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"Did You Marry Him?" ! Demanded.

attempt at levity. Go on"
IF Mrs. Curtis knew, she never
said anything. She wrote me charm
ing letters, and in the summer, when
they went to Cresson, she asked me
to visit her there. l was too proud
to let her know that | could not go
where l wished, and SOL sent Polly,
my maid, to her aunt's in the country,
pretended to go to Seal Harbor, and
~really-went to Cresson. You see l
warned you it would be an unpleasant
story
| went over and stood in front of
her. All the accumulated jealousy of
the last few weeks had been fired by
what she told me. If Sullivan had
come across the sands just then, l
think | would have ~strangled him with
my hands, out of pure hate.
Did you marry him?' | demanded.
My voice sounded hoarse and strange
in my ears. That's all / want to
know. Did you marry him."
NO"
l drew a long breath.
"You-cared about him?'
She hesitated.
NO." she said finally. 81 did not
care about him."
/ sat down on the edge of the boat
and mOpped my hot face. ! was heart
lily ashamed of myself, and mingled
with my abasement was a great re-
lief. If she had not married him, and
had not cared for him, nothing else
was of any Importance.
Il was sorry, of course, the moment
the train had started, but l had wired
| was coming, and l could not go
back, and then when | got there, the
place was charming. There were no
neighbors, but we fished and rode and
motored, and-it was moonlight, like
this
i put my hand over both of hers,
clasped in her lap. Il know" l ac-
knowledged repentantly, 'and-people
do queer things when it is moonlight.
The moor has got me tonight, Alison.
If | am a boor, remember that, won't
your"
Her fingers lay quiet under mine.
And So" she went on with a little
sigh, "I-besan to think perhaps l
cared. But all the time l felt that
there was something not quite right.
Now and then Mrs. Curtis would say
or do something that gave me a
queer start, as If she had dropped a
mask for a moment. And there was
trouble with the servants; they were
almost insolent. / couldn't under
stand. | don't know when it dawned
on me that the old Baron Cavalcanti
had been right when he said they
were not my kind of people. But /
wanted to get away, wanted it des-
perately."
"Of course, they were not your
kind" | cried. The man was mar
ried! The girl Jennie, a housemaid,
If he had pretended to marry you I
would nave killed him! Not only that.
but the man he murdered, Harrington.
was his wife's father. And I'll see
him hang by the neck yet if it takes
every energy and every penny ! pos
| sess."
could have told her so much more
gently, have broken the shock for
her: | have never been proud of that
evening on the sand. I was alternate
ly a boor and a rufian-like a hurt
%youngster who passes the blow that
has hurt him on 20 his playmate, that
both may bawl together. And now
Alison sat. white and cold. without
speech.
(TO BE C~ONTINUED)
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as | merely held ii she let it lie warm
in mine. But when | raised it to my
lips, and kissed the soft, open palm,
she drew it away without ~displeasure,
Not that, please" she protested,
and fell to whistling softly again, her
chin in her hands. Il can't sing" she
said, TO break an awkward pause,
"and so, when I'm idgety, or have
something on my mind, whistle.
hope you don't dislike it?"
II love it," | asserted warmly.
did; when she pursed her lips like
that / was mad to kiss them.
II saw you-at the station" she
said suddenly. "You-you were in a
hurry to go" did not say anything,
and after a pause she drew a long
breath. Men are queer, aren't they?"
she said, and fell to whistling again.
After awhile she sat up as if she
had made a resolution. Il am going
to confess something" she announced
suddenly. You said, you know, that
you had ordered all this for something
you-you wanted to say to me. But
the fact Is, fixed it all-came here,
l mean, because knew you would
come, and ] had something to tell
you. 1t was such a miserable thing /
needed the accessories to help me
out"
Il don't want to hear anything that
d~istresses you to TELL" ] assured her.
II didn't come here to force your con-
fidence, Alison. | came because !
couldn't help it," She did not object
to my use of her name.
Have you found the-your pa
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Couldn't Stand the Nuisance

II complains that he was unable
to get along with his wife's rela-
tives."
What was the matter? Did they all
want to live at his expense?"
No. His father-in-law wanted him
to earn the salary he was getting from
the old gentleman"
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Which Is the Starr

We are thinking of putting an cleo
trio sign over the church."
1T might be a good idea"
But there are factions. We can't
decide whether to feature the minister
or the soprano of the choir.
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There Is no playing fast and loose
with truth. in any game, without
growing the worse for it.-Dickens.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Two Men pie In Old wen.

