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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

situate"
and swung the great car round the cor
ner at speed which made Duncombe
clutch the sides. At pace which
seemed to him most ridiculous they
dashed into the Rue de Rivoii and
with another sharp turn pulled up be
fore Maxim's. The vicomte rose with
a yawn as though he had just awokc
from a refreshing dream. His servant
slipped off his fur coat, and he dc
scended to the pavement faultlessls
dressed and quite uuruflied. The com
missionaire preceded them, hat in hand
to the door. n couple of walters ush
cred them to the table which the
vicOmte intimated by gesture
81 myself he remarked. drawing of
his gloves. take nothing but absinth
What may l have the pleasure of Or
dcring for you:"
Duncombe ordered a whisky and
soda.
81 think" he said, ''thera is one thing
which 1 ought to tell you at once. l
| am being Swallowed by the police The
| Ijssli HliO JNiok ultiNtI tuu WIZ
| seems little breathless is. believe
the person whose duty it Is to dog my
| footsteps in the daytime"
'What pityr' the vicomte muir.
| INJURED II would at lest have taken
you mile or SO round the bou,cvards
| if / had known. But wait. You are
sure-tha. it is the police by whom you
l,af,,-, 4cho6
quite" Duncom5e answered. "The
manager of the hotel has spoken to me
Z. about it. He has asked me, in fact, tc
| leave"
ITO leave the hotcl?"
Eyes. l was on my way to the Ritz
| to secure rooms when / met YOU"
| The vicomte slipped his absintt
gravely.
81 should not take those rooms" he
| said. You will in all probability moi
occupy them"
/ "Why not?'
att has been decided" the vicomtt
| said, that you are to be driven out OF
| Paris. In the end you will have to go
| think if We're you would not wait
I L He lEdlu ue luxe u Sdl..iS Is IlOFt
comfortable than wet bench in The
morgue or French prison.
who has decided thisY' Duncomb,
asked. what emperor has signed tht
decree of my banshmentY
There have been worse served EN-
perors," the vicomte remarked. thar
the. shall we say, person who bids vol
CO."
What is my ofense?' Duncombs
| asked.
/ Il know nothing" the vicomte an
swered slowly. pouring himself out
some absinth.
/ "Who are my judges. then? Wha'
| secret authorities have incensed?
am an honest man, engaged in an hon
est mission. Why should / not be al
lowed to execute it %
The viconte half closed his eyes
Duncombe was little angry. The vi
comte regarded him with reproachfu
wonder.
y you ask me SC many questions" b,
murmured, "and tell yon that know
nothing l have asked you to com,
here with me because had just this Il
;. say. can answer no questions, offe
'no explanations. l have no particular
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04


to the-cnd Of the world tonight
Il must readjust my views of you.
George" his friend said, with mild
satire. Il always look ed upon yon as
fair game for the Norfolk dowagers
with their Eroods of daughters. but l
never contemplated your fixing your
affections upon little piece, Of paste
board
Rot. 1t IL the girl herself" Dun
combe declared.
But you have never seen her"
Duncombe shrugged Lis shoulders
He said nothing. What was the use?
Never seen her; Had she not found
her way into every beautiful place his
life had knowledge Of?
''If you bad" Andrew murmured.
"Ah. well, the picture is like heri
| remember when she was child She
was always fascinating. always de.
ligbtful TO watch .
Duncombe looked out upon the gar.
dens which he loved and sighed
"If only Spencer would send for me
to go back to Paris" he said. with a
sigh
Andrew turned his head
You can imagine now" he said.
what l have been suffering. The de-
| sire for action sometimes is almost
| maddening. I Think that the man who
sits and waits has the hardest task"
They We're silent for soma time,
smoking steadily. Then Duncombe re-
| verified once more to his waIderings.
you remember the story they told
me at the cafe Andrew" he said. al
was lie, Of course, but was Miss
Poynton anything of an artist?"
'To the best of my belief" Andrew
answered, "she has never touched 6
brush or pencil since she left school,"
Duncombe looked out into tho gath
ering twilight.
at is a DEVILS riddle. thisw he sale
slowly. "Why did she go to that place
at all:"
"God only knowsr' Andrew muir
INJURED.
Duncombe's teeth We're hard set. A
paper knife which he had caught W
from the table snapped in his fingers
There was something in his throa
which nearly choked him.
phyllis Poynton," Andrew contin
ued. was as sweet and pure woman
as ever breathed. She must have
loathed that place. She could only
have gone there to seek for her brother
Or
"Or for whom?"
"For those who knew where he was
Duncombe turned his head.
"Andrewr'
Eyes, old chap
"Let me look at her photograph
again"
Andrew drew 1t from his pocket ant
passed it over. Duncombe studied i
for several moments under the lamp
light.
''You are right. Andrew" he sai'
slowly. For her the other thing
would not be possible. i wonder
His fingers chung to the photograph
He looked across at his friend. Their
was a slight flush in his face, lie spok'
nervously.
Andrew" he said,- I'm afraid i
sounds a bit brutal, but-this photo
graph Is no use to you Just now, is il
until your eyes get better. Will yol
lend it to me?'
81 couldn't" Andrew answered quiet
iy. 81 can't see it now. of course. but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM.
Sir George turned on his heel.


