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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19
SHERIFF's SALE
REMY WALLIOR
Versus
VIM. EDENBORN AND HENRY T.
DART, Sr., Joint Receivers OF the
Union Irrigation Co.
No. 20, 123, 10Th Judicial District Court,
Parish Of st. Landry, La.

Parish OF ST. Landry, La.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale, issued out of the Honorable Six
teenth Judicial District Cour1, in and
for the parish of st. Landry, in the
above entitled and numbered suit, and
to me directed, | have seized and will
offer for sale, at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, at the front
door of the Court House, at O~pelousas,
La, OIL
Saturday, Oct. 18th, 1914,
at IL O'Clock a. m, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
A certain plantation situated west OF
the City of Opelousas, La, with all
the buildings and improvements there
on, containing one hundred and tWen-
ty- three (123) acres more or less and
bounded north by public road, south
By the Union Irrigation Company's
Canal, east by the property OF Philibert
Hidalgo, and west by property OF
John Hidalgo. Being the same prop.
erty acquired by vendor from John j.
Barry on Nov. 4th, 1912, as per sale OF
record in Conveyance Book E A p,
SIG. Being in Township IS. R.3 East
Terms: Cash, to pay and satisfy the
sum of $1563.33 with interest and
costs, unless the same is Immediately
paid, and on terms of credit CORE,
spending with the notes maturing Jan.
1915, and 1916.
cont 10 et
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19

Whenever You Need a General TonlS
Take Groves
The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties ofQU1NINE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO cents.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19
SALE
PATTON T. BLACKSHER
Versus
r. r. LEH

No. 20, 145, 18th judicial District Court,
Parish of st. Landry, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19
SHERIFF'S SALE
DAVID ROOS
Versus
r. R. LEH

No. 2O122, 18th judicial District Court
Parish of st. Landry, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19

NoSsoo One redheifer~ unbranded,
lV.H about two years old, taken
AsOsAuU up by me in Plaisance, has
been in tie neighborhood two years.
II not claimed will be sold according to
the Police Jury Ordinance relative to
astray animals.
sept5 EMILE VIDRINE.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19


Secretary of the B. OF H.
Adopted September 1st, 1914.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19


Secretary of the Board of Health
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
-lTHAD AL THE HNLNNpzS OF AN AFGTONATE ENBSACE.

should be interested in that of her friend.
Il never saw that ring before"
"A gift of yesterday The countess
sumed shy air which would have deceived
st. Anthony. She twisted the ring on her
finger.
Tell meI' cried Florence. "You are en-
gagedT
Mercy, no!''
"Is he rich?"
"No Money should not matter when your
heart is involved"
AS this thought was In accord with her
own, Florence nodded her head sagely.
1t is nothing serious. Just a fancy.
shall never marry again. Men are gay de-
ceivers; they always have been and always
will be. Perhaps I'm bit wicked but
rather like to prove my theory that all men
are weak. If l had daughter I'd rather
have her be an old mans darling than a
young mans drudge l distrust every man I
know. I came to ask you and Susan to go to
the opera with me tonight. You will come to
my apartments first. You will Gomez"
"To be sure we will !"
Simple little fool" thought the Russian
on the way home. She shall see."
al believe the countess is engaged to be
married" said Florence to Jones.
Indeed, miss?"
Yes. I couldn't get anything definite out
of her, but she had beautiful ring her
finger. She wants Susan and me to go to
the opera with her tonight. Will that be all
right?"
Jones gazed abstractedly at the rug When
ever problem bothered him he seemed to find
the solution in the delicate patterns of the
Persian rugs. Finally he nodded " l see no
reason why you should not CO. Only, watch
out"
Jones, there is one thing that will make
me brave and happy. VIII you t IL me if you
are in direct communication with my father?"
Yes, Miss Florence" he answered prompt
ly. But do not breathe this to a single soul,
neither Susan nor Norton"
al promise that. But, ah hasten the day
when he can come to me without fear"
"That is my wish also"
You need not call me miss. Why should
you?"
cit might no. be wise to have any one
hear me call you thus familiarity he objected
gravely.
Please Yourself about that. Now I must
telephone JIM"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15

