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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

WISH 10 meet. -...-m......,...-.....u..
Stanislas proI sEan 81 II.
My shaken nerveh elamOred Tor 4 rest
!: :: !. !: =. !: !:
high seas! aud. alter W - D. Rs&.
y accepted his iIiYita eaf@ ~ MM
The following dhy t. @ III
ernoon / arrlvea al BoT1eftfx, anu
went straight on board 5tanislas vel
coined me- with Unaffected JOY aud
after an axcitedlIan whispered dis
icussIOu between Ehim aad the stew,
ard, the latter td4k my valFs - fhe.
deck cabin on NE starboard kiaeA9 Z
Our steamer tlas an ancient tub,
and. no doubt. allbit .7Es s@le5 aas.
she looked comqirtahle. enough. s. and
ia order 10 shakeibn MY RrsJ rnfdvof
able l. preston made forghg COM
panionway to hate IA look at my fell
low passengers
The steamer wsk crowded with per
lspns who were stsHszNs gsgRias ca EgE
friends and partaktmg u iiffssss Avs4tfm
them so that 1t was impossible for
me to know who were the passengers
At four O'Clock however. the Aawsers
were cast on, the engine rpom bell. be-
gan to tinkle its ''slanJe1y +" and We
ihad started on our Voyase
The rain was eUminE doNn in tor
rents as descended Ia the saloon Ia
Join my ahipmates. Several persons
were sitting at the long tables. seme
writing. others reading. ana ! noticed
one, pronounced uer3lah tyne 4IMs
name was Won sMsaiter - aasNlSirtg
champagne and playing solitaire
Before the dinner haur had struck
iStanislas had introduced nle TO eyery,
body, Besides Won Winter there were
M Van Vloot, a rich. wine importer.
with an aquiline nose and the
Yshortest legs have ever seen be,
longing TO man Of bis size. aud hts
wife. q stout lady. afflicted with. tooth.
wache. MIR. Aylmer Knowles, a Scotch,
man with an expTessionless face. &c.
companied bis wife and daughter. the
latter an unusually pretty girl Father
Glass. a priest. Monsieur Waskywiez,
xof no nationality. with comic eyes, Fat
Icneeks. blue with the raxol. sho turn
ed out to be aamedlian ns Lopez
AN ocuiist; and Senior Gonzales. a
lsouth American spautard. a hand
ssome, aristocraic look ng psII whose
Htemper seemed to be considerably ruf
ified. fa =
] guessed that our loqGs cious cap
tain had been talking abapt me. cot
tnot only the passengers watched me
tEwith curio jty lat The crew sthred
lat. me open-mourhed As there was
IA plano in the saloon. aGd more in tht
smoking room, | decided to make the
halter my headquarters
Halo, old chap, reared Stanislas
'How do you like YOU bptels Mex
ldo you want TO sit - nDlss Neat EhA
pzstty scotch girt l suppose
sjaess sAsaarssax me. ! replied. "ye,
'cau/place me between The German
and the lady with the toothacas
Neither OF them looks katige. al,
.thdt just siifes tffes ~ =.
dPoor Cord id by &ieiR III
ing nae a~ssap oaa4heNsbs8ilIlsF tAA
sent nav book overheard. wait
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criNe; and by following that track
WEI might get the tftiFn.s Why do
VOC look so surprised
Because you make Hight OF the
mdst important feature Of this case.
Yok may knock out otyenr head the
tdeA that Won Winter played a part in
tn1 awful drama | cannot prevent
ouf passengers from finding him
quay. but fortunately for htrusstaey
caanot hang him have done some
recHnnoitering, and have eotnH to a
strange, yet conceivable conclusion.
l tAinA I have found my way 10 the
mystery. bat the key Is missing sa
hen you have a ciueF"
$50, a theory which at times Is bet
terhhan clue This much. however,
l okn tellsyou Maen anan comnlits
Time Of thls sort his FIRST thought
IS 10 sscare; nd in this case the
muFdereF kneB hescenld not get aRsss
and that he would haze to remain with
as Nully four DAYS. antif VIZ rearhed
Made which would give u.s. amnle
tug to discover him. Robbery is out
Of Pie question ts=~ none OF the yala-
ahiss sppeaf 10 have bssn Ahstracted.
ReNenge& Gonzales. -wnnld haxs known
II ID had 4 aangerous enemy, on board
an4 he did BOT exan1holt his cabin
No9f The bolt was intact and had
aotSoeea f6Fdel openss Unldss. fhara
a,rs ySed selhek Athat losiAgA II LpoRp%
R8 turn a mauHqtv an ASSASSIN. you
vii agree witAknek Sat ibis aiahollcaI
4u Wpess~ts the work OF 3 mailman. =
be ssseszye tappe Ring ~ CON Z. in
hl& Us for the AFth time how, when at
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

