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The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27
CHAPTER n.

n Daaa q Hueeuna, oeGnaSily %
psecsfaa - sSssSy. vas alive With
huffying nsa vhsa - ~ Pm
reoeAo1 town Over a& ths statioa Q
sDoeaal sasins vas WAssa1ng and blow.
inS sftse it, hsavy run cd, iron ~
tso1a of co0naA1ssrsd ego carr ~
hinA. swasn a soldiers vses IsaDing
70 tie groanA. On ths percA Il IL
hoAd Don JnaA = Dies BeaeAanooto
was making vioasnt Signals With Ais
han1a. and - they roAs up he huErisl
oat to meet then.
NY gracious. boys" hs cried, "it's .
eood thing yoa came into town! Bee-
nardo Bravo has come over the noun
taiAs and he's marching to take Moo
tooa0a!"
why, that doesn't naks any diRss-
eees 70 ss!" answered Pan. "Aocts-
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The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27

Cos he had thrown down all his guards.
and even De Lancey saw all too clear.
ly what his inteotions in The matter
had been.
Spare your cursing. 6enor Araeoa."
~ said, and aftsf this" - aAAsA.
'yoa caA savs yoar Drstty wsrda. eoo
for sonebody slss. We sAau -
aaia hsee aaA hoaA cur pes0sesy..
Hal Yoa Anse1caao!" GxeanADoA
AsA0oa. - ~ eAsvsA bittssiy - III
lsesat Yea win rob - q svssy.
thiAs-evsa Cur sovsennsat . yoa
afo . 1s1ieaA citissa, eAf Yoa 01st
va10o tAis basFea mise vssy AiGAly -
Sivs - IL Drotsetioa q ysar 0evosn-
nsn1 D19 DsEAaSs yoa sfs acQsaia1s1
W1sA . nAA na0eA Kfu0afr -
ns9sA.
He woaA ssll Ais hoaoe aay u0e
- asesaal . MEXICAN oe ~ f4gAts,
80 I losb< 1oe II was hs W. Gsat
- hes0. Ysa, have known 4 Ifo0
IL Arst-but wnl fool hin ystl
10 yol are Mexican catsssA, oGnaf
Do Lancsyf Disa. tAaa ysa sAan ~
u tall price oe your citi.sasitA b.
tuEe cur law yoa are noW no Aoeo eAaA
that peoe pslade. -Meades Yoa cannot
appeal nov 70 your consul at 0aAs-
den-yoa are only Nexican! Very
wellI"
He shrugged his sheuldsrs anl
smiled signincaAtly.
NO." rotorted De LAAcey anGrily:
-yoa are rigAt-I cannot appeal 70 ny
esvsrnnsati But 1t ne ten ysl ssas-
tA1AG, 0aooe 4GkicAno! A Ampg1eaA
nss1s - 0svss1nans - ysses69 49,
The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27

