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forced on the lower floor with Q queer
sort OF dagxeriknifs which he had
broken and left on the ell. And ~
soon ns Howard saw this he Knew II
was tho same man. for Il was then he
ordered me not to interfere He made
OFF after him and when he came back
no told me he was sure II vas The
same man"
This time. too. tho man at your dssk
seemed rummagIng for your eorrss-
pOndence with Mr.. Axiom"
1T seemed SO. Mr.. Trant."
But his letters were all merely per-
sonal-!iks these ietters1"
Yes"
Amazing" Trhnt lea ped to his feet.
with eyes flashing now with unrestrain-
cd fire, and took two or three rapid
turns mp and down the office. III | am
- believe tho obvious inference from
these letters. Miss Piled
with what you have tod mel have
not yet como across n case, an attempt
at crime more careful. more cold
bloodcd and. withal, more gurprisingl'
"a crime--an attempt at crime. Mr..
Trant"' cried the white and startled
Girl. $ there was cause for my be-
lief that something serious undsrlay
these mysterious appearances7"
Cause" Traat swung to face her.
"Ycs. Miss Waldron-crtminal cause,
4 crime 10 carefully carried on. ~
assisted by unexpected circumH ance
that you-that tho very people ayuinst
whom II Is aimed have not 80 much
az suspected Its existence"
Then you think Howard honestly
believes tho man stiil means nothing"
THE man never meant nothing,
Miss Waldron; but II was only ht first
tho plot was aimed against Howard
AXton.' Trant replied. 'Now II Is
aimed solely at YOU
How ear you say that 50 surely.
Mr. Trant?' Clryl demanded. with
out inyestigation2"
dC0ce FOR what l say, Mr., Caryl,"
come 20 me unless you had known
that my training IN tho methods ~
psy cLoloFy enabled me to see causes
AMI motives In such a case as this
which others, unframed, can not seef
you have nothing more to tell mo
which might lu - a~eelstlnco"' he
faced the girl again, but turned back
~ once TO CHryl Let me tell YOU
then, Mr.. Carvl. that ! Am about TO
mako n very thorough investigation OF
his for you. Meanwhile, | repeat: a
definite. daring crime was planned nrst.
I believe, against Howard Anton and
Miss Waldroa; but now-l am practice
ally c%ertain-it n aimed against Miss
Waldron alone. Eut there cannot be
In II the slightest danger OF intentional
personal hurt 10 her, So neither OF
you need be uneasy while ! an taking
time 10 obtain Fun proof"
but. Mr.. Trant." tho girl interrupt
"a. are you not going to tell me- you
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"Highest, Up" and How
the Sky Is Explored

Ing and at that altitude tho tenpera-
ture was only IS degrees below zero.
although at n point between nine and
ten miles high the records showed that
a temperature OF % degrees below zero
had been gone through. On this par
ticular date the temperature at Omaha,
the starting point OF the balloon, was
q degrees above zero.
Another balloon registered an air cur
rent travelling at a rate OF moro than
l0o miles an hour.
The instruments used are so delicate
that n of them-that for measuring
the neutrality-suspicious. for It's record
upon the distance that n human hair
wiz lengthen on passing through a
stratum OF air whlch contains slightly
more moisture than did the stratum
Immediately below 1t.
The records are made upon a SCOT
covered cylinder by a stylus point,
operated by a level. which in turn is
controlled by tho instruments. This
cylinder IL slowly turned by a clock
work arrangement. n when the box
Is returned 10 the weather station II
glance at the sooty covering will give
the atmospheric pressure. the humidity,
II the wind velocity at any height
traversed by the balloon.
The strand OF hair used IN tho instru-
ment for determining tho humidity IS
chemically dried before 81 Is placed Ia
position. Thereafter. upon passing
through a moist stratum, the hair alb
Serbs a portion OF the moisture, the
hair le%ngthens. ana the stylus point re-
cords tho change on mo cylinder. ].
the next stratum Is dry some OF the
moisture in tho hair IL evaporated, the
hair becomes shorter, and the cylinder
makes tho record accordingly.
The air pressure Is determined. OF
recorded, by the aid OF a small cylinder,
from which most OF the air has been
drawn. A small plunger. to which Is
attached . stylus point. makes the nee
essary scratches on the soot-coverel
cylinder.
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j II n g I ales
For c II j | q r e n

