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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16

effort to recall it. Only the intense
blue of her eyes, the tawny sweep Of
her hair-these and the touch of her,
the consciousness of her warm and
vivid fragrance. remained to wrap all
his senses in a mist woven Of gold
and fire.
.
Shirley, meanwhile, had sat some
time beside her mothers bed, leaning
from a white chintz-covered chair. her
anxiety only partially allayed by reas-
surances, now and then STOPPING to lay
her young cheek against the delicate
arm in Its lacy sleeve or to pass her
hand lovingly up and down its outline,
noting with q recurrent passion OF ten
derness the transparency Of the skin
with it's violet veining and the shad-
ows beneath the closed eyes. Emma
line, moving on soft worsted-shod feet
about the dim room, at length had
whispered.
You go tub bald. honey. stay
with Mis- Judith till she go tub sleep"
Eyes, go, Shirley" said her mother.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16

| He was looking at a square, uncom'
promising wall-safe. with a round hg-
ured disk of white metal on its face.
He knelt before it and tried its knob
After a moment 1t turned easily. hut
the resolute steel door would not open.
though he tried every combination
that came into his mind. No use.
he said disgustedly. "One must have
the right numbers"
Then he lifted his fretted frame and
smote his grimy hands together. Con
found it," he said with q short laugh
Here am. bankrupt, with all this
outft-clear to the very flnger-bowls-
handed to me on silver tray. and I'm
mad as scat because can't open the
first locked thing l fnd!"
He ran upstairs and donned rough
corduroy jacket and high leather leg.
gings We're going to climb the nil
today. Chum," he announced. land no
more moccasins need apply"
In the lower hall. however. he sud
denly stopped stock-still. THE slip OF
paper that was in the china dog!" he
exclaimed. What chump l am not
to have thought of it," He found 1t
in it's pigeonhole and. kneeling down
before the safe, tried the numbers
carefully, first right, then left: IL
$3.50. The heavy door opened.
81 was right" he exulted. TITS the
plate" He drew it out, piece by piece.
Each was bagged in dark-red Canton
flannel. He broke the tape of one bag
and exposed a great silver pitcher.
furnished purple-blue like ravens
wing-then a teaservice. Each piece.
large and small, was marked with the
greyhound rampant and the motto.
And to think" he said, that my
t-great-grandfather buried you
with his own hands under the stables
when Tarleton's raiders swept the val
ley before the surrender at Yorktown!
Only wait till Aunt Daphne gets you
polished up, and on the sideboard!
You're the one thing the place has
needed"
.
With the dog for comrade he ira
versed the garden and plunged across
the valley below. humming as he went.
The place was painless and over
grown with paw-paw bushes and sassa-
fras. Great trees stood so thickly
In places as to make twilight and the
SUMMER spots were masses OF pink
laurel, poison-ivy, flaming purple rho
dodendron and wine-red tendrils OF In
terbraided briers. This was the for
est land of whose possibilities he had
thought. In the heart of the woods he
came upon great limb that had been
wrenched off by storm. The broken
wood was of deep rich brown, shading
to black He broke off his song. snap
ped twig and smelled 1t. Its sharp
acrid odor was unmistakable. He sud
denly remembered the walnut tree at
Rosewood and what Shirley had said:
II know a girl who had two In her
yard. and she went to Europe on
them"
He looked about him; as far as he
could see the trees reared. hardy and
perfect, untouched for a generation
He selected one of medium size and
pulling a creeper, measured its cir
conference and gaging this measure
with his eye. made penciled calcula-
ton on the back Of an envelope.
Great Scott!" he said jubilantly to-
the dog; that would cut enough 70
wainscot the Damory Court library
and build twenty sideboards!"
(ro BE CONTLNUED)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16

