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The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

STEADY. steady. Sir Mawson! sounded
Cleek's soothing voice. BRAKES on! What
foIlowed?"
Il have no very clear recollection. MIR.
Cleek, for Just then Lady Leake chose
to add her entreaties to his, and to ask
me II wouldn't permit her to draw her
next quarters pin money In advance and
let her take up theyI. o. u. for him. and
I was SO furious at the thought OF his
skulking in like a beggar and fad and
trying to bleed her that l fie. Into a
violent rage, ordering him out Of the
house instantly. / think that even then
I was conscious OF a sense Of gratihca-
tion at the way he took that ultimatum:
for. instead of whining like whipped
cur, he pulled himself up and said very
quietly: All right. sir-I'n take YOU at
your word. Thank you for past favors.
Good-by" And then walked out Of the
room and was gone"
"H'h! Leave the house, did hep
''Yes-but not then. A servant saw
him on the top landing, coming out Of
his own room with something wrapped
up in a parcel, after that. And another
who was busy cleaning up in the lower
hall-saw him come down, and 90 out
ten minutes past"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

subject OF our unpleasant interview of
the day before"
Here Sir Mawson's voice grew curious
ly thick and unsteady.
''Mr. Cleek." he said, agitatedly. cit is
necessary that I should tell you, at this
point, something with regard TO those
who mako up the members OF my house
hold"
You needn't" interposed Cleek. 81
have already heard. Lady Leake is,
believe, your second wife, and you have
two sons"
''No-three," he corrected. Henry, my
eldest, who is twenty-four. and Is the
only survivor Of the children. Of my first
and most unhappy marriage; Curzon,
who is just entering his twenty-first year,
and Bevis, who has not yet turned seven
and Is, OF course. still in the nursery.
may as well admit to you, Mr.. CIeek. that
my first marriage was a failure. We were
utterly unsuited to each other, my first
vile and !, and 1t is, no doubt, only nat
ural that the son she left me should re-
fleet in himself some OF those points Of
difference which made our union q mis-
take.
Don't mistake me, however. he is
very dear to me-dear, too, TO his step
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

| mother, who loves him as her own. and
the one strong feature in his character is
| the love he gives her in return. Then.
too, he Is my first born, my heir-and no
man fails TO love that first child that
ever called him father"
a. man could fell to love this partic-
ular one at all events, Mr.. Cleek,'' put
| in, her ladyship. wild, reckless, extrav-
! agant-yes! But at heart the dearest
| boy"
"Just so." interposed Cleek. But let
! US get on, please. So this dearest boy
had an unpleasant interview with you the
| day before yesterday did he, Sir Nav
son? What was it about?"
THE usual thing-moncy. I've paid
his debts until my patience Is quite worn
out. At that interview, however. he
asked for thing / would not listen to,
30 pounds to settle gambling debt at
his club; to take up an I. o. U. that
would get him blacklisted as a defaulter,
If it were not met. Then get bIacklisted
1 said to him, If there's no other way to
cut you of from tie worthless set vou
associate with Then walked out Of
the room and that was the last I saw
of him until he pounced upon. me IN the
hall yesterday. He'd been to town, ne
Nsaid, and had had a talk with the man to
whom he had given the 1. o. T., and, dad,
II you'll only do II Just this once-just
this one last once! he was saying when
I interrupted him. I've no time to listen
now-and no inclination I said; then
went into the study and locked the door.
Meanwhile he had gone up to Lady
Leake's boudoir to implore her TO use
her influence with me- and he was still
there when 1 carried the necklace up to
leave it in her charge for the BRIEF time
it would take me to prepare the materials
for the work in hand-and told her an
about it. But I didn't know that at the
time, Mr.. Cleek, for he was sitting in a
deep cushioned armchair at the far end
Of the room and the tall back of that
chair was turned toward me. Indeed. /
hadn't the faintest suspicion that thera
was anybody but Lady Leake and myself
in the room until he got up suddenly
and said Dad. you aren't too busy to
listen now.'
'Of course he had heard what I had
said, Mr. Cleek-although never gave q
thought to that at the time-and as Lady
Leake had taken the gorgeous necklace
ou, of the case il foilSSs thar he also
saw. II was only afterwards when
It came hack to my memory "ss GOOD
God! it is too horrible to think Of even
now, much less to talk about"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

