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"Oh, Come, Comet" She Cried Wildly.
friend, this side the water, as Well
as his man of business"
He paused with an embarrassed ges-
tIIre. $50 | have ventured to request
this-ah-surreptitious appointment in
order to-ah-take the further liber-
ty of asking whether you have recent
ly sent Alan a messenger"
Her look of surprise was answer
enough, but she confirmed it with Wig
orous denial: II have not communi-
Gated with Mr.. Law in more than a
year,
Precisely as / thought" Mr.. Digby
nodded. None the less, Mr.. Law not
long since received what purported to
be Il message from you; in fact-a
rose" And as Miss Urine sat for
ward with a start of dismay, he AIDED:
Il have the information over Mr.. Laws
signature letter received ten days
aso-from Quebec"
Alan in America" the girl cried
in undisguised distress.
HE came in response to-ah-the
message of the rose"
But l did not send it,"
II felt sure of that, because" said
Mr. Digby, watching her narrowly
because of something that accompa-
MED the rose. a symbol Of another sig
nilicance altogether-a playing card, a
trey of hearts"
Her eyes were blank. He pursued
with openly sincere reluctance 81
must tell you, see, that trey OF
hearts invariably foresignaled an at
tempt by your father on the life of
Alans father"
With a stricken cry the girl crouched
back in the chair and covered her face
with her hands.
THAT is why ! sent for you" Mr..
Digby pursued hastily, as If IN hope
of getting quickly over a most unhap-
py business. "Alan's letter. written
and posted on the steamer reached me
within twenty-four hours of his arrival
in Quebec, and detailed his scheme to
enter the United States secretly--as
he puts it, by the back door, by way
Of northern Maine-and promised adj
vice by telegraph as soon as he
reached Mooschead Lake He should
have wired me ere this, l am told by
those who know the country he was to
cross. Frankly. l am anxious about
the boy"
And T." the girl exclaimed pitifully.
ITO think that he should be brought
into such peril through met"
"You can tell me nothing?"
"Nothing-as yet | did not dream
of this-much less that the message
of the rose was known to any but Alan
and myself. l cannot understand"
Then | may tell you this much
more. that your father maintains q
very efficient corps Of secret agents.
You think he spied upon me?" the
girl famed with indignation.
Il know he did" Mr.. Digby per-
mitted himself a quiet smile. 1T has
seemed my business, in the service OF
my employer. to employ agents of my
own. There is no doubt that your
father sent you to Europe for the sole
| purpose of having you meet Alan"
Obi" she protested But what
] earthly motive-?"
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CHAPTER VII,


Within the hour Rose Urine stood
before her father in that somber room
wherein he wore out his crippled days.
in that place of silence and shadows
whose sinister color-scheme of Grim
son and black was the true livery OF
his monomania-hi passion for Won
geance that alone kept warm the sm-,
bers of life In that wasted and move
less frame.
An impish malice glimmered in his
sunken eyes as he kept her waiting
upon his pleasure. And when at length
he decided to speak, it was with ring
of hateful irony in that strangely
sonorous voice of his.
Rose" he said slowly-"my daugh-
teri am told you have today been
guilty of an act of disloyalty to me-
She said coolly: You had me spied
upon
Naturally, with every reason to
question your loyalty, had you
watched"
She waited a significant moment.
then dropped an impassive monosyl-
liable into the silence 'Well?"
You have visited the man Digby.
servant and friend Of the man | hate
and you love"
She said, without expression: Eyes"
Repeat what passed between you"
Il shall not, but on one condition"
And that is?'
"Tell me first whether it was you
who sent the rose to Alan Law-and
more, where Judith has been during
the last fortnight"
81 shall tell you nothing, my child.
Repeat" resonant voice rang with
ini1exible purpose-"repeat what the
man Digby told you!"
The girl was silent He endured her
stare for long minute, a spark of
rage kindling to flame the evil old eyes
Then his one living member that
had power to serve his iron will, a
hand like the claw of a bird of prey,
moved toward row Of buttons sunk
in the writing-bed of his desk.
Il warn you | have ways to make
you speak"
With a quick movement the girl
bent over and prisoned the bony wrist
In her strong fingers. With her other
hand, at the same time, she whipped
open an upper drawer of the desk and
took from it a revolver which she
placed at a safe distance.
ITO the contrary" she said quietly,
you will remember that the time has
passed when you could have me pun
ished for disobedience You will call
nobody: If interrupted, l shan't hest
tate to defend myself. And now'-lay-
ing hold of the back of his chair, she
moved 1t some distance from the desk
you may as well be quiet while
find for myself what | wish to know.
For moment he watched in silence
as she bent over the desk, rummaging
its drawers. Then with an infuriated
gesture of his left hand, he began to
curse her
She shuddered a little as the black
oaths blistered his thin old lips, dedi-
eating her and all she loved to sin.
infamy and sorrow; but nothing could
stay her in her purpose He was
breathless and exhausted when she
Strengthened up with an exclamation
of satisfaction. studied intently for a
moment a sheaf of papers, and thrust
them hastily into her handbag. togeth-
er with the revolver.
Then touching the push-button
which released a secret and little-used
door. without a backward glance she
slipped from the room and. closing the
door securely, within another minute
had made her way unseen from the
house.
HLADTE2 VIII
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CHAPTER vi.
Disclosures.