said Jimmy. 81 win 20 and nnd out
who took tho ics cream, and II l do
not tell YOU by 6 O'Clock then you can
beat me"
Mrs. Monkey jumped at the word
beat"
jimmy went under tho kitchen win
dow u looked far footprints.
Those marks certainly look 10 me
as u Mr., Giranc's feet y been here
said Jimmy 70 himself. "ru bot he
p1iscd his head IN the Kitchen window
and stole tho tee cream. IN 20 and see
Or I can ind him.
II was not long before Jimmy came 20
wacro Mr., Giraffe was ana he said to
him.
air. Giraffe. do let mo slldo down
Your neck as % dli yesterday"
Tho ncVt tuius Mr., Giraffe knew.
Jimmy was w "a a tree and down on
Mr., CRATES neck as quick as a wink,
Tho long neck was so cold Jimmy said
at once:
I'm bet you stole our tee creaml"
Mr., G!raGe did not give out q sound.
But that did not matter. for Jimmy
knew thu, his companion wal tho only
animal that nsver uttered a ound.
Ho went home and told his mother
how oo,d Mr.. Girars's neck was. and
she sa,d'
Tn - sorry hlhne' you"
Then hAe lassed him and gave him a
cand!Sd ShsrrS
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must ~ ms0W0as - Sven1nna ~re
70 that thsss letters AAvV sSvsatsd to
youf"
You must v~as m, wAa,sar <h.
psychologist answered k4nAfy. WITH his
hand on the doorknoh = Aeush
anxious for the interview - end.
What ! ooufd tell you sSw would
only terr'y you and leave ~ per-
picked o TO act while yoa were wait
ing to hear from me No, savs the
letters. II o Will. and the pagS from
the Illustrated News" he SAID sudden
ly. rs the girl began gathering Up her
papers. There 10 only one thing more.
You said you expected an i~ntsrru1tlon
hero from Howard Anton. Mr.. cary1" q.
Miss Waldron teisphoned to me In
his presence. 10 take her to see you.
Afterward she lerr the house without his
knowledge. As soon as he fnds she has
gons he will look up your address. and
| think o may eapect him."
Very good. Then l must 20. 10 worI
at once!" lie shook hands with both o,
them hurriedly and almost forcing them
out his door. closed Il behind them and
strobe back 20 hts desk. He picked up
Immediately tho second OF the four let
ters which the girl had given him, read
Il through again. and crossed the corrl-
dor 10 tho opposite once. which was
that OF a public stsnographG.
Make a careful copy OF that" he a.
gected. and bring II TO me as soon as Il
Il finished"
A quarter of an hour later. when thf
copy had been brought him, no com.
pared Il carefully with tho original. He
put the copy In a drawer OF the desk
and was apparently awaiting with the
-four originals before him when ho heard
= knock on his door. and. opening %.
found that his visitor was again young
Caryl.
Mss wnldron ga not wish 10 return
home at once. she has gone TO see a
friend. So l came back" he explained,
thinking you might make a fuller state
ment of your suspicious 10 me than you
would In Miss Waldron's presence"
Fuller IN what respect. Mr.. Caryl."
Il must tell you-though you already
may have guessed-thAt before Miss
WaidrOn Inherited tho estato and came
90 believe II her duty TO do as she has
done. thore had been misunderstanding
between us, Mr., Trant. She stu has
~ friend to look 10 as she looks 70 me.
50. IL You mean that you have dtsooy-
cred through those l~ettors-though God
knows how you can have dona it-any-
thing In Axiom which shows him unfit
to marry her. YOU must tell moi"
AS far as ANton's past goes" Trsnt
replied, his letters show him a man OF
high type-moral. u l nay mako a
guess, above the average. There Is a
most pleasing ~frankness about him.
As TO making any further explanation
than have done-but good Lord
whnt' what's THAR"
CTo Be contnusAA
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She went into the front part OF the
house to see whore Jimmy was, and IS
she reached the paIi0r she heard Jimmy
n5miug In the back door. lie cane
straight into tho clnlng-room and Mrs
Monkey returned TO tho Kitchen, And
what do you thlnk had happened? The
Ice cream was gonel
Jimmy. Jimmy" she called, -dbi you
eat that too cream7'
II did not. mother" he SAID IN great
surprise.
"Coms here azd let me feel of your
stomach" said Mrs. Monkey. running
to her son 1T ssoms as warm On
USUAL she said, but I must spank you
Just the same."
"Pleass DO not spank me. mothsr,'
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THE AXTON LETTERS e