And in the meanume the Ladder 0:
Light had vanished"
Yes. After Henry had left tine bou-
doir l Lad a few minutes heated argyll
ment with Lady Leake; then. remember
ing the work I had in hand. l left th'
necklace in her cI-"--- --I hurried away
to rig up a temporary workshop II must
have been ABOUT twenty .--inutes later
when I finished 49, and went bal..
TO Lady Leake's bOudoir to get the Jewel.
I found her in a state of the widest eN-
citement. The necklace was gone, Only
for one single minute Of time had Ii
been out of her sight, yet in that min
ute it had vanished
HIN! Yes! Just so! Case gone, too,
Sir MawsOn?'
No. That was still there lying on
her dressing table--but it was empty.
II see! So then it could not have been
that that was wrapped up in the par
Gel your son was carrying. Anybody in
that room after Sir Mawson left you'
your ladyship?'
Not a living soul. Mr.. Cleek."
Gould no one have stolen it without
your knowledge
That would be impossible. l locked
the door the instant Sir Mawson left
me-"
"Ah, then of course! Another ques-
tion. please. Sir Ma~son has spoken
of there being one single minute when
the necklace was not directly under
Your eyes. When was thar"
When left the room. Mr.. Cleek.
"Oho! Then you did leave it. eh?'
"Yes-it was thoughtless of me, OF
course: but I only ran down to the foot
OF the staircase, when l remembered
and ran back in n perfect panic. Stu
l had locked the door in going out. II
was still locked when I returned; but
in that one single minute the necklace
had disappeared. remembered per-
fectly laying it down on the silken bed
OF Its open case when 1 recollected
soILething which caused me to leave
the room"
May 1 ask what that something
was?'
Yes. A service I had promised TO per-
form for Miss Eastman"
Miss Eastman? Who is she?"
My sons fiancee. She and her father
are visiting US at present Curzon met
and became engaged to Miss Eastman
on the occasion OF her last visit to Eng
land.
Her last visit? Then the lady and
her father are not English?'
oh, dear, no-Americans. They came
The Washington herald., 1914-11-29

Next week viii he pubrI<"ed sThe
Laughing DeHth" Th-e~ mon DE In
one fP--JIy. motive for murder e.
n~t ksrd 10 6Bdi the ..erns ~ ~om-
u,ittin0 " Bre not clear. Bvt the
cRse proves Hin,pIP In the hrnIs of
Geek sDd its solution pleasant for all
concerned.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
CHANGE IN MEDICAL VIEWS
Ideas That Were Held Sacred in the
Past Have Lately Been Radi-
caIly Revised.

We are getting sound views on a
good many things with which we
have been going headlong in recent
years. remarks the Indianapolis News.
The rage for operation in cases of ap-
pendicitis is subsiding. When the
discovery of the germ theory and an
tiseptic treatment made possible op-
erations that until then were impos-
sible, a rage for operation in appendi-
citis came in. Now II is held that
operations for this affiiction, which
used TO be called Inflammation of the
bowels, shall not be employed except
in the last extremity. Similarly it is
now affirmed that the appendix is not
a useless obstruction, but has import
ant functions.
There begins now protest against
the fresh air fad that has had its own
way these many years. Those that
have predicted that it was fad like
the blue glass" treatment for rheu-
matism and other ills which ragged
many years ago, feel like prophets. In
other days houses had blue grass"
room just as in recent years they
have open air sleeping chambers
added. And men and women used to
sit solemnly many hours day, when
the sun shone in their blue glass
chambers allowing the blue ray to
wander over their afflicted bodies.
Wonderful cures were the result But
old rheumatism, like the cat, had the
habit of coming back. Now DR.. Dut-
ton, in the Medical Times, says the
profession has been carried away
with the fresh air fad. II is import
ant, he says, to distinguish between
fresh air and pure air. The latter
contains ozone, which is the vitalizinS
principle of air and is free from par
ticles of dust. But fresh air is likely
10 be dust laden and moreover is cold,
and often impregnated with moisture.
The dust is not menace to healthy
people unless it carries germs. But
in the case of tuberculosis and other
anemic Affections. it is a menace.
Such cases suffer from the inability TO
create heat. They require air that is
not only pure. but warm. To expose
them TO cold. damp fresh air. the
doctor says, is cruelty without benefit
The problem for such cases is TO pro-
vide warm. dry. pure air with as much
exposure to the rays of the sun as
possible.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

