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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-09-29

reptitious lover he made for the angie
between two dark wings OF the great
house. Glimmers of light from two
windows were their sole sign Of occu-
pancy. the center OF human concourse
being about that core OF light In the
court. The wings seemed like low adj.
juncts for Conservatives. or billiard
rooms. and the angle between. with its
Hight mottlings. looked like flower
sprinkled lawn on which Carson felt
confident of placing the Virginia gen.
tly and with no disturbance With
slow soaring motion the aeronef came
into the angle like n steamer into her
slip-and found. instead of a lawn. a
grayeled roof cluttered with tables and
chairs as If for the serving of refresh
ments. Among these the Virginia
nosed in. dumped some chairs into the
court and settled down amid cracking
furniture and crashing pottery.
The Roc had reached Shayne's Hold
just In time to escape the storm. and
the wenried Virginia had retired, sick
of the harplng of her aunt upon the
disgrace of her sojourn with "Uncle
Theodore weary OF telling how limo
cent 1t had been. With book close to
the light she was composing her mind
! to sleep, when into the dreamy qule-
tude came purring that was so nm
mistakably the voice Of the aeronef
that Virginia rose. with her hand to
her heart. in an amazement not all I'M
4 pleasant, wondering where her name
sake might alight and what shayne's
hired constabulary might do with The
odore. when from the roof came a
scraping, chairs and tables went over
the parapet with a crash. and the
voices Of Craighead. and Carson came
in at the window, low, hurried and
agitated.
| Virginia turned out the dim light.
WELL" said she, in answer to her
maids tap, what is 1t, Fanny?"
II card an awful noise" said Fan
ny. "lt seemed to come from ERE,
miss"
Some things fell into the COURT re-
piled Virginia. please tell the serv-
ants and say that things must not be
piled upon the parapet. That's all;
Fanny" ~
Virginia walked to the window.
There lay the dear little airship that
she and Theodore had planned cam
paigns for and conquered the world
with. Theodore was passing the other
way now. peering into every bearing
ard gearing for signs Of damage.
Its miracle said Theodore at
Inst, "but she's all right and ready to
rise ut touch"
THANK Godr said Virginia
did you find a way DOWN. asked
Carson of Craighead, all unconscious
of the ncarness of what he sought.
only the old way by which came
or the back stoop Of the emporium
replied craighead. who had been skirt
ing along the edge'of the parapet Its
a matter of specific gravity. As to get
ting back, unless You brought your
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CLAIMS PAI0
First Methodist Church Here
Makes Fine Financial
Showing.

2 1t speaks well for the progress and
prosperity of town when all
church claims are easily and prop
erly met at the close of the confer
ence year. This was seen to be the
case at the last official meeting of
the board of the First Methodist
Episcopal church of this city held
last evening. The minister's salary
and all the benevolent obligations
were met in full. without the extra
effort sometimes needed at the close
of the year. When to this pleasant
condition of affairs is added the very
large increase of the membership
during the year. It is highly crafty
ing that the pastor. the Rev. James
E. Bird. has fully consented 10 rs-
main another year.
1t is earnestly hoped that the pre-
siding bishop may confirm the agree
ment. There is a splendid field of
usefulness in Clarksburg for this
faithful minister, his loyal official
board and his large and influential
congregation.
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Is 10 Be Provided by Supply.
ing ana Installing
Apparatus.

BALTIMORE, Sept 2l-The Balti-
more and Ohio railroad in taking ad-
vantage of every modern safeguard
against fire losses. is preparing t.
further the safety of all It's terminals.
piers, docks and stations through
the installation OF up-to-date fire.
fighting apparatus. The railroad
employees are to be more efficiently
organized into emergency fire com
panies and drilled by experts in the
art OF combating flames Al the
large terminals these emergency
companies win be on duty continq-
ously. protecting the property al
night az we'll as during the day.
High pressure pipe line systems viii
furnish the water supply by means
of large pumps in the company'g
power houses and electric fire alarm
signals installed throughout the
terminals to notify employees Of y
fire and call them into action.
The first terminal on the Baltl
moro and Ohio to be fully equlpped
in this way is Locust Point. Balt!.
more. .jslittes a smost satisfactory
demonstration, was given Wednesday
afternoon before large party o
railroad officials, members OF tn,
Baltimore Fire Department ana ar,
insurahce underwriters,
5Imihddiatelytup6h reaching Locus
Point an alarm was. sounded from
tho box adjoining the landing and /,
less than minute nearly 10 NOR
consisting OF employees of the yard
had twelve streams OF hose playIn
on an imaginary blaze.
After the efficiency of the stream
had been tested an alarm was sound
I'd from pier .. This is tho Mort
German Lloyd pier, and the men dl
not know whether 1t was a real fir
or part OF the test, and they los
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&; u tdsf BoBBS-r1ERRILL COMPANY


