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again. Yesl By Jovel There was man,
 and blue-coated one, lodging behind
 that clump of bushes.
 ''Iello!" he shouted weakly. "EIelpl
 Come. out from behind there for God s
 sakei m wounded
 The blueeoat lay still. The colonel gath cred strength
 'Hellol Help! Come out from behind
 that bush. What do you mean I see
 you plainly; help, if you're human at all"
 After a moment as if of cogltaton, the
 object lifted itself, and a straight young body moved toward hom. The colonel stared, looked again, then
 turned his head away with a sickened
 groan. It was one of his own men, well and unhurt, sulkng in the rear of his reg | imenti
 Surely he had enough to bear without | this horrible inhction. It was too much
 His face was still turned away when the fellow kneeled beside him and fumbled
 at his arm.
 Are you hurt much, slr?" voice said weakly in his ear, but only with the weakness of fear.
 1 Yielding to his first impuse, Colonel | Hayward tried to push him away. --e | knew every man in his regiment. and he did not want to have to identify this crea- | ture. Feeling that this was foolish, he turned at last. Great. God? Who wsa
 this standing before him? It could not | be. Ills eyes were deeeiving him. That could not be her boy, no Edith's boy, | covering before him He drew his hand
 wildly before his eyes and, regardless of the torture in his side, struggled into a sitting position.
 My God, Spencerl" he cried, what
 devil tempted you? Do you know what you've done, boy? You've cut your own throat, as surely as man is man.. The colonel thought again of the wounds worse than physical, while this being stood irresolute before him, crushed out
 of all human semblanee, a pitiful, cover ing dog The boys face, which had been | scarlet with shame, faded into a sullen | bronze under the colonePs gaze. | ''Colonel Hayward, I know it's bad, sir, . | he faltered ''I wish it were undone now, | but I couldn't face that awful charge l simply couldn't. Why the bullets were simply raining around, as thick as hall. | sir, and thicker, and not man could we | see to shoot at. I don't know where | they were-behni the hills, lying down, | in the earth, it seemed to me, but no- I where to be seen. 1t just meant certain | death to be in that charge. They all fell | around me. mortally wounded, before | hid-Chestar, Ainsie, Dalton-they were
 all shot right before my eyes could l do mo good, sir, no good" 1 No good? the colonel thundered Have ] you done any good by disgracing yourself | and your regiment forever? Have you done any good by branding yourself with | what should be to an officer and gentle man worse than the brand of Cain? Have
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BY F. P DUNNE