slanted swiftly down. to climb once
more In a huge spiral to its high tower
of sky.
Perhaps 1t wondered, as its tele-
scopic eye looked down. That had
been its choicest covert. that dishev-
eled tangle where the birds held r
petual carnival. the weasel lurked in
the underbrush and the rabbit lined
his windfa1l New the wildness was
gone A pergola. glistening white, now
upheld the runaway vines, making q
sickle-like path from the upper ter
race to the lake. In the barn loft the
pigeons still quarrelled over their new
cotes Of fresh pine, and under clump
Of locust trees at little distance from
the house, half-dozen dolls cabins
on stills stood waiting the honey-stor-
age of the black and gold bees.
There were new denizens, also.
These had arrived In a dozen zinc
tanks and willow hampers, to the
amaze of a sleepy express clerk at the
railroad station: two swans now sailed
maJestically over the ltly-ponds OF the
lake. along It's gravel rim and a pair
of bronze-colored ducks waddled and
preened, and it's placid surface rippled
and broke to the sluggish backs of
goldfish and the flirting fms Of red
Japanese carp.
The house itself wore another air.
It's look of unkemptness had largely
vanished. The soft gray tone Of age
remained, but the bleakness and for
lornness were gone; there was about
all now a warmth and genial bearing
that limited at mellowed beauty, fire.
light and cheerful voices within.
Valiant heaved a long sigh of salts
faction as he stood in the sunlight gaz-
ing at the results of his labors. He
was not now the flippant boulevardier
to whom money was the sine qua non
of existence. He had learned sover-
eign lesson-one gained not through
the push and fight Of crowds. but in
the simple peace OF a countryside, un-
vexed by the clamor of gold and the
complex problems Of competitive ex-
istence-that he had inherited need
of activity. of achievement that he had
been born to do
"Chum," he said. to the dog rolling
on his back In the grass, what do
you think of 1t all, anyway" He
reached down, seized hind leg and
whirling him around like teetotum,
sent him flying into the bushes,
whence Chum launched again upon
him. like a catapult- He caught the
white shoulders and held him vise-like
"Just about right, Ell? But wait till
we get those ramblers!"
And to think" he continued, whim-
sically releasing him, that 1 might
have gone on, one of the little-neck-
clam crowd I've always trained with,
at the same old pace. till the Yer
mouth-cocktail-Pal m-Beach career got
double Nelson on me and the umpire
counted me out At this moment I
wouldn't swap this old house and land.
and the sunshine and that 'gyarden
and Unc' Jefferson and Aunt Daph
and the chickens and the birds and
all the rest of it. for a mile Of Mil
lionaires' Row."
He went into the house and to the
library. The breeze through the wide
flung bow-window was fluttering the
papers on the desk and the map on
the wall was Tapping sidewise. He
went to straighten it. and then saw
what he had not noticed before-that
1t covered something that had been let
into the plaster. He swung 1t aside
and made an exclamation
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Tried the Numbers Carefully, First
Right, Then Left: 17-2s-94-o.
The Heavy Door Opened.
Haven't any privileges at all? Can't
even faint when feel like 1t, without
calling out the frebrigade? You'll
pamper me to death and heaven knows
don't need IL"
you won't let me telephone for Doc
tor Southallf"
Certainly mott"
And you are sure 1t was nothing
but the roses?''
why, what else should 1t be?" said
her mother almost peevishly. II must
really have the arbors thinned out. On
heavy nights it's positively overpower-
ing. Go along now. and wen talk
about 1t tomorrow. ! can ring IL I
want anything"
In her room Shirley undressed
thoughtfully. There was between her
and her mother fine tenuous bond
of sympathy and feeling as rare. per
haps, as 1t was lovely. She could not
remember when the other had not
been semiinvalid. and her earliest
childhood recollections vera punctu-
ated with the tap of the little cane.
Tonight's sudden indisposition had
shocked and disturbed her; to faint
at rush OF perfume seemed 70 sug-
gest growing weakness that was
alarming. Tomorrow, she told herself.
she would send Ranston with wagon
load of the roses to the hospital at
Charlottesville.
She slipped on pink shellshaded
dressinsEown Of slinky silk with q
riot Of azaleas scattered In the weave.
and then. dragging her chair before
the open window, drew aside the light
curtain and began to brush her hair.
All at once her gaze fell upon the
floor, and she shrank backward from a
twisting thread-like thing whose bright
saffron-yeIlow giowed sharply against
the dark carpet. She saw in an In
slant, however, that 1t was nothing
more dangerous than fragment of
love-vine from the garden. which had
chung to her skirt. She picked up
the tiny mass OF tendrils and with a
slow smile tossed 1t over her right
shoulder through the window. 'If 1t
takes root" she said aloud, my sweet
heart loves me-" She leaned from the
sill to peer down into the misty gar
den, but could not follow it's fall.
Long age her visitor would have
reached Damory Court She had a
vision of him wandering, candle In
hand. through the empty echoing
rooms. looking at the voiceless por-
traits on the walls. thinking perhaps
Of his father, of the fatal duel of which
he had never known. She liked the
way he had spoken of his father!
AS she leaned. out of the stiffness
1t was the bell Of the courthouse In
the village. She counted the strokes
falling clearly or family as the slug
gish breeze ebbed or swelied. It was
eleven.
She drew back. dropped the curtain
to shut out the wan glimmer, and in
the darkness crept into the soft bed
as If into hiding-place.
o
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint gold-shAdowed mist over
the valley and q soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines Of the hills
Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court cardinal darted like q GRIM
SON shs44ie. to rock impudently from
Q heertn9 limb. and here and there
on the hluish-ivory sky. motionless AZ
Q pasted wafer. hung = hawk; from
ema - time eas Of these wavered and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16

