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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-01-03
CHAPTER xii.-(Contlnued)

! We Will have TO cut out a few OF
: the turns and bends We had mapped
out" said Brockett, "or the delay we
I have just been through may hold us
, back considerably. Once back on the
: Jersey side. we can hurry right along
We still have a fair margin OF time
ahead Of us, but we can't waste many
hours"
The escort provided by the friendly
Kelly strolled along with the BOYS for
u block or SO, pointing out places OF
lnterest and showing every evidence
OF good humor. AS the little group
turned into Park Row, one OF the es-
corting four whispered in Brocketts 8
ear. briefly, admonishingly:
You two fellers walk ahead-'bout
fifty feet or So Wen come along back
OF you as If we didn't know you If
anybody's laying for you along here
We can pretty near get EN- that way"
And. like quartet Of well-trained
soldiers. the gangsters dropped back
till perhaps twenty PAGES separated
them from their charges. Brockett
and Solano. willing to accept the judg-
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SYNOPSIS

Secret Service Chief wilkins puzzled
over the theft of the governments cipher
calls TO his aid Detective PlnltWcn They
mink they have discovered "A new cipher
when the office boy. Brockett tells Them
IT'S The Diamond Cipher" and starts for
The ball park Brockctt, Chula Lon Kan.
"a Slamese, Ramon SolanO, a Cuban. to-
Rether with some twenty other youngsters,
/ practice baseball, playing until dark one
OF wilkins stenoRraphcrs is seen TO pass
paper to mysterious stranger. As
outcome OF BrocketSs cipher. the ball
player and Solano are engaged by gov
ernment for mysterious mission Yazi-
imoto, mysterious Jap. calls on Brockett
IBrockett falls into YaZmoto's trap. a
snBht follows, BroCkett coming out on
!, top Messenger McKane coming TO the
+, Eescue. Mckane wac bearer Of the mys-
ferrous cipher, is also a bah player Yaz-
.tmoto returns to headquarters and re-
Horts 10 Baron Iellern his failure to OBJ
JNaln the cipher, Miss Lawson the stem
lDSrapher, also reports to the baron.
'Brockett and SOlano have encounter with
,fhe baron I'm which the latter comes out
,fecond best. Brockett and Solano arrive
IN Jersey City; make appointment to
Nneet McGlnnity. the Iron Man" baseball
'panager Brockett and Solano arrive i'm
IHew York and run into a Chinese Tong
war: rescued by a white man. The place
'bi refuge found to be a trap. find them
selves prisoners OF Yazlmoto Kelly to
rescue. Kelly turns 81 900 Jap money over
70 Brockett and Solano.
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Brockett. 'Why-what-wh sort ol
looking man was he?"
The negro grinned and shook hi,
head
Couldn't zactly tell you, sub Dern
was three or fouh people climb
aboahd de cab, an All was so busy
All hahdly noticed anyone in pahtic-
ulah. Jest took IT soht OBJ mechanical
sub, soht Oh mechanical, an All neveh
did see de pussOn.'
SOlano turned on the electric bulb
In the lower berth They drew tpe
green curtains tight, and Brockett
opened the envelope. 1t contained
only a square white card, and across
the card was written, In the diamond
cipher. these letterings:
"R 3BH pos e 2BH SH w TIC Fin
TO SH Pos TO o b AB SH BIB
Pos TO r 3BH SB Fin PO."
Meaning" Brockett translated,
change route at Detroit BE watch
full"
Meaning also" said Solano, that
even il we have eyaded our ret enc
mics we have not passed from the
sight of the secret service chief.
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TAKES NAP IN WRONG HOUSE
5eWildered Intruder Is Arrested After
Alarming Occupants OF Building
in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-It was six o'clock
in the morning, when Police Operator
Abel received a telephone call from
woman living in the fat building at
the northeast corner of York and
Freeman avenues. She was very
much excited and declared that
burglar was in the place.
One minute after Lieutenant Couver
sent Knapp, Fifth district station
house keeper to the place, and three
minutes thereafter the cause of the
trouble was in the hands of the police.
The alarm resulted when Sam Bea-
bout, tifty-four years old, who says
his home is at the Kings Mills hotel
at Kings Mills, Ohio, wandered into
the place some time in the night
There is heating stove in the hall
and Sam curled up behind the stove
and took a nap. The place looked
jus. like his home, he said.
When he woke up he was bewil-
dered and in order to get his bearings
he raped on the various doors he
encountered. When the occupants of
tia rooms peeped through a crack in
the door and saw the invader thew
were frightened. The next step was
to call for the police.
Sam says his mind is a blank az to
his involuntary visit.
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Nh>AHV ~ C0Ne <No5W Ru1mUM5 0xH1zW5
REH7X AILHOh/0"
MX7X HXNtIO,

