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Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued>.

When they entered the library Fen.
tress turned and took stock OF his
guests. Mahaffy he had seen before:
Yancy and Cavcndish were OF course
strangers to him, but their appear.
ance explained them; last OF all his
glance shifted to the Judge. lie had
heard something Of those activities by
means OF which SlOCum Price had
striven to distinguish himself, and he
mad certain curiosity Respecting the
man II was Immediately satisfied
The judge had reached "A degree or
shabhiness seldom equalcd. and but
for his mellow. effulgent personality
might well have passed for IA common
vagabond: and II his dress advertised
the state OF his finances, his face ex.
plained his habits. No Instrumentation
was possible about either.
May ! of1er you n glass OF liquor?"
asked Fentress. breaking the silence
he stepped to the walnut center.table
where there was decanter and
glhsscs. by gesture the Judge de-.
clined the invitation, Whereat the
colonel looked surprised but not 30
surprised as Mahafy. There was an.
other silence.
i don't think We ever met beforey"
CO. observed Fcntress. There was some
thing In the fixed stare his visitor was
bending upon him that he found dis.
quietins. Just why, he could not bava
told
But that fixed stare OF the ,udpe.s
continued. No. the man mad no,
changed--he had grown older certain
y. but age had not come ungracefui.
Iy; he became the glossy broadcloth
and spotless linen he wore Hers wa,
a man who could command the pood
things OF life, using them with ra.
tohal temperance. The room itse,,
was In harmony with his character,
II was plain but rich In its appo,nt.
ments. at once his library and his OF.
nee. while the weli.tilled cases ranpea
about the walls showed his tastes m
be In the main scholarly and inte,.
lectual
How long have you lived here?"
asked the Judge abruptly. Feptress
seemed to hesitate: but the ,udpe's
glance, compelling and insistent. do.
manded an answer.
Ten years"
you have known many men OF ali
classes as lawyer and a plantery.
said the Judge. Fentress inclined his
head. The Judge took step nearer
him. People have a great trick OF
coming and going In these western
states-aii sorts OF damned rifrran
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
ECZEMA CAME ON SCALP

Lebanon. O.-"My eczema started
on my thigh with small pimple. 1t
also came on my scalp. 1t began to
itch and / began to scratch. For
eighteen or twenty years | could not
tell what I passed through with that
awful itching. I would scratch until
the blood would soak through my nn.
derwear. and / couldn't talk to my
friends on the street but would be
digging and punching that spot, until
I was very much ashamed The Itch
Ing was so intense I could not sleep
after once in bed and warm. certain
1y suffered torment with that eczema
for many years.
II chased after everything I ever
heard Of, but all to no avail. ! saw
the advertisement for Cutlcura Soap
and Ointment and sent for a sample.
Imagine my delight when applied the
first dose to that awful itching fire
on my leg and scalp In less than q
minute the itching on both places
ceased. I got some more Cuticura
Soap and Ointment After the second
day never had another itching spell,
and Cuticura Soap and Ointment com.
pletely cured me. was troubled with
awful dandruff all over my scalp. The
Cuticura Soap has cured that trouble"
(Signed) L. r. Fink, Jan. %. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32.p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
MDSlnterpreted.

William Shaw. the secretary Of the
famous Christian Endeavor society,
said In witty after-dinner address In
Boston:
There Is little Back Bay girl who
is much interested In her auntie's
Christian Endeavor work. The little
girl was writing letter to her broth
er at Yale one day. and In the midst
OF the epistle she looked up and said:
"'Auntie. how do you spell devils?
"'Devil!' cried her aunt. with a
shocked smile. why, child, don't you
devil?'
But. auntie,' protested the little
girl. want to tell brother about your
Christian and devil meetings!'"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25

