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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

John Lappenga received word Tues
day evening that his youngest brother,
a young man about 10 years of age,
had been killed in a runaway accident
at Holland, Michigan. Mr.. Lappenga
departed Tuesday evening for that
place to attend the funeral.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

Z. II. Preusler, our electrician, left
Tuesday evening by way of Brookings
for a weeks visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Preusler, living at
Spring Valley, Minnesota. His wife
and infant child who have been visit
ing there for several weeks will return
with him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
VOLGA

from the Tribune:
Dorsey Phillips and crew are going
right ahead with their work at the
new Presbyterian church and the
building is now practically enclosed
and work on the roof will soon be COM
menced.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

Tor Nelson of Sinai and Even Hasle
of Bookings, went to the twin cities
Tuesday morning to consult special
lists regarding their health which has
not been the best for some time. They
were accompanied by Rev. Henrik
Voldal of this city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

Mrs. w. J. Rogers has decided to
build a residence suitable for b%oarders
and on her lots west Of the
city hall and this week excavation was
commenced for the cellar. Hans Jerde
of Brookings has the work under con
tract.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

Frank Mohror thinks 1t Is a pretty
nice thing to have your brother hap
pen along with his car and pick you up
when you are stalled with a broken
down car. Frank and his family yer
on their way to Flandreau when some
thing broke. They were about to go
to a farm house to telephone for help
when John Mohror and family came
along and pulled the car into Brook
ings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
ABOUT THE COUNTY
. . .
HENDRICKS

From the Pioneer:
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarine OF Bookings
and Mrs. Opdahl and Miss Lione OF
VoIga were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl J. Johnson.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

few seconds. without fuss or trouble.
What's the use applying salves that make
toes raw and sore, that mako corns swell,
bandages that make it misery. to
walk, tape that sticks, greasy oint-
ment, and other contraptions. Get
rid of corns the easy way, quick,
simple, sure, new way. That's COM
mon sense. Try "Gets-It" also for
warts and bunions. "Gets-It" can
hurt,-the corn loosens, and comes
right of,-clean off.
"Gets-It" is sold at all druggists,
csc a bottle, or sent direct by e.
Lawrence IL Co.. Chicago.
Sold in Brookings ana recommended as tn
worlds best corn remedy by the Brookinrs Phar
macy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
Every Intelligent Person
Should Learn How to
Write

More than a million people are en-
ployed in the publishing business in
the United States, and all of them
chad to begin" They are dropping
out every day, and some M must
take their place. There must be writ
ers for
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
Good. Night Corns,
Good Boy "Gets.lt"
New Plan Corn Remedy That Never
Fails. The Simple, Common
Sense Way.

You Door corn-limpers, with corn
wrinkles and heart pains! Sit down
tonight and put n few drops OF 'Gets-lt,"
the simplest corn remedy in the world, on
your corns. You can apply IL IN Just o
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
WHITE

From the Leader:
Iowa people are interested in White
and Brookings county, and We look for
a big immigration up here next season.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
ARLINGTON

From the Sun:
Miss Laura Lieske left Tuesday
morning for Bookings. She has &C.
cepted a position in the Brookings
telephone Office.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
ELKToN

From the Record:
Mrs. Harris and daughters of Brook
ings, were guests in the Parsons home
over Saturday and Sunday last.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11

VIM. Feeney was arrested the first
Of the week on . charge Of vagrancy.
The states attorney. e. +. Green. con-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
U.S.. Press Assn.
Bond Building, Washington, d. c

FOR SALE-Bates numbering ma
chine, In good order, 5 Wheel. $3.50
takes 1t. Inquire at this office.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-11-11
PUBLIC SALE

Having sold my market, I will sell
at public auction at my residence three
blocks east of the pOstofIice on 9Th
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
WESTERN MINERS WOULD GASP
AT THIS SYSTEM OF TIM.
BERING AND A BRICK
FLOORED TUNNEL.

