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The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

The words that streamcd from its
distorted lips drove recognition home.
Gee, fellers. look't who's here! If
it amt tn guy what threw me off'n
that girder this mornin' Stand back
and let me kill th'-"
Without the hesitation of heart
beat Alan swung heavily for the thug
jaw. The blow went solidly home.
The man fell like a poled OK.
Pandemonium ensued. Rallying to
their comrade, the ruffians attacked
Alan with one mind and one intent.
Murder would have been done then
and there had it not been for rotten
banister-rail, which gave way, precipi-
tating the lot to the ground floor of
the hallway.
simultaneously the lamp on the wall
was struck from its bracket and
crashed to the floor, its glass well
breaking and loosing a flood of kero-
sene to receive the burning wick. The
explosion followed instantly. In &
trice the hallway was>a lake of burn
ing oil, and hungry flames were lick
ing up the rotting wallpaper and eat
ing into decayed baseboards and stair
treads.
Still fighting like a madman, con-
testing every foot Of the way. Alan
was borne down the hall and out Of
the front door. A scream Of "Fire!"
greeted him as he reeled out into the
open. 1t was echoed by a dozen
throats.
The doorway vomited men and
women of the tenement They choked
1t for time, blocking both egress and
ingress. BY the time they broke out
and left the way clear solid wall of
flame stood behind it.
Thrice Alan essayed to pass that
barrier of fire. and thrice it threw him
back. Then. struggling and kicking
to release himself and try again, he
was seized by a brace of able-bodied
policemen and rushed fifty feet from
the house before let go.
Lack of breath. checked him momen-
tarily.
He looked up, dashing from his
smarting eyes tears drawn by the
sitting clouds of smoke, and saw
vaguely at the second story window a
woman leaning out and shrieking for
help.
That It was hopeless to attempt the
staircase he we'll knew. Drawing
aside. he endeavored to come to his
sober senees. and cast about for some
more feasible way to effect the rescue
Of his Rose.
The tenement occupied one corner
of a narrow street. Directly opposite,
q storage warehouse stood upon the
other corner. Before this last was the
common landing stage for truck de-
liveries. protected by a shed-roof.
And. suspended from a timber that
peered out over the caves, a hoisting
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bath. a shave and a haircut, an outfit
of clothing originally tailored for a gen.
tleman of discriminating taste, but no
whit less disguised in the sense of af-
fiuence that goes with the possession
of one thousand dollars In cash.
Not until sound nights sleep had
topped of the beginning OF his rest in
Jail did Barcus come down to earth.
He demonstrated his return to COM
mon sense by making a round break
fast In Grand Central station before
looking up the residence of Digby In
the telephone directory.
The information he gathered from
the voice that answered the name of
Mr.. Digby over the telephone shook
only momentarily Barcus' innate con.
viction that intimate acquaintance
with battle. murder and sudden death
was the inevitable reward of associa,
ton with this friend Of his heart.
Alan being married to Rose Trine
In Jersey City at this very minutei"
he breathed skepticaliy ~ he emerged
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~ overnauling Alan. or whether tins
illusion of perspective deceived him.
At all events. II seemed a frightfully
near thing when the interruption be-
fell which alone could have saved
Alan.
Out of the very sky dropped a hydro
aeroplane. cutting the water with q
long. graceful curve that brought It,
almost at standstill. directly to the
head of the swimmer. and at the same
time forced the police boat to sheer
widely of In order to escape collision.
Immediately the swimmer caught
the pontoon OF the hydroaeroplane.
pulled himself up out OF the water.
and clambered to the seat beside the
aviator
Before he was fairly seated the plane
was swinging back into Its fastest
pace.
With the ease OF wild goose II left
the water. mounted the long grade OF
an air lane. described a wide circle
above the bluffs of Weehawken. and
swept away southwark.
In that quarter 1t was presently lost
to the sight of Mr. Barcus, engulfed in
light folds of haze that were creeping
in from seawards to dim and tarnish
the pristine brilliance OF that day.
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Alan.
tackle dragged the ground with its
ropes.
1t was the work of minute to con-
vince a thick-headed policeman that
the attempt was feasible and should
be permitted. 1t was the work of less
than another minute to rig loop in
the line and fasten round his body
beneath the arms. Volunteers did not
lack; a couple of husky longshoremen
sprang to the ropes at his first call.
They heaved with a will. His feet left
the ground. he scared, he caught the
caves of the shed-roof. and shouting to
cease hauling. drew himself up on this
last, backed little ways down 1t and
calculating his direction nicely, with
q running jump launched himself out
over the street.
The momentum of his leap carried
him well out over the heads OF the
throng assembled in the street and
truly toward that window where Rose
was waiting. Then Its force slack
ened. For an awful instant he be-
Iieved that he had failed. But with the
last expiring ounce Of impetus, he was
brought within grasping distance of
the window sill.
Hauling himself UP. he gathered her
4 great tongue Of tawny fame licked
angrily out Of the windows - ~
swung her back TO safety.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
CHAPTER xxx.
RIrdman.