In little corner Office. soberly fur
nished, on the topmost floor of one of
lower Manhattan's Hottest ofIice-tow-
ers, little mouse-brown man sat over
big mahogany desk; little man of
big affairs, sole steward of one Of
Americas Lost formidable fortunes.
Precisely at eleven minutes past
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-05-19
OF CITY INTEREST

Supt. Adeline G. Pratt visited
schools at Seaforth last week.
l.. Sogard of Clements was bust
ness visitor here Thursday.
Miss Ethel Hodge has accepted a
temporary position in the bank at
Seaforth.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P Lille of Modesto.
Cal, arrived Wednesday for visit
with their neice, Mrs. E. Kuenzli.
S. P. Hicks of Gales recently bought
a carload of cattle which are already
in their new home on the Hicks farm
Don't miss the first installment of
The Perils of Pauline, at The Grand
Wednesday, May 20. Unusually good
The dance given by Company L.
at the Armory last Friday night was
we'll attended, several cars bringing
young people from neighboring towns,
Chas Chollar of Minneapolis ar
rived Friday on a short business visit
Mr.. Chollar returned to Minneapolis
Saturday.
M. Hirmer and John Mclean went
to Minneapolis Saturday, returning
Sunday. Mr.. Hirmer brought new
car with him on his return.
Sheriff Hassenstab and son Arthur
of Redwood County made tour last
week, posting notices of the hearing
in the National Highway matter.
Clinton Baldwin accompanied by
VIM Smith of Sleepy Eye and AL
fred Mallentine, State Bank Exami-
ner attended the Bankers Convention
at Renville last Friday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-05-19

DR.. G. r. Pease returned Friday
from his visit to Chicago.
B.. C. Shueller of Mahnomen was
a visitor here last week.
Mrs. Geo. Root of Lynd was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Root
last week.
Mrs. NJ. E. Ebright, Worthy Mat
ron of the local o. E. S.. attended
Grand Lodge at Minneapolis last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Zitzman of Wa
basso were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Johanneck last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Lauterbach left
Saturday for visit with friends and
relatives at New Ulm and st. Peter.
Mrs. H. M. Aune and Miss Marie
Thune went to Minneapolis Saturday
to attend the Norwegian Celebration
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gibson have
moved into the H. NJ Hitchcock home
where they will live during the sum-
mer. Mr.. Gibson is at present sub
stituting for Mr.. Ashford, who is TAX
ing his annual vacation.
The Y. P. A. of the Middle Greek
Church will give an ice cream social
in the basement dining room of the
church Tuesday evening, May &c
serving to begin at six o'clock. A
cordial invitation is extended to ev-
eryone.
County Agent, ]. E. Neil is at
present making tour of the county
in search of cases of hog cholera
Several have already been found and
stringent measures must be taken in
order to prevent a repetition of last
seasons inroads.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-05-19
CLARINDA

is the name of the lawn mower which
has combined in it the best features
of first class machine, yiz:-frst-
class material and workmanship,
heavy cutting bar; easiest, simplest
and quickest adjustment of any on
the market. Sold by Geo. WEIGH, at
Muehlbauer's wagon shop.
Lawn Mowers sharpened and re-
paired. All work positively guaran-
teed. 41-43
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

