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81 got this from her." he said sim
ply. want to know what's in it,"
YES" answered Perkins.
Il can't let you read it. but it's from
a place in Italy-Sorrento." he went
on slowly. mouthing the unfamiliar
word. she says she's going to marry
the Hon. Almeric st. Aubyn. heir to
the ancient house of Hawcastle And
she wants to make settlement on
him. She can't marry without my con-
sent. you know, Tom. If she does the
asylum"
Going to give your consent?" in
quired Perkins.
Don't know" answered Pike. 'I've
got to look the young man over first
I promised John Simpson I'd always
look after her. That was when she
was born. He said girls sometimes
got into tight place and they'd need
some one to pull them out. Sounds
good, doesn't it. Tom? Hon. Almeric
st. Aubyn. Must be a member Of con-
gress or something over there. Maybe
he'll be senator some day. can't
object. Tom. if he's got a show to
make a good living for her. can l?
Say, what IS a settlement. anyway?
You don't suppose I've been keeping
her short Of money. do you. and she's
had to borrow"
Perkins shook his head gloomily
Don't ask me-" he said. Il don't
know anything about women. Why,
Dan. I thought you'd mapped 1t out
to marry
"That'll do for that" said Pike
, quickly. We'll not talk about that
now. Tom. Suppose you go down to
Archie Toombs and ask him about Scr
rento and how to get there and when
fellow gets there after he starts I'm
going to write letter to Jim Cooley
and get him to hunt up this Haw-
| castle
When Perkins had gone Pike pulled
open the letter and read it once again
| 1t was the most formal Of notes, be-
ginning Dear Mr.. Pike" and ending
"Yours sincerely" 1t contained a brie!
notice Of the writer's intentions, or
| rather. intentions In the event of @
certain contretemps that to her seemed
inevitable. and trusted that the end
would meet with his approval
He sighed as he folded it and re-
turned it to its envelope.
"And that ends the guardianship. >
he mrttered- wonder what Pm 60
ing to do with the old house now?
From a drawer in his desk he pulled
a framed picture that showed a deli
cately featured girl. with big. frank
eyes and a wealth Of light. curling
hair that was haf hidden BY q bis
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garden hat There was q smile abou.
the lips thai seemed very engaging.
and the n,r.fi1 dress she wore had
been acccnfnaftd ~ its simplicity by
the art Of ~ London photographer.
Pike had .;r2Gervcd the picture, which
had been given tn him by old John
Simpson tho day before he died. ard
he sighed is III. Looked at il.
Then he laid il face down upon the
desk and dropped his chin into his
hand. 1t may have been an hour that
he sat there, and III that time never q
thought of bis legal business crossed
his mind He was busy with fanci-
full picture of an unknown city that in
spite of his desire seemed to take on
the aspects Of larger kokomo, and in
his fancy he could see a big, well knit
young fellow bending eagerly over to
look into the face of girl, and he
heard her call him Almeric.
Must be a mighty fine man." he
mused-"a fine big man-to capture
her.
Then Perkins came in to ask if Pike
wished to sail from New York for
Havre in two days ticae, stating that
it would be necessary to leave that
night if Pike wished to take passage
On her.
'Ill go, Tom,'' he said. Maybe
you'll drop in here once in awhile and
tell folks that ask for me that I'll be
back in a month or So"
Then he sat down and wrote to Jim
Cooley at London.
At s that night he stepped aboard an
eastbound train and the next after
noon was in New York. Sorrento
seemed a long way off, and it was
with a heavy heart that he walked up
the gangplank of La Provence.
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CHAPTER III.