the youngsters worshiped at the shrine
OF the great German shortstop for two
delirious hours. When the mighty
Honus. in the tenth inning, put his
weight against fast ball and drove
1t over the middle wall for the homo
run that won the game, no native
Pittsburger could have created more
noise or come nearer an actual de-
lirfum than Brockett and Solano.
The early evening hours were spent
in pretty continual motion. and the
boys were we'll tagged out when they
betook themselves to a Pullman car.
C.eveland-bound. They had decided
to take two berths, upper and lower.
with Soiano sleeping In the lower
berth. while Brockett. with the Jeai-
ously guarded letters and cipher keys.
would mount a kigA. beyond n.
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reach OF q possible pilferer. The gooo
natured negro In charge OF the car
made up thei- couches without delay,
and then went to the platform to re-
ceive belated travellers, arriving bare
ly in time to swing aboard the train.
AS Solano was tossing off his snoes,
and Brockett loosening his tie, tie
train cleared the Pittsburg station.
gathering speed and whizzing along
on its northwestern way. The porter
came grinning up to the berth where
the boys We're preparing for much
needed sleep. and handed small.
square envelope to Brockett
"Gemman in de crowd done Ib me
dis" he explained. said to hand !:
to de young men in upper and lower
seben as soon as de train was under
way, so heah II am"
Gentleman In the crowd?" echoed
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biackness that surrounds the great
! ,illars OF the IL" road One of them
a stocky fellow with d gray cap pulled
Well down upon his forehead. STUN
/ bIed against SJlanO, and regainine
| his balance with quick spring Of his
nimble legs. caught the Cuban by the
! arm.
Say, young feller. whatchu mean
| by shown people around, anyhow?
Can't you see where you are goin'?"
SolanO shook off the OBTAINING hand,
and Brochett closed up beside him.
The pack of ratfaced young men
seemed to spring up around them like
ambushed Indians, and the trap was
as neatly sprung as ever a savage
planned an ambuscade. The next sec
ond there came the quick patter OF
feet from the rear; four more rat
faced, furtive-eyed young men had
mingled with the attacking half-dozen,
and the whole ten were exchanging
amicable greetings.
Just keep off these two guys, just
let EN- be-" explained one of the es-
corting four.
Friends of yours, Casey?" queried
the apparent leader Of the newcomers.
Friends of Kelly's, Ike. He told us
to see that they got to any place they
might choose to go"
The deuce you say, All right, II
youse ducks says so. Tell Kelly you
seen us. and we sent him our best re-
CARDS"
Sure thing. Ike. So long. See you
later, maybe"
The recent assailants faded into the
darkness Of the IL" shadows as
strangely as they came. and the quar-
tet OF protecting gsngsters resumed
the journey.
Good thing We went with you fell
lows" exulted the chief OF the pro-
tective squad. Those gorillas would
have fixed you sure"
80 | should Judge" admitted So
laro. I'VE would have given them
some fight, at that, but six against
two would have been a little too
strong. Are they part of your own
crowd"
NIX. not in a hundred. Theys
Five Points, do you see? And We are
Eastmans. Right now. we're all good
OH earth. Kelly's an
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WOLVES EAT FOUR PERSONS
Packs OF Famished Animals, Driven
From Mountains by Shows, Ter
rorize Low Country.

Lisbon, Portugal. -Famished wolves
devoured four persons in the neigh
borhood OF village in the Province
OF Beira.
Large packs CT the starving ami
mails have come down from the gor
ges OF the Sierra da Esttrella, whence
they have been driven owing to the
deep SHOWS, and they are terrorizing
the low country. They attack lonely
farms at night. and persons travelling
alone along the roads are in constant
danger.
A great hunt was organized by the
country inhabitants in the Province
OF Beira. More than 200 men par
ticipated, and they succeeded in
rounding up and killing over 100
wolves. Eight of the hunters wers
badly bitten.
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take of my bonnet to him and to his
people"
The humming motion Of the wheels
had soothed both boys to sleep. and
Brockett was dreaming OF a baseball
partnership with Hans Wagner and
Christy Mathewson. when the sound
OF an angry alteration woke him with
start. Peering down from his ele
waited perch, he made out the stocky
form Of the porter. and beside him thu
figure OF man In pajamas, who VA,
expostulating earnestly.
"Ah'nc sorry. srh." cried the negro
but All distinctly saw yo' reach ints
dis behth' and paw all around Yo
oehth is way up de cab, and on q
otheh side. WhaHo' yo' come fusu1s
round dis gemmsna behth. suyhsvE
40 m CONTINUED.
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GREENFIELD'S 40 MILE VIEW
by Town and the Local Board
of Trade.