Mr.. Roy Sherwood is visiting his
parents Thursday and FriGay and at
tending the fair.
Geo. Cooper went to Kahoka, Mo,
Thursday to attend the fair.
Henry Cuerden who had his limb
broken SOM, three weeks ago, Is still
confined to his bed, although improv-
ing slowly.
Mrs. VIM. Kruger spent Thursday
with friends in Keokuk.
Mrs. e. E.. Dumbauld and daughter
Vera May, Is visiting Mr.. Dumbauld's
parents his. week at Bowling Green,
Mo.
The band concert and picture show
was a grand success Wednesday
night, as the streets and sidewalks
were crowded with people n they
came from miles around to enjoy an
evening of fine music furnished by
our band and to view the moving pic
lures which we're given the people
after the concert. There will be free
moving picture shows and band con-
cert every Wednesday evening until
cold weather.
Miss Ruth Flynn of Ferris Is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. George Luddington
this week.
Mrs. Herman Hamberg who has
been seriously i'll for several weeks is
improving nicely the last few days.
Mr. Charles W~egehenkel lost a fine
horse Thursday which got caught in
a barb wire fence and was cut SO bad
ly that it was necessary to kill it.
Don't forget to attend the ball game
Sunday. Aug. 80. between Hamilton
and Keokuk Electrics at the Hamil-
ton baseball park at 8 o'clock. This
game has been matched for some time
and will prove to be one of the best
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

ed to about. three hundred, and there
were many guests from a distance.
Mr.. Board Is at the head Of the
car service department in the X. & W.
railway general offices and is M OF
the city's best young men. In his
bride he a chosen a young lady OF
culture and one richly endowed with
the graces OF refined womanhood. Mr..
and Mrs. Board departed last evening
for Denver and other westrn points.
After about three weeks they will be
at home at No. 319 Morgan street"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, ILL.,, August 80

games seen on the local diamond
this year. Batteries for Hamilton,
Mekemson and o. Haven, pitchers,
Gerard, catch; Keokuk, Williams and
Burch, pitch, ANDERSON, catch. You
can't afford to miss this game.
Frank Battrell who has just com
pleted the commercial course at the
Gem City Business college at Quincy,
has accepted a position as instructor
in the commercial course in the Rush
Vile high school. Prof. B%illingsby is
president of the school board in Rush
Vile which will make it pleasant for
Mr.. and Mrs. Battrell.
Frank Graham Is here from Center.
Vile visiting with his mother Mrs. J..
w. Graham.
Chas. Hunter left Wednesday for
Wyauett, ILL.,, to work for the govern.
ment. In June he took an examina-
ton in civil government in which he
made an average of 99h. This is his
first position he has held as a result
and his many friends wish him the
best of C
Miss Violette Byers, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Byers was oper-
ated On last Monday at St. Joseph's
hospital for adnoids and also had her
~tonsils removed. She is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. Ernest Leroy, Mrs. Joseph LET
Ter. Mrs. Frank Letter and Mrs. A. l..
Macarthur will entertain the Oakwooe
Improvement club at the Odd Fellows
hall, THURSDAY, September 8.
F. E. Herold is home again after
several months visit with relatives
in Iowa.
Quite a number of our citizens went
to Burnside Saturday to the annual
picnic, taking with them our baseball
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
How the trouble starts.

Constipation Is the cause OF many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab
let's, keep your bowels regular n
you will avoid these diseases. For
sale by all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Fellow Feeling.

louisville Courier-Journal: A
French army invading Alsace knows
how it feels to be a flying wedge OF
apple pie reaching the interior OF a
small boy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

Quickly Cured.
Charnberlain's
Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy
Can always be depended upon.
Quickly Cured.
Can always be depended upon.

During the summer months. children
are subject to bowel disorders and should
receive the most careful attention. As
soon as any unnatpral l~ooseness of the
bowels is noticed Chamberlainas Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy should be
given. Costs but IS cents a bottle, and
it is economy to always keep a bottle
handy. You do not know when it may
be needed, but when you do want it you
want it badly. Get . bottle today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
TAKING No Chances.

