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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23

As he walked he took from his pocket
the little gold cross, and his fingers,
numb with misery. tied 1t to his thong
watch guard. 1t had been only a bau-
Bile, a pocket piece acquired he knew
not when or how. Now he knew il for
the badge of his calling. He remem-
bered To- that, pressed a certain way.
1t would open. and engraved inside
were his name and the date of his or
dination.
He might shut the cabin door. but
he could not forbid the torturer that
came with him across the threshold.
He might throw himself upon his
knees and bury his face In the rough
skin of the couch, but he could not
shut out words that blent in golden
lettered flashes across his throbbing
eyeballs. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbours wife"
So he crouched, a man under whose
feet life had crashed. leaving him pin
ned beneath the wreck to watch the
FIRE that must creep nearer and nearer.
Curiosity held Jessica until the evan
gelist closed his melodeon preparatory
to a descent upon the dance hall. Then.
thinking of the growing dark with
some trepidation, she started toward
the mountain.
Ahead OF her a muffled puff-puff
sounded, and the dark bulk of an auto
mobile was moving slowly in the same
direction, and she quickened her pace.
glad of this quasi company.
A little way up the ascent a cum
brous shadow startled her. She saw in
q moment that it was the automobile,
halted at the side of the road. Her
footsteps made no sound. and she was
close upon 1t when she saw the three
men it had carried standing near by.
She made to pass them and had cross
ed half the intervening space. when
some instinct sent her to the shade of
the trees. They had stopped opposite
the hydraulic concession, where a side
path left the main road. 1t was the
same path by which she and August
Prer ergast had taken their uncop.
sci Is burden on a night long ago,
leading along the hillside, overlooking
the snakelike flume and forming q
sleeper short cut to the cabin above
They were conversing in low tones. and
as they talked they pointed. she
thought, toward it.
Jessica had never in her life been an
ea~vesdropper. but her excited senses
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23

"You Were something OF O hololing slocII
as q paTson"
the chapel. And now you are willing
to take a hint from the prodigal. How
did you find my nest? And perhaps
you can tell me who has been making
himself so at home here lately?'
II have" said Harry evenly.
Hugh's glance, that had been wayer-
ing about the neat interior, returned to
Harry, and knowledge and anger leap
ed into it. $50 it vas you, was it,
You are the one who has been trying
his hand as a claim jumper!" HI,
lurched toward the table and leaned
upon it. i've always heard that the
devil took care of his own The run.
away rector stumbles on my manor
and, with his usual luck-Satan's luck
we called it at ~college-steps in just in
time' to strike 1t rich"
He stretched his hand suddenly and
caught a tiny object that glittered
against Harry's coat-the little gold
cross which the other had tied to his
watch guard. The thong snapped. and
Hugh sent the pendant rafting across
the doorway.
"You were something of a bowling
swell as Q parson.' he said i%nsolentlv.
shut yeu don't need the jewelry nowl"
Continued on page
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23


at dusk on the second evening the Of
fee of the Mountain Valley House was
emptied and the barrooms and gaming
tables well nigh deserted of their pa
irons.
Jessica had seen the mastering
crowd from the hotel entrance. Mrs.
Halloran had welcomed her errand
that day and given her her best room,
a chamber overlooking the street. She
had persuaded her visitor to spend the
afternoon and insisted that she stay
to supper, lust to see how she would
like it for a steady diet" Now. as
Jessica passed ong toward the moun.
tain road the spectacle chained her
feet On the outskirts of the gathering.
She watched and listened with a pre-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23
]t1 Chapter rs I;