drift in and out OF these new lands"
A deadly earnestness lifted the judges
words above mere rudeness. Fen.
tress. cold and distant, made no reply.
For the past twenty years | have
been looking for man by the name
OF Gatewood--David Gatewood" Dis
ciplined as he was, the colonel start.
. ed violently. Ever heard OF him,
Fentress?" demanded the Judge with
savage scowl
What's all this to me? The words
came with gasp from Fentress'
twitching lips. The Judge looked at
him moody and frownhg
Il have reason to think this man
Gate~ood came to west Tennessee"
he said.
'lf so. have never heard OF him."
Perhaps not under that name-at
any rate, you are going to hear OF him
now. This man Gatewood, who be-
tween ourselves was a damned scoun-
dreP-the colonel winced-"this man
GateUood had friend who threw
money and business In his way--a
planter he was. same as Gatewood A
sort OF partnership existed between
the pair. II proved an expensive en-
terprise for Gatewood's friend. since
ne came to trust the damned scoun.
drel more and more as time passed
even large sums OF his money were
In Gatewood's hands" Fentress
countenance was like stone, as express
sionless and as rigid.
by the door stood Mahaffy with
Yancy and Cavendish: they under.
stood that what was obscure and
meaningless to them held a tragic
significance to these two men. The
judges heavy face. ordinarily battered
and debauched. but Infinitely good
natured. bore now the markings OF
deep passion. and the voice that rum.
bled forth from his capacious chest
came to their ears like distant thun.
der.
This friend OF Gatewood's had a
wife" The judges voice broke, emo
tion shook him like leaf; he was
tearing open his wounds. lie reached
over and poured himself n drink, suck
ing It down with greedy lips. There
was wife" he whirlcd about on his
heel and faced Fentress again. There
was wife. Fentress-" he fixed Fen
tress with his blazing eyes. "A wife
aTl child. Well. one day Gatewood
and the wife were missing Under the
circumstances Gatewoods friend was
well rid OF the pair-he should have
been grateful. but he wasn't, for his
wife took his child. a daughter: and
Gatewood a trifie OF thirty thousand
dollars his friend had intrusted to
hfm!"
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
A WINNING START
A Perfectly DIgested Breakfast Makes
Nerve Force for the Day,

Everything goes wrong II the break.
fast lies In your stomach like a mud
pie. What you eat does harm II you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this TO
be true. even of an ordinary light
breakfast Of eggs and toast. She
says:
1.-TWO years ago contracted a very
annoying form Of Indigestion My stom
ach was in such contition that sim.
pie breakfast Of fruit. toast and egg
gave me- great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such a simple diet.
but finally had to give 1t up, and found
q great change upon q cup OF hot
Postum and Grape-Nuts with cream.
for my morning meal. For moro than
q year I have held to this course and
have not suffered except when injudi
ciously varying my diet.
I have been teacher for several
years and find that my easily digest.
ed breakfast means q saving OF nerv.
ous force for the entire day. My gain
OF ten pounds in weight also causes
me to want to testify to the value of
Grape-Nuts.
"Grape.Nuts holds first rank at our
table"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's q reason" Read the little
book. "The Road to Wellville." In pkgs.
Ever read the Lbove IetterS A new
enc appears from time to tlme. They
ere 9s.eins, tRuss rna fall Of humas
.Atesoses
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
CHAPTER XIV.
Tho Bubble Bursts.

At about the same hour that the
Judge was hurting threats and insults
at Colonel Fentress. three men were
the bayou which served to isolate
Hicks cabin. Now no one OF these
three had ever heard OF Judge Slocum
Price: the breath Of his fame had
never blown. however gently. In their
direction. yet they were preparing to
thrust opportunity upon him. TO this
end they were lounging about the
opening In the woods where the
horses belonging to Ware and Murreil
were tied.
At length the dip OF oars became
audible In the silence and one OF the
trio stole down the path. a matter OF
nifty yards. to a point that overlooked
the bayou. lie was gone but a mo-
ment.
It's Murrell all right" ne said in
an eager whisper. Him and another
feiiow-the Hicks girl Is rowing
them" He glanced from one to THO
other of his companions. who seemed
to take firmer hold OF themselves un-
der his eye "lrll be all right" he
protested lightly. He's as good as
ours. Wait till l give you the word"
And he led the way into an adjacent
thicket.
Meantime Ware and Murreli had
landed and were coming along the
path. the outlaw a step or two In ad-
vance OF his friend. They reached the
horses and were untying them when
the thicket suddenly disgorged the
three men: each held q cooked pistol;
two Of these pistols covered Murreii
and the third was ieveled at Ware.
CTo BE coNTINUED)
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
Voice Of Conscience.

A western Kentucky negro was In
Jail awaiting trial for stealing q calf.
His wife called to see him. On her
way out the jailer. whose name was
Grady, halted her.
Mandy" he inquired. "have you
got lawyer for Jim?"
mo. sah," said his wife. "Ef Jim
was guilty I'd git him a lawyer right
away; but he tells me he ain't guilty.
and SO. OF co'se. amt aimin' to hire
none"
"Mr. Grady" came a voice from the
cells above. you tell dat niger wom-
an down thar to git a lawyer-and
git dam good one. too!"-Saturday
Evening Post.
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
There was another silence.

