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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

was clear. Clear? No; there must be
some mistake. How could anything
connect Lisa with that scene?
| staggered back from the beach to
some rocks and sat down. The north
wind. which had chilled me before,
was now not cool enough to drive the
fever from my temples.
1t was some time after this-it might
| have been five minutes, it might have
been an hour-that | sat up and
looked out. dazed, upon the ocean.
heard the crunching of feet on the
sand. Some one was coming.
crouched in the shadow of the rocks
A figure stood between me and the
simmer on the ocean. 1t was Lisa.
She was bent toward the beach as if
looking for something.
arose and went to her. holding out
the letter.
Here is what you are looking for
I said. 'Tt has explained all to me- /
do not blame you. / know the mex
orable command under which you act
1t is my life or yours. Mine it shall
be-"
She stood looking at me. her face
dimly lighted. her garments futtering
in the wind. The moonlight made her
look paler even than it was
"You came from the Circle" I said,
shat I was rash enough to join when
l was student. / remember the
night when after consultation with
my father / told them that I was to
be sent to America, and since / could
not serve them there l would resign
my membership. Then the chief re-
minded me that could never resign.
Now he sends you to kill me as de-
serter."
''No," she gasped; "he has sent me
to order you TO kill deserter."
I shuddered
Alexis" she went on. 81 have. not
delivered the message because 1 could
not bring myself to do so. To-day
determined that would do the work
I was sent to order you to do"
why" I stammered-"why would
you assume my burden?''
She turned and cast a glance out on
the ocean. then up at the dome above
as if looking for some means of es-
cape from an inevitable doom. Then.
turning to me, she said:
Because love you''
Here ends the story as told by Alexis
Olizoff. The residents of the place
where he met Lisa tells Of how one
evening in face of an approaching
storm two young people, Russian by
birth. took boat and pulled seward
Night fell. and they We're still riding |
the waves, as was seen from the shore
by an occasional flash of lightning. At |
midnight the storm burst. and they had |
not returned. The next morning their |
boat was found bottom upward on the |
beach.
Neither Alexis nor Lisa were ever |
seen again at the resort nor in Amer |
lea. A month later a man, accom- |
panied by his wife. walked into one
of the villages of North Dakota and
inquired where they might buy land
A farm in the vicinity being for sale.
they purchased it and settled under
the name of Crane. No one ever heard
either husband or wife speak of their
youth. their nationality or whence they
came to North Dakota. All this they
buried in oblivion.
Recently the wife died and the hus-
band followed her within a few
months. There seemed to be some
thing that they had both. borne together
that the man could not bear alone.
and this was given as the reason for
his death. There is no reason now for
onger keeping their secret They were
Alexis 0lizoff and Lisa vasselevna
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
FEEDING Cows

COWS feed little at night If well fed
during the day. and If the stable is
well ventilated they are as comfortable
here as anywhere. and the gain to the
manure pile is considerable.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13

We are prepared to furnish COM
mercial printing of the better kind,
and we solicit an opportunity to
show you. Phones 1000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Picked Up in the Azores Three Years
After Being Cast Adrift Of
Carolina Coast.

Floating sluggishly at the mercy Of
bottle containing the address Of Will
liam H. Windolph, this city, Travelled
across the Atlantic ocean and was
finally picked up off the eastern coast
of the Azores about nve weeks ago.
The hayward travels of the little
bottle are most mysterious. 1t crossed
the Atlantic or at least reached the
other shore; whether currents or
winds took it miles in detour before
it rea ched its destination is a subject
of conjecture.
On January 27. 1907, Mr.. Windolph
on his way to Tampa and Key West
passed down the coast of the Caro-
linas in Merchants and Miners
stea mship the Merrimac Off North
Carolina in an idle moment he put his
card within a whisky bottle and push
ing in the cork against the rail of the
vessel tossed it overheard. Until it
disappeared from sight in the green
waves Mr.. Windolph watched the tiny
ADVENTURE, never thinking to hear
from it again.
Three and one-half years after the
card had been sent out on the sea a
strange letter came to him from the
fishing firm of Manuel Vasconcelles &
Co. Spain. Within the envelope was
the same card which he had sent out
unstained by the water, uninjured aft
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
CENSUS ARRESTS DELAYED
Five Superior Men Are Likely to Be
Nabbed for Alleged Padding of
Reports-WithoId Warrants.

