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Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
ALDERMAN MARCY
Newly Elected Member of Common
 Council from Ward
Adjourned and Regular Meeting Held
 Tuesday Evening

An adjourned meeting of the con- mon council was held Tuesday even ing with Mayor Macdonald presiding. Present Aldermen Dady, Johnson, Byrne, Duvett and Padgett. The council went into executive session and proceeded to ballot for an alder man from Ward 9 to succeed Alder man George Clarke resigned. Five ballots were cast for X. W. Marcy and he was declared elected, The council then arose from executive session and the mayor administered the oath of of- flee to the newly elected alderman.
 The regular meeting followed the ad- burned meeting. Additional alder men present were Bouihillette and La. Rue, Alderman Marcy was appointed by the mayor member of the finance committee and chairman of the city property committee,
 Building permits were granted Fran- eis Magnan, chicken house on Walnut street; Ernest Mioar, addition to house on Providence street. Ray Bos- worth, piazza to house on Woodstock avenue. On motion of Alderman Johnson 1t was voted that the health officer and board of health be instruct ed to use all lawful means to see that all sewer connections are properly made and all outhouses on line of sewer are abolished and nuisances abated. On motion of Alderman Byrne it was voted that the statutes of the state relative to excessive speed and use of cut-outs on motor vehicles be published once in each of the local papers and that the chef of police be instructed to see that the same is en- forced. On motion of Alderman Du- vert the chief of police, sergeant and patrolman were voted one weeks leave of absence with pay, the same to be taken before the first of September. Voted that the council meet Tuesday evening, August 4th, to hear all per sons interested in the proposed layout and changes on Farrows street.
 fFba folIo&tnU vxara apannV tho iarp.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10

Unlike summer seasons in former years there are nearly 100 prisoners in Brooklyn jail. Many of the class of Citizens that get short !terms,for petty oHenses and get them willingly in the Cold winter months seem to have con- llnued into the warm weather period when the jail officials have plenty of work for them on the large farm and truck gardens connected with the in- stitution. The holiday contribution was over a dozen but Putnam quota was only one.
 -J. D. Butt, Brooklyn, N. Y., was recent guest of H. (. Meinken and Mue, Fremont street.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Motorcycle CoIIides With Auto

Elmer Armstrong, son of MT. and Mrs. W. :. Armstrong, North Wood stock, is at the Hartford hospital as the result of a collision with an auto mobile in that city. Armstrong Is em- pIoyed in Southbndge but is having his vacation and has been al the home of his parents. He started on his mo- sorcycle for a trip 10 Hartford and while in that city Saturday afternoon crashed into, an automobile. He re- celved compound fracture of one leg which was also badly Iacerated. His father went to Hartford Tuesday to see him.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Advent Christian Church

Sunday seryices-morning service at i0.30, Sunday school at noon, evening service at ' o'clock.
 Prayer meeting on Thursday eyen- ing at 1.45 instead of ' 30 p. m.
 Rev. Mr. Stones subject for Sunday morning will be arhe Ideal Servant of Godu The evening subject will be "Obedience.n
 On Tuesday afternoon of fast week the Ladies Aid met with Miss H. B. r'ox of Sunnyside Heights.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Are Any of These Yours?

There was a considerabletnumb of dishes, pieces of table ware, and cook ing utensils, sent by various people contributing to the success of the May luncheon given by eWoman's Board Of the Day Kimball hospital, that have not been called for. They are in the possession of Mrs. Eugene Duroeher,S2 Woodstock avenue, but she is unable to notify the owners as she does not know to whom they belong Any one who has mot had articles returned to them can receive them by calling on Mrs Durocber.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Elect Three Teachers

At a meeting of the town school board Monday afternoon three teach CTS were elected as follows: Miss Mill dred Pierce of New Bedford, teacher of history and civics at the High school, salary SS50; Miss Grace l.. Sumner, Woodstock, teacher at the Gary school, salary s5s0: Miss Edna Coventry, Put nam, to teach the East Putnam school, salary sSs0
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Annual Improvement Society Benefit of
 Thompson

Be sure and remember that Satur. day, July 11th, Is the date of the an- nual entertainment for the Village lm- pavement Society of Thompson. The place is the Thompson Town Hall and The hour p. m. After the perform
 ance of the clever and amusing play s there will be dancing until the mid" night hour. Tickets at 50 and 75 cents Will be on sale at Dresser's Drug store and the Thompson post office. adv
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
The Pomfret World

