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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02

-But rs out OF season." she de-
clared. promptly.
That makes small difference Gith
a poacher."
Her belief in her ability 10 lead me
TO the tree OF which we were in quest
was not unfounded. Twice she paused
and peered in between the gray
trunks which grew close to our path;
once she took step of the trail.
bending in keen-eyed search OF GER
tain familiar landmarks. These were
the only interruptions to what was
otherwise a straight marcA - the
goal.
When. at length, we reached II, she
identified It beyond question, and l
had little difficulty in finding the nail
from which the piece of canvas had
been suspended 1t was one Of thin
wire, with very small head, driven
into the tree at distance OF about
four and half feet from the ground.
Just beneath It l found four scatter
ing bullet holes, with the bullets too
| deeply embedded to be extracted with
so poor a tool as a pocket knife.
From this II was evident that the
shots had been fred at comparative
ly short range, as indeed they must
| have been, seeing that the trees here
/ grew so thickly as to make impossl'
| BILE any very extended line of sight
upon the target.
! Somewhat to Evelyn's perplexity
began making careful inspection OF
the ground. not only about the tree
but as far away from 1t as the range
Of vision extended.
what are you looking for?" she
demanded, with a show OF lconcern
and, thought, little peevishly
Footprints" / answered laughing
Behold the American Sherlock"
Have you found any,"
Only Cinderella's and that pu
her in good humor
But ! found something OF mucl
more importance than the indenta
tons OF shoe soles. ! found it yer!
near the foot of the tree, just below
where the painting had hung. 1t wa
half hidden by underbrush, and a
first | mistook It for a stone Unob
served by Evelyn. slipped it into m,
pocket.
after ALL" said to her. there
not very much to be learned here, /
therc?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02
CHAPTER "
Found Dead.

tbfb 1NGNs
My motor boat, which had been
running swiftly and smoothly. with
the least possible clamor from the ex-
haust. suddenly missed stroke and
then. after a succession of choking
sobs, ceased all effort, and gradually
losing Roadway, drifted idly with the
tide.
We'll done. Jerry" whispered
from my seat in the stern to the cap.
able young Irishman who was bend
ing over the motor-whispered be
cause, as all the world knows, the
water is a sounding board, and had
no intention Of permitting any one
on shore to hear my words of APP
prevail
To all appearances the motor had
broken down, and We were voyagers
in distress.
The tides settin' in" murmured
Jerry Unless miss me guess. it'll
land US on his beach inside O. five
minutes. sir"
The slender scallop of a new moon
had set an hour before. but the night
was luminously clear, and the stars
blaZed with an almost southern efful-
gence. There was very little breeze
and the waters of the Mianus were
scarcely rippled. The air was chill
however, though now and then there
came to us a warm breath from the
fields which all day long had lain bak
ing in the fervent sunshine. Along
the shore to our left we caught the
CLINT OF lights from the summer cot
tages
To Jerry Rooney every inch OF the
little bay and river was familiar
Each light was for him a landmark
and so. as much by intuition as care
full calculation, he had clogged the
engine at point whence, taking
| tide and current into consideration
we might count upon drifting to the
water end of Artist Murphy's lawn.
| AS We drew nearer and he stealth
| ily pointed out to me the location,
was able to descry little grove oil
| trees, black in the starlight. making
| a horizontal barrier across the limit
| ed enclosure, and hiding, like a rope
portiere, the bungalow from the riv
er. Through this no lights penetrated
and | began to doubt that, after al
my pains, should find at home the
| object of their taking.
a catboat, with sail wrinkling II
the uncertain breeze. glided by US. al
most too near for comfort, and ",
caught a sentence. two sentences. il
/ fact, from the conversation of the
| occupants:
Nobody knows him." in clear, ring
| ing masculine tones; and. Hes
handsome, if he is surly," in a WON
| ans voice.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02
CHAPTER III-tcontinuedl .