X VIZ THILE the man whom
A< the town knew as Hugh
NV Stires listened to the
V tale of he stree t
" preacher, another, I'M
like yet curiously like
him in feature, had slowly climbed the
billy slope from the north by the an
itarium road. He walked with a jaun-
ty swagger bred of too frequent appli-
cations to a flask in his pocket.
AS he walked unsteadily along Hugh
drank more than once from the flask
to deaden the superstitious dread of
the place which was stealing owe him.
On the crest of the ridge he skirted the
sanitarium grounds and at length
gained the road that twisted down to-
ward the lights of the town. In the
row trail to the Knob for the lower
path to the cabin. As he turned into
it the report of a rifle came family
from the gulch below.
He %quickened his steps and stumbled
all at once into the little clearing that
held the new made grave and Jessica's
statue. The sight terrified his intoxi-
Gated imagination. His hair rose. The
name on the headstone was Stires, and
there was himself-no, a ghost of him
~self-sitting nearl He turned and
broke into a run down the steep slope.
Jn-his fear-fnr he imagined the white
figure was pursuing him-he tripped
and fell, regained his feet, rushed
across the level space, threw his
weight against the cabin door and
burst into the room.
A dog sprang up with a growl. and
in the light of the fire that burned on
the hearth a man sitting at the rough
hewn table lifted a haggard face from
his arms, and each recognized the
other.
The ghost was gone now before FIRE
light and human presence, and Hugh,
with a loud laugh of tipsy incredulity,
stood staring at the man before him.
Harry Sanderson!' he cried. His
shifty eyes surveyed the others figure
the corduroys, the high laced boots,
the soft blue flannel shirt. mot exact
ly in purple and fine linen." he said
The impudent swagger of intoxication
had slipped yer him again, and his
boisterous laugh broke with a bic
cough. 81 thought the gospel game
was about played out that night In
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23
Continued from last week

He shook his head. 81 have been
there"-he pointed to the hillside-"and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23

ma process of the recovered mind had
been stealthily undermining. Harry
Sanderson at last knew his past and
all of puzzlement and distress that il
had held.
Shaking in every limb and feeling all
along the courthouse wall like a drunk
en- man, be made his way to the fur
ther deserted street. A passerby would
have shrunk at sight Of his face and
his burning eyes.
For these months he. the Rev. Henry
Sanderson. disgraced. had suffered
eclipse, had beer sunk out of sight and
touch and hearing like a stone in a
pool. For these months-through an
accidental facial resemblance and a
~fortuitous concurrence of circum-
stances-he had owned the name and
ignominy of Hugh Stires. And Jes
sica? Deceived no less than he. dat
ing her piteous error from that mis-
taken moment when she had torn the
bandage from her eyes on her wedding
day, she had never seen the real Hugh
in Smoky Mountain. She must learn
the truth. Yet how to tell her? How
could he tell her all?
At any hour yesterday. hard as the
telling must have been, he could have
told her. Last night the hour passed
How could he tell her now? Yet she
was the real Hugh's wife by law and
right. He himself could not marry her.
II God would but turn back the pni-
verse and give him yesterday
Ills feet dragging as though from
cold. he climbed the mountain road
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23

son, not Hugh
Stiresl Not an
o~utcastl Not
criminal. thief
and forger! The
curtain was rent
The dead wall In
his brain was
down, and the
real past swept
over him in an
u n g o vernable
food. Hallelujah
Jones had fur
nished the clew
to the maze. His
story was the
last great wave
which had cruln
bled all at once.
the cliff of obliv
ion that the nor
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23

main street of the little mining town
He had not lacked for listeners here
for he was a new sensation. When be
lit his fare In the courthouse souare
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-23
q Chapter "a II

A~LLELUJAH s
was in his element
With his wheezy melo
deon. his gasoline fare
and his wild earnest
ness. be crowded the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
An Ordinance

The COUNTY Board of Supervisors
of the County of Vernon do ordain as
follows:
That there be and hereby is levied
on all the taxable property of said
County the sum of $4,000 to pay the
salary of the Poor Commissioners for
1910.
Communication from Miss Lucy Il.
Dawson read and placed on file
Viroqua. Wis. Nov Is, 1909
To the Honorable Members of the
Vernon County Board of Super
visors:
Gentlemen. In behalf of my
mother. my brothers and myself I de,
sire TO thank your Honorable Board
for your kind recognition of my
fathers worth and standing among
the citizens of his city and county
I am Most sincerely yours,
Lucy r. Dawson
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

Your committee would further
recommend that for convenience the
major fractions Of 100 he counted one
and the miner fractions be dropped
Report of comnittee on Judiciary
read and adopted and the claim al
lowed. all voting n the Affirmative
except Neuman,
We, your committee on Judiciary,
to whom was referred the annexed
bill OF James Lee. respectfully report
that while we do not believe the
county legally liable. we recommend
shat the same be allowed II Mr.. Lee
viii accept such sum IN Fuii payment
of the clainil, at S34 05.
Dated Nov. 10. 1909
state of Wisconsin. Vernon County :
To the Honorable, the County Board
OF Supervisors scr Vernon
County:
Gentlemen
I. ]. Henry Bennett. district at
torney for Vernon County TO whom
vas referred the annexed claim
AGAINST the county purporting to
show an Indebtedness Of the county
70 one James Lee. respectfully report
as to the liability Of the county
thereon as follows
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

