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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-07-11
CHAPTER XXI
Theresa's Last Secret.


make their venture with Theresa Won
Lynar.
mo fools like old fools!" grumbled
Jorian sententiously, as he buckled on
his scarinated breastplate, that could
shed aside bolts, quarrels and even bull
lets from powder guns as the PROV of
a vessel sheds the waves to either side
in a good northerly wind.
"Tis you should know" retorted
Boris being both old and a fool"
"a man is known by the company
he keeps" answered Jorian.
"Ah!" sighed his companion, 81
would that I had the choosing of the
company 1 am to keep this night"
"And Il" assented Jorian, looking
solemn for once as he thought of pref
ty Martha Pappenheim.
"Well we do it from a good motive"
said Boris; that is one comfort. And
if we lose our lives, Prince Conrad will
order many masses (they will need to
be very many for your souls peace
and good quittance from purgatory!"
"Humph!" said Jorian, as if he did
not see much comfort in that, ''I would
rather have box on the ear from Mar
tina Pappenheim than all the mathis of
all the priests that ever sung laud!"
"Canst have that and welcome-if
her sister will do as WE'LL" cried Anna,
as the two men went out into the long
stone passage.
"Oh! l have hurt my hand against
that hard helmet. 1t serves me right
for lstening Marthe!"-she looked
oh f<- L
the soldiers.
See, 1 have hurt my hand" she
added
Then she made the tears we'll up in
her eyes by an art of the tongue she
had.
Kiss it well, Marthel" she said,
looking up at her sister as she came
along the passage swinging a lantern
as carelessly as if there were not a
Muscovite in the world.
But Boris forestalled the newcomer
and caught the small white hand in
the soft leathern grip of his palm
where the mail stopped.
i will do that better than any Sis
teri" he said.
That, indeed, you cannot: for only
the kiss of love can make a hurt bet
teri"
well, then, 1 love you'll" said Boris,
VINO aid his wooing plainly
And did not kiss her hand.
meanwhile the others had wandered
10 the end of the passage and now
stood at the turnpike staircase. the
llent OF Martha Pappenheim's lantern
- naming a dim haze of light about
them.
anna looked at Boris as often as she
could.
l. you really love me?" she ques-
.ioned. No, you cannot; you have
nno"n me too brief a time. Besides,
al ms is no time to speak of love, with
'"e enemy at the gates!''
Iush!" said Boris. with the rough.
80: "nlch Anna had looked for in
. srln among all the youth of CORTLAND.
, Oe" you girl, it is the time. You and
-, .e 10 Courtlanders, God be thanked,
- "1Cie while l shall ride away back
" riassenburg, which is place where
, ,uen i've. | shall not go alone. You.
' S0 anna, shall come. tool,
M, .ou are not deceiving me?" she
nTh alureu' looking up upon occasion.
vo,, is none at Plassenburg whom
you love at ALP"
nave never loved any woman hut
'ou! said Boris. settlino bis 90
NAV ny adding mentally, though /
then, thought l did when l told
med;ta.. any mani" said Anna, softly
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-07-11