Superior.-As yet there have been
no developments in connection with
the alleged padding Of the last fed
eral census.
Arrests of at least five local people
are expected, but will not occur I'M
til Monday at the earliest, as the
United States marshal has not yet
received any warrants in connection
with the affair
c. o. Hoover, who was arrested at
Madison recently, was the enumera-
tor in the Fourth ward of Superior,
where the special agents for the
census department report that they
found an enormous oyercount. He
was formerly a stationary engineer in
this city, but recently passed the city
civil service examinations, and when
arrested was in the employ of the
state at one Of the university build
ingS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
CHAPTER lIl.-contInued.

He had never seen her except in the
quiet conventionality of a street dress.
he had imagined her in all sorts of
guises. When she burst upon him
that way however, the sight dazzled
him. 1t was so far beyond any dream
he had ever INDUCED that he could
scarcely comprehend it, He stopped
and stared at her. For once his iron
control deserted him. There was that
frank, open admiration in his glance
Of which no one could mistake the
meaning.
You must pardon my surprise"
said Gormly; Il have never seen you
In an evening gown, and l confess my
imagination unequal to"
DO you like it?" said the girl nerv-
ously.
y am scarcely. conscious of it, Miss
Haldane, he returned directly. Il see
only you"
How singularly unobservant," she
said lightly. recovering her euuipoise.
for man whose business it is to buy
and sell such things not to notice
them"
In your presence tonight, Miss Hal
dane, business is as far from me as
If it was on the other side of the
world 1t is on the other side of the
world he continued swiftly; for this
Is different world from any in which
] have ever moved, and I"
His speech was broken by the en-
trance Cf Mrs. Haldane and Miss Stew
art The latter was a fragile. grace
full charming girl, who would have
attracted instant attention and notice
anywhere. except beside her regal
companion and friend Mrs. Haldane
was not unworthy complement to
the other two. These two also were
wearing elaborate dinner gowns.
At this moment Haldane. followed
by the two other men, came in from
the library.
Mr.. Gormly," began Haldane. SEN
Tor, 4 am unable to get anybody over
the telephone"
am sorry to hear that I suppose
that the wires are down on account of
the storm"
Exactly. Meanwhile, I scarcely
know what to do. Could you send a
man on a horse over to my placer"
I should be glad to do so, did l pos
sess the horse"
The pair that brought US up from
the Iodge?"
Neither is broken to saddle. I be-
iieve. and-but 1 can send a man over
on foot. I have no doubt
4 hardly think that would be pos
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
SYNOPSIS.


A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife of a
drunken prospector in a western mining
town. They prepare to elope in blind
Ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins a
note to the body taking the crime
upon himself. In their flight to the
railroad station the womans horse
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
stirrup strap. Seeing he is an impedl-
ment the woman tnrusts her escort into
a snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
he stumbles into the railroad station just
as the train bears the woman away.
Twenty-Five years later, this man, George
Gormly, is a muIti-Inillionaire in New
York. He meets Eleanor Haldane a
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker,
and co-operates with her In her work.
Gormly becomes owner of a steamship
line and finds himself frustrated in pier
and track extension plans by grating al
dermen, backed by the Gotham Traction
company. An automobile accident near
ms country house. on stormy Christmas
eve, brings about a meeting with the
members of Miss Haldane's family. CORN
~ makes the marOned party comfortable
and referring to a worse storm he once
experienced in the west, offers to notify
the people at the Haldane place of the
accident An automobile accident near
MS country home, on a stormy Christmas
I've, brings about a meeting with the
members of the Haldane family
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03