There was another silence.
AT a later day l met this man who
had been betrayed by his wife and
robbed by his friend. He had fallen
out OF the race-drink had done for
hfm--there was Just one thing he
seemed to care about, and that was
the fate OF his child. but maybe he
was only curious there. He wondered
II she had lived. and married." once
more the Judge paused.
What's all this to me?" asked Fen.
tress.
Are you sure it's nothing to your"
demanded the Judge hoarseIy. "Un-
derstand this. Fentress, Gatewoods
treachery brought ruin to at least two
lives. 1t caused the woman's father
to hide his face from the world; 1t
wasn't enough for him that his
friends believed his daughter dead: he
knew differently. and the shame OF
that knowledge ate into his soul. 1t
cost the husband his place In the
world, too-in the end 1t made OF him
vagabond and penniless wan
derer."
This is nothing to me-" said Fen
tress.
"Wait!" cried the Judge. About six
years ago the woman was seen at her
fathers home in North Carolina.
reckon Gatewood had cast her on.
She didn't go back empty handed. She
had run away from her husband with
ufr ~
ty years she returned to her father
with boy OF two or three. There
are two questions that must be an.
swered when l find Gatewood: what
became OF the woman. and what be-
came OF the child are they living or
dead; did the daughter grow up and
marry and have son? When | get
my answer 1t will be time enough to
think OF Gatewood's punishment"
The Judge leaned forward across the
table,. bringing his face close to Fen.
tress' face. Look at me--do you
know me now?"
But Fentress' expression never al
tered The Judge fell back a step.
"Fentress. want the boy" he said
quietly.
What boy?"
My grandson"
You are mad! What do know
OF him-or you?" Feutress was gain.
Ing courage from the sound OF his
own voice.
You know who he is and where he
Is. Your business relations with this
rn al.
OF the Quintard lands In this state.
You intend to use the boy to gather
them In"
You're mad!" repeated tentress.
Unless you bring him to me inside
OF twenty-four hours IN smash you!"
roared the Judge. Your name isn't
Fentress. It's Gatewood; you've stolen
the name OF Fentress. Just as you
have stolen other things. What's
come OF Turbervilles money? Damn
your soul! want my grandson! IN
pull you down and leave you stripped
and bare! III tell the world the false
friend you've been-the thief you are!
III strip you and turn you out OF
these doors as naked as when you en-.
tered the world!" The Judge seemed
to tower above Fentress; the man
had shot up out OF his deep debase.
ment. Choose! Choose!" he thun.
dered. his shaggy brows bent In
menacing frown.
Il know nothing about the boy"
said Fentress slowly.
by God. you lte!" stormed the
Judge.
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
Why They Went.

AS the Sunday school teacher en-.
tered her classroom, she saw leaving
In great haste little girl and her
still smaller brother.
why, Mary, you aren't going
away?" she exclaimed in surprise.
"Pleathe, NTH Anne. we've got to
CO." was the distressed reply Jimmy
tn thwallowed hith collection. Lip
pincott's.
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25

