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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20

1t was. The papers lay there at the
side of the road, whore Orme had
tossed them a moment before the two
cars met
There had been no other way to
dispose of them. If the car from the
north had stopped at different angle,
or II the other car had not moved, the
light would not have shone upon them,
and the Japanese might not have sus-
pected where they were, Or, II Orme
had tossed them few feet farther to
one side, they would have been out Of
the range of the light But there they
lay
Arima leaped toward them. Even
as he started, figure appeared at the
other side of the road and walked to-
ward the cars. 1t was man with
brass buttons and policeman's he'll
met. He walked with authority, and
he held a stout club in his hand
What's goin' on here?" he demand
ed.
Arima stopped In his tracks.
To Orme, at this moment came the
memory of the girls desire to avoid
publicity. Nothing wrong he said.
The policeman stared. I've been
watchin' you from over there" he said.
ut looks like nothin' wrong. with men
fightin all over the ground"
Just little trial of strength" ex-
planned Orme.
Trial of strength. hey?'
WELL" admitted Orme, this man"
pointing to wanted some.
thing that | had. It's not matter
for the police"
"Oh, 1t amt? Somebody's been
hurt" He gestured with his club to-
ward the shadows where the three
injured men were slowly coming back
to their senses.
mot seriously" said Orme.
We'll see about that later" replied
the policeman decidedly.
Orme tried to carry the affair off
boldly Every moment of delay now
threatened defeat for him. There 10
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20
a7S~ Girl
SYNOPSIS.

Al the expense OF a soiled hat Robert
Orrne saves from arrest a girl In a black
touring car who has caused traffic jam
on State street He buys new hat and
ts given In change q five dollar bill with:
Remember the person you pay this to"
written On 1t. second time he helps the
lady In the black car, and learns that in
Tom and Bessie Wallingham they have
mutual friends. but gains no further hint
Of her identity.
Senior Poritol OF South America and
Senor Alcatrante, minister from the same
country, and some Japs try to get pos
session OF the bill Two of the latter over
power Orme and effect forcible eN-
change of the marked bill for another.
Orme finds the girl of the black car
waiting for him. She also wants the bill.
Orme tells his story. She recognizes one
OF the Japs as her fathers butler, Maku.
A second inscription on the bill is the
key to the hiding place of important pa
pers stolen from her father. Orme
and the Girl start out In the black car
In quest of the papers. In the university
grounds in Evanston the hiding place is
located. Maku and another Jap are there.
Orme fells Maku and the other Jap es-
capes. Orme finds in Maku's pocket a
folded slip of paper. He takes the girl,
whose name is still unknown to him. to
he home of friend in Evanston. Re
turning to the university grounds Orme
gets in conversation with a guard at the
II.
boat in trouble in the darkness on the
lake. They find the crippled boat. In Il
are the Jap with the papers and Girl
She jumps into Orme's boat; but the Jap
eludes pursuit. Orme finds on the paper
he took from Maku the address, '3il n.
Parker street" He goes there and finds
Arlma. teacher of jiu-litsu. is on the third
floor. He calls on Ala. clairvoyant on
the fourth floor, descends by the nre-
escape and conceals himself under a table
in Arima's room. Alcatrante. Porltol and
the Jap minister enter Orme finds the
papers in a drawer under the table and
substitutes mining prospectuses Tor them.
He learns That the papers are OF interna-
tional Importance with a time limit for
signatures of that ,light midnight. The
substitution is discovered. The girl app
pears and leaves again after being told
that the American has the papers ormee
attempts to get away; Is discovered ana
them and is hidden in a closet by the
clairvoyant Orme escapes during a
seance given by Ala. On the sidewalk
he encounters Alcatrante. Orme goes to
find Tom Wallingham. Alcatrante hangs
the excitement caused by one OF Alca-
trante's tricks to delay Orme, the latter
sees the girl and follows her back to
wallinghams office He and the girl are
locked I'm q giant specimen refrigerator
by Alcatrante.
They confess their love and when they
had almost abandoned hope of escape
Orme breaks the thermometer coils and
attracts the attention OF a late going
clerk They are liberated.
Alcatrante is on watch. They get away
In hired motor car to Evanston The
chauffeur turns out to be Maku. He runs
them to quiet spot where, they meet
another motor. Orme pretends to conceal
the papers under the seat. but drops them
In the road. Orme fights Arima Maku
and two other Japs.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20
CHAPTER xvI.-Contlnued.