an hour later Mariana, the maitre
IA d'hotel of the Regina Marghe-
- rita, stepped out upon the ter
race and began to lay cloth
upon one Of the small round tables that
stood close to the white marble bnlus-
trade. On the other side of the wall
could be heard the mandolins and gui-
tars Of the fishermen, and Mariana
glanced up GROSSLY as the song arose
upon the morning air.
"Silenzio!' be cried. and for a mo-
ment the music died down
Mariana went at once to the table
upon which he had spread the cloth
and placed silverware and delicate
china upon it. and he was thus en-
gagged when Michele the commission
Eaira, appeared at the top Of fight Of
marble steps that led into the eastern
wing of the hotel. fronting on the ter
race.
Here is NJ Ribiere to see you, SIR"
he said softly. with a backward glance
over his shoulder. and Mariana
Strengthened up instantly. with a smile
Of welcome, for Ribiere was an old
and valued accomplice in the gentle
art Of soft Italian legal stealing.
A tall. alert young Frenchman. clad
in an English walking suit Of gray
and carrying a portfolio beneath his
arm. ran lightly down the steps and
approached the maitre d'hotel
"Ah, Mariano!' he cried as he ap-
preached
The genial Mariana bowed graceful
ly and rubbed his flexible hands to-
gether.
an. Ribierew he chartered gayly.
This is one Of the days of days.
The music burst forth again, and he
whirled about angrily in the direction
Of the lemon grove.
"Silenzio," he cried, with waving
hands "Silenziov' and turned again
to Ribiere. Michele, with a glance at
them, went back within the hotel.
Ribiere turned warning glance to-
ward the hotel and whispered in Ital-
ian:
"Let US speak Engieesh. Fewer I'M
derstand"
Mariana again bowed and spread out
his hands in assent.
II hope m'sieu still occupy the ex-
alt position of secretar' to monseigneur
the gran duke
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patrons in return for modest and well