Il know nothing about the boy
and Fentress took q step toward the
door.
Stay where you are!" commanded
the Judge. III you attempt to leave
this room to call your niggers lii Kill
you on its threshold!"
But Yancy and Cavendish had
stepped to the door with ar intention
that was evident. and F'entress' thin
face cast itself In haggard lines. lie
was feeling the Judges terrible ca.
pacity. his unexpected ability to deal
with supreme situation. Even Ma
haffy gazed at his friend in wonder.
He had only seen him spend himself
on trifies.
i tell you had no hand in carry.
Ing on the boy" said Fentress with
a sardOnic smile.
i look to you to return him. Stir
yourself, Gatewood, or by God. IN
hoId go fierce reckoning with you"
The sentence remained unfinished.
for Fentress felt his overwrought
nerves snap. and. giving way to a
sudden blind fury, struck at the Judge.
We are too old for rough and tum.
ble, said the Judge, who had dis
played astonishing agility in avoiding
the blow. Furthermore we were once
gentlemen. At present | am what
am, while you are a hound and a
blackguard! Wen settle this as be-
comes our breeding" He poured him.
self a second glass OF liquor from
Fentress' decanter. IL wonder II II
is possible to insult you." and he
tossed glass and contents In Fentress'
race. The colonel's thin features were
convulsed. The Judge watched him
with scornful curling OF the lips. Il
am treating you better than you de-
serve" he taunted.
tomorrow morning at sun-up at
Boggs race-track!" cried Fentress.
The Judge bowed with splendid cour-
tesy.
Nothing could please me half SO
WE'LL" he declared. He turned to the
others. Gentlemen. this Is a private
matter. When | have met Colonel
Fentress | shall make public an
nouncement OF why this appeared
necessary to me; until then | trust
this matter will not be given pub.
licity. May ask your siencew lie
bowed again. and abruptly passed
from the ROOM
His three friends followed in his
steps. leaving Fentress standing by
the table, the ghost OF a smile on his
thin lips
AS II the very place were evil. the
Judge hurried down the drive toward
the road. At the gate he paused and
turned on his companions. but his
features wore look OF dignity that
forbade comment or question. He
held out his hand to Yancy.
Sir" he said. N could command
the riches OF the Indies. 1t would tax
my resources to meet the fractional
part OF my obligations to you"
Think OF that" said Yancy, az
much overwhelmed by the judges
manner as by his words.
His Uncle Bob shall keep his place
In my grandsons life! Well watch
him grow into manhood together"
The Judge was visibly affected. A
smile OF deep content parted MIR.
Yancys lips as his muscular fingers
closed about the judges hand with
crushing force.
"Whoop!" cried Cavendish, delight
ed at this recognition OF Yancy's love
Tor the boy. and he gleefuliy smote
the austere Mahaffy on the shoulder
But Mahaffy was dumb In the pres
ence OF the decencies; he quite lacked
an Interpreter The Judge looked
back at the house
"Mine!" he muttered. The clothes
he stands in-the food he. eats
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25

Old friends are best, but many a
woman deludes herself with the idea
that she is too young to have any old
friends.
Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25

Job was a patient man, but he
never found the cat asleep on the
piano Just after he had vanished it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16
BA71LESH|P MAINE
IS AGV|N AFL0AT
WATER is FORCED INTO GOLFER
DAM, FREEING THE MUD.
ENCRUSED HULL.
BIG JOB ABOUT FINISHED
Hundreds of Sightseers From City
Viewing Engineering Feat.-WiIl
Soon Be FIoated Out to
Sea,

Havana, Feb. 1.-THE wreck Of the
Maine f1oated free of the mud when
water was turned nto the dam sur.
rounding the wreck The water within
the dam Is about IA feet below the har
Dor at low tide. 1t is the intention I'd
admit more water more rapidly, SO that
the wreck will be raised to the harbol
level, leaving nothing more to be done
except to break the dam and float OF
the ship.
Water was forced into the dam
through a system Of pipes fixed at the
bottom Of the dam, the power being
supplied by pump which had been
recovered from the wreck. The ship
began to rise almost Immediately. The
midship section, which had been fur.
nished with bulkhead, rose more rap.
Idly on account of superior buoyancy,
than the heavily-weighted, sharp-point.
ed stern, so that the Maine is some.
what down by the stern.
Many hundreds of visitors thronged
the dam all day. watching the refloat.
ing of the Maine. None of them was
admitted aboard the ship, however, for
fear Of accident. Major Ferguson, who
has had charge of the work, has re.
ceived many congratulations on his
success. The ship will remain secured
ceived from Washington to float her
out, which can be done within fort,
night.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16

land thank you. No emperor ever
received SO fair gift. The angels
wept tonight"
Raoul heard nothing after that.
Nevertheless. he did not go away.
but. as though he feared lest he
should be caught, he returned to his
dark corner, determined to wait for
the man to leave the room. To his
great establishment, the door opened
and Christine Daae appeared, wrapped
In furs. with her face hidden in a
lace veil, alone. She passed him. He
did not even follow her with his eyes,
for his eyes We're fixed on the door.
which did not open again.
When the passage was once moro
deserted he crossed it. opened the
door OF the dressing-room, went in
and shut the door. He found himself
in absolute darkness. The gas had
been turned out.
There is some one here!" said
Raoul, with his back against the
closed door, in a quivering voice.
What are you hiding for?"
All was darkness and silence.
He struck match. The blaze lit
up the room. There was no one IN
the room!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16
CHAPTER II,
The New Margarita.