TV Geft1n tn news thatn uzaxe q rnfn- heT nv TfnsEmrrhS' Union Nmmher Six. Affher readfn' tn BsypaaFas fv tIris ex ceBlent farl'1y counsellor I find npesilf tlabnlEln' fw th' Prince fw tn AsFurvas eomfn' imto tn warruLd wearinr A sgfn- fars w@yforrn am aoord. kns [ know that afrr't SO. Me reason tells me fhat he's about foot high, with mo teeth little hair, red face, am disposition to DTtcEly heat No matther what ye call thtm, Hinnissy, babies are bahies an people are people. Am if ye put tn Prince of tn Astooryas an I. !. Slavin, Junior, that was born tn same night in Halsted Sthreet in crib to- gether an left tn room, ye cudden't tell thim apart if they were both in tn crib when ye come back. If wan iv thim was on tn flure ye'd recognize tn Prince.
 Well, thank Hiven, it's over, an we can go back to wurruk. Tn la-ad's havin' prob'bly tn best time now he's tyer goin' to have. About twinty years firm now he'll be leadin' a life about as precaryous as a chicken on an auto- bile road. It may've been fun wanst to be a King. I wud've liked tn job mesilf But since tn establishmint iv so nanny shootin' gall'ries in Father son, New Jersey, I've given up all me ambition in that line. Whin tn time comes f'r me to die. I'd like to pass away all in wan piece. There were about tin thousand babies born in Spain tn same day tn Prince iv tn Astooryas came into tn wurruld It don't make much .diffrence how he threats thim. He can't do much fir tnlm exoipt let thim see him wanst a week dhressed in his best suit iv clothes. It's what they'll do to him. I'm wandhrin' about"
 Well" said Mir. Hennessy, "so long as he's on'y a baby dhrink his health."
 I'm with ye," said MT DooIey. "A glass iv matted milk to tn Prince iv tn Astooryas"
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ened his hold As he did so a voice sounded in his ear. It rang out raucously, with frenzied excitement and terror. Hands thrust and tore him from the sad dle.
 Let go" the voice sounded. Let go! this horse can't carry us both. Get off, you're dying anyhow. Oh, God, we'll both shotl Let go, d-n you, let go your hold I 5ay!'
 Colonel Hayward set his teeth The pur- suing men, other hoIsemen from other directions, the earth, the sky, the world seemed spinning around him. Cruel hands thrust and tore at his wounded arm As he struggled, in his frenzied fancy he thought he was young and hopeful and talking with Edith again. then, with a rocking stagger, the worn-out horse fell, bringing them down together in limp and broken heap.
 When the colonel came to himself he felt a decided change in his attitude ti life. On shutting his eyes the last time upon the annihilation of all things, as 1t had seemed to him, he could not recollect any very poignant feelings of regret; but now, as he lay comfortably in bed, his interest in things revived.
 His wounds gratefully pressed the cool linen bandages. It was his own room in which he lay, its calm order contrasting forclbly with the thought of that last resting place of his. He realized keenly how good 1t was to be among friends again as he recalled that ghastly duello on horseback. He tried to keep his mind from recalling the facts, but they flooded back beyond resistance. He went over them again in their siekening details, and when, later in the day, his next in command sat quietly talking things over he did not foresee that he had anything new to hear. He wondered whether he l 1. .s--I.A l. T reached certain point in his remarks.
 "It was a. splendid rescue" he said, somewhat gilt-edged for the Twenty-tifth cavalry, and 1t will certainly mean rapid promotion for Spencer love! He was a lucky fellow to get a chance like that. l don't say we would have all embraced it so nobly, but I can give my testimony never saw a braver thing done Why, man, the bullets were like rain around you, and just as We reached you, after that interminable ride, the horse dropped under you like lead. As for the 'Pnos, they stood not upon the order of going. We only winged one of them. But I can't get over that game little Spencer-to save the life of the colonel of his regiment. Why, he's only a boy, isn't he?"
 Colonel Hayward groped wildly for his thoughts. He prayed that they would yield to some order before he would have to reply, but Miller poured forth more of his enthusiastic narration without paus- ing for an answer, and he had steadied their puzzled whirl when the major stopped at last.
 Was Spencer much hurt?' he asked weakly; he felt rather uncertain of his senses.
 The major gave a pleased laugh. Not a scratch, the gallant fellow; make your mind easy on that score There's a fine justice in that; so many get distinction
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in place of an arm or a leg; it only serves dogi'
 Colonel Hayward stared blanlxly at the
 ceiling.
 "Spencers too young for a wife but not for the deeds of a man; however, I don't doubt his mother will be pleased"
 The colonel shut his eyes wearily as
 his garrulous junior rose, remorsely ac-
 cusing himself of having talked so long,
 When Colonel Hayward was able to be out again he spoke little of his adventure
 There was a general feeling Of resentment
 at this, on young Spencer's account, since
 it was not even known in what terms he
 had recognized his gallant rescue. The
 most resentful, however did not imagine | that he had neither thanked nor spoken | to Spencer until the day before he left for | home on sick leave. But when the last connecting link with the shore was brok- | en, and he stood on the deck. waving | goodby to his friends, in front of his l other recollections, he carried a sting 1 ing memory of an interview with Spencer | Though the boy had avoided him with
 marked intention since that unforgotten | time, he it Was who sought at last for an interview. He evidently feared that
 with returning health a frmer decision
 would come to the colonel, and his secret would pay the price.
 You know, Colonel Hayward" he said, | T simply can't confess and refuse the
 credit at this late day. For heavens sake
 put yourself in my place. Everybody is
 building upon mistake, but that isn't | my fault. l can't go out anywhere or sit | at home in the mess but what some fool | comes up and congratulates me. Great | heavensi I couldn't own up now. It | would be awful; I would rather die firstr' The force of the last remark was not I lost upon the colonel. Nothing could bet | ter have persuaded him of the bOV's earn | estness. Spencer eagerly scanned his face | for signs of relenting.
 And there are my people at home,' | he added quickly. My mother" he | stopped. Some inkling of the peculiar | force of the last word must have reached | him, for he repeated again;
 My mother-it would break her heart l Here's a letter I just received from her | so full of pride and love" | The colonel turned his head away God | What could this boy know of love- its methods and power, it's joys and crueax- | ions?
 "Go," he said sharply, with drawn face; l Ego; you need not fear me" | That was a rough passage home, but it suited the coloners tempestuous thoughts. | He had made his decision as to the aues- tion uppermost in his mind He would | send in his resignation. The thought of the hourly presence of Spencer was insup- | portable. He could not consent to a daily
 association with the object which had
 caused him so much disappointment and misery. It was more than he could bear;
 more, he felt. than the most rigid sense
 of duty demanded of him. Some other Miller, perhaps, ignorant of everything
 must be found to assume the honor and
 command the Tewnty-ffth cavalry
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.t<NVZE ELL. Sir said MT. Dooley,
over at tn Spain s. "
see, said MT. Hennessy.

