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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-08

W. II. Upham has sold the Hoxsey
HOTEL a new, uD-to-date electric
piano.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-08

Mrs Mabry, mother q M.
William Smith, suffered .
stroke Sunday. Her ~
mains about fhc Same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-08

NOTICE or FINAL SETTLE
Notice IL hereby gtypr vt
saiHewart of the estate d /
Clay, dr~eascd win b. "a
the February term OF the n
court Of Audrain cmniv Na|
he held at Mexico Nssu5d Il
sorond Monday I'm Febrsr ~
"a & c n. cad
EyecuiG.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-08
PRIZES FOR
FARMER WOMEN
Truly yours,
GLOVER WELLS.

y The Ledgei offers $40 FIRST d
y prize; IS sec 'nd prize; $3.50. d
: Third prize and the Weekly led. :
ger a year fourth prize to the :
Audrain County Farm Women =
who sell the most butter. eggs :
chicken ducks, turkeys. geeses
y cream or milk from Ian. n
= uary |, 1913, to January l. q
. u, not counting eggs sold torE
: settling purposes. Any resident :
: woman Of the County is ellgi- =
: Az en'sies must be accom- =
> panied by tull lists OF sslAs g1odw
y At Ledger office not later than ez
. O'Clock p mp Jan. Is. IA. The =
. decision viii be announced WINS
/. 10 q week Make your report a.
] follows:
! 10 uoz' eggs brought : n
!. NO, IDS butter brought =
!. No. chickens brought
. NO turkeys brought =
] No. ducks brought
. No geese brought -,
] No. gal. milk or croam
brought
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

the situation amused him. II only
claim my own" he answered, rubbing
his hands again: Il am a business
men, mademoiselle Business knows
none Of the abstract qualities you have
enumerated"
Then the grotesque came treading
upon tragedy's heels. Our ancient
servitor flung open the door.
Les Cooks. madamel" he announced
impassively.
"The what?" cried Charles, startled.
The ancient man explained. A char
a-banc, containing some Cooks tour
ists-foreigners, he e1pounded, apollo
getically-had come from Paris and
begged permission to see the famous
castle of which they had heard so
much.
Show them in" said Charles moth
er. Have tea made. Pray remain,
Monsieur Magnif. This is your prop
erty now"
1T will be at six o'clock this eve
ming" said the banker. inplacably.
Les Cooks!" announced the serv-
ing man from the doorway, and upon
the word party of three entered-a
man and two women. My eyes opened
with amazement Was dreaming? Or
were these really Mary Jenner, my
one-time roommate and lit
tie Mr.. Spratt and Estelle
Christie, whom had, left in London?
"Anne!" screamed Estelle, finging
her arms around my neck. 20, my
dearest Anne, who would have thought
of seeing you here? We read all about
you in the newspapers, and when
Mary Jenner came to London to ask
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

me. And in proof of his intention, he
sprang into the sea, which did not
reach higher than his armpits. Clearly
this was the edge of a shoal; and,
doubtless, the yacht had put in here to
avoid notice.
With some misgivings, 1 obeyed,
and, clasping me tightly, the sailor
waded ashore until he had deposited
me high and dry above the sweep Of
the waves. Then, with a sweep of his
cap, he was gone, and l stood upon the
beach watching him.
He waded back and clambered
aboard again. A moment later heard
the creak Of the windlass, saw the an
ehor rise heavily out of the sea. There
was a column Of black smoke at the
top of the funnel, the yacht began to
back, swung around, and put out to sea
once more. l watched her till she was
ne more than a speck upon the
horizon.
Then, as If in a dream, I started
along the beach In the direction of Bon
Martin. AS trod the soil of France
again my heart leaped in my veins
with ecstasy. For in my dress, secure,
held my bonds and Leopold's confes-
sion. And in my hand, l held the
money that he had left me. felt no
shame in taking it; it would play its
part in releasing Charles and it was
all the reparation that Leopold could
make.
And this was Wednesday evening!
l should arrive days and days ahead Of
necessity. For could reach Paris by
Friday morning, which left me three
whole days before the trial began.
After half a mile of tramping over
the clogging sands began to pass fish
ermen's cottages; then the white
houses Of the residents appeared,
strung out under the cliff, and the sand
yielded to firm road Not far ahead
of me saw little railway station.
And, surest test Of civilization, lit
tie newsboy scampered along toward
me, crying the latest edition of the
Nice papers. Z stopped him and pur-
chased one, bidding him keep the
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
CHAPTER xI-cOntlnued.