On the first landing, Soreln ran
against the Comte de Chagny, who
was coming upstairs.
Il was just going to YOU" he said,
taking off his hat. "Oh, Sorelli, what
an evening: And Christine Daae:
what Triumph"
'Impossible!" said Meg CRY. six
months ago she used to sing like a
crock! But do let us get by, my
dear count" continues the brat. with
a curtsey. I'VE are going to inquire
after poor man who was found hang
ing by the neck"
Just then the acting manager came
fussing past and stopped.
What" he exclaimed "Have you
girls heard already? Well, please for
get about it for tonight-and above
all don't let NJ. Debienne and NJ.
Poligny hear; 1t would upset them
too much on their last day"
They all went on to the foyer OF
the ballet, which was already full OF
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16

book ends With Clause SO, which says
that the privilege can be withdrawn II
the manager infrinses the conditions
stipulated. This is followed by the
conditions, which are four in number.
THE copy produced by NJ. Poligny
was written In black ink and exactly
similar to that in our possession, ex.
cept that, at the end, it contained o
paragraph in rcd ink and In queer
handwriting. This paragraph ran as
follows:
as. Or If the manager, in any
month, delay for more than fort
night the payment Of the allowance
which he shah make to the opera
ghost OF twenty thousand francs .
MONTH
els this all? Does he not want
anything else?' asked Richard, with
the greatest GOODNESS.
ayes, he does,' replied Poligny.
"'Box Five on the grand tier shall
be placed at the disposal Of the opera
ghost for every performance
when We saw this, there was moth.
ing else for us to do but to rise from
our chairs, shake our two predeces'
sors warmly by the hand and con-
graduate them on thinking OF this
charming little joke, which proved
that the old French sense Of humor
was never likely to become extinct.
"Thereupon we all four left the OF.
flee. Richard and | had never
,aughei SO much IN our lives"
(To be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16

and no head. You only hear him
when he is in tie box. Mother has
never seen him, but she has heard
him. Mother knows, because she
gives him his program"
There was q sound OF hurried foot.
steps in the passage and voice
cried:
"Cecile! Are you there?"
ITS mothers voice." said Jammes.
She opened the door. A respect
able lady, built on the lines OF a
Pomeranian grenadier, burst into the
dressing-room and dropped grooming
into a vacant armchair.
How awful" she said.
"What?"
Joseph Buquet is dead! Yes, he
was found hanging in the third-hoor
CELLAR"
Its the ghost!" little Giry blurted.
Sorelll was very pale.
Il shall never be able to recite my
speech" she said.
Ma Jammes gave her opinion, while
she emptied a glass of liqueur that
happened to be standing on table;
the ghost must have something to do
with 1t.
The news soon spread all over the
opera. The dressing-rooms emptied
and the ballet-girls, crowding around
SorelH like sheep around their shep-
nerdess, made for the foyer through
the ill-lit passages and staircases,
trotting as fast as their little pink
legs could carry them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-16


Clothes.
people. The Comte de Chagny was
right: no gala performance ever
eQualed this one. Faure and krauss
had sung; and, on that evening, Chris
tine Daae had revealed her true self,
for the first time. to the astonished
audience
The whole house went mad, rising
to it's feet. shouting. cheering, clap
ping, while Christine sobbed and
tainted in the arms of her fellowship
ers and had to be carried to her Dress
ing-room. A few subscribers. how
ever, protested. Why had SO great a
treasure been kept from them all that
time? Till then, Christine Daae had
played good Siebel to Carlotta's
rather too splendidly material Mar
garita. And 1t had needed Carlotta's
lncOmprehensible absence from this
gala night for the little Daae, at a
moments warning. to show all that
she could do in part OF the pro-
gram reserved for the Spanish diva!
uc SOLlte ue SudSuy, SlduuluS up
In his box, listened to all this frenzy
and took part in it by loudly applaud
ing. Philippe Georges Marie Comte
de Chagny was just forty-one years OF
age. He was a great aristocrat and
good-loOking man, above middle
height and with attractive features, in
spite OF his hard forehead and his
rather cold eyes. On the death OF
old Count Phiibert, he became the
head of one OF the oldest and most
distinguished families in France,
whose arms dated back to the four
teenth century. His two sisters and
his brother, Raoul, would not hear OF
a division and waived their claim to
their shares.
The Comtesse de Chagny, nee de
Moerogis de La Martyniere, had died
in giving birth to Raoul, who was born
twenty years after his elder brother.
Philippe busted himself actively with
the youngsters education. The lad
entered the Borda training-ship, fin
ished his course with honors and