patrons in return for modest and well
put advertisement.
Strangely enough. the Hawcastle-
Creech combination did not drag the
willing Simpsons into the glfttering
presence of the real set.
On the contrary. with somewhat
dog in the manager policy. they awak-
ened both the earl and his sister-fn-
law to the fact that they wished no
sharers in those American dollars that
John Simpson had sweated his brow
for. and as consequence they pro-
posed little trip-a quiet. ante-season
trip-to Sorrento. where not guest
would disturb them and where mat
tiers might be given a chance to right
themselves.
And there. strangely enough. the
Simpsons met the Comtesse de Cham
pigny and were quite delighted to find
the gifted and brilliant Frenchwoman
an intimate of the earI's. The second
morning of their arrival the gay COM
tesse put in an appearance and with
promptitude that was astonishing took
young Horace under the widowly wing
md marked him for her own. And
that same morning the noble earl took
his equally noble son into the shrub
berry and spoke to him.
you've gC< to do 1t. St Aubyn." he
said. THE family honor is at stake
For heavens sake. marry the little
fool! What if her scurrilous name IL
Simpson? You can make her forget it.
We are stony broke, my good boy, and
she has a hundred and fifty thou.
That will keep us going for another
year or two, and if Helene can capture
the young ass, Horace. I'll force her
to divide with me-"
But it's such a beastly bore, gov
ernor." drawled Almeric St. Aubyn,
and he ficked idly at the rhododen-
dron bushes with his stick.
He was pale, washed out youth.
with an inimitable drawl and a SHIN
mering Of intellect that might. IL It
had been given an opportunity, have
resolved itself into good working I'M
itation Of brain. To his friends he
was that hopeless ass and to his
SiCAi1SS dAo oCOlOi IhO A0tlCA AOI
a few-"that beastly bounder, ST. Au-
byn"
You see, governor" the honorable
Almeric went on, cit isn't as if cared
for the little gal. I'm queer beggar.
you know. and it's fearfully rough on
Il chap to pretend interest in such a
little vulgarian. Of course l know
we're awfully hard up and all that
sort of thing. but
His noble father seized him roughly
By the. arm.
You don't have to live with her, you
know" he said savageIy. 1T will be
easy enough to make it SO unpleasant
for the mink that she'll be glad to go
back to the States, and she can't get
back a penny. Well have that tight
enough"
The Hon. Almeric laughed.
"Oh, all right, old chap! he drawled.
IN lift her to the Internal seventh
heaven. or whatever you call it. Don't
expect me to moon over her. though"
And that compact being settled, the
earl went off for his morning walk
along the cliff and Almeric to keep
his engagement for morning ride
with Ethel Granger-Simpson.
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AS he spoke the countess, clad in the
very latest Partisan creation. swept
down the steps and approached the
table She locked well. and she knew
1t.
Apparently about thirtytwo. she
would probably have confessed to five
years more under pressure. but her
dark beauty was we'll set OF by the
light colors she affected, and the tilt
of her Darasol revealed more TO the
capable eye Of an observer than a
ream Of self description or admission.
She was Of that type that causes the
elderly dowager of any race to regard
her with suspicion and to gather her
male encourage beneath the protecting
wings. Nine. de Champigny. raising
her hand with little gesture of greet
ing, paused an instant as she stood at
the top Of the steps and cried softly:
me voicir'
The earl jumped to his feet and
bowed. inquiring at the same time:
MY esteemed relative Is still
asleepT'
The countess swept forward to her
chair. which Hawcastle pulled out for
her. and murmured:
Il trust your beautiful son has found
much better employment - as our
hearts would wish him, ehY'
Hawcastle laughed shortly and mirth-
Iessly.
"He has. He's OF on a canter with
the little American"
Whefeat the demure countess clapped
her daintiIy gloved hands together and
cried softly:
"Bravav
That they were old friends, these
two, was to be seen at q glance. There
was no inqufring as to each others
tastes and dislikes. It was evident
that long association had ingrained an
intimate knowledge Of the other into
the mind Of each, and they met ~
good comrades without moro than per-
functory courtesy. The earl went on
as he reseated himself.
Il didn't mean Almeric, however,
Helene, but my august sister-fn-law."
Without further comment he turned to
the paper again ana read The amia-
BILE countess smiled At him enigmatdc-
ally and broke q ron with the gesture
Of an empress.
The amiable Lady Hermione IRE
velyan Creech has dejeuner in her
apartments. What do you ind to read.
mon cherT
Hawcastle threw the paper down
upon the cloth with an exclamation.
I'm such a duffer at Italian" he
said, "but apparently the people alon:
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and looked with startled eyes into the
kindly blue ones that glimmered into
his own.
"A-girl!' he seemed to hear the boy
say. "a little girl. Mr.. Simpson,"
In his fancy he saw the big man
nod, saw him place the pipe back In
his teeth and extend his two palms
until they were n foot or so apart
"A girl. Dan" he heard. bout so
long. Dan. and purifier than all get
out. An she's goin' to be big re-
sponsibility. my boy. Wen have TO
sell Il heap of lots TO pay what she's
soin' to cost. Dana whole heap of
lots
And gradually the picture seemed 70
fade away, and. like a diSsolving view
Its place was taken by another-the
picture of half timhered house that
stood back among some trees at the
corner of Main and Center streets He
Gould see the worn steps leading up To
the yeranda and himself approaching
half fearfully along the gravel walk
that led in from the rusty gate
VII lAt the lIidI WIFI
the heavy features and the corncot
pipe, and he heard the voice again bid
ding him come up. And then there
was Il call to some one within, and q
woman emerged with a white bundle
in her arms.
SHOW her TO Dan" he heard tho
mans voice say, and then, when the
woman had removed a bit OF the fan
mel covering from the little face anG
he had looked upon it. startled, a5ashet
and marvelously choking as to tn,
throat, the big voice went on again:
'She's going to be Ethel. Dan. tina
bundle of infancy. And maybe som,
Of these days sheu be getting hersel
in tight place, and it's going to be VI
to you, Dan, to help her out ant
you're going TO promise me that you'll
do it. boy. Horace, the. other kid. he'll
grow up maybe to hdve sense. an,
he'll look out for himself, but it's
tough place for girls. Dana might
tough place"
He could almost hearS the hushe'
voice in which the boy hads given tn
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II should like much to know bis
name"
The earl smiled and went on with
his breakfast.
You may be sure 1t isn't Ivanoff,"
he said. but the assurance did not
seem to carry weight with madame, for
she leaned her chin In her hand and
looked or over the bay, and there was
q troubled look In her eyes.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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The Frenchman walked quickly to
one of the little wicker tea tables that
were scattered about. sat down. and
opened his portfolio.
I've viii not mention either the
name or the rank of my employer" he
said gravely There are reasons Of
state. You understand
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STRANGE NEWS,

"HE Earl OF Hawcastle was near.
ly at the end Of his financial
rope. And yet to look at him
as he entered upon the terrace
nom the lemon grove no one would
have thought that q care IN the wussd
posssaled him
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CHAPTER II.
THE EXILES

-
AK years Of life abroad. and these
u during the most impressionable
~ period Of their young lives. had
left an indeibe imprint upon
the two young people.
Horace Simpson had taken to him.
self the manners of the Harrow and
Oxford youth. He had eschewed the
society of what be had learned, with
parrOt-like aptness. to call those ''vul
gar Americans" and had confined his
social intercourse solely to such Of the
European "haut ton" as he could man.
age to scrape acquaintance with.
And this last was somewhat uphill
task, for. whatever else one may say
about the English. they are inclined to
view with very little favor the pos
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Notice of Administration.

