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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

w w BrennamIn of the Long
Pole Lumber company is here on
business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

j. +. Jackson, OF Honaker, was
In the city this morning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Miss Alletta Crump Of Bran
well was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. J. King yesterday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Subscribe for the DARYL Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Attorney Marvin S. Taylor. Of
Wclch, was here yesterday on pro-
fessional business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

The reported robbery of the post
office at LttIesburg was a mistake.
Some one did break into the post
office at Brushfork, but there was
nothing missing so far as Mr.
Francisco could ascertain
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Harry Scherr. editor of the Min
90 Republican and son of Arnold c
Scherr, candidate for governor,
was . the city yesterday on bust
nCsl.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Messrs. Wingate and Boxley,
contractors began paving the
streets of Pocahontas, Va, yester-
day. This work will make a
great improvement I'm that hustling
city
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

j. W. Finley. OF Bland. Is in the
city on business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

The board of education is in ses-
sion this afternoon to receive and
consider bids for the erection Of
the new high school building At
the time of going to press no ac-
ton had been taken.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Police Officer l.. J. Mastin. Of
Roanoke, is i'm the city on a visit
to relatives. Mr.. Mastin is a broth
@ rto Engineer John 5. Mastin and
was a former resident Of this city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03
PERSONAL

j. j. Gilmore. Of Freeman, is
here today.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-03

Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman. of
Charleston. and her sister. Miss
Alice Gilmore, OF Powhatan, are in
the city
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-14