M/ "l see there's new baby
 W over at tn Spains."
 "So I see" said Mr. Hennessy.
 Its a gr-reat evint to have a kid come to a rile family" said MT. Doo- ley. With tn likes iy us people come an go an no wan pays amy attintion to thim. A birth in this part iv tn wurruld is inthrestin' on'y to about three people. Ye notice that Dock Grogan's buggy stands little longer in front iy Schwartzs dure thin if twas a, cas iv tn humps, an tn next day tn old man is late at tn wurruks. Whin tn foreman is just about to tell him to go get his time, he pints his thumb at his chest an says, 'Pop-ah.' Tn foreman bein' tn father iv nine himsilf, shakes him be tn hand an maybe asks him over to tn Dutch mans. An that's all there is about it. We don't hear tn details. In Ar-chey Road it ain't considered polite to dis cuss thim.
 "But with rilety 'tis diff'rent, dye mind. Why, I know as much about this here happy evint in Spain as though I had a room in tn house. Weeks ago tn pa-apers begun dis cussin' it, an iver since there's been no let up. I feel kind iv sorry fir All fonso. If it's hard to be winked at an nudged be yere particular frinds, it must be tn divvil to have tn whole wurruld winkin' at ye an nudgin' ye. Up to few months ago hadn't heerd Annything much about him firm tn day he was married, whin wan iY his rifle subjicks become so enthusyastic over tn nuptials that he thried to dhrop eight pounds iv homemade nithro glycerine in his leige's lap But ye can't keep a good man out iy tn
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
FAILS TO PAY HER
WORTHLESS SONS FINE.
Indiana HarbOr Man, Whose Hard
Working Mother Came to His Rescue
Once When Sent to Jail, Fools Him
When Trouble is Repeated.

John, alias Red Harrison was ar
rested for drunkenness at Indiana
Harber yesterday and this time his
mother did not come to his rescue as
she did once before and pay his fine
from the money she earned taking in
washing.
Several months ago Harrison be-
came intoxicated and after being fined
81 and costs was put aboard a street
car and was about to be taken TO the
county jail at Crown Point when the
mother managed to reach the car in
time to pay his fine and prevent his
deportation.
The affair caused considerable talk
Of the various subsidiary concerns in
volved a worthless son and hard
working mother, made an impression
upon those who knew OF it.
Harrison, however, did not profit by
the kind act of his mother but kept
on with his dissipation until yester-
day when he was arrested again and
fined for drunkenness.
The fellow again telephoned his
mother to let her know of his pre-
dicament, but this time she turned a
deaf ear to his appeals and the fellow
was taken to Crown Point. where he
belongs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
WASHER WHO CLAIMS TO
HAIL FROM HAMMOND FINED
James Nicholas Arrested In South Chi
cagO for Being Unduly Attentive to
Miss Clara Daily Is Given just De-
serts.

