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CHAPTER VIli.--(Continued.)

I had won handsomely, my spirits
were effervescent and my old feeling
. of assurance predominant. assumed
the attitude of critical man of af-
fairs whose confidence in his own
judgment has been verified by his sue
cesses in many a jousting bout with
the great knights of the financial
arena. leisurely rambled afleld
amongst the larger topics of the pub
lie press as | sat in the easy chair
which she had bought for nay especial
comfort. referred hazily to my pres
ent investments and diagnosed the
condition of the business world; the
Russian wheat crop; the boil weevil
in Mississippi cotton: the machina-
'tiors of the trusts. She did not seem to
be particular impressed and made few
comments. At times I even imagined
a smile came flickering about her lips,
but I proceeded with careless assur-
auce until the time came when | re-
marked that must be departing. She
did not press me to stay. In fact,
seemed TO be thinking about some
thing else: and 1t was then that |
played the card that | had been lead
ing up to throughout the evening
opened my pocket-book casually.
"By the way, Matte" | remarked half
patronizingly. II put n little down
for you the other day on some stock
that thought was a good thing. It
went up, as had expected, and I
closed you out q Ii lie profit. Here is
your share" | tossed clearing
house certificate for $500 before her.
She glanced at it with quick side
long flash Of her eyes and her hand
came stealing over mine. why, Tom,
l don't know what to ,say-it was so
generous-so thoughtful of you. You
don't know how much ] appreciate 1t
NOT the money, you know, but the
consideration that prompted it. Yet,
really. do not feel like accepting it
when took none of the risk. You had
better keep it for reinvcstment
laughed lightly as | backed away, tell
ing her that it amounted to nothing
and that she should keep II for pin
money.
She picked II up. folded it carelessly
and tossed 1t into drawer of her
secretary. Very well, If you so wish
it. But shall not spend it, shall
keep 1t for luck. You once told me
that ! was an enchantress. We shall
see. | am going 10 use all my black
arts towards the coniuring of your
fortune. With this magic check as a
basis | shall work wonders" The
smile she gave me as she closed the
drawer was certainly that OF an en-
chantress. She went on almost with.
out pausing.
"You must have few mouthfuls
with me-nothing but coffee and sand
wiches, you know. ] was just about
TO order them when you spoke of go
ing" ! demurrcd pcrfunctorily, reit-
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
Uncle Sans Representative.

Senator John Sharp Williams tells
of a negro lad in southern town who
was not the least Jealous of Uncle
Sans servants. One day when the
mail bag for that town was thrown
from the train the pouch was caught
up by this diminutive courier, who
started off, as was his wont, on a brisk
trot to the post office.
AS he was rounding corner Of the
station be encountered larger boy.
with the result that the little courier
was upset. When the latter got up
and ,readjusted himself he turned upon
the other exclaiming:
Look heah Yo' wants to be keer-
full bout dis chile! When yo' jars me-
yo' jars de gov'ment of de United
States. | carries Ge MALL"
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
SYNOPSIS.

Abner Halliday. misery millionaire,
is found gagged. bound and insensible in
his room, his safe r1ed and $4,000 miss
ing. The thread of the story Is taken up
by his nephew Tom. Living in the same
house are other relatives; reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Glare Winton. Bruce,
who is a bond broker. has been trying to
raise $4,000 to put through n deal and
save himself from fnacial ruin. He has
applied to his miserly uncle and to others
for the loan but has been refused. Tom
sends for William LeDuc, an old-time
friend connected with detective agency.
In relating the story Tom reverts to his
acquaintance with Mrs. Dace, wealthy
widow. whose business agent Is Richard
Mackay, a boodler and political boss
Tom is jealous of Mackay and Is deeply
In love with Mrs. Dace. Bruce Halliday
warns him TO shun her as an adventures,
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and MaCkay togeth-
or. He afterwards meets the woman at
a. horse race, and, happening to mention
that Bruce had tip on the winner. she
gives him $500 to place on the race. The
tip goes wrong and she loses her money.
I.atcr Tom invests I'm StocFS.
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(TO BE CONTINUED,
Other Fish TO Fry.

