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Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
"Under lock and key" he replied.

"Under lock and key" he replied.
looking at his watch.
"Then try that window" pointing
to a grated aperture through which
He went over and peered through
the grimy glass.
This bandbox Is on the river
bank" he said. "and-yes, there's q
boat down there. II we could get these
bars loose" :
"Try the leg OF this chair" suggest.
ed the girl.
These village lockups are easy tc
get into-and = not = very = hard
working-"to get out Of" as the rot.
ting casing let go its hold upon the
bar.
Hurry" urged Miss Arney. They'll
be back before We can get out"
"No fear" replied the mayor. They
don't go very fast in towns like Lake
ville-and besides. the Justice Of the
peace. knowing he is to try pretty
young lady," bowling. will have to
change. shave and put on his army
button. Well make it,
Ten minutes later the body OF the
mayor slipped through the hiatus in
the village Jail.
"How-can l get out?" queried an
anxious voice from within. Il
can't come feet first-I-"
Let me lift you through. There,
like that" placing the woman's hands
upon his shoulders.
AS she came out, he took her In his
arms, her breath upon his cheek. and
set her gently down upon the ground
Now. we'll run for It," he eau
toned. There are no oars. but we
can drift"
They scampered across the inter
vening sward. He broke the lock
that held the chain OF the boat. They
climbed in. The current carried then
gently down stream In the midday
sunlight.
AS the girl sat facing him the man
could not resist breathing:
IF you will permit the liberty. may
I say that you are very pretty jail
bird?"
Prisoners should never be face
piled. making face at him in the
sunlight
Here, gol darn We. where ye goin'?
I'm lookin' fer you'll"
It was the voice Of the game war.
den, bawling excitedly from the bank,
For answer, Bedight shaped his hands
like horn and, in mock earnestness.
called back:
I'm on my honeymoon! Every
body's doin' 1t now.'"
It was dark when a farmers wagon
stopped block from Squirrel Inn
The mayor and Miss Arney strolled
leisurely to the veranda Of the hotel
Hes perfectly lovely!" confided
Mabel to Jackie, blushing rosily.
"Hm!" responded Judge Vining
with q queer little feeling under her
corsage. I'm glad to hear it. The
sheriff is waiting for him in the of.
feel"
CTo BE CONTINUED)
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
company Immediately
themselves in worship.
proStrated
CornstaIks Used In Building.


1t is three hours to Cairo by train.
and every inch Of the way is interest
ing. Even on the outskirts of Alexan-
dria, says writer in the Christian
Herald, we passed nomadic groups of
Bedouins, camping by the side Of the
Mahmoudieh canal. Out in the fields
men and women, dressed alike in the
loose cotton gown Of the country.
were busily at work The fields were
dotted with curious doorless struc-
lures made of cornstalks. They are
used as temporary homes at certain
seasons of the year. as, for instance.
when the crops are being gathered.
Later on l entered one and found 1t
to be not more than five feet square:
one could not stand upright inside
The place contained nothing but a few
jars and cooking utensils. In the win,
ter the occupants wrap themselves up
in their clothes at night.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
Both Vows Broken,

Apropos of the anti-vivisectionists
fight against the Nobel prize award
to DR.. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefel-
Ter institute, Prof Herbert Satterley
said the other day in Jacksonville:
These antis contradict themselves
terribly when they try to prove that
animal research is useless and futile.
They just put themselves in the posi-
tion of one of their number whom
met at my hotel the other day.
"As this anti was dining bent for
ward and said to him:
"'Pardon me, but you are. believe,
both an anti-vivisectionist and vege-
tartan"
"'Then,' said I, you will probably
be shocked to learn that you have
Just eaten a live caterpillar with your
lettuce salad"
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
CHAPTER v.

