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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02
CHAPTER XIX,
Old Foes Wish New Faces.

Il FFIICTED as he was with his
"a deformity, Quabba. the hunch-
back-he of the sunny face and
happy heart-was as agile and
sEie"y rs the monkey Clarence, his
companion on his way through the
"'rld. But now the hunchback is
heither sunny of face nor happy Of
heart. 4 wild tremor of fear. anxiety
AID remorse shakes him in an anuo of
terror and confusion.
sending the rocking stone. pried from
the perch where it had swayed for CEN
turtles, had only meant death for all he
low, thought Quabba.
instead of saving his young and OH
mistress and his gypsy friend, rror,
the raid OF desperate tramps led by
Luxe Lowell, Quabha now deemed that
ne had destroyed those he had loved
as We'll as their enemies,
But as he ran painting down tho
mountain side Quabba saw that some Of
the gypsies. warned by the clatter
ana roar of the landslide the massive
pounding, loosencd rocking stone had
started. had fled to safety.
lie saw some half score of gypsy mon
ara women toiling rapidly up the opno-
Size slope of the valley from the do
stro!ed gypsy camp. Through the dust
that was settling in cloud over the
debris and rubble where the camp had
stood the straining eyes of Quabba
could mark the ragged figures of some
OF the assaultlng tramps limping away
from the scene of destruction, as boot
less as they had come.
linen as he neared the scene the an
guished Quabba could mark that tho
nc cling gypsies had paused halfway I'M
the opposite slope and had norved
themselves to return to their submerg
ed. annihilated camp. With an aching
heart and a great burning sense of re-
proach for his rash deed that had
worked such Ill when he had meant
but good, Quabba could see that Esther
ana HaSar We're not among the hvs-
terical gypsies returning to the scene
of destruction
When Quabba reached the heaDs of
stone and wreckage that had been the
camp site he found the gypsies already
gathered i'll Il group to where the VA,
Of Hagar lay overturned and La;f
Then his heart beat again with iov
as he heard the voice of Esther. trpElu-
lous. yet brave for all that. issue from
beneath the van. If YOU are friends
save u.s. was Esthers cry. Strong
AMI willing hands tore at the hcaDed
up rock and rubble, and strained ana
lifted at the van.
Soon the van was raised from over
the cavity its very overturninr had
made. There was Esther and Ia
gar. trembling but unhurt save fo,. =
few minor scratches and bruises hut
In the bottom of the cavity Law the
bulky form of Luke Lowell. stark and
still.
Kindly hands drew Hagar and Els
Their out and Quabba fell at their feet.
Tttering incoherent self accusations
uinIleG With l-l-..-g incuLere.,t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02

VIVIAN Stanley Leaves Her Husband.
.'uHahced money on it, and even if he
n1on that's my price for keeping nv
mouth SHUT, he added, "and Ill 500
''At, hiahc mere says nothing neither >
But the diamond has Gi:annearad
" &C don't know where it is" s1i;l NJ.
Stanley coldly, though in her heart sho
ragged at the presumption.
II IL turn up-them big stones AL
ways DO. It's one Of the finest in tha
Nofio, but that's my price," retorte,1
MI. Abe Bloom If it ever Turns ~,
you stanleys can replevin it, No one
can dispute your title to it. There ain.t
ahothcr ole like it in the world Dut
when you Stanleys get it it comes IA
me. That's understood and agreed oh
Blake?' -
mere was a strange. imperturba bio
sleam III the keen eyes of the dctcc
I'VE VINO had maintained his usual
'acl'urnity during this strange confer
eNce, Dut he nodded his head and an
sWered quietly, Yes. that's understood
and agreed
Teaching Richmond it had baon No
trouble for Quabba, at his Old orcnn,-
10" OF ORGAN grinder, to find tho hons,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02

