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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

men were loading lumber upon a fat
car. He crept cautiously along until
screened by intervening box cars,
then vaulted the fence and ran to-
ward the river. On the other side lay
the United States and freedom-unless
his confederate smugglers failed him.
Reaching the river he sprang out
upon the ice, splashing> straight on
with head down, through the puddles
that the sun had melted upon its sur
face. Suddenly he stopped short, arrest
ed by the rhythmic crunch of ice under
the feet of a sharp calked horse, and,
looking up, he saw a sleigh heading
straight toward him. At first he
thought it was a revenue officer and
stood ready to fight till he died rather
than be captured. Then he saw a
black plume past the horses head
and o moment later recognized Sher-
If Peterson's wife. For moment
he stared, dumfounded, then looked
desperately about him for a hiding
place. Why. of all the women in the
world, must he meet her and have her
look upon his shame? Suddenly he
Ian, led an ugly laugh. and moved
with head down straight toward the
approaching horse. and as the animal
came opposite sprang and caught the
bride.
Al Brock For q long moment the
sheriGs wife sat moionless. paralyzed
with astonishment and fear. Then she
snatehed the whip and struck the
horse across tie flank It leaped for
ward vlta q snort. but with one hand
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

a SLEIGH dashed up to the little
"a country station, and gaunt,
"a disheveled prisoner, heavily
~sA A1A handcuffed and despatched
with the slushy snow of a thawing
March day, stepped upon the platform,
closely followed by Sheriff Peterson.
He dropped down upon the baggage
truck in the STOPPING posture necessitat-
ed by the irons and looked duly out
across the whitened pastures to the riv-
er, whose wet ice glistened in the sun.
The officer stood a few feet behind
him, watching his slightest movement.
Gee! They've caught AL Brock" A
score of collarless loafers came pouring
out of the waiting room from about the
leprous stove and stared in open mouth
ed wonder at the man on the truck.
Had the redoubtable sheriff appeared
with chained lion they could not have
been more fascinated, more awed.
''It was them bloodhOunds that done
it. They tracked him forty mile through
the woods"
They ventured little nearer.
"He was in our barn for more AN a
week and lived on milk and pulped tur-
nips, but we didn't know nothing about
it till afterward. Gee"
The figure on the truck stirred, and
the crowd fell back.
Come on up nearer. He's handcuf-
ed. He can't hurt you"
Not much! He smashed Joe Porter
to a Jelly with the handouts on the last
time they took him."
A whistle screeched somewhere be-
hind an orchard the escaping steam
shot up above the trees, and as the
station master hurried out with a
mail sack and a red flag the prisoner
rose stiffly and the sheriff led him
down the platform.
The train wheeZed and clanked to a
standstill, and the two men climbed
on at the rear. Then, like a flash,
AL Brock jerked his narrowed left
hand 1.-TWO fingers and a strip of the
hand had been blown away by the
explosion of q gum from its manacle
and dealt the sheriff terrific blow
upon the head with the dangling iron,
Telling him to the floor, and before the
rear platform moved up in sight of
the loafers leaped with the senseless
man down the embankment at the
farther side of the track.
AS the train moved away Al looked
cautiously about him. The station mas
ter had removed the flag from the
edge of the platform and was entering
the waiting room. The loafers We're
hurrying away toward the corner gro
Gerry to spread the news. Half way
up the bank the sheriff lay sprawling
upon his face. At the siding three
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

raise money enough to start home as
good as Bob could give her.
A prolonged grOwl came from the
wall of ice, something snapped, and
then the entire mass moved shudder-
ingly forward. The cake on which
they lay began to settle. The wafer
crept steadily up the sides, ran into
the creyices about the edge ana reach
ed his shackled hand He drew her
closer to him and with infinite difficult
ty placed her upon his back. One dain-
ty ear curled like the petals Of 4 rose
was within a few inches of his mouth.
and he remembered as from another
world the first time he had kissed it.
The chilly water was covering his
chest now, and he rose upon his elbow.
1t reached his shoulder, his neck, his
ear; then a falling cake splashed the
water into his face For a few mo-
ments he struggled blindly, frantically,
like trapped animal, nearly losing his
hold upon her wrist. When his death
struggle came, would he abandon her
then like a selfish coward? His fingers
frightened upon her wrist with a grip
Of steel, and as wave broke over his
head he closed his eyes in anticipation
of the end.
Pop! He instinctively clutched at the
edge of the leaping cake with his man.
acled hand. They were out of water
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

