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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-10-16
G. J.. MUsTAD,
County Auditor
October 7th. 1911

October 7th. 1919.
The Board of County Commission.
or convened at 8 O'Clock A. M. nra..
ent Chairman Verwest, Commission.
ers Grefshefm, Williams and Hovick.
Bills were allowed as follows:
North Dakota Independent
Telephone Co.. rent for s
phones and long distance
tolls for quarter ending
September 80. 1913......s 20. go
North Dakota Independent
Telephone Co.. additional
long distance tolls ...... 500
Halidan Peterson, y cord
pine wood 3.76
Ed. W. Hanson. 4 window
screens for Berg residence 400
El!1ott-F1sher Co., for over
hauling typewriter ..:.. 2a.a0
e.. H. Gilbertson, postage, Z
press, carriage and pens,. 1912
+. j. Doran car Of corpse.
bedding furnished for one
Tom Doyle. $10.75. allow
ed at.........:....... SIS
Commissioner johnson arrived
n took his place on the Board.
The report of the acting coroner
in the case of one Tom Doyle poor
person killed was on motion approved
as corrected, bills were on motion or
dered paid as follows:
e. d. Washburn, embalminR
$500; Stroud, $500;
furnishing hearse. $1,000,
allowed at $500; casket.
$500; for one Tom Doyle.
total $500, allowed at 1000
Chris Madsen, digging grave
for Tom Doyle. poor person 900
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TWO MEN KILLED IN STORM.

Minot.-It is learned that two men
We're killed and n injured and nine
horses cremated when lightning struck
q barn on the John Engebretzon arm
near Berthold, Thursday night.
John Engebretzon, aged 16, and Pc
ter Nelson. a farm laborer. were in.
stantly killed.
The farm owner was stunned, but
VIZ rescued by his wife. AS soon as
she revived her husband. they both
went in to get the bodies of their son
end the laborer.
At Northwood a house was hit by
lightning, while the James Edwards
home near that city was practically
demolished by lightning.
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PROMINENT \. D.
POLITICIAN DIES
A. D. kERLlN, OF DEVILS LAKE.
70 FOUND DEAD OF J
APoPLExY. {,
MADE A SENSATIONAL TRIP.
Got Up Out Of q Sick Bed and Came
From Spokane, WASH, to Biz
marek to Cast Wilson
Electoral Vote.

Devils Lake.-A. B. Kerun, who
made a sensational trip from Spokane,
Wash, to Bismarck. N. D.. last win.
ter to cast his vote az q presidential
elector for Woodrow Wilson, arising
from a sick bed to do 90. was found
dead at his home here Sunday. Apo.
plexy was the cause.
Prominent In N. q. Politics.
Mr.. Kerlin, founder of the Devils
Lake Commercial club and its first
president, was prominent in state poll
tics several years, being at one time
q candidate for national committee
man. He had taken up his temporary
residence in California because of his
health, coming home only two weeks
ago on business, and he apparently
vas in much better health than for
some time.
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board of County
Commissioners.