Report of committee on Claims, in
regard to aid for blind, read and
adopted.
Gentlemen:-You committee on
Claims has had under consideration
the eligibility of the several applica-
tions for aid, for the relief of the
blind. Claims given should be al.
lowed, except Charley Gerlach ana
William Finny who, in our opinion
are not eligible under the law.
Report of COMMITTEES on Claims In
regard TO salary of county officers
read On motion of Hedge larson
the resolution was amended so as 70
allow the Register in Probate 100000
per year the same as heretofore. The
resolution was then adopted as
amended.
To the Honorable. the County Board
Of Supervisors for Vernon
County:
Gentlemen: Your committee on
Ways and Means, having had under
consideration the matter Of salaries
of county officials, respectfully report
for adoption the following resolution
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
An Ordinance.


The County Board of Supervisors
of the County of Vernon do ordain as
follows:
That there % and hereby is levied
on all of the taxaSl5 property in Yer
non County the sum of 100000 70.
the support of our Aims house and
outside poor and the further sum OF
81 10000 for permanent improvement.
j. Henry Tate. Chairman.
Report of committee on Ways ano
Means read and adopted.
To the honorable Board of Super
visors of Vernon County:
Gentlemen: Your committee OH
WAYS and Means have had under con-
slderation the resolution presented by
Mr.. Root, asking for bounties on
rattlesnakes. etc, have had the same
under consideration and recommend
that the same be adopted.
Report of committee on Ways and
Means read and adopted and the Or
dinance passed, all voting in the at
firmative.
To the Honorable Board of Super.
visors of Vernon County:
Gentlemen: Your committee on
Ways and Means have had under con
sideration the resolutions OF Super
yisors Thompson aud Joseph regard.
ing the salary OF the Commissioner OF
the Poor and report the same back
with the recommendation that he be
allowed the sum Of $4,000 under the
same conditions as set forth in the
resolutions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

mems and women's sides of the build
ings. preliminary plans and esti-
mates of which are in the hands of
this committee
The business side of the proposition
is that the State Board of Control as
sure us that the buildings, if erected
viii at once, be filled with patients
that the additional avenue from such
patients viii pay for the building and
interest thereon by the time patients
from Vernon County alone, occupy the
entire building
First:-For the good of the patients
in enabling the authorities to classify
the patients, separating the filthy.
violent, profane, etc from the quiet
and relatively decent
Secon9 As a sensible business
proposition we recommend that bonds
be issued in the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars. for the purpose of erect
/ ing the proposed additions to the Yer
non County Asylum for Insane and
herewith respectfully submit the fol
lowing ordinance and recommend its
/ adoption.
]. Henry Tate. Chairman
On motion OF Mr.. Tate. the Board
adjourned until 1880 this evening.
Evening Session, Friday, Nov. 10.
| Board called to order at o'clock by
! Chairman Morley Roll call and read
ing OF minutes dispensed with.
Resolution of Mr.. Tate read and
adopted.
Resolved by the County Board of
| Supervisors, That the Chairman of
/ this Board appoint building commit
| tea of five members, of which the
! Chairman shall be one. to have sole
and exclusive charge. as the agents of
| this Board of the construction of the
new Jail, with full power to engage
| architects and builders, contracting as
/ they shall deem best. and in all re
/ speets represent the County, and with
/ power to disburse for such purpose a
sum of money not exceeding $40 1000
! J. Henry Tate
Resolution presented by committee
on WAYS and Means read and adopted
! Resolved by the Board of Super
visors of Vernon County, That the
committee on Public Property be and
/ hereby is directed and required to
make all purchases required for the
use of the several Offices in the Court
House, including all fuel for both the
Court House and Jail and to the build
! ing of a good substantial wire fence
around the barn.
Also to have the south side of the
roof to the barn reshingled with a
J good quality of shingles.
Ordinance presented by Mr.. Tate
read and adopted. all voting ir the
! affirmative except Neuman larson
! Shreve, Thompson, Cunningham. An
derson, Johnson and Clark-S.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
Recess.