discovered and showed Mr.. Axton tha'
II was his letters to me that had ap-
pedrcd to DO the ones the man was
searching for.
Il found that two OF them had been
taken ana every other typewritten let
ter In my deaH-and only those-had
been opened in apparent search for moro
OF his letters. | could see that this eX-
cited HIN exceedingly, though he tried
to conceal II from me, ahd Immediately
a!tcrward no found that a window on
the first floor had been forced. no some
man had come IN. as | said
'Then. last n!ght?'
ut whs early t"ts morning. Mr.. Trant.
but stiu very, dnrk-a litt.o before o
O'Clock. II was so damp. you know. that
| had not opened the window In my bed
ROOM. which Is close TO the bed; but
had opened tho windows Of my dressing
room. and so loft the door between
open. II had been CLOSED and locked
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r~7 From THE Achievements of Luther Trant," by
"a EDWIN BALr1ER and WILLIAM MHARC
o n q

before. 80 waen ] awoke, I cound see
directly into my dressing -room-"
"Clearly2'
"Of course not at all clearly. But
my writing desk IL directly opposite my
bedroom door. and In a sort of silhol-
ette against my shaded desk light.
which no was using. | could SEQ his fis-
Urea very vague, monstrous booking
figure. Mr.. Trant, Its lower part
seemed plain enough. hut the upper
part was a formless blotch. ! confess
nj FIRST that enough OF my girls fear
for ghosts came to mo 10 make me
see him as n hesdless man. until ! re-
membered how Howard had ssen and
described him-with a coat wrapped
round his hcad As soon as I was sure
~ this I pressed tho bell button again
and his time screamed. too. and
switched on my light. But he slammed
the door between rs and escaped. He
went through another window no had
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tcopynsh,. 1910. by Small. Maynard a Col
SYNOPSIS DE rREcEplNo INSTRUMENTS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTRUMENTS.
Howard Axiom Is engaged 20 marry Ethel Wal
dron. Az hOress. At dawn one day a man br, axis
into EthcI', home and ran sagks her writing derk.
She gives the alarm, Axiom pursues the intruder,
but taus to capture llm. lie Is uuaCCountably ex-
cited over the adventure, but fOrbids Ethel 30 no
tny Tie. loire. So she summons iiCury CARL. a
family friend. Against ANton's orlers shc anI
tayi s., to consult Luther Traut. the 'psychOlo
gust" dote,tiyc. CARL tells Traut that Ethel IA
AAtOn's sttia.,ter, that the family fortune belongs
70 htr and tlat AxtOn can have lus share OF II
only BY marrying her. TO secure this justice TO her
itrtd to marry ANtUu. whom shc does not love.
Ethel shows TRAM some letters written her by
ohun LAWYER. These letters tell Of 4 mysterious
man who repeatedly entered AxtOn's room and
read the notes Ethel had written 10 her step
bro ther. Tho last letter describes q shipwreck in
which the writer aud LAWYER seek TO swim ashore
from the iouuderCl vessel.
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had been very busy,
for Mr.. Monkey had
to smash tho ice
and then turn the
crank on tho ice
cream freezer.
We are al ready
now for Jimmy when
no comes" said Mrs,
Monkey TO her hus-
band as she took the
tee cream out OF the
freezer and put !. on
tho table.
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~ helnp CARRIED on in Omaha nv
m. I-pgod States Govarr mer,
- and co,l, hora,>d IN NV tho
Governments Of Fnelond. Germany.
Frame I,,lv and Re,o,um Thess In.
vsst,za tlons have for THAR obiec, ,hc
thorough exploration O, the atmosnhere
at a height OF moro than ten miles
above the earth's surface, and 90
successrullv are they being carried out
that a mass of information concern
ing conditions existing as high as
eighteen miles I'D In tho air has been
secured. Similar explorations are he!nS
conducted In the countries named above
and when these are completed all In
formation gathered by zach country is
20 be exchanged with all other countries
engaged in the inv stigatlons.
The ressorch IS being prosecuted with
ths assistance OF weather balloons
r,h,ch are ..nt ,,o,t hearing in attaohe
n..N.., . numher Of delicate. oontr,v.
anc.. for measuring whatever cond,.
,,on, are met ON the trip from earth
hrouph the clouds and back again "a
earth The experiment, continue FOR
two weeks. a weather balloon being
sent up each afternoon during that
period by each OF the III governments
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tEEi| h|