ao6oa1ha1D Uoo ennam16A -
- hG1n1 = - Gmo - -
- = - os1ms1D - - 11e
= ~ A0alnnD Gls1AnDCo oo1oa0
80 sassunnL - . an11Do en1n1
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Q ~ -
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oasuAa1 = = oAhs eaao - -
n1nhl ~ Ds.sasAa1 ~ aaa0e
$500 IN - 0sk . ts1n1ao -
vun1 hask = - - DaR1n0.
IAaG ssenin0 - UAA0 ~ ~
volA ~ vil1ast su0saA - onD1AnB
tsaAa arrived 1nslAs ~ 49, ~
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lsaslng Q sFsa1 s1lsoos vAsss . ~
- 6nGaeealls - sscaAsosoA -
tAsa tAs Aest fugitive sADs = ~
AsVa hsasW.
He vas a ~ AsxieaA. IN 0oDp
haAng hsasa 80 staring s5sa - -
AosA Q tale - ootFage that 0A1o 0An11
bssal rua esaA- fAs Fs1aaeDsS -
cone 70 his hosao st Night: ~ -
kilisd his wife aAA 80. lst hin 49,
~ ground for AsaA. an1 carried =
his daughter. Deisonar.
But later. VIA thG eooiaAfio 0oae
tinasA hin sharply. Il 1svsasos1 ~
- lived not far away. hsA 70 1aa0A-
~ - lose. anA va. b fast. saly .
erased old man Who told See tsoGh ~
which he feared would happsa-
Notvithstanaing tie 1saoeaoan2
~ stsey stirred ths AsE1saa ps0a1np,
tioa - The depths. ~ VIA - -
Pm trisA - hire 1sa - Dasa -
work a he mine. tA4v Fean1oe1 ~
thslr trosbAss bad bagsn. Net ealv
vas Il impossible - sa0AOs hhOuo
at any price. bst - tAs fsllsUlag ~
Crus NeoAsa, v1tA his w ~ -
Aspa snA al his earthly Daoson11nno
- his bssroa. eaos hassyiag = isoO
IL camp and told tAs0 - csaal oasvo
thaa 70 more.
1T n ny vomaA!" - sgvaa1na1:
ny Maria! Al. II these rsvoo>nano
sAoald see Maria they wosh soaal ~
bsfore my eyesi"
30 he was givea his ~ ~ -
0fty dollars he had safno1 ~ -
The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27

Osa U1ayia0 aDaaG - vilassa.
egssshs6 - ~ Ssfst ~ sHbAiHs.
Ahsa6 - al1ss q ~ Uosny ~,
UAaso ~ Dssns ~ tAair nnAanA
oas6 Aoss<A osthsss eaas a.ztsasiy
- sesa aoess: - - tAsy jsaDsd
a1saG ~ ths Fivse ~ Chinass ar
AaoaFs. vorkiAg y eacA ssoasaAs naak
81 e61y of tAe seoe0-vaahol essek-
~. stopssd sssbetng = 0Ass q tAsa
isssiFinsly.
WsaAsr what's tAs nattsr WITH
them chinks!" Observed Bud. vhsa his
happiness bad ceased TO eRervesce;
they cit UP Hike village Of prairie
doGs! Whole country seems to be o.
The rubber neck Must BE- something
doing"
That's right" agrssd Phil; did you
notice how those poems scattered when
] rode down the street! Maybe thsre's
been some insurrectos through. But
sAy-listeni"
He, stopped his horse. and in the
silence . bugiecall came down the
wind from the direction OF Fortuna.
-Soldisrs!" he said. "Now whers
did they come from? was in Fortuna
day before yesterday. anaNvell. look
a& that!"
Froa ths poaat Of tAs hill jsst aAsaA
q thsa . tine of solAtsrs caas into
visw. marching two abreast. With .
DesntsA o0csr h tAs IaaA
"AAa!" exclainsA DSA WITH ooavie-
tiaa: '-tAsy'vs started so0sthins down
below. This y that bsAeA q ssAsrsls
that - saw drilling ~ at Aqua Ne
ga"
Yea" admitted Do Laacsy regret.
fslly: 4 guess yoars right Tor oacs-
IL oDsa season for rseeb has bsgun. :"
Thsy afsw cot of ~ FoaA and ~
tAsa Dassa hong. doab3s uas ef
shabby infantrynsn. still wearing tAsir
lase year's stFev hats aAl sanDsP uni
ferns ~ tFaAsins aIoas b tagging
aaaAals.
In fsunt were tvo nsa bsasfns hn-
tsens. 70 search ct tAs way b night:
slaatssaly ye0ea. he iasvitabas camp
follovsss. tsoetsa aloag at tAe si1ss
With tAsif bssAlas aAA babiss; aaA -
ths littls Known Dsa iron Eaoasssna,
eacA barasasA v1eA ~ hsavy 90 ~
. 1ct lot q bsats aA1 DAeks. sAu0eA
paGtea&ly - tAs ADsg1sana. tAag
0ashsA tAs vAlA0 q tAslr syss -
suobssA . sAss1s - .Al1ssi"
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- ~ = ~ taso tsoeAel ~ ~
aaA WisAaA tAe0 IN 0o1D0ool
"ROae Asvils!" ~ naf0aeoA, = IL
lase tottsriAg eaApesllowsss. hAsa
viGA tAslr Asr1eas. beoagAA uD u
rear - . vhitsskinssd Spanish en-
Ger salute1 ffoa his hoess; what Do
thoes little pssoass knoW absat hb.
erty anA jsstSss. q ~ eAas tAat b
bsing played? Wearing IL saAs mi
foens tAaA tAsy bad vAsa thsy SuagAs
bes DeaA anA Dow thsy ass A0At1Ag ~
naAsro. Nsxt year thsy ny b woek-
ing Tor Ofooco or Husfta q 0alaaas."
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aint The qsestioa. II thsy's rebsls u
tAe hilla. vAeFe - ve 81 or
The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27
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n - Ana1e0, aasnsAsuls1 - -.
ehe sAana1 49, 1sse ~ tn1Alag absse
4 a1sssWaR1 tAsss = as<A1ng - snhe1y
iflenting - H. el1-Woss1 1sgnnl1sa,
tAs pn1nAs evasavsness - - Msx1-
ennsaaa2 ye1 q ft0A ~ - GDsak
- ~ De6ak VA u ~ q ~
Yee aexex lnys Doa Cipe1a1o Asaooa
haA sn1Dod aAA smiled - tAsA. nd.
Asnly, - ~ lAt 1ay e tha1e ntnfng
peentt pasDeA by and tAesO was no
rscord Il . deuouucsmsot ~ Crus
" s0dea. - apOsarsd II .ths .Eag3e TaA
nine WITH . ptstoa h his beat - .
tziuHEi,oat aneer - his kDA
BeAfu1 him se1e 1Dr Aexieana.
f'flgy as1s4 an1.tAW 0aAo - f9pay
- Do'1Dsagt pgDoo sDosnso NaDl"
1Ao ~ Uese'o 49, -
The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27
svss L,vs Hsss~ sassssss ~ vassl