s~herbrooke. N. D., Oct. 9Th, 1918.
q Board of County Commission
ers convened at 1880 A. M. present
chairman Verwest, Commissioners
Grefsheim. Williams and Hovick.
Minutes OF the meeting Of July 24th.
1913. were read and on motion an.
proved.
Pursuant to advertisement bids for
interest on time deposit Of $4,000.
county emergency Fund, for one
yea were opened. Bids were re-
celved from the following Banks:
Colgate State Bank, Luverne State
sank blabon State Bank, Pioneer
state Bank Of Luverne, State Bank
rlnley, First National Bank of Hone.
FIRST National Bank of Finley. First
National Bank Of Sharon.
All of said banks offered to nav
interest at the rate Of S per cent per
annum on entire amount or n mart
thereof. and to furnish bonds "a re-
quired by law.
The bids were on motion accantad
bonds.
On motion said amount was an.
portioned as follows:
colgate State Bank SLIGO 90. LII.
verne State Bank $1116.O0. Biabon
State Bank ~$1116.00. Pioneer State
bank Luverne 100000, State Bank
OF Finley $10s0.OO. First National
bank Of Hope %$l236.0O, First M.
sional Bank of Finley $1,000. 90. F1rst
national Bank of Sharon s12aeoo
Auditors statement of war.
aants Issued for quarter ending Sen,
81: 1913 was on motion approved.
statement being as follows:
y: !. Mustad, Auditors SALARY
$425.O0; p. o. Satire, States Attor.
ney. salary 100000; Geo. r. Newton
County supt. Of Schools, salary $500.
10; Adam s. Moote, County Jnd~.
salary $375.00; E. A. Ertckson. 20
treasurer, salary. $426.0O: D. w
yaonle' clerk Of Court. salary 5000.
~; u. II. Gilbertson, Register OF
leeds. salary 100000; Alvin P. Boo
p Auditor; salary 1880 q
a. bugnee Clerk for Supt. of School.
July. 16 days in August and all ol
september. $167.76; Mrs. InRa Gi.
1ertson: clerk for Register of Deeds
July' Is days in August and All ol
September. $4,000; c. j. Lonr
snerif's salary $439.5O; T. Maior'
deputy sheriff salary August and
september. $4,000; A. R. +. Wylie'
superintendent. Institute Feehis
Minded at Grafton, ~. D., care 81
three patients. $4,000; r. q. For
instructor training school at Mayvilla =,
July 9Th to August 10. 1918. sas.
W; Il. F. B%utterf1eld, instructo,
training school at Mayville. Juiv = r.
August 18th, $4,000, -
80; IN motion the Board adjourned
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; State Happenings
) Told in q Few Lines

New Bids Called For.
Mandan.-The supervising architect
at Washington has called for new
bids for the federal building here.
Forge ExpIodes; Blinds Man.
Harvey.-A forge in the railroad
shops here exploded and seriously in.
jured Emil Helander. He will prob.
ably lose his sight.
Wants to Plead Guilty.
Fessenden. - Expressing a willing.
ness to plead guilty to a third degree
forgery charge, George La Branchs
will be taken before Judge Cqtey.
Court House Question Up.
Steele.-To repair the old court.
house at a cost Of $4,000. or to con.
struct a new one for 100000. is a ques.
ton before the county commissioners.
Fall Down Stairs Fatal.
Minot.-Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, 81
years old, is dead from injuries re.
ceived when she fell down stairs at
her daughters home. Mrs. Evans was
Just up from a sick bed after several
weeks. when she suffered the fall.
She was prominent socially here.
Demonstration Farm Purchased.
Carrington.-A. c. Martenson, as
sistant agricultural agent for the
Northern Pacific, has selectsd i've
acres just out Of Darlington, which
will be worked under his instruction
rs a demonstration plant for the
Northern Pacific.
Supreme Court Reversss Decision.
Bismarck. - A jury that granted
Charlotte M. Carpenter q verdict for
$5,318.05 damages against the city Of
Dickey, La Moure county, because she
sprained an ankle on a defective side.
walk. was grossly prejudicsd, that dc.
cision being made by the supreme
court, which reverses the decision and
orders q new trial.
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Afternoon Session

