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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-12-05

Saturday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Pagel were severely burned by
fire. Mrs. Pagel was baking and
consequently had hot fire In the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
Hobo Makes a Record Trip on Trucks

ahead, for when | came to my senses
we had made so miles, and the train
was we'll on toward the Aztec coun-
try. Tie speed was fearful down
those mountain grades, but / never
lost my clutch until / was thrown off
by a brakeman
Il thought l was all in when we
reached Kansas City. But there lef,
the Santa Fe and got between the
engine and baggage car on what is
called the new Wilmington line. That
took me to Chicago.
Once during the trip l went with
out food for two long days. That was
a test of endurance. won QUE. When
we reached Newburg, on the Hudson,
| had to leave the express. The brake
mans boots were 40 pounds heavier
than my physique called for, SO |
stopped over night for the first time
on the trip. l went to the police sta
ton and had fine rest. Getting
aboard a fast coal train next day.
pulled out When / reached New
York beat my way across the ferry.
New York looked good to me. /
was born here AZ years ago end it's
still my home-when I'm around.
They have the best hospitals In the
world in New York. | need treatment
and that's the reason l hurried across
the continent"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
LABOR GIVES IT'S APPROVAL
Powerful American Federation cordl-
ally Joins In Fight Against
Spread of Tuberculosis.

Direct approval of the campaign for
the sale of Red Cross seals has been
given by the American Federation OF
Labor. according to an announcement
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis. At the last annual convention OF
the American Federation of Labor a
resolution was adopted calling on all
the members OF the Federation to
further the sale as much as possible.
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas, The American Fedora
ton OF Labor has in every possible
way aided the movement for the
study and prevention of tuberculosis
throughout the United States AMI
Canada; and,
Whereas, the American National
Red Cross has been In the past and
is now making an especial effort.
through the sails Of Red Cross Christ
mas seals, to secure funds to carry
on the war against tuberculosis. and
by means of the fund raised In this
manner has been able to do much er-
fective work In this direction. there
fore, be 1t
Resolved, That the American Fed
Grafton of Labor give its endorse
ment to the movement of the Amer
lean National Red Cross. and encour-
age its members to further in every
reasonable way the sale of these seals
IN their respective communities"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
St. Louis Shop Porter Is a Croesus

while working at q salary that is In
the immediate neighborhood of $50 a
month. His fellow workers gasped
with amazement when they learned
OF 1t. When he began coming down
to his portering in a costly touring
car, that runs 60 miles an hour. they
began to view him with awe. He ia
the Man of Mystery" among his fell
low-workers.
Massee has been In st. Louis about
four years. He married widow with
not little property. and to this he
has added steadily. 1t is said that he
is anxious to get back to the prairies
of Minnesota and be farmer, in the
bigger sense of the word. Special
considerations have thus far tied him
to st. Louis.
Massee is college man He work
ed his way through one of the col
leges In st. Paul. Mimi, and Jared
forth to see the world. h his wan
derings he journeyed to 81. Louis, met
a charming widow and married her.
With the exception of trips abroad,
and here and there in the United
states. ne has been in st. Louis since.
When 1t became known around the
establishment that he had made
trip to Europe last summer there were
many incredulous smiles When it
was finally accepted as an undoubted
fact the doubters were silenced. Even
his employers who thought they knew
something of his financial condition
were rather surprised
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
CHAPTER Xxx.
Hope Goes TO Sheridan

The discovery of the locket which had
fallen from about Keith's neck made II
impossible for Hope to remain quietly
for long in the hotel at Fort Larned.
The more carefully she thought over
the story % that murder at the Chm
maron Crossing, and Keith's tale of
now he had discovered and buried the
lnutiiated bodies. the more assured
she became that that was where this
locket came from. and that the slain
freighter must have been her own ia.
Their. She never once questioned the
truth OF keith's report; there was that
about the man which would not per
NIT OF her doubling him. He had
simply failed to mention what he re-
moved from the bodies. supposlng this
would be of no special interest.
Mrs Murphy. hoping thus to quiet
the apprehensions of her charge. set
herself diligently at work to discover
the facts. As her house was filled
with transients. including occasional
visitors from Carson City. and was
also bunging headquarters for many
OF the o@cers from the nearby fort.
she experienced no difficulty in pick
ing up all the floating rumors. Out OF
.hcse. with Ir.sh shrewdness. she soon
managed to patch together consist
ent fabric of fact
"Shure, honey. it's not so bad the
way they tell it now" she explained,
consolingly. Nobody behaves now II
was yer father that got kilt II was
two fellers what stole his outfit,
clothes an all. an was drivir' on wild
'em inter the sand hills, Divil van
does know who kilt EN-. but there's
some ugly stories trayelin about
Some says Iniuns; some SAYS the
posse run EN- down: an Black Bart
an his dirthy outfit. they swesr it was
Keith Owe got me own notion. An
INFLOW. there's bout three hundred
dollars. some mules. an Let o. val
yble papers msssin'"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
Newsboy Banker Who Came to Grief

