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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-20
CHAPTER II.
Aunt Rebecca.

No sooner was Mrs. Melville ushered
into her section than the colonel went
through the train. He was not so
suspicious as he told himself he might
have been, with such a dovetailing of
circumstances into his accidentally
captured information; he couldn't
yet read vllainy on that college lads
frank face. But no reason, therefore,
to neglect precautions. Hope the
best of men and prepare for the
worst" was the old campaigner's
motto
A walk through the cars showed
him no signs of the two men. 1t was
tolerably complete inspection, too.
There was only one drawing-room or
stateroom of which he did not manage
to get a glimpse-the closed room be-
ing the property of very great finan-
cial magnate, whose private car was
waiting for him in Denver. His door
was fast, and the click Of the type
writer announced the tireless industry
of our rulers.
But if he did not find the college
get a surprise for his walk; namely,
the sight of the family of Haley, and
Haley himself beside their trig, bat
tered luggage, in a section of the car
next his own. Mrs. Haley turned a
guilty red, while Haley essayed a
stolid demeanor.
what does this mean?" demanded
the colonel.
Haley felt he would have to go
with you, colonel" replied Mrs. Haley,
who had timid, wide, blue eyes and
the voice of a bird, but a courage I'M
der her panic, as birds have, too,
when their nests are in peril. We've
rinted the house to a good man with
grown-up children, and Haley can get
a Job If you won't want him.
"Yis. sor," mumbled Haley. He was
standing at attention, as was his wife,
the toddling Nora being held in the
posture of respect on the plush seat.
And l suppose you took the furni-
ture money to buy tickets?'
"Yis, sor.'
and you're bound to go with me-"
"Yis, sor," said Haley.
you ought to be ashamed OF your
self. sergeant" said the colonel; but
he was glad at the heart of him for
| this mutinous loyalty.
| Yes, sor,' said Haley.
well, since you are here, | engage
Won from to-day. you understand"
"Yis, sor," said Haley Mrs. Haley
wb,mnered a blessing; but the only
change in the soldier was that his mill
tarv stolidity became natural and real
instead of forced
"Sit down on this seat over here with
me and I'll tell you what | want
You fraud, letting me say good-by TO
you
81 didn't want to take the liberty,
sor. but you made me shake hands. ]
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She had been in tragedies, If an In
violable GOODNESS of head, perhaps OF
heart, had shielded her from being OF
them. The husband Of her youth, the
nearest of her blood, the friends OF
her middle life-all had gone into the
dark; yet here she sat, with her
smooth skin and her still lustrous
eyes and her fragrant hands, keenly
smiling over her solitaire. The col
onel wondered If he could ever recon-
cile himself with such philosophy to
his own narrowed and emptied life;
she was older than he, yet she could
still find Zest in existence. All the
great passions gone; all the big inter
ests; and still her clever mind was
working, happy, possibly, in its mere
exercise, disdaining the stake, she
who had had every success. What
vitality. He looked at her, puzzling.
Her completely bewildered him, he
not being of complex nature himself.
AS he looked, suddenly he found him
self questioning why her face. In its
revival of youthful smoothness and
tint, recalled some other face, recently
studied by him-a face that had worn
an absolutely different expression:
having the same delicate aQuaane nose,
the same oval contour, the same wide
brows-who? who? queried the colonel.
Then he nodded. OF course; 1t was
the man with the moles, the brother.
He looked enough like Mrs. Winter to
be her kinsman. At once he put his
guess to the test Aunt Becky" said
he. have you any kin / don't know
about?'
Il reckon not I'm nm awful!y kin
less old party" said she serenely. Il
was Winter, born as well as mar
ried, and so you and Mel and Archie
are double kin to me. ] was an only
child so I haven't anything closer
than third or fourth cousins, down in
Virginia and Boston"
Have you, by chance, any cousin.
near or far. named Mercer?
Resting her fingertips on the cards.
Aunt Rebecca seemed to let her mind
search amid Virginian and Massachu-
sets genealogical tables. why, GER
tainly," she answered after a pause,
there was Gen. Philemon Mercer
confederate army, you know-and his
son. Sam Nelson; Phil was my own
cousin and Sam Nelson my second,
and Sam Nelson's sons would be my
third, wouldn't they? Phil and Sam
are both dead. and Winnie Lee, the
daughter, Is dead, and poor. Phil-the
grandson, you know-poor boy. he
shot himself while at Harvard; but
his brother Cary is alive"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER l.-Continued.

