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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-16
CHAPTER XII.

~ UNCAN went home for his mid.
HIN day meal. 1t wasn't much Of
E A.lISa walk from Sam Graham's
sos store to Miss Carpenters, and
he didn't mind In the least
Z On this particular day he was sim
cerely hungry, but he had much to
think about besides, and between the
two he Just bolted his food and made
OF hotfoot for the store.
Naturally. knowing nothing about
CAMS mote, although he knew Pete
Willing, by sight as the sheriff and
town drunkard In one. 1t didn't worry
himSat Ril to discover that gentleman
lacking townrd the store us he hurried
up Beech street. enger to get back to
his, Job. The first intimntion that he
had OF anything seriously amlss was
when he entered. following Pete.
Pete Willing. sheriff and born drunk.
ed. is the best natured nun in the
world. as general rule. Drunk or
sober. RadyilIc toIeratcs him for Just
thatQualIty. On only two occasions Is
lie irritable md unmnnageableLwhen
his wife gets after him about the
drink and when he hns n duty to per.
form In his official capacity.
Tall, eaunt. gnngllnE and loose Joint.
cd. Duncan. returning to the store
from lunch. found Pete standing in
the middle of the floor. hands In peck.
cts and n, nolsome stogy thrust into
corner of his mouth. =
"Pm sorry about this. Sam" he bel.
lowed. "but there amt no use wnstin'
words bout it I'm here on business" y
"But whnts the matter. sheriff r
Graham asked. his voice breaking.
"Ah, you know you got note due
at the bank. don't your
Eyes, butt "a q
"well, IT'S protested. Y understand
that, don't you? Pm here to serve
the papers on to you [ia
.But-but there must be some mis-.
take" Sam clutched blindIy for bis
hat "Ill step over and see Mr.. Lock.
wood. He's always been kind. very
kind" H tf
"Nawp Pete bawled. 'Bfr. Lockwood
don't want to see you unless you can
settle. Y can save yourself the trou.
BILE. Y gottuh put up or git out
got orders from him soon's got
| Judgment to close y up. And that goes
seeT
"To-to turn me. out Of the store
Pete7"f Graham's world had slipped
from beneath bis feet. He was over
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ENDED7H)R|||.E|:V|ER|
NO HEARTBURN, GAS; DYsPEP.
slAl3 Or souRNEss FIVE MIN.
uTEs LATER. q

y 3 b y 81 4
Nothing viii remain nndlgested or
( sour on your stomach II you will take
ID little Diapepsln occasionally. This
\ powerful digestive and antacitl,
Though as harmless and pleasant as
candy, will digest and prepare for MS.
siniilation into the blood all the food
you can eat.
Eat what your stomach Graves,
without the slightest fear OF 1ndlges.
sstion or that you will be bothered with
i Sour. ;risings, Belching. Gas or Stom-
A ach, Heartburn. Headaches from
stomach, Nausea, Bad Breath, Water
I Brash or a feeling like You had swat
lowed "a lump Of lead, or other dis.
agreeable miserles. Should You be
suffering now from any stomach dis,
order you can get relief within five
minutes.
.5fs II you will get from your pharma,
Il eiBt a 50-centS case OF ,Pape's Dlapep'
!. elm you could always go to the table
I, with a hearty appetite. and your
meals would taste good, because you
would know there would be no lndl'
gestion or. Sleepless nights or Head
ache or. Stomach misery all the next
! day; and, besides. you would not need
Siaxatives or liver pills to keep your
stomach and bowels clean and trcsn
m Pape's Diapepsin can be obtained
from your druggist, and contains more
I than sufficient to thoroughly cure the
worst. case OF Indigestion or Dyspep
sia. There is nothing better for Gas
on the Stomach or sour odors from
4he stomach or to cure Stomach
Headache.
You couldn't keep a handler or more
! useful article in the house.
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NO DEBATE.

There will be no debate between Mr..
a. A. Bunner OF the Campbellite
church, and Elder W. S. Langton Of
the church of Jesus Christ OF Later.
day Saints, beginning Monday Sept.
is; as advertised by Mr.. Bunner threw
the Papers of this city. Elder Lang
ton has agreed to meet Mr.. Bunner
fin a religious debate, but has been
unableEto say just when he could do
so, and Mi Bunner has assumed the
Responsibility Of setting the date, and
adyerttsing same, without any author
lily on our part to do so. but as soon
yas Elder Langton can arrange to
!; come, we will notify Mr.. Bunner and
I the public. as l think 1t will be nee.