We are in receipt of the current issue of The Pomfret World, l.2 by l-2 8.page newspaper, edited and publish ed by Archie Dawson, a boy, at Pom fret Landing. The young editor mod estly claims for his paper that il is an amateur newspaper published weekly during July and August and the sum- mer subscription is 9 cents. We com mend it to our readers; esfseis''v 'o those interested in news
 continued historical ar 6s
 before and during 5AN
 might be interesting , Lodge, No, ladies of the D. A. evening at SOC stallment treating of the. k,f Ponfret. Send 25 cenN. c. ~. stamps, to Pomsret wor,o. Landing, Connecticut, ands. l2
 will be sent postage paid. L. z.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
St. Philip's Church

The Sunday school picnic is being held at Roseland Park this Thursday.
 Services on Sunday will be the Holy Communion at s, morning prayer snd sermon at 10.30, Sunday school at l2.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Progressives Postpone Their State Rally

Colonel Roosevelt Will Make His First
 Speech in Connecticut
 The State Central committee Of the Progressive party has been:obliged to change the date of the State rally at Hartford on account of the order Of Colonel Roosevelts physician that he take a rest of at least six weeks. The Colonel communicated with the com mittee stating that if his non-appear- ance on the date agreed upon would De hurtful to the party he would disre- gard the doctors orders and appear. The committee of course released him from his engagement and they now have promise that the first speech he makes will be in Connecticut. The rally will probably be held in Hartford some time in August.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
GRANGE NOTES
Putnam Grange Notes

There will be special meeting of Putnam grange nt the home Of How ard C. Bradford, South Main street, Saturday evening, July lltn, at 7.S0 o'clock for the purpose of receiving ap- plications for membership. Following this meeting there will be meeting of the executive committee of the grange.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10

Isaac Champeau of this city has presented, through the Salem council. Knights of Columbus, l50 pieces of underwear and hosiery to be distributr ed to the needy fire sufferers.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10

Albert Lambert is a patient at the Day Kim ball hospital where he under went an operation on his hip Wednes- day.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Methodist Episcopal Church

:. . .nual Sunday school picnic N@z, Fourth at Greens grove. ~c lie not So largely attended z much enjoyed by thosa
 3oating, amasemsnts and z e v.ach furnished pleasant ,% >..ng.
Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10

Miss Bernice Gahan, ticket seller at the Bradley theatre, Is spending her vacation with relatives in Rockville.
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13

Barcus after their transit of the desert
and prior to the man-made avalanche,
which had afforded this temporary i'm
munity from pursuiD had mentioned
in the hearing of Rose the fact that
his string of burros was limited to
three.
This, then, must have been the nuh
of the lovers quarrel: Roses insist
ance that Judith be left behind, Alan's
reluctance to consent to this lest he
convict himself of the charge of rank
ingratitude, remembering the great
service his erstwhile antagonist had
done him.
If only Judith might not find cause
to change her mind!
He set himself sedulously to divert
Judith with the magic of his converse
tional powers-an offering Indifferent.
ly received. He was still blithely
gossiping when Judith flung away to
her sisters side.
The ensuing quarrel seemed but the
more portentous in view of the re-
straint imposed upon themselves by
both parties thereto.
He believed, however, that crisis
impended when the tinkle of mule
bells sounded down the canyon road;
and at this he threw discretion to the
winds and ran toward the two with
hands upheld in mock horror and a
manner Of humorous protest
Ladies, ladies!" he pleaded. II
beg Of you both, let dogs delight to
bark and bite"
IL 90 TuIf
were as quick as his own; she. too.
had caught the sound of bells behind
the base of the hill. And Of a sudden,
without another word, she turned and
flung away into the heavy thickets of
underground that masked all the can
yon, to either side of the wagon-trail.
In twinkling she had lost herself to
view in their labyrinthine shadows.
The remainder of that business was
transacted rapidly enough There
we're no preparations to be made:
once Alan had ridden up with his
three burros, nothing remained but to
mount and make of without delay.
Before morning they were all rid
ing like so many hypnotized subjects.
fatigue bearing so heavily on all their
senses that none spoke or cared to
speak.
Broad daylight surprised them in
this state. still stubbornly travelling;
and shortly afterward showed them
one place so perilous that 1t shocked
them temporarily awake.
This was simply a spot where the
trail came abruptly to an end on one
side Of cleft in the hills quite thirty
feet wide and several hundred in
depth. and was continued on the far
ther side. the chasm being spanned by
a bridge of the simplest character
no more than a footway of boards
bound together with ropes none too
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13

