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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-03-24

the end Of It's 80 feet, and could
imagine but too wildly what would
happen If the rope should prove
faulty
The fall Of 20 feet to the shale
roof was nothing. What would fol-
low would, however, spell death. The
impact of her body would set the
shale in motion, like an avalanche
and beyond the caves was only empti-
ness and the bowlder-strewn bed OF
the chasm, a hundred feet below!
The sweat poured from his face like
rain. His eyes started in their sock
cts. the blood drummed in his ears
with roar resembling distant thun-
der. His fingers grew numb, his throat
dry. .
He felt that he could not hold on
another instant when, abruptly, that
torture was no more. The rope had
been relieved of it's burden. He heard
a scream from below echoed by one
from above, then the thump OF Judith's
body falling on the shale, then the
slithering rumble of the landslide
| gathering momentum.
Barcus, at length arrived, assisted
him to a place of security. Spent
| and faint and sick with horror, he lay
prone and shuddering.
Only the assurance of Barcus thaS
| Judith had somehow escaped being
precipitated over the caves OF the
shale roof reused him and gave him
nerve enough to resume the climb.
1t was true, when he found courage
to look and see for himself; she lay
within three yards of the brink SUI
pine, her face uplifted to the sun, I'M
stirring: she dared not stir; single
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-03-24

Of the road, and flying apart tslmbled
their separate ways down the re-
mainder of the drop and into the
friendly shelter of the underbrush.
Something nearly miraculous saved
them whole. Beyond few scratches
and bruises and a severe shaking up,
they escaped unframed. And they
were picking themselves up and re-
gaining their breath and re-collecting
their scattered wits when, with I'M
petus no less terrific than their own
had been, the pursuing motor car
swung round the bend and hurled it.
self directly at the two who remained
upon the road above.
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rees that bordered the inside OF the

trees JnaL DOruereu the INSIDE OIL Inc
road.
OF necessity his motorcycle suffered.
Abandoned in the middle of the road,
1t was struck by the buffers of the
motor car and flung aside as If it had
been nothing more ponderable than a
truss Of straw landing halfway down
the embankment, hopeless tangle OF
shattered tubing and twisted wire.
At first blush the circumstance
seemed surprising, that the car did
not stop. But then Barcus reminded
himself that Marrophat and Jimmy
could not possibly have witnessed the
| accident involving Alan and Rose, who,
| together with the wreck of their ma
chine, remained well-cloaked by the
underbrush at the bottom of the can.
yon. In all probability, then, the as
sassins had assumed that Alan had
hurried on; and since their own first
business was concerned exclusively
with them, they had done likewise,
reasoning that they could return and
!, deal with his unfortunate friend at
their convenience after overhauling
their quarry, whose life they most
coveted.
AS for Rose and Alan-heaven alone
knew what had happened to them. So
Barcus set himself to find out what
ever Providence knew without more
delay The racing car was barely ou
of sight when he sprang from thu
sheltering trees and, Judith at hi
heels, pelted headlong down the slope
to the spot where the others had van
ished.
To find them not only alive blu
practically unscathed affected tina
loyal soul almost to tears.
, But when congratulations had bee1
, mutually exchanged, there fell al
, awkward pause. The eyes of the fou
, sought one another's ruefully, eacl
, pair quick with the unuttered but il
, exorable inquiry: What next?
In the outcome, it was Mr.. Barcl
: who advanced the suggestion whic
was adopted-though this was it's r.
> ception more through lack of bette
than for any actual appeal lntflnSl
3 in the proposition.
A ''When we broke down, saw" h
t ventured, with a backward jerk
t his thumb to indicate the road, "a cal
2 yon branching off from this one abor
{ a quarter of a mile over yonder. If it
all the same to you people, we migf
n stroll round that way and see what il
a natural attractions may be-if an
q But it's sure mighty poor sort OF
g canyon that doesn't lead anywhere
8 and nothing could possibly be MOI
V fatiguing to our mercurial and res
3 less tempers than to squat down hel
l. and fold our hands in our laps ar
II wait for something to turn up-ar
a anyway we can't be worse off than "
are-and-"
a Sufficient" Mr.. Law interrupte
with a bleak smile.
n Crooking a deferential arm, Barc'
r. offered it to Judith.
X Everything is lovely in the form
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right, 1914 hy Louia JOSEPH Vance

