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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

the resoiute steel door would not open,
though he tried every combination
that came into his mind. mo use, -
he said disgustedly. "One must have
the right numbers"
Then he lifted his fretted frame and
smote his grimy hands together. tCon-
found it," he said with short laugh.
Here am, a bankrupt, with all this
out1t-clear to the very finger bowls
handed to me on a silver tray, and I'm
mad as scat because can't open the
first locked thing 1 f1nd!"
He ran upstairs and donned a rough
corduroy jacket and high leather leg
gings- We're going to climb the hill
today, Chum," he announced, "and no
more moccasins need apply"
In the lower hall, however, he sud-
denly stopped stock-still. "The slip of
paper that was in the china dog!" he
exclaimed. What a chump am not
to have thought of it," He found it
in its pigeonhole and. kneeling down
before the safe, tried the numbers
carefully. first right, then left: IT,
2S-94-o. The heavy door opened.
81 was right" he exulted. Its the
plate" He drew it out, piece by piece.
Each was bagged in dark-red Canton
flannel He broke the tape of one bag
and exposed a great silver pitcher,
furnished purple-blue Ike ravens
wing-then a tea-service. Each piece,
large and small, was marked with the
greyhound rampant and the motto.
And to think" he said, that my
/ t-grsat-grandfather buried you
with. his own hands under the stables
when Tarleton's raiders swept the val
ley before the surrender at Yorktown
Only wait till Aunt Daphne gets you
polished up, and on the sideboard!
You're the one thing the place has
needed"
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With the dog for comrade he ira
versed the garden and plunged across
the valley below, humsning as he went.
The. place was painless and over
grown with paw-paw bushes and sassa-
fras. Great trees stood so thickly
in. places as to make twilight and the
SUMMER spots were masses of pink
laurel. poison-iyy, flaming purple rho
dodendron and wine-red tendrils of in
terbraided briers. This was the for
est land of whose possibilities he had
thought. In the heart of the woods he
came upon great limb that had been
wrenched OF by storm. The broken
wood was of deep rich brown, shading
to black. He broke off his song, snap
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