he had witnessed between Sylvia Lan- dis and Stephen Siward at o'clock in the morning in the corridor, and if in playful corroboration he displayed the cap and rain coat and the big fan, all crushed. which objects of interest he had discovered later in the bay win dow. Yes, probably Major Belwether would be very grateful, because he wanted Quarrier in the family. He needed Quarrier in his business. But, faugh! That was close enough to blackmail to rub off! No, no! He wouldn't go to Belwether and promise any such thing. On the contrary, he felt it his duty to inform Quarter! Quarrier had right to know what sort of q girl he was threatened with for life. A man ought not to let another man go blindly into such a marriage Men owed each other something even if they were not particularly close friends. And he had always had a respect for Quarter. even a sort of lIk- ing for him-yes. a distinct lIkingl And. anyhow, women were devils. and it behOOved men to get together and stand for one another.
 Quarter would give her her walking papers. and. In her humiliation. is tbsrs anybody mad enough to fancy that she wouldn't snap up Plank fn such a fix and make 1t look like a jIIt for Quarter! But Plank must do his part on the minute Plank must step up In the very nick of time Plank. with his millions and his ambitions. was bound Co be a winner anyway, and Sylvia might as we'll be his pilot and use his money. And Plank would he very, very grateful-yery useful. 6 very good friend to have, and Leila would learn at last that he. Mortimer. had cut his wisdom teeth, by God!
 As for Siward. he amounted to noth- ing Probably was one of that con- teEnptible sort of men who butted in and kissed a pretty girl when he had the chance He. Mortimer. had only disgust for such amateurs of the social byways
 After all. the matter was simpIe-ab- surdIy simple A word to Quarter. and crack. the match was odl Cir mad as a hornet but staggered. has Bo explanation to Ofer-maa frozen stiT with rage. mute as an iceberg Then. Tip. enter Beverly Plank. the girTs rescBer at q pinch. her preserver. the savior of her face the big high Iy goIOrel Iezden cred dsus eI ma china Would she take 50 cents on the dolIzr-wOuId she. to buy herself a new 'fsce.- and put if s1 over Guar r5sr. and live happy ever sfter-uo7kI shes On. not at all.
 The main thing aftsr all vas to pro1Ise Plank his opportunity, bst not
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suggested by Mortimer his material equipment could be scarcely compared to the immense fortune controlled by Howard Quarter, and as he thought it his reflections were put into words by Mortimer, airily enough.
 Nobody stands chance in a show down with Quarrier. Butt
 Plank gaped until the tension be- came unbearable.
 "But-what?' he blurted out.
 Plank" said Mortimer solemnly, and his voice vibrated with feeling, ''let me do a little thinking before ask you a-a vital question"
 But Plank had become agitated again, and he said something so blunt ly that Mortimer wheeled on him, glowering:
 Hook here. Plank; you don't suppose I'm capable of repeating confidence, do you-if you choose to make me un- derstand it's confdence?"
 "It isn't confidence; it isn't any thing, l mean 1t is confidential, of course. All there's in it is what l said, or, rather, what you took me up on so fast" ended Plank, abashed.
 About your being in love with Syl'-
 "Confound it!' roared Plank, crim- son to his hair. And he set his heavy spurs to his mount and plunged for ward in storm of dust. Mortimer followed, silent, profoundly immersed ill his own thoughts and deductions.
 And all that afternoon, having taken to his room on pretense of neuralgia, he lay sprawled on his bed, thinking, thinking. Not that he meant harm to anybody, he told himself very ire quently. He had, of course, informa- ti.,n which certain degraded men might use in contemptible way, but he (Mortimer) did not resemble such men in any particular. All he desired was to do Plank good turn. There was nothing disreputable in doing a wealthy man a favor. And God knew wealthy mans gratitude was neces- sary to him at that very moment gratitude substantially acknowledged. He liked Plank. wished him we'll. That was all right, too, but a man is all ass who doesn't wish himself we'll also. Two birds with one stone. Three, for he hated Quarter! Four for be had no love for his wife! Besides, it would teach Leila wholesome les son-teach her that he still counted; serve her right for her disgusting friendship for Plank.
 No, there was to be nothing dis reputable in his proceedings; that he would be very careful about. Proba- ply Major Belwether might express his gratitude substantially if he, Mortimer, went to him frankly and volunteered not to mention to Quarter the scene
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ionable world, 1t seemed fair to infer that he would land where he wanted to sooner or later.
 Meanwhile Mrs Mortimer led him about with the confidence that was her perquisite, and the chances were that in due time he would have house parties of his own at Black Fells-not the kind he had wisely denied himself the pleasure of giving, with such neighbors as the Ferralls to observe, but the sort he desired. However, there were many things to be accom- plished for him and by him before he could expect to use his great yacht and his estates and his shooting boxes and the vast granite mansion recently completed and facing Central park just north of the new palaces built on the edges of the outer desert where Fifth avenue fringes the hundreds.
 Meanwhile he had become in a meas ure domesticated at Shotover, and Shotover people gradually came to ride, drive and motor over the Tells, which was good beginning, though not necessarily a promise for anything definite in tho fI1tJra
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-14
cHAPTERIM
 SEVEN A4