Castana Times; Hail to the Iowa
pen," says The Sioux City Journal.
Farm yard or sanctum? Or perhaps
The Journal had in mind Anamosa.
burned if we'll hail until we know
which pen to hail on. '
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

a- ADVERTISED
List Of letters remaining in the
keokuk postofice, uncalled for, for
week ending August 20, 1914:
Ladies.
Mrs. Lola Berdsaw.
Mrs. Lizzie Gather.
Mrs. Charles D. Horton (2).
Mrs. J. A. Hudson.
Miss Edna Lambert.
Miss Nellie O'Reilly.
Mrs. Lorend Pyles.
Miss Cora Sheppard.
Miss Lille Simmons.
Mrs. E. N. Smith.
Mrs. Anna Terfexson.
Gentlemen.
Harry Barr.
Ray Balloon.
w. w. Benjamin.
Jim Flynn.
Sammie Greer.
B. H. Gray.
John H. Heindel.
J. T. Henderson.
August Hiland.
Hilton A. Johnson.
John A. Mitchell.
DR.. j. 8. Paey.
Fred Pretty.
Louis Reinbrecht.
Lawrence Rhoads.
Boyd Rhoads.
Crear Socawitchy.
Walter Tucker ca.
Fred Wellman.
Monroe Watt.
Francis Yales.
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are adver.
Used. E. P. M'MANUS.
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Seeing the Movies in keokuk
Once Every Ten Days the Entire Population of
City is Represented at This Popular
Priced Diversion. .
Priced Diversion.

systematic formulation has been
proceeding steadily, until at last it
is possible not only to present short
dramatic pictures, but the great dra-
matte of the stage.
The Reel Cost.
The films received by Keokuk
houses, are rented, as is the case
with all motion picture houses in the
country. You can buy a reel for fifty
cents and then you can pay as high
as $40. The average price for a new
film, used only a few times lis from
$40 to $40.
Whiskey gets more expensive with
age. 1t is just the opposite with the
fllms-the older the cheaper. So
when an owner pays fifty cents for a
reel you can bet it's over thirty days
old and will show rain effects. With
this cheap film the posters to be put
on display to advertise are thrown
in. The higher priced films vary
with the age. If you want to be first
to put a reel on the machine it may
cost you $40. If you are satisfied to
have it after once used 1t may only
cost SIS. There is a gradual reduc-
ton to the fifty cent price. Very
often a film is better after having
been ono through the machine. 1t
shows no rain effects for at least
three weeks, but by the end of a
month gives evidence of use.
With the films which feature news
events of a current nature it is more
essential to have an early release.
You can get them the first day out
at a top price. About IS a reel Is
Topped off on the second day. After
three weeks they cost 81 a reel, but
seeing them is like reading a monthly
newspaper.
Like Combination Pictures.
The films arrive in the morning
and must be put on the first train
out after the show to reach the next
place on the routing. Special films
may be received direct.
Keokuk people have tastes which
are about on an equality with the
tastes of all picture loving people of
the country. They like the combina-
ton better than the long feature pro-
gram. For instance, Quo Vadis in
nine reels was a big long feature and
a good one. But ordinarily it's a tri-
fe too long, consuming more than
twice as much time as the regular
bill. A popular bill is a melodrama,
a news feature and a comedy to close.
Picture show men say 1t is always
better to end with a comedy because
it leaves the people feeling good and
they come back the mex night. The
serial pictures are popular every
where, but it is a mistake to overdo
them. Many people who are regular
patrons remain at home on serial
night, while others who do not at
END so frequently eve miss one
Of those good thirty week story.
A marked improvement has been
made in the moving picture machine.
About sixty per CEN Of those in use
are made by one company and cost
$277.5O.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
safe AGAINST starvation.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: With
the promise of. abundant potatoes the
country can face the situation with
some calm. While the potato barrel
is full nobody can starve.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
some SUGGESTIONS
on CARE OF POOR
problem Of Dependent is One Of the
Big Ones Which keokuk Has
TO Face Each
Year.
HOW HELP CAN BE GIVEN
Communication 70 Gate City BY One
Who Knows, Advances Some
Ideas Which Are
Timely.