sAs customary ~llucAas gracaaA. -
VIII ~ faitAfsl Mazia ~ ~ - -
wsat Aurryiag - to ths stosA
AID now h eeowAoA vehicles, M
armed nsA rS1iAg II froat end beh1nA
Tie refugees ffo0 Noetaou0A - -
hoe cosatry beeaA 70 Dess into tsVA
eA1lag ~ their vssy hasss te ~ Dan1s
q an who saw tAsm.
Thsy were the rich psoDsrty swnass
Who. having bssa s9bjsots1 b 1.sos1
contribution before. were now Doo1q0
af tAs Arst runoe Of danger. beinG1no
tAstr families With them 70 socaDo 80
being held for rsnson.
In half day the big hotsl Deesl1s1
over BY Don Juan d Dlcs DsoaAA
monte was swarmiAg with Gfng1n0
eyed country mothers and stsealy -
sued families Of children; anA Aaal
". to add ec1at to the occasiea an1
compensate for the general coafsGSsa,
Don Cfprtano Arason y Tres PalAs1se
came driving up to the door With ~
wife and the smiling Gracia.
II she had been In any fear q 80
tsrs BY bold maraudsrs, Gracia Ass
gon did not show II now. - shs soeana
lightly fron the carriage and va11s0
upoa Asr lady mother. PesAaSa, aa1oD
year O more Of runoes aAA alasnA
sAs haA eoos 10 look uDoa hDmAln6
rsves1ttoaAsy coa1icts - ssnvea1nn1
sKeaso see tx1p 70 tovn. lsag oono
II tAe hetsl. I'D ovsa Q AaaA = -
0AAs0sa b easo ~ suAals ppenao1
e3ooa
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Joaa ssssss1 Aiasse - psssusu -
. ~ Fsso - soAsss1 ~ - q
- ADssasaA gsa1D vstA beepunna
1e1aeGo0 -. - ut Assk sa0e -
- svsa vsneaFoA = lssk - ~
eone ovsF ~ naho ssos ssu9Gnnp
- ~ 0seAsG.
~ tA0-se - 4 sosnol = ~,
- 0etAsr giasesA - Suiahl4 -
Azo1 ~ sysg lDoa Aan. Ass1 -
- was = bess of . hurry to rstzRn =
tie hina. aAA PAii saia tAsy ,vuuha
eeay insa1s eor . week. Bat = ~
Qoa Clsriano. whea he came cmvm
0sa fn the crowded lobby hs iansoa
p@ then with malignant inseasnos
aA4 abruptly turned his hack. a.
A. La Fortuna he was the laea -
1Astsr. with power to foehid tAea -
Dtace; bat now once nore the fortunu
q war haA turaed against htA, - u
wes sseesd to toaersta their prspsssA
NJ banA played 4 he plaal -
svsaiaG II ssiAg TAszs6ay Z -,
C1eDo 0sn11nas1) 3.
The Glenwood post., 1914-06-27
.D1 DANE COOLIDGE,
s1u0 T&W6A16.0A
A1aalrolfoas - DON l. LAvN

