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CHAPTER XXXu.
IT'S up to Jones now" kept run
ming through Brewster's brain

"y Tvs up to Jones now" kept run
ming through Brewster's brain
as he drove off to keep his ap-
1 pointment with Peggy Gray.
'"The million Is gone-all gone. Pm as
poor as Jobs turkey. It's up to Jones,
but l don't see how he can decide
against me. He insisted on making a
pauper Of me, and he can't have the
heart to throw me down now. But
what If he should take it into his head
to be ugly. l wonder If l could break
the WILL wonder If l could beat him
out in court"
Peggy was waiting for him. Her
cheeks were flushed as with fever.
She had caught from him the mad ex-
element Of the occasion.
"Come, Peggy" he exclaimed eager
ly. This is our last holiday. Let's be
merry. We can forget it tomorrow If
you like when we begin all over again,
but maybe it will be worth remember
ing" He assisted her to the seat and
then leaped up beside her. Were off!'
he cried. his voice quivering.
1T is absolute madness. DEAR" she
said, but her eyes were sparkling with
the Joy of recklessness. Away went
the trap and the two light hearts. Mrs.
Gray turned from a window in the
house with tears In her eyes. To her
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Brewster sat as one paralyzed.

BrelDster sat as one paralyzed.
sound would come forth when he
opened his lips to speak, but the tones
were steady, natural and cold as steel.
II am sorry l can't tell you about
this" he said, SO gravely that his hear
ers were silenced. ut is a business
matter of such vital Importance that
must ask you to excuse me for an
hour or SO. will explain everything
tomorrow. Please don't be uneasy. II
you will do me the honor to grace the
board Of an absent host I'll be most
grateful. It Is imperative that I go
and at once. I promise to return in an
hour" He was standing, his knees as
stiff as iron.
"Is it anything serious?" asked De-
Mile.
"What! Has anything happened"
came in hating, frightened tones from
Peggy.
1T concerns me alone, and It II pure
ly of business nature. Seriously, I
can't delay going for another minute.
It is vital. In an hour I'll return. Peg.
gy, don't be worried-don't be dis
tressed about me. Go on and have
a good time, everybody, and you'll ind
me the jolliest fellow Of all when I
come back. It's II o'clock. I'll be here
by on the 23d of September"
LET me 60 with you," pleaded Per.
~ TREMENDOUSLY as she followed hin
into the hallway.
II must go alone" he answered.
Don't worry, little woman. It viii
be all right"
His kiss sent chill to the very boz
tom Of Peggy's heart.
Continued next week.
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CHAPTER XXX.

X0NTY, you are breaking my
WI heart" was the first and aa-
ly appeal Mrs. Gray ever
4 4 made to him. 1t was two
days before the 23d, and it did not come
until after the secondhand store men
had driven away from her door with
the bulk of his clothing in their way
on. She and Peggy had seen little OF
Brewster, and his nervous restlessness
alarmed them. His return was the
talk Of the town. Men tried 70 shua
him. but he persistently wasted some
portion Of his fortune on his unwilling
subjects. When he gave 5000 in cash
to home for newsboys even his
friends jumped to the conclusion that
he was mad. 1t was his only gift -
charity, and he excused his motive in
giving at this time by recalling Sedg-
wick's injunction to give sparingly to
charity" Everything was gone from
bis thoughts but the overpowering
eagerness to get rid of few trouble
some thousands. He felt like an out
cast, a pariah, Il hated object that in
leCleu every Out Will MuOlu nc CdDlc
In contact. Sleep was almost impos-
sible; eating was Il farce. He gave
elaborate suppers whiGS he did not
touch Already his best friends were
discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of putting
him in Il sanitarium, where his mind
might be preserved. His case was
looked upon as peculiar in the history
of mankind. No writer could find a
parallel; no one could imagine COM
parison.
Mrs. Gray met him in the hallway
Of her home as he was nervously peck
citing the $50 he had received in pay
ment for his clothes. Her face was
like that of a ghost. He tried to an
swer her reproof, but the words would
not corle, and he fled to his room, lock-
ing the door after him. He was at
work there ON the transaction that was
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PfSNSsSf'
did not tell him that all the kilograms
they had sent to Swearengen Jones in
the past two weeks had been returned
to the New York office as unclaimed In
Butte. The telegraph company report
ed that Mr.. Jones was not to be found
and that he had not been seen In Butte
since the Sd Of September. The law
yers were hourly expecting word from
Montana men to whom they had tele
graphed for information and advice.
They were extremely nervous, but
Montgomery Brewster was too eager
and excited to notice the fact.
"a tall, bearded stranger was here
this morning asking for you. Mr.. Brew
ster." said Ripley. his head bent over
some papers on his desk.
"Ah, Jones. I'm sure! I've always
imagined him with long beard" said
Monty, relief in his voice.
1T was not Jones. We know Jones
quite well. This man was a stranger
and refused to give his name. He said
he would call at Mrs. Gray's this after
noon"
did he look like constable or a bill
collector? asked Monty. with laugh
He looked very much like tramp"
well. we'll forget him for the time
being" said Monty. drawing the report
from his pocket Would you mind
looking over this report. gentlemen
I'd like to know If it is In proper form
to present to Mr. Jones'"
Grants hand trembled as he took
the carefully folded sheet from Brew
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CHAPTER XXI.