safe hands. Why, however, had he
left her in this hot bed of sedition
and peril? His interest was height
ened in the fair girl he scarcely knew.
He might have put her entirely from
his mind but for the memory of that
name written in the sand.
That night the long brooding storm
broke over the devoted town Of
Aylhi. The native outbreak was on.
A horde of sanguinary natives over
ran the place. Their leaders rushed
from house TO house. Where a GER
tain challenge was responded to with
chalked on the door. Where not, the
place was given over to the pillage Of
the general horde.
Ralph instantly thought OF Miss
Wharton in the midst of this wild
riot He rushed into the little shop
not two minutes ahead of the crowd.
He saw the trader thrown amid the
surging rioters who poured into the
place to loot it. Dashing resistlessly
through a doorway. in a secluded side
room he found Ethel
astonished girl, after he had rapidly
depicted their peril.
Yes, yes" she replied tumultuous-
ly. The Bird must save that"
She seized a covered cage. By de-
vious ways they reached the yards
OF various houses, finally seeking ref
uge il a vacant one.
Then at its front came a great up
roar. The hoarse challenge of the ma
tive leader sounded the challenge as
he beat upon the locked door!
'Ghenji Mutat?"
To the startled wonder OF the refu-
gees from directly where they crouch
ed in the darkness there rang out
shrilly the response:
"Eiah toluc,"
They could hear the native leader
mark upon the door, the mob pass
on.
"A parrot" exclaimed Ralph, glan-
cling at the covered cage.
Yes" responded Eloise. Il bought
1t from a native woman. That must
have been the password it had learn
ed somewhere"
Two hours later, at the head Of a
large party Harold Wharton and his
friends reached AylhL He had gone
away for that purpose.
And within the scope Of those two
hours Eloise and Ralph. comrades in
peril, knew that they loved one an
other. and. with peace restored, there
was a happy wedding.
Copyright. 1918, by w c. Chapman)
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

were a few English speaking peopl
in Aylhi. He had met most of thes
few evenings since at a social func-
ton. Miss Wharton and her brother,
Harold, among them. Once having
met Eloise, he could never forget her.
She had told him that she and her
brother planned to leave for Bengay
and then the country at once.
There was a warning token of dis
quiet in the air the days following
Ralph was a comparative stranger in
Aylhi and did not entirely under
stand what it all meant. He noticed,
however, very few English speaking
people on the streets and had been
told that most OF them had gone to
Bengay. He inferred that rumors of
an uprising of natives in the near
neighborhood was the cause of this
but this was permanent cause Of un-
rest in the community, and he did not
attach any unusual Importance to the
rumor.
Now he had seen Miss Wharton,
whom he supposed had left Aylhi
days previous. To his further won
derment she had disappeared in n ma
tive shop. She did not come out for
an hour or two. Ralph marvelled
and then he became anxious. He en-
tered the place.
A Parsee trader sat on his cushions
behind the counter conversing with a
dignifed vizier. some close friend.
Both regarded Ralph keenly, but not
with animosity.
"A friend. lady. entered your es-
tablishment two hours ago." began
Ralph.
1T is true" bowed the trader.
IF could speak with her
1T is not allowed" spoke the trad
er gravely. See" and he showed
across doorway the ribbon of safe
ty used by the natives to indicate n
sanctuary" My friend. because you
are her friend and of her blood-go."
You mean"
ITO Bengay. The sword Is dangling
from mere thread, 1t may fall at
any moment. You are in peril. The
lady has been placed under my strict
charge. She is safe. she is hidden,
Do not compromise that security by
being seen here"
Ralph only partly surmised the sit
uation. but he believed that Harold
Wharton had entrusted his sister to
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
Unrehearsed Stage.