1t was quite dark now. save for the
moon, which, nearly fun, was climbing
the eastern sky, still clear. To the
northwest lowered the pearly clouds
palpitant with lightning Craighead
expected Theodore TO turn the Virginia
to some far New Jersey village and
was astonished when he entered upon
swift flight up the Hudson. which
lay shining in the moonlight. laced
with the wakes Of boats Far ahead,
on both sides. quivered the lightning
of the storm. and from afar came the
rumbling Of thunder. Carson seemed
to be seeking night in the heart OF a
thunderstorm. Craighead seized bis
arm and tried to CLEAN something OF
his mood from a scrutiny of his face.
"Tm going to the Catskills." said
Theodore. Before sleep I'm going
to find Shayne's Holdr
Carson crossed the Hudson in a slow
drizzle at Kingston and stood north
west toward heavy dense masses of
towering clouds, screening the high
peaks OF the Catskills-and shayne's
Hold.
"why not hurdle the tempest. cal!
tiffT' cried Craighead.
"Those highest towers" replied Car
son. pointing to the thunder heads now
again snowy in the moonlight, ARE
thirty. forty. fifty thousand feet high"
well. what do we care" protested
Craighead.
There's an opening yonder in the
rain" said Carson. "If 1t doesn't close
up we may slip through to the back of
the storm again."
AS If the wings of the advancing
army had extended Its lines until they
pulled apart in the center. the rain
opened.
I'VE must go lower" said Carson,
land pass under. The rain is closing
in, but reckon we can slip through
pretty dry"
The oncoming black arch, lighted to
whiteness when the lightning blazed,
swelled fearfully as they approached,
Its rninless gap narrowing momently.
1t was race with the elements. The
penalty IL they lost was, TO be sure,
nothing more than a drenching. but
1t was none the less exciting for that.
The curtains of water, drawn aside as
II to let the travellers through, swung
together as they approached.
"Whoop!". cried Craighead. 1.-The
Virginia wins!" s'.i n
As he fspoke they passed under the
rain cloud.
Carson was thinking of shayne's
Hold and conjecturing MS to its where
abouts. If he read his chart correct
ly the lights seen afar to the north
east indicated that they had left the
Kaaterskill behind and were nearing
Blank Head mountains. though he con-
fessed to himself that the crags reveal
ed by the lightning might be the Hun.
ter peaks or even the submits of Slide
mountain, All he really knew was
that he was above the Catskills and
that unless he could outmaneuver' the
elements they faced an encounter with
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rain. wind and great possibilities in
the way OF lightning. The domes OF
thundercloud few miles to their right
seemed almost low enough to be over
passed, so he set the levers for an
ascent, and the Virginia rose like an
osprey chased by an eagle
4 I'm trying your suggestion said
Carson. I'm scaling the front of that
shower"
Even Craighead's voice was hushed
In awe. Like the fairy domes of some
city OF oriental fable rose the cloud
castles. their submits white in the
moonlight. their folds dark like a
doves wing. Suddenly the lightning
blazed out in the heart of the black
base on which the city of encbantment
was reared. and instantly the whole
vast fabric grew white and palpitant
and terrible. while the blue sky be.
Iyond and above 1t turned black velvet
by contrast, The lightning ceased.
Ind there hung the billowy cloud. sill
Fer white and drab on base of dark.
ness, as before. The air had grown
chill as with frost, and still the clouds
were far above them. The bite of the
propellers on the air seemed to fail.
for the cloud masses no longer appear
ed to fall as when fhe ,eionef WIS ris-
ing. Aa scesi. 4
I'VE can't make IT." said Carson.
Don't try. exclaimed. Craighead.
Its effrontery.''
Changing a lever or sd. Carson drove
straight toward the bosom of the
cloud.
Carson sat with his hand on his
levers. pale as II dead; CraIghead
clutched hand rail. his eyes turned
