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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

naturely Tor hours. Already like horses be-
decked with signs OF victory, they Haunted their
bunting ana hags and boasts as they stood on
the siding for the signal.
~ FIFTEEN miles Off to the eastward, in the hills.
i Law second pair OF welded rails, curved through
the canons towards the river. This was the cent?
pede Grannet had traced in his office in Broad
way New York. On the map it was marked n. &
T. r. R. On the desert marks could avail.
There was just gap in the whole OF its
length at the Rockwell river, one mile down from
the bridge that Jawsard had captured. Through
out its leagues OF and grades it lay in the
starlight lifeless the hills and apparently equal
ly deserted. The track walkers, stationed along
it's cuts and fills and instructed to beat back and
forth all night without much lighted cigar
to mark them out for observation, moved in the
shadows like ghosts of men doomed to an exile
in the silence.
That Jawsard had watched the last few miles
fact with which Grannet familiar. That Jaw
sard puzzled and worried as we'll could not
have been readily discovered.
No who plays the game OF war with Jaw
sards weapons, tricks and wiles could be blind to
the unforeseen. He had watched almost while
every spike went home in Grannet's ties. He had
watched where the crews rushed rock and earth
the filings approaching the pair OF piers where
tonight bridge had as yet appeared He had
seen that single span OF Steel with no need OF
trusses the landward ends would link those
above the deep and narrow stream He had count
ed the hours breahessly, waiting to bridge
shot out across the finished track, from some
where beyond in the cadelS of steel, to close the
yawning vacancy. Nothing in miles and miles
outside had materialized. however, up to nine this
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

For barely ten second fiery red light
threw ruby on rock walls girders and man
but the face it revealed there was ura1i-
nets He stood above the deep, still swirl impa-
tiently peering up the stream. 1t seemed very
long before at last sign vouchsafed from
the backness above.
1t came as a single beam of light, that was in
stanty extinguished. A murmur OF voices, halt
subdued, floated weirdly down with the current
There sounds OF ropes now, chuckllng IN
blocks then of the waiting and silence.
Grannet stood motionless, his eyes intent on
the chasm through which the river flowed. Pres
entity out from the shadows of the bank. that
doomed like a miniature Palisade, swung two
monstrous structures the water. 1t seemed
as if the huge rock wall had silently, strangely
delivered up two floating from its bulk
But Grannet knew the things for wooden barges.
&c. b. he called across the gloom.
And the answer came back, "Hello.
"Iet the first barge down trite ahead. I'm
afraid they may not pass between the piers
abreast and can't afford to get stuck.
Ten feet to spare, to an inch" came reply
"And below here it's wider all the way"
Abruptly both the rivers banks were swarm
ing-alive with moving, silent men, They We're
Grannets crews, army picked from the brain
and Drawn of I'll divisions
There were muffled commands more chucklngs
of the blocks the clanking of heavy chains and
irons. The great tall barges, CHOKING all the
stream and barely three feet below the span.
dropped silently down, prodgious amphibians
that shouldered tamely underneath the bridgeike
creatures long trained to obey
c. b. had swung from the top of to the
bridge where Grannet was standing. They wasted
no time in words, these two, but merely directed
the men.
Continued page ~
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
ITERARY MAG ZINE

The last three miles of ,awsard's road would be
finished within hour of sunrise. Every
he could hire and concentrate here the
unfinished section. Jawsard himself was in wait
ing at Crag to pilot the train in the morning
the first train through to Thunderhollow-the
first train through to golden millions.
Steamng and hot impatient for the grades two
big black creature of iron and wheels Kissed pre-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

The girl was twenty and goddess. Though
her bosom heaved and her breath fast she
met his glance without tremor And reckless
her heart had become at the words he had
finally spoken, she still maintained her hold upon
herself and held her JOY away.
He felt by instinct, more subtle than his sense.
that something in addition to their own great af
fair was concerned in her present perturbation
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

hnaI night.
No hour had passed for many days when the
man had ceased to be in constant touch with the
FORCES and fires of the land. His had searched
the nation through to scare up clue to Grannet's
secret manoeuvers. Somewhere, somehow Jaw
sard said his rival would hustle a bridge Yet
the hour of them ALL the hour of triumph and eli
max was at hand, and not much as SINCE
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

