
out that Hood left half an hour ago,
having borrowed the old g~entleman's
boat. There's some good in charity aft
er ALL" And once more he laughed.
AT the word Montgomery and Shep-
pard bent to the oars, and the nose Of
the boat shot downstream.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

"Mere nugsing the right bank" l
said. Il think We're in the estuary.
a see nothing"
"Well, keep her in close" said Ser
combc. Jerking his ruddcr. "'rhat
winds coming up Il bit"
a flaw sailed out of the night and
played upon us sharply. With that cur
rent drawing below her and under the
stress of the gust she rceled and hung.
Then she began slowly to creep along
the water. Srrcomhe iammel the boat
close to the shore. Then out of the
abysmal darkness the wind brought 4
new sound TO my ears.
l turned to the others. "Tl,cy're in
front" | murmured.
"What'S that:" called Scrcomhe from
the stern.
l spoke louder.
Give me the scullS," said Sheppard
"Confound Your hulking form. man,
She'll ill if we give her the ha'p'orth
Of a chance. Keep under the lee OF the
shore. and We'll run her along"
Go double. boys" urged Sercombe.
They bent to their work With zest,
and the boat spun along in Il lull of the
wind. The sound of oars dipping in
water grew clearer.
Sheppard dropped his scull. Its all
right" he declared. I'VE can catch
them. I've no doubt of that. Lets
think. What are We going to do:'
why. catch EN-" cried Montgom-
cry.
I'VE must strike somewhere and
some time" said l.. The question is
shall we do it now"
Sercombe sat considering. and think
we all unconsciously were awaiting his
decision. He pulled the rudder strings
suddenly With resolution.
well get a bit nearer anyhow" he
remarked, land the wind will keep
u news from them. But l fancy this
has got to be settled on terra 1irma."
II agree With YOU" l assented.
Pull on, then" he replied and him,
self prepared for action.
AS Sheppard and Montgomery dipped
their oars a swell Of the tide struck
her on the broadside, whittier she had
fallen away. simultaneously a capfuI
Of wind darted upon us. The tub rolled
over and kicked till the gunwale lay
under the water. We flung ourselves
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

to the farther side, and she rightel. the
sea pouring in a cataract across her
bows. Her nose sank deeply in tie
trough. and l felt the boariS slant
away from me toward the stern.
"She is sirking..' said Montgomery.
"Give way. Give way called Shep-
pard sharply. Put her head IN" md
the two drove the SOULS th%,t@'l Tho
masses of foaming water. The l...L-,"
took a jump forward. broadsilc on to
the water, and under the brisk strokes
Of the rowcrs leaped a second tine.
Then her bows went down. an !. rolling
her head to one side like Il wounded
porpoise. she sank slowly with a gur-
Cling and a churning Of wafer.
When | saw that a wreck was inev-
table | dropped into tie sea and
struck out for the shore. Three or four
strokes brought me into my Gepth. and
l stood waist deep in the tossing
waves and looked for the others. |
called to them loudly. and one by one
they emerged out of the darkness Of
the foa!4. We stood together dripping
on the fiat shore.
This is a good thing" was the first
thing SercoMbe said as he wrung ont
the wet from his coat. II said we
should have TO fight it out ashore YOl
see. we darcL't have riske,i The tr.;.s,
ure atioat."
There was sense in dis, Lat il s>rarh
me ~comically at the time.
"They'll certainly ncvc" l.!l..,. fn,
open water in that boat might" : ii
Sheppard.
"Wcll catch 'cm a: ~rprtag.ce." re.
marked montgomery ci!n....y.
"Wcll, we all seem az c.. 2,..st W.
are il luck AID t,at np:l..Ag
could have ~happc!u:t to US" | !.
with a laugh.
"Thcre's Il thing I'm gong 10 l.,
before | 60 a yard flrtilrr,' said +
combe, and that is t. c.rlu L.$ PSI,
and put in a fresh cartr.Ugo."
"Aulen,' said Montgomery.
We followed the example. anI tie,
we all set out along Tie nIarg,.. e. liz
cSluGiN, thinning dl lllt I.'t ~ l.!-s.,
up for lost time. But IiDod Ia IN,
tide and the wind against him, A.. lc
made way slowly, so tllHt we $40.
came near enough to the boat for o..
purposes. The night was So th.ci t!.g
we could discern worry little. bat no o.,
doubted that we were within >t"i.. l.
distance of our enemy. 50 we KEEP
along the shore until the ligh;S O
Portagrec came into sight.
1t was by nov somewhere mean 2 i!
the morning, and the village, wlicl
was Il collection OF poor cottages Ol
that barren and exposed shore, wa.
wrapped in sleep, only IA lamp .
two shonc from the windows Of IT,,
houses and some lights Of The lilt!
craft riding In the road. Waste land
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
rne BOWS.