Mrs. Tuthill has reputation of pro.
longing her calls. One Sunday. after
an hours visit at friends house on
her way from church. she said. play
fully. to The eldest child:
Il am going now. Willie, and ! want
you to go part of the way with me
and be my own little boy"
Il cannot" answered serious VIII
liam. I'VE are going to have lunch
as soon as you leave."-Metropolitan
Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
$3.50 Recipe Free,
For Weak Kidneys.
Relieves Urinary and Kidney
Troubles, Baokache, Straining,
Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder,
Kidneys and Back.

Wouldn't Il be nice within a week or so
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding, dribbling. straining, too fire.
quent passage of urine; the forehead and
the back k-of-thc-head aches; the stitches
and pains in the back; the growing mus
Gle weakness spots before the eyes; yell
low skin: sluggish bowels: swollen eye
lids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural short
breath; sleeplessness and the despondencyp
have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on, and II you want to
make a quick recovery, you ought to
write and get a copy of it, Many a doc
tor would charge you $3.50 just for writing
this prescription, but L have 1t and will
be glad to send it to you entirely free.
Just drop me line like this: DR.. A. T..
Robinson, K-20G2 Luck Building, Detroit,
Mich, and 1 will send it by return mail
in a plain envelope. AS you will see when
you get il, this recipe contains only pure.
harmless remedies, but 1t has great heal
ing and pain-conquering power.
1t will quickly show its power once you
use it, so think you had better see what
;t is without delay. l will send you a copy
free--you can use 1t and cure yourself at
home,
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
Woman's Way.

"a woman's convention. eh? What
do women know about enthusiasm
Now at the last national convention
we men cheered our candidates for
an hour"
That's all right" said his wife
"We threw kisses at ours for sixty
seven minutes by the clock"
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
Almost Spoiled II.

Time has been very kind to You"
he said when they met. after the lapse
OF years.
IL. is very good of you to say So"
she replied. making no effort to con.
ceal her pleasure.
Not ut all. not at all. One is al.
way justified In straining point III
necessary to spread hap mean I
couldn't truthfully say anything else"
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
An Illustration.

Courage is often the result of igno-
rance"
How do you make that out?"
why do you suppose the mice the
other night would have got your hair
arrangements on the floor and torn
them to pieces II the mice had known
they we're rats?"
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11
Just the Thinu,

Howell-I'm very fond of travel
Powell-Come around some night
and III let you walk the floor with
baby.
The Yale expositor., 1912-01-11

When truth gets busy, fiction is apt
to feel ashamed Of itself.
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Worthy matron, Mrs. Mary Shaw;
worthy patron. Joseph Randlette; as
sociate matron, Mrs. Nellie f. Haley;
secretary. Miss Nellie c. Thomas;
treasurer Mrs. Annie A. Reed; con-
ductress, Mrs. Nellie y. Merriman:
associate conduetress, Mrs. Gertrude E.
Jack; finance committee, H. G. Reed,
Mrs Alice NJ Favor and Mrs Mabel
McFee. Past Matron's night will be.
Dec %, and initiatory work will be
held.
Ralph w f. Hunt of Portland was
a business visitor. Saturday, in town.
Chester Marson and Russell Car
ter of Gardiner Were in town. Satur-
day, on work connected with the Cen
trail Maine Power Co.
The churches in town had special
musical programs arranged for the
Sunday before Christmas.
A Christmas entertainment will be
held at the Free Baptist church. Tues
day evening, and at the Methodist
church. Wednesday evening.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church met. last week. with Mrs. Fred
Lewis. No meeting. this week.
G. w. Sylvester is in Pressure Isle.
this week, on Il business trip.
The children and older people have
been busy, the past week, rehearsing
for the Christmas entertainments.
The Y. O. p. Dancing club will hold
a dance at the Opera house. Christ
mas night, Dec. %. Lees Orchestra
of Gardiner will furnish music.
Mrs. T. J. Southland sang at a meet
ing, Friday afternoon, of the Current
Events Club in Augusta.
Charles A. Grondin and family have
moved into the A. j. Holbrook house
on Pleasant street.
Mrs. Charles Bickford died. at 9 P.
NJ, Saturday, at her home at Ores
den Mills. after a long illness with
consumption. Her age was 6S years.
She had lived most of her life in
Dresden. No near relatives survive.
Tile funeral will be at / p. NJ, Tues
n
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PELkY WINS.
Does Away With Much Touted Gar
rity In Two Rounds. u