1t looks like clearing up" l re-
marked. for the rain had stopped.
.,. .iD.o99zzs1slgm2,sS ,mT9 T Tn. The
T Tls2iEAs 90. a ssg sEsa . 6aesf /
hope"
Stsnisias had given me the seat OF
hon9E rees tbea liable. On bis right.g but
he way too 'b1sxs 10 put III an appear
ance1g'70AI fAg othe4ssiae was Senior
Gonzales. still very upset, and growl-
ing to the steward something / could
not hear about his cabin.
The German,Stxho kept on drinking
champagne, was the first TO address,
me. with tiie' question: = = i5i'''
b pe-lypu play poker y strer fsia,t =.
4 never gamble Why do you aske'
Because we might have a game in
the smoking room tonight Tahoaght
perhaps you'd like TO join"
"a will Join youth asmoke." said,
but not In the gamegaI never play"
I'm awfully fond of a spin at
poker" put in NJ. Van vloot. land
SO Is Becky. IL her tooth does not
worry her, How is your tooth, Becky?"
tFhaBk you, rsol,4 feel much bet.
ter. | dare say title game would
just papdae right. 4. Rdon't mind
the smoke"
!! Mr.. Knowles, who had not opened
his. lips at dinner. remarked In.
'raspfng voice: ~-'~
/ IA sea trip withou, poker is like a
dog without tail. I'll play, too"
I'm also take a hand said Mr.. 10.
PEI.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22
vso,ind fovttidatssg was

Nj seguier's %ospd fovtlaatsB was
mot dangerous. and the doctor took
his Nm to conda ct him upstairs. The
monient ComtFeyaugfIt ST gain Of
the Engineer his frenzy sssstar ned Il; ~
" pu houndsg he-shoMietf. - Ypss
Ithiei IN be sstrs with ybug Isll-cut-
you'd throat AID pitch you ,pdy over
boar like fsd fo the 4esstesr IIisiI u
EYes over ydau go you thief I
!, u a bae case of delfrium JtYe.
mem reaiagfed eiitr.s pcgo i.
,a'anH as MapE unFeduentiy ma pp ens.l
the EremN fshardIy perceptible. Abb
sinthe, more 4han any other spirit,
will produce tksse. sesssl sis
d TdEard evening Comtat was seized
gwithEa worse fl = when les1escf1bed
the kurdeErseene, in aHtits chastity de-
tailsk At the same time he told how
he Aad watched me come on, board,
and ahere and then. made the deter
minatiop to take my life, and .until
he Ehw me the morning after the
murder aaxinesa--that.~the- man
he had Killed was myself.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