Eleven o'clock on a moonlight night
In July is bewitching time to sit
alone on balcony and dream. and If
the dream be staged at Squirrel Inn.
where the scent of perennial stock
hemlocks watt up to meet the nostrils.
II 1t be in the midst Of towering trees
with a lake lullaby chanting and
Grooming on the beach and II the
spirit Of wanderlust Is abroad to
charm and inspire. ah. then the time
and place and the girl are in harmony
sublime!
! Judge Jackie Vining, clothed in a
loose. clinging house gown. sat alone
and gave her fancy free rein, enjoying
the serenity of the night and the al
Turing promises of her air castles.
And ever and anon as she mused
suffusion Of blood to her cheeks, the
scene Of the dogwood swamp, the
face Of the man who had held her
close against her will and slipped the
nectar of her lips.
"A perfect gentleman!"
/, Somehow she felt thrill OF grati-
fication at the verdict as rendered by
Mae Andrews. for Mae was one Of
the most charming of the ten girls
who idled at Squirrel Inn and her ap-
proval of the prisoner promised we'll
for the remaining nine. And, too. 1t
relieved her mind, somewhat, for the
responsibility rested heavily on her
fair head. AS the accepted leader Of
the vacationists she felt her account
ableness-and besides, II one is kissed
by a man one likes to know that after
all he is a gentleman, though bold.
Confession Is good for the soul, and
Jackie rejoiced that II she must be
her own father confessor, she at least
need not blush for the character of
the man who made the confession
necessary.
Her rejoicing was broken in upon
by the redolent odor of tobacco blend
ing pungently with the perfume of
shadows. AS she did SO, white
clothed form s. ped lightly across the
lawn toward the house.
Miss Vinitg's heart thumped
strangely. TIL scudding figure was
that of a woman and in the moon
light her hair was fair. The appari-
ton in white ffted up the hotel stairs
and disappeared.
The Judge" waited furtively, watch.
ing the summer house-from which
there soon emerged the figure of a
man-and in the night the red coal
of his cigar glowed in the darkness!
Jackie's indignation sprang into
monstrous being. Who Of the ten
young ladies was holding a clandes-
tine meeting with His Honor, The
Mayor?
Could 1t be Mae Andrews?
\ Hastily slipping down the hotel
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10

Struggling Along.
"Is that monthly rose?"
1T looks more like weakly one
to me-"
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10

"OTTy 0THSo WHO'S FNsuSy'
lock, Bedight thrust his hands deep
into his coat pockets and said:
''Damn!"
''If you don't mind" commented the
girl, her face serious in spite of her
self, you may repeat that again
for mel"
The mayor refrained-but he liked
the girl for her genuineness.
WAS the baby hurt?" she asked
anxiously.
"Crowed like young rooster when
they picked him up," replied Bedight.
but the peace and the dignity Of
.Lakeview is shattered to splintereens.
We're in for 1t, I'm afraid"
The girl looked up bravely.
Are you still my prisoner-under
parole?"
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10

Any married woman will bear me
out when | say that II there Is any
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
SYNOPSIS.
1918. western Newspaper u.,oa

! In spirit of fun Mayor Bedight. a
summer visitor. is chased through the
he catches and kisses. The girls form
themselves into a court and sentence him
to DO the bidding Of one of their number
measure opposing woman suffrage. which
dropped from the mayors pocket. is used
the girls His first day of service Is with
May AE-rews. who takes him fshing
They are threatened by the sheriff with
arrest.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
Self-ReStraint,

Prize ghting is brutal sport"
II don't think so," replied the man
who always disagrees. 1.-THE prize
fighter sets fine example. He refuses
to fight unless he gets $4,000 or $40.
900, while most men are liable to get
huffy and want to fight for nothing
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10
Fire In Bank of ENGLAND.

The first fire within memory oc.
Cured at the Bank Of England, Lon.
don, a few days ago. A fire broke
out in the southeastern portion OF
the building. The flooring and joist'
ing were considerably damaged. The
outbreak was discovered by the Bank
of England authorities. and subdued
by their own appliances in 80 min.
utes. A lieutenant and a dozen men
of the Irish Guards on duty at the
bank, with fixed bayonets, assisted
the police in keeping the crowd back
from the building.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-01-10

Advice is like a bitter pill-easy to
give but uneasy to take.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
ESSAY CONTESTS.

