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"Nadam,' said Randolph Mason, do not worry me
Wfo petty bikerin9.9

tenant Gordon Smith the year before.
He was in Washington today, but
would return before eleven o'clock this
night.
That was the whole history, brief,
accurate and devoid of superfuous
comment. She had there on the table
the original deed, maps and tax re-
ceipts.
Mason's face showed marked annoy
Snce, as that of an eminent surgeon
would, who, having been sent for in
hot haste, arrives to find the patient
with bumped nose.
why do you send for me?" he
said; amy lawyer could adjust this
problem"
1T is vital to me- replied the
woman; 1T means my happiness and
my husbands career. I beg you to
help me-"
Her eyes began to fill up and her
lips trembled with distress.
Randolph Mason gave no attention
to the woman's emotions. He sat,
beating the tips of his fingers on the
arms Of the chair, with evident annoy
ance.
Let us get the thing over, then,
he said. "Call up this man Gilbert
Williams. Say to him that Mrs. Smith
has determined to sell the lands; ask
him to come here at once with a
notary"
What" cried Beatriv Smith. "sell
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the horde of dangerous and unscrupu-
leus land thieves said to infest the
mountain districts of the Virginias
But her great care was not sufficient
against the ingenuity of these pirates.
After one of the periodic assessments
Of real estate, one thousand acres of
her estate were listed on the land
books under the name of Walden, re-
turned delinquent, and sold for taxes.
The land was purchased by Gilbert
Williams, president of the Black Creek
Lumber company, for $685.. She had
paid no attention to the sale, not
recognizing her land under this name
until she came to have the estate sur
veyed a few months ago, some five or
six years after its purchase at the tax
sale by Gilbert Williams. She also
learned that the whole thing was
well planned and effective scheme of
this owner of the Black Creek Lumber
company to steal her land These wild
lands had vastly increased in value.
This company and rival one, the
Export Spruce company, were exceed
ingly anxious to purchase the remain
ing tract They would give, she
thought, twenty dollars an acre for it.
The agents of the two companies had
been at her heels ever since she ar
rived In New York. Gilbert Williams
was now at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
He had endeavored to reach her by
telephone this very evening. He Of
fered little better price than the
Export Spruce company, but he could
well afford to, since ha it was that
had stolen half the land. The agent
of the Export Spruce company was
at the Holland. His note, on the table,
requested an interview with her at
any hour she would name, day or
night. This indicated how very de-
sirous they were for the land. Such
sale would yield her twenty thou
sand dollars. All the lands would have
given her the forty thousand which
she needed. Her name now was
Beatrix Smith; she had married Lieu
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Smith. but Mrs. Burgoyne-Hayes de