aloft as II in invocation. A more re-
mote fash and darkness returned. but
not so densely. The space Lsfore them
grew softly light. and in moment
they swan into the moonlight.
Through an Unreasonable chamber OF
cloud darted the aeronef into second
smother Of rain and mist and out on
] lower level into the calm space be.
hind the storm. From this region of
shadow they emerged into the moon.
light again and began their search for
signs OF human habitation. Finally,
just as Theodore was at the point Of
retreat, both at once saw what neither
doubted was Shayne's Hold. Y
The hold was on the triple peak OF one
OF the ruggedest and highest masses
of the Catskils. rising steep as n wall
hundreds of feet In the air. to three
SUBMITS. in the midst of which stood
the mansion. The huge buildings had
been built, the animals had been intro
duced. the last luxury had been sun,
piled. and Shayne,s Hold had been
sealed up. Down from the mountain
flowed three streams, up which had
run the precipitous roads to the top
and when the time came for closing
| the hold to those who had no way OF
navigating the air Mr.. Shayne had
built across them immense dams. using
materials blasted from the mountain
sides at such places as TO render them
quite unscalable. The steepened prrci
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plces thus carried across the ravines
In masonry made q lofty wall entirely
around the mountain.
Every effect that could be produced
by lights. white and colored. the cleo.
trlcian-artlsts, had worked out for tile
illumination Of this enchanted palace
hung on ellis. Overlooking the region,
as Its ..owncr overloaded his fellows.
the hold was place OF mystery. hold
ing no ntiehborship With the people
below. 1t was renl Laputa. an island
in the air. and those only could reach
1t who could by.
About the peak ran labyrinth OF
bride paths. aud carriage roads. all
outlined from above hy winding lines
of tights. like the rnntc of an army of
bewlldercd glowworms. Hidden by a
spur Of cllff was the immense airshlp
garage.
The lightning had disabled its light
Ing system for the most part. and the
hold bad gone dark. Carson had
made two or three reconnoIssances
over the very spot. but had not sus-
pected its presence. for the sky was
clouded and the luster of the pools too
feeble to reach his eyes. so that. the
sudden outfash Of the myriad lights
when the currents were restored came
TO both men with astonishing mex
pectedness.
The hold had bIossomed suddenly in
fire. The lakes edged with lights gIlm-
mered like mirrors: the clustered arc
lights deliiiited the high mesa Ike a
map: the winding labyrinth of incan-
descents netted the peaks like glowing
Lilliputian threads about the recum-
bent CULVER. and in the midst stood
great roorny columncd mansion. its
wings In shade. its central court
agleam, the radiant heart of IN elab-
crate spIendor. Carson drew in his
breath sharply.
"My God!' said he. WHO could
ever think of such thing?"
Craishead was silent.
But he must see Virginia. Utterly
estranged as they were. this night voy-
age had reason-the hope of seeing
her. of asking her forgiveness. Of
bringing her to see. that when she
dropped from the sky to his feet he
Ind loved her; that when she had
come to I've with that uncle OF whom
she had heard so little and had found
the last Carson in him the temptation
was so masked in.duty that 1t was. too
strong for him. Ara had he ever once
in that delicious, perilous time of act
ing Uncle Theodore inexcusably pre-
suned on the relationship or failed in
goodness? True. he had let her stay
as!his niece. but lind not his father al
/ ways thought himself of the same
blood? virglnia must allow some
-, weight to this tradition. She must see
that. while too remotely related to be
Objectionable in nearer. dearer way.
/ he was 100 probably of Kin to have
turned her away And he would land
in ShaSne's Hold II # were the last act
Of his life. -
With tho ancient instinct of the sur.
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GOT THINGS MIXED.