About eight o'clock in the evening Of
the Hotel Monolith a gentleman whose
weather-beaten and oil-sfained motor
ing-cap and duster covered little cloth
ing more than shirt and trousers and
assorted oddly In the eyes OF the desk
clerk with the rather meticulouely
turned-out guest known to him as Mr..
Arthur Lawrence and to the manage
ment Of the hotel as Mr.. Alan Law In
.cognito.
Eventually persuaded. the clerk
yielded up the key to Mr.. Lawrence's
suite Of rooms. together with two
notes superscribed with the same nom
de guerre.
Alan's impatience was SO great that
he could hardly walt to examine these
communications until he was quit of
the public eye.
The first proved to be a character
istic communication:
Dear Ulysses-Thanks for the fall
delivery. ! got in this morning Just in
time to motor over to Jersey In hopes
of seeing your finish as n bachelor;
instead, | was favored by being made
an involuntary witness to your spec
tacular ascent. following your almost
equally spectacular high-dive.
But to business: my time is linn
tied: in half an hour more I am to
double in black-face for the purposes
Of the author OF this melodramatic
farce which you. no doubt. cali the
history of your grande passion.
Il mean to say-well, several things,
to-wit: When saw you snatched out
of the North river was engaged in
trailing pale-faced Villain In a motor
car concerning whom you probably
know far more than /; he on his part
was busy being a bold. bad kidnaper;
Rose was in his power. as we say in
such cases. His Intentions. however.
were nothing more blameworthy than
to return her to the arms OF her doting
parent. l know, because sleuthed
after EN-, even to the house OF Seneca
Trine. Later l sleuthed some more.
following a furtive young man from
the house OF Trine to the office OF the
general manager OF the New York Cen
tral. where he made arrangements for
q special to convey the said Trine and
retinue to Chicago and points West.
1t leaves at three this afternoon.
was unable to ascertain whether or
not Rose is to participate in this
hegira. but know shall. On the of.
chance OF being useful, have bribed
the train crew to let mo impersonate
the porter. So. should you be moved
to follow and succeed in catching up
with us, and observe anybody who
looks rather off-color in the party
don't shoot: the said party will be me.
yours for the quiet life,
tom BARCUS."
The second note yielded q communi.
cation written on notepaper of the sim
plest elegance in a woman's hand-A
hurried scrawl:
They are taki-~ me West by spe-
cial train-I don't kuow where or why.
4 servant has promised to So that
this reaches you. Save mel"
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
CHAPTER xxx.
laiIbird.


The period of restraint in durance
vile suffered by one Thomas Barcus
in consequence of conduct riotous, un-
seemly, and in general prejudiced to
the public peace of the New Bedford
waterfront at half-past four in the
morning, proved in the upshot far
more brief than had been fondly
hoped, not only by his just Judge, but,
singularly enough, by the misdemean-
ant himself.
Taking everything gravely into con-
sideration, including a person any
thing but prepossessing. the Judge
reckoned that, in default of fine of
one hundred dollars. a ten-day layup
for repairs and repentance was not too
much to mete out to the prisoner at
the bar.
He was sentenced at 10 a. m. and 1t
was little short of 10 p. m. when his
post-prandial repose was disturbed by
the rattle of key in the lock of the
door to his cell.
Sitting up, Mr.. Barcus rubbed his
eyes and combed his hair with his fin
gers.
What did tell you?" he observed
resignedly. 'It begins again already
Conducted with every evidence of
disesteem on the part of his jailers to
the Office of the warden, he was ac-
quainted with the fact that his fine
had been paid by no one less than the
judge himself: then present in portly
and solicitous person.
"If only you had told me you were
a friend of Mr.. Digby's." the Judge
hastened to say as soon as the two
were ensconsed in the privacy Of the
judicial limousine. II would have
known better how to guide myself in
this unfortunate affair.
And If you will be good enough to
indicate how else l may serve you
p"
"Digby didn't offer any suggestions
in his wire, gather?"
zone moment: / have 1t here"
Naturally I'd like bath and
change of Clothes" Barcus pursued
while the judicial breast-pocket was
being explored; "and / could do with
transportation to New York by the
first train out of this God-forsaken
hole, and"
This is what Mr.. Digby says" the
judge interrupted, laborfously de-
ciphering the message by the light of
a match: "Please see to immediate
release of one Thomas Barcus, prob
ably In Jail in your Jurisdiction for riot
ing on waterfront this morning Pay
his fine and instruct him to report to
me in New York at earliest feasible
hour. Give him all the money he
wants and look to me for remunera-
ton"
"Eh?" Barcus interrupted, sitting up
smartly; what's that last again?"
Patiently the Judge repeated the
sentence from the message.
Thanks. Please don't read farther.
You might come to something that
would spoil it. It's almost too beauti-
full as 1t stands" Barcus observed.
Law owes me five thousand or SO
liquidated damages-but I'll be rea-
sonable. Frisk this burg for fifth of
that sum before train time-and I
promise to ask nothing more!"
His private comment was: I've sus-
pected that this was a fairy-tale all
along. Now know it Isl"
And this phase of incredulity per-
sisted in coioring the complexion of
his mind until the moment. some
hours later, wien the train connecting
at Providence with the Midnight Ex-
press for New York pulled out of New
Bedford bearing a transformed Barcus
almost impenetrably disguised in a
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(To be continued)