NJ ALLACE, Ida.-Bernard +. O'Neill,
w who started life as a newsboy
In New York and came to be d.
rector of the Carnegie Trust company
there, as well as president of the
state Bank of Commerce at Wallace.
with fortune well beyond the 81 ,000,-
600 mark, was arrested In Voncouver,
y. c., recently on warrant charging
him with liability in the wreck of the
Wallace bank. O'Neill was penniless
when ho was arrested and was plan
ming to start life over again.
O'Neill is a hearty Irishman of so.
and year ago was candidate for the
nomination for governor of Washing
ton. He was defeated in the conven-
ton. In the meantime O'Neilps trou-
bies were piling up at Wallace. The
bank there was compelled to suspend.
In the crash O'Neill lost the rest of
MS fortune, and short time ago he
went to Vancouver, looking for a
JOB" as he told the officers who rout-
ed him from bed and put him under
arrest. Indictments were found
against several other wealthy men of
eastern Washington when action was
taken against O'Neill in connection
with the Wallace bank failure.
O'Neill went west a a charge of the
Children's Aid society when he was a
lad in knickerbockers selling papers
along Park Row. He worked for a
time for farmer in Iowa, next NOV
ed on a ranch in Nebraska, and at 10
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21

line, and once they fairly crept for an
hour through a mass Of buffalo, graz
ing so close that fusiHade OF guns
sounded from the front end OF the
train. A little farther along she caught
a glimpse of troop Of wild horses
dashing recklessly down into a sner
tering ravine. Yet principally ali
that met her straining eyes was ster-
lie desolation. Here and there great
ugly water tank reared its hldeous
shape beside the track, the engine a.
ways pausing for fresh supply. be
side it was invariably pile OF coal,
few construction cars, hut naH
buried under earth, loop-holed and
barricaded. with several rough men
loafing about, heavily armed and In
quisitive. A few o. these points had
once been terminal. the surrounding
scenery evidencing past glories by
piles of tin cans, and all manner OF
debris, with occasionally vacant
shack, left deserted and forlorn-
Wearied and heartsick. Hope turned
away from this outside drear1ness 10
contemplate more closely her neigh
bors on board, but found them scarce
ly more interesting. Several were
playing cards. others modify staring
out of the windows, while few were
laughing and talking with the girls
their conversation inane and punctu-
ated with profanity. One man was
figuring on a scratch pad, and Hope
decided he must be an engineer em-
ployed on the line; others che classed
as small merchants, saloon-keepers'
and frontier riff-raff. They would
glance curiously at her az they
marched up and down the narrow
aisle. but her veil, and averted face,
prevented even the boldest from
speaking. Once she addressed the
conductor, and the man who was ng-
uring turned and looked back at her,
evidently attracted by the soft note
of her voice. But he made no effort
at advances, returning Immediately to
his pad, oblivious to all else.
tTo BE CONTINUED
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was working in a bank. Then he went
to California, and in 1901 went to
Idaho with the foundations of his
fortune already laid. AS a banker
O'Neill soon began to attract atten-
ton. and 1t was not long before he had
been added to the list of out-of-town
directors of the Carnegie Trust COM
pany. At about the same time he
was made member of the executive
council of the American Bankers as
sociation.
Just year ago O'Neill went back
to New York to attend directors
meeting and spent a night at the
newsboys lodging house in Fourth
street. He made a speech to the boys
in which he gave them a lot of home
ly advice on how to succeed in the
world and made generous donation
to the funds of the home. The check
by which this subscription was made
was drawn on the Carnegie Trust
company. The failure OF that insti-
tuition seemed to mark the beginning
of his troubles. His luck changed i'm
mediately. he wrote back to his
friends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21