AS be dld So the tall COCK musIcalIy
chimed out the hour OF nine.
Now that your woman is here. Mr..
Gormly," said Mrs. Haldane, rising,
as l am somewhat fatigued from the
ride and the experience, l shall retire
to my room. I suppose you young
people won't think of going to bed
at this unearthly hour?'
mo, indeed, answered Miss Stew
art. Z think III stay awake until
Christmas
viii you go, Beekman?" said Mrs,
Haldane, addressing her husband.
'Why-er-my dear
4 was about to propose a table of
bridge, said DR.. Deveaux?"
An excellent idea" returned Hal
dane quickly; but there are six of
Us here and"
I don't play" said Gormly quickly.
I'll stay out also,' said Eleanor. 7
don't care much for bridge at best"
Good night" said Mrs. Haldane,
moving away, escorted by the butler,
and met outside presently by Mrs
Bullen.
Mr. Gormly and viii watch your
game" said Eleanor.
by the way, Eleanor, elay I ask
where you met Mr. Gormly?" Queried
her father
He IS very much interested in our
social settlement work Many of his
employees live in the vicinity Of the
new settlement house we are building,
and 1 have had occasion to consult
him at his Office a great many times"
"Ah," said the elder man reflective
~, wondering how much might be be-
hind that entirely innocent statement.
Meanwhile a foOtman arranged a
card table, at which the quartet took
their places and instantly became alb
sorbed in the game Miss Haldane
manifested no special interest in the
play, and at Gormly's suggestion she
left the hall and went with him into
the inviting little library through the
broad open doors that gave access to
it from the hall Another fire was
burning there. He drew a low chair
before it in which she sat down. He
himself stood with his arm resting on
the manteI, looking down on her.
The two were in plain sight from
the bridge table; but as they talked in
low tones their conversation was in
audible In the hall. Haldane glanced
curiously and uneasily at them from
time to time; but finally, becoming
absorbed in his game, paid them no
further notice
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
GIRLS ESCAPADE AT A ZOO

Six-year-oId Ethel Kent was with
her mother visiting the Geological
gardens at the Bronx, New York, the
other day, and while near the buffalo
pen she got separated. from her par
ent. She was much interested in a
baby buffalo, and finding a hole in
the wire netting she stepped inside
to pay her respects to the baby and
its mother Instead of resenting her
call mother and calf both welcomed
the little visitor. Other of the animals,
including the largest species, hurried
toward Ethel, to the astonishment Of
other children and women gathered
about the enclosure The mother buff
falo, however, stepped in between her
visitor and the other animals and pro-
tected the girl About this time an
attendant appeared and in great haste
entered the enclosure, picked Ethel
I'D in his arms and carried her to the
office of the curator, who had been
told a few minutes previous by Mrs.
Kent that Ethel had been lost in the
park
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
LONG WAIT FOR SWEETHEART

The story of little romance comes
from Wilkesbarre, Pa, where, after
waiting thirty years for her to become
a widow George Sleegarm was mar
ried the other day to Mrs. Marietta
Tohern of Hazleton. When they were
young, in Germany. they fell in love
and would have been married had it
not been for the opposition of their
parents. They tried to elope, but
were discovered and caught before it
was possible for them to wed. Slee-
garm, respondent and angry at his
parents, came to the States, and his
sweetheart, who was married a year
after he left, came few years later
with her husband. They settled in
Hazleton and there the husband died
short time ago. Sleegarm discov-
cred years ago that his old sweetheart
lived in Hazleton. He renewed his
attentions after the husbands death
and told her that the old love had
never been extinguished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03