There are two ways of looking at
it." ! replied. my eyes fixed on the
canvas and its perforations. AT FIRST
glance II does seem spiteful; but theh
there is a chance that 1t Is not lcono-
clasm. after all. 1t may be, you know,
1ust the reverse. | have not intre-
quently seen portraits that were so
unjust to the originals that they fair'
iy cried out for destruction
But this is not one like that she
retorted. This seems to me very
good portrait am sure Uncle Rob
ert must have looked exactly like IT,
ten years ago"
Alas. We do not all see with the
same eyes" ! assured her, smiling.
The destroyer may have looked on II
as a caricature, not having your cul-
tured taste in art" ! held II of at
arms length, and after regarding II
critically for a moment between half
closed lids, ! continued, do you think
ysu could point out the identical tree
TO which it was nailed?'
81 could try" was her answer
rs II far?"
Not very. A mile. from here. pos
=sibly. Over the ridge
Near anything in particular
Near the trail which leads up from
the trout stream to the entrance drive
not far from The Lodae."
When viii you take me ;here?" /
esked
For just an instant she hesitated.
I'VE might 90 now" she replied, If
It weren't that l am expecting Celia
Ainslee for luncheon. Suppose we say
Eve o'clock. You can meet me az the
Lodge. It's short walk from there
"Fine." / approved, thrus,ing the
portrait head beneath my arm and
taking possession of both her white
sgloved hands. Slender and shapely
hands, yet wonderfully capable.
"Good-by," she cried, laughing
Take care Of my uncle!" with q
glance towards her punctured find.
"Gocd-by," returned. releasing
her. Your uncle shall have my most
faithful concern"
The real significance OF the words
she, Of course, did not comprehend
nut as I stood watching her until q
-urn in the path EMBODIED her from
my sight, their echo, ringing in my
ears. impressed me with their preg
nancy. Her uncle was evidently the
focal point Of a crafty and vengefu
conspiracy, the seriousness OF which
I had been foollshly endeayoring Il
minimize; and as such be was II
need. not only Of my concern, but o
all the loyal. energetic, and efiiclen
aid Of which l was capable.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02

The sailors broad collars were de-
yised so that the powder or tar on TIE
wearers queues should not come or
on the blouse. In the old days every
sailor wore his ham in a queue and
either had the queue powdered or held
Together b. tar This was not good
for the blouse or jacket underneath.
So detachable broad collars were add
ed. Sailors stopped wearing queues a
century ago. But they still wear the
wide collar. When Lord Nelson died
the British navy went into mourning
for him. Sailors put broad black rib
hons on their caps and black ribbons
ON their bIouses. And the ribbons re-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02

In quantity Of milk produced, Ayr
shires win probably rank next to the
Holstein-Friesian. The COWS owned
by the Wyoming Agricultural college
averaged last year something over
5000 pounds apiece, while herds aver
aging better than 5000 pounds are not
uncommon. In percentage of butter
fat, the breed stands between the Hoi.
stein and the Jersey or Guernsey, sc
to as per cent covering the bulk of
The fuctuation. The fat globules ara
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02
NXS
HORACE
HAZELTINE
SYNOPSIS

Robert Cameron. capitalist. c"nsults
Philip Clyde, newspaper Publisher, re
EardlnE Anonymous threatening letters ne
has received. The first .r0W-os samp'"
Of the writer's power on certain cay.
On that day the head Is mysiorlou-Iy cut
fronl portrait Of Cameron while the IaJ.
ter Is in The room. CLYDE has a theory
that the portrait was mutilatod while th'
room was unocCupicd and the hcah l'l',
removed by means Of string uNnou,Cl
by Cameron. Evelyn Graysuu tHu',oH :
niece. with whom clyde Is I'm love" hhuS
the head OF Cameron's portrait nliled 20
a tree. where IL was had been ustd oS
target
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02

swamp white oak are as good as that
of white oak. But the substitution,
for example, of the somewhat similar
black and red oaks for true white
oak is less easily defended, because
these substitutes are very different In
quality from any Of the white-oak
woods.
With numerous oaks, therefore. as
with many other woods, the consumer
has occasion to distinguish, such
superficial characters S color. feel,
odor, hardness, weight, etc, cannot
be depended upon alone as distinctive.
because they vary not only with the
age of the tree but also according To
the soil in which the tree grew and
the season and manner of cutting.
The butt log differs from the top log,
the heartwood from the sapwood, and
the wood Of Il rapidly grown tree from
that of less rapidly grown one of
the same species.
While the practical woodworker rec
ognizes the woods with which con-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02
SELECTING Seed Corn.