NlHI6 tulFStSu DIS UtuGIdChSES
in tie navy AZ me recruiting stations
in Newz s:1sy ia the week zoa thu
big naval review shan during any 9th
err week but one Since the Spanish
Ameiean morsE
ihanE SOC applicants. and the increase
in TIE number of enisstWepts is time
ly. for Immediately after the great re-
view five desirayeys= weresspat sinssre-
serve hecagse OF Or. sffprtase sdf men.
Not Since the cruise around the world
in 1909 has the navy sbeen up to the
full atrength in number of men. The
shorfagG at aIresenf4 y eighty flesS
than 5,hbeg which fIioihdessahe Il ,00ss
additional men authorized by the last
cong4ess. Navy department officials
say Ahat the new dreadnoughts re-
quira so many men that IL would be
impos sible to furnish crews for all
ships now in reserve, even il the num-
Der 81 enlisted men. were up TO- the
limiS @G .aAA ESQ ga
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cas0AS 4A19dA 11optz4 ns0az2aS3a2ss
N. Eopez. said Stanisras. wishes
70 ask you somelhiag-
VI. Goron.- began Lopez. did Won
Winter m46959 a yogd PIent dis
ssNa. sias.ssst sssHsizsgx4 J
"wlsas5 gs-sFt n Rsq vssTSEe
was alone IN the saloon, reading
was jusssa41AsilfgAse sihafsk4 A&hen
II heard noise Of people quarreling
SsssSSBaa Ct Il j sssi IT,
Hating. apparently in a. great rage. |
listened. busTteurR slE eafes a word
They said. It lasted only minute or
so, and ! saw GonzTes walk xaTay
shruggki5 fEa za5d1ersl'5JU6
Did you, Or any one else. refer to
|this ta.Y9n Winterg" A.
No. Vie IsnGd resef "a nc faAs
rstAer AnsoeiabEs = Ind si5cs he came
lon board he has hardly conyersed
with any one
Ifwent in.search OF the German, aqd-.
foafia nam sm olIfilg his pipe Fightl aft
''Yalss ha9.Ss4 ssiaasa sdigpzte3 wAh
sGonzales last plight How is It you
never zsskebasd fhss sozaegs sfsf
He turned red, bit his lip, and then
ssaid:
= o9ght ~, have told yap. but yI-was-
sastAmad etoA Do sd q bAyea liHs 4
fool. aid lost a lot OF money-more
than | can afford then had an idea
s-and the others had it, too-thatsM
Gonzales had--weli, not played a fair
game. I was TOO annoyed TO SO 20
bed, and sat alone in the saloon read
ling, when. he walked in. am sorry, 10
ssay my temper got, The, better Of. me.
and, L accused: him of.haEing cheated,
swhereupon he few into asfeaTful rage
Called nae a. seoandre1Si and said he
would have the matter out with me
this morning. you can imagine how
Il was shocked when'I heard what had
occurred. ! suppose, this, story, has
by now gone the round Of the. steam
Ter, and to Judge from the Way ny fell
slow passengers look at ME. 4they have
Settled among themselves thatfit is r
swto murdered NJ Gonzales II shall
remember this trips ys'i~ 9"''s''-se
And, without waiting Tor, what L
might have 70 say. he replaced his
pine between his. lips and resumed his
swalksns ca f-ssr4 $50 issanas Il
Won Winten,sslast statement proved
rotsect aboyootted. c:and when
.afteFGdinnefa went TO che captains
cabin, Stanislas expressed his opin.
aoni that the case against the German
Aooleed suatisfoiraA 20 gag 'aEai SIT
FNSAt81 Nfsr'Rt~iNtStEe ~ F8~ 4.sf9igf sla
do you mean. 10 tell me Seriously
4 asked u that you, saspecte Won Min
AeFE'i 5g1sGs sVasT 7lf8 7tofcUG ssest
4 HssayIahe was-the first 8person %
Thought OF In sennnection ,withf thes
: Dc ostst5~ s9ssssto .sdlG 2us 1fti19
.lsJs "a lg0fgsE %
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you Will know that in IA moment
You must sr0- rsgz s1rSrrs valnables
and seal then up. In de meanwhile
l win stay h} ere and make a closer in
spection."
When everything had been removed
from the ca Gin and the door locked,
said:
And now / want to. look at the
crew"
At my regl.est every Iman stripped
70 the waist. but although / carefully
Fl4amined their arms and necks. 1
could not defect the slightest scratch
or bruise Of recent date Nor, when
[ oVerhauled leyery article of clothing
and linen they possessed, did find any
blood stains.s At their own request
/ subjected ehe officers to the same
itreatment. 1 mex questioned the Of
flcers and men who had been on duty
between eleven o'clock fhe night be
fore and four, in the morning. Nobody
had seen or heard anything suspicious.
7What do yop make of III" | asked
Stanislas.
some or the facts are plain
enough. Gopzales' throat was cut
with a sharp instrument-probably a
razor He was lying on his right
side. with his face to the wall There
was no struggle. Had there been any
In that narrow space, the objects ly-
ipg about would have been disturbed. -
At that mdment the steward came
To tell us that the ulster had not been
found"
iatT expected this" / said. THE
murderer, to- prevent himself being
blood stained. took the precaution of
wrapping the body in the ulster be-
fore pitching ut overheard. The dark
night. and the sea washing the deck
during the gale helped him in his
'work."
Have you heard of the scene at
poker last niEht?" my fiiend sudden
ly asked.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22
Naval Hsie nj Ia ] Den md -. Y
> n, errsshn Iasknfi n D hIffk IL Alsfkfss