n DON after noon on the 22d of
September Monty folded his re-
port to Swearengen Jones, stuck
- 1t into his pocket and sailed
forth. A parcel delivery wagon had
carried of mysterious bundle a few
minutes before. Mrs. Gray could not
conceal her wonder, but Brewster's an
swers to her questions threw little light
on the mystery. He could not tell her
the big bundle contained the receipts
that were to prove his sincerity when
the time came to settle with Mr.. Jones.
Brewster had used his own form Of re-
ceipt for every purchase. The little
stub receipt books had been made to
order for him and not only he, but ev-
cry person in his employ, carried one
everywhere. No matter how trivial the
purchase, the person who received a
dollar of Brewster's money signed a re-
ceipt for the amount. Newsboys and
bootblacks were the only beings who
escaped the Formally; tips to walters.
porters, cabbies, ETC., were recorded
and afterward put into a class by
themselves. Receipts for the few dol
lars remaining in his possession were
to be turned over on the morning Of the
23d and the general report was not to
be completed until 8 o'clock on that
day.
He kissed Peggy goodby, told her to
be ready for drive at o'clock, and
then went off to find Joe Bragdon and
Elon Gardner. They met him by ap-
pointment, and to them he confded his
design to be married on the following
day.
"You can't afford it, Monty" explod-
ed Joe fearlessly. Peggy is too good
girl. 1t isn't fair to her."
I'VE have agreed to begin life tomor-
row. Wait and see the result. think
it will surprise you. Incidentally it IL
up to me to engage minister's serv-
ices. It's going to be quiet, you know.
Joe, you can be my best man II you
like, and, Gardie, I'll expect you 70
sign your name as one Of the Wit
nesses. Tomorrow evening we'll have
supper at Mrs. Gray's, and among
those present will not comprise a very
large list, assure you. But We'll talk
about that later on. Just now I want
to ask you fellows to lend me enough
money to pay the preacher. I'll return
1t tomorrow afternoon"
"Well, I'm blessed" exclaimed Gard
ner, utterly dumfounded by the nerve
Of the man. Gardner promised to have
the minister at the Gray house the next
morning. Monty's other request-made
In deep seriousness-was that Peggy
was not to be told Of the little transac-
ton. He then hurried off to the Office
of Grant & Ripley. The bundles Of re-
ceipts had preceded him.
Has Jones arrived in town." was
his first anxious question after the
greetings.
HE Is not registered at any Of the
hotels" responded Mr.. Grant, and
Brewster did not see the troubled look
that passed over his face.
Hell show up tonight, I presume"
said he complacently. The lawyers
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ne nad not me power 20 sxpFvys IN
emotion. How he maintained control
of himself afterward he never knew.
Some powerful, kindly force asserted
itself, coming to his relief with the
timeliness Of a genie. Gradually It
began to dawn upon him that the 9TH
ers were waiting for him to read the
message aloud. He was not sure that
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guy n- incense ana to pay me minis
ter's fee. Not only would he be penni-
less on the day Of settlement, but he
would be In debt. So changed was the
color Of the world to him now that even
the failure to win Sedgwick's millions
could not crush out the new life and
the new joy that had come to him with
the winning Of Peggy Gray.
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DIR. Hall, the veterinarian, can b
reached by telephone 2lS3, or by calling
at l02 South Selah avenue.
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Are you thinking of houseclean-
ing? If so see Jackson and Walker
at Jackson's barber shop. 7-2ts
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Hop twine orders taken now.
Prices low Coffin Bros. 5-tf
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MONTGOMERY BREWS1E Err.
"It's rather broad, you see, gentle
men, but there are receipts for every
dollar, barring some trifing inciden
tails. He may think dissipated the for
tune, but l defy him or any one else
to prove that have not had my mon
ey's worth. To tell you the truth, it
has seemed like a hundred million. If
any one should tell you that 1t is an
easy matter to waste million dollars
refer him to me. Last fall l weighed
1870 pounds; yesterday l barely moved
the beam at 140. Last fall there was
not wrinkle in my face, nor did l
have white hair You see the result
Of overwork, gentlemen. 1t will take
physically, but think l can do it with
the vacation that begins tomorrow. In
cidentally I'm going to be married to-
morrow morning, just when l am poor
er than / ever expect to be again.
still have few dollars to spend, and
must be about it. Tomorrow will ac-
count for what spend this evening.
1t is now covered by the 'sundries'
item, but I'll have the receipts to show
all right. See you tomorrow morning"
He was gone, eager to be with Peg
gy, afraid to discuss his report with
the lawyers. Grant and Ripley shook
their heads and sat silent for long
time after his departure.
I'VE ought to hear something definite
before night" said Grant, but there
was anxiety in his voice.
II wonder" unused Ripley, as if to
himself, "how he will take it If the
worst should happen"
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= DON after noon ON the 22d Of
September Monty folded his re-
port to Swearengen Jones, stuck
- 1t into his pocket and sailed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
PIoughs with HeadIimbts.