Smith, but Mrs. Burgoyne-Hayes de-
scended on me.
II must present you to the prince,
Courtlandt,' she said .'Your great
grandfather on your mothers side, /
think, was a soldier of our King
George
Eyes, madam" said, but the grand
duke of Hesse- Darmstadt drew his
pay"
I did not see the note which Nine.
Won Hubert wrote to Randolph Ma
son; but it was effective. He request
ed me to return after dinner and ac-
company him to Eighty-sixth street.
The Won Huberts have a residence
on Eighty-sixth street. We ar
rived there on the hour and
were shown into the library. Ran
dolph Mason at once sat down in a
heavy black oak chair before the fire.
This chair was a massive and curious
piece. It was carved by the peasants
OF the Black Forest for the baron's
grandfather The tortuous shapes
forming its arms and legs are like the
gargoyles to be. seen under the roofs
of castles on the Rhine, and now and
then In Paris.
I was impressed by the picture of
Mason In this massive chair. His long,
sinewy fingers gripping the writhing
features OF the hideous oaken mon
sters, his face thrown partly into
shadow by the flaming logs on the
hearth. The masterful iron face, the
lean, hard Jaw with its projecting chin,
the fearless, bony nose appearing in
the fantastic light fiattened little at
the end, like that of a beast of prey,
and the craggy foreheadal colored,
Drowned, Redeemed by the fire.
I heard the latch Of the door click,
and looked up to see Beatrix Smith
standing on the threshold, looking at
Mason with profound interest. Her lips
were parted and her eyes wide. She
had not thought to come on this curl
GUS picture Of the middle ages taken
down from some Italian gallery and
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the land to Williams? the man who
robbed nae! How can that help?"
Madam" said Randolph Mason, ''do
not worry me with petty pickering"
signaled Beatrix Smith to con-
ference with me in the hall. "Do ex-
actly as he says I whispered when
we were outside the door, land hurry"
She promised and went swiftly up
stairs to the telephone
In very few minutes Gilbert Will
liams arrived. He was red-haired
old fellow with a face like a fox, and
beady eyes set obliquely in his head.
Randolph Mason arose when he came
in, and explained that as Mrs. Smith
wished to leave America at once, she
had determined to sell her lands, pro-
vided cash was paid. The lands were
worth thirty thousand dollars, but her
husband was absent and could not
convey his curtesy in the deed. She
would therefore take twenty thousand
cash and make a deed on the spot.
Gilbert Williams snapped up the offer.
He did not care anything about the
curtesy of the husband. The land
itself was worth nothing, the timber
only was valuable. His mills would
cut it off in year, and he was willing
to take the chance of Mrs. Smiths
living that long. He produced deed,
which he had brought with him to
New York, and ran pen through the
blank which it contained for the hus-
bands name. Beatrix signed the deed,
and the notary who accompanied Will
liams filled in the acknowledgment
and affixed his seal in proper form.
Gilbert Williams wrote out a check
on the Importers Bank of Commerce
for twenty thousand dollars. We ascer-
tanned by telephone to the cashier
at his residence that the check was
good. Williams then folded his deed,
put it in his pocket and departed with
the notary The whole matter had
taken less than twenty minutes to bring
to a close.
Randolph Mason inquired at what
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propped up here in the library OF the
Won Huberts. She bowed to me, crossed
the room and sat down by the library
table little beyond Randolph Mason,
at the corner of the fire.
Presently Mason looked up at her.
rs this Nine. Won Hubert?" he said.
without rising, without an infection OF
interest or courtesy, as he would have
said: rs this the contract?" "The
bond in question:"
She flushed little. NO." she an
swered; 81 am merely the interesting
case that you came to examine into"
"Give me the details of it," said
Mason.
She began at once without introduce
ton or verbiage and told her story
with a brevity and directness that I
could not associate with that rather
silly Beatrix Waldo who used to go
up and down through the drawing
rooms of Newport looking for a rich
husband.
She had inherited from her father
two thousand acres Of wild forest land
in the county of Pocahontas in the
state Of West Virginia. She and her
aunt had watched it carefully and paid
the taxes on it each year; they had
even taken the little local newspaper,
published at the county seat, in or
der that they might know what lands
were returned delinquent for taxes and
sold. They had been warned against
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hour Lieutenant Gordon Smith would
arrive, and was told that he would be
at the house at half-past ten. Direct
the agent of the Export Spruce COM
pany to be here at that hour" he
said. Then he sat down in the oak
chair before the fire.
We were all greatly puzzled. We
did no see why this second purchaser
should be invited to come. Beatrix
Smith had nothing more to sell. The
transaction seemed to us to have ar
rived at its final act, the curtain down
and the lights out.
Sarah Lemarr came down to the hall
and peeped through the door at Ma
son, where he sat motionless, his
right elbow on the twisted arm of the
grotesquely carved chair, his clenched
fingers propping UP his jaw.
20 Courtlandt," she whispered, "he
is splendid! / think Lancelot must
have looked like that when he sat
in Arthur's double-dragoned chair to
umpire the last tournament. Just
fancy, with what freezing, acid irony
he would have said, Hast thou won?
Art thou the purest brother?' to such.
an unconscionable rake as Tristan"
Then she swore Beatrix to obedience
and slipped back up the great stair
way.
A few minutes after ten o'clock,
Lieutenant Gordon Smith arrived, and,
little later. the agent Of the Export
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Unsuitable Ship.

Plans for an unsuitable trans-Atlan-
tic ship have been made by Otto Kret-
schmer, dean Of the engineering de-
partment of the Charlottenburg Tech
meal high school. In them he en-
bodies the principle of constructing a
hull within hull. The inner body,
which is entirely independent of the
outer, contains all the engines and
boilers and is walled in with steel
plating and with no doors to the QUITE
structure.
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For the legal principle involved

For the legal principle involved
in this story see Austin ct al.
v. Brown ct al, 81 w. Va, 634.l
Syllabus, Austin ct al. v. Brown
ct al, supra. an. A. B., a mar
ried woman, not living separate
and apart, but with her husband,
undertook by deed to
sell and convey a certain tract
of land, part of her real estate
Held, said pretended deed
was wholly Intellectual to divest
M. A. B., the grantor, of her own
ership of such land, and did not
pass any interest therein, legal
or equitable, to the said
grantees"
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A carpinq Friend.