two footsore and bedraggled women.
One of these last was dressed in a
suit of mans clothing, much the worse
for wear
At sight of the Mountain house the
party betrayed slight symptoms of a
more cheerful spirit: rejoicing in it's
promise of food and drinks and beds
withal wherein to sleep, the four
quickened their steps.
But of sudden one of the women
she who wore the garments of her
sex-paused, uttered low cry
a-thrill with terror, and clutching the
arm of the man nearest her, pointed
down to the card that stared np from
the dust at her feet.
1t was a trey of hearts.
CHAPTER xLVtI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-03-24
CHAPTER XIX.
Sacrifice.

Sacrifice.
But Tom Barcus hadn't failed to
profit by the warning implicit in Alan's
accident.
Alan, he told himself shrewdly,
would never have run his cycle at SO
foolhardy a pace without good rea-
son; and under the circumstances good
reason was synonymous solely with
pursuit.
He was therefore on the alert, quick
to see the racing automobile when it
came hurting round the bend, and in
the very nick of time grasped Judith =
arm and swung her bodily with him
back out Of harms way, amid the
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-03-24

of the roadway, he went his way in the
end with curiosity unsated: Fate had
reserved that card for a higher pur-
pose.
Undisturbed, it lay where it had
fallen, face upward, not dozen feet
from the front door of the Mountain
house, until another day dawned on
Mesquite.
Then, in the clear light of that dawn,
four more strangers struggled into
town-two weary and haggard men,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

would be glad to get away from the
temptations Of the city. ana praved
that the magistrate be kind o. easv
on him, this being his FIRST. oTense.
when he was arraigned in police court
this morning. He was nabbed on Sec
ond avenue last night, while travel
ing several sheets to the wind. but
was given a chance this morning. be-
ing dismissed on paying the costs.
A Anderson, a stranger here. was
cutting capers at the corner of Sew
ehteenrb street and Fifth avenue this
morning. proving a menace to pedes-
TRANS. He was picked up by Oncer
Gus kirsch and lodged in the 5aiI to
await hearing tomorrow morning.
The case against John St. John. an
eXpressmau. charged with assault and
battery by fellow express driver.
Grant Zimmerman, was continued un-
til tomorrow morning when he was
arraigned before Police Magistrate
Smith this morning. s change IF
venue was taken from Justice Of TIE
Peace Carl Kuehl.
The case in which James Kennav
is charged with assault and battery
ny Mrs. Me Meyer. who claims no
struck her husband. will he heard he
fore Magistrate Smith tomorrow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
HERE TO INSPECT
ALARM SYSTEMS
Cincinnati Officials Have Opportunity
Of Seeing Two Types While
in This City.

City omcials Of Cincinnati. who are
making trip through the central
west studying police and Ere alarm
systems, We're in Rock Island today
and here found the first municipa ity
which had II use TWO different stand
ard systems.
William Copeland, chief Of police;
Edwin Waller, assistant city purchas-
ing agent. and D. II. Fisher. superin-
tendent of police and IRE alarm svs-
TENS, made up the Cincinnati party.
The Ohio metropolis proposes the IN
sta!latian OF new systems.
In most cities visited thus far the
police and IRE alarm systems found
were both products ot the same com
pany while in Rock Island the Wis
itors had an opportunity Of seeing TWO
standard makes, the GameweU fire
alarm system ana the Star Electric
police alarm
They left this afternoon for points
west Of here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
UNKNOWN MANN
CRAVE CONDITION
Hauled 90 Police Station In Drunken
Stnpor He Fails 10 Recover His
Faculties.