To her the word impossible meant aggardness IN
love.
Her excitement increased until at the last Gran
net could almost understand her demand LOT some
vengeance on his Toe -
~ don't care what you do, she said, so lons
as YOU break him the Wheel Steal an iiis
rails and make yourself bridge! Dynamite ms
niers, Wash out his track with flood! Fight
him as he is fighting you! And then come back'
and the love you'll receive-Go beat hlm 20
beat him. that's all!
A CLEAN of light had shot at a word through
Grannet's tortured brain 1t was not that he felt
he could more than smile at the wild lawless
things she had prompted, nevertheless she haa
flung him thought-and it scared it's way dowll
10 rock bottom. A single spark tiared once in MS
ewes then subsidized to wait for its hour.
'Ill beat him. he said Good night, Eileen
and he turned and walked rapidly away.
1t was when he had gone, without so much as
single kiss left upon her hand that the feminine
heart in the orchid of womanhood alone IN her
bow n voiced the protest of hungering love.
TT was night on the Rockwell river. Only the
l stars miraculously Splendid broke through the
universe of darkness. And the stiffness. as vast
as the sky itself not the stars could disturb
Below the gaunt deserted bridge that JaWsard
had bolted in place, the Rockwell cleaned myster-
iously A thousand planets, far aioof from man
and his puny earthly struggles, shone once again
from the mirroring swirl that deep and silent
Affair out on the desert lands legion of lanterns
steamed and burned in feeble constellation
They were strung all along narrow, crooked
strip where rails flung back their reds and yell
lows Here there clangor OF steel on steel
the sharp staccatos of sledses spikes, the
rasping of shovels that bit in the sand and the
drone of mems voices all.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

steel glfder had arrived. and
Grannets camps along his
line We're reported disbanded
and broken.
At ten that night a wire ar
rived like a sleeping draught
straight from the gods.
"Grannet's last chance, at
tempt to buy and rush in fin
ished bridge from c. X. & b..
failed Tuesday. Victory a
cinch. What about curb?'
This was signed with the
name of one of Jawsard's
"agents," who had not the
slightest suspicion the news
had leaked from Grannet
himself. Then the utmost OF
Grannet's hopes were realized,
for Jawsard's answer read:
IF you know Mindon's
whereabouts, wire him to sell
10000 N. & T. short tomorrow
morning. Take midnight train,
come
Jawsard had scarcely had a
wink of sleep in a week. With
a smile as bland and trustful
as a child's he dropped into
slumber at half past ten. to be
called sharp at seven in the
morning.
A T midnight the silence far
- out in the hills had become
more intensely profound. An
hour went by and a single man
came walking alertly through
the rock and brush to the neat
steel span that made Jaw
sard's road a thoroughfare to
fortune.
He approached the pier in
caution, big. blue revolver III
his fist. Astonished to find the
structure quite unguarded
here, he climbed the bank,
crossed rapidly over on the
ties, ascertained that no
Waterman was lurking on the
opposite bank, then climbed up
a pole, clipped off the wire
that kept the two ends OF the
road in touch and retired u
the center OF the bridge to
flash a signal
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

what he mad said. He had
poured forth his love in a tor
rent of words that had burned
their way home to her heart.
He had told of the coup that
.Iawsard had made. in reply to
her eager inquisition. 1t had
not been precisely his intention
tonight, either so to declare or
confess. but the moment for
both had arrived. 1t had been
the talk of Jawsard's move that
affected her singular change.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
THREATENED
IN BOWLING RANKS
Selection of Baltimore for
Next Tourney Unpopular
With BuffalonianS.

NEW YORK, June 4-There is every
possibility of a spit in the ranks of the
National Bowling Association.
Buffalo has not accepted with good
grace the defeat by Baltimore at the
annual convention for the 1910 tourna-
ment. snd is now flirting with the Amer
lean Bowling Congress. At the recent
congress in Pittsburg Detroit was Of
fered the American Bowling Congress
annual event OF 1870 provided certain
conditions we're fulfilled TO the satisfac-
ton Of the committee. So far it has not
been announced that Detroit is to have
the tourney. and there is considerable
aDathv among the bowlers of the city
of Straits in regard to holding it there.
By going to Buffalo the A. b. G.
would widen its territory, and would
cut deeply into the \. B. A. ranks.
The defeat in the convention was n
hard one to take, and il ranlSles. John
@. Floss. vice president of the n. B. A.
has left for home. and has scarcely
stepped foot in the garden since the
convention.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
FIGHT PROMOTERS
GET HEAVY FINES
Gotham Court Enforces
Strict Adherence to Box
ing Law in New York.