The Japanese who had brought the
prospectuses from the tonneau now
Hepped to Maku's assistance, for
Orme had made a motion of the body
which showed that he was rapidly
losing his patience.
"Queek!"
Still no answer
Hal" The exclamation had a ring
OF triumph. "Mees have uni" He
nodded toward the car where the girl
still sat.
Mo- exclaimed Orme vehemently
"She has not"
"Mees have um," repeated Arima-
I'VE hunt. We see."
Il tell you she has not" said Orme.
-No believe you" Arima chuckled
"Come. mees."
As Orme twisted himself around, he
was enraged to see the Japanese in
the car seize the girl by the arm and
drag her to the ground. Once on her
feet, she did not resist, but permit
ted herself to be led toward the lit
tie group.
Arirla advanced step to meet her
"Give me papers," he said.
81 have no papers," she protested
despairingly.
I'VE search YOU" said Arima, taking
another step toward her and extend
ing his hands.
1t may be that Arima did not intend
actually to lay hands on her. His
thought may have been that the threat
would induce Orme to tell where the
papers really were. But the effect
on Orme was to set him ablaze with
anger.
His swift, indignant purpose seemed
to multiply his strength until the lit
tie men who held him were like chill
dren in his hands. .....
a sudden jerk, and he had pulled
both his arms free. Maku and the
man at his other side were taken COM
pletely by surprise, and before they
had time to recover themselves, Orme
had thrown his arms around them and
crushed their heads together with
such force that they dropped limp
and unconscious to the ground. They
were out Of the fight.
At the first sounds of struggle, Arima
turned. Now, as Orme charged to-
ward him, he bent slightly forward.
every muscle tense, ready to strike
or trip or twist.
His framework was overlaid by mus
cles that were like supple steel. Light
and quick, he had a strength that
could hardly have been inferred from
his baild. And though Ormes out
break had been sudden, the Japanese
was apparently not in the least dis
concerted.
He knew how to turn the rush OF
the American into q disastrous fall.
He knew how to prod with his bony
knuckle the angry mans solar plexus
how to step swiftly aside and bring
the horny edge of his hand against
sensitive vertebrate. He could seize
Orme by the arm and, dropping back
ward to the ground, land Orme where
he wished him. Yes, Arima had ev-
cry reason to feel confident Many .
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20
Then Arima's voice said, close to his

Then Arima's voice said close to his
ear:
where the papers?"
The papers!
Japanese character thus brought It's
fresh surprise to Orme. Even after
this hard fight, when three Of his
friends lay grooming on the ground
when he had in his power the man
who had injured them. who had tenn.
porarily bested himself-Arima's chief
thought was still of the papers,
He seemed to have none of the semi
barbarian vengefulness that might
have been expected. He merely wished
the papers-wished them the more des.
perately with every passing moment.
The lives of his companions counted
for nothing besides the papersl
'Where2" repeated Arima. &.
Il haven't them" said Orme. "You
ought to know that by this time"
The answer was torturing pres
sure on Orme's spine. You tell. ct
Kissed Arima.
AS the pressure increased Orme's
suffering was 80 keen that his senses
began to slip away, He was gliding
into state in which all consciousness
centered hazily around the one sharp
point OF pain.
Then, suddenly, he was released.
For moment he staggered Imply,
but his strength surged back. and he
was able to see how the situation had
changed.
The girl had swung her car in clio
ser to the edge of the grove and nearer
to the struggling figures. Doubtless
she had some idea of helping But
the effect of the change in the posi-
ton of her car was to permit the
searchlight Of the other car to throw
its bright beam without interruption
down the road And there, perhaps
so feet to the southwark, cleaned
something white.
The girl could not see 1t, for her
car was headed north. But Arima
saw 1t, and in flash he realized what
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20

What sort of social position has
Jones in town."
He used to stand pretty well, but
he's a mere nobody now. He didn't
receive any degrees this month, he
didn't go to New York to meet Roose
welt, none of his daughters was mar
ried and he wasn't operated On fsa
appendicitis. Buffalo Expresx
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20
Picturesque.

