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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
"Sumwhere's

"Sumwhere's long o
ere"
From right to left his eager glance
swept rivers widening reach. Yes
sells were there in abundance, odd, un-
wieldy, blunt bowed craft with huge
rakish. tawny sails; long strings OF
fat barges, pyramidal mounds of coal
conveyed by painting tugs; steam
cargo boats, battered, worn, rust
ed sore through their age old
paint; a steel leviathan of the deer
seas, half cargo, half passenger boat
warping reluctantly into the mouth OF
the Victoria Dock tidal basin-but nc
brigantine, no sailing vessel of any
type.
The young mans lips checked a cry
that was half a sob of bitter dis
appointment. He had entered into the
spirit of the chase heart and soul. with
an enthusiasm that was strange to him
when he came to look back upon the
time; and to fail, even though failure
had been discounted hundredfold since
the inception of his mad adventure
seemed hard. very hard.
He sat down suddenly. She's gomez
he cried in hollow gasp.
The boatmen eased upon their oars
and old Bob stood up in the bows
eyes shielded by a level palm. YOUNG
William dropped forward suddenly
head upon knees, and breathed convul-
sively The boat drifted listlessly with
the current.
Old Bob painted: "Dawn't-see-naw.
thin-o' 'er." He resumed his seat
There's no hope, suppose?"
The elder waterman shook his head
"3Carn't sye. Might be round
mex bend-might be-passin Purfieet
Point is-me an young Wilyun
'ere-carn't do no more-'n we as. We
be wore out
"Yes," Kirkwood assented, disconso-
late You've certainly earned your
pay" Then hope revived; he was very
young in heart, you know. Cant you
suggest something? I've got to catch
that ship!"
old Bob wagged his head in slow
negation: young William lifted his
There's a rylewye runs by Wool
wich," he ventured Yer might tyke
tryne an go to Sheerness. sir. Yer'd
be positive o. passin' her 'er if she
didn't syle afore Ugh tide. Ire a boat
at Sheerness an put out an look fol-
'er''
How far's woolwich?" Kirkwood
demanded instantly.
Mile" said the elder man. "Tyke yeI
for five bob extry.'
"Done"
Young William dashed the sweat
from his eyes, wiped his palms on his
hips and fitted the sweeps again to the
wooden tholes. Old Bob was as ready
With an inarticulate cry they gave
way.
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CHAPTER TX