SVnSkUA
The Board of County Commsa.,o,-
or reconvened at 1880 p. M. nrs.er.
chairman Verwest, Commissionars
uie.snelm, Williams and Hovick.
IN motion the Sharon Reporter
was designated the official D for
publishing delinquent Real Estate
1918. Ao' '"e year
me Sharon Reporter furnishing
nond IN n amount Of $500, 90 condi.
Toned for the faithful performance
WIFI reference to the publication AZ
sucn. Said bond was on motion M
That part of the proceedtne. y,
July 18th. 1913, which reIates -
ievy1ng tax for Interest and sint,ns
fund. Fuller's Lake Drain No, =
was on motion recinded. Lew not
pe1ng necessary to take care OF the
bonded indebtedness. Ao
Inc following bills were on motion
allowed: "o'1on
M Herald Publishing Com
pany, office supplies, a
Geo. F. Newton, postage ana '
carriage auu en-.
Geo. F. Newton. mileage to ~
Mayvi1le. visiting schools in
c,o o6ea!s 1910
e once supplies ..:...... 1897
metropolitan Supply Company.
oO diplomas Of honor eaA
walker Bros. & Hardy, sup
PAAe0 "a ~
James o. Collins. care of gas
p1a4!I 80. 1900
Thos. Hall. Secretary Of State.
II Vol. 1913 session laws. 1900
on motion the Board adjourned
TIL . o'clock A. M, TUESDAY. Oct
9TH, 1918. WI"
G. ]. MUsTAD,
County Auditor.
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DOM EsTIc.

An explosion at Rochester wrecked
the coating and emulsion plant Of the
Eastman Kodak company, seriously
injuring tw oemployes.
Hearing Of arguments on the appeal
Of the structural iron men who were
convicted in the dynamite cases at
indianapolis have been set for Octo-
Der %. 20 and 80, in Chicago.
Reports have reached Nome that
Solomon, a mining camp, forty miles
east of there, was destroyed by the
storm which damaged that city. De-
tails were not available as all wires
are down.
The salt production of the United
States has doubled in. fifteen years,
last years output of about 33,33o,O90
barrels being Z per cent lore than
the year before.
The destruction OF focks and herds
in the mountains of Syria. . Austria,
by a pack Of wolves, hyennas and
lions, which escaped from a menag.
erie last month, has been so 20
nous that the Austrian government
has ordered the organization Of an
expedition" to kill the wild beasts.
80
Fifteen passengers were hurt when
four cars Of New Orleans & North
western train No. 500 rolled down an
embankment near Winnesboro. La
None are believed to be MORALLY in.
jured.
.'Why shouldn't / vote" I'm old
enough, am I not?" said @Grandma""
Sarah Todd. aged 103 years, who reg
istered at Eugene, Ore. as-a voter for
the first time in her life. She is a
sisterin-law Of Mrs Abraham Lin,
coin, her second husband having been
brother Of the wal presidents wife,
:
The San Pedro. Los Angeles &
Salt Lake Railroad company was
found guilty and fined in the United
States district court in Los Angeles
on a charge Of working it, employees
over time.
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Ar. After Hor.. Thieves.

Burlington.-An organized gang ol
thieves Is operating in the vicinity
Of Burlington and Donnybrook. sher.
If Ed. Kelley Of Minot 10 leading
the hunt against the outlaws who
stole Z nne span Of mules and q wa,
gon last week from the farm Of Mar.
tin Graham, nea Burlington. It ia
believed the thieves are the ones who
stole q valuable team Of horses and
wagon from Fred Rubow Of Denny.
brook and q buggy and harness from
Charles Crowsow. near Burlington.
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Foraer Wanted In Four State.

Forger Wanted In Four States.
Grand Forks.-M. A. Yoffey, the al
legged forger arrested several days ago,
is also wanted for alleged crimes com
mitted in Montana in addition to the
charges against him in North Dakota,
Minnesota and Chicago. Chief Of Po-
lice Fadden, Of Larimore, received a
letter from the city attorney of Moor.
head in which this new information Is
contained. Yoffey was taken to Val.
ley City, where he was Saturday
bound over to the district court for
forgery.
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N. o. Town surslar,zsd.

Moorhead. - The village post
Office at Downsr. 16 miles east Of here.
has been burglarixed. All the money
and stamps available were taken.
Some goods ana $40 In cash were tax.
en- from the McColgin store. Thieves
also broke into the Northern Pacific
ticket ONCE. They gained access to
the cash drawer and took away 314.s5,
overlooking much more at the back
Of the till. The grating on the win.
dow in the woman's waiting room was
twrenchsd from ~ holding.
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Chronic Dyspepeia.

