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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30

won't be the Gig unseen listener. I've
made my own arrangements with
Miss Scott If he feels the need of
watching her and his brother Oswald,
/ feel the need of watching him."
You take a burden Of intolerable
weight from my shoulders. Now
shall feel easier about that interview
But I..should like to ask you this: Do
you feel justified in this. continued
surveillance of a man who has SO fire.
quently, and with such evident sim
cerity, declared his innocence?'
II do that. If he's as guiltless as
he says he is. my watchfulness won t
hurt him. II he's not, then, Mr.. Chal-
loner. I've but one duty; to match his
strength with my patience. That man
is the one great mystery 5of the day,
and mysteries call for solution: Al
least, there's the way detective looks
at it,
May heaven help your efforts!"
81 shall need its assistance" was
the dry rejoinder. Sweetwater was
by no means blind to the dificultie'
awaiting him.
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CHAPTER XXX.
What ls He Makina7

g
Other boxes addressed to o. Broth
erson had been received at the sta.
ton, and carried to the mysterious
shed in the woods; and now, with
locked door and lifted top, the eide,
brother contemplated his stores and
prepared himself for work.
He had been allowed short inter.
view with Oswald, and he had in.
dulged himself in a few words with
Doris. But he had left those mem
cries behind with other and more seri.
Gus matters. Nothing that could I'M
nerve his hand or weaken his insight
should enter this spot sacred to his
great hope Here genius reigned
Here he was himself wholly and with
out faw-a Titan with his grasp on a
mechanical idea by means of which
he would soon rule the world.
Not so happy were the other char
acters in this drama. Oswald's
thoughts, disturbed for short time
by his brother, had flown eastward
again, in silent love and longing;
while Doris, with a double dread now
in her heart, went about her daily
tasks, praying for strength to endure
the horrors OF this week, without be,
1raying the anxieties secretly devour.
ing Or,
And Mr.. Challoner? The sight Of
Brotherson, though they never really
met. acted like acid upon a wound
and It was not till six days had passed
and the dreaded Sunday was at hand,
,, that he slept with any sense of rest or
went his way about the town without
that hating at the corners which be-
trayed his perpetual apprehension of a
most undesirable encounter.
The reason for this change will be
| apparent in the short conversation he
held with man he had come upon
one evening in the small park just be.
| yond the workmen's dwellings.
you see I am here" was the
] strangers low greeting.
Thank God" was Mr.. Challoner's
reply. II could not have faced tomor
! row alone and l doubt If Miss Scott
could have found the requisite cour
age. Does she know that you are
| here?"
! II stopped at her door,"
| was that safe?"
II think so. Mr.. Brotherson-the
Brooklyn one-is up in his shed. He
sleeps there now, am told. and
soundly too I've no doubt"
What is he making?"
What half the inventors on botf
sides of the water are engaged upon
Just now. A monoplane, or a biplane
or some machine for carrying meT
through the air. know, for helped
him with it. But you'll find that II hi
succeeds in this undertaking, and be
lieve he will, nothing short of fame
awaits him. His invention has start
ling points. But I'm not going to give
them away. I'll be true enough to hin
for that. AS an inventor he has my
sympathy; but-well. we will see wha
we shall see. tomorrow. You say thii
he Is bound to be present when Mis-.
Scott relates her tragic story. HI
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CHAPTER xxxlII.
Alone.