Granite City. ILL.,. has broken into
print with fat mems club Of twenty
members. They VIII take cross
country hikes to reduce flesh. and tho
county authorities will repair all DAM
ages to the roads.
The Delta independent., 1914-10-09
DONT'S"

DONT'S"
Don't carry large sums of money
around with you. Hold-ups are not
uAl1eard of.
Don't hide money = around the
house. There are few burglars left
Don't be extravigant. put your
nancy In this bank and add all You
can spare to It.
Don't fail to take this advice and
Jon Will have an easy and happy
old age.
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ton.
Holly pressed, the fugitive climbed
higher and stiil higher, until at length
he gained the topmost yard; with
three policemen not half dozen feet
below him and popping away for dear
life, II happily. with the notoriously
poor Workmanship OF policemen gen.
orally.
None the less, there was no telling
when some accident might wing bull
let into the young man; and It was
evident that he SO decided.
For inching out to the end Of the
yard, he waved his hand toward his
prosecutors with a gesture Of light
hearted derision that Enthusiastically
identified him as Alan Law to Mr.. Bar
Gus. and forthwith dropped to the wa
ter, feet foremost.
Alan later took the water neatly,
came up uninjured and clearheaded.
and without an instant's hesitation
struck away toward the middle Of the
Hudson.
Al this happened the police ran to
the stern OF the sQuare-riggcr. un-
moored q dory that was riding there,
and threw themselves into 1t.
During the ito Barcus, at least)
breathless suspense of that chase, the
ferryboat drew stolidly farther and
still farther away from the scene. Bar
Gus could not tell whether. ~ II
seemed, the policsladsn dory was real
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
HAWkEYE.

Hawkeye Sunday school was fairly
we'll attended Sunday.
1t is understood that Hawkeye won
two banners this year at rally day,
one for the largest per cent present
and one for the mixed class. 1t also
won second prize for the float. SO
three cheers for Hawkeye. 1t is
booming every year.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Nation and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. Ma
tons folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Nelson spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nor
ris.
Fred Fehd left Saturday for Omaha
to spend the winter with his wife and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Green.
Many attended the funeral OF the
late William Sopher at Bloomfield
church Sunday afternoon. The pastor
of Hawkeye S. s., Rev. Comfort
preached the funeral service
The Hawkeye Y. p. B. was held al
te home OF Mr.. and Mrs Dave Oakley
All enjoyed the evening.
Sept. 90. WHITE LILY.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
Recent Storms Caused Many Wash
Outs In The County.

The Mahaska County Board OF Su
pervisors is in session again this aft
ernoon following a several days re
cess from regular business in order
that the board members might give
personal attention TO the complaint;
which have been pouring in upon
them. from all over the county re
garding bridges washed away and
destroyed in the recent floods.
Messrs. Cleveland, DennR and Down
ey have been all over the county on
tour of inspection and have been
having a strenuous time Of ii trying
to get the bridges back into shape
again. They found a large number
of bridges and culverts destroyed,
washed away, and var
ious other kinds of damage done to
the highways. Allowing of bills and
other routine business was taken up
again this afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: The Public Sales :
Observation-Disclosures
4. {. McBurneN