Henry e. Jones of Tampa, Fla.
writes: 81 can thank God for my
present health, due TO Foley's Kidney
Cure. tried doctors and all kinds OF
kidney cures. but nothing done me
much good till I took Foley's Kidney
Cure. Four bottles cured me, and !
have no more pain in my back and
shoulders. 1 am 81 years old, and suf
fered long, but thanks to Foley's Kid
ney Cure l am we'll and can walk and
enjoy myself. It is pleasure to re-
commend it to those needing kidney
medicine J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
SINKING, EXHAUSTED, WITH HIS BURDEl
UPON THE BANK.


now, moving swiftly away on a de
tached piece of ice. The cakes had
thinned until the black water showed
everywhere between them, and the dan
ger was greater than ever before, but
he gathered her into his arms and stag
gered on.
A lane of water ten rods wide opened
before him, and he could go no farther
unless he swan. Drawing her arm
about his neck, he took her sleeve be-
tween his teeth and plunged in. The
sleeve gave way, and he closed his
teeth upon her wrist The ice they at
last reached proved rotten, breaking
under his weight again and again. FL
nally he rolled out like a log and, hook
ing his manacled wrist about a hub
drew her after him.
Shaking from his icy bath like one in
an ague fit, he was STOPPING to pick up
his burden for the final dash, wnen sud
denly he paused and looked across the
clashing, grinding blocks to the shore.
Yes, it was Bob Peterson running along
the headland to meet him. He looked
about him like hunted animal brought
to bay. Bob Peterson would have no
mercy on him, even if he had saved his
Wife's life. To go on meant ball and
chain and that horrible stone trap.
Yonder was the precipice. All he had
to do was to sit still and let the swift
current have its way. To allow her to
drift oler with him before her huS-
bands very eyes would be crOwning
revenge upon the man who had hunted
him so mercilessly. All, it was just
past that headland there where she had
cried to him in her childish voice from
the drifting boat. For a moment he
listened again to that cry as 1t rang in
his ears across the years. Then, with
set face, he snatched her up and hur-
ried on, at length sinking, exhausted,
with his burden upon the bank not ten
rods above the brink of the falls.
"Thank Godv' exclaimed the sheriff
fervently as he bent above his sill
unconscious wife. Then his eyes en-
countered those of the man who had
rescued her.
'SWell, put on the irons. There's no
more fight left in me-" gasped the
PROSTATE man defantly, holding out
his Iacerated hands.
Tor answer the sheriff produced
long blue envelope. ''Pity 1 didn't get
it yesterday. 1t would "a saved me
an ugly bat over the head" with dry
SMILE handing the envelope to his
companion.
AL, with ever increasing amazement
written upon his haggard face, ex-
amined the document till he cOmpre-
hended that it was his pardon, duly
signed by the lieutenant governor Of
the province, then slowly folded it
like a man in 9 dream. Whose work
Is this, Bob?" at length with shaky
voice.
Hers" replied the sheriff, nOdding
toward his wife. ''She wouldn't rest
night or day till she got it,
For a time Al sat quite still, the
muscles of his face working painfully.
Then he rose slowly to his battered
knees and, bending over the sheriff's
wife sobbed as can only a strong man
broken upon the wheel Of remorse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Notice 70 Settle.

Having sold the Philips house
and will not be in Lancaster longer
then May 1st, earnestly call your
attention to the fact that all ac-
counts due me must be settled on or
before May 1st. for after that time
all accounts will go into the hands
of an attorney with a fee attached
for collection.
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHOW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
New Fire Escape.

A Swiss engineer has perfected a
new fire-escape. it consists of a series
OF folding ladders, attached TO window
frames. Each ladder reaches from
one window to the next one below it.
By turning crank on any floor all Of
the frames beneath are unfolded in
less than a minute and form a con-
tinuous means Of descending to the
ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

1t is well to remember that the
mouth, even more than the eyes, is re-
spOnsible for the expression of the
face, so it is wise to devote more or
less thought to its care. Even when
afflicted with an ugly mouth by ma
ture it can be greatly modified by un
derstanding its defects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
FRESH FLOWERS al the time
at Taylor's greenhouse.
Perpetual Pencil Point.

There's a new Kind Of lead pencil
in the shops. It never grows shorter.
doesn't have to be sharpened or
peeled. The idea is to push the lead
UP into a perpetual point by means OF
a little spring in the side Of the wood
en- pencil
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Notice to Our Customers.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lungs troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiates or
other harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as safe remedy.for children
ana adults. IT. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Good Use Of Spare Moments.