Snheld the runaway vines, making a
sickle-like path from the upper ter
race to the lake. In the barn loft the
nieeons still quarrelled over their new
cotes of fresh pine, and under a clump
sof locust trees at a little distance from
The house. q half-dozen dolls cabins
IN stills stood waiting the honey-Etor-
age of the black and gold bees.
There were new denizens, also.
These had arrived in dozen zinc
tanks and willow hampers, to the
amaze of a sleepy express clerk at the
railroad station: two swans now sailed
majestically over the lily-ponds of the
lake, along its gravel rim and a pair
of bronze-colored ducks waddled and
preened. and its placid surface rippled
and broke to the sluggish backs of
goldfish and the flirting fins of red
Japanese carp.
The house itself wore another air.
It's look of unkemptness had largely
vanished. The soft gray tone of age
remained, but the bleakness and for
lornness were gone; there was about
all now a warmth and genial bearing
that limited at mellowed beauty, fire.
light and cheerful voices within.
Valiant heaved a long sigh of salts
faction as he stood in the sunlight gaz-
ing at the results of his labors. He
was not now the f1ippant boulevardier
to whom money was the sine qua non
of existence. He had learned a sover-
eign lesson-one gained not through
the push and fight of crowds, but in
the simple peace of countryside, un-
vexed by the clamor of gold and the
complex problems of a competitive ex.
istence-that he had inherited need
of activity, of achievement that he had
been born to do.
"Chum," he said. to the dog rolling
on his back in the grass, what dc
you think of it all, anyway" He
reached down, seized a hind leg and
whirling him around like a teetotum
sent him flying into the bushes
! whence Chum launched again upon
him, like catapult. He caught the
white shoulders and held him vise-like
Just about right. Ell? But wait til
! we get those ramblers!"
! And to think" he continued, within.
sically releasing him, that 1 might
have gone on, one of the little-neck
clam crowd I've always trained with
at the same old pace, till the Yer
mouth-cocktaiI-Pal Beach career got
double Nelson on me and the umpire
counted me out. At this moment
! wouldn't swap this old house and land
and the sunshine and that 'gyarden
and Unc' Jefferson and Aunt Dapt
and the chickens and the birds and
all the rest of it, for a mile of Mil
lionaires Row.
He went into the house and to the
library. The breeze through the wide
! flung bow-window was fluttering the
papers on the desk and the map or
the wall was Tapping sidewise. He
went to straighten it, and then saw
what he had not noticed before-that
it covered something that had been lei
into the plaster He swung it aside
and made an exclamation.
He was looking at square, uncom
promising wall-safe, with round fig
Ured disk of white metal on it's face
He knelt before it and tried its knob
After moment it turned easily. But
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AS he threw OF his coat in, the
bedroom he had chosen for his own,
be felt the hard corner of the 'Lucile"
in the pocket. and drawing it out. laid
it on the table by the bedside. He
seemed to feel again the Jingle Of
his cheek where curling strand Of
her coppery hair had sprung against it
when her head had bent beside his
own to read the marked lines.
When he had undressed he sat an
hour in the candle-blaze, a dressing
gown thrown over his shoulders, striy-
ing vainly to recreate that evening
call, to remember her every word ard
look and movement. For breath
her face would flush suddenly before
him, like a live thing; then it would
mysteriously fade and elude him,
though he clenched his hands on the
arms of his chair in the fierce mental
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ped twig and smelled it. Its sharp
acrid odor was unmistakable. He sud-
denly remembered the walnut tree at
Rosewood and what Shirley had said:
81 know a girl who had two In her
yard, and she went to Europe on
them"
He looked about him; as far as he
could see the trees reared. hardy and
perfect, untouched for generation.
He selected one of medium size and
pulling a creeper, measured its cir
conference and gaging this measure
with his eye, made penciled calcula-
ton on the back of an envelope.
Great Scottl' he said jubilantly to
the dog; that would cut enough to
wainscot the Damory Court library
and build twenty sideboards!"
He sat down on messed boulder,
breathless, his eyes sparkling. He had
thought himself almost beggar, and
here in his hand was small fortune!
talk about engagement rings!" he
muttered. why a dozen of these
ought to buy a whole tiara!"
| \ At length he rose and climbed on,
presently turning at right-angle to
bisect the strip to its boundary before
ne paused to rest. 'I'm no timber
cruiser" he said to himself as he
wiped his brow, "but 1 calculate there
are all of three hundred trees big
enough to cut. Why, suppose they are
worth on an average only hundred
apiece. That would make--Good
lord!" he muttered, land I've been
incoming about poverty"
The growth was smaller and sparser
now and before long he came, on the
hills very crest, to the edge of a
ragged clearing 1t held squahd set
tlement, perhaps score Of dirt-daubed
cabins little better than novels. some
of them mere mud-walled lean-tos.
with sod roofs and window-panes OF
flouF-sacking- Fences and outhouses
there was none Uttered paths ram
bled aimlessly hither and thither from
chip-strewn yards to starved patches
of corn, under-cultivated and blighted.
Over the whole place hung an indie
scribable atmosphere of disconsolate
ness
With one hand on the dogs collar,
hushing him to silence, Valiant, un,
seen, looked at the wretched place
with SILVER. He had glimpsed many
wretched purlieus in the slums OF
great cities, but this, in the open sun
light, with the clean woods about it
and the sweet clear blue above, stood
out with an unrelieved holiness and
contrast that was doubly sinister and
forbidding. He knew instantly that
the tawdry corner was the community
known as Hell's-Hah-Acre, the place
to which Shirley had made her night
ride to rescue Hickey Snyder.
A quick glad realization of her cour
age rushed through him. On its heels
came feeling of shame that spot
like, this could exist, foul blot on
such landscape. 1t was on his OWL
land! It's denizens held place by
squatter sovereignty, but he was
nevertheless, their landlord. The
thought bred new sense of RESPONSE
bility. Something should be done fol
them, too.
AS he gazed, an uproar in a cabin
reached a climax. A red-bearded fig
ure in nondescript garments shot from
the door and collapsed in heap II
the dirt. He got up with dreadful
oath-a jug thrown at him grazing
his temple as he did so-and shaking
his fist behind him, staggered into G
nearby lean-to.
Valiant turned away with feeling
almost of nausea, and plunged bacl
down the forest hillside.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
CHAPTER XVIII.
Beyond the Rox-Hedae.