In ten minutes efterward the flames
burst through the forward deck
a red and awful banner which the
fierce wind fattened into a fan
shaped sheet OF fire against the
night-and tho Gladstone struck with
terrific force. throwing everything and
everybody fiat upon tho deck. The
bow was raised high upon the reef.
wAile the stern with It's maddened Nv
ing freight began to sink rapidly into
tho swirl OF fOamlng waters.
The first two boats were overnlled a.
once IN a Wild rush, and one was stove
Immediately against the steamers side
and sank. while the other was badly
damaged and made only about fifty
yards progress before It went down also.
The remaining boats all were lowered
from the starboard davits, and got away
in safety; but only to capsize or be
stove pom the reef. LAWYER and I found
places IN the last hoat-the captains.
At tho last moment. Just as wa were
putting Off. tho fiery nav OF the Glad
stone vom!ted out tho scorched and
half-blinded the second engineer and a
single stoker. whom We took in with
difficulty. There was but one woman In
our boat-a fragile, ilIterate Dutch
woman from tho nelghborhood OF johann
nesburg-who had IN her arms a baby.
How strange that OF our boatload
those VINO alone survived should be the
Dutchwoman. but without her baby: the
engineer and stoSer. whom tho fire
had already partly disabled, and myself.
very indifferent swimmsr-whals the
strongest among " all pertshed! OF
what happened after leaving the 2htp I
have only the most indistinct reoollec-
ton. recall the swampins OF our
boat. and cruel white waters that rushed
out OF tho night TO ensulf US; I recall
a blind and painful struggle against a
poWer infinitely greater than my own-A
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NO RECONCILIATION

C~hAufYeur-~1 thinh that b Jour horse.
sir, coming back"
Deposed Rider (sadly but armfy-
Coming back. Is hef An. yes-ysA II
o should see him. Will YOU kindly
tell him from mo that II 10 useless
,l.,e, quite useless ?"-Lits.
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B etty n e n
to L overs
To Form, Acquafnfanceshfps.