Andrew Sipe and John Spangler,
aged respectively fifty-fve and sixty
years, of Yocumtown, near York, Pa,
lost their lives in an old well at Base
Horse store.
Oil had soaked into the well from a
tank and Sipe undertook to clean it..
He threw down a quantity Of straw
and then set fire to it so as to get rid
Of the oil and gas which had gathered
at the bottom.
After he thought the well was all
burned out he fastened a rope to
roller and proceeded to go down. He
had not gone far when Spangler no
ticed that he dropped.
Sipe made frightful signs for help
and Spangler started down after him.
He had gone only a short distance
when he met with the same fate. He
dropped to the bottom suffocated.
The men had no doubt become
stifed by the gas formed after the
straw and oil had been burned. Both
men we're dead by the time they were
reached.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
TAFT ORDERS CIVIL
SERVICE EXTENSION
WEH
includes Assistants, Recommend
I'd and 3d-CIaSS POStmaSteTS.

The first definite result of the pres
ent cabinet sessions in Washington
was the announcement that President
Taft will issue an executive order ex-
tending the civil service to include all
assistant postmasters.
The president also will recommend
to congress that second and third class
postmasters be placed under civil ser.
vice. This action is in line with Post
master General Hitchcock's recon-
mendations. By this order some 5000
assistant pOstmasters will be affected.
The cabinet took up in detail the
departmental estimates for the com
ing year General Wood, before the
cabinet met, went over the war de-
partment estimates with the president
in the absence Of Secretary of War
Dickinson.
Mr.. Taft also discussed with his
cabinet the speech he is to deliver in
New York Saturday night. This is ex.
pected to be Mr. Taft's last political
utterance of the campaign.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
c. A. B. Elects New Chief.

John E. Gilman, of Boston, was
elected as commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R. for the coming year at the
encampment at Atlantic City. John
McElroy, of Washington, was the only
other candidate. He withdrew his
name before the valloting began.
The veterans of the G. A. r. grasped
the business problems confronting
them in their national encampment
anG went about other matters AFFECT
ing fhe Grand Army with determl-
nation to make the present meeting
complete success.
Rochester, n. Y. will in all prob
ability be the next encampm9nt site Of
the Grand Army. The veterans voted
to go TO the Empire State city If suit
able railroad rates can be secured. If
this isn't possible the matter is en-
tirely in the hands of the commander
in-chief and the executive committee.
Los Angeles, Cal. put up a good fight
for the 1911 meet, but after the first
ballot Rochester was chosen, with the
transportation proviso.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30

because the toadstools were cooked
with cayenne pepper and the little
ones refused to touch them.
For the last few weeks hundreds OF
people in Cambria county have been
going into the woods and fields for
mushrooms. Christy and his wife
were amateurs at gathering mush-
rooms, never having seen them grow
ing until recently.
Christy gathered a basket Of what
he thought were mushrooms and took
them home His wife prepared them
for supper using a large quantity OF
cayenne pepper in the sauce. When
they were put on the table one of the
children tasted them and complained
because the pepper burned his tongue.
The other five children refused to
touch them at all. Christy and his
wife ate heartily.
Some time later they we're seized
with severe pains. DR.. J. c. McMillen
and DR.. J. H. Wood we're called and
decided Immediately that the supposed
we're toadstools, but the
man and woman failed to respond to
treatment and both died.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
aa KlIIed ln Wrenk

Thirty-nine persons were killed and
seven or more badly injured when
southbound limited and a north.
bound local car on the Wabash Valley
traction line collided near Kingsland,
just north of Fort Wayne, Ind.
The accident occurred on a short
curve and many of the bodies were so
mangled that identification was din.
cult.
Hardly any of the passengers in the
two cars escaped injury, but the less
seriously hurt gave what assistance
they could, and in few moments
thirty-six bodies, badly mutllated,
we're carried to the roadside and
placed along the track. Three others
we're so pinioned in the debris that
they could not be removed till wreck
ing crews arrived upon the scene.
What caused the accident Is not
known, but it is supposed that there
was a misunderstanding of orders. The
car carrying the people to the fair was
an extra. 1t is believed that its posi-
tion on the road was not definitely
known to the limited, and, running on
It's own time, was net apprlsed Of its
approach.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
How Pennsylvanla cities Crow

Population statistics Of the thir-
teenth census were issued by the cen
sus bureau for the following cities
Erie. Pa, 66,525, an increase of 49,
792, or 262 per cent over 50 733 in
1900
Altoona, Pa, 52,127, an increase Of
1854, or 1873 per cent over 3S,973 in
1900.
McKeesport, Pa, 1854, an increase
Of S.467 or 24.7 per cent over 34,227
in 1900
Williamsport, Pa, 31,S6O, an in
crease of 3103 or 10.S per cent over
rs, 757 in 1900.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
TO KEEP TAB ON LOANS
Central Credit Bureau Will Record
Sums Borrowed Of National Banks.