The following unsolicited tsstimon-
ial should certainly be sufficient to
give hope and courage to persons Of.
ficted with chronic dyspepsia: II
have be q chronic dyspeptic for
years. a nd of Ill the medicine I
have taken, Chambsrlain's Tablets
have done me more good than any
thing else," saysW. G, Msstison, No.
Y Sherman ST., Hornellsvills, n. Y.
Tor sale By ell dsa lsrs,-Ady.
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KILLED BY GUN ON PLow.
Supposed Carl Hammerbero Nc,
Death BY Discharge Of Firearm
When Implement Hit a Stone.

Devils Lake.-Carl Hammerberg, %
years old, was. killed accidentally while
hunting near Webster, this county, be
Ing the tenth victim Of hunting acct
dents In the state this season. Ham
merberg al alone when he was shot
carrying the weapon on his pillow. II
Is supposed the plow struck a rock
and the gun was accidentally dis
charged.
He was in the habit Of carrying thu
weapon while working In the fields.
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Pemblna Presbytery Winds Up Work.
Grand Forks.-Important changes In
ministerial charges in northwestern
North Dakota were made during the
session Of the Pembina P%resbytery,
which has just ended. From here
delegates to the Pembina district
body. as well as ministers from all
other Presbyterian churches in the
state. went to Langdon, where the ses.
sion Of the state Presbyterian synod
was held.
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Negro Held In Two Charges.
Cando.-James Wesley, a negro. 10
In Jail here on two charges, one Of
maliciously wrecking a reaper belong.
ing to Peter Devick, and another Of
maintaining a public nuisance at
Perth. He was held to the district
court On both. +,
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T. G.. Abbott, visit to f.. J..
DOran farm to examine

j. G.. Abbott, visit to f. J..
Doran farm to examine.
body Of Tom Doyle. 1000
DR.. c. B. Harwood, trip to p. j.
Doran farm to examine Tom Doyle
$1,000 rejected. account being proper
case for q county physician.
The following bills were on motion
allowed:
Westfield Township, appropri-
alton for grade between
sections 20 and $4,000
Enger Township. appropria-
ton for culvert between
sections 10 and 2O...... 1880
Riverside Township, appro-
priation for grade on line
between sections % and 26 10000
Riverside Township, appro-
priation for grade ON line
south Of section 31....,. $50. 90
c. N. Northrop, work on
roads. to be paid out Of
Auto Vehicle License fund
for Melrose township. -. S6.4O
r. A. Erickson, cash advanc-
ed for postal cards, post
age. recording bonds, cart
age. stenographers FEES. 67.lO
r. A. Erickson, cash advanc-
ed for postage. 2.54
Oscar Johnson board and
guarding Jake Wells,
Frank Carnell and Charles
Cain. prisoners ......... 1850
Steele County Tribune. print
ing and stationery. $3.50. 1906
Steele County Tribune, pub
fishing notice of teachers
examinations .......... 100
Steele County Tribune, print
ing postal cards, furnish
ing l ream typewriter pap
or 4.40
On motion the Board adjourned
till 1880 P. M.
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EXPOSITION is A SUCCESS
Third Annual North Dakota industrial
Show at Bismarck
Success.

Bismarck.-The third annual North
Dakota Industrial exposition, which
opened in this city Tuesday, is largely
attended, and tho show is the best
that has yet been held. Friday was
Elks day. and an elaborate program
was had. Several thousand members
Of the order were here. the Bismarck
lodge Of Elks acting in the capacity OF
host.
Morton and Mandan Days.
: Saturday was Mandan and Morton
county day. and unusually large dele.
cations from that district attended.
One Of the notable features in con.
nection with the several county exhib.
its II In the display Of corn. Prac.
tically every county is showing we'll.
matured corn, these including the
most northern counties of the state.
Commissioner of Agriculture Gil.
breath, in charge of the show. is very
we'll pleased with the success it has
already attained.
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$64441.97