n z d~f VsW6 msn, 0@S > sn1oH os wVOe
come acquainted WIN some gn whom 80 a6naso
Va but have never met
That one way - 20 have soma mus0a aAaA 6ssosss
you to her.
snd . younx Gf happen 10 ride down 60 tusnsss each
morning IN thu same train II u not courteous cor the
young man, under such orcunstanceA % niss his be- TO
me young lady. II h not oorsa for . yvuns hdy b how.
or otherwise indicate that she would uke to know . yeung
man to whom she has never been introducsd.
Thsss, my young friends. are rules d oonduct that
must not be broken. sounettmeA I know, en- this sounds
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His Neishbor.
A wa" ":l!s .N' signs MS '''''' a. o..
4 There II q young lady VINO
lives In my neighborhood and I admire
her very much. though I have mover met
her. However, | know the young lady's
name and I think she knows nina Un-
der the circumstances would Il b cor
rect TO speak to herr"
1t would be improper to speak to the
young lady without . formal introduce
ton. Got some mutual friend to per-
form that once for you.
Her Education.
a MAN VINO signs his letter 20. v.
IA L." wrftesi
4 There Is . young lady with
whom I am dearly In hove: and my
affections are returned. While this
young lady has a charming disposition
and 10 considered very pretty. 81 the
sumo time her education appear to
have boon neglected. a. M always
makes very bad errors IN spelling In
her letters. and when talking wnl very
often make very awkward plumbers.
Now. I am very much Interested in this
young lady. and have been on tho
point OF proposing several times, but
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TT was 2 O'Clock in ne afternoon
when Mr.. and Mrs Monkey finished
L making tee cream for Jimmy. They
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have been bald back BY the fact that
! dtd not think shs measured Up to
my IDEAL I have been sorsly puzzled
A. to whether her not having as good
an education ~ myself would interfere
with our future happiness. I want to
decide n way or nhs other. as 81
would not De fair TO TAIN up her time
In Nse I decided that I could not very
well have serious Intentions Your
Views In regard TO this matter win be
very much Appreciated"
Education n such . superficial thing
compared with love; and 90 easily
changed or improved That I should not
consider II, were I you. n you love tho
young lady. and sire haA, a. you say,
a sweet disposition
No Honey Saved.
A oLRL who signs her letter Il. H"
"A young man u IA love with
me and has asked me to marry him
right away. But he has no money
savsd. Would he be willing to cave our
future - uncertain II he really loved
moi"
The younG man may low % 70 much
he has forgotten his foresight and good
sense. II Quiz be better II you had a
little bank account bsfons marriage
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Sayings Of Is
. Mrs. Solomon
Being The Confessions of the
Sepen Hundredfh Wife
lt.:s:l...aa by Helen Rowland

Copyright. 1911. b. The Pres Publshns Co. CHE Nsv xoh woiaI
POW long, Oh, thou Simple One. Wilt thou continue
to dream Of LOVE, a. II 10 IN novels and young
pistonsf
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His Neighbor.

hTd n even fooirhi but 0nventonantes srvs their prnposA
II they aid not u many whR nd older psrsons world not oossvs them
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CHAPTER ".

HIS life preserver was all
that brought me safely
ashore. and the lack of 1t
was. l believe. the reason
o.. -ss. .l ttEt.L
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nations are interested in a

series OF investigations now
being carried on in Omaha by
the United States Government
and elaborated in by the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-23
BRYAN TELLS
OF MARITAL
WRECKAGE

CONTINUED from Page -
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OLD TIME STEEL
MAN rs DEAD

Richard Brunt. one of the old-time
steel men of the Calumet region, Is
dead. He was well known In Gary.
East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. The
following account of his death is from
the South Chicago Calumet:
Richard Brunt, who rolled the first
rail at the plant OF the Illinois Steel
company, nearly thirty years ago, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon at his
home in South Haven. Mich. follow
ing a paralytic stroke.
For the past seven years Mr.. Brunt
has been residing at South Haven.
Three years ago his wife passed away
and since that time he has been living
alone on his farm on the outskirts of
Michigan City.
News of his death reached South
Chicago late yesterday afternoon and
was the cause Of deepest regrets
among all the old settlers. for the de-
ceased was well known among all who
have been residents of this locality fol
twenty-five years or more"
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ROBERTSDALE.