We've been worried a good deal,
pursued Mrs. Melville, about the way
Aunt Rebecca has acted. She wouldn't
stay in Fairport where we could have
some influence over her. She was al
ways going south or going to the sea
shore or going somewhere. Sometimes
/ suspect Miss Smith made her to
keep her away from us. you know"
We'll. as long as l have known
Aunt Rebecca-anyhow, ever since
Uncle Archibald ded-she has been
restless and flying about"
Not as she is now. And then she
only had her maid
"Oh, yes, Randall; she's faithful as
they make EN-. What does she say
about Miss SMITH"
BERTHE. she's won over Randall.
deep"
Seems to be. But-exCuse me-
what's your game, Millicent? How do
you mean to protect our aged kins-
woman and incidentally, of course,
the Winter fortune?"
II shall watch, BERTHE; l shall be on
nv guard every waking hour That
deluded old woman is in more danger.
perhaps. than you dream.
"As how"
Miss Smith"-her voice sank por-
tentously-"was a trained nurse"
What harm does that do-unless
YOU think she would know too much
hn launched
It's no laughing matter, BERTHE. Re
becca is so rich and this other WON
an is so poor, and, in my estimation,
30 ambitious | make no insinuatlons,
I only say she needs watching
you may be right about that, said
the colonel thoughtfully. There is
HALEY and the boy for your bags
The boy picked up the big dress
suit case, the smaller dress-suit case
and the hat case, he grabbed the
bundle Of cloaks, the case of umbrel
las, and the lizardskin bag. Dubious
" he eyed the colonels luggage, as he
tried to disengage a finger.
"Niver moind. young Teller called
Haley, peremptorily whisking away
the nearest piece, I'll help you DIT
with yours, instead; you've load
sure!'
Mrs. Melville explained in an under
tone: II take all the hand-luggage
possibly can: the overweight charges
arc wicked"
Haley, they won't let you inside
without ticket" objected the colonel
But Haley, unheeding, strobe on ahead
of the staggering youth.
II have an English bathtub, locked
~ course, aud packed with things
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pecting. She asked me once If she
didn't play an intelligent game, and l
told her she did; a babe in arms
could understand it. She didn't seem
quite pleased"
How about Archie? Can he play a
good gamer"
VERY fair for a boy Of IA he was
fond of whist until his troubles
came said Mrs. Winter, with faint
clouding of her keen gaze. Since
then he hasn't taken much interest in
anything. Janet has frightened him
up more than anyone; and when he
heard you were coming that did rouse
him. You are one of his heroes. He's
that sort of boy" she added, with
tinge Of Impotence in her soft south
ern voice AS if to divert her thoughts,
she began deftly moving the cards
before her Her hands showed the
blue veins more prominently than they
show in young hands. This was their
only surrender to time; they were
shapely and white. and the slim fin
gers were as straight as when the
beaux OF Fairfax county would have
ridden all day for a chance to kiss
them.
The colonel watched the great ruby
wink and glow. The ruby was a part
of his memories of his aunt; she had
always worn It, He remembered 1t,
when she used to come and visit him
at the hotel at West Point, dazzling
impartially officers, professors, cadets
and hotel walters. Was that almost
40 years ago? Well, "a anyhow! She
had been very good, very generous to
all the young Winters, then. Indeed,
although she never quite forgave him
for not marrying the wife of her Sc
lecting, she had always been kind and
generous to Rupert; yet, somehow
while he had admired and found q
humorous JOY in his Aunt Rebecca, he
wondered if he had ever loved her
She was both beautiful and brilliant
when she was young, a southern belle
a northern society leader; her life was
full of conquests; her footsteps,
which had wandered over the world
had left phoSphoreScent wake or ad'
miration. She had always been a per
sonage She was a power in Washing
ton after the war; they had found her
uniquely delightful in royal courts
long before Americans were the
fashion; she had been Of Importance
in New York, and they had loved her
epigrams in Boston; now, in her old
age, she held veritable little court OF
her own in the provincial western city
which had been her husbands home
He went to congress from Fairport;
he had made a fortune there, and
when he died, many years ago, in
Egvpt. back to his western home, with
logged determination and lavish ex-
penditures of both money and wit, his
widow had brought him to rest. The
most intense and solemn experience
of i woman she had missed, for no
children had come to them, but her
husband had been her lover SO long
as he lived, and she had loved him.
She had known great men; she had
lived through wonderful events; and
often her hand had been on those
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Sells Statue to France.