Chancellor D'Aguesseau, finding that
his wife always kept him waiting a
quarter of an hour after the dinner
bell had rung, resolved to devote the
time to writing a book on jurispru-
dence. and, putting the project in exc
cution, in course of time produced a
work in, four QuartO volumes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

No home is SO pleasant, regardless
Of the comforts that money will buy,
as when the entire family is in perfect
health. A bottle of Orine Laxative
Fruit Syrup costs 80 cents. 1t will
cure every member of the family Of
constipation. sick headache or stomach
trouble. J. Z. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

Ia most cases consumption results
from neglected or improperly treat
ed cold. Foley's Honey and Tar cures
the most obstinate coughs and pre-
vents serious results. 1t costs you no
more than the unknown preparations
and you should insist upon having the
genuine in the yellow package.
J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
The Simulated Poet.

The most idiotic specimen of male
humanity who ever trod the face of
this globe, by allowing his hair to
grow two or three inches beyond the
recognized standard, would imme-
diately convince numberless women
that he possessed a poetic SOUL
London Gentlewoman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
A Cookv Wrinkle.

l learned it from a professional,
whom 1 saw setting cookies to bake
on the bottoms of pans turned upside
down. The reason for the upside
down-ness was to prevent burning. L
have done it ever since and never had
a scorched cake.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
New York Women Workers.

In Greater New York alone half a
million girls and women are partly or
wholly self-supporting Half million
women, or one-fifth of the population,
are under business and not domestic
influence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Belief of Mohammedans,

Mohammedan meals begin with salt
and end with vinegar. The salt de-
tends the believer from 20 diseases;
the vinegar assures him increased
prosperity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
SUNDAY Calls poubIe Price.

The French congress of practition-
ers, says the Journal of the American
Medical Association, has approved a
plan TO charge double rates for pro-
fessional calls made on Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

FOR SALE or Rent: farm consist
ing of 12O acres, located IA miles west
& 1000 in Sections 3O-31; good
running water and schoolhouse close
by, Dist. No. 1. Call on or address,
AUGUST SENFTLABEN, Ellenboro, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
FOR SALE CHEAP: Two second
hand horse powers.
26tf.
Good Advice,
26tf.

If you cannot be happy, give up
thinking about yourself as one who
is set in ways beyond turning, and
take the bit in your teeth figuratively
and set to work to make as many 9th
er people happy as possible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
49,.

There is nowhere q snake with
sting in its tail. nor are there any
snakes whose breath can poison even
a fly, nor does a snake, fatally hurt,
live until sunset.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure AM
case of kidney trouble that is not be
yond medical aid. J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. IF the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
If taken patiently and PERSISTENT

If taken patiently and persistently
will relieve the most obstinate cases
of indigestion, constipation, bad
blood, bad liver no matter how
long standing. That's what Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea will do.
So cents, Tea or Tablets.
J. Il. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
The on. Best Thing.

"a Philadelphia man asks the best
way to kill weeds. Personally, we find
q long wooden handle with an iron
attachment at the end, commonly
known as a hoe. very useful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

FARMS FOR SALE: have two
good farms situated in Grant county
that I viii sell on reasonable terms.
stiff Jos. H. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
and lessons ambition; beauty,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Eccnnrv.

He-You're getting your hat ruined.
She-WeU, it's au old hat. and I do
hate to wet my new umbrella
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LEADING ATTORNEYS

ACCOMMODATIONS BUCHNER
Practices in all State courts. Loans COL
lectiOnS and settlement of estates. Court
commissioner for Z. s. courts and for Cir
cult court of Or ant County.
Lancaster. Wisconsin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

In the Horse Heaven district in the
state of Washington a number Of
women have taken homestead claims
and are living on them alone to COM
ply with the conditions of the law.
This land consists of a belt twenty
five miles wide by $50 miles long. 1t
has an altitude of 1900 feet, and in
its unbroken state was a wild country
covered with sagebruSh. Many men
who took up claims there abandoned
them because of the wildness of the
country, but not one woman has yet
done so. Some of the earlier women
had to go out to work in order to
earn the money to secure the required
improvements, but succeeded in max
ing good. One of the young women
is a schOolteacher, another was
cook in an Indian school, while others
are widows who are trying to make up
for the thriftlessness of their late hus-
bands. Yet there are still persons in
the unsophisticated east that consider
woman the weaker vessel.
RR
tn the writing of memoirs and BIZ
ography many women are earning
well merited concentrations. Mrs.
Maria Freeman Gray of San Francis
CO. widow of the famous Judge Gray
who in 1868 pronounced unconstitu-
tiOnal the Iowa law debarring the en-
trance of free negroes into that state,
has contributed a fine biographical
sketch of her husband to a current
magazine. Mrs. John Watson is said
to be at work on the memoirs of her
husband, the late Ian Maclaren. Mrs.
George CORVALLIS West, widow Of
Lord Randolph Churchill, assisted her
son with the book relating to his IA
Tiers career and is said to be elabo-
rating some further biographical ma
Gerial, while Mrs Lecky, wife Of the
historian, is preparing life of her
husband. Women are particularly
successful with Iiterary work of this
kind IS the many memoirs and biOg-
raphie., of the men Of the civil war
period lear witness.
q =
One Of Miss Jane Adams latest
schemes IS to open in connection with
Hull House, Chicago, q five cent thea
ter. MARY DALE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

WELT WE'LL! WELL! It beat
all. What beats alI2 Why the Red
Trunk cigar 44-tT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
The pain in Mas head has gone,
Sees Under the surfa.