NEW YORK, June 4.-On the coTrob-
GRATED testimony of a policeman that
while in plain clothes, he was approach
ed on the night of April % by d
stranger and offered a membership
ticket TO the Lengacre Athletic Club
for 50 cents, eight men were convicted
ia the court of special sessions yester-
day of running a prize fight IN viola
ton of the penal code
Two OF them, Edward c. Herbert and
Joseph c. Gilbert, who, the policeman
testified, were standing near the door
when he entered were fined SIS, and the
other six, who were i'm the ring when
the club was subsequently ia ded, re
Ceived suspended sentences
The contention of the prosecution
was that the peddling of membership
tickets on the stTeet violated the i'm
mpnity conferred by club charter.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
SOLDIER
ENTERS THE RACE

BALTIMORE, Md, June "A new
soldier entrant materialized this morn
ing in Arthur Russell. a blond giant
from the 1Hst Artillery CoTps-from
which Boucher and Wolaver also hail
Russell IS six feet two, but trained
down TO comparatively light weight.
He says modestly that he has had
luck" for the last five years in being
on winning relay teams. and in taking
other hOnors IN sprints and runs. This
will be his first try at the long-distsnce
game, and he IS eager for it. His delay
in registering was caused by his alb
sence from Fort McHenry on a fur
louEhs and todag@he, Boucher, and
Wolaver viii go TO Fort Armisteasd TO
remain until the day Of the big race.
From that point of vantage they will
train over the roads of Anne Arundel
sandy or otherwise as the gods grant
Certain il IS, that IL they come away
from the Anne Arundel roads in good
shape, they viii have nothing to fear
from the Times News Marathon course.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
CUBS IN QUANDARY
ABOUT THAT MONEY
Murphy Will Let Players Decide
Who Cuts in on His
Check.

CHICAGO, June 4.-Now hat the
CUBS have received their little $4,000
present. from President Murphy they
are having all kinds of trouble about
what 10 do with The money. Not that
any of these men could not use it, hut
the question is just who will get in
on it,
President Murphy first planned to do
the dividing himself, including this
years recruits. He finally decided.
however, to leave it to the players. 4
meeting will be held today at which
the money viii be distributed All
members Of last years team will be
counted H. with the possible exception
Of King, Coakley, Durbin and Mar
shall At that rate each man win re-
ceive S666. IS
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
''SAOIE" M'MAHON NOT
AN OUTLAW MANAGER
Failed to Sign Contract With Will
mington-Franchise Trans
ferred to Sunburv.
ferred to Sunbury.

WILMINGTON. Del. June 4.-The
Wilmington Atlantic League Club has
been transferred to Sunbury, Pa The
team, which viii be managed bv j.
Howard Berry. will play its first game
under the new name today at Sha-
mokin. When the club gave up the
ghost word was received from sun
bury asking for the transfer.
John Mcmahon. the former Baltimore
pitcher, who recently agreed to manage
the Wilmington club. did not sign con-
tract. He says the outlook did not look
good enough for him TO do business.
He is not connected with the aggrega-
ton in any way.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
FIVE MORE DAYS
TO ENTER THE RACE

But five more days remain In
which to enter the intereity Mara
thOn. The entries positively will
close next Tuesday night.
Requests have been received for
Information other than that pub
Hshed on the back of the entry
blanks. This has been published
from day to day in The Times. But
the Marathon editor viii be glad
to talk over plans for the race any
day between 8 o'clock a. m. and
3 o'clock d. m. at The Times office.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
Seventy-eight Runners Now
Scheduled for Times
News Marathon.
MAP OF THE ROUTE
TO BE PUBLISHED
Technical High School Making
Strong Bid for Team Prize,
With Four in Race.