l stopped over him and pressed my
lips to his forehead. felt no longer
any revulsion from this pitiful human
being whose span was nearly run.
could see by the ashen pallor that
spread over his face that the end was
almost come. II forgive you freely"
answered.
He smiled weakly, and, closing his
eyes, lay back, his hand still holding
mine. In minute more he had sunk
into Inconsistencies. 1 sat there
long; l lost all sense Of time; did
not even realize that the anchor was
weighed and that we were setting out
to sea, nor did 1 hear the ominous
splashes in the sea that marked the
burial of the dead. l sat there till the
grasp suddenly relaxed and the eyes
opened Then 1 left the cabin forever
and went up on the deck.
l looked around me at the waste Of
. waters over which we were speeding.
saw the silent man at the wheel.
heard the wind creak through the cord
age; and in sudden outburst of tears
1 found relief. Dawn was breaking in
the east, and down in my soul. Too
long had been perplexed and harassed
by this nightmare of circumstance;
now my thoughts turned from the dead
to the living, from Leopold to my lover.
All the next day we raced northward
across the Mediterranean until late in
the afternoon, land upheaved itself
across our bows, and / saw the wooded
promontory of Bon Martin, with the
white houses of the village nesting
beneath the cliff. But the helmsman
twisted his wheel and we veered away,
running parallel with white beach
until we cast anchor not fifty yards
from low and desolate shore.
They had not spoken word to me,
these silent men. Whoever they were,
of whence they came, l was never to
learn. Now one of them let down the
short rope ladder, and, standing on the
bottom step indicated that l should
follow him.
At first his actions alarmed me. Was
It his purpose to cast me into the blue
water? But a moment later l was re-
assured by an unmistakable sign; he
wished me to mount upon his shoul-
ders so that he could wade ashore with
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
CHAPTER XII.
Mr.. spratt to the Rescue.


I'm which 1 discover that the Code Ma
poleon is by no means a negligible quan
| tity)
Ny dramatic appearance before the
military tribunal had been none toe
soon. In accordance with the usua
procedure the court had convened al
six o'clock in the morning. In fact, al
the moment of my appearance with
the proof of Charles innocence the
judges were already preparing to re
tire for the consideration of their yer
dict; and that verdict could have been
of one nature alone.
My proofs threw an entirely new
complexion upon the affair. While in
sufficient to secure Charles immediate
acquittal, they were of a nature SO
startling ng-implicating, as they did
three powers of Europe and unveiling
an international conspiracy-that an
adjournment was Immediately OBJ
tanned. A week later, when the tri.
bunal reconvened, Charles was acquit-
ted with the merest formalities, his
sword restored to him, and, a little
subsequently, he received the coveted
legion of honor from the presidents
hand.
He told me afterward that he had
never doubted the ultimate verdict OF
the court; what had driven him almost
to frenzy was his inability to learn
anything concerning me. OF my wild
fight to Corsica he had been kept in
complete ignorance.
OF this, and the ensuing death of the
chief conspirators, they say told the
presiding judge in detail. But Of all
that have not the least remembrance.
A violent attack Of meningitis, the re-
suit Of the physical and mental dis
tress which l had undergone, confined
me to my bed for weeks, during most
Of which period 1 was raving in de-
lirium. / lived over again and again
those awful scenes in Corsica and
aboard the yacht; and ever l seemed
hurrying to catch special train which
just eluded me at every station on
each railroad line of France.
When 1 opened my eyes at last to
consciousness they fell first upon
Charles mother. I was back in my
room in Clichy, and she was seated be-
side me, watching me with that anx-
ious and yet serene gaze which l had
learned to know during those arduous
days after my first arrival there. When
she saw recognition in my eyes she
began to weep quietly. She bent down
and pressed her lips to my forehead.
Charles ?" was my first word.
'Hush!" she said, smiling, and tip
toed softly out of the room. A moment
later she reappeared, Charles at her
side. He knelt beside my bed and
raised my fingers to his lips. He was
attired in his complete uniform; I un-
derstood the meaning of that. There
was no need to ask the judges verdict
We were supremely happy during
those early days of my convalescence,
when l could sit in my invalid chair
under the pergola in the gardens, In
haling strength with every breath of
the soft September airs. In those days
we four, Charles and I, his mother and
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