Mrs. Spicey won Mrs. Sporteigh's
new French hat at bridge last week"
Good gracious! Does she wear it?"
"Of course she does. She's awful
ly proud of 1t. And that's where Mrs
Sporteigh gets her revenge"
How SOP"
When Mrs. Spicey wears the hat II
looks like Fiji war bonnet or a con.
crete hitching-post."
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20
This world Is but fleeting show.
And yet there's not man
But wants to see as much CT the
Performance as he can.
An Indiyidualist,

An lndividualist.
The reason for the Individual drink.
Ing cup had been explained again and
again to the children and they had
become sturdy supporters of the idea.
So 1t was not surprising to hear
Henry calling: MA, ma, Melyille's
got my individual applet"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-20

Getting the Worst of It.
"Bliggins isn't very lucky in driving
bargains"
mo. He says he can't even change
his own mind without getting the
worst of the deal"
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
LIVELY WEEK
in AUTO TRADE
StOddard- Dayton Co. Adds a
Full Line Of U. S. MOtcr
Co. Cars

The STANDARDIZATION Automobile
Company in this city will now handle
the products of the United States
Motor Car Company Their stock will
be the standardization, Maxwell and
Columbia cars. together with the SAM
son trucks.
This will give the local branch line
Of cars selling from 5000 to $1,000.
and a line of trucks selling from ST.
400 TO $4,000.
The local agency recently delivered
a 56-horsepower Stoddard- Dayton run
about TO W. S. Hilles. Lippincott and
Company have placed an order for a
large truck.
Whiz. a liquid antiseptic soap, will
hereafter be handled through the Tire
Shop OF Delaware.
RI. T. Otteni, representing the
United States Motor Car Company,
has sold four Maxwells the past week.
Among those who purchased are II.
r. ScarboT. Of this city. and G., H..
Richards, of Hockessin. Harry NJ.
Candy returned from the factory carry
this week. where he placed an order
for a Maxwell Special. Samuel
Murphy has also ordered a car from
the same firm, TO be delivered next
Monday week
The Gomery- Schwartz Auto Com
pany has recently received a coupe
Hudson car, The interior is upholster-
ed in broadcloth trimmed with braid.
The color scheme Is optional. The
car will Accommodate three passengers.
The car is on a 33 chassis. The same
firm is meeting with success In
demonstrating the self-startlng 1912
Hudson touring car. On Thursday
a test was made. when the Hudson 3S
was started between 100 and 1875 times
and the devise refused TO work but
three times. Those times the engine
was stopped on dead center. which rs
the only place the device will not re-
spond.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
DANCE AT
DEMOCRATS BALL

Fully one thousand persons attend
ed the annual ball Of the Tenth Ward
Democratic Club in Turn Hall, last
night. When this number had enter
ed the hall it was decided to close
the doors so that there would be no
congestion. and The people, in conse-
quence, unable to dance This was
the first affair of the kind held by the
club, and it was a big success.
The grand march was led by
Thomas Joyce, of this city. and Lulu
Vandeman, of Chester, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Newell, OF this city
About 400 people took part In th'
march. which was ably executed.
Those who had charge of the anal
were: Master OF ceremonies, Thoma
]. Joyce: committee. Edward A. Me
Ateer, chairman: Charles W. Jack
secretary: John J. Farley, treasurer
door managers. Thomas A. Newell
Arthur Mcguire, Frank Thompson
Edgar Walsh. John Long, Clarence
Grantland and Samuel Johnson.
Bird and Edwards Orchestra fur
nished the music for the occasion.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
LOzIER CAR
SHOWS UP WELL
Gets Over Denver Motor
Club Run in Fine
Shape