Alone.
Oswald had heard nothing. seer
nothing. But he took note of Doris
silence, and turning towards her In
frenzy saw what had happened, and
SO was in measure prepared for the
stern, short sentence which now rang
through the room:
Wait, Miss Scott! you tell my
story badly. Let him listen to me.
From my mouth only shall he hear
the stern and seemingly unnatural
part l played in this family tragedy"
The face of Oswald hardened
Those plant features-beloved for
their gracious kindliness-set them.
selves in lines which altered them al
most beyond recognition; but his
voice was not without some of its nat.
ural sweetness, as, after long and
hollow look at the others composed
countenance, he abruptly exclaimed:
Speak! l am bound to listen; you
are my brother"
Orlando turned towards Doris. She
was slipping away.
Don't CO." said he.
But she was gone.
Slowly he turned back.
Oswald raised his hand and checked
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the words with which he would have
begun his story.
Never mind the beginnings" said
he. Doris has told all that. You
saw Miss Challoner in Lenox-ad.
mired her and afterwards wrote her a
threatening letter because she reject.
ed you."
"It is true. Other men have fol.
lowed just such unworthy impulses
and been ashamed and sorry after
wards. I was sorry and was
ashamed, and as soon as my first
anger was over went to tell her so.
But she mistook my purpose and"
"And what?"
Orlando hesitated. Even his iron
nature trembled before the misery he
saw-a misery he was destined to aug
ment rather than soothe. With pains
altogether out of keeping with his
character, he sought in the recesses
of his darkened mind for words less
bitter and less abrupt than those
which sprang involuntarily to his lips.
But he did not find them. Though he
pitied his brother and wished to show
that he did, nothing but the stern
language suitable to the stern fact he
wished to impart, would leave his lips.
"And ended the pitiful struggle OF
the moment with nne quick, unpre-
meditated blow" vas what he said.
There is no other explanation pos
ssble for this. act, Oswald. Bitter as
II Is for me to acknowledge it. am
thus far guilty of this beloved WON
ans death. But, as God hears me,
from the moment / first saw her, to
the moment / saw her last, did not
know, nor did for a moment dread
that she was anything to you or to
any other man of my stamp and sta.
ton. ! thought she despised my coun-
try birth, my mechanical attempts, my
lack of aristocratic pretensions and
traditions"
| Edith"
| Now that l know she had other
reasons for her contemplated the
| words she wrote were in rebuke to
the brother rather than to the man.
feel my guilt and deplore my anger.
| | cannot say more. / should but in
| suit your grief by any lengthy express
| sions of regret and sorrow"
A groan Of intolerable anguish
from the sick mans lips, and then the
| quick thrust of his reawakened intel
ligence rising superior to the over
throw Of all his hopes.
For woman of Edith's 'principle
to seek death in a moment of despera
ton, the provocation must have beer
: .Asy great. Tell me if I'm to hate vol
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spected my claims.
HE did not know them"


HE did not know them"
A laugh; a laugh which paled Doris
cheek; then his tones grew even
again, memory came back and he NUT.
tered family:
THAT is true. / said nothing to
him. He had the right to court her
and he did, you say; wrote to her;
imposed himself uron her, drove her
mad with opportunities she was
forced to rebuke; andYand what else
There is something else. Tell me;
will know alt"
He was standing now. his feeble
ness all gone, passion in every Inca
ment and his eye alive and feverish,
with emotion. Tell me-" he repeat
ed, with unrestrained vehemence.
Tell me all. Kill me with sorrow but
save me from being unjust"
HE wrote her a letter; it fright
ened her. He followed 1t up by q
visit"
Doris paused; the sentence hung
suspended. She had heard a step
q hand on the door.
Orlando had entered the room.
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| evitaDle Ieyelahons?"
''He said this morning that II his
patient were as well tomorrow as his
present condition givss promise Of. he
might be told in another week"
Orlando bowed his appreciation OF
this fact, but added quickly:
who is to do the telling?"
Doris" nobody else could be trust
ed with so delicate task"
Il wish to be present"
Mr.. Challoner looked up, surprised
at the feeling with which this reques.
was charged.
"As his brother-his only remaining
| relative, l have that right. Do vosl
think that Dor-that Miss Scott, can
be trusted not to forestall that mo.
ment by any previous hint Of wha.
awaits him."
IF she so promises. But will You
exact this from her? 1t surely cannot
be necessary for me to say that your
presence will add infinitely to the diff
Guilty of her task
"Yet it is a duty I cannot shirk.
will consult the doctor about it. will
make him see that l both understand
and shall insist upon my rights in this
matter. But you may tell Miss Dor
is that will sit out of sight, and that
I shall not obtrude myself unless my
name is brought up in an undesirable
way"
The hand on the door-knob made q
sudden movement.
mr. Brotherson, can bear no more
tonight. With your permission, will
leave this question to be settled by
Others" And with repetition OF his
former bow, the bereaved father with.
drew.
Orlando watched him till the door
closed, then he too dropped his mask.
, But is was on again, when in little
while he passed through the sitting.
room on his way upstairs.
No other day in his whole life had
been like this to the hardy inventor;
for in it both his heart and his con.
science had been awakened, and up to
this hour he had not really known
that he possessed either.
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Mothers Resented Charity.