AS he greeted her, his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recoi1ed a
step, startled, to recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought it due to a stabbing
memory of that forest-horror. His first
words were prosaic enough:
=. I'm an unconscionable trespasser,"
f1essaid. at must seem awfully Prov
II, but l didn't realize 1 was on pri-
vate property till passed the hedge
there
AS, her hand lay in his, a strange
fancy stirred in him: in that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch-like, the wilfuI spirit of the pas
sionate spring herself, mixed of her
aerial essences and jungle wilder
nessesj in this scented dfm-lit close she
was grave-eyed, subdued, a paler pen
sive woman of under Lalf-guessed sad
nesses and haunting moods. With her
answer, however, this gravity seemed
to slip from her like a garment. She
laughed lightly.
Il love to prowl myself. I think
sometimes like the night better than
the day. 1 believe in one of my in
carnations I must have been a pam
Their"
They both laughed. I'm growing
superstitious about flowers" he said,
you know a rose figured in our first
meeting. And in our last"
She shrank momentarily. "The cape
jessamines! I shall always think of
that when I see them!"
''Ah, forgive mel" he begged. "But
when 1 remember what you did-for
me! Oh, I know! But for you, must
have died"
But for me you wouldn't have
been bitten. But don't let's talk of it
She shivered suddenly.
You are cold" he said isn't that
gown too thin for this night air?''
NO, l often walk here till quite
late. Listen!"
The bird song had broken forth
again, to be answered this time by a
rivals. in distant thicket. my
nightingale is in good voice."
Il never heard a nightingale before
came to Virginia. L wonder why it
sings only at night"
What an odd idea! Why, it sings
in the daytime, too"
Really? But suppose it escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is it a
large bird?"
mo; smaller than a thrush. Only a
little bigger than a robin. It's nest is
over there in that hedge-a tiny loose
cup of dried oak-leaves, lined with
hair, and the eggs are olive color.
How pretty the hedge looks now, all
tangled with FREELY sparks!"
Doesn't it! Uncle Jefferson calls
them 1ightning-bugs.
'The name is much more pic
turesque. But all the darby sayings
are. Do you find him and Aunt
Daphne useful?"
He has been a godsend," he said
feryently; "and her cooking has
taught me to treat her with passion
ate respect. He's teaching me now
about fowers-it's surprising how
many kinds he knows He's walking
herbarium"
Come and see mine," she said.
"Roses are our specialty-we have to
live up to the Rosewood name. But
beyond the arbors, are beds and beds
of other, flowers. See-by this big
tree are speed-well and delphinium.
The tree is a black-walnut- It's a
dreadful thing to have one as big as
that When you want something that
costs lot of money you go and look
at it and wonder which you want
most, that particular luxury or the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
Do 1t Now!

Our combination offer with the Enquirer,
etc, set out on page A Of this paper expires
May 23rd. It's the greatest combination
ever offered Get busy
You can renew in advance and thus get
this great combination. Positively no or
ders taken after May23 DO IT NOW.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
CHAPTER XIX.
NIGHT.

NIghr.
A quicker breeze was stirring as
John Valiant went back along the Red
Road. He had waited in the garden
at Rosewood till Shirley, aided by
Emmaline and with Ranston's anxious
face lowering in the background, hav-
ing performed those gentle offices
which woman's fainting spell re-
quires. had come to reassure him and
to say good night.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
SLIP ON or TARTAN.