The state OF Minnesota has taken
official notice of the idea of better
seed corn, and the governor set aside
a week in which the farmers were
asked to go one day into their fields
and choose their seed corn for next
year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-02
When Every Sailor Wore a Queue

main to this day, not only on the uni
forms Of British sailors. but on those
Of other navies as well. The broad
bell shaped" ends Of sailors trouser
legs were thus shaped so that the
wcarer might more easily turn his
trousers UP above his knees when he
had to swab the decks. Deck swab-
bling was hateful and supposedly de-
grading task. Hence the sailors called
their enemies "swabs" as a term Of
contempt.
-. -
More than one man has failed In NE
simply because he persisted In having
spats and in wearing them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27

ed that extension in time, but
 failure to keep the date as
 arranged would result in being barred from Wisconsin for a period of six months. Therefore the match booked for September 22, is now on the boards for September 29. McGoorty received the cut in his fight with Bat tling Levinsky of New York, known as Barney Williams of Philadelphia. There are two middle weights anx- ious to meet the winner of the Me Goorty-KIaus match - Jack Dillon and Gus Christie-also George Chip. Christie, by the way, is coming along nicely having added a win to his cred it over Dick Gilbert, the Cincinnati middle weight who recently beat poor old Mike Schreck. Gilbert is pret- ty husky boy at that and Christie must have shown good form to beat him. Let us hope there will be no more delays in the meeting between the Oshkosh boy and Klaus, for it will be the means of helping to clear up the middle weight tangIe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
LARRY DOYLE AND
 SNODGRASS HURT
Giants Infielder Injured In Auto Accident But Not
 Seriously.

On the eve of the approaching Worlds Series both Larry Doyle and Fred Snodgrass are on the Giants hospital list.
 While motoring home with Arthur Fromme Thursday night in the ma chine presented to him last fall, Doyle drove the ear into a tree and spilled the occupants of the car. including himself. Larry's right shoulder was severely Wrenched while clfnging to the steering wheel. Fromme got noth- ing worse than a shake-up.
 Doyle had his shoulder examined yesterday and was told he had escap- ed with bad wrench which is likely to keep him out of the game for sev- eral days, but which probably will mend in time to allow him to get into the Worlds Series. It is said that McGraw is likely to impose a fine up- on Larry for taking chances at such a critical time.
 In the opening canto at Ebbet's Field, Brooklyn, yesterday, Fred snod- grass after dropping a Texas Leaguer back of first, pulled tendon in his right leg while racing to first and had to retire from the fray in favor of young Claude Cooper. Though he had to limp off the field, Snodgrass' injury Is not considered serious and Fred is expected to get back in harness again in a few days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
Yale, Harvard, Tigers And
 Penn Play Football Today

New York, Sept 27.-Footban begins to crowd baseball today. With the teams of Harvard, Princeton and Pennsylvania taking the field for their initial contests of the season, the grid iron game will be factor of increas- ing importance on the calendar of sport from now until the closing days of November Yale and Cornell opened their playing schedule on Wednesday and return to the gridiron for the sec ond game of the autumn this after noon.
 Cornell and Princeton appear to have drawn the hardest opponents of the day, for the Ithaca. eleven must face Colgate, which won from Cornell in 1912 by 13 to score. Rutgers, al- though defeated by the Tigers year ago, was the only eleven to score on the Orange and Black with the excep- ton of Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth. This fall, the New Brunswick squad, under the coaching of Foster Sanford, has developed rapidly and may hold Princeton to a hard early season con test.
 Yale Pennsylvania and Harvard have easier propositions to face for the Ellis meet Holy Cross; the Quakers face Getteyburg and Harvard lines up against the University of Maine. Last season, Holy Cross held the Ellis to r to O score and may duplicate this feat today but under the conditions now prevailing at New Haven university football quarters, duplication is un- likely The same score resulted in the Harvard-Maine game of 1912, but from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
NO DEARTH OF CUP
 DEFENDERS LIKELY