Polish FrOverb: A guest sees more
in an hour than the host in year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ATTORNEYS-LOwRY & CARTHEw.
Office in Ziegler Block.
Lancaster. Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
Peculiar Foods.

Du Chaillu, in his African travels,
speaks enthusiastically of haunch of
monkey. Other travellers are loud in
their praise of elephant carbonatjes, :"
also hippopotamus steak, and fowl
cooked. native fashion, in clay.
The pain in Mas head has gone,
She's as happy as can be,
Her health is right, her temper
bright,
Since taking HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea at night.
J. T. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

child urlnates too 9ften, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, wien the child reaches an
age when 1t shout be able to control the
passage, it IS yet lflicted with bed-wet-
ting, dependuponit, the cause of the diff
Guilty IS kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important ogans. This unpleasant
trouble is duesto diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as WE'LL s men are made miser-
able with kidnev and bladder trouble,
and both need tie same great remedy.
The mild and lie immediate effect of
Swamp=RO0ts Soon realized. 1t is sold
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

BY druggiss, IN iIfty-
cent an oue-dbllar
size bodies. You may
have { sample bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

pamphlet telling all about Swanp-Root,
Including many of the thousands of testi-
mOnial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghanton, 4. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don. make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamlo1, =. Y, on every
bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ATTORNEY-W. E. SHIMMIN.
Attorney at law Can practice in all
courts. ONCE in Basford Building. opposite
main entrance TO Court House.
Lancaster, wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

One Of Miss Jane Adams latest
schemes IS to open in connection with
Hull House. Chicago, q five cent thea
ter. MARY DALE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

PHYSICIAN-W. H. VANDUsEN, NJ. D.
ONCE overzHatch's drug store,
Lancaster. Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ATTORNEYS & BRENNAN.
Office in Baxter Block.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

PHYSICIANS. W. DooLIITLE, NJ. D.
Special attention given to diseases OF
women and children. Office over Bennett's
drug store. Phone 5S.
Lancaster, Wisconsin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
At the J
Rivers \
Brink. Y
BY BRADFORD x. DANIELS.

Copyright, 1907, by B. K. Daniels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WATKINS &MosEs
Farmers Phone. So: Union 'PhoneS3
Practice in all State and United States
Courts. ONCE over state Bank of Grant
County,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

SLEIGH dashed up to the little
country station, and gaunt,
disheveled prisoner, heavily
= handcuffed and despatched
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ATTORNEY-GEO. B. CLEMENTsoN
Once in Baldwin Block,
Lancaster, Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05
LANCASTER HOSPITAL.

Hospital open to all cases of nom contagious
character. both medical and surgical, Spe-
cial department. for eye, ear. nose & throat,
Hospital fronting court house.
Lancaster, Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

ATTORNEYS-HowE s. GILMAN
Practices in all courts. aCollcctions
speciality,
BoSCODel. Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-05

PHYSICIAN-C. A CRITCHLOw, MD.
ONCE over Heberlein's shoe store,
Lancaster, wisconsin
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-24
Wasn't Alarmed.

=
A prominent lawyer in South Caro-
lima suspected his colored servant OF
tampering with certain brand Of fine
whisky in his wine cellar. The en-
ployer decided to adopt measures to
verify his suspicious. He allowed the
demijons holding his private stock TO
become empty, and then, instead Of re-
filling them. placed the remainder in
bottles and labelled each one Poison.''
One evening on Retaining home un-
expectedly, he found his servant with
one Of his bottles. Selling the bottle
from the darky's hand, he exclaimed in
a tone OF terror: Great heavens!
Sam. Do you know what you have
been doing? This bottle is marked
Poison g ..5s
The negro took the bottle and sur
veyed it closely. Then he shifted at It.
A melancholy smile passed. over his
5dusky countenance, and he replied:.
Use been fooled .xain.' .
Fooled again." repeated the MAG
ter. Y What do you NEAR? r.
Well sab, i continued the darky, in
the. same tone, at am dis way.
knowed from de first. from de way you
acted bout dat demij John, dat you had
yo's suspicious oh me and dat sho
made me feel pretty blue. got dis
tressed, an didn't care. Why, sab. 70,
mos two weeks now Use been trying
tosrozamit suicide outer dat bottlel.' &;