Every good" he said Il will go and
take rooms elsewhere"
He left the hotel and walked toward
the Ritz. At the corner of the Place
Vendome an automobile was pulled up
with jerk within a few feet of him.
A tired looking boy leaned over weari-
~ toward him from the front seat
"Sir George" he said, "can you give
me five minutes?'
with pleasure. he answered. 81
was going into the Ritz Come and
have something"
ITO Maxim's' IL you don't mind" the
vicomte said. at will take us only q
moment
Sir George stepped in. The vicomte,
In whose fingers the wheel seemed
scarcely to rest, so light and apparent
ly careless was his touch, touched a
lever by his side, released the clutch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
CHAPTER XIII.

s% DOU have heard now" Dun
W combe said finally. the whole
I'LL history of my wanderings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Building Notes

c. Z. Havens & Co. win supply the
cement, stone and brick for the new car
barn to be erected by the street railway
at Tenth and Pierce streets. Ten thousand
barrels of cement will be used. The strue-
ture will be concrete throughout. Work
will be begun this week, and Havens &
Co. expect to complete its part of the work
in fall.
c. b. Havs1s & Co. is furnishing the
fire proof material for the Douglas county
court house. Seven thousand tons of
material will be used in the structure.
Woven wood lath is an entirely new de-
parture in lath and one that may superssde
all forms of lath. 1t is claimed It will not
buckle or cause lath cracks in the plaster,
which are important features, and re-
lieves the architects of requiring the break
ing Of joints and proper spacing. The un-
satisfactory results so prevalent with the
indifferent quality of old fashioned sawed
lath are entirely avolded In woven wood
lath are incorporated the very best prin,
ciples OF the very best metal lath at a
small fraction OF the cost and II compels
proper mixing and proper use Of plaster
1t shapes the back OF a plastered wall SC
as to form good strong keys at right
angles to each other. 1t is made froT
sweet gum wood woven in sheets Of q
square yard az inches by IS inches) and
of p Of a square yard (7 inches by s
inches). Therefore IL is readily seen thaI
IL can be more quickly and easily applied
both inside and outside OF structures and
at less expense in applying, than any
other kim OF lath. The interlacing Sc
shapes the mortar as to make regular
arches In the plaster OF a radius Of abou.
IA inches, which is a perfect reinforcement
and insures maximum, strength in the
walls.
said Mr., kaufman, manager Of c. W
Huh Co.'S special department, who intro
duees It: u was skeptical as TO the posi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
PLUMBERS BROUGHT TO TIME
Charged with Putting Improper
Work in Two Large Build
inEs Under Way.

Complaints charging B, Grunwald and ].
]. Hannlghan, plumbers, with installing
unsanitary and improper plumbing in two
public buildings rave been filed in police
court on complaint Of John C. Lynch, city
plumbing inspector.
Henry Kruger. Al Weitzel and Inspector
Lynch, who make up the state board Of
plumbing inspectors, looked over the new
Mercer hotel building at Tenth and Howard
streets, and the Elks building at Fifteenth
and FArnGm streets, and Lynch swore 10
the complaints as a result, Grunwald is
charged with doing the plumbing i'm
properly In the Mercer building. and Han
nighan with the Elk building plumbing.
Warrants for the arrest Of the men have
been issued
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

has given It the somewhat misleading
name of Dutch Colonial, many of the
details having been borrowed from the
colonial styles of New England. The
principal characteristic Of the gambrel
roof is the broken gable, the roof on the
lower part of the gables being at a much
sleeper pitch than the upper part.
Many designers of homes have through
habit, become accustomed to planning 1t
for a level city lot, the grade of the lot
seldom having anything to do with the
style or design of the house, much less
debating what that style should be. Still
It is a fact that the grading OF a lot and
its situation with reference to its sur
roundings often has considerable to do with
the planning and designing of a house.
In the designing of a country home at
the lake or elsewhere, the rolling char
acter of the native ground often has con-
siderable influence over the arrangement
of the house, also the arrangement of the
grounds about It. Very picturesque eff
| fects can be had in designing a home on
the side of a hill, or partly so, II It is
properly done. 1t is, however, more diff
cult to properly design a home so sit
uated than to design one over which the
location has little influence. 1t is there
tore very necessary, II the pest erect Is
desired, to leave the arrangement and de-
sign Of a home intended to be In harmony
with the surroundings to a competent de-
signer.
A great deal Of money has been wasted
In trying to work out such plans with a
nelghboring carpenter or contractor and
many a home is now a mar where, with
proper guidance, in the preliminary stages
of the planning, could have been made q
thing of Beauty at the same expense.
When the building of a large home by
one whose means makes the financial
consideration a secondary matter Is OF
great Importance, how very important in.
deed It is to one who has only the careful
savings of many years with which to build
a home. While the rich can build as often
as they please the average man builds
but once.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Big Corn Crop
Coming On Fine
Farmer from Phelps County Reports
Splendid Prospect for Fall
Harvest.