GsuuidoG ~ 49, 4. 01a11Vl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23

of many Americans stranded here by he outbreak of general war was pitiful at first, but most of the distress is now relieved. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, head of Columbia university, was among the Americans who lead in the work of devising means of returnin; Americans to their homes and supplying them with funds
 Dr. Butler and other Americans char tered liner to transport 440 first-clRss and a larger number of second-class pas sengers, but the government unexpectedly issued decree prohibiting all sailings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
BIJOU BOX OFFICE
 TO OPEN THURSDAY
Seats for the Opening Performance, Week From Tomorrow, Will Go On Sale This Week-Some-
 thing of the Show

There promises to be great rush Tor tickets at the box office of the BiJou next Thursday morning when seats are placed on sale for the grand opening of the popular Wells house with new policy musical comedies in place of the old dramatic shows. The box office will be opened continuously alter Thursday morning. Season res ervations of tickets may be made al any time. The first company to an pear is Sam Howes Heart Charn1ersn which numbers 42 people, including 24 chorus girls who are said to be pretty. sprightly and beautifully costumed.
 According to all advance representa- tions there will be presented at the B1Jou theatre next week noteworthy production of musical comedy Sam Howe presents Charles Howe, the well known Hebrew comedian, in a new play written for his exclusive use by sam Howe and it is said he has given 1t production that will compare fay- orably with any presentation of musi- cal comedy given in first class the atres.
 The title of the new piece is "The Heart Charmers." It is in two acts which give unlimited scope for the most elaborate stage establishment. The spectators are shown Niagara Falls with its beautiful water ways and the second act is a race track scene at Sheepshead Bay where real horses will be shown as famous runners. These scenes are said to have been painted from photographs and MT. Howe is credited with having provided a fur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
FIRST BALE BRINGS I 2CTS. IN DECATURS Staple Opening Rapidly and Picking Will Soon Be
 On In Earnest

Decatur, August 22.-(Specia1 )-The first bale of cotton marketed in this county was bought in New Decatur to- day by Peck, Patterson & Winton. The bale was raised and sold by Cal John, son, negro farmer, who resides neare the Decaturs. The price paid was about 12 cents. The bale brought about $6O
 During the past few days cotton has commenced to open quite rapidly and within a week or two picking will com mence in earnest The later corn is good but the earlier corn was badly in- jured by a drouth. The Irish potato crop in this section Is almost faill ure.
 The city election takes place on Sep tember 21. Under the law all candi- dates, in order to get their names printed on the ticket, must file their petition with the city clerk not less than 20 days before the day of the cleo tion. As yet no petition for candates have been filed with the clerk. The peach crop and the cantaloupe and watermelon crop near the Deca- turs Is finer this season than for many years.
 Mrs. Henry Brunton of northwestern Indiana is here on visit to her moth- CT, Mrs Abbie Nelson. Mrs. Brunton resides on farm in the famous corn belt of the United States She says that owing to severe drouth corn in that section of the country is almost fails ure this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
DIABETES YIELDS
 IN HOSPITAL