With the passengers ON the Rock
Island limited into Denver as his
excited audience. and the powerful
mogul hauling the train in the role
OF competitor, Barney Kane, m
amateur driver plotting Lozier six
cylinder car, furnished a real contest
over twelve mile stretch OF prairie
land near Denver. during the recent
Reliability Run OF the Denver Motor
Club
Kane's car had been designated as
the pilot in the $50 mile Endurance
Run, which came 10 a close last week,
and Ia addition TO Nelson S. Gotshall,
Denver agent for the Lozier, carried a
newspaper man and photographer
from the Denver Times. The repre-
sentatives OF the Fourth Estate had
faithfully chronicled the story of the
five day trip through Colorado, I'm
phases and pictures and as a reward
requested a little burst of speed just
before reaching Denver. The stretch
Of road between Bennett and Watkins,
two small stations on the Union Paci-
flo, running parallel TO the railroad
tracks, we're selected for the sprint.
The Limited refused to stop az the
former town and Driver Kane set out
10 overtake Il. BY making seventy
miles an hour 10 the locomotives
sixty, the tourists overhauled the
limited and were about three hundred
yards ahead by the time Watkins ap-
peared on the horizon At this point
an obdurate prairie schooner and its
struggling horses blocked the road,
rtH 80. nj
BY this time. heads were out OF win
dows the entire length OF the train,
and the passengers waved their cong
gratulations as the limited passed
ahead
After travelling at sevonty-two
miles an hour ] would not hesitate to
hang from the side Of the car and
gather lilies of the valley at the mere
ly nominal speed of sixty" said the
valiant photographer az the conclusion
OF the iaunt.
The October run Of the Denver
Motor Club proved one of the most
dihcult although most successful
contests staged In the west for somc
months. The cars entered In The
tour passed through broken country
/ in the vicinity OF the Royal Gorge thai
worked terrific strains upon th,
motors and tires The hill climb o
a mile and quarter up from The
Arkansas river TO Canon City made
it necessary for the cars to cross an,
recross the stream running through
Copper Gulch eighty-one times. II
spite OF the many difficulties, severa
cars came through with perfect scores
The LOzier siX-cylinder car acted a
pathfinder for the tour IN the earl
/ part of the month. and was appointe
! pilot car IN the contest.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
BULL AND BEAR
EVENLY MATCHED
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
NEW HAVEN, Nov 11.-Bull Dog
and Bear claw each other at Yale
field today. when Yale meets Brown
on the gridiron.
With the exception of SpaldiGg
whose slight injuries make Freeman
the choice for right halfback the
eleven picked to retrieve last years
Brown defeat is the most formidable
the Ellis can gather. The Brunonians
are also reported in splendid physi-
cal condition They arrive here at
1880 this morning from Hartford,
they rested over night after an after
moons signal practice on Trinity
field. Only Goldberg and Ashbaugn
are said to be under the weather and
II is likely that both these PLAYERS
will be permitted TO start again in
Yale.
In Eli town this morning the foot
ball public consider Bull Dog and
Bear evenly matched with victory in
doubt.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
RIDLEY PARK
EASY FOR FRIENDS

Friends SchoolS football team de-
Ifeated Ridley Park there yesterday,
|1S to O. The locals had things soft
from the start. They tore open the
Ridley Park line with ease and had
|no trouble getting around the ends.
+ There were a few changes in
|Fmends lineup, Nowland going in at
quarter and Biddle going to right
|end In place of Wylie, who received
Injuries in the Chester game. Friends
kicked off, but soon got the ball at
|mid-field on a punt. By long end runs
and line plunges the Wilmington
boys carried the ball to their oppo-
nents' 10-yard lina and Derrick
plunged through centre for a touch
down on the next play. Groome
kicked the goal from a difficult an-
gle. The second touchdown was also
|made in the first quarter.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
6ANNAR YEAR
FOR The AUTO
Head Of Overland Plant Pre-
diets Great Boom in
Motor Car Trade
MANY FARMERS ARE
BUYING FOR PLEASURE