How easy It Is 70 get things mixed,
This comes from Messrs B K.& G w
Sickle; Rockaway. N j:
A Rockaway man was going to
paint two houses. year ago. lead
and-oil. They induced him to paint
one Devoe. by agreeing 10 bear any
loss It might bring him.
One of his houses chalked-oif. and
he called for settlement.
The boot was on the wrong foot
Lead.andsoil'is the chalker. not De-
voc. 1t was mistake, not bunco
II Deyoe chalked-ofI as lead-and-oil
does. II wouldn't stand a ghost Of a
chance in the market
IS. Holden-Barnes.
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CHAPTER XVI.
A RACE WITH THE EIEMENrs.

%@@-A+-s%fs'-N'
MAST Richmond, they left the
- domed capitol at Washington
far to port. passed between
Baltimore and Dover and d.
rectly over Philadelphia, where Car
son made wide circle above the
vast aerlar harb6r scanning the berths
for huge silver gefoHat of the Con-
dor type. but fhdl1g .none. 1t was
growing dusk, and the west and north
west were rampafted with towering
thunder heads, quivering with light
ming, toward which Carson hurled the
Virginia like a bullet The town stud.
ded suburban region of New Jersey
swept under them as II drawn by
swift mechanism, and the harbor of
New York lay beneath, alive with
shipping. The lights were already
burning, and the far spread Babylon
Of the modern world hung like fairy
dream from the foreground to the far
Their rim Of the concave cup of the
earth. Carson was amazed and stun
ned. he had never seen New York,
and his ideas were all inadequate to
the actuallties before him. The streets
flashed into sight as the Virginia pass.
ed into positions permitting view Of
the bottom of one metropolitan canyon
after another. The boy was afraid.
The huge city roaring up at them like
n ravening beast struck him with ter
ror.
"why dost circle about like a sand
hill craneT' said Craighead. "Why
don't you light?
Like the sand hill crane" replied
Carson, I'm afraid. Where can we
alight7"
Cad" said craighead, az never
thought Of that! New York has al.
ways reached out for me so lovingly
that the idea of there being any diff.
fIculty in getting into her embrace
never entered my brain. We are a lit.
tie shy of knowledge of how to get in
from above. aren't WEI"
What are the harbor rules2' asked
Carson.
Hanged if know" replied Craig.
head.
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BIG CROP IS GROWN
ON THE STATE FARM
GO TO CONVENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Osborne left
the city Monday morning for De-
troit, Mich, where Mr.. Osborne will
attend the twenty-nlnth annual con
vention of the National Funeral Di-
rectors' Association of the Unitad
States. of which he is a member.
The convention viii begin wednes-
day and continue until Saturday
night.
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GRE0IT BUREAU
Is to Be Established in City of
Washington by Currency
Comptroller.

WASHINGTON. D, C.. Sept. az
In order to prevent corporations.
firms and individuals from borrow
ing TO the extent OF their credit in
their own cities, and then going else
where and doing the same. Comp
troller of the Currency Murray today
decided upon the establishment of a
central credit bureau in Washing
ton, in which will be recorded all
such borrowings from national
banks.
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AUTO DRIVER HgRT
And a Passenger Suffers In
ternal Injuries in the
Accident.

MINoLA. Sept. 2S-George Rob-
ertson, an automobile driver. was
thrown from an automobile on the
Long Island motor speedway this
morning. Robinson was carrying
Stephen Reynolds as a passenger at
the time. Robertson was seriously
injured and Reynolds suffered IN
ternal Injuries.
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(contihned from last vaekJ.

NSonIlnuea Ir'Jm last RsekJ.
''whose aeronef Is thnt?' asked the
man who seemed in command.
Its milne. said Theodore. al built
herr 80
''welI.rf said the man on the other
deck, you've got the world by the
tall, and II you need money apply TO
Calvin j. Fry Of Spokane. Hold on,
please
But the Virginia, gently Increasing
her speed. left the hustling Calvin j.
Fry gesticulating far out of hearing.
That, to originate a locution." said
Craighead. fought to hold them for a
brief period. Looks as IL they were
back pedalIng."
al will find them" said Carson, evil
IDENTIFY meaning something else, "if
they have hidden her in the farthest
cave of that thundercloud."
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TO ENTER POLITICS.