! killed was myself.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

sky Of lead In less than, a quarter.
-ef sp9 potr b gale hrekG Aad3Aeavy
seas s@amped die deck. - '-f - =
: .SYpad bstteE turn in !, said Tho first.
officer, ut win get worse during The
night" f& -k-5 u
| followed his advice, although sleep
was 5at6of The question s@s3s1 y
The wind howIed eapd the water
'esasii6tl asaIast. the side OF tie steHn,.
er with deafening noise. Il was
@nytaang bt, soothing To The nerves
'Howarsis ftSes In the alnrning- l dozed
of, and may have slept for half an
hour, when | was roughly shaken and
.s9me 1one called out my name. :, / felt
tie wfnd BLOW on ME through the
open door and there stood Stanislas
Twin the first Officer behind him
Come AZ once shouted. the CAP.
sain we want you!'s
Having forced ms, into any trousers
and Goat, he took me to The cabin on,
the port side. facing mine. The storm
had aba;ed but there was still a
heavy sea. and StanisIas gripped NV
arm to steady me The steward stood
outside as II on guard Stanislas push
ed hipl, aslde. ppened ths, saos. sasasl
salt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22
mbltc rejoicing that these two nanIes
re 10 be made one" STRAY Stories.

hsHDr.s Piercess Pellets, small, sugafscoated,
seasy 70 take as candy, regulate and invigor-
safe stpmacln liver and bowels and cure con-
xstipa9on. ADV ,-,,r-p,,.u.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

Nh Seguier4a It -appears,shad discov-
ere4 where's Gemtat hiti Hnis absinfhe
and lad taken Possession Of the stock,
'wheNeupon Comtat.s9in In e. violent, pas
sionE had hurled anlempty; Bottle at
the Engineers head ana had tried To
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22
(copyFight By j.