! essary to have both parties present
to- enter into aStlebate. 4
Yours, truly, Elder L. M! Jensen. A
"a. 326iGaston ave,
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YOU GOT NOTE DUE AT TIE BANK"
whelmcd. And IT, was with "a chIld's
look of pitiful dismay and perplexity
thnt he faced the sheriff.
The father who has fallen short Of
his chlld's trust and confidence knows
that look. To Duncan Its appeal WINS
irresistible. He had his hand In his
pocket, clutching the still considerable
remains of what, Kellogg Ind termed
his grubstake. before he knew It.
"But-there must be some mistake"
Graham repeated plcadlngly. can't
be. Mr.. Lockwood surely Wouldn't
Nov. there amt no use whlnln'
about It'll" Willing roared him into ST.
'lcnce. Law Is law, and"- he ceas.
cd quickly. surprised to find Duncan
standing between him and his prey.
""NYhat'- he began.
9"Wait" Duncan touched him gen.
tly on the chest with n forennger, Mt
the same time catching and holding
the sherif7s eye. Are you," he In
quired quietly, tailoring under the
impression that Mr.. Graham is deafY
"WhatF'' ,
Duncan turned to Sam apologetical-
ly. "He siid what Did you hear 1t.
STRIP sHH ::
But by this time Pete was recover
Ing to some degree. "What've you
got to say about thlsi" he demanded
crescendo.
"I'll show you." Duncan told him In
the same quiet voice. 'what I've got
to say II you'll just put the soft pedal
on and tell me the amount of that
note"
"With interest and COSTS" he said
less strldently. at flggers up three
hundred m eighty dollars m eighty.
two cents"
There's no use denying that Duncan
was staggered. For the moment his
poise deserted him utterly. he could
only repeat. rs one who dreams
"Three hundred and eighty dollars!"
His momcntnry CONSERVATION aftord
cd Pete the opening he needed. The
room shook with his regained sense. Of
prestige. 4 ., ~ III e =
Eyes, three hundred m eighty dol
lars ,n,~ Say, you look a.herer;t
Again the calm foreHngerS touched
/ : t - ~ q 4Sl'i -
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d. yote ot more Oman siour. 10 one q.

II Sidney &. Love, formerly ot Chicago
and New Y FORK, who lost .hls slit to
divorce his wife, forherls MatioiFIe
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him md IKE; hyppotist'ss plss
CHECKED the rolling yotdme Of noise.
Listen begged Duncan. III you've,
got anything else to tell ms; please; re-
tire TO the opposite side OF The street
and whisper 1t Meantime be quiet
Duncan turned and made for; the
soda counter. beneath, which was the
till. His scanty roll Of bills WINS In his
right hand and there concealed. He
stepped behind the counter fold Sam
watching him with an amazement no
less absolute than Pete's,. pulled out
the till, sbent over itS with an assured
mir and pushed back the coin slide
Then quite naturally he produced with
his right hnnl bis four hundred and
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son sdid what l did was because rm
strong for your father and-well,
wanted TO do. yon good turn too"
II don't want your apologies"
"All right. Only think over what
said some time"
II ha good reason for saying what
l did"
~ know you had"
How do you known"
Because I'm not what you think
am altogether" ~
II guess you're not" she snapped.
But I don't mean what you mean.
! mean you think I'm rconceited aud
rich and don't know what trouble is.
Well, you're mistaken. Many's the
time I've lodged round corners to
avoid meeting men l knew would in.
vite me to have dinner or luncheon or
"a drlnk-of soda-or something-for
fear they'd find out that couldn't
treat In return. Many n time I've gone
hungry for days and weeks and slept
on park benches until an old friend
found me and took me home with
him"
She eyed him with attention.
"But its your. father wanted to
talk about,"hc hurried on. ''I'd bet
lot he knows more than any other man
in this town, md, besides. he's q fine.
square. good hearted old gentleman.
Anybody can see that. Only he's got
one terrible fault-he doesn't know
how to make money. And that's
mighty tough on you-though it's Just
rs tough on him. But when you ronst
him for It. as you did Just now. you
only make him feel ms miserable rs q
yellow dog. and that doesn't help mat
tiers a little bit. lie can't change into
n sharp business crook now; he's too
old n man.. Before long he won't be
with you at all. and when he's gone
you'll be sore on yourself sure IL you
keep on throwing It into him the way
! heard you,> and that's on the level"
I'll won't do It again." she fall
tered. twisting her hands together.
"Bully for you!" he cried and. with
an abrupt If artificial resumption of
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odd dollars from the BILL drawer, stood
up and counted them with great DELHI
Grafton .;st'3%
zone, two, three, four"
He smiled winningly at Pete. "Four
hundred dollars. MIR. Sheriff. Now will
you be good enough to hand over that
note md the change and then put
yourself and that pickle you're wear
ing In your face on the other side Of
the door7r ~ II
"I nin't got the note with me. Mfr.