Several societies maintain yearly eS- say contests for the promotion of inter est in their particular line of effort or for the broadening of the knowledge of school children in matters of his tory with which the organizations are particularly concerned. They have the desired effect and where there would be a general knowledge of many of the leading incidents of historical i'm portance the essay contests add great ly thereto, not only among the con- testants, but among all school chill dren, and in many cases their elders. The value of the contests is readily recognized and it is for a similar pur- pose that the board of trade in Spring field maintains such a contest, for the three high schools of the city. topics of modern political and social interest being selected. Former winners are barred so that everyone enters the competition without a handicap of writing against a professional.
 What the Springfield board is doins for the high school pupils of that city, could proftably be carried out in other cities in the treatment of topics of na- tional, state or local importance. Such contests encourage the pupils to in terest themselves In matters which while of much future importance to hem, they are apt to neglect unless stimulated by just such opportunities. Every essay contest has it's value whatever the topics may be, but the Springfield plan touches upon matters of everyday importance and could well include subjects which would have a bearing upon the. future welfare of every community industrially and so- ciaIIy
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAI \
HoRs coNcuRs.

What" asked the young lady with me, as we walked through the Grand Pafais and looked at the works of the Paris Salon, what does H. c. mean, that I see under some pictures?A
 Tt means horS concourS. not ex- hibited in competition, out of the run ming"
 Some remarks come back to you, seem to stick to you, to work and ferment in your mind. This did.
 That evening I thought of it after I had gone to bed.
 And I laughed.
 That is what I am,' I said to my self. Tt would make a good epitaph on my tombstone; just my name and HI e. under it. For if there is any thing I loathe it is competition. And I think I hate to beat worse than hate to be beaten. When I was made, the element of sport was left out of my clay. I like a baseball game, but I don't care a pin who wins. I like a horse race, the motion and excite ment and hurrah of 1t but who gets in first means nothing to me. 1 like chess but lose interest in finishing the game. never competed for prize at school. I detest the whole prize sys- tenn. i like to work, but the idea of doing better or worse than my neigh Dor is distasteful I like money and fame and all human kickshaWs, but do not like the idea of having more than another. I don't give hang for the fight, the struggle and all that. I'd just like to work and play and have everybody happy"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
HIGH COST IN BASEBALL.

Norwich well knows from exper- fence in a small league that the trend of the salary question of players and managers is ever on the upward grade, and if it does not come directly from the players, it does from the compe- tition which other clubs establish in the race for the pennant The high mark has been reached by the contract which Frank Chance has signed with the New York American league team whereby he will receive at least $12O,- 900 for three years. That 1t is big salary will be readily admitted as well as the fact that the services of such high salaried manager are re- quired but about seven months in the year and that it is his judgment rather than his playing for which he will be paid.
 It is pointed out in this regard by the Cleveland Plain Dealer that "ball players salaries are regulated by the law of supply and demand The pub lie demands winning teams. the base baH magnates demand winning players and are willing to pay the price.
 "As for Frank Chance, the new rec ord-breaker there can be no doubt of the difficulty of his task. He is to take a tail end team, located in the national metropolis. and transform 1t into a winner. If he succeeds in his endeavor he will be well worth all that is paid him. If he fails. his em- ployer will merely lose his money on what now seems to be a reasonable hazard Professional baseball is bus mess, directed by business men. and directed on the same principles of in vestment as most other lines of bus iness.'
 If Chance makes a success. that is wins the pennant, his salary will be justified, but if he fails it will be set down as business venture which failed. The high cost in baseball man. agers has been established. but so long as the price of admission is not ad- vanced the public can rejoice.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
THE MERCHANT MARINE.

This country Is soon to have the opportunity of its existence for the development of its shipping trade, an opportunity to come back again into control Of It's own commerce. Where there used to be 8 large number of vessels flying the American flag, very few are to be found today outside the ports of this country. The stars and stripes are a strange sight In foreign ports, because American shipping which used to reach all ports and countriess with seacoast, has been succeeded by foreign vessels and ex- cept from the coastwise trade, which is subsidized by law restraining others from entering therein, the vessels of this country have been driven from the sea-
 For a long time it Is realized that the American merchant marine should be returned to it's former importance Provisions are being made for an ex- tensive participation in the benefits from the opening of the canal, but a too careful realization of the im- portance of adequately providing for trade which will be obtainable with
 South American countries will not be
 possible Foreign shipping is doing
 the greater part of the business there,
 in fact practically all of it. much go-
 ing by way of England. It should be
 possible for steamship interests in this
 country to establish lines for import
 ant trade to the South American ports
 The time will be in the immediate
 future when it can have it's best op-
 portunity and failure to embrace it
 means a greater struggle to reclaim the
 merchant marine whenever it is at-
 tempted.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
coNNEcTIcuT FARMS.