accidents he could not have proved any
thing before jury of his intimate friends.
He never entered an elevator without scru-
pulous care. He never passed under coverings
over the sidewalks where construction was
going on. Still, careful as he was, death con-
fronted him once more. 1t was his habit to
have his coffee and rolls-he rarely ate any
thing more for his breakfast-set down out
side his door every morning. The coffee, being
In silver thermos bottle, kept its heat for
hours. When he took the stopper out and
poured forth a cup 1t looked oddly black, dis
colored. 1t is quite probable that had there
been no series of accidents he would have
drunk a cup-and died in mortal agony. 1t
contained bichloride of mercury.
Very quietly he set about to make inquiries.
This was really becoming serious. In thu
kitchens downstairs nothing could be learned.
The maid had set the thermos bottle before
the door at 10 80. Norton had opened the
door at / :S0--three hours after The outlook
was not the cheerfulest. He knew perfectly
we'll why all these things happened - he had
interfered with the plans of the scoundrels who
were making every possible move TO kidnap
Florence Hargreave.
One afternoon he paid Florence visit. Of
course he told her nothing. They had become
secretly engaged the day after he had rescued
her from the auto bandits. They were secretly
engaged because Florence wanted it so. For
once Jones suspected nothing. Why should
he? He had troubles enough. AS matter of
fact. Norton was afraid of Jones. He was
afraid of a policeman.
But on this day, when the time came. he
accosted the butler and drew him into the
pantry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
'I.NEvER SAW THAT RING BEFORE
"Jones, they are after me now"
"Yon? EXnlain."

Jones, they are after now"
"You? Explain"
Norton briefly recounted the deliberate at
tempts against his life.
You see, I'm not liar enough to say that
I'm not worried. I am. devilishly worried.
I'm not worth any ransom. I'm in the way,
and they seem determined to put me out of it."
Z" To any other man would say travel But
to you say when you leave your rooms don't
go where you first thought you would-that is
some usual haunt. They'll be everywhere. near
your restaurants your clubs, your Office
You're methodical young man; become err
ratio. Keep away from here for at least three
days, but always call me up by telephone some
time during the day. Never under any cir
cumstance, unless l send for you, come here at
night Only one man now watches the house
during the day. but five are prowling around
after dark. They might have instructions to
shoot you sight. l can't spare you just at
present, Mr.. Norton. You've been a golsend;
and If it seems that sometimes 1 did not trust
you fully it was because l did not care to drag
you in too deep"
Deep' NoTtOn thought OF FlOrence ana
smiled inwardly. Could anybody be in deeper
than he was? Once it was on the tip of his
tongue to confess his love for Florencc, but
the gravity of Jones' countenance was an OBJ
stacle to such move it did not invite it.
To be sure, Jones had no real authority to
say what Florence should or should not do
with her heart. STILL from all points of view,
it was better to keep the affair under the rose
till there came a more propitious hour in
which to make the disclosure.
Love, in the midst of all these alarms
Sharp desperate rogues on one side, millions
on the other, and yet love could enter the
scene serenely, like an actor who had missed
his cue and came on too soon.
Oddly enough, there was no real lovemaking
such as you often read about. A pressure OF
the hand, a glance from the eye, there was
seldom anything more. Only once-that MEM
orable day on the river road-had he kissed
; her. No word of love had been spoken on
either side. In that wild moment all conven-
tionalities had disappeared like smoke in the
wind. There had been neither past nor future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15