Again "BeIow Bridge; and Beyond
/IRKWOOD wasted little time.
" who had not much to waste, were
he TO do that upon whose doing
he had set his heart. It irked
him sore 10 have to lose the invaluable
moments demanded by certain impera-
tive arrangements, but his haste was
such that all was consummated within
an hour.
Within the period of a single hour,
then, he had ransomed his luggage at
St Pancras, caused it to be loaded upon
a four wheeler and transferred to a
neighboring hotel Of evil flavor but
moderate tariff. where he engaged a
room for a week, ordered an immediate
breakfast and retired with his belong
ings 10 his room; he had shaved and
changed his clothes, selecting a serv-
iceable suit OF heavy tweeds, stout
shoes, fore and aft cap and a negligee
shirt Of deep shade calculated at
least to seem clean for a long time;
finally, he had devoured his bacon and
eggs, gulped down his coffee and
burned his mouth. and. armed with a
stout stick, set of hotfoot in the still
dim glimmering Of early day.
By this time the cash capital had
dwindled TO the sum OF two pounds
ten shillings eight pence, and would
have been much less had he paid for
his lodging in advance. But he con-
sidered his trunks ample security for
the bin, and dared not wait the hour
when shop keepers begin to take down
shutters and it becomes possible to
realize upon ones jewelry. Besides
which, he had never before been called
upon 10 consider the advisability Of
raising money by pledging personal
property, and was IN considerable doubt
as TO the right course OF procedure In
such emergency.
At Kings Cross station on the Under
ground an acute disappointment
awaited him; there. likewise, he learned
something about London. A sympathetic
bobby informed him that no trains
would be running until after $50. and
that. furthermore, no buses would be-
gin TO ply until half after seven.
ITS tramp or cab il, then" mused
the young man mournfully. his long
ing gaze seeking a nearby cab rank
sust then occupied by a solitary han
som. driver sOmnolent on the box
.'Oscer''-he again addressed the DO
licenlan mindful OF the English axiom:
when in doubt ask a bobby'-"Of-
ncer. whcn's high tide this morningg"
Tie hobby produced well worn
pocket almanac moistened a massive
thumb. and rippled the pages.
London bridge. Ugh tide 20 minutes
a-fter six, SIR" he announced with a
glow of satisfaction wholly pardon
able in one vino combines the functions
Of peram Luiating almanac, guide book,
encyclopedia, and conserver of the
peace.
Kirkwood said something beneath
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Recognizing that there was some de-
sign in this, the passenger srbdued his
disapproval of the delay. and sat quiet.
In answer to the third ear racking
hail, a man, clothed simply in dirty
shirt and disreputable trousers, showed
himself in the doorway above, rubbing
the sleep out of a red, bIoated coun-
tenance with mighty and grimy fist.
Ello," he said surlily. Whats tn
row?"
100" interrogated old Bob, holding
the boat steady by grasping the stage,
was the party wot engyged yer larst
night, Bill?"
Party name O. Allytheer," growled
the drowsy one. WYE"
Party 'ere's lookin' for i'm. Wherell
1 find this Allytheer?"
Best look sharp r yer won't find
'im," retorted the one above. "'E was
at anchor off Bow creek larst night"
Kirkwood's heart leaped in hope.
What sort of vessel was she?" he
asked, half rising in his eagerness.
"Brigantine. sir"
"Thank-you" replied Kirkwood ex-
plosively, resuming his seat with un-
calculated haste as old Bob, deaf to the
amenities of social intercourse in an
emergency involving as much as 10 bob,
showed off again.
And again the boat was flying down
in midstream, the leaden waters, shot
with gold of the morning sun, parting
sullenly beneath its bows.
The air was still, heavy and tepid; the
least exertion brought out beaded mois-
ture on face and hands. In the east
hung a turgid sky, dull with haze,
through which the mounting sun swan
like a plaque of brass; overhead 1t was
clear and cloudless, but besmirched
as if the polished mirror of the heavens
had been fouled by the breath of de-
parting night.
On the right, ahead. Greenwich naval
college doomed up, the great gray stone
buildings beyond the embankment i'm
pressiyely dominating the scene, in
happy relief against the wearisome
monotony of the river banks; 1t came
abreast; and ebbed into the backwards
of the scene.
The watermen straining at the
sweeps. the boat sped into Blackwell
reach. Bugsby marshes splash of lurid
green to port, dreary Cubitt town and
the West India docks to starboard.
Here the river ran thick with shipping.
Are we near" Kirkwood would
know: and by way of reply had a
grunt of the younger waterman.
Again. "Vill we make it?" he asked.
The identical grunt answered him !;
he was free to interpret it as he would
young Williams old Bob named him
had no breath for idle words. Kirk
wood subsided, controlling his impa-
tience to the best of his ability; the
men, he told himself again and again,
were earning their pay. whether or not
they gained the goal of his de-
sire. Their labors were titanic;
on their temples and foreheads the
knotted veins stood out like whip cord.
their faces were the shade of raw beef,
steaming with sweat; their eyes pro-
truded with the strain that set their
laws like vises; their chests heaved and
shrank like bellows; their backs curved,
straightened. and bent again in rhyth-
mic unison as tiring to the eye as the
swinging of a pendulum
Hugging the marshy shore they
rounded the Blackwell point Young
William looked to Kirkwood, caught
his eye. and nodded.
''Here?"
Kirkwood rose. balancing himself
against the leap and sway of the boat
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u 4
II Impressions; the one visual, Of a
strikingly handsome woman in a
wonderful gown, standing under
the red glow Of a reading lamp, in an
attitude Of intense mental concentra-
ton, her expression plainly indicative
Of a train Of thought not guiltless of
vindictiveness: the other. more mental
but as real. he presently voiced to the
huge bronze lions brooding over desc
late Trafalgar square.
Wen" appreciated Mr.. Kirkwood
with gusto she's got Ananias and
Sapphira talked TO a standstin. all
right" He ruminated over this for a
moment. Calendar can lie some too,
but hardly with her picturesque touch.
Uncommon ingenious, call
it. All the same. there were only about
a dozen bits Of tiling that didn't 1T
into her mosaic a little bit
think they's al tarred with the same
stick-aII but the girl. And there's
something afoot a long sight more
devilish and crafty than that shilling
=
Calendars got about as much active part
IN II as I have. I'm only from Califor-
MA, but they've got to show me before
III believe a word against her.
Those internal scoundrels.
Somebody's got 10 be on the girls side
and seem to have drawn the lucky
straw. Good heavens, II is
possible for a grown man TO fall heels
over head in love in two short hours
I don't believe it. It's just interest
nothing more. And I'll have
70 have a change Of clothes before I
can do anything further"
He bowed gratefully TO the lions. in
view OF their tolerant interest in his
sonlOQuy. and set of very suddenly
round the square and up St. Martins
lane, striking across town as directly
as might be for st. Pancras station.
It would undoubtedly be a long walk.
but cabs were prohibited by his strait
ened means, and the buses were all
abed and wouldn't be astir for hours.
He strobe along rapidly. finding his
way more through intuition than by
observation or familiarity with Lon
don's raphy-indeed. was scarce
aware Of his surroundings; for his
brain was big with fine imagery. rapt
in a glowing dream Of knight errantry
and chivalric deeds
Thus is IL ever and always with
those who in the purity of young
hearts rush in where angels fear TO
tread; II these. Kirkwood and his FIX,
be fools. thank God for them, for with
such foolishness is life savored and
made sweet and sound To Kirkwood
the warp Of the world and the woof
OF II was romance, and It wrapped him
round, a magic mantle 10 set him
apart from all things mean and sordid
and render him impregnable and in
visible 10 the haunting Shade OF Care.
Which, by the same token, pres
emily lost track Of him entirely. and
wandered of TO find and bedevil
some other poor devil And Kirk
wood. his eyes like his spirit ele-
waited, saw that the clouds OF
night were breaking, the skies clearing
that the east pulsed ever more strongly
with the dim golden promise Of the
day 70 come And this he chose to take
for an omen-prematurely it may be-
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CHAPTER x
Desperate Measures