John ~ Willys, president of the
Willys- Overland Company, of Toledo
b.. in a speech before the Elmira
Chamber of Commerce said.
Nineteen hundred and twelve will
be the banner year in the automobile
Industry. Never were the cars so
good-never so low in price or the out
put so big.
There are now registered in the
United States 4O5 600 automobiles.
There are approximately $4,000 in the
States where no registration is re-
Pluired. We boast of a total popuia-
|ion of ninety millicn people; thus up
10 date only one in every 200 owns an
automobile.
|NOt Luxury.
Now it is a fact that any man who
has an income of even $500 or 50 600
b year can afford to own a small au-
komobie; and as a matter Of fact will
bind a small automobile not a luxury
|but an economical convenience.
have had an opportunity to make some
and / know for a fact
that a man can operate one of the
small cars at a cost for repairs, up
keep, tires, gasoline and oil--all not
10 exceed S25 a month; providing. of
'course, he drives the car and handles
Hi as it should be handled. / find that
Imost of the extravaganza of operat-
ling automobiles is due entirely to
|carelessness, poor driving and wan
+ ton waste.
autos on the Farm.
'"There are on the farms of Amer
sica S91 900 families who have in
Icomes of from 5000 to 81 200 per
Iyear; 2S6,OOO who have incomes of
|from $1,000 to $500 per year; 172.-
go00 families who have incomes OF
from $4,000 to Sc 600 per year; thus
7there are 1,349,OOO families on the
3farms who can and should own auto
|mobiles and who will when its gem
Seral utility and economy are bet
s ter known.
THE export of automobiles has in
.creased from less than 81 600 900 in
1901 to almost $20,O00,000 i'm 1912.
4This last amount is the result of a
A'con.plication based on the govern
Hment figures, which show that during
sthe first seven months of this year
there was exported S12,500,000 worth
|Iof motor cars and parts, which at
the same rate will mean S20,000,00C
Ifor the year. The total number OF
8csrs will be more than $4,000. at an
Naverage selling price Of about $1,000.
sSen Auben Londres, q Years Run.'
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
FOOTBALL GAMES TODAY.

At Princeton: Princeton VS.. Dart
mouth
At New Haven Yale VS. Brown
At Cambridge: Harvard VS.. Carlisle.
At Ithaca: Cornell VS.. Michigan.
At Philadelphia Pennsylvania VS.
Lafayette.
At Amherst: Amherst VS.. Worcester
Poly.
AT West Point: Army vs. Bucknell.
At Annapolis Navy ys Western
Virginia.
At Worcester: Holy Cross VS.. Colby.
At New York: New York University
vs.. Rutgers.
At State College. Pa: Pens State VS..
Colgate.
At Carlisle: Dickinson VS.. Gettys-
burg
At Baltimore: Johns Hopkins VS..
Virginia.
At Bethlehem; Lehigh VS.. swarth-
more
At Syracuse; Syracuse VS.. Vermont.
At Hartford. Mass. Aggies VS.. Trim
ity.
AT Chicago: Chicago VS. Northwest
ern.
At Lafayette Purdue VS.. Iowa
At Indianapolis. Indiana VS.. Illinois.
AT Lincoln Nebraska VS.. Doane.
At Notre Dame: Notre Dame VS.. st.
Bonaventure
At Des Moines: Drake VS.. Grinnell.
At Ames: Ames VS.. Cornell College.
At Wooster: Oberlin VS.. Wooster.
At Columbus: Ohio VS. Kenyon.
n At Terre aute: Wabash VS. Rose
Poly.
At St Louis: Missouri VS. Washing
TON
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
Busy TradeBcws Have Might OmpefaI Tys Camd
INDOOR MEET
FOR Y. M. C. A. BOYS