his club, in the writing rooms of hotels, and
invariably dispatched them to the Office by
messenger. The managing editor wanted to
know what all this meant; but Norton de-
clined to tell him.
1t irked him to be forced to rearrange his
daily life-his habits. 1t was a revolution
against his ease, for he loved ease when he
was not at work. He had the sensation of
having been suddenly robbed of his home of
having been cast out into the streets. And on
top of all this he had to go and fall in love!
There was no longer shadow opposite the
apartments of the Princess Perigof. Braine
came and went nightly without discovering
any one This rather worried him. 1t gave
him the impression that the shadow had found
out what he had been seeking and longer
needed to watch the coming and going OF
either himself or the Countess Perigoff
"Olga it looks as if we were at the end of
our rope he said discouragedly. I'VE have
failed in all attempts so far The devil watches
over that girl"
Cor God" replied the countess gloomily.
I" In nearly every instance their success has
been due to chance. Somehow I'm convinced
that we began wrong. We should have let
Hargreave escape quietly, followed him, and
made him fast when the right opportunity
came After a month or so his vigilance would
have relaxed; he would have arrived at the
belief that he had eluded u.s."
Indeed!" ironically. He wasn't vigilant
all these years in which he did elude us. How
about the child he never sought but guarded2
Vigiance He never was anything else all
these seventeen years The truth is, success
has developed a coarseness in our methods.
And now it is too late for fnesse. We have
tried every device we can think of; and there
they are-the girl free, Norton unharmed, and
the father as secure in his retreat as though
he wore an invisible cloak My head aches
/ have ceased to be inventive"
The two are in love with each other"
"Are you sure of that?"
al have my eyes. But begin to wonder
about whatT
Whether not Jones suspects me and is
giving me rope to hang myself with. Not once
have the police been called in and told what
has really happened. Thsy are totally at sea.
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only the present in which they knew that they
loved With her he was happy, for he had no
time to plan over the future Away from her
he saw the inevitable barriers providing
against the marriage between a poor young
man and a very rich young woman. man
who has any respect wants always to BE- on
equal terms with his wife, financially more
than in any other thing, Its the way this
peculiar organization called Society has writ
ten down 1t rules. Doubtless relic of the
stone age when Alb went out with his club to
seek wife and drag her by the hair to his
den, and there to care for her and to guard
her with his lifes blood. 1t is one of the few
primitive sensations that remain to us. this
wanting the female dependent upon the male
Perhaps this accounts for mans lack of inter
est on the suffraget question.
Only Susan suspected the true state of af
fairs, being woman. Having had no real
romance herself, she delighted in having a sec
ond hand one, as you might say. She inter
cepted many a glance and pretended not to
see the stolen hand pressures. The wedding
was already full drawn in her minds eye.
These two young people should be married at
Susan Farlow's when the roses were climbing
up the sides of the house and the young robins
were boldly trying their fuzzy wings. 1t
struck her as rather strange, but she could
not conjure up (at this wedding) more than
two men besides the minister, the bridegroom,
and the butler.
BY forsaking his accustomed haunts, under
the advice of Jones, the hidden warfare ceased
temporarily. You can't very well kill man
when you don't know where to find him. He
ate his breakfasts haphazardy, now here. now
there. He received most of his assignments by
telephone and wrote his stories and articles in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
9 Id2MluON DOLLAR MYSTERY 9
(BvHAROID MAC CRATH

aware of 1t. There was always that abiding
fear that at the first sign of weakness he
would d.sert her. And she was wise in her
deductions. Braine was loyal to her because
she held his interest Once that failed, he
would be off and away.
The next afternoon the countess, having
matured her plans against the happiness of
the young girl who trusted her, drew up be-
fore the Hargreave place and anghted. Her
welcome was the same as ever, and this
strengthened her confidence.
The countess was always gesticulating Her
hands huttered to emphasize her words. And
the beautiful diamond solitaire caught the
girls eye. She seized the hand. Having an
affair of her own, it was natural that she
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
CHAPTER VIII.
Tue wmEs OF a WOMAN.

TIE wILEs OF WOMAN.
n FrER the affair of the auto bandits
IA tnroe of whom were killed-a lull fol-
lowed. If you're sailor you know
what kind of lull mean: blue-black
cloud down the southwest horizon, the water
crinkly, the booms wabbling. Suddenly series
of accidents" began to happen to Norton.
At h!st he did not give the matter much
thought. The safe which fell almost at his
feet aud crashed through the sidewalk merely
induced him to believe he was lucky. At an
oth time an automobile came furiously
around corner while he was crossing the
street aud only amazing agility saved him
from bodily hurt. The car was out of sight
when he thought to recall the number.
Then came the jolt in the subway Only a
desp rate grab by one of the guards saved him
from being crushed TO death Even then he
thought nothing. But when a new box of
cigarets arrived and he tried one and found it
strangely perfumed and, upon further analy
sis, found 1t to contain Javancse narcotic,
slow but sure death. he became wide awake
enough. They were after him. He began to
walk carefully. to keep in public places as
often as he possibly could.
lie was not really afraid Of death, but he
did abhor the thought of its coming up from
behind Except for the cigarets they were all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15