give you the roses already rooted
Mad Charles and Marechal Neil and
Cloth Of Gold and cabbage and ram
blers. We have geraniums and
fuchsias, too. and the coral honey
HuckIe That's different from the wfld
one, you know"
you are too goodl n son would
enly advise me where to set them!
But / dare say you think ma presum-
mg."
She turned her fun face to him.
Presuming!' Tou,re Furnishing me
now for the dreadful way I talked 30
you about Damory Coa1t-hafore |
knew who you were. On. Il wee nm
pardonablei And after the splen6ad
EAing you had doneI read about q
&AAt same sventn@-W1sA yeug 1amAN
: meant"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16
Not There for Experiment.

Edith and Flora were passing their
summer vacation In the country.
DO you know" said Edith, that
young farmer tried to kiss me. He told
me that he had never kissed any girl
before"
What did you ten him?" asked
Flora.
Why replied, Edith, Il told him I
was no agricultural experiment stu
don Bazaar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16
What Hurt Him.

And you say, after they had black
ened your character, they found they
were wrong?"
Yes. / was, you might say, injured
by premature blast"
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Intermittent.

Knicker-Any luck?
Bocker-No, the fish seemed to be
in part time schools
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-16

was in search Of. Yes, thank you, a
small whisky as before. Tit
Bits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
TENNIS MEETING
 WELL ATTENDED
Continuance of the Tennis League During 1914
 Assured

Looking to the permanent organization of the tennis clubs of Greater Birming- ham and to formulate plans for the cot ten states tennis tournament, to be held in Birmingham the first week in June, about 30 tennis enthusiasts met last night in the private dining room of the News paper club. The purpose of the meet ing was to stimulate interest in the com ing tournament and to arrange for the summer matches. Among the clubs of the greater city represented were Fair field, Ensley, Young Mems Christian as- sccation, Birmingham Athletic club and the Country club Great enthusiasm was in evidence and the prospects for a per manent organization are exceedingly bright.
 Dr. Burr Ferguson presided and after the dinner stated the purpose of the gath eIrng and urged an increased interest in the game. A pleasant feature was the presentation of a loving cup by Robert Raugh and a pair of tennis racquets by Wimberly & Thomas to B. Allen Brooks and Billy Bartlett, the winners of last years tournament. It was decided that every club would be represented at the approaching tournament and to that end a number of matches will be arranged between the clubs forming the league, as well as matches between the individual members. The permannt organization will be effected at later meeting.
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curb and struck telephone pole, turning turtle.
 Both Mir. Whatley and MT. Hin were
 hurled from the machine. Whatley was thrown about 40 feet. but Hill, who was
 in a measure protected by the steering
 wheel sustained only severe bruises and
 scratches.
 An automobile containing Leo Stewart
 and Ava Bardolf was on the scene al-
 most as soon as the accident happened | and the injured man was picked up and
 rushed to the Hillman hospital. It is said that he sustained a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain and prob ably internal injuries, but that no bones were broken. At the hospital last night he was in a comatose condition and was unable to make any statement in regard to the accident.
 Officers Mullin and Rochelle arrived on the scene about b minutes after the accident and placed MT. Hill under bond on a charge of reckless driving. Officer Mullin made the following statement: "The place where the accident occurred is a bad one in the past few months four automobiles having struck the same post
 as the Hill machine did. I found that Mir Whatley had been removed to the hospital but MT. Hill was still on the scene ana we placed nm under pond on
 charge of reckless driving. "He told us that a steering knuckle on the car broke and that he lost con- trol of the machine. He claimed that
 he not going over 10 or 15 miles an
 hour. but the condition of the machine
 and the ground around the scene of the accident tended to indicate a greater speed.
 "Whatley was hurled from the machine about 40 feet axl struck the ground on the hard pavement. MT. Hill was not serious ly injured and did not go to a hospital. The machine had turned over and seemed badly damaged.
 Leo Stewart, who carried MT Whatley to the hospital, made the following state ment:
 ''We arrived on the scene few seconds after the automobile had turned over. Mir. Whatley was lying in the street and MT. Hill was crawling out from behind the car. MT. Hill declined to make any statement to us as to how the accident. had occurred. We picked MT. Whatley up and hurried him to the Hilman hos pital and then returned to the scene of the accident, but MT Hill had gone"
 MT Whatley is about 35 years of age and is employed by the Birmingham Casualty company. He resides at Sunny side, a station below Powderly on the South Bessemer car line. Mr Hill is a resident of Fossil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
BASEBALL LEADERS
 TESTIFY IN COURT