substantial in seeming. with another
rope. breast-high to serve as a hand
rail
Alan tested the bridge cautiously
1t bore him. He returned, helped Rose
to cross, and with her once safely
landed on the other side, took his life
in his hands and. aided by a Barcus
unaffectedly afflicted with qualms
somehow or other (neither of them
knew precisely how persuaded the
burros to cross
After that. though the way grew
more broad and easy and even showed
symptoms of decline. they had not
enough strength left to sustain
through another hour.
And what they thought good for
tune, opportunely at this pass, brought
them to a clearing dotted with the
buildings of an abandoned copper
mine. Not a soul was in evidence
there, but the rude structures offered
shelter for beast as well as man.
Barely had they made Rose as com
Portable as might be upon the rough
plank flooring of one of the sheds
and tethered the burros out OF sight.
when Alan collapsed as If drugged.
while Barcus, who had elected himself
to keep the first watch and purposed
doing it in sitting position. with
sleep overcoming him like a dense.
dark cloud.
ITO ha Continued
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
oopyrisht, 1914. BY Louis Joseph Vance

me?"
No But take it back and cancel
it: that is my privilege. believe.
Silence." she stormed as he strove
to gainsay her. "Silence-do you
you!"
As well command the sea to still
It's voice: her father ragged like mad
man that he was, for the time being
divested OF his habitual mask of frigid
heartlessness.
And seeing that there was no other
way of quieting him, the girl turned
to the third man.
Now JIMMY" she said crisply.
Into that car-and be quick about 1t
and gag him!"
IF you do" her father foamed. "I'll
have your life"
instant obedience.
She stepped up on the running board
and shot a quick. searching glance
at the face OF the chauffeur.
straight ahead, my mani" she said.
Make for the nearest pass through
those hills yonder. and don't delay
unless you are anxious for trouble. on
you go,"
The car began to move. She swept
the three men in the desert a mocking
bow. jumped into the body OF the car
and slammed the door.
They made no effort to plead their
cause and secure passage even as far
as the edge OF the desert; doubtless
they knew too well the futility of that.
she thought. as she settled back in
seat. chuckling with the memory OF
those three masks OF dismay unmiti-
gated.
II was not until five minutes later.
when she Strengthened up from making
Alan comfortable that she realized
what had made them so content TO
aoide by her will.
Then she heard their voices lifted
together in long. shrili nowl that was
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13
CHAPTER Xiv.
A. In a Glass. parkIy.

~ w . 9'ooet od' N.Y.
Thoughtfully Mr.. Barcus returned
his attention to the lovers.
II the evidence OF his senses did not
mislead him, he was witnessing their
first difference of opinion. II was not
an argument acute enough to deserve
the name OF quarrel: but undoubtedly
the two were at odds upon some ques-
tion-Rose insistent. Alan reluctant
The last gave way in the end.
shrugged. returned to the car.
I'm going back up the trail" he
announced. and hesitated oddly.
Feeling the need of some little ex-
ercise. no doubt" Barcus suggested.
Rose thinks it's dangerous to stop
here" Alan began to explain. ignoring
the Interruption.
Miss Rose is right-eh, Miss Ju-
dithT" Barcus interpolated.
Judith nodded darkly.
so I'm going to see II can't buy
burros from the prospector back there.
Rose says he has some-doesnt know
how many"
Three will be enough" Judith inter
posed. Il mean. don't get one for me.
I'm stopping here"
But" Alan started to protest.
She gave him pause with a weary
gesture.
PLEASED It's no good arguing. Mr.,
Law: I've made up my mind: l can be
most helpful here. by my fathers
side" she asserted. and nodded at
Trine with n significant smile that
maddened him. HE needs me-and
no harm can come to me; I'm pretty
well able to take care of myself"
At this the innocent bystander
breathed an unheard but fervent little
prayer Of Thanksgiving. whose spirit
he doubted not was shared by Alan.
For It stuck in the memory Of Bar
Gus that their friend. the prospector
(whose shack had sheltered Rose and
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6S0pt WHICH SdH0
Esteem.
fallen little short of comprising his
times: Judith herself poised on the
running-board and smiling down at
her victim with a warmth patiently
even more than the warmth of friend
ship; and at some little distance, Rose,
Mr.. Laws fancee and Judith's sister.
eating her heart out with jealousy Of
this new-sprung intimacy between her
sister and her lover!
Bad business, my friend," Barcus
mentally apostrophized the unwilling
Alan Law.
He interrupted himself to nod know
ingly and with profound conviction:
Il knew it. Now 1t begins again,"
For Rose had abruptly taken a hand
In the affaIr, a gesture of evaporation
prefacing her call: Alan"
To her Mr.. Law turned instantly,
with such alacrity that none who
watched might doubt which Of the two
women came first in his esteem.
Nor was this wasted upon the under
blsAALAAe Vi ClllS AtA
rowly though furtively, Mr.. Barcus
saw her handsome face darken omin-
ously.
And her father was as quick to
recognize these portents of trouble
and to seek to- advantage himself OF
them.
His head craned ont horribly on his
long. wasted neck as he pitched q
sibilant whisper for her ears. and his
face in the moonlight seemed to glow
with the reflection of that inferno
which smoldered In his evil
bosom.
But one was silenced. the other
Quenched. all in a twinkling. His
daughter turned on him in a fash OF
imperial rage.
Barcus caught snatches of the WON.
ans TRADE.
BE SILENT" he heard her say. BE
silent. do you hear? Don't ever speak
to me again unless you want me to re-
place that gag. I say. don't speak to
me! am finished with you
once and for all time; never again
shall you pervert my nature to your
damnable purposes-never again shall
word or wish of yours drive me to
lift my hand against a man who has
never done you the least harm. though
your persecution of him would have
acquitted him of a charge of man
slaughter in any court-on grounds of
self-defense, Understand mel"
she ragged I'm through Henceforth
I go my way, and you yours :"
Her voice broke. She clenched her
hands into two tight fists with the
effort at self-control. and lifted a
writhen face to the moonlight
God help US both" she cried.
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13
Notice of Stockholders, Meeting