Duncan
"Then perhaps you won't mind going
to the bank. for tit:s,, &
Half suffocated. Pete assented. Jaw
right. III go and eitit Kin have the
money 3'gFS af.S if1 "
"Certalnly.." Duncan extended the
bills. then on second thought withheld
them. II presume you're ia regular
sheriff." he inquired.
Very proudly Pete turned back the
lapel of his coat and distended the
chest on which shone his nickel plated
badge Of Office Duncan examined It
with grave admiration.
"It's beautiful" he said. with a
sigh. Here"
GlngerIy Pete grasped the bills,
thumbed them oter to make sure they
were real and bolted as for his life.
his coattails level on the breeze There
1oated back to Duncan and old Sam
his valedIctory. "Wanl. III be dod-
gasted" {;
With n short. quiet laugh Duncan
made MS though to go out to the back
yard. where the new stock was being
delivered.
"Im going" he said hurriedly, ito
find me Ratchet and knock the stuff
/ ing out Of some of those packing
cases. Want to get nil that truck In
doors before nlghtfall. you know"
But old Sam wasn't to be put OF by
any such obvious subterfuge as that.
He put himself In front of Duncan.
"Nat. my boy" he snid, tremulous.
T emit let this so through. l can't
allow you
There. now" Duncan told him un.
concernedly. yet kindly. don't say
anything more. It's over and done
with"
"But you mustn't. I'll turn over the
store to you IT,
20 Iord| Duncan's dismay was Us
genuine us his desire to escape Gra
hams gratitude. ..No-don't! Please
don't do thatH'
"But must do something. my boy
1 can't accept SO great n kindness un
less" said Graham. with n tmid flasl
Of hope, ''you'll consider partner
ship
"That's itr cried Duncan. glad Of
my way out Of the situation. .Thut's
tho why. to do it-a partnership. No
please don't say any more about It jus
now. We Gun settle details later
: We've got to get busy. Tell you wha
I wish you'd do while I'm bursting
! open those boxes. II you don't mint
going down to the station to make sur,
that everythIng's"-
Eyes, I'll so; I'll so Mt once" San
CROPPED for. Duncan's hand. caught ant
held 1t between both his own. "If--l
fate or something hadn't brought yol
here today don't know what woul'
have happened to Betty md me-"
Never mind" Duncan tried t
soothe him. "Just don't you thinl
about It"
Graham shook his head, still Devil
dered. Perhaps" he stumbled or
ito gentleman Of your wealth $40
isn't much n
: no" SAID Duncan grhvely wlthou
the flicker Of an cyelash. nothing. = II
remembered we'll the few dollars TIM
now represented all his worldly good!
!: Then he smiled cheerfully. iTher,
that's all right
ITO me IT'S meant everything. Y
B Bnrnes, Will Join his brother in. Ala
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y y a Il fi
only hope IN be able 70 repay you
some day. God bless you. my boyl
God bless your a
b He managed to jam his hat awrys on
his white old head and lind This way
out. his ihnnds tfumbilng with one an
other, his lips moving lnaudibly. per
haps ID a prayer Of thanksgiving.
.itwus perhaps within the next thir-
ty minutes that Betty twho had been
left In charge of the store while Dun.
can, with coat and collar on and;
sleeves rolled above his elbows. hack.
ed and pounded and ipried and banged
arthe packing cases in the back ,ynrd)
sought him on the scene Of his labors.
Pretty good work for q York dude,
not n he laughed. Hls' 'i, !.
There was a shndowy smile in her
grave eyes cts an. Improvement"
she said evenly. Il,
He shot her curious glance.
..Ouchm he said thouehtfully.
Il just. came to tell you," she went
on. again immobile. you're wanted In.
side" 4
Somebody wants to see mer' he de.
manded of her retreating back.
"Yes.""{s3t y; X,
"But who
"Blinky Lockwood" she replied over
her shoulder Us she went Into the
house.
LOCKWOOD he speculated. for an
instant puzzled, then suddenly I'd.
ther.in.lawI' he cried S"shivering
snakes. he mustn't catch me like this
I, a business man!' ~
Hastily rolling down his shirt
sleeves and struggling himself into his
coat, he nude for the store. buttoning
his collar and knotting his tie on the
way. AZ
He found Bllnky noslng round the
room. quite alone. Betty had disap-
pcarcd. and the old scoundrel was hay.