Sheppard damned up the tiller, an6
away, like a leaping tiger, sprang the
lugger upon her prey. The black deeps
Of that greedy channel were broken
into pools and mountains. Fountains
Of green water spouted upon all sides,
and we were plunged into drenching
spray. And upon all this pomp of war
and devilry the dawn broke slowly.
Before us, and still creeping up the
wind. scarce 200 PAGES, we made out
the yawl, but the light served us no
further through that gray curtain Of
rain; but the next moment we were
aware that Hood had awakened to u
neighborhood, although he could not
have suspected Dur identity or our err
rand. \ voice shouted something from
the yawl, but we could not catch the
words. Hands were gesticulating, and
then q light was flashed. Sheppard
kept her nose pointed grimly. and final
ly the yawl altered her course.
"If it one to lacking. they'll do US"
said Sheppard.
On the course We We're holding. how
ever. we outsailed the yawl by two to
one. The wind took us almost astern,
and we overhauled her. The figures on
the yawl grew clearer. distinct against
the gray light. as we rode into the
trough.
Concluded on Seventh Page
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Sheppard eased her and

loud voice. Sheppard eased her and
let her run.
The yawl was creeping close hauled
on the other tack.
1--WE can beat her if we give the Tugs
their full advantage explained Shep,
pard. CLOSE hauled she'll move a yard
to our foot"
So far SO good. If we had not been
seen we were all right and could come
on them later With a wet sail. The
wind blew sharply up the channel,
swelling into Il gale. The night was
hecked With bright points of light, and
then they died, and a mist of rain crept
down. In Il little the yawl had disap-
peared. but by the last glimpse we had
Of her she was fighting up inch by inch.
Sheppard ran down for some minutes,
and then he jalnmcd the tiller down,
and the boat came up into the wind.
The Tugs lawed and ratified. Mont
gomcry and Sercombe took the sheets.
For a moment we hung in the wind,
silent and motionless. 1t was only for
q In that moment Shcp-
pard's eyes met mine. | knew what he
was thinking. Even then we might
have paused, and yet not so. Ser.
conlbe i'll the bows seemed possessed
Of Il devil, roaring against the wind
and the tide and laughing aloud With
diabolic delight. Montgomcry's face
was set with the lust of battle. Shep
pard said no word, but his eyes return
ed TO the leaping water. He put up
the tiller slowly, and then the lugs
flew out in the wind.
let her COZ yelled Sercomhe from
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