A 81 SUPPOSED daughter. If Arthur
Stanley, 50 called. was not
the rightfGl heir, E!:lil. Stanley was.
But this left the girl heir to Stanley
hall, and all could he conserved and
all be we'll if Blair might return and
marry Esther.
Even though IIagar recovered hcr
faculties. she must remain silent as to
Blair's guilt were he I,sthers husband.
thought Mrs. Stanley AS for Arthur
Stanley. so called, there was Slight fea }.
Of his returning.
Ehc shrcWd mother of Blair Stanley
guessed now the true cause of Arthui.'s
flight and continued absence. 1t WAS
because he also had learned the Stan
ley secret.
At Stanley hall Esther, made a wom-
an and reso!ute by all he tragic occur
FENCES that OF late had bcfallcn her
resolved it was her duty to examine
further into the documents in Hamar.s
brass bound box. Esther had on
dcavored v;inly to lift the cloud from
IlaGar's mind by earnest inquiries and
kindly beseecilings. But Hagar would
only moan My son. give me back nv
son, my little babe
Then Esther read the documents
The proof was plain She was in har
rightful place at Stanley hall. for She
was Esther Stanley. But she resolved
through the love she bore for him sl,a
mad known as Arthur Stanley, that she
NoGlu take the secret to the grave
she would spare Arthur the shame she
knew his proud spirit would feel.
What to her were place and nosi+;o,,
here in Fairfax among a nroud noon1o
who, so far as their women.fo1El ve.n
concerned laI ignored her?
act When We are Young we have or
hopes and dreams. Esthcr's hone and
dream was the return Of Arthur tho
sharlng CT the secret With him and
his love. Then all would be we'll 60
1t was that Esther was not wholly SIN
pnsed when Blair Stanley's mothar
called at Stanley hall and profferpd ber
friendship and assistance.
Ihere were no condolences nych,poa1
between them. Esther s,!spected tb,+
blars mother vaguely knew, but in
her loneliness, and having no friand
save the humble though devoted Onoh-
ba. Esther was glad 70 accent ~
proffered friendship of her austaro
klnsWoman, though neither smoke 80
the tie. VI
MIS- STANLEY suggested that uaear no
taken to Richmond for treatmont 70.
nef mental aftiiction She also insisted
mat Esther should go to Richmond
anu De introduced into the best circles
1here b Mrs Button Raul.Lh.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02

him at Los Angeles and wires to ADe
Bloom in Richmond telling of the loss
| OF the diamond and asking for funds.
The deserted and racing Blair pawns
what possessions the train robbers
have left him. and under his assumed
name of Peyton hides in mean no.
tel alter writing to his relative, Mrs
burton Randolph, to intercede for him
with his mother.
Far off in the desert Businesses the
pursuit of the posse after the train
robbers is holly on. \ shot and the
rearmost saddle of the fleeing outlaws
is empty. But as the outlaw falls the
diamond from the sky that he has
c!2Ncd out from the sack Of yaluabes
lilies from his now nerveless hand and
lies glittering but unnoticed by a clunln
OF cacti as the posse thunders by.
Another shot goes home. and the
foremost outlaw drops from his sad
die. Another shot and his riderIess
horse drops dead in its tracks. AS
this horse falls the treasure sack with
tie ban1notcS falls half under the dv
ing animal
Inc bulk OF its PROSTATE body masks
tie treasure sack OF bankIlotcS and
h4des it from view Of the posse that
SallopS almost over the dead horses
hcofs as the pursuit of the three S;1r-
wing desneraGoes gees on.
\ month later John Powell shoen
herGer. is sent to the desert to find y
*trayed flock. Beneath the skeleton
OF 4 blIzZ;:rGs feast Il dead horse. he
finds the stolen treasure. In = wild
frenzy of hyStefical delight John Pow
ell remembers 'NIontc Cristo." which
rs tie wild young master OF Stanley
Call. he had read with greedy caror
Aess. And SO. like Edmond Dautcs
ne stands erect and cries in tho burn
'n% desert waste. THE world i; r,inc-'
Tie diamond is lyin- near. u
cleans in the sun on the desert sand
among r1it!cSnakcS and cacti. bit
'!ohn Powell. blinded With the treasure
mat be :s'asijs from tic bones OF :,
!noi'.sri"2s horse. secs it not. And
'hcro 1t los, Who vii! Get it ncxt?
Go be contlnued.)
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02


hiiated.
still held by lIAGar on the terms Of
lease She had taken from the receiver
III bankruptcy for The fugitive Arthur
Stanley, still ticci1i" from Justice,
Wron@fniiT under the ofIus of being
the murderer Of DR.. Lee
Luke Lowell, when he recovered CON
*fioUsneSs. drew himself from the tlol-
low beside the now ri@htci van. He
had no Intention Of on,!aavor:nr 70
Sej"in *'lt'.! Of the tramps who had
.ttdc.loI the camp WiGll h:nl and ;ni.ynt
have escaped Uuhurt fro.I Nuall:H :
lanI%!isIe
Luke stole away uM0I,seryct1. ANA his
one Thought WIS to make his fortune
from his knowledge OF the Stanley
3ecret~the knowledge he had gained
from glimpse 1T the document il H,-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02