LID Bob seemed something in
clined toward optimism, when
the boat lay alongside a land
ing stage at Woolwich. and
,od had clambered ashore.
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CHAPTER vIu-continued

z took away with him two strong
II impressions; the one visual. of
strikingly handsome woman in a
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AH1lIH |OEIVfF DIIuEt anu Beyond
4 /IRKWOOD wasted little time,
IN who had not much to waste, were
II he 10 do that upon whose doing
be had set his heart Il irL,ad
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-07

Office Hours:-o to IL a. m. 2 to
S p. M, Z to 9 p. m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-07

News Of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.


Miss Martha ATT is spending the
day in Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Nichols are in
Arlington on a carriage drive.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon are
in Chester attending an officers re-
union.
Misses Bessie and Flora Kennon
went to Troy Wednesday to spend a
few days.
Charles Wilson, Fred Armstrong,
and Bert Wilson went to Albany this
morning TO spend few days.
Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. p.
Barber OF Bennington Center, is con-
valescing from an attack of scarlet
fever.
At the local station this morning 16
tickets were sold for Albany at the
special rate fer the remainder of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. f. n. Gallagher and
Mrs. T. Harry Southall and children
have returned from an automobile
trip to Schenectady.
Mrs. Arthur de Pierpont of Troy,
who is well known here, sailed for
home from Antwerp on Holland
American liner and will arrive in New
York Tuesday of next week, after
spending the summer in Europe.
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NORTH BENNINGTON

Clement Ash is still seriously Ill at
his home on West street.
Merton Bishop has moved from the
Simmons tenement to one on Green
witch street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William COrcoran will
begin housekeeping in the Meagher
tenement ON Factory street.
The Ladies Aid society of the Bap-
fist church are redecorating and pap
ering the vestry of the church.
Mrs. Lena Green, who has been
spending several days with her sister
in Fulton, n. Y, returned home Tues
day.
The North Bennington high school
foot bali team played the Hoosick
Falls high school foot ball team on
the ball grounds here yesterday after
noon. The visiting team won with
a score of 20 to 0.
The two Sunday school classes of
girls. Miss Grace Newton's class and
Miss Ida May Shaw's met with Miss
Helen Scrivens Tuesday evening and
organized a club and will call the
club. "The Evening Star. The follow
ing officers were elected: President
Miss Helen Scrivens; vice-presideut
Miss Rose Richards; treasurer, Miss
Edna Waidron: secretary, Miss Fran
els Richards. The club plan to meet
on Tuesday evening If each w@ob 20
sew and have a little social evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-07