NJ. F. Goodalc, a Phelps county farmer,
says crops in the western part of the
state are in fine condition and that the
hot weather this week has been making ,he
corn grow very fast.
THE heavy rains OF June and the fore
part OF July injured the wheat in Phelps
county, and it was thought they had hurt
the corn a great deal. But since the good
weather set In last week the farmers see
that the corn has not been damaged much.
Near HOldrege the corn is the finest
have seen in several years and l think
there will be a banner crop there.
"Out farther west the corn is Just as
good as It is In Phelps, Down around Lin.
coin, too, there is good looking corn. A
farmer living near Crete said he would
have the best crop he ever raised in Ne,
braska."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

No matter what size a lake, or country,
home Is built, 1t is more in keeping with
the natural surroundings II 1t is designed
somewhat in the cottage style; that Is,
having cottage features, such as a low
effect in the roof, picturesque dormers, bay
windows, etc, and a rather informal ar
rangement for the front entrance and
porches.
There is something restful about a
shingle covered home of simple style, set
way back among the trees overlooking a
broad expanse of water. that we can not
find In a more stately and formal mansion
regardless of where they are located. 1t
is always to a cottage that the mind Of a
youth turns when contemplating a home
of his own. Not a brownstone front on
the fashionable drive or a villa at New
port, but a modest little home with a
sanded path leading up to the entrance
and rose vines trailing over the door.
AS a family grows, however, Its social
requirements increase and the little home
which will fill our first dreams, in time
becomes too small. Larger and more pre-
t~entious homes must then be built to &C
commodate the increasing needs of the
family, It's guests and social affairs. 1t
is not necessary, however, to take away
the cottage appearance In order to ave a
home of increased size. The arrangement
of rooms for a cottage or country house is
governed, to a large extent, by its loca-
ton. In the city the rooms of a house are,
to a large extent, located with reference
to the front street or situation to a front
and side street II built on a corner, but
the country home is essentially all front,
especially a home at the lake side, since it
looks out upon the lake on one side while
the doorway leading from the main road
usually approaches the home from the rear,
although this is not always necessary.
The living room and dining room should,
Of course, have a pleasant outlook towards
the lake and on this side the principal
porch should be located. The living room
should have many large windows to give
both beauty and ventilation for all sides.
It goes without saying that there should
be at least one good fireplace, for there
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

are many days during the spring and fall
when the comfort OF a glowing fire is very
much appreciated. The bedrooms should
be airy and wherever possible have win
dows on two sides. This, of course, is only
allowable in bedrooms situated in the cor
ners of the house.
The gambrel roof has been the most
popular style Of any kind of home of a
cottage nature for several generations.
The first examples of this style are found
principally In New York and Pennsylvania,
1t having been very popular with the early
Dutch settlers OF those states. Its close
association with the early Dutch settlers
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Lake Homes of Cottage Style

Arthur G. C1aussn, Architect
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

c. B. HavsIs & Co. is furnishing the
fire proof material for the Douglas county
court house. Seven thousand tons of
material will be used in the structure.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
ESTATE OF EDWARD HAYDEN
Brothers and widow Ask to BE Made
Administrator of the
Property,

Joseph Hayden and James Hayden,
brothers Of the late Edward Hayden, and
his widow, Mary Hayden, nave filed a pc
ttion to have his estate turned over to
them for administration, as he left no
will. The property is estimated at Sll2. 900
personal and sl5.OOO real estate. His heirs
at law include his wife, Mary Hayden.
and his two daughters. Mary Hayden
Storz and OPhelia Hayden
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
90 chApterS-aoo Illustrations.