Nine. Marcelle Tinayre, author of
la Rebelle" and La Maison du
Peche," is among the recently elected
chevaliers OF the Legion of Honor.
Nine. Gabrielle Dumonnet's marble
statue entitled "Triboulet dEnfant"
has been bought by the French nation
and will be put in the Luxembourg. At
present the works of only two women
sculptors are represented In this
museum.
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but he has put that In the car" said
MI Melville
Certainly" aid the colonel alb
sently; he was thinking: Mrs. Win
ter, the boy. Miss Smith-how ridicu-
lousy complete! Decidedly some
thing will bear watching.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
II 1T HAPPENS
IT'S HERE
EMPIRE MEETING
COMES TO CLOSE
Saratoga Track viii Open for
Months Racing Begin
ming Tomorrow.

Empire City, n Y, July 31.-The Empire
City meeting came to close today. The
feature of the card today was the Mount
Vernon handicap at one mile, which re-
suited in q victory for August Beimont's
filly, Half Sovereign, which was nicely rid
den by Dugan. Jack Akin. the even mon
ey favOrite. led to the stretch. where Half
Sovereign passed him. On Monday racing
begins at Saratoga to continue for
month.
First race, five and a half furlongs-Hu-
das Sister, II TO 5, won; Zacatecas, to /.
second; HOwdy HOWdy, i to l, third. Time
-l;O7
Second race, mile-AlbeTt Star, > to l,
won; Killiecranltie, 20 to 1, second; skye,
S to /, third Time-1:H.
Third race, five and One-half furlOngs-
Colina. 3 to l. won; Bonau, to >, sec
Ond: The Fad. 7 to 10. third. Time :07.
Fourth race. Mount Vernon handicap,
mile. value s2.500-Half Sovereign, to 1,
won; Jack Atkin. even, second; ArOndack.
TO !, third. Time-1:33.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Queen Margue-
rite. TO !, won; Pantoufle, 1 to ], second;
Mailman. Q 10 TO- third. Time-1:13.
Sixth race. mile and a siXtaenth-Bell
view 3 to >, won; Superstition, 10 !, sec
ond; Campaigner, % to !, third Time
1916 1-5.
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CAN DESTROY AlRSHIPS
WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY

Chicago, July 31.-A special cable
from London to the Tribune says:
From an excellent source it has been
learned that the reason the American
government remains apparently 50 lit
tie concerned about the advances in
aerial navigation made by foreign ex-
perimenters is that an officer in the
American army stationed at Fort Oma-
ha has worked out an electric tnven-
ton which is likely 10 paralyZe all other
existing and proposed engines of war.
The invention, he says, is to be ex-
Clusively the property Of the United
States government, and up to the pres
ent the essential details are carefully
guarded. The machine is said to pro-
ject through the air a column of cleo
trio energy of almost any desired
strength at any given object for dis
lance Of many hundred yards The
informant, who is an expert in war,
said.
such an electric column would
queer every mechanism on a warship,
stop the engines. annul the dynamos,
kill the signalling apparatus, make the
guns unavoidable. slay hundreds OF
men by shock alone. and might even
explode the magazines. It's POSSIBLE
ties for offensive warfare are almost
unlimited. OF course. I don't say its
absolute efficiency yet is assured. but
from certain knowledge I can say in
entire confidence that the experiments
made point convincingly in this di-
rpCtioD
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NEW FIRM FOR
AUTOMOBILE ROW
RoOkIidge-GiImer Co. to Open
New Garage and Handle
American Car.

The announcement has just been made
that the Roozlidge- company will
embark in the automobile business at
of the best lines of cars to be shown in
the city. Arrangements have been com
pleted for the erection of d large garage
on State street-in the center of automO-
bile row-which will be one Of the finest
IN the west. In addition to handling a
good line of cars, the firm will embark
IN the jobbing and supply business on d
large scale, and it is the intention to
supply dealers throughout the intermoun-
tain country with more complete line
than has ever been carried in the city
before.
The ROOklidge-G ilmer company will
make a leader of the new American car
which is making quite hit in the east.
They have demonstrating car on hand
and are able TO supply machines for early
fall delivery.
The American car has several new fea-
lures which 1t is believed will meet with
the approval Of western autoists Perhaps
the most prominent of these is the forty
inch wheels. This gives the car twelve
and One-hslf-inch clearance, especially de-
sirable for mountain touring where large
stones in the roadway prove fatal to
many machines.
The car has a 60-horse power engine and
weighs $500 pounds. It has what is known
as the undressing frame" which is made
possible on account of the large wheels
This allows for a straight line drive a
point sought after in nearly every make
of machine.
The firm will also handle the Pope To-
ledo line, and also lOw-priced car
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= | Z,
BIG INTEREST IN
SWIMMING MEET.
Entries From All Over State
Coming ln-ReId at Wan
damere Next Saturday.