A school teacher in Gelderland,
Holland, was violently attacked re-
Gently by parents of some children to
whom, in the course of lesson on
edible fungi, he had given some
mushrooms to eat. I'VE can afford
to give our children food" declared
the indignant parents, "and we need
no mushroom charity from the teach
err"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Labor and Idleness.

There is but this difference between
labor and idleness: That labor is a
profitable and pleasant trouble. idle
ness a trouble both Improbable and
mfortless.-Joseph Hall.
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door. Without word, Brotherson
stood. watching him 60 till he saw his
hand fall on the knob when he quietly
prevented his exit by saying:
Unhappy truths cannot be long con-
eealed. How soon does the doctor
Ehink my brother can bear these in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15

are now lying idle or are 'being badly
cultivated by negro tenants under a
system of absentee landlordism.
Boil Weevil to Spread
"The boll weevil, during the present
year, will spread over. perhaps, q third
of the arabic lands of the state and will
probably eurtail the production of cot
ton. Other crops will have to be grown
and many of the farmers in the terri
tory infested have already turned their
attention to food crops and to the rails
ing of live stock. The boil weeVil in
Louisiana and Texas, by forcing u di-
versity of crops, has proved not an un-
mixed evil, and diversification in this
state Nwould reduce the cost of many
food products and should bring about
closer trade relations between our mer-
chants and the farming sections around
u.s. 1t is clearly, therefore. to our In
terest to encourage any legitimate plans
for settling and developing our farm
lands and the chamber should give its
moral support at least to the movement
now attracting attention all over the
country for improving farming condi-
tions and for establishing q system Of
more adequate rural credits.
1T Is impossible to enumerate all
the subjects toward which the energies
the year, and have endeavored to
outline only few of them.
Il sincerely trust that the interest
that is now being manifested in the
work of the chamber will be fully main
tanned during the present year and I
desire to express my pleasure in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
RADCLIFFE REPORTS ON WORK
DONE BY CHAMBER DURING YEAR

The report of Secretary William c. Rad
cliffe to the annual meeting of the cnam-
Der of Commerce last night was as fol-
lows:
Mr. President--A goody portion of
the activities of the Chamber of Com
merce is handled through the general
offices and by special committees. 1t
may be of interest briefly to cover this
phase of the work
"rhe board of directors has met at
least once a month during the year,
and several times oftener than this.
Regular and special committees have
convened as required Between 10000
and 100000 letters and postcards have
gone into the mails, covering multi
tude of matters. Thousands upon thous-
ands of pieces of literature have been
distributed not haphazard but with in
telligent purpose and much of it in
response to requests of interested per-
sons.
Among the special committees was
that on boil weevil The 1918 quar-
antine line was so placed that Bir-
mingham cotton seed oil mills We're
seriously threatened by reason of ina
bilitv to secure material. The commit
tee obtained a conference in the Cham
Der of Commerce offices between mem-
bers of the state board OF horticulture.
representatives of the oil mills and
of the Chamber of Commerce. The state
board moved the line SO that the oil
mills have been able to obtain seed
and to continue operation without
| hindranee.
1T was stated when this decision was
made that another oil mill would be
erected in birmingham during 1918. 1t
will be welcomed by the business in
i terests.
.srhe president of the Chamber of
Commerce and prominent members ap-
| peared before the board OF revenue in
advocacy of the purchase of additional
/ land for an extension OF Hillman hos
pital This urgent Improvement now is
| in process as the bonds authorized by
the board of revenue lave heen sold
and plans win be carried to compile
| ton without delay.
"The retention of the cotton back
haul privilege between birmingham
and eastern Alabama points was Sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
AUBURN WINS FROM
GEORGIA TECH FIVE
Slow and Interesting Game
Goes to the Ala
bamians