HA NJ IOn, SdIu L W NiOtlSOLl-
SN cry, please explain. think
"a We o II of US contemplated a
boating expedition. Where
are we going:i
Hoods got OF before US, you know"
he explained eagerly. Captain Ser
combe and l got away safely and reach
ed this ferry twenty minutes before
you, but the BOAT had gone.'
You mean Hoods boat:" l asked.
That's it, Sercombe broke in. Il
reckoned we might nab Hood in the
act, but we came too late by ten min
utes. l recognized the place from his
description. For the matter Of that.
it's easy to find, but there was no boat.
That meant we must carry the eXpedi-
on him. Presently Montgomery and I
happened upon this tub a bit lower
down. She's no great shakes, but she'll
do to come up with him."
"And when we do!' said Sheppard.
II don't want to put too fine a point
on it, sir" said sercombe, "but it
means cutting out, and if we are not
prepared for cutting out, why. we had
best turn the nose of the bOat upstream
again"
THHere was silence after this, but
Sheppard and Montgomery applied
their oars. if anything, q tritie more
smartly.
"Wer not going to turn back now,
If that's your meaning. captain l said.
I'VE only want to understand where
we are and what we have t. expect"
Il think. Mr.. GrcutoryX. that YOU
may expect treasure" said Scrcom1e,
with a laugh. Hoods got Il load
aboard, and he's 10 thought u beng
followed. What he's after l don't quite
know. for he never got to tie end OF lis
explanations, owing to that Grl,3 af-
fair, but he's going dovll tie river,
that's certain, and he'll paddle uJuc 100
quick. having Il cargo. On the other
hand, he does not want d~aI.i.&..t on
him. He'll make where he's bD;uIl for
by night and under the stars. %.,yw.
dare say. YOU gentlemen know these
parts better than /. What pD.It 90
you put on it:'
olNC I4II Sly hot!IS, / StS-cSlct
"and that Will fetch US inlo tie early
morning. Montgomery, how far DO YOU
reckon Il boat would get by > in the
morning!'
Montgomery paused on his oar und
considered.
cit ought to get near Portagrce," said
he at last.
"And where may that be?' asked
Eercombe.
sin the mouth of the Scvern-in the
estuary"
"Ah!!' said Sercombe thoughtrully
"Now, | wonder what will happen
then. And l should like to know what
my friend Hood has got i'll his head"
The sky was heavy with low belly
ing clouds, and scarce a breath Of ali
stirred. We raced between the banks
as it were through Il wild moJriund
and some scattered voices Of the dark
reached us. \ little after there was Il
lar and Il shock that sent us all sprawl
ing In the bottom Of the tub.
SercomDe, who was in the bows, pul
out his arms.
"It's Il BOOM he said. This is Il
piece Of private water
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

We All Do.
What would you do If you fell heir
to a million?"
Wake up. I'm afraid"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
CHAPTER xxi.

g a Nd now" said to Montgom-
SA cry, please explain. l think
- We none of US contemplated a
hoatiDr ~pypp1itioo Whore
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
Governor of Indiana Con
sents to go on Pine
Tree Stump.
.BEvERIDGE PRECEDES HIM
In the Meantime the "Kiver" Must
Depend Upon Laws of Crawl
tation to Stay on.

Indianapolis, Aug. Ex-Governor
Hanly is going to make three speech
es in Maine for the Republican State
committee of that state. The an
nouncement of the governors inten-
ton to help the return of the Re
publican congressman to the nation
al house was made today. The gov
ernor himself is not in the city to
confirm the story, but it is vouched
for by his intimate friends and those
in touch with the Republican State
committee have known of the matter
for some time.
1t has been known that the Maine
state committee, as well as the COM
mittees of several other states have
tried to get the governor as one of
the stellar speakers of the campaign.
1t is understood that the governor
himself, has debated, seriously,
whether he could afford the time in
addition to the speeches he expects
to make in Indiana
In the Maine case. however, he
decided that he was going to help
out. and he has so notified the state
committee there. 1t is not known
whether he will make any speeches
in other states or not.
In addition TO the governor, who
will go east the first week in Septem-
Der, two other Indiana men are TO be
prominent in the Maine campaign
! Senator Beveridge. who. on Wednes-
day. started on a speaking trip
through that state: and Congress
man James E. Watson from the Sixth
district. who will deliver four speech
es in Maine, two in Congressman Lit
tlehelds district and two outside.
The governor will deliver three
speeches, one in Bangor, one in Port
land and one at = place not yet de-
termined upon.
The governor in making this trip
and delivering these speeches, will
probably antagonize the union labor
forces. Union labor fought his
nomination for governor, and now
that he has come to the defense of
+ Congressman Littlefeld. than whom
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, hates
none worse, he viii probably be in
standing not even so good as he was
before.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
SMASH -UP-RUNAWAY IN
WHICH NO ONE is INJURED.
A Team Hitched to Cab Driven by
William Sullivan Runs up Hoh-
man Street.-Rig Driven by M. S
Snyder Badly Damaged.