small log cabin. He died in 1864.
What happened-or, was rumored to
have happened-after his death
strongly fortified the legend that he
was Alexander |. The "Old Man left
behind him certain important relics.
His host, Khromoff, Immediately took
some of them to ST. Petersburg and
delivered them to the then reigning
ear, Alexander II. According to pop
ular belief, Khromoff's arrival caused
a sensation at court, and the Siberian
was seized and interned IL the Peter
and Paul fortress. He was later re-
leased and allowed to return home on
condition that he kept his lips sealed.
Khromoff's daughter testifies that
the "Old Man" was visited by an Of
ficer resembling the then czarevitch,
who kissed the hermit's hand. Later,
exalted personages paid pilgrimages
to Kozmitch's grave in the Alexvensk
cemetery at Tomsk. Among such was
the present car, Nicholas H., on his
way through Siberia twenty years ago.
His uncle, the late Grand Duke Alexis,
also visited Kozmitch's grave; and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
GRAFTON FOUNDRY
WRECKED BY FIRE
TOWN THREATENED BY BLAZE
OF SUSPECTED INCEN-
DIARY ORIGIN.
LOSS is PLACED AT $4,000
Conflagraton the Second of Kind in
the Village Within Month-FortY
Men Thrown Out of Employment
by Destruction of Plant.

Port WashingtOn.-Fir of I'M
known origin totally destroyed the
Grafton Iron foundry at Grafton, six
miles from here. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. Nentzloff Bros.
are the owners.
A peculiar coincidence is the fact
that only about four months ago the
Globe foundry, also a Grafton in
dustry, suffered a loss of $40, 00o by
fire
While the owners refuse to make
any statements concerning the origin
OF the blaze, rumor in Port Wash
ington tonight suggested the suspi-
cion that the fire was incendiary.
Between forty and fifty men were
employed by the company, and viii
be without work.
The flames from the building could
be seen for a great distance and for
a time it was feared they would
spread to nearby buildings and sweep
the town.
With the destruction of the Graf
ton foundry the village is minus it's
largest industry. For years the
Grafton and Globe foundries have
given employment to nearly 100 men.
1t is not known whether the plant
will be rebuilt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
CHICKEN FEEDING BY PHONE

An ingenious person is Henry My
ers, superintendent OF the Waseca
telephone system, who keeps chickens
and feeds them by telephone. He has
fixed up a box in the chicken house
with drop door in the bottom OF it.
In this he places feed. The catch
that holds the door in place is a SEN
sitive affair and is connected to the
telephone system.
When 4 p. m. arrives Mr.. Myers
sticks in a plug and presses button
the same way operators do when they
ring up your home or place Of bust
ness. Then the catch on the feed
box moves back, the door drops down,
the feed falls to the floor and the
chickens are fed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
MADISON NEWSPAPER SOLD
Richard Lloyd Jones, Former Col
lier's Weekly Editor, in Control
of Daily State journal.

Madison.-The Wisconsin Stats
Journal makes editorial announce
ment of the passing of control of the
paper to Richard Lloyd Jones, former
associate editor of Golfers Weekly.
1t is announced that Mr.. Jones has
bought the stock of DR.. Amos 2.
Wilder, American consul at Shanghai.
and that the new editor and publish
er is a progressive and that he will
stand for the best in civic and ma
tional life.
The statement notes the reason for
the sale in the fact that Mr.. Jones
proposed to start a new afternoon
daily in Madison had he not been
successful. in securing control of the
State Journal, and that in the in
terests of the public generally the
maintenance of only one such paper
was the part of wisdom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
CHAPTER w.
Miss HaIdane Is Charmed and Charm
inn

Miss HaIdane Is Charmed and Charm
"Mr GormIy," began Miss Haldane,
4 have not seen you for some time"
Not for two months and eleven
days, Miss Haldane," answered CORN
ly quietly.
"Gracious!" exclaimed the astonish-
ed girl. How pat you have the time!
Do you keep calendar of my visits
to your Officer"
Il have a marvellous memory for de-
tails which [ wish to remember" said
the man.
And | am so much interested in
the settlement house that-How does
it progress, by the way?" he conttn-
ued, gravely as If his recollection of
anything connected with her was a
mere matter Of course.
"Oh, beautifully. You see, there is
nothing to consult you about now. It
is all in the architects and builders
hands. You have been 80 helpful to
me 1 really don't know what 1 should
have done without you
And you have, of course, respected
my confidence? No one knows any
thing about my connection with the
enterprise?"
mo one at ALL
Not even your father?"
Certainly not, l never discuss bust
ness with my father, nor does he
discuss business with me-"
And vet" said Gormly quickly, 'T
should think he might discuss bust
ness with you to advantage"
What do you mean?" asked the
girl.
Il am business man, Miss HaIdane.
accustomed to deal with men and
women in business way, and much
depends upon my ability to estimate
the capacity Of those with whom [
work. have not often seen a woman,
or even a man, with better head for
business than you have"
1t was the deftest thing the man
could have said to her Women, she
knew, were not naturally business
like, and to have such qualities at
tributed to her was the subtlest kind
Of f1attery. 1t came, too, from a man
who was a power in the business
world, and was therefore the more
valuable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03