CT. LOUIS. Mo.-Porter by day and
- Croesus by night tells the story OF
the daily life of c. w. Massee, a re-
markable resident of this city. He is
mead porter in a millinery establish
ment Each morning at GAS he
mounts his large touring car and hur-
ries to work, where he has the priv.
lege of bossins twelve negroes. Late
in the afternoon he hurries home in
the same car. tired as any other lahor-
ing man, and spends his evening In
quarters as lavish as those of the
wealthiest millionaire in st. Louis and
associates with the wealthiest people
in the city. He declares he could live
without work, but the life of the aver
age millionaire would be a bore to
him, so he prefers to work for 1921
a week, hire chauffeur, live In lux
ury and scarcely earn his board at his
labor.
Massee owns nearly 5000 acres of
the rich. deep lands of Minnesota He
has other property, much other prop
erty, in fact, located in st. Louis He
is able to maintain niEe-room house.
four servants and big touring car
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
MRS. SELBY AND PRIZE BABY

81 have always used Cuticura Soap
and no other for my baby and he has
never had a sore of any kind. He
does not even chafe as most babies
do. l feel sure that 1t is all owing to
Cuticura Soap. for he Is fine and
healthy, and when FIVE months old,
won a prize in baby contest. 1t
makes my heart ache to go into so
many homes and see a sweet-faced
baby with the whole top of its head
solid mass of scurf, caused by poor
soap. l always recommend Cuticura,
and nine times out of ten the next
time see the mother she says: oh!
l am so glad you told me Of Cuticura.'
(Signedl Mrs. G.. A. Selby, Redondo
Beach, California, Jan. Is, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with S2-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti'
cura." Dept. 20 L. Boston.
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out from some av the lads down be-
low"
The only equipment operating into
Sheridan was a construction train.
with an old battered passenger coach
coupled to the rear. A squad of
heavily armed infantry rode along, as
protection against possible Indian
raiders. but thera was no crowd
aboard on this special trip. as all
construction work had been suspended
on the line indefinitely, and most OF
the travel. therefore, had changed to
the eastward. The coach used had
partition run through it, and, as
soon as the busy trainmel discovered
ladies' on board. they unceYemoniously
drove the more bibulous passengers.
protesting. into the forward compart-
ment. This left Hope in conl sratiye
peace, her remaining neighbors qdiet.
taciturn men. whom she looked at
through the folds of her veil during
tte long. slow, exasperating journey
menta'fv guessing at their various oc-
cupaLOns. 1t was an exceedingly tedi-
ening up. and jerking ftrward. appar-
emily without slightest reason: then
occasionally achieving a full stop.
while NEIL. always under guard, went
ahead to fix UP some bit of damaged
track, across which the engineer
dared not advance. At each bridge
spanning the numerous small streams.
ft-u1 EsFr1 tyNrxI hca.
fore venturing forward, and at each
stop tle weariei passengers grew
more impatient ard sarcastic, a per
fec stream of fluent profanity being
" afted back whenever the door be-
tween the two sections CHANGED TO be
left aiar.
Hope was not the only woman on
board, yet a glance at the others was
sufficient to decide their status. even
had their freedom of manner and loud
talking not made it equally obvious.
Fearful lest she might be mistaken
for one of the same class, she re-
manned In silence, b veil merely
lifted enough to enabls her to peer
out through the grimy window at the
barren view slipping slowly past. This
consisted of the bare prairie, brown
and desolate, occasionally intersected
by some small watercourse. the low
hills rising and falling like waves to
the far horizon. Few incidents broke
the dead monotony; occasionally a
herd of antelope appeared in the dis
lance, silhouetted against the sky
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CHAPTER XIX continued.)