This morning as William Sullivan,
who was returning from funeral in
West Hammond, was driving up to
the curb in front of Mark Sings
Chinese laundry on Holman street
the off horse became frightened and
jumped over the tongue, began kick
ing, breaking loose from the cab and
running up Holman street narrowly
missed several teams coming down
the street. When the horse came to
Sibley street it ran west until it was
nearly to the state line where it was
stopped by George Feigle, a clerk
in Brennan store.
Sullivan, the driver was thrown
out of the cab but was not injured
One of the horses slipped and fell
against the curb striking it nose on
the pavement which caused it's nose
to bleed quite freely.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
Veterans Of Lake County
Hold Reunion at Oakland
Park, Lowell.
MATHEWS MADE PRESIDENT
Ranks of the Heroes of Northern
Indiana Are Fast Thinning
Out.

The old soldiers of Lake county
held a reunion at Oakland park, Low
ell, yesterday. One hundred and
fifty of the veterans were present
and those that came to see and greet
them swelled the crowd to eight hun
dred. The forenoon was pretty we'll
occupied in assembling, hand-shak-
ing with the old comrades, and ex-
changing of "reminiscences of the
times from 1861 to 1865, which was
greatly enjoyed by the private citi-
zens as well as the old soldiers. The
noon hour arrived and dinner was
and their families and people were
fed and after all got filled" with
the good things to eat that the gem
erous people had brought, it is said
there was enough left yet to feed a
brigade. Lowell and vicinity never
fails to do its full duty on any pub
lie. occasion and has a reputation
far and near for hospitality and they
did not lose any per cent of the gen
erosity yesterday. The dinner being
cleared away the meeting was called
to order by Post Commander Vos-
berg and the literary exercises of the
day were commenced by invocation
by the Rev. S. Goblet, after which
able addresses We're listened to by
DR.. Mary Z. Jackson Of Hammond,
Hon. S. C. Dwyer and Mrs. A. NJ
HOFFMAN of Lowell Each orator
did their full share in praises and
good work of the old soldiers and ii
was hoped that the great patriotism
shown By the veterans could be con
tinued by the generations to come
Mr.. Prior of Chicago, was present
and sang some beautiful selection:
appropriate to the occasion. The NJ
G. W. band also did their share in
making the program a good one. This
closed the literary exercises and the
next in order was election of officer:
for the ensuing year, resulting as fol
: lows: President. John Mathews o.
: Hobart; president. DR.. Mary E
!. Jackson of Hammond; Secretary, J
Kern, Lake Station; Treasurer. Geo
. II. Jones. East Chicago. The mex
! reunion will be held in Hobart il
1907. There was delegations from
nearly every town in the county anC
> great many from Porter county
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24

A bad smash-up occurred this
morning in a runaway which took
place at about 7:45 on Morton Court
near Carleton hotel. NJ. S. Snyder.
who was driving the rig owned by
Mr.. Apoll had just left the Carleton
and was going south on Morton
Court when a horse pulling a heavy
Simplex wagon became frightened
at water from the sewer and turned
and ran crashing into the light rig
Mr.. Snyder jumped from the rig and
escaped injury, but the surrey was
thrown on its side and badly broken
up while the heavy wagon had a
wheel taken off.
The surrey was taken to the black
smith shop run by Peterson & Mon
berg at 40 State street, for repairs
Mr.. Apoll says he will send a bill
to the Simplex company for the
amount of the damage done to the
rig.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
FROM THE CALUMET REGION
TO THE ORIENTAL PORTS
South Shore Of Lake Michigan Destined to be Depot of
Distribution for Vanderbilt Lines-Ilinos Central
Also in Field
LINK IN CHAIN Of GREAT PROJECTS