line aud within easy reach for loading. The
semblancr to mining. as the public understands
1t, IL heightened by the presence II patient
beasts OF burden. horses and mules. that tow
the spoil trucks back and forth.
But 1t is not enough to dig through solid
rock; our subway miners have had other dim.
culties to contend with. Back In the early days
OF the Borough Of Manhattan a stream ran
across Lexington avenue between Seventy
fourth and Seventy-sixth streets. and when the
excavation was made FOR the express tunnel
considerable water was encountered at that
section. This occasioned many difficulties. The
contractors tried 10 control the flow If water
by pumping from driven wells sunk from the
local track structure, but without success,
and finally II was necessary to install locks
and finish the work under compressed air
Her" tn" sand hog ana the miner had t.
cooperate.
No small part OF the ticklish work involved
has been that incident to ~relaying some II he
great neighboring water mains. When finished
there will he built along the lines Of the ucN
subwayS II matter Of something like fort,
miles OF savers; and the miners have had g.
deal with the old drains in drilling and blast
Ing their way beneath the streets and the over
topping kSscrapcrs and lesser structures.
They have had to bypass as well sa~
mains and 10 support at the same time the
various el,stric rond ats. Peril has lurhr!
continually for the men in some Of these ar
terieS and veins OF municipal life, for an tx
cesSi'r blast or the chance stroke Of a pick
might all too easily have invited disaster
Most Ut us would have hut the faintc>t DO
tion OF the toiling army below our feet EXCEPT
Tor IN" working shafts dotted here and there
along the routes and for the chutes pourins
shattered rock and sand into the waiting carts
or the occasional revcrhcrations OF n hla>,
dimm"d by intervening timbcring and the rum
bile OF unimIssied traffic above ground. Never
thelcsS, far from the light Of day, and down
through Manhattan's rocky spine. thousands ~
men have delved day in and day out, laborins
t"ilS"m"ly that we ultimately shall be able t.
speed to and from home to business or hasteu
ON pleasure bent.
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timber segments or sets are left to bear their
load the briefest possible time, and steel franz
ing Is erected promptly and concrete fill put In
place to stiGen and bind the union between the
ledge and the steel work. OF course all Of
this refuse rock must be removed. and as fast
as the heading goes forward a narrow gauge
line or two Of them may he run IN the cut to
afford easy travel for the dump cars which
are run to and fro between the working shafts
and the advance Of the excavation.
Where the excavation is through good rock
and the cut is for a double deck structure, us
under Lexington avenue. q steam shovel Is
placed close to the heading upon one track
while the dump cars are pushed along a side
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ROOF HELD UP BY ELABOR.
ATE SYSTEM OF TIMBERING
WHILE THE BUSY MIN
ERS WORK BENEATH.