A good story is told of certain
actor whose fate it was to represent
the inferior personages in the drama,
such as messengers, serving men. etc.
One night, a certain great tragedian
being engaged, the poor actor enact
ing the character OF a servant, had
to repeat these words;
MY lord. the coach is waiting"
This was all he had to say. but turn
ing to the gallery part of the audience
he added. with stentorian voice, And
permit me further to observe, that the
man who raises his hand against a
woman, save in the way OF Kindness.
is unworthy the name of Briton."
shouting OF applause followed. After
the play on being demonstrated with
by the great tragedian for this In
novation, he replied. Il regret TO have
annoyed you. but it's my benefit next
week, and l must make myself popu-
lar with the audience"
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
'9OOdMn9
DONT'S"

Don't carry large sums OF money
around with you. Hold-ups are not
untfeard 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
you will have An easy and happy
old age.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A FAIR YOUNG GIRL
BY AUGUSTUS GOODRICH eHER-
WIN.

WIN.
A fair young girl was strolline
along the beach just beyond the city
walls of AylLi. The sun was hot, IS
was It ever at this, the sultriest town
in the dominions of the Rajah Afendt,
yet she had her sunshade closed.
Ever and anon she would pause. ven
ture in chase Of a receding wave, use
the end of the dainty parasol as
stylus, and then, tripping back lightly.
would laugh at the grim pursuing ele-
ment she had cheated.
A young man followed her at a
worshipful distance, and she all un-
aware of it. He urged or retarded
progress according to the chances OF
discovery. At last he came to one
of the spots where the girl had writ
ten in the sand, and where the waves
had not washed out the clearness OF
the letters.
"ELOI-S-E".
That was the name of the graceful
young lady-Miss Eloise Wharton
Ralph Evans knew that. Yet he gazed
with fondness and interest at the fad
ing letters reminding him OF her. He
traceries, some clear, others one-half
obliterated. Then there was a final
one-and two names this time. But
the Eloise was blurred. The was
missing. the / and merged into a
sort of v. SO that what remained
read LOVE" and added to 1t were
the letters, RALPH"
Was it fancy on his part that a
demure yet expressive inclination Of
the golden head of the beautiful girl
indicated that she had espied him.
that in wayward mischief she had set
a lesson in the sand for him to con-
strue?
He hoped it and the sentiment fed
his longing heart. He quickened his
step. The girl had entered a street
of shops. Then proceeding less than
half hundred yards. she disappeared
within the broad open doorway of a
curio store.
Young Evans came to a halt,
scanned the place so he would re-
member it and reflected His envir-
onment was a peculiar one. He had
been sent TO the province as a silk
buyer for a Boston house. There
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

FOR SALE OR RENT-The four
acres of ground known as the old
Fadeley place, on Main and First
streets, viz: A residence. blacksmith
shop, woodshed, etc. Will sell or
trade for suitable property. Good
terms can be arranged. Call or ad-
dress ]. C. Bowerman, Delta, Colo. 4
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

Blue Monday will Sold no terrors
for you if you will try the Delta Steam
Laundry's rough-dry system. The cost
is within the reach of the humblest
household. 33tf
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

We want your cream and you want
the money Here's your opportunity.
Bring US your cream and get the
highest cash price for 1.-THE Delta
Creamery. 55
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

You ought to be ashamed of those
dusty lace curtains. The Delta Steam
Laundry will make them look better
than new at price that's right. ..33tf
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
Onion Seed

Home Grown Onion Seed for sale.
Yellow Danver, choice seed. W. H.
Jarratt, Garnet mesa.
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13

DON'T SLEEP under stale, smelly
blankets or quilts. Send them to the
Delta Steam Laundry. They will come
back fresh, soft and fluffy. S3tf
The Delta independent., 1914-02-13
DOUBLE FARM HARNESS

the dependable kind that wears well
and looks we'll.
1t is the harness to sell.
1t is faithfully made from good
material. and plenty large to fit
horses from 1900 to 1,400 pounds.
Our prices are reasonable, but rem
ember tfst quality, and not prices,
is the rial standard of harness
value. Our harness have quality.
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LEGAL.
Masters sale.