An unidentified man. aged about so
years, who the police picked up from
the street tn the business section OF
the city yesterday morning, was taken
to St AHthnuEs hospital from the
police station This morning and is ser
iously III, according to tbe doctor who
attended him as the station. He may
not recover.
Since his arrest, when he was ia a
drunken stupor. ho has not recovered
consciousness sufficiently to inform the
authorities SIS to who ne is. His ac-
tjons yesterday afternoon and evening
were not considered seriously by the
police because they thought that he
had not recovered from the effects Of
drink
Bat this morning he showed no signs
of consciousness and "a doctor was call
ed. He declared the man i'll Of heart
trouble and ordered him taken to the
hospital
He is about S feet 2 inches tail and
weighs about $50 or ITO pounds. He is
stockily built. has a long black mus
tache and black hair His clothes
would indicate that he is a laborer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

san Francisco, Aug. 6.-The confer
eace OF The department Of labor being
hela mere, at which labor leaders and
labor and immigration officials from
All parts Of the country are working
with Secretary of Labor William B.
Wilson in an eudeavor 70 ind means of
bringing the man and the job and the
man and the land together was to come
to an end today.
Addresses Icy several notable men
were part OF the program. The
speakers included Secretary Wilson.
Assistant Secretary Louis Post. Com
missioner General Of immigration An
thony Camine-ti, and T. v Powderlv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
Barker win Terms.

Chicago, ILL.,, AUG. Although
catherine Barker, who recently was
welded to Howard spauIding, Jr., was
possessed of an estate said to approx
mate fao,0oo,eo0, her husband cannot
collect one cent of the income, it be
came known today when a trust deed
of the estate of the late John H. Bar
ker, car manufacturer. was found in
the Office Of the probate court of. Coo-
county.
The deed provides that the heiress
shall receive 100000 "A year until she
is q years old. Then she is n re-
celTe $4,000 year until she is rs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
Browning himself couIdnt ~

Browning himself couldn't always
explain his meaning at first reading.
Dr. F'urnivaiIi, founder Of the English
Browning socity, frequently consulted
the poet as 10 the meaning of some
passage in his works. Bless me. .
Browning would say, u really have
forgotten what I did mean, and as I
haven't got of copy Of my works nv
me I really can't enlighten you. Just
lend me the book, there's a good fal5.
low. I'll look At over at my leisure ana
try 70 find out what was in nv naj7s
at the time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache Is Sign You
Have Been Eating Too
Much Meat.

When y1ou wake up with bsckache
and dull misery in the kidney region
It generally means you have been eat,
ing too much meat. says G well known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys il their effort
TO filter l. from the blood and they
become sort Of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them. like you
relieve your bowels removing all the
body's urinous waste. else you have
backache. sick headache dizzy spells;
your stomach sours. tongue Is coated
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges The urine IS
cloudy, full Of sediment. channels
often get sore, water scalds and you
are obliged 70 seek relief two or three
times during the night
Either consult good. reliable physt
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts
take a tablespoonful IN q glass or wa
ter before breakfast for d few days
and your kidneys VIII then act ane.
This iamous salts is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon Juice, com
hined with lithla, and has been used
Tor generations 10 clean and neGuat
tze acids ii the urine so It no longer
trr.tates, thus ending bladder weak.
ness
Jad salts Is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. L Is inexpensive. cannot
in5ure and makes r delightful, e1er-
vescent ithia-water drink.
/ Harper House pharmacy (Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
Honor Memory Of Mrs. Wilson.