The dead silence which ensued was
broken only by heavy breathing. Then
Scott swore. bringing his fist down
with a crash on the washstand
THAT rather stumps yer. don't 1t.
Bart? Well. 1t don't me. tell yer
it's just as | said from the first. 1t
was Keith an that niger what
jumped ye in the cabin. They was
hidin there when we rode in. He
Just nat'rly pumped the gal. an now
he's up here trailin' you. Blame 1t all.
1t makes me laugh"
Il don't see what you see to laugh
at This Keith isn't an easy man to
play with. let me tell you. He may
have got On to our game"
"Oh, hell, Bart don't lose your
nerve He can't do anything. because
we've got the under holt. He's fugi-
tive; all we got to do is locate him.
an have him flung back inter Jail
there's murder an hoss-stealIng agin
him
Hawley seemed to be thinking
swiftly. while his companion took an
other drink
We'll. pard. amt that so?"
mo. that trick won't work, Scott
We could do 1t easily enough II we
were down in Carson, where the boys
would help us out. The trouble up
here is that Wild BIZ Hickock is
Marshal of Sheridan, and he and
never did hitch Besides, Keith was
one of his deputies down at Dodge two
years ago-you remember when Dutch
Charles place was cleaned out? Well,
Hickock and Keith did that Job all
alone. and Wild BIZ isn't going back
on that kind of a pal. is he? | tell
you we've got to fight this affair
alone, and on the quiet. Maybe the
fellow don't know much yet. but he's
sure on the trail. OF else he wouldn't
have been In here talking TO Willough-
by. We've got to get him. Scott. some
how. Lord, man. there's a clean mil
lion dollars waiting for us in this deal.
and I'm ready to fight for It, But I'm
damned sleepy. and I'm going TO bed.
when you're sober. Wen figure out
how we can get to him best; I've got
to set Christie right Goodnight.
Bill"
He went out into the hall and
down the creaking stairs. the man he
wanted so badly listening to his te-
scending footsteps, half tempted to
follow. Scott did not move. perhaps
had already fallen drunkenly asleep
on his chair. and finally Keith crossed
his own room and lay down. The din
outside continued undated, but the
mans intense WEAKNESS overcame It
all. and he fell asleep. his last con-
scious thought memory of Hope.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
Road Settles Famous Sandwich Case

n OPEKA. KAMA western railroad
i would not permit the hunk of hard
tack and piece of hog hook. known as
the railroad clearinghouse sandwich, to
get into the Kansas courts, though 1t
had to pay well to keep it out
Las. spring L. NJ Couchman, a To
peka travelling salesman. was riding
on a train toward home. The train
stopped at Mcfarland, 80 miles west
Of Topeka, for dinner, but as it was
to arrive in Topeka only an hour later
Couchman bethought himself to eat a
sandwich and then have a good. home
cooked meal with his wife in Topeka.
He walked into the lunchroom and
called for the ham sandwich.
The pretty girl behind the counter
passed him cut tissue wrapped and
ribbon tied square OF bread. butter
and ham-supposedly, and the travel
ing man opened and Bit The girl
grinned at Couchman as he vafnly
tried to force his teeth through the
adamantlne crust and when he quit
she asked sweetly, "Oh, isn't it
good?" Nav. Gimme a piece Of pie
instead said Couchmand.
The pie was a wonderful improve
ment over the sandwich He paid for
1t and walked out Then a special
officer of the. railroad company col
ls-ed him OF the platform and roughly
forced him to disgorge 10 cents for
the hunk cf bareback and pork.
Couchman rode home boiling with
wrath. The Kansas association OF
travelling men heard the complaint
fled by Ccuchman and retained law
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21

yer TO help obtain damages for brutal
treatment and to get an official dag
nosis of the clearinghouse sandwich.
Couchman brought suit for $4,000
damages to his peace of mind for the
rough treatment he received and 10
cents additional for the sandwich he
paid for and couldn't eat. The suit
has been pending in the district court
here for three months and much evi-
dence from travelling men throughout
the state regarding the frailties and
shortcomings of the railroad eating
house sandwich has been taken The
railroad attorneys looked over this
evidence and settled the case by pay
ing sum TO Couchman for his suffer
ing and returning the 10 cents. What
the amount was is not known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
At the Celestial Gate

The druggist approached the Celes-
tial gate, St Peter opened the portal
for him and babe him enter and join
the heavenly choir.
Not so fast" admoniseed the CON-
FOUNDER If pills Before / go In there
I want 10 ask few questions. Have
you any city directories In Paradiseg''
NO. replied ST Peter.
-Ans remedies for growing hair on
bald heads end door knobs?'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21