Ing quite IN enjoyable time poklng In
to matters that did not concern him
and disappearing of them on general
principles. So far as the improve
ments concerned old Sam Graham's
fortunes, Blinky would concede no
health in them. But with regard to
Duncan there was another story to
tell. Duncan apparently controlled
money to some vague extent
You're Mr.. Duncan. amt your 10
asked; with his leer. moving down to
meet MT q; a
Eyes, sir. Mr.. Lockwood. I believer
"Thats me-" sBlinky clutched his
hand in a genial claw. ann glad to
meet you"
/ "Thank you," said Duncan. Some
thing can do for you, sir7"
"Wnal, Pete Willin' was tellin' me
you'd Just took up this note Of Grn;
ham'sT 3f,ss:
"Not exactly. The firm took It up
Blinky winked savagely at this.
1.-THE flrm-what flrmT
Graham & Duncan, sir. I've been
taken into partnership"
"Have, ehr Biinky grunted mystic.
riously and fshed in his pocket for
some bills and silver. 1waal. here's
some change comm to the firm. then
And here" he added, producing the
document In question. as Sans note."T
'Thank YOU" Duncan ceremonions
ly deposited both In the till. going be,
hind Tho snla fountain Ia do an md
then waited. expectant Blinky was
grunting busily in the hey Of one
about to make an important com
munication.
"Tm glad you're a.comin' In here
with, SAM" lie said at length. with ar
acid grimnce that was meant to be q
smile.
"Oh, It may be only temporary
Nat endeavored to assume seraphit
expression and partially succeeded
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"a pretty good guess at that. no
.acknowle edged eiiIdidly. s 1.s3ll
!. Yes It IS. and j know II. and you
knowtt oh. rs easy enough to give
iadyices when you've got plenty of mon
sey5 and tine clothes and-bnt,-l
II understand. be said when she
paused to get a grip upon herself md
find again the words she needed. -You
needing say any more. Tho only rea.
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:sabalabo sor tho :Wsss VlsEInian.
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"you'RR Mr.. ,puNoAN7" HE ASKED.
my studIes," he pursued prlmly. ''but
nevertheless feel l should be earning
something too" *
"Thnt's right-that's the kind of
spirit like to see in a young man.
You always 60 to church, don't your
mo, slr-Sundays only"
"That's what mean. D. you drink r.
.Oh. no. sir" Duncan parroted GLIB.
", don't smoke. drink, swear. and on
Sundays 60 to church,"
The bland smile with which he faced
Lockwood's keen scrutiny disarmed
suspicion. i{s IS
"Im glad to hear that" Blinky told
him. Pm Mt the head of the temp
:ance movement here. md i hope you'll
join us and set an example 10 our fast
young men" AZ. 5'3l,S
az feel sure I could do that" said
Duncan .meekly. \, .Ss !;
y Lockwood removed bis hat, exposing
the rraHium Of q baldheaded eagle,
and famed himself. .sWarm today
ITO be Continued
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~ UNcAN went home for his mid.
II day meal. 1t wasn't much Of
EA-lISa walk from Sam Graham's
80. store to Miss Carpenter's. and
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ID meet her eyes shining Tith WONDER,
Gbe grasped ihis arm tlmidl 3;
ri wanted 10 ask you,s she said
hpstily. .if4was It this friend you
lpoke about-that found you in the
Ipqrk-who set you on the road to for
taner' 4 4
That's what he said,n Duncan an.
pwered whImsicalIy. ~ X !. Z
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his .buslnesslike air, turned away to !
showcase to spare her the embarrass
ment of his regard.
81 didn't Think" said the voice be.
hind him: ~ didn't mean to. Some.
thing happened that almost drove mo
wild and,
II know" no snid gently. /.
After a bit she spoke again. "I'll so
up and get dinner Iready; now"
He heard her footsteps rs she
crossed ITO the door and opened It
There followed pause. Then she
came hurrIedlys back. BE faced about
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Bnrnes, VIII Join his brother in Alas.
I'm IN an effort 70 ecoups his lost; ior,
tunes s' Y !:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-26
Morning Cable Report


YORK. July 26-John sprecks, yesterday
investigating the Sugar
the late Henry Havemyer He reviewed of the family
himself
elder
o
spreckes by wit
trade
OTTAWA July 26The Liberal leaders
months bringing the
Reciprocity will be the of the campaign
be
establish and
the The petitions point out the fact that
Alaskans
o
WASHINGTON 6The Democrats yesterday
ratified the bill which the
ufactures about oneha the in the MdrchPayne
SAN BERNARDNO July 26Forest fires
district north this fighters
destruction being
NIAGARA,
be
FREMONT,
decided candidates
ta nomination expression
recorded at the direct primaries.