Interest in farming in the state of Connecticut shows an increase and as consequence there is a decided check in the increase of mortgages on farm land during the past decade, when com- pared with the previous period. The number of mortgaged farms shows a decided increase in twenty years, but the greater part of it occurred during the first ten years. when it amounted to over nine and 8 half per cent, while the increase in the past ten years was but three per cent. The value of farm property managed by it's owners was practically 3S million at the last cen sus period and the farm indebtedness close to twelve million. The avera ge value of each farm was $42S3, the av- craze debt $1309 and the average equity s2874. As to value of the aver age farm Connecticut leads New Eng land, ranking third as to debt and the leader as to equity. The signif1- cant feature of the situation is that the value of the land has advanced more rapidly than the indebtedness and as a consequence the ratio of the farm mortgages to the value of farms has declined over nine per cent
 It is evident that there has been a vast improvement in farming condi- tions in this state in the last ten years a condition which will show much greater improvement in the next de- cade. This shows that the idea of back to the farm has had it's effect and the taking up of the vacant farms and their improvement has added to their value, to the benefits to their owners and a step to the realization of what lies in store for the farming industry of the state. That the reclamation of the farm is underway is cause for cOngratulatiOnS
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
HOW TO MAKE YOUR
 HAIR BEAUTIFUL
Ten Minutes Home Treatment Works
 Wonders, Stops Falling Hair, Itching
 Scalp and DnndruR and Makes the Hair Soft. Brilliant,
 LustrOus and Fluffy.

Better. than all the. so-called ''hair
 fashioned home recipe consisting of plain Bay Rum, LaVona (de composee) and a little Menthol Crystals. These
 three mixed at home in a few minutes
 work wonders with any scalp. Try 1t
 just one night and see. Get from your druggist OF. Lavona oz. Bay Rum
 and F dr. Menthol Crystals. Dissolve
 the Crystals in the Bay Rum and pour in an s oz bottle. Then add the La vona, shake well and let it stand for an hour before using. Apply it by put ting a little of the mixture on 8 soft
 cloth. Draw this cloth slowly through the hair, taking just one small strand
 at time; This c1eanses the hair and scalp of dirt, dust and excessive oil and
 makes the hair delightfully."- soft, lus
 trous and fluffy. To stop the hair from falling and to make it grow again rub the lotion briskly into the scalp with the nngertips or medium stiff brush. Apply night and morning. A few days use and you cannot find a single loose or struggling hair. They will be locked on your. scalp as tight wise. Dan druff will disappear and itching cease. In ten days you will find fine downy new hairs sproutfng up all over your scalp. and this new hair will grow with wonderful rapidity-
 Any druggist can sell you the above. The prescription Is very inexpensive and we know of nothing so effective and certain in its result.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
WASTING CITY WATER.

Waterbury is concerned at the pres ent time with the water question and the fact that there is an extensive waste of water from the mains. This Is a problem with which every water department has to wrestIe and until 1t is solved it means an endless amount of trouble and loss, and is in fact a condition from which it is never free, though it should be kept to the mini mum. Large losses mean a big drain upon the reservoirs and an injury to the supply which effects every resi- dent of the city. Every official in charge of the water department has his patience tried in endeavoring to cheek this trouble and the most effec- tive method has been found to exist in the metering of the system where by the users of water pay for what they use and likewise what they waste. If 8 water department could eliminate the waste, or be reimbursed for it as they are for the necessary use of wa ter there would be an important show ing in the reservoirs or in the treas ury.
 The deliberate waste of water when 1t is carried on in large quantities or the taking of it without proper reim- bursement, is as much of a theft as the taking of any other property of the department A drain on the treasury would be stopped and the same should apply in the case of the water de- partment when the waste concerns it's supply for doing business. If waste in wholesale quantities exists, it should be ferreted out and being found it should be stopped. Those who persist in 1t are working 10 the detriment of every friend and neighbor. and it is poor management which knows of it's existence and permits it to continue Norwich has had experiences and has eliminated the wastefu1 conditions through netering
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15
Years of Suffering
Catarrs1 and Blood Disease .
 Doctors Failed to Cure.