Hot Springs, Ark, April 2-Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg Ma tioral League club, and William M Kav- anaugh president of the Southern league anc member of the national board of ar btraton, testified in chancery court here today as. to the merits of contracts and agreements in organized baseball as wit nesses for the plaintiff in injunction pro oecdings brought against s. H. Camnitz. agent of the Pittsburg Federal league club by the management of the Pitts burg Nationals.
 As documentary evidence the contracts between the Pittsburg club and Voix and McQuillan, members of that team. were produced by President Dreyfuss. A copy of the agreement between National league clubs was also introduced
 Ii is the contention of counsel for Cam nitZ that the contracts and agreement arc in violation of both state and fed eral antitrust laws and that the charge .hat Camntz was attempting to have the Pittsburgh players break the contracts are without standing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
NO CHANGE IN
 PLANS ENTERTAINED

Washington, April Asked today " neither lengthy consideration of the tolls question would necessitate a curtailment of the legislative programme so as to secure an early adjournment of Congress, President Wilson said no change in the administration plans as outlined early in the session was contemplated.
 The President said he believed Con gross could dispose .of all it's business by the middle of June or the first of Jujy. Administration leaders fixed on June 1 as goal for adjournment, but 1t generally is admitted that the session will extend beyond that date.
 Members of Congress are anxious to make the session short as possible, because of the proximity of the congress sional elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
POLLARD GUEST OF LOCAL
 WASHINGTON & LEE ALUMNI

past few years The outlook, he said, was bright.
 It is the plan of the local association to finance the field games to be held on April 25 and have the meet known as the Birmingham meet. It is said that the expenses will not be over $500 and d committee of three was appointed last night to take up the matter of raising the funds. The committee is composed of Dr. c. H. Moore, R. G. Thach and c. M. McCrum.
 Dr. Pollard was enthusiastic over the prospect for the games last night. He expects entries from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Maryland. tha District of Columbia. New York. Penn sylvana, Michigan, Illinois and probably Kentucky.
 Tn the games last year there were 23 schools represented with 75 boys partici- pating and about $50 entrants. Dr. Pol lard expects at least 30 schools this year and a large increase in the number of participants
 Borden Burr, president of the local alumni association, presided as toastmas-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
zbYSZKO WINNER
 OVER DR. ROLLER Giant Pole Throws Physi- clan in Straight Falls.
 Last in s Minutes

It took Stanilaus Zbyszko one hour and 24ta minutes to throw boo Roller the first lime last night in the final wrestling ex- hibition to be held in this city, but in the second he went at the physician in such a strenuous manner that Roller seemed unable to put up battle and in eight minutes the Pole deposited the shoulders of his opponent on the mat for the second fall Both were obtained through the aid of body scissors.
 ZbyszSo proved the master of Roller in speed, science, strength and, in fact, every angle of the game. When the Pole gent at his opponent In earnest the doc tor was a puppet in his hand.
 A good crowd witnessed the exhibition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
ENTERTAINED AT BANQUET AT THE NEWSPAPER CLUB+HERE IN INTEREST OF ANNUAL FIELD MEET