q ONE one remarked q few years ago that
-. New York was q veritable transpor.
tatiOn museum, running the whole
gamut Of progress from the dingy
horse car to the speeding subway express. He
might 60 further now and say that the city
combines the charms OF civilization with all
Of the touches Of a typical mining town. How.
ever, the mining part Of 1t Is so we'll hidden
that but few OF US realizeswhat IL going on he
low the street surface. That mining Is OPEN
ing up new arteries OF communication. and
the task has been and still is n gigantic one,
The total amount Of material excavated w
20 date Is something over 0.000.O 900 cubic
yards. and more than $500 900 cubic yards
has yet to be dug out OF the body OF this
Borough OF Manhattan. In the matter OF sta
bllity nature was good when she fashioned
the Islands backbone Of rock. but the subway
engineer thinks otherwise, because the ledge
has added enormously to the task Of excavation
and has called for q vast deal OF mining. Per-
haps most people would call 1t quarrying, but
the term is not exact, because the bulk Of the
work has been carried on below our feet and
out Of sight.
This method Of procedure was forced upon
the contractors owing to the great inconven-
fence suffered by the public during the con.
struction Of our first subway. when the open
cut order of excavation was used. The pedes-
trian and business above ground have bene-
fitted, but the burden has been a correspond
ingly bigger one upon the men toiling away
In the islands bowels. While the miners have
not had to face the hazards OF %fredamp, still
they have had to contend with the possible
menace of Accommodations Of illuminating gas
finding an outlet from the Joints of mains
wracked by the blasts Of dynamite and the
like as the workers opened up u way through
the solid ledge,
II You ask them the engineers below ground
VIII tell YOU that there Is such a thing as good
rock aud again rock that is distinctly bad. or.
to be more technical. poor" and the solid
rock Is the sort officially dubbed good not
wlthstanding the fact that 1t Is harder to re-
move Except for the form of the excavation.
tne actual operations through the ledge have
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or segments. technically known as ~"sets," can
be erected.
This framework OF massive wood forms the
ceiling which holds aloft the remaining rock.
Otherwise the shattered ledge, because of sub.
sequent blasts. might be further disrupted and
damaging masses OF 1t cast down. With this
timbering In place, then the power drills bore
their endless holes into the underlying and re-
naming rectangular block Of stone. and sue
cessive charges OF dynamite break up and com.
plete the demolition Of this obstruction.
With this work done. then an ample passage
Is left for the subway section with overlapping,
~fanking and underlying walls Of concrete. But
where the rock Is found to be very poor the
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been detonated right below the city's feet. 1t
is safe to say that this dangerous material has
been used more s~kilfully right here than In
any real mining section Of the country, and.
despite the enormous value Of neighboring
property. the amount Of damage done has been
extremely small.
When poor rock Is met with the system Of
excavation is as follows: At the top on each
side Of the subway section two side drifts or
galleries seven feet high and eleven feet wide
are cut through the ledge and timbered like
the horizontal passages leading into mines.
Then the workmen start to drill and blast side
wise toward the centre Of the subway section.
eXcavating the rock SO that arched timbering
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been very much akin to work done In coal
mines. 1t is not enough merely to drill and
blast and break away the rock. but the drift
or passage must he timhered so as to sup
port the remaining mass and prevent collapse
as the headings Of the cut widened and
d%ecpened.
Where tho excavation has been through good
rock it has been possible TO make an advance
OF something like six feet OF full section daily,
with three drilling shifts keeping the work
going steadily throughout the whole twenty
four hours. For every cubic yard Of progress
through hard rock an average Of Two pounds
OF dynamite has been required, and hundreds
Of tons Of this w~racking explosive have already
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-05
CHAPTER Ill.

" JUNE sprang suddenly from her
little bench overlooking the
river. Mrs. Grogg and her In
~ tolera HE nosition parsiStad N,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-05