would succor, but it takes time to raise
the country, and long ere he can cross
the frontier the Russian will have
worked his will in CORTLAND Now /
see a way-a woman's way. And If
fall in the doing of it, Welt but go
to meet him for the sake of whose
children l freely give my life. In this
bear me witness.
Madam" said Boris, gravely, 1--WE
are but plain soldiers. We pretend not
to understand the great matters of
state of which you speak But rest as
sured that we will serve you with our
lives, bear true witness, and in all
things obey your word implicitly"
Without difficulty they passed
through the streets and warded gates.
They plunged into the darkness of the
outer night. At first in the swirl of
the storm the three could see nothing;
but gradually the watchfires of the
Muscovite came out thick-sown like
stars on the rising, grounds on both
sides of the ALA. Presently they began
to descend into the valley, the iron
shod feet of the men blinking upon the
stepped in thought, laying a hand on
arm or shoulder as she had occasion.
Suddenly tall Boris stopped dead and
with a sweep of his arm halted the
others.
"There!" he whispered, pointing up
ward.
And against the glow thrown from
behind ridge they could see pair of
Cossacks riding to and fro ceaselessly,
dark against the ruddy sky.
Captains Boris and Jorian," Their
esa was speaking with quietness, rails
ing her voice just enough to make her.
self heard over the roar of the wind
overhead, for the nook in which they
presently found themselves was shell
tered, 81 bid you adieu-it may be
farewell You have done nobly and
like two valiant captains who were fit
to war with Henry the Lion. I thank
you You will bear me faithful wit
ness in the things of which have\spo-
ken to you. Take this ring from me.
not in recompense, but in memory 1t
is a bauble worth any ladys accept
ance. And you this dagger" She
took two from within her mantle and
gave one to Jorian at is good steel
and will not fail you The fellow of
it l will keep"
"as you have commanded, so will we
dol"
And as they had been hidden they
withdrew into a clump of willow and
alder
"Yonder woman is Drawer than you
or I, Jorian," said Boris, as crouching
they watched her climb the ridge
(Which Of us would do as much for
any on the eartL?"
after all, it is for her son. If you
had children. who can say"
Whether l may have children or no
concerns you not" returned Boris,
who seemed unaccountably rufied. 81
only know that l would not throw
away my life for bakers dozen of
them"
Upon the skyline Theresa Won Lynar
stOod-a moment looking backward to
She motioned them backward with
her hand
Abide there among bushes till you
see a man come out to meet me. Then
depart, and till you have good reason
keep the last secret of Theresa, wife of
Henry the Lion of Kernsberg and Ho-
henstein"
Boris and Jorian bowed themselves
as low as the straitness of their armor
would permit.
1--WE thank you, madam" they said
make SIRE that her late ecoort uac
hidden. Then she took a whistle from
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the only man visible. The Mexican
leaped on the bar and field to the
brush
The Indians ran across the open,
saw Morse and his companions in
the boat, and opened fire on them.
Victorio fell with a wound in the
shoulders; his weight capsized the
boat. The men were foundering in
the muddy marsh, and the Indians,
coming up both sides Of the creek,
sent the bullets whistling into the
tules where they had been seen.
"Under the boat, Victorio!" wills
pered Morse.
He dragged the frightened native
beneath the water, for already two
Of the Yaquis were wading through
the tules; across the stream others
prevented any escape by the open
water.
Under the capsized boat, Morse and
Victorio thrust their heads above the
water in a dim greenish light They
sank in the swamp to their necks.
They could hear nothing except their
own hoarse breathing, loud in the
confined space. The air quickly be-
came FOUL and Morse cautiously
raised the gunwale Of the craft
Not twenty feet from them the
back of a warrior showed, reflected,
too, in the clear water. He was sunk
to his waist, alert, silent, watching
the creek. The Indians supposed the
men had dived into the deeper water
course Another Yaqui was splash
ing to the reedy margin.
Morse lowered the rim of the boat
and waited In a moment the air
became heavy, the suspense into1er-
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able. Poor Victoria, sinking in the
mud, with his wound reddening the
water, was helpless, clinging to
thwart with one arm Morse feared
that he would faint in the close air.
Morse forced the gunwa1e up on
his broad shoulders The Indians
stood silent as statues, with rifles
raised above the water, holding their
cartridge belts in their teeth, for they,
too, were sinking in the ooze. Across
the creek their comrades were plum
dering the camp. Morse lowered the
boat and waited in cramped despair.
Then there came violent shove
at the boat, dragging the imprisoned
men off their feet The Indians were
trying to force it shoreward. Morse
siezed the thwarts, holding back, and
the warriors tried then to right the
craft. One took the rope and hauled,
and another pushed at the stern so
close that Morse could have trod on
the fellows toes in the mire.
The Indians strained and tugged,
calling for aid The two miners held
desperately, checking in the foul air,
and the bucks simply submerged
themselves neck-deep in the tu1es.
cts all up, Victoria" groaned
Morse, when the Indians shook and