Physical Director Meissner Of the
Y. NJ. c. A. has about completed plans
for the second annual meet of the
public school boys to be held in the
Y. NJ c. A. on Saturday morning,
November 25. This meet is open TO
boys in the elementary schools from
10 10 10 years OF age. No school
boy will be permitted TO enter the
contest whose department and pro-
ficiency In school have not been at
least passable for the past month
Each boys entry blank must be
signed by his teacher. Entries close
Thursday, November %. at 4 p. NJ.
The present contest will be limited
to 100 entries. All entries over the
first 100 will compete at a later
date. The entry blanks are now be-
ing distributed The officials Of the
meet have not yet been chosen. The
events and standards Of competition
follow;
S5-pound class, for boys under S5
pounds I'm weight. Ginning, four
times; standing broad jump. 8 feet
six inches; 15-yard dash, three sec
onde.
1O0-pound class. for boys SO pounds
and under 100 pounds in weight.
Ginning. five times; standing broad
jump. six feet; 15-yard dash, three
seconds.
Unlimited weight class. for boys
100 pounds and over Ginning. six
times; standing broad jump, six
feet. six inches; 15-yard dash. three
secondc.
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
RURAL GUNNERS
AT COON FEAST

The Brandywine Springs Gun Club
entertained the Woodale Gun Club at
a coon supper on Thursday evening.
The evening was spent I'm card play
ing, telling stories and other amuse-
ments r. Starrett was POSTMASTER,
causing much amusement.
The Coon Club Quartette furnished
music and received glad hand. They
made hit with the finishing song,
Aunt Diana"
Among those present we're; o. n.
Nelson. r. Fleetwood, William Norris.
E. Starrett, Mr.. Harrigan, r. Chand-
Ter. C. f. Longland. c. Robson, III.
Guthrie, p. d. Guest. w w. Nelson,
William Guest and others
The coon was caught by the Wood
dale boys on Tuesday night, and
weighed nineteen pounds
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
AUTO COMPANY PUTS
OUT USEFUL PAMPHLETS

Desiring TO serve its patrons and
the public generally. the Wilmington
Automobile Company has issued two
novel pamphlets One Maps and
Route Instructions for Northern Della
ware" which shows the best routes,
and also give various distances.
among them being that to Philadel-
phia, together with the kinds OF paw
ing used on the route.
The other booklet is an itemized
tire record. Through this an owner
may keep a record OF the life of his
auto tires. Both pamphlets are being
mailed TO owners of automobiles
The company sold recently a Chal-
mers 1912 $50" 10 Mrs. Alexis J. du-
Pont A Chalmers 1912 40" arrived
this week and was delivered Harley
pryer purchased from the company a
Franklin touring car with detachable
! tonneau.
The company also has for display
in It's salesroom a 1912 model "a Buick
a $500 runabout This Is an ideal car
for the doctor, lawyer, architect, con-
tractor-for any busy man. For a
runabout Il Is hard to equal for en-
/ durance, convenience and general ef-
/ iiciency
Next week the company will receive
the 1912 model % Buick Roadster. This
car fully equipped sells at SLOTS. 1T
combines all the new features of 1912
Bucks, has n wheel base OF 1O8 inches
tires % 3 1-2 The motor is the
unit power type four cylinders The
cooling system Is water circulated by
gear driven centrifugal pump. This
car will undoubtedly prove popular
and will be kept busy for demonstrate
/ ing purposes
Evening journal., 1911-11-11
sT. JOHN,s AT WFNONAH.

st. Johns Academy went TO We
nonah, ~ j.. this morning TO meet
the cadet team Of the Wenonah Mill
tary Academy.
I'm the lineup Of the ST. Johns
team are found a number Of former
stars OF teams representing the VIII
mington High School. and who con-
tributed largely TO former grldiron
victories OF the cherry and white.