You have thought of something" she
asked
You might try it," he said. "They have
accepted your friendship; whether with ulte-
rior purpose remains to be learned. She has
been to your apartments two or three times to
tea and always got home safely"
NO" she said determinedly. Nothing
shall happen here I will not take the risk"
Wait till I'm through. Break up the ro-
nance in such way that the girl will bar
Norton from the house That's what we've
been aiming at: to get rid of that meldling
reporter. We've tried poisons. Try your
kind"
What do you mean?"
Lies"
"Ah! l understand. You want me to win
him away from her. 1t cannot be done"
"Pshaw. You have bag full of tricks
You can easily manage to put him into an
cquivocal position out of which he cannot pos
sibly squirm so far as the girl is concerned
A little melodrama arranged for the benefit
of Florence. Fall into Norton's arms at the
al suppose could. But if failed =. "
You're too damnably clever to fail in your
own particular work. Something has got to
be done to keep those two apart I've often
thought of raiding the house boldly and carry
ing off the whole family, Susan and all. But
a wholesale affair like that would be too noisy.
Think it over, Olga we have gone too far to
back down now. There's always Russia and
while I'm the boss over here they never cease
to watch me. They'll make me answer for
failure like this"
She eyed him speculatively. "You have
money"
40, the money doesn't matter. It's the
game. It's the game of playing fast and loose
with Society, of pilfering it with one hand and
making it kow-tow with the other. It's the
sport of the thing What was your thought"
we could go away together to South
America"
And tire Of each other within a month";"
he retorted shrewdly. No; we in the
same boat We could not live but for this
that We never could get far enough away
frou the long arm of the First Ten. Wen
have 10 stick it out here. Can't you see?"
Yes. l can see"
But in her heart she knew that she could
have lived in hut with this man till the end
of her days. She abhorred tn, life, though she
never, by the slightest word, let him become
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Stanley HnrEreave, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang Of brilliant thieves known the
Black Hundred. lives the life of recIuse
for eighteen years. HarEreave Rcci-
dentaIiy meets Braine. leader of the
Black Hundred. knowing Braiue will
try 10 get him he escapes from his own
home by balloon. Before escaping he
writes a letter to the girls school,
where eighteen years before he mysteri-
Ously left on the doorstep his baby
daughter, Florence Gray, That day
HarEreBye also draws one million dol
lars from the bank. hut II is reported
that this dropped into the sea, when the
balloon he escaped In was punctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga. Braine's companion, vis-
its her Hnd claims to he n relative. Two
bogus detectives call, but their plot is
fOiled by Norton, a newspaper man.
By bribinE the captain OF the Orient
Norton lays n trap for Braine and his
gang. Countess Olga also visits the OrI-
ent's captain and she easily falls into the
reporters snare. The plan proves abor-
tive through BrnIne's good luck. and
only EireIInGs fall into the hands of the
police.
After failing I'm their first attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
fOiIIng them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
ence the next day, once more safe at
home. The visitors having gone, Jones
removes n section of flooring, and from
q cavity takes n box. Pursued by mem
bers OF the Black Hundred, he rushes to
the water front and succeeds in dropping
the box into the sea.
Braine cOnceIves the idea of giving a
coaching party, to which Florence is in
vited. Jones and Norton both go along
and are fortunately on hand to snve
Florence from being Imprisoned In the
country house to which she is Iured.
Florence goes horseback riding and is
captured by one of Braine's men along
the roadside. Norton reScueS her. They
are pursued, however, amt the pair make
their complete escape only after Norton
has exploded n tire on the fast approach
ing machine with bullet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15

And what has become of the man over the
way"
BY the Lord Harry" exclaimed Braine,
clapping his hands. =" believe I've solved
that. We shot man coming out of Har-
greave's. Since then there's been no one
across the way. One and the same man.
" But that knowledge doesn't get us any
where
No. You say they are in lover
Secretly. l don't believe the butler has
an inkling of it. 1t is possible. however, that
Susan has caught the trend of affairs. But
being rather romantic, she will in no wise
interfere"
Braine smoked in silence. Presently smile
twisted his lips.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
SLO.OOO EOR 100 WORDS.