rocked the boat. LETS cut and run.
Can you swim with that arm?"
But the Indians, with their precious
rifles endangered from the water, sud
denly left this task in disgust, and
made for the solid bank, mystihed
at the obstinacy of the apparently
empty craft. After bit, Morse eau
tiosuly raised the edge of the boat.
The party had gathered near the
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| him out, the Sonorenos capsized the
boat, and Penny again all but lost his
life.
Morse begged him to desist, but
Penny, who was now learning how to
keep his feet in the current at the
bottom, would not consent. The four
men constructed rude dam and
platform above the pool to divert the
swift, shallow stream, and to afford
a vantage ground from which to at
tend to the diving apparatus from
above. On this plank bulkhead Morse
and the natives worked the pump,
while Penny explored the sands Of
F, the hole. This bulwark cost infinite
labor, but after some weeks the Yam
kee pector-diver began to bring
out coarse gold from the gravel
strata below. The pocket was rich,
and the men determined either to
drain the pool in some manner so
that it could be worked, or else i'm
port a dredge and scoop out the
golden sands.
Meanwhile Penny explored the dim
amber depths, while Morse, and An
| dreas Micheltorena dubbed mike"
| by the Americans, lazily attended to
the pump and hauled up the baskets
of rich slime, sand and mud to be
washed. The other peon was busted
about the camp'a hundred yards away
on the rocky bank.
One warm afternoon Penny was be-
low on his short shifts-for it took
him long to become accustomed to
the uncouth rig-with mike" at the
liferope. Morse and Victorio were
padding the boat into the tule swafp
in search Of a water fowl which the
miner had shot a few minutes be-
fore
The arms Of the party were all at
the little camp, where utensils, sup
plies, and "dust" were stored, with
no thought Of trespassers. They were
in a wild country, but had no par
ticular intimation of danger, since the
turbulent Indians Of the interior rare
| ly came to the coast.
But stray party Of Yaquis, on
their way to the annual tribe gather
ing on the Guaymas river, had hap
pened On the camp the day before,
and noted it's defence1ess position.
Seeming rich loot of gold and equally
precious ammunition, a small party
of warriors had trailed back, lurking
in the hills for chance to plumber.
1t came that afternoon. The willy
bucks crept almost between the camp
and its occupants, among the bou1-
ders.
Suddenly the cracking Of half a
dozen rifles broke on the air, and bull
lets showered about Micheltorena,
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quaintance, have long taken pleasure
in relating ludicrous and yet serl-
Gus adventure that befell them while
washing for gold along the coast Of
Sonora, in Mexico, some years ago.
With the aid of two natives they were
working over gravel bar in small
stream with Indifferent success. Be-
low this bar, over which the creek
water ripp1ed in thin streams, there
was a deep pool that shoaled off on
one side to a sandy beach and on the
other into a dense "tule" marsh,
where great lily-pads were also part
of the semi-tropical vegetation.
Penny, one of the miners, big
Yankee of humorous bent of mind
and with a keen eye for original
methods of getting on in the world;
had conceived the idea that in this
pool below the bar there must be
coarse gold washed from the stretch
es above, where they already had
found "color"
He had so impressed his partner
with this idea that they had tried to
drain the pool When that met with
little success, they attempted to use
a crude dredge which had shown just
enough of the rich sand to confirm
Penny's belief, without being practi
cable The bedrock of the creek
wherever they struck it made the
men believe that the twenty-foot pool
was a golden pocket. They were will
ing to undertake the expense Of drain
ing the hole thoroughly if their opin
ion was confirmed
When Penny came back from his
"grubstake" trip to Guaymas, he
brought strange outfit, the like of
which Morse, the old Californian, had
never seen before.
"What's that awful thing?" he ask
ed the smiling Penny.
"That?" said the Yankee "That's
diving suit. 1t cost $500 and dead
cheap at the price. Some chaps who
had been trying pearl fishing in the
lower gulf were stranded, and were
trying to sell the suit and pump in
a junk shop. I had brilliant idea,
and gobbed it up quick! I'm going
to explore the ho1e!"
Morse was used to his genial part
ner's whims, but this was startling.
The plainsman declared that the "sea
critter" got on his nerves. 1t was a
frightful looking monster, with Penny
inside-a rather Anticipated affair of
its kind, with copper helmet and
plates, rubber dress, and two great,
staring eyes.
The buckles, brass studs and screws
led Morse to 1iken it to an immense
horned toad; and the two natives,
when they saw Penny in it for the
first time, were frightened, and be-
came loud in predictions of evil from
its use. Morse, too, had misgivings
about it's safety.
The first time that Penny went
down, with Morse and the natives
attending to the pump and lifeline
from the boat, the weights were ILL
adjusted, and he landed on his head
in the mud. It was only after frantic
signals and much exertion that he
was extricated The next time the
valves were loose, and Penny nearly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
WEST ENDS STRENGTHENED
Moline Football Team Secures New
Material That Promises Well.