The speed at which they enter the at
mosphere. calculated at not less than
IS miles a second, generates such in
tense heat by friction that the iron of
which the meteor principally consists
is Immediately reduced to an incaades-
cent vapor, which is the luminous train
so frequently seen In the heavens on
clear night The vapor rapidly cools,
and condenses in form of these minute
particles, which assume the spherical
form as does shot during its fall from
the top of the tower. Finally. the little
spheres are scattered BIZ the winds and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
GREAT HISTORICAL ENIGMA

Russians, IN the intervals Of their
political crises. are discussing the his
tor1cal enigma: What became of Car
Alexander l.? Did he, as most histories
record, die of disease in the mid-thir-
tles' or did he only pretend to die in
order that he might renounce the
world and end his days in holy asceti-
clsm! UnfmaginatiYe persons reply
that, of course, he died-in Taganrog
on November 10, 1825-and was sue
ceeded by his brother, Nicholas l.,
with whom England fought the Cri-
mean war. But this opinion is not
undlsputed. During the eighty-six
years which have passed since the
supposed death, millions of Russians
have steadfastly held that Alexander's
death bed and funeral scenes were
frauds; and that the car was alive
nearly forty years afterwards. This
amazing legend is no mere peasant
superstition. The historian Schiller,
author of 1.-The History of the Reign
OF Alexander l." himself countenances
IL, and later M. Yermoloff has writ
ten pamphlet to prove it true.
Some years after the Taganrog
death" there became prominent in
Siberia mysterious hermit, Staretz
Feodor Kozmitch, literally THE Old
Man Feodor Kozmitch" Grand Duke
Nicholas book puts the date of his ap-
pearance at 1887, or twelve years
after Alexander's disappearance.
The "Old Mans" past was shrouded
IN mystery; and he aroused curiosity
by his dignif1ed and commanding man
ners, and his surprising knowledge OF
the life of courts. Those who had
seen Alexander l. declared that Koz-
mitch closely resembled him.
Kozmitch wandered about Siberia,
and five years before his death settled
down on the property of the Tomsk
merchant Khromoff, where he occu-
pied a cell" which was, in fact,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Well Known Librarian Dies,

Menomonie.-Miss Stella Lucas,
well known in library circles of the
state, died here of cancer. She had
been librarian at the Memorial lib
rary since 1894 and a trustee of the
Mabel fainter Memorial since its es-
tablishment twenty years ago. At
one time she served as city superin-
tendent of the Menomonie schools,
and for several years was inspector
Of the entire Stout system of travel
ing Libraries. In 1907 she was treas
urer of the Wisconsin Library asso-
citation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
Meteors Fall Every Hour

10 the naked eye during the same
period OF time. Fortunately, owing to
our protecting envelope of air. very
lew or these missiles reach us. In size
meteors vary from a few ounces to
many pounds in weight, and it is only
very occasionally that one is of sufl-
cient dimensions to survive the pass
age of eighty to one hundred miles
through an atmosphere increasing In
density as the earth is approa cned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-03
BIRD FIGHTS POLICEMAN

Workmen were exhuming bodies
j., the other Saturday afternoon, when
a large bird, supposed to be an eagle
or hawk, descended on a tombstone.
A policeman made a pass at the bird
with his club. The bird rose about
ten feet, then made a sudden dart at
the bluecoat, driving a sharp beak
against the peak Of his cap. Describ-
ing short circle, the bird Of prey re-
turned to the attack. The policeman
lodged, and as the bird few past de-
livered a blow that broke its neck.