Dr. J. w. A. Pollard, for many years director of athletics at the University of Alabama and now associate professor of biology at Washington and Lee univer- sity at Lexington, Va, was the guest of the alumni association of that college at a banquet at the Birmingham Newspaper club last night.
 Dr. Pollard is visiting Birmingham ir the interest of the annual interscholastic track and field games held under the auspices of the athletic association oi Washington and Lee. He made short talk last night in which he reviewed the athletic situation at Washington and Lee and pointed out the development of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
Boxer Hurt

Atlanta, April 2--James Grant of Chi- csgo, bantamweight boxer, who was taken to a hospital Tuesday night in d serious condition at the conclusion of a 19-round contest here with John Eggers of New York; was better tonight, al- though still unconscious. Eggers, who was taken in charge by the police, is at liberty on bond pending developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
Bessemer to Play

Ressemer, April 2.-(Special .)-The Bes- s,mer High school baseball team will meet the Bessemer independent team on Underwood Field on Friday afternoon at 3.S0 o'clock. Coach Wood stated that the team was in good condition and a hard fought battle is expected. The proceeds from the game will go to the hospital fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
Medals Awarded

Vienna. April 2.-The Austrian zoolog- ical and Botanical society has awarded the Archduke Rainer gold medals to Pro fessors Ross Granville Harrison and
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ter last night. and introduced the speaker

of the evening, Dr. Pollard.
 Those present were: Dr. Pollard R. G.. Thach, Borden Burr, Cot Henley, Kirby Sevier, E. w. Barrett, Judge N. B. Fea- gin, w. G. Montgomery, Walter Hood, Dr. c. H. Moore. Alex c. Birch, c. M. McCrum, Dr. A. r. Toole, Roderick Bed- dow, Smith Cullom w. R. J. Dunn, w. A. Smith, c. c. Hocombe and J. H. Willis.
 Dr. Pollard will leave for New Orleans this morning and will be the guest of the alumni there tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03

land avenue. In rounding the curve at
 Mountain Terrace Junction from the Coun- try club, the driver lost control of the machine and it ran into and over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
J. H. Whdtley Badly Hurt
 Tn Automobile Accident
Thrown Forty Feet When Machine Strikes Telephone Pole at Mountain Terrace Junction-Sustains Fractured Skul-o. c. Hill Who Was Driving Car
 Escapes With Minor Injuries

of Sunnyde probably fatally injured Tn an auto mobile last night at o'clock at Mountain Terrace junction O Lakeview line. 1v.,
 automobile which Mr. Whatley riding with C. Hill turtle, both through and of skull the the Hilman hospital in critical condition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
vas not serIOusIy Injured

According to the accounts of the aeei- dent secured by Motorcycle Officers Null lin and Rochelle, the automobile with MT. Hill at the wheel was going west on High
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
You can get a good blue serge suit, silk lined, at $25

No matter how many clothes you own, you ought to have at least one blue serge suit. But be sure it's good one; there are lots of cheap serges; part cotton; not worth carrying home.
 Here's the way to be Go clothier who sells goods; ask Hart Schaffner Marx silk lined blue serge suit It's soft weave dark blue; just enough "nap' so it won't shiny in few weeks; pure wool fabric the dye unproof and weather proof, the tailoring such of The lined with fine quality silk; it has soft roll ron six button wastcoat; latest model We make sizes to fit any type of figure.
 You probably n technical about
 blue take a safeguard in all this. Hart Schaffner & Marx
 Good Clothes Makers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03

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The woman's Christian Temperance union of Fairview will hold a meeting this afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. Johnston on Apple avenue. All members are invited to be present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03

The members of the Golden Link class of the Ensley Presbyterian church will be entertained at social this evening at the home of Mrs. J. w. England or Avenue c. All former members of the class are requested to attend. as the meeting is held for the purpose of re- organizing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03

Mrs. Henry B. Allen. chairman of tn city beautiful movemen, at Fairview. ha called a central meeting of all the club in that district for Friday afternoon a 20 o'clock at the Fairview school fuii attendance is urged and all ladie interested in the movement are invite to be present