Adolph Johnson, left half back of
last years team. has been elected can
tain of the Moline West End football
eleven. Owing to the illness of Lock.
hart, the quarterback who proved
such tower of strength to the war.
riors last year, will be out of the game
all season. Lockhart underwent an
operation for appendicitis last week.
and will not be in condition all fall 20
don the moleskins Sinnet of Rock
Island. new man. is showing well IS
a candidate for quarterback. and Olson
is proving a conner for the same posi-
ton. Olson was substitute quarter
back last year. The West Ends have
also been materially strengthened by
the addition of Wooten of Peoria and
Hefferman of Pontiac, Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

Billy Purtell. Decatur's third base
man. who has been sold to the White
SOX, has seen Larry Doyle i'll actio
and writes to the Decatur Herald that
Doyle says the Giants can't win pen
nants until some of the old ones arc
Topped off. Purtell saw Saturdays
double header at Cincinnati where
about all the playing for the Giants
was done by Doyle. Purteu, in his
letter. says:
otto Wagner and | just returned
from the ball game this afternoon be-
tween Cincinnati and New York ana
before going out to see the sights de
cided to write and tell you that We
saw the Giants get two good drubbinSs
in double header We saw Larry
Doyle, former third baseman on the
Springfield team. and had a nice chat
with him. He says he likes playing
with New York fine, but has little CON
fidence i'll the ability of the Giants to
win any pennants until they get some
Of the old heads off the team He
says they are too much like worn ont
machinery.
Larry secured special seats for us
and it is mighty lucky that he did. as
the park was jammed He played n
fine game himself and if the Others
had done so well the Giants would not
have lost either game. He got one al
| the Giants four hits in the first game
and two of the six in the second. He
had seven chances i'll both games and
handled them all without wObblc
Both of Cincnnati's pitchers werc
new men and the fact that they wOI
their first games against McGinniN
| and Taylor makes them stand pretty
| high in the estimation of Cincinnati
fans.
| I'VE will remain here all night ans
in the morning will start for home
| Otto to Toledo and myself to Colum
bus. | had hoped to get orders to re
port TO the White SoX before | LEFT
| Decatur, but guess | won't be witt
them now until next spring. I an
/ going to take things easy when | ge
/ home until the basket ball season rolls
around again, and then | am going /
get team together and win another
city championship. | may play in .
few games of ball with Independent
city teams yet"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
Get THEIR FILL
Islanders Surfeit With Country
Dinner and Turn to and do
Up Biggsville.
KEEP SCORE DOWN TO 18 TO 2
Murphy Carries Off Honors in Fishing
Contest-Trip Not a Success in
Financial Way.

BigSsville, H., Sept. 25.-(Argus
Special) Islanders filed up on
1 good country dinner yesterday and
,hen went out into the meadows and
by hitting the ball to the four corners
Of the earth amassed IS runs to for
their hosts. They could have made il
30 if they had cared to be real mean
but that MONDAY bill of fare softened
their hearts.
There was nothing to the game bU;
nit and run and the local outfieldeIs
were carried away on stretchers after
they had run their legs off chasing
doubles, three baggers and homers
Score.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

too tough and vigorous to fall for a 10
count. and that they will wallop gal
lantly until the final gong. \ couple
of knockdowns are anticipated, but the
chance of either going out is remote.
Packey Mcfarland and Joe Galligan,
who were matched to furnish the wind
up at the Coliseum Monday night, have
'asrccd to stand by the articles they
signed for that affair in hopes an out
of-town club will bid for the match.
Packey has a tilt on with Kid Good
man, which is scheduled to take place
lat Fort Wayne Oct 23.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island Sept. 25.-Foll0wing are
the wholesale quotations on the marke-
today:
Provisions and Produce.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens 121al
per lib; hens. per ID, SC to SC:
ducks. per pound, 9 to 1Oc; turkeys, PEE
pound, lac to 15c; geese, per pound
| 8 to 10c.
Butter-Dairy, 20 to 22c.
Lard--10c to lie.
! Eggs-Fresh. 17G1S.
egetables-Potatoes, Coo; onions.
GOc.
Live Stock.
Hogs-$5.500 $625.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
/ s5.75; lambs, $3.50 to $6.75.
| Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to $500; cows
and heifers, 81 to $500; calves, $3.50 10
5000.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-COn, zoe; oats. 4Jc.
| FOrage-Timothy, Sl0@$13; prairie
$9@$12; new. sS0310; clover, $l0n
$12; straw, $GG$S.
Woodland, per load, So to $3.50.
Coal-Lump. bushel, IS to lac; slack
per bushel, to &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
ORIGINAL LINEUP
FOR GAMES HERE
Islanders and Burlington Complete Ar.
engagements for Local Contests
Saturday and Sunday.