Notice of Stockholders Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Delta Enterprise Ditch Company
will be held at the office of MiIlard
Fairlamb. in Delta, Colorado, on the
2Sth day of November, 1914. at the
hour of 2 o'clock p. m, for the pur-
pose of electing officers and directors.
and for the transaction of such other
fore the meeting.
Dated at Delta. Colorado, October
IS. 1914.
T. w. GRIFFITH, President.
F. B. wISONER, Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13

40 acres near Delta, in alfalfa, fine
buildings, $500. Terms.
12o acres, in alfalfa, $4,000. easy
terms.
100 acres, alfalfa and grain, pota-
toes. IL mile Delta, $4,000 buildings,
40 cents on dollar takes 1t.
y 80 acres, alfalfa and grain, 111 mile
Delta, poor buildings, $4,000 cash.
Several Cedaredge alfalfa farms al
1-3 value.
Phone or write
Sc E. S. CoRBIN, Delta.
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13
CHAPTER xLIII.
Camp-for-the-Niqht-

We'll. gents," the driver observed
cheerfully, Withdrawing head and
hands from long and intimate com
munion with the stubborn genius be-
meath the hood. Il reckon you-all
mays well make up yore minds to
christen this hyeh salubrious spot
Camp-for-the-Night You won't be
goin' no fartheh-not just I present
Pulling this old wagon through them
desert sands back yondeh has just
naturally broke the heart OF that en-
gine."
What, precisely. is the trouble?''
Alan Law inquired. rousing from anx'
ious preoccupation.
Plumb bust all to hell" the chauf.
feur explained tersely.
Nothing could be fairer. more ex-
act and comprehensive than that,
Tom Barcus commented.
Law nodded a head too weary to
respond to the others humor. His
worried eyes reviewed the scene OF
the breakdown.
What's to be done?" Mr.. Law won
dered aloud.
advised. "Frettin' won't get you-all
nothin'. II it was me, I'd call it a
day, make fire, get them cushions
out Of the cyah, and get some rest
You can't do nothin' till l get back,
anyway, and that won't be much be-
fore sunup.'
Where are you going?" Barcus de
manded.
"Walkin', friend; Just walkin'-"
What for?"
ITO fetch help-leastways. onless
yo've got some kick comm and 'ud
ruther stop hyeh permanent"
He turned OF and busted himself
with preparations against his journey
IT'S simply things like this make
me believe this isn't. after all, moth
ing more nor less than a long-drawn'
out nightmare" Barcus observed pen
sively.
But Mr.. Law was no more attend
ing: he had turned away and was Just
then standing by the running board OF
the motor car and civilly explaining
to Miss Judith Thine the purpose OF
the chauffeur's expedition.
Discovery of this circumstance
worked a deep wrinkle between the
brows as well as into the humor OF
MIR. Barcus.
Here. he promised himself. was a
situation to titillate the Comic Muse
itself. He pointed out in turn the sew
eral component parts: the motor car
derelict In the hollow Of those awful
and silent hills-for all the world like
. mouse petrified with fright at finding
itself In the midst Of herd OF ele.
phants: In the car. that aged monoma.
MAC. Mr.. Seneca Trine. author OF all
their woes and misadventures. gnash'
ing his teeth In impotent rage to find
himself In close juxtaposition to and
helpless to injure the man for whose
life he lusted with an insatiate pas
sion: the latter standing outside the
car. In polite conversation with Mr
Trine's mutinous Judith-talking to
her in the friendliest fashion imag
inable. precisely - II she had NOT
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13