Rome, Ca, Aug. 6.-Scores of chill
dren and many adults paid tribute to
the memory of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
today the first anniversary Of her
death. by placing flowers on her grave.
The hour from until 10 o'clock this
morning was set aside for the children.
Many Of them went to the cemetery
with only a single blossom, which they
placed among the mass Of floral trib-
utes sent by organizations and individ-
uals in many parts Of the country.
The Ellen Arson Wilson memorial
association held services at the grave
later. Or. G. G. Sydnor of the first
Presbyterian church. who conducted
Mrs. Wilson's funeral, led the service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

Words a monthly newspaper publish
ed by the inmates OF the Atlanta fed
eraI prison, which charges three state
prison papers with using matter from
Good Words without giving that
publication credit. Their editors are
declared 10 he unworthy to be in a
United States prison
We presume there are some willing
ly dishonest people behind prison
walls, but we believe most of the edi-
tors are trying to play the game. the
local editor concluded. Therefore let
us brand the black sheep for what
they are"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
POLICE NEWS

t was S and costs each for the two
motorists arraigned before Police
Magistrate C. J. Smith yesterday att
ernoon. on charges Of violating the
meteor vehicle ordinance. :. Q. An
derson, Moline. charged with speed
ing. arrested by Motorcycle Officer
Walter Flanagan and Joe Lambrecht
arrested by 0Heer Cary for not hav-
ing his headlights burning. were as
sessed
Pat o'Brien Of Tiskflwa said be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

Rome aug s, via Paris.) An oaIc-
ial statement issued by the Italian gov
eminent today says.
Last night one Of our dirigibIe bal
looms few over the Austrian fortress
OF Poia and threw bombs on several
points that had been previously bonn
barded.
For reasons which it has been i'm
possible to establish the dirigtble fell
into the sea ana its crew. consisting of
three officers ana three men. were
made prisoners
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

New York Aug, 6.-MeIviue= Stew
art, for many years one of the chief
baritone singers Of comic opera in tbfs
country, died yesterday at his home III
Sea Gate, L. I. He was recently a
member Of the cast Of a Broadway
musical comedy. For several years he
was leading man with Fannie Rice
and Della Fox and sang IN "FIorodora. .
san Toy and many other comic and
Light operas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

Des Aolnes, Iowa, Aug. Waterloo
won won next years convention Of the Iowa
hnlghts OF. Pythias at the closing ses-
SION yesterday afternoon. It was de-
eIaea to establish fund for the cree
non and maintenance of q home for
WIDOWS and orphans of members and
for the aged members of the fraternity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
schooner in Port

Port Colborne. Ont. Aug. s. - The
schooner the City Of Sheboygan put
lnto port here today after having been
tossed about on Lake Erie in one storm
after another for five days. Aside from
the loss OF some railing and part Of q
deck load OF coal the schooner suffered
little damage
The City % 5heboyean left early
Sunday night with a cargo OF coal Tor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

CenterFilIe. Iowa. Aug. 6.-Glen Nc
oonne!I, aged s. years. was Instantly
killed last night when his AUTOMOBILES
ran into q sand pit Three years ago.
almost 70 she day, Mcconnell was
blown up IN traction engine explo-
sion, and nearly lost his life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
MOLINE YOUTH IS
CAUGHT PEEPING
Scion Of Prominent Family Ia Blur
District Roughly Handled By Ills
Cap30rs.
ALLOWED To so WITH LEcrrRE
Series 81 Episodes Leads t. Forming 81
"a Committee which Does EHec-
tive WoFk.

while playing tHa part ol "a Peep.ng
Tom r. the residence district on the
bluff few nights ago. al I5-year-oid
Moline boy Of we'll known family was
caught and roughly handled bg q cIti-
gems committee
The sCanE man waE given more or
less ~ a beating BY his csptors when
caught in the ast of paep.ng and then
dragged into tie presence RI a young
woman who had been particularly an
noyed by him u was not antH he was
in the girls house where his face
could be clearly seen that his identity
was discovered. Because OF his family
he was not arrested. buG he was sub-
jected 10 q atnRiBg lecture and was
allowed to 90 home whom he promised
never to repeat the oGeuse
Lag Trap for Him.
Residents on the bluff In the neigh.
borhood ~ Twelfth avenue and Twelfth
street have for weeks been annoyed by
q Peeping Tom Innocent persons
were beine made to suffer by persons
who declared they knew who the Peep
ing Tom was and so q citizens commit
tee laid plans to catch the offender in
the act
His capture between lo and il at
night resulted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