Board reconvened Committee on
WAYS and Means reports resolution of
Mr.. Eastman to rescind action on Jail
construction back 10 the Board with
out recommendation, The resolution
was then placed on its passage and
Inst bv the following vote. AYES
Neuman. HoiIen. larson, Eastman.
Swain, Shreve Mulch. THOMPSON,
Cunningham. ebert Neprud, Gopher,
Anderson Clark Hamilton and Nor
lev. ?. %. Noes-Rrody. Hall, Ka-
nanke. McLees. Root. McVev, Broad
head. Buchanan WEIGH, Tulloch, Ad-
lor. Shear. Dalton, Joseph Johnson,
Davidson and Tate-1T.
orAinance bonding the County for
Sa0 900 for 20 wears to build a new
iail read and lost all voting in the
NEGATIVE. excent Thomson and Tate.
On motion OF Mr.. Tate the Board
adjourned till p. m,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

Report of committee on Equaliza-
ton read and adopted
Gentlemen: Your committee on
Equalization beg leave to make the
following report and would recon-
mend that the real estate and per-
sonal property be assessed as fol-
lows in the several towns, villages
and cities:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
An Ordinance.

The County Board of Supervisors
of the County of Vernon do ordain as
follows:
That there be and hereby is levied
on all the taxable property in Vernon
County the sum of 100000 to be
used in the building of the new jail,
and that said money shall be used
for no other purpose.
!. Henry Tate.
Ordinance presented by committee
on Finance read and adopted, all vot-
ing in the affirmative
To the Honorable Board of Super
yisors of Vernon County:
er3lemen:-We. your committee
on Finance. respectfully recommend
the following ordinance and move its
adoption:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

and care of the outside poor and q
further sum of $4,000 for perma-
nent improvements on said county
farm and buildings.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

Treasurer, to be known as the District
Attorneys contingent rund, to be
d avn upon in the manner provided
by lay.
Hedge Larson.
Dated Nov. 16, 1909.
The County Board of Supervisors
for Vernon County do ordain as fol
lows: That there be and hereby is
levied upon the taxable property of
Vernon County, for the purpose of the
foregoing resolution. the sum of two
hundred (S2O0O0l dollars and the
same is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of the foregoing resolution
Hedge Larson.
Report of committee on Printing
read and adopted.
Your committee, TO whom was re-
ferred the resolution presented by Mr..
o. Byron Copper. has had the same
under consideration, and respectfully
recommend that it be adopted
Resolved by the County Board Oh
Supervisors, that the committee on
Printing be and hereby is authorized
10 make a complete estimate OF all
Job printing required by the several
COUNT officers for Vernon county TO,
one year, an1 that said committee ask
for sealed bids for the doing OF such
Job printing from the several printers
in Vernon county, and that they let
such job work to the lowest bidder.
O. Byron Copper
On motion Of Mr.. Davidson, the
county money was to be deposited
| with the two banks of the city Of
Viroqua said banks to pay the county
9 per cent on daily balances
On motion of Mr. Davidson. the
Board adjourned till 10 a, m. Friday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22

From the face of the bill itself it
does not appear that the claimant
was deputy sheriff. or other officer.
qualified to render any service before
court of record; nor does it appear
that he was relative and hence en-
titled to be compensated for commit
ting by payment of his actual ex-
penses incurred See opinion of At
torney General, Vol. -. page =. If
relative no part of the bill can be
allowed except that portion thereof
actually disbursed If the claimant
was at the time constable it is very
greatly to be doubted whether he can
render any service and collect any
compensation in the county court.
such official being a Justices court
official
Whether an officer or relative he
cannot lawfully charge $3.50 for ar
resting the insane person. nor can he
charge $3.50 for an assistant 1t is
greatly to be doubted whether he can
charge for keeping and boarding this
| person. at any place other than the
Jail, and in that portion thereof pro-
vided by law for the insane AS to
all such items the sheriff is the
proper person to render an account.
Under section 5S5 claws of 1909,
pages 206-207), r. S. sub. ), it is pro-
vided that upon receipt of an appli-
| cation the county Judge, or other
Judge of a court of record of the
county "mdW cause the person named
in the application to be brought be-
fore him" etc, for examination I
think It reasonably clear that the
word MAY" as here used, as is often
the case. must be construed to mean
MUST or SHALL" 1t is easily
seen that the insane man has rights
that ere presumed to be protected by
the court. In this instance it is APP
parent that the judge acted by tele-
phone, in fact he so assures me- and
directed the man to be brought be-
fore physicians at a distant point
and he was not brought before the
court at all This practice is radi.
ea1ly wrong. 1t is emphasized by
the charge in this bill of 500 which
is charged for attending before the
physician. when such allowance is
made by the statute for attending
before the court The court cannot
delegate its authority to physicians
or others in a distant village and
without the presence of the court,
to hold court" and commit citizens
to insane asylums
Relieving that there can be little
; doubt as to the correctness of this
view of the law, and if correct that
the entire bill rendered is not a valid
charge against the county. and desir-
ing that the matter be determined in
a lawful manner, on appeal from dis
/ allowance of the claim to the circuit
court. respectfully recommend that
the claim be entirely disallowed
J. Henry Bennett,
District Attorney
Dated Nov 16, 1909
State of Wisconsin, Vernon County
SIS.
In the Matter of the Examination
and Commitment of Elmer Oscar
Berg. an Insane Person.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
Atterooon Session, Thursday. Nov.