The steam plough has become a IA
m:llar object i'll western Kansas Man
ayers of the big implement houses say
hat about 600 are in use on the western
ana central Kanas plains wherever the
fields are large enough and the ground
level enough to permit their operation
All through the western portions of the
wheat belt big traction engines, with wheel
tires nearly yard wide, are at work
pulling the gang ploughs and turning UP
the soil at the rate of 80 acres . day,
with two men working each outfit. These
two men, working in the old way, could
plough only about six acres a day, so that
the steam plough has increased the eff
cheney of labor fivefold in this one charac-
ter of farm work
These outfits cost about $1,000. but
the expense of ploughing averages only
about 40 cents an acre, as compared with
an expense of 10 cents to S150 an acre
where the work is done by a man with a
team. Therefore farmer who owns 1000
acres of wheat land can save enough in
few years to pay for a steam plough.
The rush to get the fall ploughing
finished while the ground is in good con-
dition has prompted some farmers to run
their steam ploughs at night, with great
eiaring headlight cleaning across the
fields as we'll as in the daytime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Race Disturbances

At Mobile, Ala, 200 masked men held
up train and took two negroes from the
sheriff at noon and hanged them. The
men were accused of attacking white girls.
The conductor had the train held so that
the passengers might see the hanging. the
men being hanged on a tree close beside
the railroad track. The sheriff and his
deputies were disarmed.
Only the presence of troops at Macon,
Ga, prevented the recurrence of an at
tempt to lynch a negro who had shot
two white men of that city. The mob
had broken its way into the Jail that
night and released several white men
charged with murder, one negro was shot
but not killed, but the prisoners had been
spirited away. The father of one of the
wounded white men pleaded with the mob
to let the law take its course Later the
accused negro was secretly taken to At
lanta.
George Blackburn. a negro of Argenta,
Ark, who was arrested on suspicion of
being the man who fired from ambush on
two white men. was taken from jail Mon
day night and lynched. Later it appear
ed, Blackburn was not the guilty man.
Four hundred negroes deserted their
homes and went to Little Rock, because
they were afraid for their lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
FRAULEIN KRUPP MARRIED
Although Kaiser Was Present. Sim
pIicffy Marked Ceremo1