Place-Good Samaritan's Hospital in Dawson City. Alaska.
 Patient-G. A. Hatch. business man of Dawson.
 Prognosis--Hopeless. not only be- cause physicians considered it so, but the condition of the patient was so ex- treme death was believed to be not far away.
 A friend of Hatch's heard about h1a plight. told him he bad been in the same fix and sent to California for Fulton's Diabetic Compound and it had restored him to business. He kept some on hand and would loan Hatch some till more could be had.
 To the surprise of Hatchs friends be began to mend and four months later he was on his way for visit to his old home in Portland. Maine. Passing through San Francisco he called and gave us this item.
 The ability of Fulton's Diabetic Com- pound to oppose Hepatic degeneration and reduce sugar in many cases of plapetes in people aged fifty and up- wards Is not matter of opinion but a FACT IN PHYSICS. and we will ma iai formula that will show the percentas or sugar from week to week AS thSI sugar disappears improvement com monty follows, recoyerfes having been reported in many cases. Formula and literature mailed on reqnest. John |. Fulton Co. San Francisco. Norton'a Drug Store is local agent Ask for pemphlet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23

army on the continent will be kept to- gether in unit, and then goes on to ob- serve that it is likely to be in the north ern theatre of war, fighting over ground that is thoroughly familiar to all the of- f1cers.
 There are rather less than 12,00o square miles in Belgium and nowhere in the world is there a territory so familiar to military men. The classic contests in which Prince Eugene, Marlborough, Will liam the Silent Napoleon. Wellington and score of other commanders came to llis- tory-making conclusions, is as familiar to the military world as his ancestral es- tate to country gentleman. That more- over, is true of many of the officers of the American army, to whom studies of these campaigns of the past has been a very primer course in their professional education. and who in great numbers have studied the battlefields in person.
 All Europe is mapped and understood in the utmost detail by every war office. A British army in Belgium, or Alsace, or Baden, or Wurttemburg, is not in a strange country It is quite as competent u ldilQic ltScil tueTe aS IL WOulu Dc on British soil Back in 1870 it was said that French overconfidence had misled the ministry of war to provide command CTS with excellent maps of Germany, but almost none of France That mistake will not be repeated in the present war. Even the general staffs of the Balkan na- tions proved in their late conflicts that they had made every possible preparation through their information services; noth- ing was taken for granted, nothing was permitted to await the exigency of an hour
 To what extent the use of aerial scout ing devices will unmake all the rules of both strategy and tactics nobody can yet more than conjecture, Many lives will be sacrificed in utterly futile efforts to get information in this way. On the other as to the usefulness of this service.
 hand, an aviators report at a staff head quarters, brought in by wireless or field telephone. may be the incident that will decide the fate of a continent. Only the experience of the war can tell; very likely when the war is over there will yet be differences of opinion among the experts
 Philadelphia Public Ledger: The expect ed great battle in Belgium has been a great battle for several days Hard
 
 a week. While it is true the main armies have not been engaged. advance forces in numbers that would have been consid. cred enormous in any other war have been fighting their way forward steadily. Be- tween the lines of the censored dispatches it may be read that the brilliant fighting of the Belgians has retarded. but not pre- vented, the German forward movement. Moreover, the repeated warnings of Lon don newspapers against the assumption by the public that the allies are certain to be successful constitute a strong intima- ton that all has not gone we'll The ab- sence of naval news is particularly sig nificant The French invasion of Alsace is preceding and may have vital effect on the subsequent plans of the Germans There is great comfort for the French in the fact that whatever the outcome in Belgium, the first line of defense of the patrie has not yet been reached by the invaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
HOODS CAUST|C . REPLY ID REPORT
 MADE BY TONNES
Montgomery Sheriff An swers State Examiner In Lengthy and Bitter
 Statement