IT you 1ave any secret to sell take it
to some other market"
gar 5 strong box. Luke Lowell realized
at last the source of th, dead Matt
Hardins's gypsy wealth that now was
Iagar's. ANA which since Hanar,e. s,,,s-
ueh aiiittlon no one knew the hiding
place of.
one thing lowell felt sure Of was
'iiat tins wealth had not decreased
under HaGar's stewardship while sane.
Wherever the treasure was it was not
III Hagar's brass bound chest. ONLY
documents were in that chest. but they
were treasures Of themselves.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-09-02
CHAPTER Xxx.
Wealth From the Desert.

u a Rs. STANLEY resolved +,
bSE make friends With Hagar's
4 "a supposed daughter. If Arthur
StIIi!tE t.1IlnG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
HALL0WELL
W. S. Birch Severely Injured
by Fall of Twenty-Five Feet
to the Ground Con-
dition Critical
WORD RECEIVED FROM
FRANK GOODRICH

w. s. Birch of North Berwick. an en-
ployee of the South Berwick Plough Co.,
met with a serious accident Wednesday
forenoon while at work installing a new
fire escape on the Acme Theatre building.
He was seated on brace Is feet from
the ground when a wrench slipped, caus-
ing him to lose his balance and fall head
long to the ground. He struck on his
head and left shoulder. Several persons
witnessed the accident. He was immedi-
ately picked up, taken in an automobile
to the Hallowell House, where he has
been stopping. and two Of the local ply
sicians were summoned. He had receiv-
ed a bad cut on the forehead but the
skull was not fractured, as at first fear
ed. His left arm sustained most serious
break just above the elbow, the bone
was crushed and one splinter of bone
protruded several inches through the
flesh. The arm was set temporarily. On
communicating with his employers they
made arrangements for him to be taken
to the private hospital Of Drs. Abbott
and Pingree in Portland.
He did not regain consciousness until
Just before he was taken aboard the train
at Alb, when he had several intervals in
which he recognized friends and asked
a few questions, only to relapse into un-
consciousness. The physicians regard his
condition critical but could not tell how
dangerous. since it was impossible at
that time to ascertain II he had sus-
tanned internal injuries.
DR.. c. H. Beane and G. L. Kilgore. the
latter representing the local lodge Of Odd
Fellows. accompanied the injured man
to Portland.
Mr.. Birch has installed fire escapes on
the Marston & Brooks Co. factory. the
high school building and several other
buildings in this city during the past few
months, and has made many friends dur
ing his stay in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-13
YOU CAN INCREASE WEIGHT

Thin men and women who would like
to increase their weight with 10 or 20
pounds of healthy stay there" fat should
try eating a little Tonoline with their
meals for a while and note results. Here
is a good test worth trying. First weigh
yourself and measure yourself. Then
take Tonoline-one tablet with every meal
for two weeks. Then weigh and meas
ure again. 1t isn't question Of how you
look or feel or what your friends say
and think. The scales and the tape meas
ure will tell their own story, and most
any thin man or woman can easily add
from to 10 pounds in the first two weeks
by following this simple direction, and
best of all, the new flesh stays put.
Tonoline does not of itself make fat,
but mixing with your food, it turns the
fats, sugars and starch Of what you have
eaten into rich. ripe fat producing nour-
ishment for the tissues and blood-pre-
pares 1t In an easily assimilated form
which the blood can readily accept. All
this nourishment row passes from your
body as waste. But Tonoline stops the
waste and does it quickly and makes the
fat producing contents of the very same
meals you are eating now develop pounds
and pounds more of healthy flesh. Ton
oline is safe, pleasant, efficient and In
expensive, as II costs only $1.0 for Is
day treatment. Mail orders filled by
American Proprietary Co., Boston, Mass.
For sale by Bowditch. Webster & Co.
Adv
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THE AUTOMOBILE IS PRO.
N0UNCED MOST IMPORTANT
FACTOR IN EUROPEAN WAR