|
%$6444l.97
Foregoing statement was on mo-
ton approved and ordered filed.
Commissioners johnson and How
lex the committee checking accounts
in following offices reported as fol-
lows:
Collections in Register Of Deeds
office. quarter ending Sept. 20th.
1913 aggregating $265.75.
Collections In Clerk OF. Courts
office for above quarter aggregating
$1,000.
Collections in County Judges Office
for same quarter aggregatipg $500.
All OF above fees having been
found to have been duly turned over
to County Treasurer as required by
law.
On motion above statements were
approved and ordered filed.
The following depository bonds
were on motion approved as to
mount and sufflciency Of surety,
such bonds to be complete upon ap-
prevail by States Attorney with re-
gard to form:
First National Bank Of Hope.
$25OO.00; Blabon State Bank, $26OO-
90; Colgate State Bank, $25O0.OO:
Luverne State Bank, $26OO.OO: First
National Bank of Sharon. 100000:
The Pioneer State Bank Of Luverue
(surety bond). $4,000; State Bank
Of Finley (surety bond), 100000.
Minutes Of the meetings Of Octo-
Der 9Th and 7th. 1913 were read and
on motion approved.
Bills were on motion allowed -
follows:
st. Anthony and Dakota Elev. Co..
2 windows for Kittleson. Door pe1.
son bought June 20. 1913, $2.7o.
paid from General Fund. lumber for
repair Of bridge 1886 paid from
bridge fund.
Chas. B. Harwood. assisting
operation on one Henry
Carter wounded person.. 1900
L. Verwest, comm. per diem
3 days $500: mileage 40c 1910
Ole n. Gretsheim. comm. per
diem 8 days $500. mile
age $1:7O 1870
Anton Hovick, comm. per
diem 3 days $500. mile
age $3.50 .............. 1880
o. W. Williams, comm. per
dlem s Gays meeting with
board. 2 days selling bridge
lumber in Beaver Creek
and sherbrooke $500.
mileage $40 .......... e7.le
s. w. Johnson. comm. per
diem 2 days $1,000, mile
age $3.50 ............. 1850
On motion the Board adjourned.
G. J. AUSTAD,
County Auditor.
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Pressing a button at 2 p. m, east
srn time, last Friday, at the White
House, President Wilson released an
electric current that travelled over
land and under sea to the Panama ca.
nal and exploded a charge Of dyna'
mite and destroyed Gamboa dyke.
This dyke is the last great physical
obstruction to the opening Of water
communication between the two
oceans, although the wreckage of the
dyke and two earth slides, n at
Cucaracha and another at Gold Hill,
must be cut through before the canal
actually can be opened.
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One A. Y. A.. Peterson tenderad
check for $1,000 a payment IA fuil
for personal property tar judement
against one Guttorm Nelson. It ap-
pearing that amount was not sun.
cient oner was on motion rejected.
Application by D. 8. b. Johnston
Land Co. for partial abatement Of
1913 tax. on WI Sec. 19-147.67 ae-
count assessment too high, wss On
motion rejected for the reason tAas
Board does not have Jurisdiction In
this matter.
o. w. Williams fled Treasursr's
receipt for $3.50 being from sale OF
old bridge lumber in S~herbrooke ana
Beaver Creek townships.
Anton Hovick fled Treasurer's "a.
ceipt for $21.50 being from sale OF
old bridge lumber.
On motion the chairman appointed
o. N. Grefsheim and o. w. Williams
to check accounts In Treasurer
office and s. w. johnson and Anton
Hovick to check in other Offices.
On motion the Board adjourned
for the purpose Of checking.
G.. L. MUSTAD,
County Auditor.
October 9Th. 1919.
The Board convened at 2 D. m. all
members present. The duties Of
checking offices having now been
completed, statements were submit
ted as follows:
Commissioners Grefsheim and
Williams the committee checking &C.
counts in Treasurer's office made tho
following renOrt.
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WASHINGTON.
]. A. Herring Of jacksonville, Tex,
has been chosen by President Wilson
tor United States marshal for the
southern district Of Texas.
Majority Leader Underwood has de.
olared his opposition to the repeal Of
the s per cent tariff bill provision on
imports In American ships.
Three new battleships and q pro
p~orttonate number Of submarines
md torpedo boat destroyers IL the
aim Of the Wilson administration in
shaping it's naval policy for the De-
cember session Of congress.
ne government has begun its fight
III the supreme court for the principle
that. corporations in the hands Of q
receiver, with authority to carry on
business, are liable to the federal
corporation tax.
In an effort to compel the attend,
ance Of congressman, the house order.
Cd the arrest of every member absent
without permission and those out OF
the city were notified by telegraph
that warrants were outstanding
against them.
Aigrettes or other bird plumage.
whose importation Is forbidden by the
new tariff law, must be removed from
the hats Of incoming travellers and
turned over to customs authorities
before the travellers leave the wharf,
according to a ruling by Secretary
HcAdoo.
Reports that President Wilson wal
attempting to prod democratic sena-
tors into quick action on the currency
bill and a published statement that he
would class as a "rebel" any demo-
crat who did not support him, brought
out an emphatic denial from the
White House. i
An improvement in the condition OF
the corn crop in the last month, to
the extent Of $4,000, 900 bushels in the
estimated final production, was the
feature Of the department Of agricul-
lures October report. The indicated
final production is placed at 2,37s.-
100000 bushels, or $4,000, 900 bush.
els below last years record crop.
/
Pressing a button at 2 p. M. east
srn time, last Friday, at the White
House, President Wilson released an
electric current that travelled over
lad aad ..ndon aoa Ia thu panama cQa
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Majority Leader Underwood has de.
olared his opposition to the repeal Of
the s per cent tariff bill provision on
imports In American ships.