"Oh, well. 1t was dull times on the
beat these nights!'
The dusk had deepened into darkness
when officer Moran's palm proved not
broad enough to carry away the grin
from under his yellow mustache, and
the grin, escaping. broadened into a
huge laugh.
Blye stood it with remarkable quiet
ness.
ut seems to me I've been furnish.
ing q little amusement for the boys"
be surmised. frowning.
you have" laughed Moran. Its
what in Scotland they call chasing the
gowk.' AS for the girl you mention
ed and he swung his club happily.
II don't suppose one OF us has ever
laid eyes on her"
Blye's black eyes dwelt on Moran
piercingly; then his suave smile came
'Haye a cigar" And he passed over
one which Officer Moran kept for
Christmas.
Blye stopped smiling as he walked
away. and his eyes narrowed in con-
centrated thought. He stroked bis
black Vandyke with his long, lean,
white fingers. They had had their Joke
with him, these thick policemen. They
had made him dash madly from corner
to corner, over many weary blocks. but
without knowing that they were doing
so they had convinced him of one
thing-that June lived in this vicinity
and that they all knew of her.
He was passing the corners as he ar
rived at this uncertainty. The corners
were tangled knot of street and alley
intersections where one might angle
off in almost any direction and go no
where
Ned Warner at that moment was
sending score of detectives into this
neighborhood.
Tired and half famished, Blye ate his
delayed dinner in company with the
vivacious brunette Tommy Thomas and
the white mustached, pink faced Grin
Cunningham and with a heavy, silent,
thick eyelidded man who wore short
cropped hair ON his big round head.
Tommy and Cunningham and Blye
sat for some time together after the
big man had left. They were evident
ly planning something
Finally all three went out and step
ped into Blye's luxurious limousine.
Before they had gone very far Blye,
sitting by the girl, leaned toward her
and began talking to her in low tones.
By and by the trace of a smile came
to her lips.
In a tastefully furnished drawing
room kindly looking woman held the
bubbling Tommy's hand between both
her own while they talked. There we're
both sadness and loneliness in Mrs.
Willard as she drew Tommy to a seat
on the couch beside her, but she had
spirit, too, for she displayed a most
eager interest in the beautiful portrait
of June Warner, which presently peer
ed up at her from inside the lid Of
June's little gold watch.
When Tommy rejoined the men in
the brilliantly lighted limousine she
handed Blye June's watch with tri-
umphant laugh.
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aged by some accident to throw them
together again. June finally left ~
guests and went to her room. She ba',
decided to go back to the O,Koof1
house of refuge.
Closer and closer had catharad e.
siege on the house of O'Keefa Ri+ he
bit, atom by atom. traces had hAor
picked up.
Closer and closer grew the tolls un+i1
Marie no longer dared stick her nos
out of the window lest som. o,,o
should report her to Ned or 70 Juno,s
father and mother But Ned's detec
dves finally got definite information
One day Il long. lean slinker with
eadaverous cheeks came I'D 70 Ma
from Duck alley and looked I'D ot tbo
OKeefe residence with solemn intar
est.
That's the place." he said.
Eyes; it's the place." Ned Warner,s
voice was hollow. but there was IN,
bilant ring in it. Go and tell Mr.
Moore
The lean individual hurried awav
and presently came back on the driver
seat of limousine. Inside were the
stern faced father and the gentle faced
mother of June and June's bosom
friend, the ebullient Iris Bietherinp
and Bobbie Blethering.
This is the place." said stern John
Moore, looking up at the narrow front
of the O'Keefe residence, and, stalking
out. he helped the others alight.
Sammy OKeefe came to the door in
answer to Ned's ring, and much
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-05

wrinkled face poked itself out of the,
second story window
Does June Warner live here?" asked
Ned.
'No, sir"
The head in the second story window
was jerked in Immediately. and there
was hasty shuttle on the stairs lead
ing to the third floor. shuttle made By
setting UP the right foot first and pull
ing the left one up to it. Also there
WAS a mad scrambling on the third
floor, while Sammy .O'Keefe in the
front doorway looked the throng in the
eye with admirable truthfulness and
swore that there was no June Warner
there, no June Moore, no June any
thing; that there had never been any
June in the house except the one be-
tween May and july; that there had
never been in this house any such
young lady rs the one who had just
been described; that there probably
never would be; that he had never
seen such young lady or heard of
one or. expected to or hoped to.
Whats the matter here, Sammy the
Widow O'Keefe herself asked, painting
considerably and holding a much warp
ed hand over her heart, but talking
shriAy nevertheless.
Come, search the housev' she proud
ly dared them. If you find hide or hair
Of any such two young ladies, one or
either of them, I'll go to jail-if you
can find an officer to make the arrest
Come on in. all of you!"
Some of them were for holding back,
but Ned Warner was perfectly callous
as to whether or not he took any ones
word or doubted it. He meant to find
his wife.
By the circumstance of bringing
home genuine gourd to little Maggie
Casey, June came home around by an
extremely back way and so missed the
searchers.
Search the cellar, if you please!
Knocked the Widow O'Keefe, leading
the way. Maybe you'll look in the
kindly bin. And here's the coal chute!
Now come on upstairs! Here's the nan
that you saw before, and here's my son
Sammy, fine young boy still; ana tnlS
Is the parlOr. The organ there, sir, IS
not hollow. as you can tell by lifting up
the lids! Open all the doors and see
The place was vacant. No one was
there. Ned Warner. puzzled and deter
mined. inspected the third floor. NO re-
suits. The Widow O'Keefe had gain
cred up all the clothes and belongings
and put them in a sheet and poheu
them into Mrs. McPherson's third story
window.
June Warner tripped lightly across
the street, let herself in mt the Nldo"
O'keefe's front door and trotted brlsA'
ly up the stairs. She swung around inc
curving banister.
Maybe you'd like TO look up tHo
chlmneys," suggested the Wldo"
O'Keefe on the third floor
Ned Warner walked toward the Va"
door.
June Warner started up TO the thl'o
Moor
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-05
CHAPTER II.