OF heavy Scotch plaid silk is this
slip on, which, with the washable
guimpe, makes a different dress posi-
BILE on all occasions. The loose velvet
belt is made siip-through fashion.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

Col. Theodore Roosevelt dur
ing his journey through the unex-
plored regions of Brazil discover
ed a tribe of savages hitherto I'M
known. The tribesmen who were
named Pauhates, were completely
unclothed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
Famous at Last

Caruso, the great Italian singer
has reached the climax of his
fame. Miss Mildred Meffert, of
New York has sued him for $780,
600 for an alleged breach of prom
Use.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
THE wor 8

he wor d 8
looked at closely,
will be found to
epitomize all the
work of Christ as
Savior.
For what is the
city of Main? We
find the answer in
the meaning of its
name: fair, pleas
ant, probably so
called because of
its striking situa-
ton. And is not
this what the
world was as God
made it, SO that
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
ID@Mll*T2FGHEN
|YEE8ABINET

w N HO is the wisest mamie
who says the right thing at
the right time? No, indeed-but he who
leaves unsaid the wrong things at the
tempting moment
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

The Illinois Supreme Court
adjourned without deciding the
question as to whether the law
granting suffrage to women was
constitutional.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05
At the Gate Of
Main
By REV. GEORGE E GUILE
Bible Teacher. Moody Insdiuie.
Chicago

TExT-He went into city called Main.
. Luke I'll
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This frock of silky mohair fairly
Shoes away the dirt. Blue linen. makes
the removable collar and cuffs. Gold
buttons trim the front which is fas-
tened with snap fasteners.
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Sel tIs private fortune TO the receiver
CHAPTER III-His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car
white bull dog and Damory court, a
neglected estate In Virginia
CHAPTER Tv-He learns that this es-
Sate came into the family by royal grant
ana has been in the possession of the
Haliants ever since.
CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
court he meets Shirley cambridge. an au-
ourn-haired beauty, and decides that he
Is going to like Virginia immensely.
CHAPTER Wan old negro tells Shir-
ley's fortune and predicts great trouble
TOR her on account of a man
CHAPTER vII-Uncle Jefferson. an old
negro. takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER vIII-shirley's mother, Mrs
cambridge, and Major Bristow exchange
"reminiscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major, Valiant's father. and a
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth
Sassoon and Valiant fought duel on her
account in which the former was killed
CHAPTER N-valiant finds Damory
court oyergrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings in a very much
neglected condition. Uncle Jefferson and
his wife, Aunt Daphne, are engaged as
servants.
CHAPTER X-valiant explores his an
cestral home. He is surprised by a fox
hunting party which invades his estate.
he recognizes Shirley at the head of the
party.
CHAPTER XI-He gives sanctuary to
the cornered fox. Gossips discuss the ad-
vent or the new owner and recall the
tragedy In which the elder Valiant took
part.
CHAPTER XII-Valiant decides to re-
nabll1tate Damory court and make the
land produce a living for him.
CHAPTER XIII-He meets Shirley. who
mas been gathering flowers on the Valiant
estate, and reveals his identity to her.
CHAPTER XIV-Valiant saves Shirley
from the bite of snake. which bites him
knowing the deadliness of the bite, Shir-
ley sucks the poison from the wound and
saves his life.
CHAPTER xV-Shirley tells her mother
OF the incident and the latter is strangely
moved at hearing that a Valiant is again
living at Damory court
CHAPTER XVI-Valant learns some
OF the history of his family from Doctor
Southall and Major Bristow.
CHAPTER XVII-He learns for the
nrst time that his father left Virginia on
account of a duel in which Doctor South
al! and Major BristoW acted as his faith
erS seconds.
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CHAPTER II-He voluntarily turns
oyer his private fortune to the receiver
Tor the corporation.
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CHAPTER IILHis entiye remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car
white bull dog and Damory court,
neglected estate In Virginia
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SYNOPSIS. =