With thirty-one entries from Wash
ington and forty-seven from Baltimore,
the prospect Of reaching the hundred
mark in competitors on June Il seems
bright
The two men who signed blanks to-
day are Howard r. Stewart, of the
Y II. C a. and Dudley B. Howard.
of Technical High school Stewart is
a novice in track athletics. He is one
OF Beckett's newest recruits at the Y.
N. c. A, but In the four weeks that
he has been training for the Times
News event he shows every indication
OF making a classy distance man. In
weight he is below the average, but
his wind is exceptionally good and he
has been making ten miles in his daily
trials with ease.
Howard is the fourth man from
Technical High School to enter. The
Manual Trainers are coming out strong
for the team prize, and in numbers the
victory looks 10 lie between them and
the Y. NJ. c. A. Howard ran in the
recent Marathon held here, and while
he did not come in with the winners, he
finished within the time limit and main
tanned his stride throughout the race.
Map of Route.
A map Of the route OF the Times
News run viii be published within a
few DAYS This should be studied care
fully. as It shows the complete course
from Laurel to the Munsey building.
Special attention should be given to the
route within the city limits. As origi-
nally planned competitors viii come
from Fifteenth and II streets down
Maryland avenue 10 Second street
northeast: from there west along 3
street to First street northwest, down
First street in Pennsylvania avenue,
and from there to the Munsey building.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
DISTANCE TOURISTS
START FOR TOLEDO
Ocean-to-Ocean AutoiSts Have
Fair Lead for the Long
Journey.
Journey.

BUFFALO. n. Y, June Alive auto
mobiles in the ocean-to-ocean race
started on their long hard drive 10
Toledo, Ohio. at 3 o'clock this morning
To check in Toledo, with perfect scores.
it win ne necessary to travel fifteen
hours at the rate Of twenty miles an
hour.
The cars left New York on Tuesday
afternoon for the 4,000-miie run, which
viii end at the Alaska Pacific
Exposition grounds on Puget sound.
They arrived IN this city shortly before
5 o'clock yesterday.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
.CORBETT MAY LAND
MATCH WITH CROSS
A Decisive Victory Over Smith
Tonight Will Cinch
Rnff%

nounced today that if Young Corbett
wins a decisive victory over Sammy
Smith before the Paramount Club to-
night lac will be matched In San Fran
cisco TO meet TIE winner of the Leach
CTOss-Dick Hyland bout
Corbett win enter the ring at rs
pounds tonight. rather a contrast to the
AS, he weighed when he began trying
TO "cone back. some months ago.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
WILL MEET
LANGDON TOMORROW
Western Fighter Boxes Philadel-
phian in Quaker City
Ring.

PHILADELPHIA, June Al VOL
gasts the noted Western featherweight
viii make his first appearance in this
city at the National tomorrow night
when he meets Tommy Langdon, of
Port Richmond. in the Wind-up
Wolgast went ten rounds with AttelI,
and although no decision was given. It
was the opinion of good judges about
the ringside that he had the better of it.
Langdon, by his showing with owen
Moran and Jim DriscoIl particula rly
with the latter. has proven his class
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
LAUREL WANTS GAMES.

a game for Saturday. June 3, and would
like to hear from some good uniformed
team in the city. Also have open dates
for some Saturdays in June, July. and
August. Address w. Brown. manager,
?. o. box II, Laurel, Md.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
COLUMBIA OARSMEN
ON REGATTA COURSE
Majority of Crew and the House
boat Are at POUCH
keenSie.
keepsie.

POUGHKEEPSIE. n. Y, 2une Go
lUmbia University is the fl~st of the
colleges which will participate in the
big intercollegiate regatta on the Hud-
son in jelly to assemble here.
The big house, boat of the college has
arrived in tow and was taken to Cruun
Elbow, where II will be anchored until
after the races.
\ mum Der OF the crew have arrived.
and the balance will be here TODAY. Hard
practice viii begin at once.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
PITCHER
GOES TO BROOKLYN

BALTIMORE. June 4-Lanky Ander-
son, of Statesville. n c, the crack
spitbail twirler of the University Of
Maryland. will be given a tryOut with
the Brooklyn Nationals.
Anderson is considered one Of the
cleverest slab artists in the college
ranks. When he pitched against Mt.
St MaTy's ne struck out sixteen men.
His best performance was against the
Navy. when ne famed twenty middies-
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
COAKLEY TO PLAY
IN THE TRI.STATE
Former Athletic Pitcher Joins
Reading Club, in
Tri-State.