HAVING Qualified BEFORE TIE
Ii Clerk OF the Superior Court 81 Vance
County as administrative with the will an
nexed OF the estate OF the late BETTE r
Blacknall, deceased, notice is hereby glTr9
to all persons holding claims against taio
estate to present them TO me on or b"iorg
the LIST day OF May, 1910, or this notice VIII
be pleaded in bar OF their recovery.
This the 9th day Of April, 1909.
GUSSIE r. BLACkNALL. !
Administrative with will ANNEXED. |
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Old Clothes Made New
By the Henderson Pressing Club.

We guarantee to take your old clothes
and make them new 30 far as removing Oh
and dirt is concerned, and il we fail your
money is cheerfulIy refunded. II You want
your work done perfectly send to us, but u
you don't care how they are done send some
weere else.
We do everything in the cleaning ana
pressing line We don't have to experiment
on your clothes to learn how todothem-
service Of four years apprenership To learn
how and fourteen years practical workngat
the trade qualities US to know how 10 %
everything in this line in strictly up-to-daie
fashion. We also make Ii speciality oil wofk
for ladies, such as skirts, shrt wnists. KID
gloves. etc. Send everything to us or phone
and we will call for same in any part 81
town.
u. n. PRATT.
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Next door to 0orsey's Drug Store.
PHONE 3G0.B.
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rs feet on
the desk of
the office in
the Central
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ITO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-03
CENTRAL PRESSED
70 GET F|RENEN
DEMAND FOR ENelNEMEN BRINGS
EMPLOYMENT TO MANY
NEW ONES.
"sTuDENrsp PLACED ON
ENGINES TO LEARN WORK
Young Men, Who Have Had No Prev
ious Experience, Put in Engine Cabs
to Learn to Become Firemen With
out Usual Preliminary Training -
William Law Ordered TO nj. & St. /.

Forced by the stress of business to
put and keep in the service, all the
engine crews it could muster the Iowa
Central has added to its payroll dur
ing the past week or two a number of
new 1remen. Master Mechanic c. E.
Gossett said this morning that he had
been hiring locomotive hremen where
he could pick them up, and that he
had employed all he could find.
So great is the demand for aremen
that the road has taken the rather un-
usual steps of employing young men
who have had no experience in firing
locomotives, and who have been put on
engines to learn the duties of fire.
man. These .'students,' as they are
called, occupy the cab with the regu-
lar firemen, who instructed them in the
duties, and with whom they remain
until they are competent to fire loco
motives alone. Master Mechanic Cos
sett said this morning that several of
these students had recently been put
to work. The ordinary process of de-
veloping f1remen is to first give them
employment in the round house, wiping
engines, until vacancies result in the
list of fremen.
Law Ordered to M. G. S. L.
Travelling Fireman William Law. of
the Iowa Central, whose headquarters
are in Oskaloosa, has been ordered to
go to the Minneapolis & st. Louis for
duty temporarily. 1t is understood here
that Mr.. Law will remain on the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis for only short
time.
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Some Corn Not Matured.
OLD IOWA ENGINEER DEAD.
Brother OF Mrs. p. L. Marble, of Lis
comb. Iies After Long Illness.

George F Johnston. aged "A. for
me- Chicago Great Western engineer.
+orroarlv living a Waterloo, and run
ming hetween oelwein ana Des Moines.
diA6 a, 4 o'clock mis- morning at the
ror,a If bis sister. Mrs P. i, Marble.
a. Tiscon,b Mr. Johnston had been in
falling health for six Years. and had
heen bA.ifast FIVE weeks. He had been
Al his sisters home for little over a
,,aer
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Prices Paid to Farmers by Marshall
%oMn na.Iere

Prices Paid to Farmers by Marshall
town Dealers.
The following prices are quoted by
Marshalltown dealers for the different
varieties Of farmers provisions, grain,
produce and poultry, also for hides,
tallow, wool, pelts and skins:
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
The Peckham Grocery Company
quotes the following prices in trade for
country produce, effective until fur
Their notice:
Best country butter-2S.
Fresh eggs-26.
GRAINS.
E. E. Benedict & Co. will pay the
following prices at their place of bust
ness in this city:
Old corn-53
New corn-45.
Oats, new-24
Tame hay-10.0O
HIDES, TALLOw. WOOL, FURS.
H. Willard Son & Co, quote the
following prices:
No i green hides-s.
No. 9 green hides.
Horse hides-200d2.
Pelt-25, 80, Is. 100
Medium wool-23M24.
Fine wool-16M1S.
Coarse wool-20 @21.
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RAISING Poultry for Profit