The season Is approaching when
the city and Its people must face the
problem Of caring for the dependent.
The problem Is one which must be
faced every year and is admittedly the
great problem of any community. The
following communication is handed
Tne Gate City regarding this prob
lem. 1t is written by "one who
knows. and is timely:
The problem Of the care of the
poor is one which must engage our
attention at the present time. Dur
ing the coming winter all classes Of
unskilled labor will be dependent up
on the county to q certain degree in
the city Of Keokuk as well Is else
where throughout the country. The
question at present is How are we
going to care for them in a reason
able and adequate manner?'
"One a would be to set aside a
So. i of $4,000 Of $4,000 for use dur
ing the winter and give them two
or three days employment a week,
according to the fund available to
pay for their fuul and other necessary
supplies. All of the appropriation is
usually exhausted before the rigors Of
winter arrive when the people need
1t the most.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

team where they crossed bats with
that team there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
NOE EVERY ten days Keokuk
turns out to a picture show.

EVERY ten days keOkuk
~ turns out to a picture show.
The whole population goes, or,
II some persons are unfortunate and
not able to go, others will go a sec
ond or a third or a fourth time to
round out the total figures.
What does it mean? Simply that
more than 10000 people go to see
the picture shows in Keokuk every
week; that the picture shows have
eXerted a tremendous influence on
the amusement loving people of this
city; that the business has become
one. that is here to stay, with the
possibility of marked improvements
every year..
If nearly every one in Keokuk goes
to a picture show once a week a re-
porter thought here must be a
story. Naturally the first man he
went to for the purpose of learning
a few odds and ends was G. H. Dodge,
who was one Of the pioneers in this
territory, and has always been able
to draw the people whenever and
wherever he put up a screen, and he
usually puts them up at the right
time and in the right place.
Eighteen Years Of History.
The motion pictures have a history
which dates back over the lasS
eighteen years. 1t is not quite this
long ago that they were first. seen in
Keokuk. When first brought out, the
pictures were a great novelty. They
were much inferior to what they re
now, but managed to have a great
III for several years because they
were something new. For three
years following this successful period
the pictures did little business. but
then came a revival due to the fact
that wonderful progress had been
made and the producers we're begin
ming to see new fields from which
could be taken an exhaustible supply
of material.
lions Of things in motion, like a NOV
ing train. The film men did not think
of going out to produce, they simply
had the camera record what was
happening in the ordinary course of
daily events. The first films were
fifty feet long, and Mr.. Dodge had
one of the first machines that went
around making night stands. 1t
took abouts three-fourths of a minute
to run the film through and fifteen
minutes to substitute one film for
another.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
frankness Itself

Frankness Itself.
The Breezy One-I say, old man, Il
you'll let me have the loan Of $40 I'll
be eternally indebted to you.-Puck
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Random Sketches
Wedding Memory.

Considerable attention has beer
paid from time to time in these
sketches at random to the early
scenes in this locality and the
pioneers and old settlers. There
have been younger settlers grown up
amongst us who are entitled to Tie
%friendliest remembrance and deserve
it. Running hurriedly over the pages
of an old homemade scrap book, the
title Married Mid Flowers caught
the eye. 1t is the story Of a marriage
Of a Keokuk young couple, prominent
and popular, and who are still resi-
ed by the people and still known and
honored in the social circles of the
city. 1t will be an interesting sketch
to their many friends here and else
where, besides bringing back mem,
cries in the dimly growing past of
over twentythree years ago. 1t was
a June wedding in 1891, and below is
given what was said of the happy
event at the time:
married Mid Flowers
Another happy freside has been
established in Keckuk. The elegant
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. I. A. Sawyer, at
No. 5 Park place, was the scene
Thursday afternoon wherein the lives
and fortunes Of two of Keokuk's most
esteemed young people we're cement
ed in marital bonds. They were the
eldest daughter of the household, Miss
Nellie N. Sawyer, and Thomas r.
Board. Freedom from ostentation
characterized the event, although it
was not lacking in the elegance OF
simplicity. Flowers abounded every
where and their bright hues were
given added loveliness by the inter
mingling OF smilax and ferns. At 4:3O
O'Clock the bridal couple unattended,
entered the parlor and stood before
Rev. John B.. Worrell of Westminster
| PRESBYTERIAN church, under an elabor'
ate f1cral bell. When the magic words
had been spoken the happy twain re-
cetved the congratulations of their
well wishing friends. Then ali re-
paired to the dining hall. which was
decorated with white flowers, ferns
and smilax, and partook of a tasteful
repast. Invitations had been extend
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