Dan O'Leary, who is managing the
Islanders on their transforming tour,
i'll communication with The Argus over
the telephone today, stated positively
that Rock Island and Burlington will
play here Saturday and Sunday He
said both teams will come here Friday
night just as they have been playing
of late, without any change in the
lineup. Burlington is keeping the team
together to play at Keokuk Oct. I. Sat
urday's game here will be called at > 80
and Sundays at > o'clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
SCORES ARE HIGH
Wind Renders Good Work on
Golf Links in Mems Handi-
cap Matches impossible.
FIRST ROUNDS ARE PLAYED
Results Generally More or Less One
Sided-Semi-FinaIs Are on
This Afternoon.

The first round i'll the final matches
for the mems handicap cups of the
Rock Island Arsenal Golf club were
played yesterday afternoon The high
wind made low scoring an impossible
ity. The results of the matches were
as follows:
First Cup.
Gus Tegeler won from PauIo Rodde
wig, 6 up, 3 to play.
c. J. Cooper won from c. E. Hansen
3 up, / TO play.
a. H. McCandless won from C. B
Schmidt, 8 up, . to play.
F. G. Allen won from J. ~ Van Pat
ten, up, 3 to play.
Second Cup.
E. b. Hayward won from w. b. Mix
ter, by default.
Louis erik won from w. D. Middle
ton, 7 up, to play.
F. E. Hobbs won from Wilson Mo
Clelland, 5 up, to play.
E. B. Rabbit won from John Sam
uels, 2 up, l to play.
The semi-final matches are bein
| played this afternoon. For the first Gu
Tegeler plays Cooper and McCandIes
plays Allen. For the second cup, Hay
ward plays erik and Hobbs plays Bal
bitt.
| Prizes Presented Saturday.
| The golf prizes offered by the clu
this year will be presented to the VIII
lners at an informal reception at tn
club house Saturday afternoon, Sep
Us, at ) o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

expressed deep regret at not bein:
able to finish his career in Decatu
with pennant winners, but finds con
ISOLATION in the fact that the Commo
dores were beaten by but one Other
club. He had hoped to receive order,
from Chicago to report to White Soy
headquarters Immediately after th>
close of the Three-Eye season that h,
might at least have chance to wit
ness the worlds championship series
but now that Comiskey has Isbel
back at second, which leaves his in
field intact once more, there is II
need of Billy reporting until mex
spring. The former Commodore will
go with them on their spring train
ing trip next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25
Corn.

Corn.
September. 62H. IS, G2H, G27s.
December, 5S1a, 1914, 5SH, 5S7s.
May, 59lz, Goa, 591s, 599s.
Oats.
September, SPY, 52A, sly, 51H.
December, 527s, 527s, 511a, 511l.
May, 5I12, 541a, 1914, 53H.
Pork.
October, 14.4O. 14.47, 1892, 1885.
January, 1910, 1910, 1885, 1885.
Lard.
October, go, -, -, 90.
January, S.77, ST., SIP, S.75.
Ribs.
October. -. S.45, $50. $50.
January, 49,, SEQ, 1877, 7.97.
Receipts today - Wheat Ill. corn
5G4. oats 222, hogs $4,000, cattle IS.
coo. sheep $4,000.
Hog market opened strong, sc high
er. Hogs left over $500. Light G.05@
G.G0. mixed and butchers 5,S5@6.6o
good heavy 5000 G.55, rough heavy 5.6D
ass.
Cattle market opened steady. Beeves
4.10U7.25, COWS and heifers 1.25G 40
stOckers and feeders 2.GGM5.00.
Sheep market opened steady.
Northwestern Minneapolis
today 1876, last week 191, last year 224
Duluth, today 2S1, last week $50, las
year 291.
Liverpool opening cables-Wheat 9
to q higher. corn Z higher.
100 p. m.-Wheat Is to Is higher
corn q higher. 80 1870 p D.. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-25

The Flints.-This week The FIints,
the worlds famous hypnotists. will be
the attraction at the Illinois theate-.
Professor Flint will deliver a shoTr
address each evening upon some
phase of hypnotism which will be nice
ly illustrated. AT an expense of both
time and money, the Flints have
gathered material which has made
their performance famous throughout
the land. No source which could pos
sibly furnish anything new or novel
has been left untouched Each coun-
try on the face of the globe which
knows anything of hypnotism, has its
latest discoveries represented in these
entertainments. The entertainment is
composed of an almost endless variety
of things selected from the everyday
walks of life. The drama, opera AMI
extravaganza have each furnished
their best parts. Quaint characters
from various professions and trades
many of which show the most ludi
erous instantaneous transformations
in plain view of the audience, are al
. blended together with such nicely that