THE days of the house party at
 ShOt0ver were numbered. A
 fresh relay of guests was 10
 A replace them on Monday, and % they were making the most of the waning week on lawn and marsh, in covert and blind. or motoring madly over the state or riRng in parties 70 vermulion light Tennis and lawn bowls came Into fashion Even water polo and squash alteruated on days too raw for more rugged sport
 And during nil these days Beverly Plank appeared with unfagginE per sistence and assiduIty. until his ia uiliar. big round head and patient. Nlielft blue. Dutch eyes became a mat teS of cCurse at Shotover. indoors and outN
 The accomplished establishment Of Bereriy NPlauk was probably dDe as much to his own obstinate and good tempered perSi<tence ss tO Mrs. MOrti- rer. He was Harvard grzduste- there are all kinds Ef them-enOrnous- iy vealthy. aBI- thBzsa he had ID nar- ticular pers1uaI tastes Ss E-atffy. he vas wiling sad atse toN Erztify the tassss os 0shz-x He dd whatever suytssy e-se d5d zzd dsd t ve1 snouEh te be s1BE1E and ss i3ck of intelsctual Esvs5opnsHf usvsr barrei szybedy fre2 sag sscua7 sf the fssa-
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10 the perfectly proper methods en- ployed by bis newly self constituted guide and mentor. No; that was no concern of .Plank's. All he had to do was to be ready. AS for Quarrier, any body could forecast his action when once convinced of Sylvia's behavior.
 He lay there ponderlng several meth ods of imparting the sad but neces- sary information to Quarrier. One thing was certain-there was not now time enough before the house party dissolved to mold Plank into acqui- escent obedience. That must be fin- ished in town unless Plank invited him to stay at the Fells after his time was up at ShOtOver. By heaven, that was the ideal And there'd be a chance for him at cards. Only, of course. Plank would ask Leila too. But what did he caref He was no longer afraid of her. He'd soon be independent Of her and her pIttAnce.
 And so, immersed in the details of his dirty little drama. he pondered over the possibility of an uiterior gentle man as be moved heavily to and fro. dressing himself. his neuralgia being much better. and presently descended the stairs to find everybody absent engaged. ss 6 servant explained in q game of water basket ball in the swimming pool So be stroIled of to- ward the north wing of the house, which had been built for the squash courts and swimming pool
 The Page boys and Rena and Eileen. on one side. were playing the last match game against Sylvia Marion Page. siwzrd and FsrTall oa the ether. The big. slipping giHsteninx ball vas flying about through storms cf spEzy. Marion caught It, but her brosher Cor don gOt it avay. Tben Ferrzl secur- ed 1t and dyed tOEsrd the rcd gosl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-14