New York, Sept 27-If the present plans of American yachtsmen can be considered equivalent to yachts there will be no scarcity of cup defenders when Sir Thomas Lipton and his Shamrock " arrive off Sandy Hook next summer. No less than six sev- enty-f1ve Hooters have already been proposed and should all be built, the trial and elimination races will be equal in interest to the cup contests proper, scheduled for next September. It appears certain at this time that at least four of the six yachts pro- jected will eventually slide off the ways and that yacht racing with a reasonable type of ocean racer will re- ceive a tremendous boom.
 One order has already been placed with the famous designer, Nat Herre- shoh, of Bristol, R. T., and two others are assured if Herreshoff will accept them. The first syndicate in the field, which is known among the amateur yachtsmen as the Blk Six, consists of Cornelius Vanderbilt, F. s. Bourne, J. P. Morgan, George Baker, B. S. Walters and A. c. James. Plans for this yacht which is to be sailed by Robert Emmons of Boston are almost completed.
 A second yacht will quite probably be built by three members of this syndicate, assisted by c. Oliver Iselin. Bourne is heading this movement and mas been assured or the cooperation of two other members of the Big Six'' syndicate. Alexander s. Cochran, owner of the racing yacht Westward, also has tentative plans for a cup de- fender of which he is to be the sole owner. Still a fourth group which is discussing seventy-five footer is projected by Commodore E. Walter Clark of Philadelphia and George M. Pynchon of New York. The\co-oper- ation of one or two other yachtsmen is desired before any definite announce ment is likely from this group.
 The plan for the fifth and sixth yachts are rather vague at this time but contain, nevertheless. possibilities which may develop additional barriers between the Americas cup and the Shamrock ". George Owens, a yacht designer and Corinthian sailor of note, who went to Chicago two weeks ago with the yacht Stranger to sail for the Manhasset cup is a prime mover in the matter. He has sought f1nan- cia1 support from Chicago and Great Lake sailors for a yacht to be design ed and built by himself and the Mid- de West appeared to like the idea of being represented in the salt water classic of yachting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
SOCCER FOOTBALL.

Don't forget to visit St. Joseph's s oval Sunday at 3 a3O to see the Bridge port City team play the Ansonia team, who are the present holders of the State League champion cup, both teams are in the best of condition and a good fast game will be the order of the day. Walter Haight, the old fav- orite, will be back in his place on the forward line after being absent for some time playing for the Howard & Bullard's team of Pawtucket, R. l., touring the country after winning the biggest prize in the country, the American silver sup, with medals for the players. The City's line up will be: L. Williams, Thomas. w. Cotton, F. Stamford, R. James, H. Barrows, H. Robinson, W. Haigh, F. Fields, M. Akain, F. BarroWs, Mcclure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
BRITISH AND IRISH
 WOMEN GOLFERS HERE

Hard on the heels of Vardon and Ray, who came over from England for the purpose of lifting the Ameri- can open golf title, little thinking that we had a player like Francis Ouimet to defeat them, come three of the foremost women golfers from the British Isles, who hope to be able to save a little of the golfng prestige of their native land by capturing the women's golf championship, which commences at Wilmington, Del, on Oct. 13.
 The three women who will take part in the last international contest between England and the United States this year are Miss Murfel Dodd the British titIe-holder; Miss Mabel Harrison, the woman champion of Ireland in 1910, Il and '12, and Miss Gladys Ravenscroft, the British wom- ans champion of 1912. At the pres ent time this trio is in Montreal pre- pairing for the Canadian women's s championship, which will be held Sept. 29, to Oct. 4.
 Miss Muriel Dodd is a cousin of
 Miss L. Dodd, who is renowned in England as one of the most versatile sportswome of the age. Her home club is Moreton, and she made her de- but last year at Turnberry; but she was then rather overshadowed by Miss Ravenscroft, the open champion same district and who defeated her in one of the later rounds. Miss Dodd is very unlike Miss Ravenscroft in appearance, being of considerably slighter physique and much 1ooser build Her style is less powerful than that of last years champion, but she is decidedly the more grace full player of the two, and what she loses in length she makes up for by greater accuracy and steadiness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
INDIANS PLAYED FOOTBALL
 OVER A CENTURY AGO