News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers

The senior Y. NJ. C. A. class will
meet this evening. The clerks class
will meet Friday night.
Be sure and come to the big social
dance at the Canadian club Friday eve
ming. All welcome.
Social dance at Summit hall Pow
nal Center Saturday night. Dancing
will begin at o'clock.
Latest styles in millinery for ladies
and children are being shown at the
New York Millinery parlors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McKeon of
Lowell, Mass, have been recent
guests of his father. M. II. McKeon of
Park street.
Fried oysters dipped in beaten egg
and rolled in cracker crumbs as
Pete" at the White Kitchen pre-
pares them, make dish to suit an
epicure. Try one and see.
The nest beautiful stock of wells
and yelling have just arrived at the
New York Millinery parlors. In all
the latest styles and colors. Come
and take look at them.
Good bargains at the closing out
sale of A. f. Loomis, 113 North street.
Ladies $3.50 shoes $2.15, ladies $500
shoes $500, misses shoes rs and
s115. If in need of footwear 1t will
pay you to call. st
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CHILD ATE CUTICURa
Spread Whole Box Of It on Crackers
MOT the Least Injury Resulted.
THUS PROVEN PURE AND SWEET

A New York friend of Cuticura writes:
MY three year old son and heir,
after being put to bed on trip across
the Atlantic, investigated the state
room and located a box Of graham
crackers and a box of Cuticura Oint-
ment. When a search was made for
the box, it was found empty and the
kid admitted that he had eaten the
contents Of the entire box spread on the
crackers. II cured him Of bad cold
and | don't know what else"
No more conclusive evidence could
be offered that every ingredient Of Cuti-
cura Ointment is absolutely pure, sweet
and harmless. If it may be safely eaten
by a young child, none but the most
beneficial results can be expected to at
tend H.! application to even the tender
est skin or youngest infant.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Keeping the Soil Fertile.

According to Prof. Whitney of the
Bureau Of Soil, United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, soil to be fertile
must contain q sufficient quantity Of
the ash ingredients Of the plants to be
cultivated, and these must be in such
soluble condition as to be taken up
by the growing plants. Soils once fer
tile are said to be exhausted when de-
prived of such food as is required for
plant nutrition, but rest and meliorat-
ing treatment will, in time, restore
such soils to fertile condition.
Until past the year 1850 no Just
ideas upon the rotation of crops seem
ed to have been formed in any part of
England.
The rotation of crops affords time
for the disintegrating action of the at
mosphere, rain and frost to prepare
new material from the rock particles
in the soil and get it in a form to be
used by the plant. One crop may use
up the available food of a particular
kind faster than it cen be prepared
by these natural agencies. When prop.
erly managed it enables one plant to
prepare food for another.
All plants exhaust the soil, though
in an unequal degree; plants of diff
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31

While there is much difference Of
opinion as to the rotation of crops
on medium heavy loan, we have had
the best results from following corn
with potatoes, always being careful to
heavily manure the ground for the
corn and not use any stable manure
at all for the potato crop By heavily
manuring we mean giving the soil
more than will be required by the
corn and more than will be necessary
to make good to the soil any reserve
fertility the corn takes from it: in
other words, so that there will be
some Of the virtue of the manure left
for the benefit Of the potatoes. For
the latter crop we confine ourselves
to an APPLICATION of mixed fertilizer,
consisting Of sulphate ammonia, bone
meal and sulphate of potash, applied
at the rate OF 500 pounds to the acre.
There may be no objection to the use
of stable manure for the potato crop,
provided one can obtain it we'll rotted,
but the fresh manure is a scab breed
er and we never use 1t for potatoes.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Orchard Pests.