traffic of war, bearing food, ammuni-
ton and supplies, at rate that the
general of old never dreamed of.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press, motoring southwest from Ypres,
few miles behind the lines of paral-
lei trenches, passed hundreds of motor
iorrieS, making their way to rail-head,
there to collect supplies which they
would carry toward the front the next
morning. Driven by bus chaufeurs
from the Strand and Piccadilly, by
taxicab drivers from the four corners
OF the earth, many from Canada, some
from New York, Chicago and Pitts
burgh, these great cars, lights dimmed,
crept along in an unbroken stream for
miles. reminding one of the scene on
the roads of Long Island the night
before the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
From the trenches of the contendiny
armies searchlights thrust thin fingers
into the blacl; SKY; and every now and
then a magnesium flare ALSO sent up
from some trench, would illuminate
the heavens like sheet lightning.
Riding with an officer of the Cen
eral staff, driven by an American
chauffeur. formerly mechanic for Bar
ney Oldfeld, the correspondents swept
along at SO miles an hour, threading
their Nay through the lines of lorries,
here and there passing infantry NOV
ing to the trenches, or q battery chang
ing its position. Timidly the carts of
the French peasants Rugged the far
side of the road. The horses were in
variably wnite-a color not wanted by
the army-or SO decrepid as to be Of
no military value.
Hi, there! Out of the way, you!"
the American chauffeur would shout.
At a peasant slow in turning his old
horse from the roadway the chauffeur
would snake his fist and swear. He
was driving an officer, and he had no
patience with civilians. They got no
business being where armies are any,
way he commented ENORMOUSLY. as if
the poor peasants could have moved
il they had so desired,
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BODY OF CHARLES
FARNHAM RECOVERED
FROM SNOW POND

Oakland, Me-, May 2.-(SpeciaD .
After lying on the bottom Of Snow
Pond since o'clock Sunday afternoon,
the body Of Charles Farnham, aged
20. was recovered by Diver Peter La
Price, 3 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon.
While out rowing with William Burns
Of Waterville. Farnham. whose home
is in Oakland, broke an oar and in
fastening his boat to gasoline launch
fell overheard, and before he could be
rescued, drowned. The lake in the
vicinity of the accident was dragged
all day Monday and Tuesday without
avail. and finally Peter LaPrice was
sent for and with diving apparatus,
aided by Louis Boutent and G. Jones,
Jr., as ropemen. and w A. Jones as
pumper the body was found 500 feet
from shore in As feet of water, near
the Lakeside camp grounds 1t was
taken to Oakland and turned over to
the undertaken.
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BURNHAM

The dedication of the Reynolds
Corner school building will occur at
2.3O Monday afternoon, May II, with
exercises by the school children, re-
marks by the members of the Build
ing committee and others, and an ad-
dress by the State Superintendent Of
Schools, Payson Smith. All citizens
are invited to attend.
The Second annual exhibition of the
Durham Schools will be held at the
close of the term
The Win1ecoox School Improve
ment League has elected the following
officers for the spring term: Presi-
dent, Lester F. Wood; vice president,
Charlie Wood; secretary, Ernest
Wood; treasurer, Ardene Wiley; ex-
ecutive committee. Glyndon Wool,
Clifton Wood, Lester F. Wood; pro-
gram committee, Charlie Wood, Almon
Wiley, Herbert F. Wood.
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Don,t build a fire against tree.
loo nv stump. or anywhere but on
bare soil.
6. Don't leave a fire until you are
sure it is out; if necessary smo'her
it with earth or water.
Z. Don't burn brush or refuse IN OF
near the woods if there is any chance
that the fire may spread beyond your
control. or that the wind may carry
sparks where they would start ne"
fire.
8. Don't be any more careless with
fire in the woods than you are Win
fire in your own home.
9. Don't be idle when you discover a
fire in the woods: if you can't put II
out yourself. get help. Where forest
guard ranger, or State fire warden
can be reached1call him up on the
nearest telephone YOU gan find.
10. Don't forget Fthat human
thoughtlessness and negligence are the
causes of more than half OF the forest
fires in this country. and that the
smallest spark may start confiagra-
ton that will result in loss Of life and
destruction of timber and young
but for their influence in helping to
prevent flood, erosion and drought.
Many thousands of acres Of forest
and suburban woodland from Maine to
Florida, and from the Atlantic coast
as far west as Arkansas, have been
burned over already this spring by
fires which started for the most part
from preventable causes. On the ma
tional forest purchase areas alone, 40
fires occurred in March, burning over
more than $500 acres, while A fires
starting on private land near or with
in government boundaries damaged
nearly $500 acres. Fires in April were
even more numerous and severe. but
rains in the latter part of the month
helped the situation somewhat. Fire
statistics for April are not yet avail
n h1a
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STATE OF MAINE.
Public Utilities Commission.
Application Of Penobscot Bay Electric
Company for authority to issue Sc
curities.
l. No a.
L. No. 30.