straight Ahead, My Mani" She Said.
hundred yards from the mouth Of the
pass.
AS it drew near the spot where she
paused. waving both hands frantically.
the head OF the pursuing party swept
into the mouth of the ravine.
At the same time the chauffeur no.
ticed that the two men on the hillside
were following the woman pellmell,
throwing themselves down the slope
with gigantic leaps and bounds.
And then great explosion rent the
peaceful hush of night-that till then
had been profaned by the pattering
cracks of the revolver fusillade.
AS the roar of dynamite subsided
the entire side of the hill shifted and
slid ponderously down. choking the
ravine with debris TO the depth Of
some thirty or forty feet, burying the
leaders of the pursuit beyond hope of
rescue.
Only a instant later the motor car
jolted to a halt and Alan pulled him
self together to find that Rose and
Barcus were standing beside the door
and jabbering joyful greetings, mixed
with more or less incoherent explana-
tions of the manner in which they had
come to seek shelter for the night in
the prospector's shack and, reused
by the noise of firing and recognizing
Alan in the car by the aid of spy
glasses, had with the prospector's aid
hit upon this scheme CT shooting Il
landslide in between the pr Git anS
its devoted Quarry
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13

quickly answered by fainter yells from
q distant quarter of the desert, then
by pistols popping and flashing some
two miles away. then by a growing
rumble of galloping hoofs.
The night glasses in the car afforded
her flashes OF a body of several horse
men-some six or seven. she Judged
making at top speed toward the spot
where Marrophat. Hicks and Jimmy
waited beside a beacon which they
had built and lighted.
Half n dozen sentences exchanged
with the chauffeur advised her that
these were horsemen from the town
OF Mesa who had charged themselves
with the duty of avenging the death
OF Hopi Jim Slade.
A sardonic chuckle from within
Trine's gag goaded the girl into n sui
len fury.
Exacting his utmost speed from the
chauffeur. under penalty of her dis
pleasure, she set herself to revive
Alan.
With the aid OF such stores of food
and drink as the car carried. this was
quickly enough accomplished.
Strangling with an overdose of
brandy too little diluted with water.
Alan sat up. grasped the conditions
in fash. and gained further informa-
tion as he devoured sandwiches and
emptied canteen.
The mountain pass was now, he
judged. mile distant. The light on
the hillside. according to the chauf-
feur, was that OF prospector who
had camped there temporarily. There
was nothing. then. to be feared from
that quarter. but solely from the rear
where the horsemen. having picked
up Marrophat and his companions,
had instituted hot pursuit. and were
now strung out In long. struggling
line, three horses carrying double the
arthermost-perhaps mile and a
half away-one with single rider
the nearest, well within three-auar.
ters of n mile.
Nobly mounted. this last came on
like the wind. gaining on the motor
car with every stride; for his horse
was trained to such going. whereas
the car at best could only labor heav'
lily in dust and sand.
None the less. II had won TO a point
within quarter OF a mile from the
pass before the horseman got within
what he esteemed the proper range.
AMI opened fire.
He fired thrice. His first shot winged
wide, his second by ill-chance ripped
through . rear tire Of the Gar. thus
placing upon It an additional handi-
cap. while his third sought the zenith
as his hands few up and he dropped
from the saddle. drilled through the
body by Alan's only shot.
A long.range pistol duel was in
progress before tho car had covered
half the remaining distance to the
pass.
BY the time Il entered this last,
which proved to be a nai fow ravine
with towering side of crumbly earth
and shale and broken rock. the pur.
suit was not hundred yards behind.
while tho firing was well-nigh contin'
uous.
Two hundred feet above the trail
two men were working with desperate
haste at some mysterious business
though none noticed them.
Only the chauffeur was aware of a
woman running down the hillside Mt
an angle. to intercept the car several
The Delta independent., 1914-11-13
FORECLOSURE LAND SNAPS

ITO be Continued.)