JEW YORK.-The fastest tramp trip
~ ever made on the trucks of the
transcontinental limited trains was
finished in New York City recently
When Clarence Fields. of San Fran
cisco, CAL, alighted from the trucks
OF Lackawanna flyer. He said he
mad to get to New York in hurry for
medical treatment. He was covered
with SCOT. cinders and coal dust and
looked as if he had been in 40 politi-
cal cyclones. His eyes cleaned tri-
umphantly through his mask of dirt
as he told how, in spite of the vigil
lance of trainmen. he had made the
coast-to-coast trip in one week and
three minutes fiat.
1 was kicked off the Santa Fe lin
Tied at least 80 times" he said. THE
nrst time was in the Mojave desert,
when / landed in two feet of aikali
dust. But as soon as the traiu start
ed got aboard again in dust storm.
Next time 1t was in the mountains.
| must have been kicked several miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
A Disappointing Man.

When Prof Charles Zueblin OF Har
ward was last in Kansas City he i'm
mediately sought out l.. H. Fiery, as
sistant manager of the Coates House
who was his boyhood friend. They
had played on the same college base
ball team and were chums at school
One afternoon Mr.. Fiery and Prof
Zueblin went to Evanston to play golf
The professor Is almost an expert al
the game. He was constantly ad
dressed as professor" Finally Mr.
F1erys caddie whispered to him
rs he a professor OF golf?'
"Oh, no, my BOY" Mr.. Fiery an
swered. hes a Lrofessor in uni
versity."
The caddie studied moment and
then said, with decided show OF dis
appointment:
"Shucks! Is that all ?"-KaHsas city
Star.
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SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith, a Virginian, now bor-
der plainsman. is looking for roaming war
parties of savages. He sees wagon team
at full gallon pursued by men on ponies
When Keith reaches the wagon the raid
ers have massacred two men and de-
parted. He searches the victims finding
papers and locket with a wOman's por-
trait. Keith is arrested at Carson City.
charged with the murder, his accuser be-
ing a ruffan named Black Bart A negro
companion in his cell named Neb tells him
that he knew the Keiths In Virginia. Neb
says one Of the murdered men was John
Sibley. the other Gen. Willis Waite, former
ly Confederate officer. The plainsm,. n
and Neb escape. and later the fugittves
come upon a cabin and fino its occupant
TO be young girl. whom Keith thinks
he saw at Carson City. The girl explains
that she Is In search of a brother. who
mad deserted from the army, and that
Mr.. Hawley induced her to come to the
cabin while he sought her brother. Haw-
n1zes him as Black Bart. There Is a ter
rtfic battle in the darkened room In which
Keith is victor. Horses are appropriated.
and the girl who says that her name Is
Hope, joins In the escape. Keith explains
his situation and the fugitives make Tor
Fort Larned. where the girl Is left with
the hotel landlady. Miss Hope tells that
she Is the daughter of General waite
Keith and Neb drift into Sheridan. where
Keith meets an old friend. DR.. Fairbaln.
Keith meets the brother OF Hope waite,
under the assumed name of Fred VIII
Ioughby and becomes convinced that
Black Bart has some plot involving the
two.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
Trinity Church In Debt.

Trinity church, New York. rich as
everybody agrees beyond the thoughts
of money value, is s2,S5S,394 in debt
Contrary to its former practice, It now
tells in It's annual reports the values
of its properties, its income and les
debts. its report Of last year, just
issued, values productive property
owned at $15,117.0 900, of which 49,
$500 is real estate at city assessed
valuation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
DON'T Want 'Em Back.

An economical young man who was
much bored by the requests OF tickle
young women to return their photo
graphs decided upon desperate meas
ures to put stop to the unnecessary
expenditure of time and postage.
He announced his intention OF start
ing Venus collection to contain the
pictures of the 100 most beautiful wo
men In the world, and now the girls
never ask for their pictures
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-21
Death Bed Jest.

Among what may be called death
bed jests, that of the Rev. James
Guthries OF Stirling. Gre of the Cove
nanter martyrs, des,~ges high place
Lord Guthries recalls the story in
f. From a Nor thern Window" Mr.
Guthries was executed at the Cross in
the High street, Edinburgh. The
night before he asked for cheese for
supper. His friends wondered, for the
physicians had forbidden MIN to eat
cheese. But he said, with a smile,
Il am now beyond the hazard Of all
earthly diseases. Uncle Remus'
Magazine.