"a college offers me degree for a
million"
do you want to be college youth r.
mo; but I'd like degree"
ooh, why spend all that money!
Join the boy scouts
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
LOCAL MEN MAY
BUY TRADING CO.
Ten Ranchmen in Pool to Bid on the
Stock and May Operate Business
Permanently-Golden Eagle
Also After the Stores.

The future of the local branch of
the Union Trading company is being
discussed this afternoon by a gath
ering Of local ranchmen at the store
offices
An effort was made yesterday to
interest the local ranchmen in a pool
to provide money for a bid on the
stock of the store at the sale tomor-
row
1t was practically agreed to do this
and an agreement is now being
reached to fix a limit for the bid
ding. The recent sale of the stock
has depleted the line somewhat. but
a great deal of valuable goods are
still on the shelves.
NJ. H. Guldman and a party of
assistants from the Golden Eagle in
Denver are here today making an
invoice of the store and will make
bids on the entire system of stores
tomorrow at Pueblo.
Mr.. Guldman recently purchased
the n. Weinberger stock in this
city.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
AWFUL FREEZE
ON EAST SLOPE
James L. Hamilton. Home from Ar
kansas Valley, Tells of Terrible
Ruin in Orchards From Re-
cent Cold Snaps There.

The Arkansas valley below Pueblo
and in the vicinity of Manola has
been utterly stripped of it's fruit and
the orchard trees have been ruined
for years by the cold of the past
winter, according to James l.. Hamil-
ton, who has just returned from a
trip to that part of the state.
Il was in several of the orchards
of that section with Profs. Gillette
and Bennett of the agricultural col
lege and time after time we found
full-bearing trees frozen entirely. All
the branches would be dead and the
only sap to be found would be low
in the trunks. Not only has the
coming crop been destroyed, but the
trees cannot recover for years and
some of them are entirely dead" said
Mr.. Hamilton.
The freeze occurred last month
when a sudden drop in temperature
brought the mercury from so above
to 16 degrees below zero in three
hours. The shock was so great that
the trees were simply paralyZed.
so far as / can learn, >" says Mr..
Hamilton, the Grand valley is the
only fruit section in the country en-
joying normal fruit conditions.
talked with a fruit grower from Pay
cite on the train and he says the
peaches of his region are utterly
frozen out. This valley is unhurt.
so far and in my opinion is in the
best condltio of its history"
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
They Want Play Ground.

Last might nearly one hundred
people gathered at the Bethel church
and discussed the advisability of hav-
ing community play ground. Mr.
Dillon and Others present talked up
on the subject. The project was
generally approved and a committee
was appointed to see about getting a
tract of land for the purpose. The
Y. NJ. c. A of Grand junction will
be asked to cooperate in arranging
for big play festival to be held
this spring
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
Roy NIcClimnck Sued.

Roy McClintock. formerly of Grand
Junction, now editor of the Pueblo
Leader, aud the Pueblo Leader Pub
fishing company, are the defendants
in suit for $4,000 damages filed
in Pueblo yesterday by w. H. Tate,
former city treasurer of Pueblo, as a
result of recent bitter denunciation
of Tate by the Leader in connection
with the attack being made by Tate
on the Pueblo charter Judge Dixon
of Denver is Tate's attorney in the
damage suit
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
whitehill-HilI NuptiaIs.

DR.. j. Carl Hill, third son of John
II. Hill, Esq, of this city, will be
married on February 20 to Miss Eliz-
abeth Whitehill in Morgantown, w.
Va,
The announcement of the coming
nuptials is not a surprise to the
friends of DR.. Hill, for the romance
which eliminates in the wed dding next
week, was begun while both were
students in the University of Colora-
do in 1904, where bond of friend
ship was formed which later ripened
into stronger affection.
Following the wedding the couple
will depart on a tour of the south
for a few weeks, after whicI they
will make their home in Boise, Ida,
where DR., Hill enjoys large and
lucrative professional practice.
Miss Whitehill made visit to the
city year ago last summer and met
a number of local people while on
q camping trip in the mountains. She
made many friends here by her
charming personality and these
friends will rejoice with her in the
coming marriage to one of Grand
Junction's best known and most re-
spected young men.
Dir. Carl Hill, who is a brother OF
Dan T. and Frank Hill of this city
has lived practically all his life in
Grand Junction, removing to Boise
a few years ago to take up the
practice of medicine. where he has
prospered He numbers hundreds ei
friends in the city and county and
has an acquaintance throughout the
state. The Sentinel joins the hos
of friends congratulating Mr.. Hill
upon his coming wedding.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
ATHEHlANS WIN DEBATE.