Central Credit Bureau Will Record
Sums Borrowed Of National Banks.
To prevent corporations, firms and in,
dividuals from borrowing to the extent
of their credit in their own cities, then
going elsewhere and doing the same,
Comptroller of the Currency Murray
has decided upon the establishment Of
a central credit bureau in Washing
ton, where will be recorded all such
borrowings from national banks.
The credit bureau will be located
in the Office of the comptroller. The
necessity for its establishment arises
from the fact that very often the local
borrowings Of institutions are to the
extent of their ability to pay, and if
obligations of which the national bank
have no knowledge exist in
other districts the effect is to impair
the solvency of the national banks
holding the paper.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR weak;
winter clear, $4q425; city mills, fan.
cy, S6G6.40.
RYE FLOUR quiet, at $4Q41O Per
barrel.
WHEAT quiet; No. red. new, csc.
@$1.
CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, local. 62
@62c.
OATS quiet; No. white, S9Hc.; (;
lower grades, 37c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, Is
@17c.; old roosters. 1115 612c. Dress
ed firm; choice fowls. 1Sc.: old roos-
ters, 13c.
BUTTER firm; extra creamery, SIC.
EGGS steady; selected, 81 q S8c.;
nearby, &c; western, 27c.
POTATOES quiet. at $4,000. bush.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
rh.odore z. cIark Dad.

Theodore F. Clark, auditor general
of Delaware, and just renominated by
the Republican state convention, died
suddenly at Delaware City Of a COM
plication Of diseases. He was seventy.
two years old. and as speaker of the
Delaware house kept Addicks from go
ing to the federal senate in 1899.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Pennsvlvanla Cities Grow.

Population statistics issued from the
census bureau at Washington on Tues
day were as follows: York, Pa, a.
$50, an increase of 1902 or S2.s per
cent over SS.7OS in 1900; Easton, Pa,
2S,52S, an increase of 1885 or 1870 per
cent over 25.2SS in 1900; New Castle,
Pa, S6.2sO, an increase of 7941 or 2s.o
per cent over 2S.SS9 in 1900.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
CHOLERA WORSE IN NAPLES
Thirty-two New Cases and Twenty-six
Deaths In City Monday.


Deaths In City Monday.
There were thirty-two new cases and
twenty-six deaths from the cholera in
Naples, Italy, on Monday.
Immigrants arriving from America
were forcibly prevented from landing.
The passengers on the steamer Cano-
pic, which reached Naples from Bos.
ton, were permitted to debark. but
were Immediately escorted to the rail.
road station by soldiers.
A number Of persons have died in
the streets and the popular excitement
is such that the police have great diff
hculty in maintaining public order. It
is reported that 100, 900 persons of the
better classes have already fed from
Naples.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Hiahwaymen to Be whipped.

Clarence Rothwell and Fred Jack.
son. both co'ored, found guilty Of high
way robbery, were sentenced in crimi.
nal court at Wilmington. Del. to forty
lashes and three years imprisonment
each. JOSEPH Douglass, of Odessa. tes
titled that he was knocked down b,
Jackson and Rothwell took his watch.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Girl Dies In Marathon Waltz.

Miss Elizabeth Marris said, Il could
die waltzing," at the close of a dance
in Chicago. As she seated herself she
fell over and died within a few min
utes. She had been dancing continu-
Ously for four hours. Miss Harris was
twenty-five years old
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Two Babies Drowned

Clark and Edo Robinson. aged three
and five years respectively, were
drowned in Doty's mill pond, near
North Vernon Ind. The younger OF
the two fell into the mill race and the
older boy lost his life in heroic eff.
fort to save his brother.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Never Heard Of Roosevelt.