!: !: !: :. !. :. !.
-w-wx.MsR-dILE was chief OF
the detective police
remember to have
49, ~ taken but few holi-
- ~ days. Many time
~ v had picked my
! trunk, in the hope Of
y spending q week or a
fortnight in a seclud-
e& spot among peaceable citizens. but
s5enehow or other fate ordained that
tie train that was TO carry me away
sAsuld start. leaving me and my lug
g&Ee behind.
Zone of these days you win col
lshse." my friends used To- say. and.
LIE all evil predictions. theirs came
trEe / had been fearfdlly busy.
There had been an avalanche Of
lcAmes. and the strain had begun to
lten on me, to ali obligato accompani-
HNnt OF headache, sleeplessness. and
older unpleasant symptoms. With a
iHIistaken sense Of duty tried to cling
itrRIny post. but when saw had u
inkdicd faculty against me. gave
IuR the battle and promised to take a
reBt.
Fhe following day, as I was walking
ldqsTn the Rue de la Paix a voice like
tfWnder called out my name. | did
I'd see the man, but | knew that in
TIT whole of Fra nce only one person
lpHsessed such an organ my old
ifrk end Stanislas Tilon. a captain In
tn merchant navy.
Good old StaIislas. who stood six
ifeMt three. had not only a Tremendous
IvHce--everythlnE with him was big.
III seized both my hands in his lion
igI3p. and. having knocked my stick
loH Of my hand and my hat of my
lhdad. he conducted. or rather dragged.
mk TO the Cafe de la Paix
Pancy meerfrg -yUuE ne -rUsred. Il
led Pc back "a Tuasdax. Iast.-.aRd am
lof again the day after tomorrow. But
VISITS Observation-Disclosures y,ytfaa--1ftv sr~iook
lolk OF sorts"
'rhe fact isa 1.sasp yA alG nbt very
Wa. The doctoEss sag gust take
la holiday" @'''s'9' "a
bown came stauisigsthst upsetting
lal the aomleua ionstfe ERlfAe, next %
oias sEtfrgFF
HYeu vent thorough holiday? Pll
i.ifs you one You may bless your
Bl AsK gnsf h 81 ~ ssii tsnIIaizt q
Irregular line of steamers from Bor.
deaux TO St Louis. on the African
cossAssA.aaes.asset ~ass~st
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

Il have. Did they play high"
Yes. r--SiEsas--Saisst-E-setlfered. Won
Winter land Lopez lost a big amount.
and WasRyWIcz. The actor. also game
of badly" ax 80 ,-
"Dp you susRecb: Eeazales of not
having played a fair game. they
threw o8ts'sorfe unpleasant hfntsp
q have known Gonzales Tor two
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

.t=H3@ TT ussasitr@s -
Once insa great Mzszfe b ss,ssies
homo as early as HIS gsEaEthinkss he
ought to. 4or the post beings her a
lettef that she expeetssszsE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

ARMY otleer Mustn.t 1aumplre.

: Army Officer Mustn't sUmpire.
It is found in the army that it will
mot do to let Officers act as umpires
in ball games and orders have been
issuedeto forbid it.y 1t seems-that the
players take RdFantages of the great
American baseball players fight to
abuse the umpire, and it is found that
aftzlestroys=t iFe~army ~aiseiplfHe5zwiEeE
-the- umpire.. iS~an- officer to have .pris.
Yates call him such names as mutt"
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years. Qase hefore had him as
passenger, and this IS the FIRST time
heard of such a thing e
" VIII fnish dressing, said; and
In the meantime YOU gay have a talk
with the passengers dare say they
ali ktss8 ~ how What has happened
will join YOU, In the saloon"
2 whensl came n aeIheheId curious
spectaele,ss Nine Nan Vloot lay In
a swoon ON the sofa. and her husband
zxas haldiug snelllng.pottle to her
noss ssa eseoa atricken. and
they all sat apart eyeinga one another
with xuspictoa- -w:SLanislas stood erect
al t4ef hean sltke taHe, and mad
iust left on spsAlslhg silesce fell
1,lpon tie ssemhly when ttey saw me.
and Air. Knowles said:
Z sxu Gorun, the 9aptaiB has told as
oe she awful. catastrophe that hap
asnatS n the pight9ahd hs has inform
I'd MS YOU have kindly consented 20
give lin, the benefit Of your expert
enes 90 inquire into thej matter be-
-ters Ne reach asAssfra. we are anx-
ious to awe you all the assistance We
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
BAILEY INJURED BY
STOCKHOLM WRESTLER
Blood Spurted from Nose, Stomach
Went Wrong and Bout Was Soon
Showed Skill and Speed.