Atterncon Session, Thursday, Nov. Is.
Board called to order at > p m. by
Cd airman.
.ir. Copper renews his motion to Law
the resolution for building new Jail,
on the table Motion lost
The question was then on the reso-
luton to construct new Jail and
sheriff's residence at cost not ex.
ceedng 100000 The resolution was
adopted as follows Ayes --Neuman.
Bl odF, Larson. Eastman, Hall Ka.
panke McLees. Muteh Root. Obert.
Welch, Tulloch. Adler, Shear. Joseph
Tate and Morley--t7 Noes-Hoiden
Swain. Shreye, Thompson. Cunning
ham, McVey, Rroadhead. buchanan.
Neprud, Copper Dalton. Anderson.
Johnson, Clark. Davidson aud Hamil.
ton--lG
Resolution Of Nj Larson read and
adopted and the accom- qanying ordi.
nance passed. all voting in the affirm.
atiye.
Resolved, by the County RoaYd OF
Supervisors for Vernon County. That
the district attorney be and hereby is
authorized To litigate all cases OF an.
peals from disallowanee of claims OF
this Board, in such manner as he
shall deem best and in case of any
adverse decision and reversal OF the
County Board by the Circuit Court.
the District Attorney appeal any such
case 10 the Supreme Court Of Wis
consin, If in his Judgment reasonably
necessary to have the decision Of the
Circuit Court reviewed.
Hedge Larson.
Dated Nov is. 1909
Resolved, by the County BOARD OF
Supervisors for said county, That the
sum Of 500 be appropriated and set
apart in the hands of the County
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-22
Continued from page 8.

terday's meeting read and approved.
Resolution of Mr.. Root relating to
hounties read and referred TO commit
tee ON Ways and Means.
Resolved. That a bounty of soc be
maid for each rattlesnake killed in YER
non County, the killing of the same
TO be certified to and paid out of the
same fund and in the same manner as
bounties are now paid for the killing
of foxes and wolves, that so much OF
the snake be presented to the chair
man as will in his judgment be suffi-
cient identity of the snake, at least to
the hollow besides the rattles, and the
rattles with certificate of chairman
be presented to the county treasurer
Further, That the County of Vernon
nav bounty of two dollars for each
fox killed in said county to be paid
bv the County Treasurer the same as
other bounties are paid by the county,
on the certificate Of the chairman OF
the town where the fox was killed
Further. That the County Treasurer
be authorized and instructed to pay
a bounty of 5 cents on each crow,
owl and hawk killed in the county. the
upper beak of said crow. hawk or owl
to be presented to the County Treas
urer.
Martin Root
Report of committee on Ways and
Means read and adopted,
To the Honorable Board Of Super
visors of Vernon County:
Gentlemen Your committee on
Ways and Means respectfully repre-
sent that they have examined into the
needs of the Registers Office ana
recommend the purchase of an Elliott
Fisher or Hatch Book typewriter at
cost not to exceed Sl6500, and that
the committee on Public Property be
directed to pay for the same out OF
the funds placed in their hands for
sundry expenses.
Report of committee on Ways and
Means read and adopted and the ac-
eompanying ordinance passed. all vot
ing In the affirmative.
To the Honorable Board Of Super
visors Of Vernon County:
Gentlemen: Your committee on
Ways and Means had under considera
ton request Of trustees of Asylum for
Insane and do recommend hat there
be ana Is hereby set aside OF of earn
ings Of asylum the sum OF 81, 700 "
for current expenses, and the further
sum of s2.00000 for permanent i'm
provement.