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BUILT FOR TWO, Homes of Dis
tinctive Character, Planning the Cot
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Home, Homes for Special Places, The
Duplex House, etc. There are ex-
tensive Illustrated articles on en-
frances, windows, s~tairways, fire
places, porches, kitchens, pantries.
cement construction, articles on what
not to do In building a home, the Let
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

bilities OF woven wood lath and wanted to
be shown. accordingly arranged with the
manufacturers TO give a practical demon
s~tration in Omaha and asked the archl-
tects, contractors and builders to attend.
The fact that they are very enthusiastic,
attests that the demonstration must have
been wholly satisfactory. The very lowest
cost in construction of houses Is reached
by using this woven wool lath (both in
side and outside) and plasterlng on the
inside with hard wall plaster and the out
side with Portland cement. 1t is better than
a frame house, warmer in winter and
cooler in summer. l am of the opinion
that woven wood lath will. be the means
of passing all other kinds of lath into de-
~suetude."
The Nebraska Lighting Rod company is
equipping more houses in and out of the
cities this year than ever before. The sales
for this material cover Nebraska, Iowa,
Dakota and Missouri.
The Independent Lumber company at
Fortieth and Leavenworth is making
heavy shipments Of lumber to the Kinkaid
homesteaders. This is one Of the new COM
panies in Omaha, but 1t is a progressive,
wide awake concern. II handles all kinds
Of lumber and building material, and
shipments. The officers are: President
and treasurer, L. J. Willard; vice president
James Robocek; secretary, A. Rasmussen
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
THE BEES PLAN OFFER

Mr.. C-.usen is the author of a
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-13
Lived l52 Years.

Vim Parr-Eugland'S oldest man
married the third time at 1870,
worked III the fields till 1872 and
lived 20 years longer. People should
be youthful at 50. James Wright OF
Spurlock. KY, shows how to remain
young. 81 feel just like l6-year-old
boy" he writes, "after taking six
bottles Of Electric Bitters. For thirty
years Kidney trouble made life a
burden, but the first bottle of this
wonderful medicine convinced me |
had found the greatest cure on
EARTH They're godsend to weak,
sickly, rundown or old people. Try
them. soc at u G. SCOTS.
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SENATOR smith SPEAKS OUT.
Says He is a Democrat and viii Stick
IN the Party'S PRINCIPLES.

Washington, May Z: Senator
Smith showed some "emotion" today
when he saw The State, containing
the extract from the Virginia paper
stating the new South Carolina Sen
ator was going to vote for protection
ON the products of his State. He was
at that time turning off lumber
lobby,which wanted to convince him
he ought to vote for duty on lum.
Der. Some of the lumber lobbyists,
seeing the piece in the paper. sup
posed that Smith was open to prop.
osition, or at least ready to be con.
vinced. This in spite of the fact, the
Senator says, that he had told them
that he was going to vote the straight
Democratic ticket, one plank of
whose platform declared specifically
for free lumber. The Virginia paper
referred to Senator Smith of South
Carolina.
'There are good many Smiths
in the country" said the Senator.
"Even the Senate here Is loaded
with them. This particular Smith is
a Democrat and whenever he cannot
act in accordance with the Demo.
cratic party's principles he's going to
resign bis job and get out"
The lumber lobbyists have been
calling on both the South Carolina
Senators. Senator Tillman told them
the same thing yesterday that Smith
told them today-that he was going
to vote in accordance with the plat.
form which called for free lumber.
The lumber lobby, by the way,
which called on Senators Smith and
Tillman represented themselves as
from South Carolina. Six men
called at Senator Smith s Office today,
telling him that some of them were
from South Carolina and some from
other States, who had interests in
South Carolina. AS they came out |
met them.
"Do any of YOU gentlemen live in
South Carolina?" asked.
"Well," answered one straightfor-
ward, honest-looklng felloY, 81
have interests there, but l cannot
exactly say l live there. | live in
New York"
care any of the others from South
Carollna:" | asked.
"No, SIR was his reply.
ZACH MCGHEE.
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INVESTIGATION NEEDED.
How fhe South Loses by Sticking to
One CrOD.

We notice in Southern news.
paper an article concerning the
wasteful methods in marketing tbe
cotton crop, Mr. George W Truitt
says, "Quit going in debt to laise
cotton" ard Mr. Leonidas + Scott
insists that the reason a 600 million
dollar cotton crop does not make the
South the richest country in the
world Is that Southern farmers buy
hay and corn at extortiopate prices,
buy them regardless of price.
Continuing Mr. Scott says that
Georgia buys II millions worth of
fertilizers annually. He ad r-
ther that in the past ten yea Ne
have lost 800 millions in :. in
csrelessly packing cotton b. s.
Ninety farmers out of every hui ed
he says, think they get paid for the
wrappings from a bale of cotton.
As matter of fact, thirty pounds,
6 per cent tare, is taken off of the
price of every bale. If each bale of
the 1909 crop was properly COM
pressed when glnned and wrapped
in cotton it would mean a saving of
80 millions.
We join Mr. Scott and Mr. Truitt
in urging, as we have done for the
past generation, the diversi6cation
of Southern Agriculture. Every
farm is not equally adapted to every
crop. Let each farmer find out
what his soil is adapted to and raise
something besides cotton. Raise
corn and cattle, raise nogs, raise
oats and alfalfa and Southern COW
peas. In this direction lies inde-
pendeace for the Southern farmer
Home d: Farm.
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