/ toward it. A functionary barred MI
way.
'Ycu cannot pass" he said sternly
''His excellency the president of this
Swiss republic
"But l must see him." l cried wild
". 7 must see the president instant
ly. -"
Then ! became aware that stout
good d-natured, fatherly- looking old gen
tleman, who had been pacing the plat
form, stretching his legs, had halted
nearby and was watching me intently
Though it was early morning he wore
a full dress suit, across which a broad
sash Of many colors was draped. In
stinct leaped to my aid. I cried to
him:
Monsieur le PRESIDENT"
He hesitated and then came swiftly
toward me-
"At your service, madame" he en-.
swered.
Take me to Paris in your train,"
pleaded. 1T is a matter of life OF
death. They will not let me hire q
train. I must go, must be there by
evening"
He bowed and offered his arm.
"You shall be my guest, madame, .
he answered, and escorted me to his
carriage, as though l were a princess,
leaving line of gaping functionaries
behind him.
That age-long journey is only the
faintest memory to me now, for, once
the train started, my pent-up feelings
found vent in a hysterical outburst
which sorely repaid the good president
for his courtesy. l remember how he
and his suite crowded me as lay in
the sleeping car which he had perforce
relinquished to me; how someone dis
covered that l was starving and fed
me with milk and whisky; how, over
come by the potency of the liquor, l
babbled something of my story-at
least enough to reveal my identity.
Then the romance of it gripped them
and they constituted themselves my
serVitors. Towns rushed past US and
were swallowed up in the plains, night
followed day, and at last, after an eter-
pity of torment, we rolled into the ter
minal at eight O'Clock on the morning
of Friday.
Next 1 remember a wild ride in a
cab, with the secretary of the Swiss
legation seated beside me, trying to
calm me as l brandished a bundle of
papers; a halt at the fortress gates; a
sudden message that sent orderlies
scurrying in all directions; finally there
comes to mind the picture of court
room, of the grave judges, of Charles,
erect in his uniform, regarding me at
first stonily, then with cry of amazed
joy. recall, most family of all, thrust
ing down my documents before the
presiding officer. Then blackness en-
compassed me and. as my senses
failed. felt Charles arms encircle me,
and fell into that haven as a ship
wrecked sailor casts himself on the
sustaining breast Of the land.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

Kew Gardens notes that such utterly
useless objects as knives and pocket
compasses are hidden away.
Eggs from under setting hen are
devoured, if not the hen herself. and
so many leaves Of Seeding cocoanut
trees are eaten that to 10 per cent
of the plants may require replacing in
newly cleared ground from which the
crabs have been thoroughly thinned
out. Patches Of thin soil il the bush
become covered with vegetation after
the complete driving away Of the
crabs They shut themselves ~
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

crative and interesting work instead
of being household drudges.
"one reason for this is that the
middle-aged woman, like the middle
aged man, when occupied in business
or intellectual work. has little time
to brood over departing youth.
You know we women become very
sour as we grow old. But, when we
all work, perhaps the ungallant com
parison that cynical bachelor once
made to me viii lose some Of its truth
fulaess- Here is the comparison:
" Ladies, IN their childhood, resem-
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

FtGdQGQs
me where you were told her that we
must positively go to Clichy, ever
though you weren't there"
mot here?" l stammered.
"Why, Anne, the newspapers said
that you had gone to Copenhagen tc
instruct the crown prince in the art oi
aviation"
"a little device Of mine," said
Charles, smiling. Just to avoid news
paper reporters"
Estelle opened her eyes.
WELL" she gasped at last 'If don't
make Cedar Plank, Ia, sit up and hum
when get back, I'll send my resigna
ton to the Ladies' club" And be.
lieve she meant it.
Then Mary and kissed each other,
and next introduced the whole party
to one another, not exclusive of Mag
niff, who, retiring into a corner imme-
diately. afterward, absorbed himself in
reading something that looked like
title deeds which he drew from his
coat pocket. 1t was evident that he
resented this comic interlude in the
development Of his own personal, pri-
vate melodrama.
$50 Mr.. Spratt and you really took
the trip" l said to Mary.
Not alone, not alone" said Mr..
Spratt hastily. Were with a\party in
Paris-a large party of Winnipeg
teachers. Just came out to Clichy for
the day to see the place where we
thought you weren't, you know, Miss
Anne"
81 condole with syou on the disap-
pointment of learning that it was the
place where 1 was" answered. Some
how the memory of the innumerable
snubbings that had administered to
Mr.. Spratt compelled me to continue
them.
But to my amazement Mr.. Spratt re-
fused to be snubbed again. Instead of
blushing and retiring behind the per-
son nearest him he looked at me quiz
zically, until 1 had to lower my eyes.
And then knew that something had
happened!
It was another Mr.. Spratt that faced
me. He seemed to have emerged from
his shyness like a butterfly from its
cocoon. He was not embarrassed in
the least degree. l glanced from him
to Mary and saw that her face was
rosy.
Mary" I gasped. 'When-when is
it to be?"
Thin june" she murmured, look
ing like fresh beet.
1 recollected a certain letter in my
possession in which she had alluded
to her fiance as IAN odious little per
and for a moment mean
thoughts .assailed me. For, though l
had never in the least reciprocated Mr..
Spratt's undoubted passion for me,
did not like having Mary, my best
friend, commander him from me.
Then my good angel came to my as
sistance.
81 congratulate you both" 1 said,
"and wish you the greatest happiness
in the world"
Then we had tea, while Magniff
brooded in the corner. noticed that
he had glanced repeatedly toward the
and. after cogitating upon the
cause of his manifest uneasiness, sud
denly the truth flashed upon me.
He meant to take. possession at six
o'clock! And it was now quarter
after five.
I resolved to give him the worst
of an hour that he had
ever spent in all his money-grubbing
life. Our eyes met across the party.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
PEST OF THE WEST INDIES
Planters Wage War Against Species
Of Crabs That Are Destructive
TO the Vegetation.