The Springfield American tells the
story of the Pelkey- Clarity fight ~
Chicopee, Friday evening. as followss
Arthur Pelky, known as the Chico
pee white hope met Jack. Clarity
of Brooklyn, n. Y, in what was sehed-
uled to be a 10-round go" In the FIRST
round there was nothing doing on the
part of either. Both We're feeling out
their opponent, so no action resulted.
In tie second round Pell<y showed his
right to Garrity's stomach, and the
BfoolSlynite went down and took the
count. When he resumed his equilibri-
UNI it was only for a very short peri
{od, as the Chic0pee boxer9uncorkad a
right to the ribs and again GarrHy
went down. He got up again, and this
time Pelky drove Clarity to slumber-
land with q left to the Jaw Clarity
had been touted as a wonder" and
was expected to give Pelky hard
rub.
This speaks well for chicopee's white
hope and Augusta fans will be given
a chance to see this young "whirlwind
in Augusta City hall, Thursday. Dec
%, where he is matched against JEFF
Madden, another good 'un." Here's
hopin'.
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FL. = 40.
Before leaving BroolSfeId for Boston
with Winehell, United States Deputy
Marshal Bancroft scurried around in
an automobile looking for Benjamin
G.. Nudge, the present head of the
mills. 1t was reported that he had
gone to New York. Search in Brook
field failed to locate him.
8 The Sterling concern was formed in
1906 originally by a Frenchman named
Chataud, who conceived the idea OF
selling stock by correspondence ano
capitalized it for Il small sum. Middle
brook and Shumaker. who had beer
book canvassers, got hold of the con-
Germ in the spring of 1907, and raised
the capitalization to 100000.
Mladlebreok became president anc
Shumaker secretary, and by means Of
literature they soon worked up the
business. BY degrees they took in 9th
err associates, to some of whom they
gave 2. small interest. About a year
ago Middlebroo1 was able to retire, ii
is said, with fortune. and has about
500, 900 invested in the mail order bus
mess .~
Shunlaker then owned practically all
the Sterling corporation as its presl-
dent, but some months ago he, too
retired and has since been working as
an advertising writer for another con-
Germ. The company since then has been
carried on by Findlay. Barron and
platt.
The complete list of companies pro-
NOTED by the raided concerns, accord
ing to the postal authorities, include;
oxford Linen Mills CO., capital w.
DOC, 600; Eastbrook CO., capital $500,
600, subsidiary of oxford mills; Oxford
Linen Mattress CO., capital s2oO.ooo;
Sterling Debenture Corporation. cap
ital $4,000 TelepCst Co, capital SiS,-
000 American Telegraphone Co.. cap
ital $1,000, 600; Boston Securities Co.
capital s2.75o,000: National Dictagra pf
Co., capital s2,oo0ooo; Bartiea Rubber
Co. capital $2,o00,000.
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New Enqland BUILDING.
SAGADAHOC
RoWpolNHAM.