Toronto I'm mid-lake, Monday. she
ran into the storm which swept all the
upper lake region and was forced back
TO a point OF COuneaut. She was fur
Their delayed by damage TO her steer
ing gear on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

atlanta Ca. aug Plagiarism ex-
ISIS even behind prison walls. accord
ms to the current issue OF Good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
LTCENS SEQ TO WE'D

Joseph H. Sweeney. ......-.. Quincy
Mss Elsie ?. Ashe.....,.Des 8Ioines
0uka Voss. ............ Erie III
-'L's. Laura Snort. .,.,...-..-. Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

All the news all the ume-Tha
Argus
Evening journal., 1915-10-25
ACTIVE. MILITANT AND CONFIDENT.

THAT the Republican party OF the country is now an
4 active. militant and confident organization is the
word that is taken back to Washington by Secretary
James b. Reynolds of the Republican National Com
mittee, who for the last two months has been making
tour of the West, the Northwest the Middle West
Upon this trip he has been in personal touch with po
litical leaders and conditions in wentyone different
States and has opportunity to gauge the political
sentiment of these sections Of the country.
"The Republican party" said Mr. Reynolds his
return Washington "is getting splendid condition
for the contest Of next year The reunion OF those
who separated 1912 already taken place and the
voters who followed the Republican banner in that
year and those who enlisted under the Progressive flag
are now working shoulder to shoulder in the same
cause that OF ending the present political reign in the
nation In all Of the States that have visited there
was the same effective activity going on and the same
confidence Of success in 1915
"one thing is very clear the result OF trip
Mr. Reynolds stated "The Democrats will not be
able 10 carry out their purpose of concentrating the at
tenton OF the voters upon tho claim that the United
States is not at and that il President Will
that prevented becoming party to the Eu-
ropeon conflict. There is no such issue before the
American people. There be no issue upon ques-
tion where all agree It requires two sides and
opposing opinions to make an Issue.
"There is only side to the matter of our refrain
ing from being drawn into bloody European crisis
In doing what he to keep this nation well within
the bounds Of neutrality Mr. Wilson only doing
every sane and patriotic American citizen would do if
he were today the occupant Of the White House. To
make claims in his behalf such basis is
but to that other Americans in his position
would do the things that would make war inevitable
on the part OF the United States That is assump-
ton that the country will resent SO far the
issue Is concerned and the part OF the~United
States IN Il. there will be real issue in 1916
Whoever Is elected President will strive with every
tl,aff IN fi,,
But there issues upon which the campaign will be
fought issues which the parties differ and the
nominees we'll These involve questions vital to the
United States and its prosperity The American peo-
pie themselves will bring and keep to the fore the
great economic questions which the future,
well the present, Of the country depend.
Mr. Wilson and his party, cannot run away from
these issues, and hide behind a foreign war cloud
much as they desire TO do This found TO be the
sentiment everywhere And found also that the peo-
pie not being deceived by appearance OF pros
perity in certain quarters which they realized was
caused only by abroad and the existence of which
dependent entirely upon the continuance Of that
war"
Evening journal., 1915-10-25
WASHINGTON WIGWACS

The Commerce Department knows OF
IAN umbrella making firm in the United
Kingdom that wants to purchase ribs
and frames Of American manufacturers"
a Chilean bone merchant tells the
commerce department he wants "Ameri-
can machinery for masking bone combs
bone buttons and all bone products.'
We can give him the machinery for
everything but boneheads They're born.
A Spanish firm in Barcelona asks the
commerce department where it can get
$4,000 pounds of steel for making pens
Seems like Spain wants to put forward
some tangible proof thut it's one of the
darned few countries left whers the pen
is still mightier than the sword
"a firm in Switzerland" says the
commerce bulletin, sis in the market for
tinplate to use in its condensed milk
industry" We always have wondered
what in thunder made it taste the way
it does. Now we know.
III You feel headachy," read an ad
when ours was fairly splitting down at
the Congressional Library the other day
"look to your stomach" We looked.
1t didn't help any. Just another fake.