A curiously destructive pest Of
Grand Gayman island Of the British
West Indies is found in certain species
Of crabs. They not only partake raven
ously Of everything edible, but their
burrows do great damage and they
sI these burrows with every kind Of
stolen small articles. A bulletin Of
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

Bile water. AS girls OF twelve to If
teen, they're like lemonade; as young
persons from eighteen to twenty-five,
champagne; as women Of twenty-five
to forty, Hqueur. A woman from for
ty to fifty years Of age is equal to
homemade port wine After fifty,
most ladies turn to vinegar.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
WOULD GO INTO THE WORLD
Leader Believes Women Should Cease
to Be "HousehoId Drudges" and
Gives Her Reasons.

Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
speaking in New York to an audience
composed chiefly Of women, compared
the lives of some American mothers
to the harem lives of the East.
"Women, Mrs. Gilman declared,
should go into the world and do lu-
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
No use.

I'm going to engage in a battle OF
wits, :, he announced. WHAT he use
Of going into battle without am
muniti0niT she asked
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
cantlnn

Caution.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
TO THE
Ladies and Gentlemen
Of MlddIetOwn and Yiclnlty

VI HAAAASs~Wn AAS HAShNAsy
Who are about to invest in Fall
and Winter Tailor-made Suit or
Overcoats.
That we can promise Tailor-made Suits
or OVercoats for the same money it
would cost to buy ready-made, because
We make it ourselves and make it direct
TO the Wearer with but one profit added
70 the cost of production. That every
garment made by NJ. Berg, East Main
Street, Middletown, Del, is up to the
last tick Of the clock in style. And 10
guaranteed for satisfactory service.
That anyone can have his or her money
refunded for any garment that doesn't
turn out right. Stop in and see our
beautiful Fall and Winter Samples,
guaranteed to be all pure wool.
Call and be convinced.
M. BERG
MiddletOwn, Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

derground in the early part Of the
year to change their shells, and for
their barricades Of sticks and ruhhiSf
they nip on or root up saplings
quarters Of an inch in diam
other reprehensible chs
less harmful to the pla
nibalism.
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15

Study q
70 be ignorant
most celebrated
CONTINUE "a 8
our days. Plut
Middletown transcript., 1914-08-15
cHIRoPopY
MRS:
Corn, bunio

Corn, bupio
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
Prayers for a Panic are in Vain

Our stand-pat friends who have
been praying SO devoutly that a
panic might all but destroy the
financial and industrial institu-
tions of the country, and the good
name of the Democratic admins
tration be thus made by-word,
are doomed to disappointment.
The men who thought the govern
ment of the United States could
be conducted in no other way
than as an adjunct of Big Busi-
ness are not going to have the
satisfaction of saying Il told you
So. The one best bet of the old
Aldrich- SMOOTH -Gallinger- Cannon
crowd was the hope of Demo
cratic hard times" but they have
lost that bet. Boulder News, Pro
gressive Rep.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27

An exchange remarks that at
a government land opening in
Montana last summer there we've
46, 900 applicants for registration
and only 1000 pieces of land to
be drawn, which is another proof
that the people are land hungry
and would come west if they only
knew where to come. . Some of
our state officials are too busy
playing politics to make any eff
fort to induce actual settlers to
come and settle up the vacant
tillable land in this state. V. T.
Hoggatt, register of the state
land board has done considerable
along that line since he assumed
that position but he should have
the cooperation of others.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
THE TREES FOR DRY LAND PLANTING