Greenfield, Conn.-The Globe pre-
sents herewith a picture Of the new
tower just completed on Poets Seat.
Greenfield. 1t is built Of local sand
stone and commands a beautiful view
up and down the Connecticut Valley
Of the Shelburne Hills on the west
and other ranges of hills to the east.
On a clear day view OF 40 miles
can be obtained The cost Of the
tower is something more than $4,000.
OF this the town appropriated $1,500;
several hundred dollars was secured
by the Board of Trade of Greenfield.
The plans were drawn by Jerome
Allen. native of Greenfield but now
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stshee OF an was tho way IN which
! MI. Yazimoto seemed to have KEEP
track OF their NOV ements, and the per
sistency with which he had turned VI
at every tnconvenient hour.
You have to give credit to the
JAP" remarked Solano. He was
game, he took long chances. and Sher
| lock Holmes never had anything or
MIN when 1t came to following a clue
I'm almost sorry that he's in the
| river"
Always provided that he is." mur.
INJURED Brockett, doubtfully. Some.
now or other can't believe that we've
seen the last of him I'd wager
somethlng-if | ever gambled-that
he came safe ashore. and is after us
again"
4 hardly think So" said the Cuban.
Our friends of the Eastman gang
settled him for keeps, and his partner
with him. What | can't understand
Is the way they attended to him with
out interference or trouble. They put
him overheard without any of the
other passengers cutting in to stop
them, and they all got away without
being bothered by the police. cant
ADMIRE their lives or their principles.
but We owe great deal TO them"
We may have a chance to pay them
DacK some tine-at least, | hope So"
Crockett commented
Ii not one way, we will another"
Sald Solano After this trip is over
II we get back with our heads ard
skins-l'm going to visit New York.
call on Mr.. Kelly and invite the
whole Eastman gang to a banquet at
my expense. What they have done for
us was we'll worth it, wasn't it,"
The train pulled into Pittsburg to-
wards noon, and the youngsters de-
barked. They had decided to turn
their route to Cleveland, then to De-
tIoit. and thence across Michigan to
chicago, changing railroads at each
city. night train to Cleveland was
selected for the next trip, and the
boys put in the afternoon in the Justly
celebrated city OF steel. shipping and
eccentric millionaires A glance at
baseball schedule showed them that
Pittsburg was playing at home during
the afternoOn-a circumstance which
settled their whereabouts for the
greater portion Of the day. 1t had
never been the fortune of either boy
to see Hans Wagner. and the chance
was one that was not to be resisted.
Even with the anticipation OF a
glimpse at Wagner to lure them on,
Brockett and Solano did not lose their
caution. Instead of going straight to
Forbes field, home of the Pittsburg
team, they started in the opposite Gi- |
rection, circled here and there among |
the busy streets for an hour, lunched |
in restaurant with entrances on two !
different streets, and departed by the |
door through which they didn't come |
when they first went in. Then they |
separated. went round opposite sides |
OF block, and rejoined each other
on side street, SO clear Of traffic |
that they could easily have spotted |
anyone following or shadowing the !
of either one The trip tC
Forbes field was then in order. and !
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MI, MHD
MHNTH!1P SHNSX
RFH2e MZrLNST