Application OF Tenobscot Pay Electric
Company, dated ADlil $. 1915. tiled May
-, 1915. for authority 10 issue its ilrst
mortgage FIVE per cent bonds 10 the
amount Of tsenty-one thousand Cyl
.-ft collars. maturing January /. lJ29.
to be sol al rot less than nine;E, and
t. Issue its ap.-al stock to the amount
of nine thousand tiree hundred tSso0yl
dollars to he sold al not less than sew
enty five. all for the purposes therein
stated.
Una. a public hearing be given thereon
at the. Offices OF the Public Utilities
Commission, al Augusta, on the eight
eenth day Of May. 1915, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon, and that TIE applicant
give notice thereof by causing copy
OF this order, certified by the Clerk OF
this Commission. to be published in two
consecutive issues of the Daily kennebec
journal, a newspap per published In Au-
gusta. the first publication TO be not
less than five days before the date OF
said hearing.
Given under the hand and seal Of
the Public Utilities Commission. at Au-
gusta, this 18th day of May. A. d.
1915.
BENJAMIN F. CLDAvES,
VIM B. SHELTON,
IL. 81 CHAS. w. MULLEN,
Public Utilities Commission of Maine.
A true copy.
'''e' GEO. F. GIDD1NGs.
Clerk.
ISeal]
may12-13
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(Associated Press Correspondence

(Associated Press Correspondence
General Headquarters, British Army,
France, april ia nation which mad
exclusively the secret of the internal
combustion engine could conquer the
world. Under present circumstances, a
nation which could corner the gasoline
supply would be the dominant mill
tary power. The automobile has with
out question been the most impor-
tant factor in modern warfare
1t was at headquarters OF the FRS.
British Army that an eminent British
staff officer made these observations.
He had been delivering q quasi
to a group Of correspondents, explain
ing the many uses of motor-transport.
Without motor traffic the present
great war Of Europe would have been
impossible. There would have been
great battles, to be sure, great battles
such as Gettysburg and Waterloo; but
an army crushed would have remained
crushed. Today reinforcements can be
thrown here ana there almost as man
would fling a handful of grain. Thou
sands can be moved miles overnight;
thousands can be poured into the
trenches in a few hours.
One has but to motor over the she'll
pocked fighting area Of France and
Belgium to appreciate the Importance
Of the automobile. Painted dull grey.
olive drab, or daubed zebra like, on
the principle that the splotched colors
prevent observations, they lumber or
whizZ, according to their load and
power, over the magnificent roads of
France, most of which are still in SUI
perb condition Notwithstanding the
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NATIONAL HlST0RI-
CAL SOCIETY DIRECT
ORS ELECT FOUNDERS

Washington. May 1.-THE directors
of The National Historical Society
have elected $50 Founders of the So
ciety and chose officers as follows:
President, Frank Allaben. New York,
editor-in- chief The Journal of Ameri-
can History; vice presidents, Henry
S. Hawley. Chicago. President Rail-
way Supply Co.; William H. Way,
Meriden. Ct, president Cuttiss-W Way
Co.; John Fowler Mitchell, Greenfield,
Ind, president William Mitchell Print
ing Co.; Sherman l. Pool, Waverly,
Ia. S. A. r; Mrs. Benjamin S. Church,
New York; Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
New York, president George Wash
ington Memorial Association; Eleanor
Haines, NJ. d., Newark, n. j.; Rev.
George Clarke Houshton, ID. D.. rector
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION, New
York; secc.e...--5, 4. z a. EY Yaa.5s 7u7 II,
New York. An executive committee
was appointed consisting. of the pres
ident, secretary and treasurer.
The Society Incorporated under the
laws of the District Of Columbia on
April rs, electing as directors, l.. H.
Fisher, attorney, Washington, chair
man; Dudley Butler, New York, treas
urer;. John Balsom, Washington.
The society plans to unite in COM
mon membership and coordination all
existing patriotic and historical bodies
and the vice-presidents will form a
Grand Council, each state and foreign
country being eventually represented
py hve or more. Provision is made
Tor ESQ original life-member founders
donating $500 to a founders fund and
from whom the presidents are
chosen and 5000 original founders Civ
ing IS each. The founders include the
following from Maine: John C. Stew
ART attorney. York Village; E. ]. Has
keil. Westbrook, of the Haskell Silk
Co.; Mrs. Nora Grant Rice. Gardiner.
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Hackett. Riddefnrd