"The Million Dollar Mystery" story
tCil run for t.centy-tico consecutive toeeks
IN this paper. By an arrangement 10Th
the Thdnhouser Film company it has been
made possible not only to read the story
IN this paper but also to see it each tceek
in the UGrious nOriH0 picture thedters.
For the solution of this mystery story
$4,000 ioiH be 0iUen by the Thanhouser
Film corporation.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST.
The prize of $4,000 toiH be ICON by the
man, tooman, or child t0ho toy,tes the most
acceptable solution of the mystery, from
t1hich the last tLoo reels of motion picture
drama teiH be made aud the last ttco
chapters of the story toritten BY Harold
AGcGrath
Solutions may be sent to the Than
hoaSer Film corporation, either at Chicago
or Ne,o York. 0ny time up to midnight,
Jan. II. This dlloios several tceeks after
the last chapter has been published.
4 board Of three judges tciH determine
tohich of the many solutions received Is the
most acceptable. The judges are to be
Harold MdcGrath, Lloyd LonergGn, aud
Miss Noe Tinee. The judgment of this
board ioiH be absolute and final. Nothing
OF q iltcTQTy TuluT6 titt W COHSuGFtU VIZ
the decision, nor 0iUen any preference In
the selection of tho i0inner of the $4,000
prize. The last ttco reels, 1ohich tciH give
tho most acceptable solution to the mys-
terry, tciH be presented in the thedters
hGUing this feature as soon as it is pos
sible to produce the same. The story CORE
spending to these motion pictures tcfH dp-
pear in the newspapers coiHcidentdlly, or
as soon after the appearance Of me pic
lures as practicable. With the lest tioo
reels toiH be sholon the pictures Of the toin-
ner, his or her hOme, and other interesting
features. 1t is understood that the HetCs-
papers, so far as practicable, in printing
the last tteo chapters of the Story bv Hdr-
old MdcGrdth. tciH also shoto a picture of
the successful contestant.
Solutions to the mystery must not be
more than 100 icOrds long. Here are some
questions to be Kept in mind IN connection
toith the mystery as an aid to a solution
No. What becomes of the millionaire?
No. 2-WhGt becomes Of the $1,000, DOOR
No. S-Whom does Florence mdrryg
No. What becomes of the RusSiun
countess?
Nobody connected either directly or in
directly teith q" The Million Dollar Hys-
terry" tCiH be considered as contestant.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-03
A WORTHY CAUSE
NEEDS ASSISTANCE

The devoted band of Christians who
have built up the North Ocala Union
church, which institution is of great
helpfulness to that part of the city,
have by hard work and much denial
paid several hundred dollars on the
lot and building. They lack, hoWev-
er, about s120 of being able to make
both ends meet, and will be glad OF
any assistance that their fellow
Christians will extend to them. The
North Ocala church is a great help to
the people not only of its neighbor.
hood, but the entire city, and deserves
the assistance that viii place it firm.
ly on its financial feet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-03
A FRIEND

To have a friend is to have one OF
the sweetest gifts that life can bring.
A friend may praise US, and we are
not embarrassed, he may rebuke Us
and we are not angered. If he be 81
lent, we understand. 1t takes a great
soul to be a true friend-a large
catholic, steadfast and loving spirit
One must forgive much, forget much
forbear much. 1t costs to be friend
or TO have friend; there is nothing
else in life, except motherhood, that
costs so much. Let US be true to oul
friends, and then believe that they are
and ever will be, true to us.-Anns
Robertson Brown.