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WALKER WON'T
FLY ANY MORE

SAN MATEO, Cal, July 1S.-Clar.
ence II. Walker, the San Mateo avia-
tor, with his young bride, formerly
Miss Carolina Biven, returned today
on the Sierra from Honolulu, where
young Walker has been doing some
sensational flying in his Curtiss BIZ
plane.
Walker left here about two months
ago with the Continental aviators for
tour of the Far East, but after a fall
of nearly 100 feet, in which he had
miraculous escape from death, he was
induced by his young bride to give up
aviation.
The carburetor on his big eightcyl-
inder engine froze while he was in the
air during his Hilo flight. The young
aviator made brave struggle to land
his machine, which was being tossed
by the wind, but without power it be-
came unmanageable and when about
100 feet above the ground it diyed
into a tall palm tree.
Walker escaped without a bruise,
but in his anxiety to show the crowd
and his young bride that he was UNI
hurt he fell from the top of a ten
foot fence, cutting a slight cash on
his forehead
Others Of the party are in Honolulu,
but will probably abandon The pro-
posed trip. The Bleriot monoplane
which was used by Mason, the other
aviator, was smashed in one of the
Honolulu meets.
The trip was a splendid one said
Walker, and we enjoyed every min
ute Of it. I had determined that after
escaping death in my fall at Flilo that
| would never fly again, but / was in
duced to fill my contract for a fight
at the Schofeld Barracks, which was
positively the last time | will operate
an aeropane,"
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TENANTS WOULD
HAVE TO PAY

The fact that if the Territory uses
all or any part Of the $4,000 appro-
priated by the last Legislature for
the purchase of the leasehold and
other interests of the Kapiolani Es-
tate i'm the land known as Auwaioli-
mu, or more commonly as the Punch
bowl district, the amount so eXpend-
ed must be repaid to the Territory
by the residents on the property so
benefited, seems to have escaped the
attention of most of those who have
been most urgent in demanding that
the government get busy in spending
this fund. The section of the act re
latng to this matter is as follows:
Section g. (Act 154) Any such
money so expended shall be, as near
as may be, repaid to the Territory by
the occupants of said land in such
proportion and upon such conditions
as the Commissioner of Public Lands,
with such approval, shall deem equita.
Bile; it being the intent of this Act
that the cost of facilitating and ex.
peditng the granting of such prefer
ence rights shall not finally be borne
by the Territory"
The Territory is getting all the nee.
essary data together, as we'll as work.
ing out the Encouragement of streets
water, and sewage systems in the dis.
trict, and will doubtless soon be in
position to announce some definite
policy in the matter Governor Frear
stated yesterday that this matter is
one of the complex things that Land
Commissioner Judd will have to take
up at once.
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BY AUTHORITY
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

In pursuance of the provisions OF
Act IS, S. L. 1911, as amended by Act
1O5, S. l.. 1911, the registration Of
Electors in the City and County of
Honolulu will be opened to the public
from and after the 26th day Of July,
A d. 1911, and will be held in the Of
flee of the City and County Clerk, Nc
ntyre Building, on every legal day
from o'clock A. NJ until o'clock
p. NJ, except Saturdays which will be
held only until 70 noon.
The General Register will be closed
to registration at midnight Immediate
ly preceding the third Wednesday be-
fore the General Election to be held
in November, A. D, 1912, and will re-
main closed until after such election.
d. KALAUOKALANI, Jr.,
Clerk, City and County of Honolulu.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that CHU
CHONG LENG, KAN WAH FOOK,
YOUNG YOU, YOUNG KAI, KNOCK
CHUN, and CHEZ HEE, all Of Homo
lulu, City and County of Honolulu,
Territory of Hawaii, have this day en-
tered into co-partnership. The nature
of which co-partnership is to carry on
the business of rice planters. The
firm name of the co.partuership is
HOP YICK Wal COMPANY. The
place of business of said copartner-
ship is at Waikiki, Honolulu afore-
said.
Dated Honolulu, July "a, 1871.
KAN WAH FOOK. CHU CHONG
LENG, YOUNG YOU, YOUNG
KWAI, KWOCK CHUN, CHEZ
HEE.
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coffee-houses and taverns where girls
from the Black Forest attend the
guests. A large room is taken up by
the exhibition of Alsace-Lorraine. We
see the cathedral, the Roman Aque.
duct, the Roman battlefield of Grave
lotte and large collection of Roman
objects of art and industry dug out
of the ground. The Rhine tour is
brought near to us, Hamburg and
Lubbock, Breslau and Dantzig send AS
their greetings We enjoy the pleas
ures Of sightseeing without the trou.
bles of locomotion.