When Uncle Sam arrived at Pana-
ma with spade and pickaxe, grimly
determined to dig an interoceanic
canal, Hammond people who interest
ed themselves in the matter agreed
that commercially and strategically
it would be a splendid thing for the
country as a whole and the gulf ports
OF the southern states in particular.
The most calculating and farseeing
business man in the city at that time
did not realize that because of this
canal, Hammond, Whiting, East Chi
cago and Indiana Harbor located in
the center of their ten acre lot, the
Calumet region, would become the
throbing, beating heart of one of the
greatest railway systems in the
world.
Even the casual observer can see
that there are railway projects of
enormous magnitude being evolved in
the brains of the men who are at the
head of the great trunk lines which
pass through the Calumet region.
At first the fact became known that
the Indiana Harbor railroad, now
known as the Chicago. Indiana &
Southern, was to build railway yards
east of this city with a capacity of
5000 ears and total trackage great
er than the entire length of the rail-
road itself 1t seemed remarkable
that so short a railroad should be
building such enormous yards 1t was
announced that the Michigan Central
railroad also purchased the ground
for extensive yards east of Hammond
Not long afterward the Nickel Plate
road followed suit and determined to
construct large yards near this city.
These evidences of railroad activity
were followed by the news that the
division headquarters of the Mich
igan Central railroad were to be
moved from Michigan City to Ham
mond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
BREAD KNIFE AND RAZOR
SHED BLOOD CoPI0UsLY.
J. Nichol Assaults Wife Who Is Cut
Acidentally.-Burly Negro Uses
Shaving Tool.

When J Nichols went home drunk
this morning after an all night spree
he was met byihs wife with a bread
he was met by his wife with a bread
knife in her hands. 1t was not for
the purpose of emphasizing some dire
threat that she carried the knife,
however. 1t was a mere coinci-
dence that she happened to be cut
ting bread and still had the knife
in her hands when her husband en-
tered the house with the usual
CHEEKY good morning She evidently
told the erring better half that he
was mean thing and to go away
and leave her at home all alone. or
something else in equally strong lam
guage. He resented this and proved
himself a gentleman and a scholar
by striking at his wife with his fist.
She parried with the bread knife
and sidestepped. Just as she drew
back Nichols struck at her again and
this time succeeded in knocking the
knife out of her hand which in fall
ing cut a fve-inch cash in her arm.
officer Bunde went to the Nichols
residence and found the facts as stat
ed above Nichols had left the house
by the time of officer arrived.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24

And thus another meeting and greet
ing Of the old and beloved soldier has
come and gone. and with each sue
ceeding gathering how noticeable it
is that their ranks are thinning
Let us, of the younger generation
who are so apt to forget in the siren
uous times, make a special effort to
make it as pleasant for the boys"
who fought that we may enjoy the
freedom we now do as pleasant as
possible.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24
SLINGS AND ARROWS.

One of our leading citi-
zens tells of meeting a fellow
on the road to Kankakee driy-
ing his cattle to the market.
He inquired of the fellow what
price he expected to get for
them. 80, about fifty dollars
a head" was the reply. Why
don't you take them to Chi
cago," said our citizen, "You
could get about seventy"
Eyes, l know" said the driv-
er, And if you could take that
river to hell you could sell it
for a thousand drop"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-24

to New Orleans and Pensacola. Only
little gap of about 16O miles be-
tween Cairo and Jackson remains to
be filled and then the Vanderbilt sys-
tenn will be in the possession of a
highway from Chicago almost direct
ly south to the gulf.
Before the interoceanic canal be-
came a probability, the greatest rail-
roads of the country were the east
and west transcontinental lines. 1t
was at first a question of taking the
manufactures of the East and ex-
changing them for the raw products
of the West Then after the settling
of the West the traffic was expected
to be between the manufacturers of
the Eastern and middle Western
states and the Orient.
These plans were laid fhenthe idea
of the Isthmian canal was thought to
exist only in the minds Of visionary
engineers. The canal became a prob
ability. The clear headed men who
are the executives of the Vanderbilt
system knowing that it is cheaper tc
carry twice as much freight, twice as
far in ship bottoms than by rail, saw
at once that there would be a com
plete change in traffic routes and
enormous amounts of freight from the
east and middle west would be taken
the short 500 miles from Indiana
| Harbor to the gulf ports of Mobile
New Orleans and Pensacola and ther
| transferred to ocean steamers thai
will go to Pacific and Atlantic coas
ports, and to Europe and the Orient
the markets of the world