will sell at the Frank WEIGH farm |
mile west and N miles south of &c,
dar. on Friday Oct 2, at 10 o'clock
bay mare five years old, in foal
weight 1900; black mare four years
old, in fOal, weight 400; gray mare
smooth mouth in fOal. weight 1000
gray mare. ten years old, in IOal
weight 1900; black mare 8 years old
in foal, weight 1900; driving mare,
years old, broke single and double
weight 1000; driving mare 8 years
old weight $50; spring colt; black COW
ten years Old, will be fresh November
first; Jersey COW five years Old; will
be fresh November first; yearling
heifer; yearling steer; summer
calves; Jersey heifer two years old,
giving milk. 2 fall calves; black bull
two years old; ) sOws with pigs; 4
sOws to farrow soon; 8 spring pigs .
mead Of lambs; 40 acres corn in field g.,
s tons good mixed hay in barn; ma
chinery and miscellaneous articles.
Lunch will be served on the grounds
by Ladies' Aid Society. Usual terms
Cuvey & Hutch, AuctiOnecrs.
f.. f. Austin, Clerk
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
ELM GROVE

The Frank McFadden family and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Morgan were Sun
dny visitors at the parental Albert
Westercamp home near Beacon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wilson were
Sunday visitors at the John Morgan
home
Mr.. and Mrs Albert StringfellOw
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jones OF
Oskaloosa were Sunday visitors at
the F. G. Reynolds home.
The Everett Plate family and tho
Robert Kirk family ate dinner at the
John Hunter home Sunday.
Beulah and Eva Baldwin attended
the fair at New Sharon one day last
week. Also Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Plate spent day at the fair.
Mrs. Jackron of Pueblo, Colo. is
visiting with her sister, Mrs. RALPH
NOTES..
Mrs. Jennie Robertson of OskalOo
sa is visiting at the Ross Colvillt
homo.
Mrs. Janet Livingston is visiting al
the John Hunter home.
Miss Akers of Monmouth. Ill. i!
yisitinga the home of her aunt, Mrs
Nicholas Van Der Linden.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24

Hopkins Q v of lot 2 In q of I
u Of n " u o fsec 19-75-15.-$800.
Cbas. Bickford to F. b. Bickford
lot 5, block 2 in Williams, add to Ed
\ dyvillc. $50.
I Mae Ley, ct al, to Tom Plaster
lot 10. block l in Ridge Place add
to Oskaloosa. --$1S4.
Kalbach Realty Corporation to ]
r. McGregor, lot 8, block 10 and par
of lot Z, block 10 in Q. P. Of oska
loosa. 81 ... - ..... -.
i o. s. Johnson and wife to J. E
Patterson, lot l6 of n a of n Il
| of n W, u and lot 10 of " of Ii u
of n "a of sec. 24-77:l6.-Sl.
c. d. Randall and wife to DAME
@, Allsup, 10 acres of, end of s Y
of u in sec. I74.15.-$2,5OO. -
w. W. Wright to Daniel Q. Allsur
and wife, part of W u of n " 4 OF
sec. 6.74-14.-$550. ..
c. A. Briney and wife to Luke r.
Burdock and wife, part of lot 80 in
Hambleton's add to 'Oskaloosa.-I.
Greater Oskaloosa Land Co. to City
of Oskaloosa, 8 feet of lot 1870 in
block r of O'neilfs add. to OskalOosa
$50 ...
Arthur Lloyd and wife to John
Lloyd lot of sub. of "A of W u
of sec. 13-75-16.-$l.
Harriet A. Cruzen, ct al, to c. H,
Cruzen, W n of W u of sec Bats.
1G.-$1.
Harriet o. Cruzen ct al, to B. o.
Cruzen, u of 4 of sec. 1876
16.-$l.
Annetta c. Johnson ct al, to Harri:
EFT A. Cruzen, " of W u of sec.
1916 1G.-$1.
C. F. Dinsmore, ct al, to John A.
Spyker, lots 9 and 10 in sub. of lot
8 of s a of n e u of sec. 24-75-l6.-
ST..
NJ. Jennie Gibbs to Penn College
part of e u of Y in sec. 1915.
l6.--$l. .. q.
U. G. Hull and wife to Mary NJ. Co.
Fad, part of W Il of W Il of sec.
1-77-17-$100. .. g..
Mantle Harper Guy, ct ad, to Mrs.
Jessie J, Pomeroy, lot in sub. of n e
a OF W u of sec. 19-75-l5.-$4 900.
J. X. Hays, ct al, to G. c. Farmer,
S " of n W. u ofrn W u of sec. IA,
Il 15.-$l.. .., 49,. 4
q, r. McFadden and wife to Frank
.. NlSE "a VI Z - Va pSN'
2e.75,16.-$4, 800.
A.; McCutcheon, ct al, to C. C. Far.
mer, lot 4, block Is, in o. P. to New
Sharon, ST. e.
Mary E. Ninde TO b.. L. Ninde, lots
g 6 IS 8 10 Ii IL Is IA Is Is II Is in
Elm Park add to Oskaloosa.-$l. ,
Harriet A. Cruzen ct al, to. B. o,
Cruzen lot 3 in block 38 in o. P. to
Oskaloosas-$1. .-r, ..
Jeptba w. Morgan and wife to Mrs,
S. z. Robertson, part of block Z in
Myers and Smiths add to 0skaloosa.
$3.50. .s
Florence b. Wilson and husband to
w. d. Junkin, lot 3 of sub. of n u of
block Z in Myers & Smiths add to
Oskaloosa.-$3,5 800. .-
James Mathson and wife to Jesse
Eastlack, lot 10 in block 6 of AtwOods
add. to New Sharon.-$2,l 50.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
BRIDGE Loss. IS BIG
Reports OF Damage Continue To
Come To Board.