Atlanta. February IA Special. -
Auburn defeated Tech at basketball
here tonight. &c to 27. in slow and
uninteresting game, despite the close
ness of the score.
Auburn led at the end of the first
half. II to Is. The passing and team
work of both sides was poor Individual
efforts We're mainly responsible for
the scoring done.
The work of Noble for Auburn ane
Porter for Tech were the features.
The line-up:
Tech-Monsalvage Hall, forwards.
Brown, Holiday, forwards Porter, Nc
Culough. center Bradley guard; Cant
Bile, Holmes. guard.
Auburn-Soarbroug forward; Noble,
forward; Wonrl, center. Lacey. guard,
Duncan, guard.
summary: Field goals Monsalvage l.
Brown p Holiday /, Porter 3, McCul-
Tough /. bradley /, Holmes l, Scar
brough 8. Noble ), Wourl 6, Duncan l.
Foul goals. Noble s, Porter G. Holiday
i. Time of quarters. 90 minutes. Ref-
cree, Graves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15

part of the manufacturers that will stand
for their interests as a whole.
eve recommend therefore for the ber-
eft of the Chamber of Commerce, that
serious consideration be given the mat
ter of organizing a manufacturers depart
ment of the Chamber of Commerce, as
the work can be done at less expense
to the manufacturers and in n way that
would benefit them considerably more
than could be done by n separate or
sanizatiOn."
Real Estate Bureau
NJ. p. Messer, chairman Of the COM
mittee on real estate and insurance, re-
ported in part as follows:
''rhe amount of fire insurance writ
ten in Birmingham during the year
1911, in round numbers, aggre gates
5000, 600 The 1912 report is not yet
completed, but from the most reliable
information we obtain the pre-
miums for 1912 is a million dollars"
Henry Hiden. chairman of the con-
vention committee said:
II wish once more to call attention
to tho need of a large auditorium for
the accommodation of conventions and
other large gatherings, musical fes-
tivals and tho like. Now that we are in
a fair way to soon have adequate hotel
accommodations, there is all the more
a need of the auditorium and ] trust
some plan~will soon be inaugurated
that will get this deficiency remedied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Rabe

Mrs Anna Elizabeth Rabe, aged 4I
years. died yesterday morning at 5:31
o'clock at a local inhrmary. She is sur
vived by her husband, II. II. Rabe; three
daughters, Mrs. J. II. Ward. Mrs. Paul
Cebrat and AIiss Henrietta Rabe, and one
son, 7. II. Rabe. Jr., all of Birmingham.
The funeral will be held from the family
residence, leo South Fifteenth avenue.
this afternoon at o'clock, interment To
take place IN Elmwood cemetery. Tho
pallbearers will be A. II. Ford. r. H.
eddie. Harry White. Frank Caran. r.
NJ. Weld, John Housman and Dave Evans.
The Rev. S. A. Ebinger win have charge
Of the services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
LITTLE BOY DEAD AS
RESULT OF DOG BITE
Clyde Brock, 9 Years DID,.
Bitten While Returning
From School

Clyde Brock. the 9-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. O. +. Brock 1925 Avis avenue,
Owenton, died yesterday morning from
the effects Of the bite of a mad dos
The little boy was bitten about p DAYS
ago, while returning from school. The
dog is said 10 have sunk his fangs In
the boys check Doctors were called I'M
mediately after the accident and he has
been in "a physicians care since. 1t was
thought for a time that he would recover
but he grew worse and died yesterday
morning.
The body was sent to Covings yesterday
afternoon by Johns for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15