marble edge, exchanging trivial views on trivial subjects with Mrs. Leroy Mortimer
 Once in their history. during her early married life, Siward had been very sentimental about her, but nei- ther he nor she had approached the danger line closer than to make dar- ing eyes at one another across the frontiers of good taste. And their youthful enchantment had faded so naturally. so pleasantly, that always there had remained to them both an agreeable after taste-a sort of gay understanding which almost invaria- bly, led to mutual banter when they encountered. But now something ap- peared to be lacking in their rather listless badinage-something of the usual flavor which once had salted even a laughing silence with signifi. canoe. Siward. too, had ceased to be amused at the spectacle of Plank's calflike infatuation, and Leila Morti. mers bored smile had lasted so long that her olive-pink cheeks were stiE and she relaxed her fixed features with little shrug that was also soAe- thing of a shiver. Then, looking pru- dently around, she encountered s. wards eyes, and during a moments hesitation they considered one another with an increasing curiosity that slowly became tentative intelligence. And her eyes said very plainly and wickedly to siward'sA "Oho. my friendi So 1t bores you to see Mfr. Plank mo- nopolizIng an engaged girl who be- longs to Howard QuarTier.'
 Then without appearing to she took Plank away from temptation so skill- fully that nobody except slward un- derstood that the young man had been incontinently removed. He, Plank. never doubting that he was a perfect iy free agent. decided that the time had arrived for triumphant retirement.
 Sylvia turned to Siward. glanced up at him. hesitated and began to laugh consciously:
 What do you think of my latest sen timental acquisitIonT'
 He'd be an ornament to a stock farm" replied siward. out of humor.
 "Hov brutal you can beF' she unused, smiling
 Nonsense! He's g plain bOunder. isn't her
 T don't know-is bef He struck me a tri1e appeslIngly. even pstheticaIIy. They usually do. that sort As though the trouble they took could ever be worth the time they loser
 She sst, smiling naaIietously down at the water. smoothing out the soaked skirt of her swimming suit and swing ing her legs effectively.
 "Are you ree0nciledT7 she ssked presently
 sTo vhatY-
 To leaving sbosover. Today is our last day. you know. You may be here again. but I-I skzH not he IKI ever come to shotover az7In-
 Her sfDckinzed heels beat the devfrs tattoo against the marble sides Of the pool She reached up above her head. drawing down a Sowerfng brznch cf Japanese orznre. and earesssL her deli- cate nose with the white bsossons dreamlly. ten nischssvously. I'm ae- cuztOnlnz EyszIf ts fAs uost sig nisc.nt perfu1s- ste saia kokfnE st kin asks8ee Ard sAe dslfbeFztely hzzued the vesalzE Usrrh. vstrking
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but Rena Bonnesdel caught him under water; the ball bobbed up, and Sylvia flung both arms around it with a lit- tie warning shout and hurled it back at Siward, who shot forward like an arrow, his opponents gathering about him in full cry amid laughter and ex- cited applause from the gallery, where Grace Ferrall and Captain Voucher were wildly offering odds on the blue and Alderdene and Major Belwether were thriftily booking them.
 Mortimer climbed the slippery mar ble stairway as fast as his lack of breath permitted, anxious for his share of the harvest if the odds were right He managed to make several apparently desirable wagers with Kathryn Tassel and one with Beverly Plank, who was also obstinately back ing the blues, the losing side. Sylvia played forward for the blues.
 l Suddenly through the confused blur of foam and spray the big, glistening ball shot aloft and remained.
 Blue! Bluew exclaimed Grace Fer rall, clapping her hands, and a little whirlwind of cries and hand clapping echoed from the gallery as the breath less swimmers came climbing out of the pool with scarcely wind enough left for Q word or strength for a ges. ture toward the laughing crowd above
 Mortimer, disgusted, turned away. already casting about him for some body to play cards with, 1t being his temperament and his temper to throw good money after bad. But Quarter and Miss Calthness had already re- turned to the squash courts, the ma jority of the swimmers to their sever al dressing rooms and Grace Ferrall's party. equipped for motoring. to the lawn, where they lost little time in disappearing into the golden haze which a sudden shift of wind had spun out of the cloudless afternoons sunshine.
 However he got Marion and also. as usual. the two men who had made q practice of taking away his money, Major Belwether and Lord Alderdene. He hadn't particularly wanted them. He wanted somebody he could play with, like Siward, for example. or even the two ten dollar Pages. Not that their combined twenty would do him much good. but 1t would at least permit him the pleasures of the card table without personal loss.
 But the Pages had retired to dress, and Voucher was for motoring, and he had no use for his wife, and he vas afraid of Plank's game. and siuard. seated on the edge of the pool and sharing a pint of ginger ale with syI- via Landis. shock his head at the sug- gestion and resumed his division of the ginger ale
 Plank and Leila Mortimer came down to congratulate them. Sylvia. always instinctiyely and particularly nice to people of Tanks sort whom she oscssiOnaIly encountered. vas 90 faultIessly amiable. that Plank, who had never before permitted himself the pTivilegs ef monopoliEing her. found himself doing it % easily that it kept him h q state of persistent mental iutoHtcatisn.
 sivzrd. EncIined fo be smused by the duration of the trance into vkich Plank had fallen, vatcbsd the proz- rsz Of thst brIky yoms 1snis Iafstur stio1 ss be sat thers oa tks pools
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the color rise in his sullen face. ,-
 If you had the courage of spar row you'd make life worth something for us both" he said. ..se
 She crossed her knees, one slender ankle imprisoned in her hand, leaning forward thoughtfully above the water
 "our last day" she unused. flor we shall never be just you and again never again, my friend, after we leave this rocky coast of Eden. am to be married year from Nov. l."
 He looked up at her fin dark surprise, for he had heard that their wedding date had been set for the coming win ter.
 "A years engagement" he repeated, unconvinced.
 Tt was my wish. think that is sufficient for everybody concerned" Then, ayerting her face, which had suddenly lost little of It's color, "A year is little enough" she said impa- tiently. 'T-what has happened to us requires an interval-a decent interval for its burial. Stephen siward, what do you think of me nowr
 q am learning" he replied simply.
 "what, if you pleaseT
 Learning a little about what l am losing"
 You rsean met"
 "Yes."
 She bent forward impulsively, bal. ancing her body on the pools rim with both arms. dropping her knee un- til her ankles swung interlocked above the water. Listen" she said in low, distinct voice. What you lose Is no other mans gain. If warm and ex- pand in your presence. If I say clever things sometimes. if I am intelligent, sympathetic and amusing. 1t is because of you. You inspire it in me. Normal ly I am the sort of girl you first met at the station. tell you that don't know myself now; that I have not known myself since I knew you. Qual- ities of understanding, ability to ap- preciate. to express myself without employing the commonplaces, subtle ties of intercourse-all, maybe. wers latent in me, but sterile until you came into my life. And when you go. then. lacking impulse and incentive. the new facility. the new sensitive alertness. the unconscious self confidence, all wiu smolder and de out in me. Shall we take a farewell plunge and dreSsf You know we say goodby tomorrow
 ~where do yo1 go from hereT"
 'sTo Ienox. The ClaymOres have asked US for a week After that Hot Springs for another two weeks or %. After that 10 Oyster Bay. Mir. Quar- rier opens bis house on Sedge point" she added demurply. but I don't think he expects b invite you to The seiges"
 -TIos long do you stay thereI' ask ed sivaFd iTiiably-
 ~UntIl Ws @ to town in December-
 ~whst vii you find to do all that tine 10 Oyster BayT- he asked. mors Irriizbiy.
 -whzf a premature question: The ynrhf Es fhere. Besides. there's fhe EssaI nsiEhkprhood hunting. with ths usual paeks and inevitable set. the usual xfeepse chasing. the usual ex- ehanre ef socizl amenitiss. the usual driving and rSdinz the us1aL my poor fris7d. the 1x1aI. In aI Its u1conpro- mztnz certainty. And vkat are yoa ts Ger
 rTo ss coltfsssss.
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tell him how he was to obtain it, for
 Mortimer had an uneasy idea that there was something of the Puritan deep planted under the stolid young mans hide and that he might make some absurd and irrelevant objection
The Detroit times., 1908-07-13
JOHN |. TO WE'D
WEALTHY WIDOW F.?