Msr Coates and daughter of East
Side spent Sunday here the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Buehler of Rob
erts avenue
Mrs. James Hayes of Lincoln avenue
attended the national council of the
Daughters of Liberty at Buffalo n. Y,
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spiscak OF Reese
avenue were South Chicago visitors
Monday evening.
Roy Emerson of Roberts avenue re-
ceived a telegram Monday evening tell
ing him of the death OF his cousin. a
switchman who was killed by a train
near his home in Joliet. Mr.. Emerson
left Immediately fors Joliet.
Mrs. Oscar Mas. Mrs. Charles Laske
of Chicago and Mrs. J. Knots and son.
lie Roy, of Hammond were the guests
OF Mrs. Margaret Buehler of Indiana
| boulevard Monday.
Mrs. John Soltwedel and Mrs. Herman
Theissen visited Mrs. William Balm of
East Side Monday.
Mrs. Henry Ehaider and Mrs Hader
spent Monday in Chicago attending the
aviation meet.
/ Miss Josephine Jewett of Pearl street
| is spending the week in Lowell visiting
friends.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Powell are en-
tertaining the latters parents Rev and
Mrs Robb. and sister. Mrs. De Forest
and children of Green Bay. Wis, at
! their in Roberts avenue for few days.
Mrs. Harry Golding of Harrison ave-
nue. visited her sister-in-law. Mrs. Geo.
Golding. of South Chicago, yesterday.
Elliott Aman of Roberts avenue was
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-23

widower one day met the little girl his
wife had loved and who had become a
woman. He proposed marriage, and
she accepted
Money came between my husband
and me- said Mrs. Bryan yesterday at
the home of her father. IF he had
been a poor man I believe we could
have lived happily together. But had
been a poor bookkeeper and a ste
nographer, and he was a millionaire,
who had always known the power and
independence of wealth He was over
bearing. and l couldn't stand 1t. I was
his doll, and nothing more. He wanted
to choose my clothes for me and parade
me before his friends. l couldn't en-
dure it any longer. that is ALL
When Mrs. Bryan mysteriously lost
! $4,000 worth of jewelry on a suburban
train last fall and laughingly reported
the matter to her husband, he asked
her to go shopping with him. Within
an hour Bryan purchased $4,000 worth
OF jewelry to make up for the los
gems
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-23
Al James, Chicago.
Pace is Slated.
2.25 Pace, Thursday, "a.

2s25 Pace, Thursday, "A.
1. Bes sic Wickham, BIN, by Gum
saulus, A. Shearer, Valparaiso. Ind.
2. Roxie S.. VIII m, by Negus. j. M.
Quinn. Delphi, Ind.
8. Backbone. bl g, by Gov. Alli-
son, H. H. Killing, Warsaw, Ind.
4. S. w. Bennett. r. l. Holmes, VAL
paraiso. Ind.
5. Bell Crouch. SIN. by Capt. Crouch.
T. Lindsey. Kankakee, Ill.
g. Mayo, CHI m. by Aristol, j. A. Ry-
an, Valparaiso, Ind.
I. Frank Medium, Big. by Riley Me-
dunn, Ed Mason, Mishawaka. Ind.
s. Broncho Dell, NJ. F. Baker, Kan
kakee, Ill.
2:17 Trot, Thursday, "a.
1. Dorothy. BIN, by Count Louis. dam
Nellie. H. Decker, Laporte, Ind.
2. Peggy from Paris. BIN. by Boedon
Frank Talbot, Grand Rapids, Mich
3. The Chalice, bl S, by Red Shute
]. Tobin, Chicago.
4. Hattie Vest, BIN, by Geo. Vest, J
Duvall, Rensselaer,, Ind.