Three new ~battleships and q pro-
~portonate number Of submarines
md torpedo boat d%estroyers IL the
aim Of the Wilson administration in
shaping it's naval policy for the De.
cember session Of congress.
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ne government has begun It's fight
iii the supreme court for the principle
that corporations In the hands Of q
receiver, with authority to carry on
business. are liable to the federal
corporation tar.
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FOR THE BUSY man
MEWs EPlToME THAT CAN soon
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MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
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WASHINGTON.
J. A. Herring Of Jacksonville. Tex,
has been chosen by President Wilson
tor United States marshal for the
southern district Of Texas.
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On motion the Board adjourned
till 1880 P. M.
The Forrest City times., 1913-10-31

your rage is calmed and your boise restored
 But eXclaims the woman of small Income. this is rather expen- sive advice for most women. and only those fortunate enough to possess money can indulge in it."
 But in this she Is wrong. It is pre- cisely the woman of small income, whose life is swamped in a thousand irritating details, who must scrimp and save to make both ends meet. whose temper is always on edge be. cause of the constant demands made upon her, whose heart is frequently sore because her purse falls so far short Of her desires, that needs the economy of an hours rest in the hands of good masseuse and the com. plete relaxation that her treatment brings
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CHAPTER XIii-(Continued.

More Eteaithily now he began 10 study his companion in the wheel .Thile a question. suddenly occurring. Feiterated itself in his brain This lTnan-who was he2 And what did he Dknov Of the mountebank. or hls. Jac- .ques'. dealings with the clown? That his captor was no soldier of the rock. .or belonged there. the hunchback felt lby this time assured. and a growing suspicion of the others identity Drought home with new force to the dwarf the thankless part chance. per. !naps. had assigned to him In that nights work. And at the full reallza Ffon Of the consequences, should h!s surmise prove correct-what must uI. Ultimately happen to himself in that eyent. when unwilling cooperation at fhe Nteel should become known-al. tnost had he again reached the des. lDerate point Of calling out; but at that moment a turn in the wheel Drought 10 the level Of the aperture lthe car. In 1t. or clinging thereto were number of figures who, as soon as the rope stopped. sprang noiseless ly 10 the platform.
 Seigneur. We hardly dared hope We obeyed orders. but"
 i Gazing through the spokes of the wheel and listening to their whispered