activities of the younger members be-
sides avowing my satisfaction at the
recognition that has been accorded them
In the administration of our civic body.
I-shall be glad to have their co-opera-
tion and | ask that we all work to-
gether with vim, vigor and zeal for
the good of the community, living up
to the motion of the chamber, Not for
Self but for ALL. {"
Mr.. Harding's address was received
with liberal applause. He was preceded
by John w. fsibley. retiring president OF
the chamber Mr.. Sibley reviewed briefly
his administration lie expressed his
deep appreciation of the loyalty of the
members to his administration. He paid
a warm tribute TO his successor and closed
his address by introducing Mr.. Harding.
The address of Mr.. Sibley was as fol-
lows:
Sibley Speaks
s Gentlemen: On assuming the office as
president last February / promised to give
my best endeavor for an administration
of real progress and efficiency, guided
solely by an earnest desire for the ma
teral and civic betterment of this COM
munity. We have striven to make that
promise an accomplished fact. Whether
we have done so is for the public and our
members 10 say.
while it might be consoling to our
pride to recapitulate, l feel that you
should not be burdened with a repetition
of what our various committee chairInen
have so ably and glowingly set before you
In their interesting reports, to which you
have listened with such cordial atten-
tion.
II may be pardoned, however, for ex-
pressing my deep qualification at the
growing spirit of cooperation among our
members on all matters pertaining to the
general welfare. | trust that this will
constantly increase until our entire COM
munity has acquired the habit of pulling
together thereby in reality making this
the best city in the country TO live In and
work for.
.I believe ii can be truthfully said
that the new administration will find the
affairs of the chamber in better condi-
tion than they have ever been before. And
this Is not said in any disparagement to
our predecessors or ascribng to ourselves
any excess credit. 1t is simply nat
ural condition, and what was to be ex-
pected OF Birmingham; to be otherwise
would not only be disappointing but un-
natural
'.The organization is enjoying its most
efficient period of activity and accom-
plishment. The membership is large and
a bunch of real ''liye wires" The finances
are in a healthy state, thus enabling the
new administration to carry on the work
to a greater degree of success without
having TO spend SO much time in solicit
ing funds.
"The official headquarters are amply
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
'GRAW IS AFTER
BOSTON PLAYERS

New York. February IA big deal be-
tween the Boston and New York National
league clubs probably will be closed before
the Giants leave for the south. Manager
Stallings of Boston has been In town since
the league meetings and has had several
talks with Manager McGraw.
McGraw Is said to be after Tyler. the
Boston left-hander. and Campbell am
outfelder. According to a rumor. the
players McGraw Is willing to use in "A
trade are .Wiltse, Ames and crandall,
pitchers; Devore, Snodgrass and McCor-
mick, outiielders; and Groh and Stock,
infelders. 1t is said he would not give
up all these players for the Boston pair,
but that Stallings might have any three,
or possibly four. provided he did not
choose moro than one of the pitchers or
more than one of the outfielders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
GENERAL WOODFORD
DIES IN NEW YORK
Well Known Veteran and
Statesman Passes
Away

New York. February t4-General Stew
art L. Woodford. veteran publicist and
former United States minister to Spain,
6ied at his home in New York city today.
He had been i'll for more than two weeks
The general was IS years old and a
native of New York. He was graduated
a bachelor of arts from Columbia in 1858
and took his 4. NJ. degree at Yale.
Other institutions bestowed upon him
honorary degrees for his distinguished
services in public life. He was in Spain
as minister from this country when the
Spanish American war was declared.
As a young man he served with dis
tinotion during the civil war. His last
notable public work vas his direction of
the Hudson-Fulton celebration in this
city.
General Woodford was wont to say that
probably the most exciting hours of his
life were those between o'clock on the
afternoon of -vpril q, 1893, when he en-
tered a railroad carriage at the station
at Madrid and o'clock the following day
when his train reached the Spanish
French frontier. The ultimatum of the
United States TO Spain that order must
be restored in Cuba or the Mckinley ad-
mnistration would foreibly intervene had
been received in the Spanish capital and
the Spanish government had forthwith
summarily broken Off diplomatic rela-
tions with the United States and handed
Minister Woodford his passport for his
| home.
At the station at Madrid was an inn
mense crowd. General Woodford had 20
| be guarded by police. civic guards and
detectives. When the minister took his
| seat there was a general rush for The
window and frantic cheers of viva rs
/ pana. Hostile demonstrations were
continuous on the trip from Madrid te
/ the French frontier. General Woodford
being bound for Paris, whence he eX-
pected to return to the United States.
The windows of the train were broker
| by stones at Valadolid's alcazar anc
one of the Woodford party had his fac,
cut by broken glass. At Tolosa the 20
! lice insisted upon removing Genera
Woodfords private secretary from th'
train on the ground that he was a Span
/ ish subject. A serious situation was pre-.
vented only by the generals literally
standing guard over the secretary duj
explaining that though he was Spaniar'
by birth. yet he was a naturalized Brit
| ish subject.