NEW YORK, June 13.-John L.
Sullivan. pugilist, actor, philosopher.
lecturer, and divorce talker. has be-
gun an action for divorce against his
wife. Annie. whom he married TWEEN
ty-five years ago In Boston. and from
whom he separated few months lat.
er.
Sullivan's wife is now a resident
OF Centerville, r. |.
Stories in circulation about year
ago TO the effect that Sullivan was try
ing 10 get a divorce so that he might
marry wealthy widow, who was 10
reward him with her heart and fortune
for two-year trip on the water wagon,
ere vigorously denied by the old heavy
weight champion.
CUPID took a fail out OF John l.. in
1888 when the Boston Strong Boy.
as he was then called, was bowling
over all the aspiring heavy-weights
with a punch or two. Their married
life was short, and strenuous.
When they separated Sullivan turn
ed the house will all its furnishings
over 10 his wife and went away This
Is the woman whom he Is now trying
TO divorce.
Sullivan has been on his good be.
havior for nearly four years now. and
has surprised all his admirers by his
exemplary conduct.
The Detroit times., 1908-07-13
ONE n. !. DISCARD
! THE BROWNS LOST

NEW YORK, July l3.-Owner Frank
Farrell OF the Highlanders is sore In
mind and out OF pocket some $4,000
worth OF good players as a result OF
the numerous deals he and Clarke Grif-
fifth made with the St. Louis Browns
He has enough OF Jim McAleer, the
David Harum OF the American league
When 1t was whispered about that
big Jake Stahl was In the market,
McAleer Immediately made PROPOSE
ton 10 Farrell. Just what that prop
osition was is not known but II Is
understood that he offered Charley
Jones, Tom Jones and bunch OF coin
for StahL Jim wanted Jake for first
base.
Farrell scratched his head for sew
eral hours. He recalled that McAleer
had got the best OF the deals which
took Jack Powell. Harry Howell. Joe
Yeager, Jimmy Williams, Danny Hoff-
man and Hobe Ferris to st. Louis and
he threw up his hands.
NO more McAleer deals for mine,
Farrell is reported to have said