At the Y. NJ. c. A. those in charge of the
coming state championship swimming
meet. are very enthusiastic over the out
look for the event, which will be pull,d
off AT Wandamere on next Saturday. Il
VIII be the fourth annual aquatic meet
held in this state, and from all prospects
VIII Dc the largest. UD TO last evening
Just thlTty-fiVe swimmers including en-
tries from Ogden, Fort Douglas, Murrav.
Garfield, one from Chicago and one from
san Francisco have signed an entry
blank to be on the scratch when the
starter fires the gun. From the INQUIRIES
received however. it is believed the en-
try list will be up to sixty expert swim
merS by the time the meet is held
The new. swimming pool at Wandamere
Is an ideal place to hold the event this
year, both from the swimmers and spec-
tators point Of view. The water at this
time of the year Is just about right for
iast work. and with the talent entered
II Is believed many state records will go
by the boards.
The Y. NJ. c. A. bunch OF swimmers.
which is by far the largest in the state,
are daily praCticing in the Y Nc A.
pool. Many Of the boys are trying to
master the crawl stroke for this meet
ana those who do are pretty sure to COP
q majority Of the races.
Entries viii be received up to Wednes-
Gay night and any amateur swimmer in
the state Is eligible to become a contest
ant
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LAWSON LEADS
PROFESSIONALS
Western Championship Races
to Be Feature at Saucer
for Rest of Season.

liver Lawson is again the champion of
the saucer track. This week he has
taken first place in the point table from
Gordon Walker after the Australian mas
held the position by q safe margin for
nearly a montl. Law son has been fight
Ing for the place each week, but Until
Friday nights wins gave Lawson ten
points Walker managed 10 lead the list.
All down the column the professionals
are making a great showing, several ~
them being within a few points of each
other. This accounts for the close COM
petition in the races this year, which are
proving more popular than ever before.
In the amateur division the big lead
gained by Wright earlier in the season is
all that makes his position safe as king
Of the amateurs The field is gaining on
him, due To the slump of the last couple
of weeks i'm WrighUs Tidins. Mccormack
has d safe lead for second place this
week, while Young Thomas is making
great strides among the men further
down the line.
Manager Heagreu announces that he
Will give q series Of races for the western
championships during the remainder of
the season. The first of these races will
be run ON Tuesday night and will be for
ten miles The winner of this race will
receive the title Of western ten-mile cham
piOu. Championship races at the other
distances VIII be given. Winners of the
championship races receive just double
the amount Of points as the winners o.
the open events, and at the end Of the
season the rider with the greatest num-
Der of points win be entitled to the west
ern championship for the year.
Anotner feature event for Tuesday
night will BE- the mile motor record trial
by Whittier The Wizard believes he can
annex the famous mile OF los 2-5 held by
Gussie lawson, and those who have seen
rev OF his recent rides hold the same
opinion
The standing Of the riders is as follows:
Professionals.
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AUGUST ! IN THE
ANNALS OF SPORT

lha5-At Beacon course. Hoboken. n. J..
Dutchman established a record bv trot-
ting three miles under saddle in 7:S2L
lSot-At Point Albino, Canada. Sam Ran
kin defeated DOminick Bradley In I52
rounds for 5000
lS1S-At New York, q. F. WahIstrom de-
feated Cyrihe Dion in match for fifteen
ball pool championship and $500.
lSSt-At Narragansett park. jay ve-See
going against time, 2:l0i4. accompanied by
Iunnlas morse purse $500, trOtJed d mile
in 2;le, beating record.
lNS-At Halifax n. S. j. Fleming won
three-mile scullers' race for champi0nsbiD
of Halifax harbor
lS5l-Harry Howard. a noted wrestler
and pedestrian. died at Moutclair. n 4
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INJURED IN RUNAWAY.
Two Boys Have Narrow Escape in
Bingham Street.
Especial to The HeraId.)