The county supervisors are again
making a tour out into the county
today for the purpose of Investigating
reports concerning bridges washed
away in the floods last week The
board members spent several days
looking into the bridge complaints,
but reconvened yesterday afternoon
for regular sessions. They found
more troubles clamoring for atten-
ton, however, and were compelled to
start out again this morning. The
storms last week washed away bridg'
es, dirt approaches and new fills all
over the county, and the damage will
run far up into the thousands OF
dollars.
The board spent the greater part
of the session yesterday discussing
the. bridge problems and consequent
ly transacted little business. The
contract for coal for the poor of the
county during the ensuing year was
given to w. J. Griffiths. Mr.. Griffiths
held the contract last year and the
old agreement was renewed for this
year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
Over Pixies Drug Store.

Mrs. George Wiser of Bussey Wis.
tied at the parental Ed Worthy home
last week
The Elm Grove school is progress
ing nicely with Miss Veino as teach.
e..
Thes chool year has begun for
several OF our young folks in diff
erent places. Edward McFadden and
Minnie kentlield are attending Penn
College. Esther Berner, Lucille Wort
man, Marguerite. Worthy, Mary Rey
nOlds and Harry Mathis are attend
ing High school in OskaloOsa.
Maxwell Workman is attending
school at Ames Iowa.
Hazel Burner is teaching school al
Adams Center, Adams township.
Blanche Worthy is teaching school
at Chapel Hill in Adams twp.
Janet Morgan is teaching school at
Bald Prairie in Garfield township.
MARGARET McFadden is teaching
school in OskalOOsa.
James Wakes sale was well at.
tended last week. He will move his
family 10 OskalOOSa and Arthur Dav,
is will move to the Wake farm.
win Morgan. living OF the MuCha
KNOCK creek had some experience
with high water last week when he
had to get up in the night and move
his pigs and chickens to higher
ground and the water moved some OF
his corn shocks for him.
Sep %. x.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
SURRENDERS
Private In Uncle Sans Regular
Army Found Here.

Monday evening between six ant
seven O'Clock Marshall T. West, sci
admitted deserter from the United
States army, put in an appearance a
the local police headquarters in the
City Hall, and gave himself up tc
officer England.
Marshall T. West, private company
X 2Oth Infantry, who enlisted March
25, 1914, for seven years, is reported
TO have deserted at ElPaso, Texas
August Z, 1914. At enlistment he gave
his residence as 113 north Green St
Ottumwa, Iowa. Chief StOler will take
West to Fort Des Moines and will de,
liver him over to the, u. S. Army of.
ficials at that place. A reward of $50
is offered for the arrest and surrend.
er of the deserter TO the proper Army
Offices.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
GIVE GIRLS A CHANCE
To Win Honors At The Fall Fssti-
val Colt Show.


1t develops as the Fall Festival en-
thusiasm grows that some of the
Mahaska. county girls and young wo'
men are taking a practical interest
in the colt show. The New Sharon Star
and the Fremont Gazette, grabbing
up this opportunity to make a good
stroke, both for themselves and the
girls, jointly offer $500 in cash priz'
es to, young ladies' exhibiting colts in
the judging field October 7th. -
They base the prizes on grade
colts, 80 all the more ladies may have
an opportunity to participate. The
prizes are. limited to girls and young
ladies under "a, with, the explanation
that after this date, sometimes soon,
ler--well, you know how it is=-they
prefer not to take chance on posi-
bly, NEEDING in some other mans
allalEs' 81 ar a. - - NJ .a-.