CHAPTER I-John Valiant, q rich So
e1ety favorite, suddenly discovers that the
founded and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

CHAPTER TV-He learns that this es-
tate came into the family by royal grant
and has been in the possession of the
Valiants ever since
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effort to recall it. Only the intense
blue of her eyes, the tawny sweep of
her hair-these and the touch of her,
the consciousness of her warm and
vivid fragrance, remained to wrap all
his senses in mist woven of gold
and fire.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-05

CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
court he meets Shirley Cambridge an aIi-
burn-haired beauty, and decides that he
u going to like Virginia immensely.
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CHAPTER Wan old negro tells Shir-
ley's fortune and predicts great trouble
Tor her on account of q man
New Britain herald., 1914-08-01
SPLENDID LAYOUT
 OF BELv!DERE
Best Building Lots in Town for
 Sale by BOdWcl Land Co.

Cut through the middle by Stanley tric lights, and a double row of trees fanking each side, the land of the Bodwell land company, Belvidere and Belvidere Manor extends from Allen street to Francis street comprising one hundred and fifty acres of the best building lots in the town of New Britain. The most marked feature aside from the splendid nature of the soil and the generally satisfactory location of the land itself is the access lbility of the place. A twenty minute trolley service from the center leads directly through it, and the center is only eight minutes away
 Be1videre and Belvidere Manor which three years ago were farms, now boast of four miles of cement sidewarks, at least thirty houses and streets going in all directions lined with young and growing trees set out by the land company. Nearly all the land is restricted, and the re- strictions are so high that none but desirable residents are assured, while at the same time they are not so high that they cannot be maintained.
 Courteous and conSiderate treat ment of it's customers is always the aim of the Bodwell land company. Most of the land is sold on an asy pay ment basis, but never are the terms of the contract so strictly enforced that a man through sickness and want of employment forfeits a home OH which he has maae payments: They believe that their best advertise ment is the satisfied customer who tells his friends of square treatment. num- Der of men, for the four seasons that have passed since the company began to sell land in Belvidere, have re- turned each year and bought another, lot testifying thus their belief that the treatment they receive and the land they buy are both satisfactory.-advt
New Britain herald., 1914-08-01
BILLIARD RESIGNS FROM
 NEW HAVEN BOARD:
Also Leaves Directorate Of New England Navigation Company.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 1.-The resignation of John L." Billiard of Meriden from the directorate of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and the, New England Navi- gation company, was announced here yesterday The announcement was made in a statement issued by Homer $. Cummings of Stamford, counsel for MT. Billiard, after consultation with MT. Billiard. The statement. says:
 "Mr. Billiard today sent in.his resig- nation as a member of thes board of directors of'the New York. New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad company and of the New England Navigation company. If MT. Billiard had con- suited his personal desires he would have sent in his resignation several months ago, as it has been his de- sire, for some time to be relieved as far as possible of business cares.
 Opportunities of Friends.
 He refrained from sending in his resignation because of the impor- tunities of friends and his associates, and because it did not seem desirable to take any step which might change CIlc SIdJuS OI dHa1TS Wn1lo the Inter state commerce commission wasiinves- tlgating the financial transactions of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company.
 "In view of the fact. however, that that investigation has been completed and formal report filed, MT. Billiard now feels free to submit his resigna- tion. It iss only fair to say that there is an additional reason for filing his resignation.
 Might Embarrass Associates.
 'The report of the Interstate com merce commission deals in part with the relations between the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and the Billiard company. A committee of the directors of the railroad has been appointed to inves- tigate and report further upon the Billiard company affairs so far as the railroad company may be interested in them. MT. Billiard feels that his continued presence on the board of directors might possibly be embar- rassing to his associates in conduct ing their investigation and 1t is his wish that such investigation should De as full as complete and unlimited in scope as the most exacting could require. Under these circumstances it will be manifest that the action taken by MT. Billiard was dictated by l the strictest sense of propriety."