Whether there is a good or poor
fruit crop it will pay to keep the fruit
trees as free from disease and injuri-
Gus insects as possible. The healthy
and uninjured tree is more liable to
bear and prove profitable than the
one full of disease and injury. The
orchard will last longer if it is kept
clean and healthy.
Borers are among the most insidi-
Gus pests of the apple orchard in some
localities. On account of their habits
they cannot be reached by poisonous
sprays, and nostrums placed about the
roots, as sometimes recommended, are
utterly useless. The most efficient
means of preventing damage from
these pests is by annual inspection OF
the trees and removal of the grubs
with a sharp pointed knife. Various
nroteetive measures are also used.
One of the most effective is to paint
the lower part of the stem in late
winter or early spring with a fairly
thick paint made from pure ready
mixed paints for this purpose, since
others may contain injurious sub
stances. Wood veneer strips and wire
gauze are sometimes used to prevent
the eggs from being laid on the trunks
of the trees, but white lead paint is
simple and cheaper.
Black rot is a fungous disease which
attacks the fruit, foliage, old bark and
branches of apple and pear trees. The
leaf spot form probably causes more
damage than the other forms. Some
times black rot cankers on the trunk,
and the limbs develop so rapidly as to
endanger the life of trees, but this is
seldom the case except where spraying
Is wholly neglected. The fruit Is rarely
seriously injured, though outbreaks In
this form may sometimes be quite Sc
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
MiIwaukee's Great Home Paper.

The circulation of the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin, has been increasing
very rapidly during the past nine
months. Today we are serving over
10000 readers. We now wish to in
crease this number to $4,000 within
the next few months. In fact, over
1900 new readers have decided that
this was the paper they preferred over
all others. There is a reason for this
The Wisconsin is essentially a "home"
paper. Every issue contains something
that will prove of interest to every mem
Der of the family. Its news columns are
replete with the latest foreign, national
and state happenings. Besides the regu-
lar news of the day, its many special
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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Household Hints.

To revive dying fire scatter on the
embers a spoonful or two of granulat-
ed sugar.
Radiators will not be so conspfcu-
Gus if enameled in a color to match
the wall paper.
When rubbers look old. apply a
coating of patent-leather shoe polish
and they will be like new.
Finger-marks on doors can be re-
moved with rag dipped in paraffin
Afterward wash the door with little
hot water, and the smell will soon go
off
To cut hard jelly squares, use a
perfectly clean pair of scissors dipped
in cold water Thus one can cut small
pieces more easily than with knife
Carefully clean and dry the scissors
before putting them away.
Hominy given long cooking and
served as a vegetable with butter is
one of the standbys of North Carolina
tables, being used in place of potato
L
er for an hour or two.
Coffee stains, even when the coffee
has been mixed with cream or milk.
may be removed by rubbing the spots
with pure glycerin. Rinse afterward
in lukewarm water, and press on the
wrong side Of the fabric (either silk
or wool may be so treated) with a
warm iron.
To whiten handkerchiefs which
have become discolored through care
less washing, dissolve some pipe clay
in warm water and leave them 10
soak in the solution all night Next
day wash and boil the handkerchiefs
in the usual manner, and they will be
wonderfully improved in appearance.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
Gage Is Deeply in Love.

Three score years and ten is the hey
day of romance, according to Lyman j.
Gage, eX-secretary of the treasury, who
is now on his honeymoon. Although I3
yeras old, he says he is happier than in
his first love Mrs. Gage, formerly Mrs.
Ada Ballou of San Diego, Cal, is only
80.
Il have known her less than q year"
said Mr.. Gage recently, but | feel as if
l had always been near her. One has
to reach my age to feel that deeply, you
know. When l was young | used to
think | was in love lots of times, but
l never felt like this. When a man has
reached mature age he looks deeper
into things. He is able to commune with
the real hearts of others, so to speak,
and see the real elements of character
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-31
HNlRa>SS.IA'''Sf
4HIY S5SIE
HNSHESfK0D
Maraschino Cherries.

Weigh the stemmed cherries, after
removing the stones. To every two
pounds of fruit make a strip Of a
pound Of sugar and q half-gill of wa
ter. Heat to boiling. stirring to pre-
vent burning, and pour over the cher
ries while warm. but not hot. Stand
for an hour, then put over the fire and
heat very slowly. Boil for just five
minutes, take out the cherries with
a skinner, and lay on platters. allow
ing the strip to boil for twenty min
utes more. To every five pounds CT
fruit allow pint of maraschino, and
add this to the strip just before TAX
ing from the fire. Put the cherries in
jars, fill to overlooking with the mar
aschino strip and seal