At Essen, Germany, in the little chapel
erected especially for the purpose on the
magnificent grounds of the Krupn man
sion, the religious ceremony was ner-
formed which made Bertha Krunn. the
richest woman in the world. the bride of
Lieut.. Gustav Won BohIen ind Hal
bach, a penniIess German noble. The
civil ceremony which legally made the
couple man and wife was performed Sat
urday afternoon.
Although the ceremony was performed
in the presence o. Kaiser William. rep
resentatives OF many noble families and
aristocratic personages generally, sim
plicity was the keynote of the whole we'd
ding. Mingled with the aristocratic and
royal wedding guests, also, were deputa-
tons of workingmen representing The en-
ployes of the great krupp industries.
Fifty workingmen were in the wedding
party and they attended not only the
church ceremony. but the wedding ban
quet. From the krupp mansion the we'd
ding party passed on foot to. the chanel.
Kaiser Wilhelm, who arrived on a special
train just in time for the ceremony. took
his place near the altar and the service
began. When the ceremony had been
concluded, Kaiser Wilhelm. wearing the
uniform of field marshal, saluted the
bride, kissing her on both cheeks. He
then congratulated the groom ind spoke
to Nine. Krupp.
simple wedding banquet was served
in the dining room of the Krupp man
sion. In an eloquent speech in which he
dwelt upon his friendship for the late
Baron Krupp, Bertha's father, the Kaiser
proposed the health of the young couple.
After the banquet came an unusual cere-
mony which illustrates the sentiment of
the Krupp family in always recognizing
its humble origin. Bertha Krupp's great
grandfather, founder of the family. was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
STEAL $4,000 FROM BANKER.
Burglars Make Big Haul at Summer
Home of G. Lewis Boisseyafn.

Burglars Make Big Haul at Summer
Home of G. Lewis Boissevain-
1t was made kno the other night
that the summer home Of G. Logis Bots
seTain, situated in the heart OF the colony
Of wealthy persons at Mount Kiscoe. y.
Y, had been robbed of more than $4,000
in jewels and cash. Mr.. Boissevain is
the head of a banking house in New York
City. The circumstances attending the
robbery puzzle detectives. There is no
evidence that an entrance was forced into
the house and no ransacking of the place
Only small safe secreted in the wall and
holding the jewels had been broken into.
No one can enter the village of Nyack
now after dark without being held up by
an armed officer and compelled to explain
his business. Every outlet Of the town is
being guarded in an effort - capture the
burglars who have been spreading terror
through that and other villages of Rock
land county. In Spring Valley the streets
are patrolled nightly by a self-appointed
vigilance committee. The same condition
OF affairs prevails in Tallmans, Sutfern,
Pearl River and Piermont. Over seventy
five houses have been robbed since last
August. and in every instance the burg
lars have escaped. 1t is the opinion that
the robberieS in Rockland county are the
work of yeggmen. There have been many
evidences of professional work. In some
cases an automobile was undoubtedly used
by the burglars. 1t is estimated that the
Durglaries in Rockland county recently
have resulted in the loss of $4,000 in
money and Yaluables.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
LAND KING IS DEAD.
Owner of 100000 Acres in United
States Succumbs.

Owner of 100000 Acres in CnlfeO
States Succumbs.
Word has been received in Springfield,
H., that Lord William Scully, whose
ownership of so much fine land some
years ago caused considerable agitation
against alien landlords, has just died IN
England. Lord Scully owned 100000
acres in this country, 10000 of which are
IN Logan county, 10000 in Livingston
county, and 1000 in Sangamon county,
Ill. William Scully a few years ago be-
came a naturalized citizen of the United
States and bought a home in Washington,
which he leased to Gen. Alger. He came
to Lincoln, H., in 1850, without means.
He earned enough money to buy a few
acres of land and kept adding to them
until he was the largest land owner in
that section. He was 50 years old. He
is survived by a widow and three chill
dren. Lord Scully's lands were without
improvements except for tiled drains. He
rented his lands for much less than ada
cent lands brought their owners, but he
expected his tenants to supply the i'm
provements. He secured a thrifty class
of people to cultivate his lands and many
of them have lived on them for many
years, making enough to buy lands else
where. Scully never sold any land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