AT the annual Sparta-Athenian de-
bate this afternoon at the high
school the negative debators or sup
porters of Athens won.
The speakers were: Spartans, VIII
liam Anderson, Elmer Sargent and
Mary Martin; negative: Edith Glass
ford, Edward and Russell Coles.
The losers will banquet the winners
at the Toxic restaurant at a date to
be set later on.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
CAnD OF THANKS.

We desire to extend to ouy neigh
bors and friends our sincere thanks
and to assure them of our appreci-
alton of the sympathy and kindness
extended to our family duribg the
illness and upon the death OF our
beloved father, David Ferrier. Their
actions will never be forgotten
w. II. Ferrier.
Frank G. Ferrier,
Jessie Ferrier.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
DIR. CathelI Here.

DR.. j Everist Cathell arrived last
night from Delta and is here today TO
deliver his lecture on Abraham Lin
coin" this evening at the Aud tori
um. DR.. Cathell comes as one of
the numbers on the Y. NJ. C. All ly-
ceum course and many who are ia
miliar with the ability of this orator
have been looking forward to his
appearance with much pleasure He
is sure of a crowded hall tonight.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
smudging to Be Discussed.

The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will meet this evening in
the city hall to discuss with ranch
men plans for the frost campaign
this spring. 1t is probable that a
meeting will be called to lay plans
fer general reorganization of the
frost fight. AS usual the Fruit
Growers will cooperate with the
Chamber of Commerce, weather Of
flee and phone company, if the frost
danger appears.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
Witnesses Return.

WITNESSES ItefIIIn.
and Charles P. McCary arrived last
night from Delta, where they attend
ed district court yesterday and the
day before They went up to appear
against George Sucker, the Hotch-
kiss man charged with larceny and
who stole part of the stolen goods in
this city The case. however. was
continued for the term and they
will have to go back to Delta in
November.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Men, Women and Children, come to
the immense Closing Ont Sale of the
Boston Shoe Store. Sale starts Sat
urJiay morning, $50. Mems Work
Shoes cut 10 below cost. Mems and
Ladies' dress and street shoes go
without profit. Shoes from 25c TO
S3.95, regular values 81 TO $3.50.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

The Salvation Army, 233 Main St.
Full Salvation tonight. pm; gos-
pei talk on Holiness, bY-Capt. Edw.
S. Haas. Saturday night Evangelist
Sister Thomas will preach at the Sal
vation Army hall, s pm. She is a
fluent, earnest speaker. Come and
hear her. Special songs. duets and
solos. Music by the Salvation Army
string band.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Skip Town.
Officers started out this afternoon
to arrest Dave Williams and his Mex
ican partner on bootlegging. gamb-
ling and vagrancy charge. As hoped
for by the city officers they had left
town. They are supposed to have
gone to Dragon.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

The City Van, Transfer, Livery 4
Storage company. All kinds of haul
ing and the best of livery equipment
Prompt attention to all branches OF
the business. Barton & Terrill, pro.
pretOrs
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

A warm row, with charges of
bribery. enlivened the session of the
state land board this morning. Charg-
es and counter charges flew thick
and fast and for time a general
mixup was threatened
j. u. Harris, an appraiser for the
land board, appeared to bring charg-
es of attempted bribery against two
prominent attorneys. They denied
the charge and Blair Burwell, a
member of the board. later stated
that Harris must prove the allega-
tions or he would be expected TO re-
sign.
Harris declared that an agent of
the Denver law firm tried to per-
-suade him to make a low appraise-
ment of tract of land at Alter, near
Sterling.
Harris refused to accept the bribe
which he claims was offered him, and
brought charges against the attor-
neys
The latter appeared before the
meeting of the board this morning
and vehemently denied the charges.
A violent discussion is said to have
ensued
Harris claimed that the alleged
agent offered him $50 to make the
appraisement lower than it should be.
The attorney claims that there is
absolutely no foundation for the
charges
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
SOCIAL FOR DANCING CLASS.