Miss Mabel F. Dawkins, 1214 Lafay- cite St. Fort Wayne, Ind, writes: Tor three years ] was troubled with catarrh and blood disease. tried sev- era1 doctors and dozen different rem edies, but none of them did me any good. A friend told me Of Hoods Sar- Sa aparilla. I took two bottles Of this medicine and was as well and strong as ever. feel like a different person and recommend Hoods to any one suf- fering from catarrh."
 Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatahs-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

Castro and Mylius are being de- barred from this country because of what they did to other countries. Health and an exemplary life are the best qualifications for getting past FL lis island
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

When a Paris young woman had planned the murder of three cousins in order to inherit a fortune, and a judge discharged her because nc act had been committed. it would be in teresting to know what they would do with a violently insane person
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

It is a most inhuman and shocking fratricide at Middletown. Unfortu- nateIy some action was not previously taken to give the assailant the benefit of restraint which a state institution can DrOYide.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

l who wants to make himself solid with i his constituents by getting some ! thing. Bristol Press.
 Against nothing but the sacrifice of
 principle should either house stand out : against the other and it is probable ] that the side which plays politics most will secure the public diSapproval Each l should strive to be fair and Just, to weigh matters only on their merits and , then s-ttnd by the just conclusion to ] the end. A few points made by a /! small majority in either house, which ] are for mere political effect, will be , paid for heavily hereafter, we believe. ] Be just and fear not."-Bridgepor ! Standard.
 The city's having a hard time get
 ting the garbage collected with satis
 faction to the public and before it gets i through it may have 9. bigger propo- sition on it's hands than a contract for
 S14,400 would balance, but if anyone
 has grounds for complaint let him com
 plain. If there are no complaints the service will improve but slowly. The
 health board cannot afford to allow
 conditions that have existed in some sections continue and apparently does not propose to, so complain away. but
 be easonable.-Waterbu Republican
 Nobody pretends to "Jeffersonian simplicity in the inauguration of ] Connecticut governor. There are elab- ! crate C6TGIHOnleS. InG f OOC OTuGId III
 full dress uniform, to say nothing of
 the slashed and girded officers of the governors staff, are alone sufficient to make a spectacle such as the Rus ] sian czar might envy at his highest festivals, and there is a grand ball that puts to shame the feebler attempts , at Washington when a new president comes in. It is Connecticut spe- cialty and an inheritance. Long may , she wave.-Stamford Advocate.
 
 Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, inaugu- rated to succeed himself as governor of Connecticut, attains thereby dis i tinction unique among the governors of the past quarter century. In the years previous to 1884, when the con Stitution was amended to provide for biennial elections, the habit prevailed of reelecting the governor, probably on 1 the assumption that two years was not too short a time for a proper man to serve as governor. Since the term was made two years no governor up to Governor Baldwin has been reelect- cd by the people, the second half of the four years service of Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley being by default. If Governor Baldwin serves out his present term he will have been governor of Con- nectfcut by the franchise of the people longer than any man since Hon. Will liam A. Buckingham of Norwich. He is not thus preferred by accident or whim.-New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

How much of crfmp MT. Mellen has put in the indictment remains to be seen. Evidently he hopes for bet ter treatment from 9 full New York state jury.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

There was one thing consoling in the Massachusetts republican caucus that whether it was Weeks or Mccall the selection meant a good man.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-15

It is useless for others to pass their opinion on Munsey's plan now that Oyster Bay has been heard from. It Is noticeable however that very few are agreeing with the Bull Moose lead sr when he says mo compromise"