With poultry, as with everything else
on the farm, the management given
is an important item in receiving the
largest profits. At the start it is an item
to select good breed, one that is we'll
adapted to the purpose for which the
poultry is kept. One should begin with
a good breed, one that is medium in
size, good layers. good table fowls and
good foragers, as on the majority of
farms the poultry may be reasonably
expected to pick up more or less of the
waste food. If they do this they must
have good constitutions, and be nat
urally thrifty. Get pure bred fowls;
they will be more profitable than mon
grels or grades. Select fowls for utility
and individual merit as well as for the
points that go to make up the stand
ard fowl. Introduce new blood each
year by purchasing a sufficient num-
Der Of young roosters. Select a suffice
lent number Of the best of the early
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SCARCITY OF LABOR TAKES Chill,
DREN FROM SCHOOLS TO
HELP HARVEST CROP.
WIVES ALSO LEND HELPING
HAND TO PUSH WORK ALONG
Farms Come to City Seeking to EN-
poy Labor. and Help is Hard to
Find = Good Corn Pickers Earning
Between 50 and 81 Per Day = New
Corn Brings High IS 4s Cents.

Because male help is so scarce that
the corn harvest is suffering, women
and girls in Marshall county are in the
fields in an effort to get the crop gath
cred before severe or stormy weather
sets in.
Boys and girls have been taken out
of school in different parts of the
county, and placed at work in the
fields. because help from other sources
is absolutely impossible to secure. In
many Instances the wives of farmers
are also lending a helping hand, and
entire families may be seen hard at
work gathering the golden grain.
Come to City for Help.
Farmers are coming TO the city in an
attempt 10 pick up men on the streets
who have every appearance of being
idle. Their efforts are, however, for the
most part. in vain. One farmer from St.
Anthony left his work Tuesday and
came 10 the city TO make a final effort
to secure corn pckers. None was TO be
had near home. and the farmer thought
possibly he might find some enterpris-
ing young men who We're anxious to
earn an honest dollar and work up an
appetite at the anne time He got the
promise of two men 10 accompany him
home, and they We're 10 meet the
farmer at the station for the 6:lo train
Tuesday evening. The promised help
did not show up.
Good Money in Corn Fields.
There is good money 10 he earned
by the idle in the corn fields of Mar
shall county, and there are several
weeks work for many men, Il is
poor hand Who can not earn at least
81 per day picking corn. and fairly
good pickers can raise a daily wage TO
more nearly So The more experienced
pickerS do even better, and are earn
ing between SO and 81.
AT the local market new corn is
commanding As cents. At the Vancleve
market some loads have commanded as
high as IS cents.
Some Corn Not Matured.
Representative Wallace H. Arnev, Of
Taylor township. who always raises a
fine LOT of corn. was in the city Tues
day. He was more than pleased with
mis- yield for this season, but said that
a big yielding variety that he had
planted from a high priced seed. was
not maturing as rapidly as it should.
and some of il was 100 green TO crib.
Mr. Arnev fears that some of his corn
is not vet out of the way of frost, and
never viii be. His yield, however. will
be a little better than sixty-hve BUSH
els 10 the acre.
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a mark of respect to the dead. Frank
NJ. Thomas post, C. A. R.. of which Mr..
Beeson has been a prominent member
for years, attended the funeral in a
body, and members of the post acted
as pail bearers. The latter were
Messrs. L. w. Robbins, R, B. Wallace,
j. E. Wildman, L. McKinnon, George
A. Turner. and q. B. Zines.
From out Of the city there were pres
ent al the funeral DIR. and Mrs. O. l..
Beeson, Of Beatrice Neb.: DR.. ]. b.
Beeson. OF Livingston. Mont; S. A.
Beeson. of Afissoula, Mont; Miss Mar
tina Beeson, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Alice
Warner, of Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs.
Mart Beeson, of Albion; Jesse Binford,
of Liscomb, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Eng
fish and daughter, Miss Olive, of Ne
vada. Several other relatives and old
friends from Iowa, Liscomb, and Tay-
lor townships We're also here for The
funeral.