Princeton and Rutgers, in their gridiron contest today, will revive memories of the first intercollegiate football game in America, played by the teams of those colleges in 1882 Although this contest marked the be- ginning of the development of a new and original type of football out of the old Rugby game, the history Of American football commenced long before that-in fact, before the dis tinguished C.. Columbus discovered America The aboriginal football of the Injuns was often played between teams of squaws and bucks, and such a contest, held at Wapokoneta in 179s, is described by Judge Burnet. a pioneer jurist, in his book, Notes of the Northwest" He wrote:
 ''At these games the men played against the women, and 1t was a. rule that the former were not to touch the ball with their hands on penalty Of forfeiting the purse, while the women had the privilege of picking it up. running with 1t and throwing 1t as far as they could. When a squa.W had the ball the men were allowed to catch and shake her, and even throw her on the ground, if necessary to take the ball from her hand, but they were not allowed to touch or move it. except with their feet At the opposite extremes of the lawn stakes were erected about six feet apart, and the contending parties arrayed themselves in front of these stakes, the men on one side and the women on the other The party which succeeded in driving the bah through the stakes at the goal of the opponents were proclaim ed Victors and received the purse All things being ready, the old chief went to the center of the lawn and threw up the ball and the contest began The parties seemed to be fairly matched as to numbers, having about 100 on side. The game lasted more than an hour, with great animation but was finally decided in favor ot the ladies, by the power of a. her. culean squaw, who got the ball and in spite of the men who seized her to shake it from her upIifted hand held firmly, dragging them along till she was sufficiently near the goal to throw it through the stakes. The young squaws Were the most active Of the party, and, of course, most frequently caught the ball When they did so 1t was amusing to see the strife between them and the young Indians, who immediately seized them and always succeeded in rescuing the ball. though sometimes not till their female competitors were thrown to the grass"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
JEANETTE AND
 LANGFORD TO MEET
Sign Articles To Box In New
 York Ring Oct. 8.

Joe Jeannette and Sam Langford will meet in a ten round bout at Mad ison Square Garden, New York, on the night of Oct. 8. The match was clfnched last night at a meeting of Dan McKetrick, manager of Jean nette; Joe Woodman, manager of Langford, and Billy Gibson, manager of the Garden A. c. In a measure, this match will take the place of the one that was previously arranged be- tween Langford and Smith.
 My original idea was to arrange a match between Langford and Jean nette,'' said Gibson last night, flor this match has been hanging fire for more than a year. I had practically despaired of getting them together when matched Smith and Langford, and as soon as I found that a bout between Langford and Jeannette was feasible I called off the Smith-Lang- ford affair. This will be a much more evenly contested battle. and think that the fans will take to it more kindly. It ought to be great con- test"
 .tI had intended to sail for France with Moran about Oct. 1,'' said Mo Ketrick after the contest had been ar ranged, ''but I have been trying to force Langford into a match with Jeanette for so long that will post pone my trip abroad if necessary. J0d1HSII0 udS DSOA ITd1nIuS triously ever since 1t was first rumor- ed that Langford would fight here, because he was certain that the pub lie would demand that he be Sam's opponent Joe is in fine condition, and will redoub1e his efforts to put himself into tip-top form for the con- test. And as for MT. Langford, well you can wager that he'll take no chances of being out of condition when he faces Joseph. He's had too much experience with Joe's fighting qualities"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-27
EVEN MONEY BET
 ON WORLDS SERIES
Eminent German EthnoIogist Writes Interestingly On
 Tribal Customs In Africa

Betting on coming worlds series opened in the financial district yes- terday, with neither Giants nor Ath- 1etics- favorftes, even money prevail ing. Fred Schumm, the former Brook lyn betting commissioner, said that there was plenty of Giant money, but funds to be -wagered on the Athletics were conspicuous by their absence.
 Schumm bets $40 to $50 Matty pitch es the first game; $50 even Demaree wins his initial game; $50 even that six games will be played in the series. One Giant fan offered $50 to $20O that his favorites would win the first three games There was no taker.