Miss Margaret Sparks of Brookline,
Mass, is to pass the Christmas vaca-
ton with her mother, Mrs. Louie
Sparks. ~
Mrs. Robert Temple has been visit
ing her sister Mrs. Joseph King of
Augusta. t.e
CHARLES Nj. White, w. b. Kendall,
Frank Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl
Cannon have been in Portland attend
ing the State Grange. ~
Miss Hazel Kelley is at nome from
Bates College for the Christmas recess.
SIR and Mrs NJ, II. White are visit
ing in Lewiston. h IS
Miss Hazel Cornish. who is attend
ing Simmons College, Boston, will ar
rive home, Saturday, To pass the hol-
idays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. ID. Cornish.
The Baptist church is to have d
Christmas tree and entertainment
Tuesday evening. The Methodist
church will have their tree and enter
tainment. Christmas night.
Miss Vivian Small. president of
Lake Erie College, Painville, Ohio. is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lander Small.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown have
gone to Brunswick for the winter.
Miss Addie Trnfant, who has been
visiting in and about Boston, has re-
turned home. Nua
Frank Carde was a Path visitor, .
Mrs. Lancaster Of Worcester. Mass
is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Guy
Rev. Mr.. Leite, who has been holding
revival meetings on the Ridge. will
return, Saturday, to his home i'll Sa-
lem, ide.
The Ridge Free Baptist Sunday
school is to give the cantata 'yrhe
Growing of Christmas" Tuesday eve
ming. Dec "a. The following children
will take part: Chairmen of commit
tee, Albert Carde; Paul Doe, Willie
Given, Gertrude HinlSley and Grace
Loon, members of committee; song by
school, Come Holydays All; recita-
ton by New Years Day and -Four
| Seasons, Gertrude Moore, New Year s
day, Florence Fogg. winter; Bertha
| Mannaring, spring; Pearl Crockett
summer; Elinor King, autumn; song
Valentines Day." Gordon Hinxmai
and Giles Manwaring; recitation b,
Washington's Birthday, Ivan More
| america" sung by the school; reel
L H.,
| reau. attendants, Alice and Mar,
| King; recitation. Independence Day.
| Horace Manwaring with attendants
| song, Hail. Hail! Fourth of July" b.
/ choir: recitation, Thanksgiving Day,
| song, 'sWe are Little Tiny Tots" Gil
bert Giles and Bertha Manwaring; an
them by choir; 1.-THE Christmas Song.
are Best crown bearer, Nina Fogs
| song, 20 Come Now, All Ye Holidays,
| by Santa Claus, w. ]. Doe; chorus
.Wher On Judas Hillsides, by school
i AT the close of this program gift
from the tree will be distributed to tn
school.
Miss Ruby Wood and =. Miss Ethe
| Graves, teachers in Sanford, are a
| home, their schools being closed OIL
| account of smallpox.
Ellis Sedgeley and family hav
| mcred to the village for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Small an
daughter Elizabeth of Fall River
Mass, are to pass the Christmas hol
idays with Mr.. Smalis parents. Mr.
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which it takes weeks to prepare the
flax.
Numerous complaints have been
.oosed with Chief Postoffice Inspector
Letherman at Boston against the De-
oehture Company; but these were
forwarded TO New York, where the
company had its headquarters at 1873
East Sixteenth, street. These were
raided by the postal authorities, Fri
day. IbssaeN n
sfostoffice Inspector G. G. Kifnfall
Who handled the case in New York.
Will be in Boston, Monday, to con-
Ter with Inspector Jennings on the
local end. No complaints have been
received since the raid, bur the post
al authorities are looking for a big
man on Monday, from victims, who
are prepared to testify against the
defendants in support of the prosecu-
ton undertaken by the government.
Wineheii appeared very much ut
ease when arraigned before United
states Commissioner Hayes, Satur-
day. Owing to the fact that he has
peen indicted over in New York, lie
was held as Il fugitive from justice
III that jurisdictions, pending a hear
ing, on Jan. g. AT the request of AS
sistant United States District Attor-
ney Daniel A. Shea, bail was fixed
at $4,000. Judge Philip Rubinstein OF
tne juvenile court who appeared as
Wlnchelfs counsel, secured the bail
through surety company
The Oxford Linen mills were incor-
porated, in 1907, and the Sterling De-
benture Co. had the contract for THE
sale of it's entire stock. This consisted
| of $2,O00,000 divided into common
! shares of $40 par value Its two sub
salaries, were the Estabrook Co, with
a capital of 100000, and the OXFORD
Linen Mattress Col of winona, MINI.
with capital of 100000. kaN
| The Oxford Linen Mattress Co. was
started at Winona for the purpose
of manufacturing linen mattresses by
the Nudge process, amid the fias
| fields.
Wincnell was at one time in the EN-
ploy OF the Sterling Debenture Co.
and was president of the Oxford mills
until the Dcbenture Co. ceased to b,
fiscal agents for the mills. This wa.
about year ago. when Nudge became
president of the comuany. Since ther
tnere has been no connection what
ever, 1t is said, between the mills ant
the Debenture Co - &
| me other seven men now under ar
rest are; Frank Shumaker of New
York and George II. Middlebrook 20
Chicago, both former presidents o.
the Debenture Co.. Harry H. Plant
Samuel f. Findlay,y Edwin A. Barron
Wilbur N. Stone and Sidney RoSen
baum.
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RICHMo