New YORK. Sept. 2s-For the
first time In the history of railway
unions. members and delegates rep
resenting 100000 members OF the
four great divisions of railway en-
ployes in the East. have voted unan-
imously at meeting here to take
concerted action in national and
state politics.
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HAD ORDERS.

Fr, WAYNE. Ind. Sept. 2s-Dur-
ing a conscious moment this morn
ing Motorman B. F. Corkwell. of a
South Bend=wabash Valley interur-
ban car. who is being blamed freely
for the wreck near Kingston. Ind.
declared he had orders. The death
list remains at forty. but three OF the
injured besides corkwell 1T is believ-
ed will die.
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+. NJ. ARNETr DEAD.

FAIRMoNT. Sept. 2s-The funer.
al Off. NJ. Arnett. an aged and re.
spected citizen. aged IS. was held to.
day at Arnettsville. this county. He
died after. an illness of several
months, Surviving him are his
widow and two daughters. namely
Mrs. w. W. Keener and Mrs. G. !.
capehart, both OF this city.
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SPECIFIC leyity with you really don't
see. old chap. how It's going to be man.
aged"
Once down / can force my way mp
said Theodore. raising his voice in his
intensity. DO you think I'll go back
without seeing her? MOI You stay
here, and
"Mr. craighead!r
The voice came from the darkness
of the house. cool and calm.
Present. answered cralghead. "But
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-09-29
DIsFRANcHIsEMENT
OF the Colored Voters of the state
is Being whispered.

Disfranchisement of the colored
voters of West Virginia is being
whispered around among the local
Democrats. What is the use of
talking 1t in whispers? Every one
knows that is exactly what the DEM
ocrats would do. had they control OF
the legislature.
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LYONS, n. Y. Sept. 2s-Represen-
tatlrc Serene E. Payne. chairman of
the ways and means committee of
the House of Representatives and
author of the tariff law bearing his
name. made aswarm defense of that
measure before the congressional
convention. which re-nominated him
here today.
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FOREIGNER KILLED.

FAIRMoNr, Sept 26-Iohn Kan
llaas was struck and instantly killed
at Pennington Saturday night by
train No. 50. KaulInas. who is a
Lithuanian. is so years Of age. He
was employed in the mines at Farm
inston.
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MORT, Kan, Sept. 24--six bodies
remaIned to be Identified here today.
following the wreck near here In
which sixteen persons were killed
and eleven injured.
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MANN NO MOVE.

Isaac 7. Mann. of West. virginia.
has leased the house owned by
Bourke Cochran. of New York. at
1898 Sixteenth street, Washington,
D. C., and viii make his home in
Washington.
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TRIAL is CALLED.

McALIsrER, Okla. Sept. 2e-rhe
IRA, ,r OF Governor Haskell in what /.
known as the Muskeogce town lot
cases was called here before Federal
Judge Marsh today.
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Tales bad. Prother.ln-Lnu.s Word fnr r.
want. to neturn % cannan

Yesta, Nina, July n 1910.
quarter section OF railroad land and q homeataad
ssii, m 2o{s nave never taken mp any land yet
me stats on asoount OF ny health PlSaso let ma
S1S- ~ once u can set tho cheap rates 70 Ponoka
ePoRaE PIsKEw1rz
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II. NJ. Williams, ais Gardner Bldg,
Toledo o.. or Canadian Govt. Agent,
End Floor House Bldg, PIttsburs, Pa.
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Maidstone, saAk.. Canada, AuEust S. mo.
~ pafents cams hore from Cedar Fali. lows fonr
80 ena we're % veil pleased With this eoantrv
~ ,snl ~ Occur dAlene for me. have tsfsn u,
s.o 49, heAr them, and perfectly aGtiSdea %
-otV' LEONARD DOUGLAS.
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Mrs David H, Grimes. of Buck
harmon. is in the city attending the
conference.