In the naturalization court at Eas.
ton. Pa, Toribio Cortazzo, of Bushkill
Centre, who has been in the United
States fourteen years. told Judge
Scott he had never heard of Theodore
Roosevelt, but he knew Taft was the
president. He got his papers.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE lower; choice. s720@74ot
prime, $6.904715.
SHEEP lower; prime wethers, $40
@4.60; culls and common, $2@3; veal
calves, S10110.50; lambs, S4.506I2s.
HOGS lower; prime heavies, Se.aS
@9.30: mediums, S9.7569.S0: heavy
Yorkers. S9.7009.75; light Workers.
ss.559s.65; pigs, s9@9.50; roughs, IS
@s.75.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
cave New Wharf II hours later than Milford.
RETURNING
Steamer will leave Philadelphia Pier 8. Sou
Wharves, as follows:

r., Telephone No. Bell, Lombard 24-Os on wharf in
Philadelphia
GEO. F. PIERCE, Manager,
Milford. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
mARCONI SERIOUSLY ILL

Inventor Is Returning to Italy From
South America.
A telegram received in Paris from
Buenos Ayres says that William Mar
conf is i'll on board the steamer Prin.
cess Mafalda and is returning to Italy.
His state is said to be serious.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
ISAAC A. WHITE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
E. g. Reed assistant,

Located at Lincoln City.
This enables us to give satisfaction In everythiu.
Everything hrst-class. Black or White Hearse
Bodies embalmed or preserved by ice. Funeral
supplies In stock; all kinds Of Csskets and Cof-
inns used, as preferred.
All telegraph or telephone orders promptly
attended; either at my office, in Milford, 81, by
=. 9. Reed at Lincoln City, Del.
Lowering devise used II desired. No extra
charge for church truck. PHoNE 20.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
. 5 Hu,ne up sa5oOoO.OOO YearIy.

u. S. Eurns Up S25U'UUU'UUU FeaFIy'
Firewood worth s25O,O0O.O00 is used
every year By the people OF the United
states. according TO the latest esti'
matee of the forest service. While our
forefatherg used considerably more
wood. coal to a great extent has sup
plemented it. A LITTLE more than 90
ooO 00o.eo0 cubic feet Of wood in all
forms is used in tAe United States
each year.
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
Deadly ToadstooIs KIN Two.

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Christy are dead
at their home in Barnesboro, near
Ebensburg, Pa, as a result of eat
Their six small children are alive
Milford chronicle., 1910-09-30
NATHAN Il MANSON. CAPTAIN
SEPIFMRER

Boat stops at the Consumers Ice Cos Wharf.
Chester going or coming. Arriving al Chester
"a hours after eaviug Phila.
Telephone No. Keystone Main $500 D. on wharf
in Philadelphia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Engine of Auto Refuses to Work and
Backs Down Steep Hill.

An automobile accident that might
easily have resulted fatally for at
least one of the parties concerned,
occurred Monday morning on the
Mckinley hill southeast OF Oskaloosa.
An auto car trying to make the as
cent of the hill on high speed, failed
on account of the steep grade. 1t
was thrown into low" but the en-
gines failed to work and the car start
ed to run backwards down the hill
and the driver had difficulty in guild
ing 1t and made effort to apply the
brakes. One of the occupants leaped
from the car, evidently with The
thought that he could stop the ear
from backing. About the time that
the first car went dead another car
travelling at a high rate Of speed to
be able to make the hill, appeared at
the turn of the road and charged
down upon the disabled car. It was
so close that it could not stop and
was upon the cripple before warn
ing could be sounded The fellow
who sprang from the backing car
jumped into the road directly in front
of the oncoming motor, before he
saw his predicament. He had just
time to hurl himself headlong at the
side of the road as the larger car
dashed by, brushing his clothes as it
went Had the driver swerved his
car the fraction of an inch to the
side the fellow in the road would
have been hit aud either seriously in
jured or killed outright. Two Her
aid representatives, Walter w. White
and Roy Wymore, driving In a rig,
had just gained the top Of the hill
and were also in line for an accident.
With rare presence of mind the driv-
.er of the speeding car steered his ma
chine between the other car and
log at the roadside, then quickly
crossed the road at the turn and
swung out of the way of the buggy,
which was also in the way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
MINERS PAY lSCLllMS
Nine Men and Six Women Answer
the Call During July.

The Iowa Mine Workers for the
month of July paid death claims for
fifteen members, nine men and six
women, amounting 10 100000. The
names of deceased. cause of death,
and local where they resided, are as
follows:
Mrs. r. A. Murphy. Cincinnati;
Bright's disease.
Mrs. Thomas Richardson, Seymour;
female trouble.
Mrs. Thomas Earle, Boone; acct
deni."
Mrs. Margaret Smith, Mystic; tu-
berculosis.
Mrs. Jules DeveceIlo, Des Moines;
unknown.
Mrs. W. S. williams, Des Moines;
diabetes.
Walter Albers, Hiteman; typhoid.
Dominica Prazzo, Green Ridge; ac-
cident.
David Reese, Abba; heart trouble.
Robert Gordon, Clarkdale; over
dose opium.
Morgan Williams, Ward; accident
Domonico Silverio, Hiteman; acct
dent.
John NJ. Hubbard, Buxton, paraly-
sis,
Mack Cunningham, Evansville, &C
cident.
Paul Benassi, Sewers, accident.
The claim for the Benassi death
was forwarded to the widow who re-
sides in Italy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04