READING. Pa. June Manager
Thomas Golden. Of the Reading Atlantic
League team, released Ward, a pitcher.
and First Baseman Heckert7 and has
signed Andy Coakley, formerly a twirier
for the Athletics Of Philadelphia
The latter has reported. Manager
Golden also signed Pitcher SpOnagIe
formerly Of the Pottsville team.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
INTERIOR CHALLENGES.

The Interior team Of the DEPARTING ntal
League, Washington. p. c.. would like
to arrange games with teams of nearby
towns for Saturday afternoons d lrins
the months of July, August. and Sep
tember. Address G. G. Duganne.
United States Reclamation Service
Washington, d. c
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
THINKS BOWEKMAN
CAUSE OF SLUMP
Former Boston Player Says Vet
eran Cannot Hold Spit
baliist.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June d.-Bin Chap
pelle, released by Boston to Cincinnati,
and sold by the Reds TO Rochester, is
here for few days before proceeding to
Rochester. He attributes Bostons slump
in the National League to the inability
of BOwerman to hold the spitbalI
pitchers
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
VARDENN TO COMPETE.

LONDON, June Americans viii
have another opportunity of seeing Ton.
Nardenn. the great English golfer. this
season, as he has cabied his entry IN
the American open golf championship.
The Washington times., 1909-06-04
BOXING NOW LEGAL
OUT IN WISCONSIN

MADISON, Wis. June 4-The senate
VA. concurred in the Drew bill. legaliz-
ing boxing bouts OF ten rounds under
certain restrictions
The Washington times., 1909-06-04

Extra fine values in the
Boys Department tomorrow.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-05-07

0Ga Proceedings dheC0uRy Commissioners Wad0n North Dak0a

for abatement of taxes be accepted and
that the taxes be stricken off on the
grounds that this party never owned
any property in Ward county.
Motion carried.
The following bids for seed grain
bonds were opened:
Union National Bank of Minot, N D.
We will take the whole issue and pay
for each $500 bond $511, and fractions
of whole bond at the same rate, bonds
to run two years and draw interest at
the rate of per cent.
Usage National Bank, Usage, Iowa.
For each bond of $500, Z per cent
running two years, we offer $51O, the
amount to be $35, 1000.
M. F. How, Sauk Center, MINI.
will take 81, 900 Of these bonds at
par.
Minot State Bank of Minot, N. D.
We will purchase the entire issue of
$35, 0G0 at par value or for the face of
said bonds.
Second National Bank of Minot, ND.
j SOL per $100 on $35, worth of
bonds, more or less.
The Security Savings Bank of Toledo,
+, Ohio.
We offer par interest and premium of
$6 per thousand dollars for seven per
cent. seed bonds, or will take them at
six and one-half per cent at par and
interest.
Moved by Hurd and seconded by Glein
that the bid of the Union National
Bank of Minot, N. D., for purchasing
seed grain bonds be accepted, same be-
ing the lowest bid submitted. and that
the auditor be and he is hereby instruct
ed to prepare the bonds.
! Motion declared carried
Moved by Glein and seconded by Hurd
tthat the expense account of S. A. Sor-
enson, sheriff, for transportation of
Burr Nefsinger to the Reform School
lat Mandan, be accepted and approved.
|@5 Motion carried.
Moved by Abbott and seconded by
Hurd that the Justice report of John J.
Norgaard be rejected, upon the advice
of the states attorney, and that the re-
port be returned to said Justice.
Motion carried.
Y Moved by Abbott and seconded by
sHurd that the following bids for seed
grain bonds be rejected, and checks ac-
f5eompanying the bids be returned.
Motion carried.
The Security Savings Bank of Toledo,
Ohio.
L Second National Bank of Minot, N. D.
akMinet State Bank, Minet, N. d. eaa-..r ~.
Usage National Bank, Usage, Iowa.
M. F. How, Sauk Center Minnesota.
| Moved by Abbott and seconded by
Glein that the Chairman of this board
appoint committee on the hospital
committee to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of c. c. C. Willis, and