Montgomery, August 22.-(Special ] What is probably one of the most caustic and bitter statements ever written by an official in Alabama was issued today bv Sheriff Horace Hood of Montgomery county, In reply to report made on his office by Charles L. Townes, examiner of public accounts. Examiner Townes made his report to the governor several weeks ago, the salient features of which were charges that sheriff Hood had mis- placed many commitments and releases, for which reason he charged back to the sherin a total of $455. representing the feed bills of prisoners for which commit ments and releases could not be found.
 Sheriff Hoods statement Is in answer to the examiners report, and is also an explanation of his appeal from the state board of compromise, before whom he was summoned. to jury of Montgomery county.
 The grounds of Sheriff Hoods appeal are set out by him as follows:
 Because the report of the examiner is partisan, inaccurate and a jungle of mis- statements and inconsistencies.
 Because the report is so full of errors it discredits itself Out of 279 entries made against the sheriff in his report there are 151 errors. This is shown by his own figures and additions.
 Because 1t was shown the sheriff had no more chance for a square deal before the board of compromise than a snow ball in hades.
 Because it is difficult to tell whether the report is due to ignorance, incidence, incompetency Of viciousness.
 Because it was conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.
 Because as president of the Sheriffs' Association of Alabama, there are ques- tions under the peculiar circumstances in volved that can only be finally solved by the courts.'
 Sheriff Hood takes up in detail the va rious features of Examiner Townes' re- port. and at times indulges in bitter per sonalities He declared the whole exami- nation farce, from beginning to end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
Carlyle's Caustic Tongue
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
 A delightful Carlyle story is told in connection with the painting of the DOT. trait of Carlyle by Sir John Millais which was slashed by militant suffragette ir the National Portrait gallery, London last week.
 The portrait was painted in 1877 al the home of Millais. Carlyle and his niece, who accompanied him, were botf impressed with the magnificepce of the furnishings and the objects of art witf which 1t was filled.
 And does all this-er-come from paint pot?" queried the niece. The art ist replied in the affirmative. Then this characteristic comment came from Car lyle:
 "Ah, well, 1t shows what number oi fools there are in the world.
 Only three sfttings were given and the picture is chased as ''unfinished. May be that remark is tho reason why it wal never completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
Lawn Tennis Is 40 Years Old

To celebrate the 10th Birthday of lawn tennis it is proposed to erect a memorial to the man who introduced-if he did not actually invent-the game, says T1t-Bits.
 Mai Walter Clapton Wingfield, M. ". O.. was the name of the pioneer of lawn tennis so far as this country was con- eerned, and he brought the game here in 1874 Major wingfeld's lawn tennis was not. in some ways, the same game that is so popular today, however. "Sphairistike' was the name under which he patented it, and one great point of difference was in the shape of the lawn on which it was played. The first tennis courts were marked out in the shape of an hour-glass
 "Sphairistike' soon became very pop ular, and a year after it's introduction it was being played all over the country. From being sort of compromise between real tennis and badminton, it rapidly be- came far more popular game than either.
 Improvements to cope with the speed ing up of lawn tennis soon came about The net was lowered from five feet at the sides and four feet in the middle to three and half and three feet respec- lively The cut-down racquet bats at first used were replaced by tightly strung special racquets, and tennis balls were made much more lively than they were in the beginning
 A schooboy discovered the present way of cutting the flannel used in covering the balls. and the patent brought in many thousands of pounds.
 As a boy King George played Major Wingfield's "SphairistilSc," and that the game gave him lasting fondness for lawn tennis was shown by the fact that 4&.tf- Al as last summer.
 "Sphairistike' officially became lawn tennis in 1888, when the English Lawn Tennis association was formed