State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court. In Chancery.
Archibald 5. Huber. complainant, VS..
Louise Elizabeth Huber. Dorothy Julia
Huber. Archibald S. Huber, guardian OF
Louine Elizabeth Huber. and Dorothy
lor. trustee. defendants. Partition.
General No. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of decree of said court entered in
the above entitled cause, on the tenth
(lOth) day OF July. A d. 1914. j shall
on Monday. the third t3rd) day of Aug
ust. A d. 1914. at the hour OF 1918
o'clock in the forenoon, at the east door
OF the court house In the city of Rock
70 comply with said decree, sell at pub
lie vendue 10 the highest bidder for
cash in hand. the certain parcel of land,
situate in the county of Rock Island
and state of Illinois. known and de-
scribed as follows. to-wit: Lot No. two
CD In block No three C5), in thar mart
OF the city of Rock Island known as and
called wallace Grove" Provided the
said bid upon the premises hereinbefore
described shall be equal 90 at least two
thirds t2-0 of the valuation put upon
the same, as shown by the report of the
commissioners heretofore appointed
thereof. Terms OF sale: cash In hand
Dated at Rock Island, Ill. this Ilth
day OF July. A u. 1914.
JOSEPH L. HAAS
Master IN Chancery. Rock Island coun-
Marion e. Sweeney. compliments So
licitor.
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LEGAL.
Notice of Publication.


state OF Illinois. County of Rock Is
To the September Term. A D. 1914.
of the Circuit Court. IN Chancery.
Margaret Dart Stevenson, complain
ant vs.. John Plummer. son OF Thomas
I1lummer, deceased; Charles \. Plum
mer; W. Norris Plummer, Mrs. w. Nor
ris Plumme-. his wiIe; Charles =. Plum
mer Thomas Plummer, Frank Plummer,
Helen Baker and Jonn Plummer, de-
PENDANTS. Bill to Remove Cloud and
no the above named nonresident de-
PENDANTS, John PIummer, son OF Tnom-
as Plummer, deceased; Charles A Plum
mer; w. Norris Plummer; Mrs. W. Nor
ris Plummer, his wife; Charles =. Plum
mer, Thomas Plummer and John Plum
mer:
Notice is hereby given: You and each
of you Will take notice that the above
entitled cause is now pending in said
court, on the chancery side thereof, that
q summons in chancery has been issued
therein against you and each OF you,
directed 10 the sheriff OF said Rock Is
land county, TO execute, returnable to
the next September term OF said court,
TO be begun and holden at the court
house in the city or Rock Island, in
said county, on the third Monday OF
September next, at which time and place
you will appear and plead, answer or
demur to the bill OF complaint filed in
said cause.
Rock Island. ILL.,. 9Th day OF July,
1914. GEORGE w. GAMBLE.
Clerk OF Said Court
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Notice.


Proposals for the erection of State
buildings; proposals for plumbing, heat
ing, and sewers.
State of Illinois, Board of Admins
tration, Springfield, ILL.,, July 8, 1914.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Administration In its ONCE in
the Capitol building. Springfield. Ill. up
10 p. m. Monday. Aug. 3, 1914. and
then and there publicly opened for the
erection of buildings at State institu-
tions. and for plumbing, heating, and
sewers for same. as follows:
New building. Infrmary for Men. at
the Watertown State Hospital, Water
town, Ill.
Contagious disease building at the
kankakee State Hospital. Kankakee,
Ill.
Nurses home. at the Chicago State
Hospital, Cunning. Ill
Separate bids VIII be received for the
erection OF buildings. and separate bids
for plumbing, heating and sewers Will
be received.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned dpon application TO Hon James
b. Dibelka, state architect, 20 South La
Sale street. Chicago Ill.
The board reserves the right 70 re-
Ject any and all bids.
FRANK ID. WHIP
Fiscal Supervisor.
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Guardian. sale of Real Enstate.

Guardian. sale of Real Estate.
State of Illinois. County OF Rock Is
land-ss:
BY virtue oil a decretai order of the
probate court OF said county, entered
at the May term OF said court A. ID.
1914, ON the application OF j. l.. witter
conservator OF Nels swanson. insane, 70
sell the following described real estate.
belonging to said ward. situate In the
county OF Rock Island. state OF Iilinois.
to-wit: Lots number six go, seven (7),
eight ts) and nine 90. block two (2l
Beechor and Walsh's addition to the
city OF Rock Island; and also lot two.
CD. in block three sS; Mesenfelders
the county of Rock Island and state OF
Illinois: ] shall, on the 10th day OF July
A ID. 1914. at the east door OF the coun-
" court house. In the city OF Rock Is-.'
land, In the county and state afore,.
said. at the hour OF 10 a. m. sell all the
interest OF said ward in and 10 the said
real estate at public vendue. Terms Of
sale. cash In hand.
- ]. F. WRITER. -
Conservator for Nels Swanson. Insane 4