Eastman. and topnotcher. too, but
the Five Points all like him-honest
they do-and they wouldn't do nothing
TO no pals of his. not for any money.
Must have been the Japs Kelly tipped
us on about--they must have seen
this gang and fixed it with them to
hold you up. In that case, the poor
Japs gets double-crossed two times In
the same place. It's a cinch those
gorillas wouldn'n take on nothing
like that unless they got the ka.e in
advance, and We know what Kelly did
70 the one that Was Hxiny TO have you
sioughed little while ago"
ANY chance for any more excite
usnt!" asked Hrockskt aa yhs SxIedk
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new FoetS Seat Tower at Greenfield.
a New York architect, and were CIV
en- to the town by Mr. Allen without
financial compensation. The builder
was Peter Barber.
The tower is Al feet and inches
high from grade to the top platform,
with a stone parapet four feet high
and corner pinnacles eight feet high.
The walls are IS inches thick. with
slight better about half the height
of the tower, thus increasing the
thickness of the walls at the bottom.
There are three reinforced concrete
platforms. The stairs from the
ground to the second platform are
made of reinforced concrete with
landings at each turn. The upper
flight to the top, or observation plat
form, is a circular iron staircase place
in corner, to give the maximum plat
form on the second and third plat
forms.
All stairs are about three feet wide.
All railings are four feet high Those
in the triple arches on the second
platform are Of stone, while those in
the other openings are Of iron. The
stair ratings are also of iron.
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ment of the gang-youths in such af-
fairs. walked along. gazing into the
windows of the ancient pawnshops,
scrutinizing the tide Ut riffraff and hu-
man fiotsam that came ebbing to and
fro. and In general conducting them
Celves after the fashion OF verdant.
green's just seeing New York by arc
hight.
The huge. gloomy shadows of Brook
tvn bridge loomed ahead. and the
surge Of mixed humanity was thicker
and more diversified than ever. when
halt dozen young men. rat-tseed
weasei-eyed. sinking amid the darker
places like wolves along the edge q
fhs scress A1taa sssely cut syoH ~
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Fireman Killed In an Exnlnsion

New York.-William Hammil. a
nreman was hurled fifty feet and in
staptiy killed the other day when an
explosion wrecked a forty thousand
gapon oil tank at the Kings County
Cap Plant In Greenpoint. Three other
mSn were injured. The victims were
u. aIaer e:..l the tank when the. explosion o..
rirred
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CHAPTER KIN.

Manhattan, the Hudson. and the ex.
citing scenes OF the previous day were
far behind. Tne Adventures were
ronias- west upoR & rapid train. plan
ming details As they went and review.
ing their recent adventures with much
psspiexity. Most bewildarinS slrenx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23

DR.. Q. W. Rowe and family for few
days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-23

b. A. Phillips of Davenport was
visiting in Keokuk yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs Claude Owens and
daughter, Helen, have returned from
a visit with relatives and friends at
Spring field, Ill.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-29

| want the worth of fifty cents and
nfty cents back in change. Not for
ty-nine cents, you understand. l want
what's coming to me without any de-
duction or discount, and | generally
get it,
l told him he was lucky, but If he
really got what was coming to him. |
would be inclined to consider him as
an object of pity"
Not lucky, ma'am,' he disclaimed.
I'm what you might call persistent
and make point of asking for
what l want loud enough for people
to hear me without an ear trumpet.
l don't stammer and say it's of no
particular consequence If 1t isn't quite
convenient. l don't care a whoop IL
it's convenient or not IL l think it's
something I'm entitled to. If order
porterhouse steak rare and the
waiter brings it well done. he takes it
back in hurry and brings me what
ordered. II he tries to argue the
matter, / call the proprietor and /
make it quite plain that 1 don't like
NAAO oOA wv 4NOW, that dSS0SSm0uL
OF yours was excessive. Not the
slightest doubt about it, and the
board of equalization ought to reduce
1t, but it won't as long as nobody puts
up vigorous boiler and gives them
to understand that their work is too
coarse. II you'll make me your rep
resentative, I'll go down and tell them
what's what and who's who
Thank you, tremendously, Mr..
Rorer, but I've already got the matter
adjusted said I put on my very
fetchingest hat and my altogether
beautifullest little suit and l saw the
chairman and smiled my bewitching-
est smile and explained 1t all to him.
and he was too nice and sympathetic
for anything and understood perfectly
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HIS BAND NEEDED DRILLING
Colonel of Regiment Complains That
Trombone Players "Never Push In
and Out Together"

The colonel of a certain regiment
se1t for the bandmaster one day ana
complained very bitterly of the band,
which he described holly as dis
grace to the regiment, sir"
Naturally the bandmaster, who was
very proud of his band, was most in
dignant and demanded to know what
was the complaint about it.
why, sir" said the irascible col
onel, the men who march in the front
rank and play those instruments they
push in and out" meaning the from
bones" cannot keep time, sir! They
never by any chance push in and out
together. I'll have it changed, let me
tell you"
1t was no good the bandmaster ex-
planning that each man played differ
ent note and that each note was
formed with the slide in a different po-
sition. The colonel still persisted that
the effect was not uniform, and vowed
that he would order the men to be
drilled until such time as they could
push in and out her!-Strand
Magazine.
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LOOKED LIKE AN EASY MARK
Things That Happened to Mr.. 6osss
Set Him to neutrality-suspicious.
to Loan His Umbrella.