the minister, when we enforced the
decree Of 1902, against which neither
the curia nor the episcopate protested.
Cardinal Merry del Val demanded that
the decree remain a dead letter. al
though the Vatican since that date
has granted numerous authorizations
without the sanction of the Spanish
government"
Don Jaime Plots War. ,
Vienna, Aug. 3.--Don Jaime, Bour-
bon pretender to the throne of Spain,
conferred with his chief lieutenant,
former Deputy Llorens at Frohsdorf
castle, near here. 1t was reported here
on good authority that Llorens. who
arrived from Madrid, brought to the
pretender secret advices from the
clerical leaders, urging immediate &C
ton.
Though Don Jaime Is in constant
communication with the important
centers in E1ain, the pretender has
"manana" (tomorrow) for his motto,
and the reports current In semiofficial
circles here say he is loath to step
into the Spanish crisis.
Alfonso and Queen In Paris.
Paris, Rug. 3.-King Alfonso Of
Spain and Queen Victoria, who are
stopping here on the way to England,
we're the guests Of President Fallieres
at luncheon at Rambouillet. Pre-
mier BRAND and Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Bichon were present at the
luncheon.
The king and queen passed the
night in Paris, returning to Rambouil.
let to take luncheon with Senior Saenz
Pena, president-elect of Argentina.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
GFfiGihLLY DENY
VATICAN CHARGES
Madrid Newspai7 2rs Declare Con.
cordat Ne. Violated.
DON JAIME is PLOTTING WAR
Pretender to Spanish Throne Keeps
In Constant Touch With Important
centers--klng and Queen
In Paria.

Madrid, Aug. 3.--Idberal papers Off
cially deny the insinuations OF the Vat
lean that It only demanded the with
drawal Of the bill prohibiting further
religious orders until the corcordat
had been revised. They point out
that the bill did not violate the con-
cordat which recognizes only three
orders.
Ell Liberal says Pope Plus x. Is
,reaping what was sown in following
the advice Of two Spanish cardinals.
No Cancellation, Says Minister.
San Sebastian, Aug. BIN an inter-
view, In which he recited the history
of the negotiations between Spain and
the Vatican, Garcia Prieto, minister
for foreign affairs, denied that the
holy see had adopted conciliatory at
titude. He added:
THE government asked only two
things: First, the suppression Of the
converts and monasteries, which en-
tered Spain illegally, and, second, that
the pope authorize the bishops to sup
press or transform the establishments
unnecessary to the aid Of the priests
in their ministrations. The govern
ment offered year for the trans
formation, which was desired by the
secular clergy. whose existence is
compromised by the monks"
He Accuses Merry del Val.
Senior Prieto declared that Cardinal
Merry del Val adopted dilatory tao
tics from the first, alleg .ng that the
speech from the throne contained
points against the Catholic religion.
I'VE asserted our good faith and
desired to reach an agreement" said
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
in THE DISTRICT COURT.
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.
New Gases Filed.

{ Flora B. Walker vs.. o. Albertson
and Rosa B. Albertson. The plain
tin states that on or about the 21st
day Of December 1908. she entered
into a contract with the defendants
fbr the fehting OF her farm. She
claims that pronissory notes were
given to.cover the amount OF the rent.
She therefore asks for a Judgment
in the sum of sS25.OO and interest at
5 per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-08-04
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record In Recent Real Estate Trans
fers In County.

G. M. Boyles ct al to G. w.
beaverton, lot 1 blk. 8,
Loughridge & Cassidy's ad
to Oskaloosa .......... 10
Joseph Fisher to Chas. Isaac
son, lot l Marks ad to
oskaloosa ............... 100. o.
Ellen A. Duffy. widow, to
Maude M.Daily. " of lots
z & 8 blk. z in Montgom-
.ery's ad to Oskaloosa :. 1900 o
A. U. Dalbey and wife to
Tracy Riggs, " lot &c
! 20 TT. off the east side of
lot Z. blk. 10, original plat
New Sharon, la. 80. 49,. 500 %
Phebe Won Seggen and hus-
band to G. w. Boyce, lot
109 of University Park.
original plat .............-