James Nicholas, % years old. giving
his residence as Hammond, was fined
$50 and costs in the municipal court
before Judge Goodnow Of South Chi
cago last Saturday. Bailiff William
Christie made the arrest.
Nicholas was arrested on the day
before on complaint of Miss Clara
Daily. 81 years old, S92S Buffalo ave-
nue., a stenographer at 9177 South Chi
cago avenue, who declared that Mich
olas entered the Office where she was
working and annoyed her with his at
tentions Miss Daily claimed Nicholas
had tried 10 induce her to go 10 East
Chicago with him.
Although there are number of peo-
pie in Hammond by the name of Mich
oIas, none is known here as James
Nicholas and neither does the name ap-
pear in the city directory.
City Judge w. W. Mcmahon dispos
ed of a number of civil cases in the
city court this morning. the first be-
ing that of Beiker brothers against the
Indiana Harbor Express company. The
case was dismissed, both parties hav
ing agreed on a settlement before the
case came to trial.
A case of Everett Augenbaugh against
Charles Martin and the Harbor Bakery
company was disposed OF by default
the plaintiff being allowed his 5000
which he claimed. similar case
against Charles Martin and his wife
brought by Leo Piechocki for s24o also
went by default
In the personal injury case OF Bob
mil Week against the True & True
company, the plaintiff was allowed $40.
The personal injury case Of Ruth
Moch against Rothschild s. company
was settled for s25 in favor OF the
plaintiff.
In the case of Paul Barger against
Burket & Gore. the former was allow
ed $3.50 for a personal injury.
In a replevin suit brought by Steve
Kolbassa against John Sikowski the
Judge sustained the plea OF abatement,
Kolbassa being an Illinois man
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
FLOR|CA NOW
WILL COME
John Campain's Sweetheart
Certainly Needs Medal
for Changeableness.
NEEDS OTHER HUNDRED
Bank Clerk Will Comply, But if Girl
Fails Him Again, It's
All OFF.

John Campain, the clerk in the In
Indiana Harbor State bank, who was
about to resign himself to his fate
when some time. ago he received a
letter from Florico Dico, his intended
wife, who, however, lives in Austria
Hungary, that she was afraid to come
across the Atlantic despite the fact
that he had sent her 5000 to pay for
her passage, received another letter
today from her telling him that anoth-
er 500 would dispel all remaining
fears in her mind and that If he would
send her the amount she would surely
come across And John intends to
send her the money. Was ever man
put to a severer test?
If ever man took chances getting
a wife Campain is doing it and at
terrible odds too, his friends say.
With the additional 500 that he will
send her today he has taken a 800 to l
chance not including the postage that
he spent in sending her letters urging
her to come.
Let the man who Is inclined to be
cynical place himself in Johns place
and then reflect if under the circum-
stances he would not have done the
she said that she wanted him. So much
did he trust her that he sent her $500
of his hard earned money. Then came
the letter from her some time ago
saying she had decided not to come
but she failed to return the 5000
Would not any man risk another $10C
10 regain the first 5000 and a bride in
the bargain? John is asking himself
that question.
with Johns implicit faith In Florica
there is, however. connected a dark
promise which he has made to himseli
and which he says he will fulfill II
she proves TO be false. In that event
John will remain a bachelor. Even al
this time is looks to him as though he
can never again look upon another
woman. If Florica fails to come this
time he will remain to the end Of his
life alone and unsolaced asking neither
sympathy nor advice from anyone tC
ameliorate the pains Of his self i'm
posed celebacy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
THINKS METHODIST
CHURCH A BARROOM
Happy Individual With the
Lights all Going Makes
Embarrassing Mistake.

''Shue dis is (hic) Mixes place. Give
us a drink (hic) bartender" were
some OF the things that the Methodist
congregation heard yesterday at Hege-
wisch while the Rev. B. G. Sweeney,
the pastor OF the church. was deliver
ing his morning sermon
Looking around to where the strange
sound came from the congregation be-
held drunken individual sailing up
the aisle acting as unconcerned as
though he were in a bar room
An usher finally caught the swaying
figure just as he was about to call for
another drink and urged him to take
a seat. Even there he would not be
quiet and Mr.. Sweeney found it neces-
sary to explain to him that he was
trying to preach the sermon and that
heretofore he was always able to do it
unassisted.
Enough coaxing on the part of neigh
bors beside the drunken man finally in
duced him to keep quiet until the end
of the sermon when he left with the
having benefited by the sermon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
ORATORICAL TRYOUT
WILL Be TONIGHT
Pre1iminaries for the High
School Contest in Baptist
Church This Evening.