Harry Boggs, expert accountant for
the public utility commission, is De-
ginning to wonder if he really looks
like the proverbial easy mark or
whether what has happened to him re-
Gently is just streak of luck.
The other evening while sitting IN
the lobby of the Oneida hotel stran-
ger accosted him and asked him To
cash a check why, I don't know
YOU said Boggs. 81 don't know you,
either" was the reply, but thought
you might cash this check for me.
A night or two later while Boggs
was waiting for car at Market ana
Delaware streets another man, equally
as unknown, walked up to him ana
asked him to lend him his umbrella
a few minutes. Rain was falling stead
lily and Boggs was wearing Panama
hat, with which he is very well salts
fed "What'll do while you are gone
with my umbrella 2" asked Boggs. more
or less peevishly. well, thought you
would not mind waiting until / came
back replied Mr.. Nerve. Say" said
Boggs, Il want to tell you that you've
got crust an inch thick, but you don't
get my umbrella" Now Boggs is won
dering If some one will try to borrow
his toothbrush or ask the loan of his
house and lot over in Terre Hautc.-
Indianapolis News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-29

pair of hands, but with the simple lit
tie contrivance shown in our sketch.
this may be done with ease, and the
holder can be made In few moments.
1t merely consists OF a piece OF
board in which number OF holes have
been made and into which pegs (ordi-
nary clothes pegs will answer the pur-
pose) can be firmly inserted.
Two picture rings can be screwed
into the upper edges of the wood ana
the holder can be hung upon the wall,
and in that case, the pegs should be
fastened in the holes at an angle point
ing upwards or the board with the
skein placed round the pegs can be
held in the lap or on the table and
SO used, and the small sketch on the
right illustrates it in this position.
The object of having holes In the
board at various distances apart Is
that the pegs can be placed at differ
ent distances apart, so that the hold
er will take a skein of any size.
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the amount Of the gas bills or there
FOuld be another monopoly busted.
The baker wouldn't send US any more
short-weight loaves and the butcher
wouldn't give US lamb chops like
these Furthermore, I'd get three per
cent. more out OF my investments.
Al I'd have to do would be to stand
behind him with a little cotton in my
ears and let him do the talking"
I do really think that you have a
great deal Of responsibility" said Aunt
Jane.
Haven't I? Well, I certainly have.
Here's the entire care Of the house
hold on my mind, including Hilda-l
have to tell that girl everything and
hen see that she does it-and any
BUSINESS matters that come up l have
o decide for myself. 1t simply takes
Up hours Of my time. l have to set
le on what I want for breakfast and
C1ner and supper all by myself In
s'eat Of merely asking the real head
q the house what he would like and
saving myself all the bother, and /
nave to listen to all the book agents
md life insurance agents and ped
0leTs and beggars and keep the ac-
counts and write the checks, and
ceelare I hardly get ten hours OF
seep cut Of the twenty-four. Any
aody can trample on me. l was tell
l2s Mr.. Rorer some of my troubles.
What did he say?" asked Aunt
Iaae
Quite a great DEAL" Mrs. Merriwid
answered. He got red in the face
80 said it was scandalous. Then he
vsepened to crimson and said 1t was
VeHageous. Finally he turned to pur-
se and declared that it was att ocious
sc that he wouldn't put up with 1t
wi The smallest fraction OF second.
l STAND on my rights, Mrs. Merri-
~ says he I know what they are
- n going to have them or know
-, reason why. They can't monkey
~ me, eny one Of them; no, ma am;
~ they know Il If they don't,
W Il mighty socB End it out. They'll
VIZ you if they think they can, ev-
- ume, Just as they are working
-. .ss now, but I give them to under
az. quo right at the start that I'm dead
~ 80. en-, and there's nothing doing.
s. .gI en- what l think of EN- and l
90 round about the bush to 40
-. I,'ner. l don't let anybody walk on
an 'os exercise. When 1 give q man
'ASF for ffsY cents worth Of goods