Bingham, July 31.-While John Murray,
aged Il, George Pope, 10. and Johnny
Hyland, 10, were driving Evans & Vests
grocery wagon down Main street, the
reins dropped under the horses heels.
The animal became frightened and dashed
down the thOroUghfare. Murray jumped
from the side and Hyland from the rear,
but Pope remained in the wagon until
the horse cOllided with a two-horse
wagon belonging to Ed Jones. in front
of the blacksmith shop.
The collision threw young Pope a dis
lance of fifteen feet. He struck on his
face and shoulder. His lips We're terribly
cut and he was severely bruised. The
wagon was smashed and strewn along the
street. The horse freed himself later and
ran TO the barn.
Dr.. +. Z. Straup dressed the injuries
Of tho PODa lad Nine stitches were re-
quired. The Hyland boy was only slight
" injured, and Murray escaped any hurt
at all.
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Results at Butte.
uIy 3I.-Results:

Butte, July 31.-Results:
First race. four furlOngs-Lyte Knight
won, Good Fellow second, Canardo third
Time-46 2-5 seconds.
Second race. four and half furlOngs-
Good ship won. COppertown second, Lii
lium third. Time-544 seconds.
Third race, six furlOngs- Madeline Mus
grave won, EthOn second, Kerry third.
Time-1;l3lI.
Fourth race, one mile-Hush Money won,
Time-1:405
Fifth race, one mile-Cabin won, Ethel
Day second, Prince of CASTLE third. Time
-1:41Ia.
Sixth race six and a half furlongs-Rob-
ert Mitchell won, Jillette second, Birth
third. Time-1:21%. BaTdonia came IN
first but was disqualified.
Seventh race one mile and a sixteenth
TaXer won, Mabel HoIlander second, Al
tenberg third. Time-1:49A.
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ROBERTSON CAPTURES
BRIGHTON AUTO RACE

Brighton Beach, y. Y. July 31.-George
H. Robertson. driving a Simplex car, won
the twenty-four-hour automobile race at
the new Brighton Beach mOtOrdrome to-
night. He covered 1901 miles, Sc miles
less than the worlds twenty-four-hour
record of LIZ miles. which he made last
October The rOUghness of the track
precluded the cord-breaking. They fin
ished as follows.
Simplex, driven by G. H. Robertson,
1891 miles.
Rainier l.. A. DisbrOw. LOAF miles.
Palmer-Singer. Frank Lescault 96S
miles.
Stearns. Laurent Crosse, 919 miles
Iozier. II. milford. SS5 miles.
The contest was open to all stock cars
selling at $500 or over, and to the win
ner goes 81 900 Second money is $500.
third $500 and fourth $500
The race was not maTred by any serious
accident.
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FLAGS AND BUNTING.
Headquarters Sweet Candy CO.

factory in The United States Is located
there" Lieutenant Ware said. The
reason that France now holds the rec
ord Is because the French aeronauts
use hydrogen gas exclusively. while the
Americans have being using ordinary
coal gas. Hydrogen gas viii lift sew
enty pounds for each 900 cubic feet
while the same quantity Of coal gas
VIII lift from thirty TO forty pounds
The balloon which We will use VIII
hold $4,000 cubic feet of gas. and we
will carry more than one ton of sand
to be used as ballast. When we make
the fight we viii rise two miles In the
air at the start When we cross the
borders of New England we will be up
three miles in the air This difference
in height is necessary to keep the equi-
librium Of the balloon"
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HERALD'S DOUB
JIMMY BRITT IS
KNOCKED OUT
Native Son Meets Live One in
London and Lasts
Nine Rounds.

London, July 3.-Johnny Summers
English featherweight pugiiist, defeated
Jimmy Brit-. American lightweight, io
the ninth round at the Memorial grounds
IN Westham this afternoon The contest
was scheduled to GO twenty rounds anu
receipts
Britt who was somewhat fat ana SLOW.
was 6utclassed from the beginning. aEu
was knocked out ia the ninth round he
was knocked down N the second round
and took the count Of seven, but came
back fresh IN ,he third round Summers
had the advantage in the succeeding
rounds. and when the son5 rang for the
ninth. he attacked Britt furiousIy. rain
ing blows upon his body Gnd face The
American was worn down and finally
dropped flat or his back and was counted
out. Freddie Welsh has challenged the
winner.