An event of great interest in high
school circles this year is the Lake
county high school oratorical which
is to be held April II at Towle's opera
house.
The local preliminaries are to be held
this evening at the First Baptist
church and the orator who is to have
the right to represent Hammond in
what will be one of the most important
meets in the history of the county as
soeiation, will be selected
Those who are trying for the honors
and their subjects follow:
Bonnie Haines Observation-Disclosures.
THE True Measure of Man"
Margery Sutur
Our National Crime-Child Labor"
Floyd Murray ..........."Is Wealth
The Measure of Mans Success %
The high school chorus will render
several selections and the entertain
ment will be good one. There will
be quite a manifestation of school spir-
it as every one realizes the Importance
of the coming contest. A small ad-
mission price of ten cents will be col
lected to cover the expenses.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
Two Poles Attempt to Clean
UP John Mika's Saloon
One is Arrested.
ONE BRAWLER ARRESTED
Shots Fired and Windows Broken and
Altogether Exciting Time
Is Had.

small riot occurred yesterday even
at the saloon of John Mika, in 155th
street and Forsythe avenue. Several
windows were broken, the sashes torn
out and some of the witnesses heads
are larger today than yesterday, the
seeming phenomenon being caused by
flying beer bottles and imbibing the
contents of others.
John Sczypanski and Frank Pow
lowski entered Mika's saloon and after
having a few drinks proceeded to clean
up the place. They first Jumped on the
bartender and after giving him a few
love taps they went after Mika, the
proprietor of the saloon. He retreat
ed. however, and, pulling out a re-
volver, shot several times in the air
to attract the attention of the officers,
who arrived on the scene too late to
make any arrests. Both of the fell
lows who started the row made their
escape and started towards Hegewisch
on the run officers Okray and Kuly
czk took after them and after a long
chase captured Sczypanski at Burn
ham. but failed to land Powlowski
Sczypanski was taken back to the
West Hammond police station where
he was lodged over night TO await his
trial on a charge of starting a row.
His trial came up this morning be-
fore Judge Flynn. who gave him 165
davs in the Cook county jail
The police expect to capture Pow
lowski before night and he Will prob
ably get the same dose as his pal.
The severity of the sentence surpris-
ed spectators as the village Justice is
famed for his leniency.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-25
ENGINE HITS
PHANTOM WAGON
Owner of Milk Distributing
Outfit Has Not Claimed
Wreckages
ONLY HORSE TURNS UP
Gibson Yards Mystery-The Smash
On the I. II. or Who Owns the
Milk Wagon.

There have been stories of phantom
ships. phantom railway trains and phan-
tom horses, but this is the first story
ever printed about a phantom milk
wagon.
This is not a story of the headless
horseman of sleepy hollow but of the
driverless milk wagon of Gibson sta
ton.
Last evening at about $50 a switch
engine while running through the Glib
son yards at a rapid pace struck a
vehicle of some kind and apparently
demolished Ii.
The train crew, realizing that a bad
accident had happened, backed up the
train for the purpose of looking over
the wreekage, taking the driver to the
hospital or to the morgue according to
necessity and clearing the track of the
wreckage.
When they got back to Forsythe
crossing where the accident happened
they found the almost unrecognizable
wreckage of milk wagon but the
horse or the driver were nowhere to
be found.
The crew searched up and down the
track for the remains of the horse and
! the man, but neither were to be found
There was not even a scrap of a man S
clothing or a strap of the horses har-
ness.
The battered milk cans were taken
from the track and the tangle OF
wheels and the rest of the wagon
were piled up where they could be
claimed by the owner
! When this work was done the puz-
zled train crew made another careful
inspection of the railroad track for g
distance OF several hundred yards, bu'
the search was as futile as at first.
Some milk tickets were found upoT
which was the name of Frank Quiai
with an address that read 5025 North.
colt avenue, East Chicago, appeared
but inquiry at the above address de.
veloped the fact that all of the wagon:
| had gone out as usual and that the,
had heard of no railroad smashup.
Later the horse which had beer
hitched to the wagon was found graz
ing in the vicinity Of East Chicago anC
was taken to the livery stable, but VI
to a late hour in the afternoon ther
had been no one to claim it.
The police at East Chicago were call
ed up for information and knew OF tn
accident but did not know to whom tn
. horse belonged nor whose outfit ha,
been destroyed.
To cap the climax the yardmaster o
the Indiana Harbor railroad at Gibson
was called up on the phone and aske
If any one had come to claim tn
wreckage of the phantom milk wagol
and was informed that 1t still lay wher
: the train crew had left it, unclaimed