Among the many species of trees that
have been planted in Colorado during
the pnst thirty-five years the following
have shown the greatest resistance to
drought These have been named very
nearly in the order OF ability to with
stand drouaht:
Black locust, honey locust, green ash,
white ash, box elder. Russian olive, cork
elm, white ELM, burr oak, black walnut.
Prepare the ground as for any field
crop. Land that has been in cultivation
several yearsis better than newly broken.
Plant young nursery grown trees in
spring in rows eight to twelve feet apart
with the trees six to eight feet apart in
the row. Cultivate curing the growing
season to conserve moisture and keep
down weeds. Keep out live stock and
fire. Thin the trees when they begin to
crowd much. - Exchange.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
School Report

Report OF the Elbert schools for the
month ending February %, 1914:
GRAMMAR GRADE ROOM.
The following were neither absent nor
tardy during the month:
Robert Denney, Harvey Whiting, Ar
mold Beckman, Susie Gaylor, Minnie
reynolds, August Beckman.
The following obtained averages Of 80
per cent or above:
Mrs. II. Schiesser, Osee Pottenger,
Dewey Carnahan. Bertha Blakely, Lucy
Gaylor, Isabel Monett, Esther Black,
Robert Denney, Harvey Whiting, May
scott, Horace Fr,hardt, Lee Clibon,
Hugh Clibon, Arnold Beckman, Gladys
5chiesser, Minnie Reynolds, Susie Gay
TOR, Louise Johns, Stella Stringham,
ella burnside, John Purden, Harold
Carnahan, Henry Carnahan, Orville Kel-
ley, Gladys Ciibon.
PRIMARY ROOM.
The following pupils were neither ab-
sent nor tardy during tho month OF Feb
ruary:
George Carnahan, Johnny and Oliver
Clibon, Harold and Walter Dietrich,
elizabeth Denney, Nina Gaylor, Tommy
Harper, Rozella McKimmie, Alice Moore
Dora Kcnkeu, Eva and Minta Reynolds,
Esther Beckman, Albert johnson and
Bernice Monett.
Those obtaining an average above SO
we're;
Otis Harper, Tommy Harper, Albert
Johnson, Ebert Kelley, Dora Renken,
Arthur Stringham, Eddie Kunze, Esther
Beckman, Catherine and Bernice Mo.
nett, Nina Gaylor, William Gaylor,
Johnny and Oliver Clibon, Marie Pot
tenger, Rozella and Adele McKimmie,
Dorothy Whiting, Welt Jewell, Elizabeth
Denney, Eva Reynolds, Alice Moore,
James and Mary Gibson, Harold and
Walter Dietrich.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
N tice of Final Settlement.

In the matter of the Estate of John
Hoover, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day, the 30th day of March, A. D. 1914,
being one Of the regular days Of the
March term of the County court of El.
bert county, in the state of Colorado, /,
Malissa Hoover, executrix Of said estate.
will appear before the Judge Of said
court. present my final settlement as
such execntrix, pray the approval Of the
same, and will then apply to be dis.
charged as such executrix. At which
time and place any person in interest
may appear and present objections TO
the same If any there be.
Dated at Elbert, Colo, Feb. 25, 1914.
MALIssA Hoover.
Executrix OF the estate of John Hoover
deceased.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice ! + Final Settlement.

Notice II Final Settlement.
In the matter OF the Estate Of Purley
w. Foote, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the sixth day of April, A. d. 1914.
being one OF the regular days of the
March term OF the County court of FL
bert county, in the state of Colorado, /,
Leroy J. Foote, administrator OF said
estate, will appear before the judge OF
said court, present my final settlement
as such administrator, pray the approval
of the same, and will then apply to be
discharged as such administrator. At
which time and place any person in iu-
terest may appear and present objec-
tions to the same if any there be.
LEROY J. FooTE,
administrators OF the estate OF Purley
w. Foote, deceased.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-02-27
Notice of Final settlement

-Ceieo vi lnul ScttlennenC
In the matter of the estate Of Annie
Brazelton, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that ON Mon.
'ay, the I'd day of March, A. d. 1914.
icing one of the regular days of the
March term of the County Court Of Ell.
bert county, in the state of Colorado, 1,
3. G. Hilliard, executor OF said estate,
will appesr before the judge of said
court, present my final settlement as
such executor, pray the approval Of the
same, and will then apply to be dis
charged as such executor. At which
time and place any person in interest
may appear and present objections to
the same if any there be.
Dated at Kiowa, Colo, Jan. "a, 1914.
B. G. HILLIARD.
Executor OF the Estate of Annie Brazel.
ton, deceased.