Mrs. Lena Cowd.n. daughter Of Bishop
Henry &. Potter and wife Of Winthrop
Cowdin Of New York. committed suicide
at Hallock's Sanitarium in Cromwell,
Conn, by hanging herself. The utmost
secrecy was maintained regarding her
death and the fact that she had ended
her life did not become known until after
The issuance Of the death certificate by the
town medical examiner. DR.. Bush. Mrs.
Cowdin had been a patient in the santa
rum for four weeks, suffering from mel
ancholia. Her desire to have absolute
peace and quiet resulted in the authori-
ties Of the sanitarium placing an entire
cottage at her disposal. while several
nurses were assigned to care for her. but
she succeeded in Guiding them. Mrs.
Cowdin was Bishop Potter's second
daughter She was A years old. Her
husband is a wealthy wool manufacturer
Of Passaic y. T.. well known in New
York social circles. They were married
on Nov 3, 1886.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25

where she lived from 1917 to 1861, dur
ing her husbands terms as Senator and
Secretary of War.
Mrs. Davis was always a southern
woman in spirit and temperament and
strongly impressed with the confederate
cause, and was of great assistance to her
husband in the trying times of the Civil
War. During the first years of Mr.. Da-
Wis imprisonment his wife was not per-
mitted to be with him, but later she re-
manned with him at Fortress Monroe.
She acted as his amanuensis when he
wrote his Decline and Fall of the Con-
federate Government and since his death
in 1889 had published extensively in
newspapers mad magazines. She was also
the author of simple but touching biog-
raphy of her husband, entitled Jefferson
DaVis-A Memoir by His Wife,
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Short News Notes.

The Mayfeld wooden mills at Louisville,
KY, were damaged $3J0,00O by fire.
Two trolley cars collided head on at
Trenton, \. j., and several persons were
injured.
Baron Paul Won Mathies, a private
chamberlain Of the Pope, who recently
became a priest, was received at Rome
by the Pope. who created him monsig-
more and appointed him a priest at Gin
cinnati.
Prodigal as the Rothschilds were and
are. nearly all of them have one trait in
common. They will give thousands wiun-
out a moments hesitation; they will not
be feeced a penny after half an hours
discussion.
The convocation of the second peace
conference at The Hague is being urged
BY Great Britain and also by Russia. the
latter wishing to show that the internal
situation in that country is again becom-
ing normal.
Members of the Lithographers' Inter
national Protective and Beneficial Asso
citation of the United States and Canada.
who have been on strike at New York
since last August in support of a demand
for a forty-eight-hour week, will have the
support of the International Federation
of Lithographers of Europe.
Because confinement of bees in a show
window was held cruel, as the bees had no
chance to take exercise. G. X. Stevenson.
a Pittsburg grocer, will send them out to
the country for fresh air.
Ex-Gov. Magoon of the Panama canal
zone while on the isthmus organized
nolice force of Jamaica negroes, who. he
saws. are efficient. They are all proud
of being British subjects.
Judge Anderson in the federal court at
indianapolis has set Nov. u as the date
for the hearing of all demurrers in the
sn;t of the United States against the Ma
tional Association OF Retail Druggists and
others charging Illegal restraint of trade
and unlawful prevention of competition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-25
Toledo Strike Injunction.

United States Judge Taylor of Toledo
granted a sweeping injunction against the
members of the machinists' association
on strike at the Pope-Toledo Company.
forbidding them from interfering in any
way with the company's business or en-
ployes. The company complains that the
local authorities had refused to give
proper protection from the strikers. The
injunction forbids any sort of threat or
persuasion to induce employees to quit the
company's service, and prohibits strikers
congregating near the plant. While the
strikers continued to use the threat of
a national sympathetic movement. the To-
cal branch of the National Metal Trades
Association sought to influence public
opinion by large advertisements in the
papers contending that the strike was not
a question of wages or hours. They say
they are prejudiced against no man be
cause a member of the union.