This evening Mrs. Edward Pierson
will give a social dancing party 10
her dancing class at Armory Hall in
Center Block. Outsiders will be
charged a small admission price. A
large attendance is anticipated.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Mrs. Marguerite Cunningham. who
purchased the st. Dennis rooming
house at Third and Ute, has reno
waited the same inside and out and
is naming it The Burton
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
A large number of ladies enjoy,

A large number of ladies enjoyed
the w. c. T. U. memorial meeting
in honor of Francis Willard, to-day.
Mrs. S. b. Warner led with an in
teresting talk on Lives That Have
influenced Ours" In the discussion
which followed many beautiful tri-
butes were paid the late Mrs II. H.
Beach.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

The famous Queen Quality and the
Hamilton-Brown brands of Shoes all
go at cost and less at our big sale.
Boston Shoe Store.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
PIcasant Surprise Party.

Last evening number OF the
friends of Mrs. Elizabeth Van Cleve
planned and carried out a success
full and delightful surprise party at
her home. 203 North Spruce street.
The evening was pleasantly spent
with music and singing until late
hour when a delicious lunch WIS
served.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Division No. 2 of the Ladies' Aid
of the NJ. e. church will gave cake
and food sale Saturday, February II,
at the Grand Union tea store
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Plenty of money for farm loans at
regular rates. Ready when you are
and payable at Grand Junction. See
the Coe Investment company.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
Snow in Rifle

A real snowstorm has been in ac-
ton in the mountains today. Con-
ductor Miller of the Midland today
stated that the snow was falling as
far west as Rifle as his train came
through.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Mrs. James H. Smith of Orchard
Mesa is confined to her home will
an attack OF grippe.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Don't fail To see the special Har-
gain Counter of Shoes ut the Big
Sale-hegins tomorrow. None less
than 25c n pair. None over S1.05.
Your chance to save half the regular
price or more. Boston Shoe Store.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Cream waffles. maple syrup ano
excellent coffee at the Royal. 44f
Main.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Mrs. Herbert B. Larry returned
home today from a brief Palisade
visit.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

The Athletic club dance will be
given tomorrow evening in Margery
hall.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Try our new saddleman on sad
die. Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Use Holstein Milk. The best for
Babies. G. w. Bewsher, phone juno
ton 113.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

ELLIOTT'S SPECIAL-Children
So to SO shoes, 81 per pair today.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

Money to loan on Ranch and City
Property. Coe Investment company.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

You win-we lose, in the man.
moth closing out sale of the Boston
Shoe Store. Prices are way below
cost-the chance of life time. Sale
starts Saturday morning, $50 am.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16

For the best of livery service see
that you get Mines, 319 Colorado
avenue. Phone Junction 2zS.
The daily sentinel., 1912-02-16
A LOCAL MAN
MAKES CHARGE

= James U. Harris of Grand =
= Junction. member of the state =
9, board of land appraisers, ere s,
= ated sensation yesterday by 8,
= declaring that an attempt was -
- made to bribe him. A report &,
:, from Denver tells of the affair =
:, as follows: 5
5 S g 6 6 s. S g 6 g g g s g g g &
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-12
Flat Dwellers
Are Kindred


Tho modern steam.hcated or fur
naee.heated flat II like a kiln
and the people who live in them
are likely to be kiln-dried people
unless they take trouble to neutral
izs the evil OF the dry heat. And
Kindred people are more promo TO
disease than other f~oiks-~to colds.
eAtarrh. pneumonia. Also they are
likely 10 suffer from Irritation OF
the skin.
To make q flat something other
than n kiln n must have some IT.
%tificiai means OF keeping the hu-
mildly. IA a rule the kitchen OF
a flat IL humid enough. The thing
To do II 10 keep tho rest OF the
house as humid as the kitchen.
Tho kitchen owes its humidity 10
the tea kettle. As there IL no
stove IN the other rooms OF q fiat
you can't have tea kettles there.
but you can have pans OF water
sat on the radiators or In the littic
well" under the radiators. Some
times II Is possible 10 throw steam
into the room from the relief cock
on the radiator. This expedient,
however. generally causes a bad
odor. Saturated sponges. kept In
pans a tho radiator are very
effective.