Mrs. Daisy Holman and son have
gone to Augusta to pass the Holidays
Mr.. and Mrs, G. B. Weber have
gone to Portland, where they will pass
the Holidays with their daughter. Mrs
Walter Baker.
Ray McI<enney returned. Saturday
from Boston, where he will pass the
Holidays with his parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Morrill, McKenney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Cali left, sat
rrday for Boston. where they viii
visit relatives. for a few weeks.
mt. carmel Chapter, No. 81, o. y
S., at the annual meeting, elected the
following officers for the ensuing year
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NATIONAL NJ HOME.
Large Increased Business
At the Post Office.
Passes, Burroughs, Returns and
Re-admissions Of Members.
Officer Of the Day, Capt. Turck-'A
Discharge..personals.
ohcer of the day, Capt. Turck.

Officer of the day, Capt Turck.
Harrison Nj. Gould, clerk in the
quartermaster's department, is in Milo
for the Christmas holidays. ft-t
William Harvey. late Co. K, 18th
Coma. Inf, has been dropped from the
rolls of the Branch.
Wallace M. Metcalf, late Co. B, 5th
n. II. Inf, has been granted dis
charge from the Home.
Passes We're granted, Saturday, to-:
Charles Fl. Clark to Waterville; sam
uel Berry to Augusta; Luther f. Law
ton to Gardiner; George Romeo to
Fairfield; John Shoemaker to Angus
ta; Henry II. stevens to Winthrop.
Those reporting from furloughs, Sat
urday, were: Lewis Smith from Spring
field; Harry A. Leonard from Boston;
Edward r. Duchenay from New Bed
ford; Charles II. Hilton from Boston.
Burroughs have been granted to-:
Frederick Riegel to Unity; Sumner
Crosby to Lowell; James Castle to
Boston; Daniel C. Carlton to Lowell;
John Randall to Portland; Charles L.
Rurpec TO Lynn; Calvin P. Green to
Waliingford; Alvin A. Lowering to
Lewiston; Lawrence Dreamer to Dover.
Former members have been read
mitted: Henry Graham, late Co. Il, "a
u. S. Inf: Charles F. Jewett. late 60.
M, LIST Me. Cav; Theodore NJ. Under
wood, late Co. A, 10th Mass. Int;
Theodore Nj. Hallock, late navy; Jo-
seph H. Ormond, late Co. a, 22d Mass
Inf; Peter Snow, late Co. F, 42d Mass
Inf.
The post office force here is quite
busy these days. The money order de-
partment is daily sending large
amount, of money to relatives of the
veterans and numerous packages are
being received for the veterans and
others.
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Collectors Advertisement OF Sale OF
Lands of Non Resident Owners.
STATE OF MAINE.