- UNE, busy with her own
thoughts, did not notice the
closed cab which stood at the
~ Corners the next morning as
she left the house AS she passed by,
however, walking briskly up to the
surface car, Officer Mack, who had
been watching that cab and the hand
some brunette whose vivacious face
had occasionally appeared at the win
dows, saw the cab start and slowly
move away.
June had stepped from her uptown car
and was crossing to Broadway when
a closed cab passed her, turned and
drew up from the opposite direction.
and gloved hand tapped on the win
dow. Tommy Thomas, the girl to
whom Gilbert Blye had introduced her!
(Which way, pretty maid?" Tom
my's glowing face protruded from the
door of the cab.
ITO the employment office, kind
lady," she laughed. and June exhibited
her little address slip
"I'll take you over" offered Tommy.
The two girls laughed together as
they drove away, but at the next cor
ner Tommy excused herself for mo-
ment and ran into drug store to tele-
phone. Tommy hurried out and re-
turned to her place in the cab with
June, but Mrs. Willard, to whom she
had phOned, remained at the telephone
and called up another number.
When June walked into the Acme
Employment bureau, having chosen a
new one, quite naturally. since the old
one had sent her to a gambling house,
she found new address ready for her
A lady wanted a companion.
Her eyes widened with pleasure as
she saw the beauty of Mrs. Wizards
home. 1t was scarcely visible from the
street. set back of and below a tangled
profuSion of shrubbery and trees. Be
fore it rolled the broad, smooth Hud-
son. Her timidity was set entirely az
rest when in the coy parlor just back
of the stiff drawing room she met the
kindly faced Mrs. Willard.
Companion? She was not to be a
companion to this charming and sweet
and Yet sometimes sad lady. She was
TO be friend. sister daughter
They knew that much in the first three
minutes of their converse ton. and then
Mrs. Willard took June up to wonder
full bedroom which had once been
child's. upon the walls of which were
peacocks and ROSTERS and gnomes and
elves. II was visiting day among the
Willard cottages ana the cottages be-
You'd which were not Willard cottages
and june had the JOY once more OF Civ.
Ing, mingled with the sorrow that there
was need.
II was late when they arrived at the
cottage Of the Groggs, and as they EN-.
tered the front door MIR. Grogg came
up from the lower road and entered the
back door, fully ten feet behind bis
breath. lie was n red faced man with
no blend IN his countenance whatso
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-05

ever. Nose, ears and all, he was the
same tint of red from where hfs neck
rose out of its sprawling collar to
where his low forehead disappeared In
his sprawling yellow hair.
"D'afternoon, ladies'" observed Mr.
Gregg cheerfully and bowed his smile
in the direction of the severe eyed Mrs
Willard and the shocked June. Brought
you a little present, Louz," and, with
as much extravagant Importance as if
this bad been the rajah's jewel, he be-
slowed on Mrs. Grogg the potted token
Of his thoughtfulness. ga~anium in u
papier mache pot.
Mrs. Grogg was thin woman, chiefly
distinguished for droopiness and hol-