After John dim who won second
prize IN the amateur wrestling games at
stockholm, Sweden, last year, had toss
ed George Washington Bailey of Brat
tIeboro about on the mat at Fitchbmg
Friday evening the blood spurted from
Bailey $ nose and his stomach went
wrong. The bout was thus brought to
an end in Is minutes and DR.. John IL.
Kearnev who examined Bailey, said that
the injury appeared to he a pulled
OF strained muscle or tendon under the
collar bone.
OF this bout, which was to have been
the stellar attraction of an evening of
wrestling, the Fitchburg Sentinel of
Saturday said:
"Olin and Bailey appeared as soon
as the first bout was out of the way.
Bailey weighed 205 pounds, while Ohm
/ tipped the scales at 80. Olln looked
| like an OK compared to Bailey, although
the pride and champion of Vermont and
| New Hampshire had chest big enough
to brighten most any ordinary man. Tn
| fortunately for BaiIey he didn t appear
| to be in the same fine condition as Ohm,
and was putting before the match was
| under way very long.
..Thev pranced around like a couple
of hucking bronchos, while at one time
Bailey INDUCED in a butting stunt that
| evoked the smiles of the crowd. DIN
seemed a little bit shy of catch-as-catch-
can methods and seemed content to
show how strong he was.
| They would get into position for Il
fall and Olin would throw his Oppo-
ncnt across the mat or into the crowd
without seeming to care whether the
shoulders were pinned to the floor or
not. Bailey displayed some skill and
much speed for such a big man, but
| never seemed able to get the better of
| the Swedish champion. After about IS
minutes of fairly fast and clever work
Olin seemed to get Bailey III head
hold, which rapidly changed to a half
nelson. Suddenly the head seemed to
slip and then Bailey relaxed his grip
and sank to the floor with blood flow
| ing from his nose and mouth.
- He appeared to be pretty sick and
in a moment the referee and fans real
lied that he was injured. DIR. Kearney
was summoned and found Bailey re-
| dining on the mat, covered up with
bath robes. He complained Of pains
near the collar bone and it was feared
a bone was broken or twisted, but the
doctor decided that it was simply a
pulled tendon directly under the collar
bone. 1t ended the bout and sport for
the night and the tans wendell their
way to the street, delighted with the
exhibition as far as it went, but sadly
disappointed at the ending
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
SAW FILMS MADE IN JERUSALEM
Rev. Roy M. Houghton Impressed with
the Life of Christ Pictures.

When Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton of the
Congregational church was in Jeru-
salem last summer he saw made some
of the moving picture films depicting
the life of Christ, which will be shown
IN the Princess theatre tomorrow and
Wednesday for the benefit of the Brat
tleboro free library Rev. Mr..
Houghton was much impressed by the
reverence with which the persons con
.cerned went about their work. The
English actor who represented Christ
declined at first to. take the part, but
finally was persuaded that 1t would be
the greatest opportunity he ever would
have, and IN conversation with Rev.
Mr.. Houghton and in his daily life
during that period he gave evidence
of a reverent conception of the under
taking. 1t has been Rev. Mr. Hough-
ton S hope that sometime he might
have the films shown in the Centre
church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-14
EvERS VERY CONFIDENT.
Declares He Can Fill Frank Chances
Shoes as Manager.

Johnny Evers is confident. The new
leader of the Chicago Nationals is OF
the opinion that he will make good at
the helm of the Cubs. Evers tells on
Evers as follows: All | ask is a fair
chance-one good opportunity to show
what | can do. think / can hold
down this job. I expect to make mis-
takes-every manager makes them,
expect to be criticised-every manager
is. But ] don't intend to pay much at
tention to criticism.
81 am going on about my business
doing the best | can, and | want the
fans to withhold judgment for awhile
Don't count me out before | enter the
ring Physically | never felt better III
my life. Mentally | am i'll good shape
Stories that | am worrying myself tt
a FRAGILE are all rot [ may be slip
ping little in my playing, but at that
I'm not an old man on crutches.
think l ca.p hold my own with the rest
of them As | said before, all l ask is
a square deal