Unpaid taxes on sands situated in the
Town of Readiieid- in the County OF Ken
nebec for the year 1912.
The following list of taxes on real es-
tate of nonresident owners in the Town
of Readneld aforesaid, for the year W.;
committed to me for COLLECTION ior Sala
TOWN on the fourth day of May. 1912, re-
main unpaid; and notice is hereby. given
that if said taxes with interest anu
charges are not previously paid, SO mucii
of the real estate taxed as is sufficient To
nav the amount due therefor. inciudlng
interest and charges. viii be sold without
further notice at public auction at Town
House in said Town, on the first Monday
i'm February, 1913. at nine o'clock A NJ.
Name of
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DON'T HURRY OR WORRY
At Meals-Dyspepsia Follows.

A serene mental condition and Tina
to thoroughly chew your food is more
important if anything than the kind
or quality of food.
Sufferers from Indigestion should use
Il. f." Atwood's Medicine.
MY husband in years back always
had a very bad stomach, but in the
four years that he has taken Il. F.
Atwood's Medicine he is able to ca.
anything that he wants without any
bad effects. give it to my children
also"
Mrs. Fred Mccomb, Foxcroft, Me.
IS cents for large bottle at the store,
sample free by mail If you have
never used it.
L. f." MEDICINE CO. Portland, Nc
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Deering Girls Defeat
Cony Girls Is to g.

Portland Me-, Dec. 22-The young la
dies from Deering High school opened
their basketball season at the Burnham
gymnasium, Saturday afternoon, with
grand success. for they defeated the
strong Cony High school girls by the
score of Is to G in one of the fastest girls
games that has been seen around these
sections for some time in the past.
At the start of the game both teams
played hard and many of those present
thought that it would be close battle.
But towards the end of the game the up
State girls began to weaken and DeerinS
forged ahead with ease.
The game was featured by the fine
shooting of Misses Heating and Stock
man, the forwards on the Deering team,
the former caging four fine goals while
the latter got three. And most of these
goals We're from the most difficult angles
possible and well they were. for the way
these Cony guards covered these two
was impossible. Miss Heating was also
the star foul shooter. caging four out OF
the six tries which were offered to her.
For the Cony team the work of Misses
Harrington and Boyd was the best The
former scored ailsthe points for her team
while the latter put up zone of the best
articles of basketball seen around here
for some time at jumping center.
The summary:
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Luther Conani, Jr,, in Report TO
TatSays Destroy Competition. j.
Attacks Many Combinations ..Feder-
sal Unjust Regulate Conditions.
PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF
COMMISSIONERS cONANT'S
REPORT TO PRE- EMIT
TAFT.

Railroad companies and steam
ship combinations control the
regular domestic steamship lines
of the United States, destroying
much competition.
Water lines along Atlantic and
Gulf coasts to large extent are
auxiliaries or subsidiaries of rail-
roads.
New Haven system charged
with attempting to suppress COM
petition ON Long Island Sound.
New Haven system and the
Eastern Steamship Company, in
which the railroad is stockhold-
or, control New York City-New
England traffic.
Southern Pacific is declared to
have shown a disposition to re-
strict steamship competition on
the Atlantic coast.
Railroads own the important
through passenger and package
freight lines on the Great Lakes.
Some competition on the Pa
cific coast, but railroad control
also is found there.
Important hard coal fleets on
north Atlantic coasts owned by
few great anthracite railroads.
Railroads control go per cent.
Of mileage of private canals, and
have caused many such water
ways to be abandoned.
West bound business on Erie
canal virtually controlled by rail-
roads and eastbound business has
hesn largely diverted to the rail
roads.
Further federal regulation Of
joint rail and water traffic sug-
gested.