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Meade County news., 1915-09-23
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold, an unsuccessful
writer because of socialistic tendencies,
sups with his friend Bainbridge at Chau-
diere's restaurant In New Orleans and
declares that II necessary he will steal to
keep from starving. He holds up Andrew
Galbraith, president of the Bayou State
Security, in his private office and escapes
with 100000 in cash. By original methods
he escapes the hue and cry and goes
aboard the Belle julie as a deckhand. He
Unexpectedly confronts Charlotte Farm
ham OF Wahaska, Mimi. who had seen
him cash Galbraiths check in the bank.
Charlotte recognizes Griswold but de-
cldes to write to Galbraith rather than
denounce the robber to the captain. She
sees the brutal mate rescued from drown
ing by Grswold and delays sending her
letter to Galbraith. She talks to Grts-
void and by his advice sends her letter
OF betrayal to Galbraith anonymously.
Griswold is arrested on the arrival Of the
boat at St. Louis but escapes from his
captors. Griswold decides on Wahaska,
MINI, as a hiding place, and after out
ntting himself properly, takes the train.
Margery Grierson, daughter of Jasper
Srlerson the financial magnate of Wa
haska. starts a campaign for social recog-
milton by the "old families" Of the town.
Meade County news., 1915-09-23

chance that he has friends in Wa
haska, and that someone will be at the
train to meet him. But it is only a
chance"
why doesn't the conductor tefe-
graph ahead and find out?"
"He doesn't know the mans name.
tried to get him to look for a card,
or to break into the suitcases under
the berth, but he says the regulations
won't let him."
"Well?" said the father again, this
time with more decided upward in
fection. Then he added: you've
made up your mind what you're going
to do: say It,"
Margery's decision was announced
crisply. There is no hospital to send
him to-which is Wahaska's shame.
Maybe he will be met and taken care
Of by his friends: If he is. well and
good; If he isn't, we'll put him in the
carriage and take him home with us. "
The cast-iron smile with the indul'
gent attachment wrinkled frostily
upon Jasper Grierson's heavy face.
THE Good Samaritan act, eh? I've
known you a long time, Madgie, but
never can tell when you're going to
break out in a brand-new spot Didn't
lose any OF your unexpectedness in
Florida, did your"
Miss Margery tossed her pretty
head, and the dark eyes snapped.
Somebody in the family has to
think of something besides making
money! she retorted. please lend
me your pencil; want to do some
wiring"
All other gifts apart, Miss Grierson
could boast of a degree of executive
ability little inferior to her fathers;
did boast of it when the occasion Of
fered; and by the time the whistle
was sounding for Wahaska, all the ar
rangements had been made for the
provisional rescue of the sick man In
lower six.
At the station single inquiry served
to give the Good Samaritan intention
the right of way. There were nc
friends to meet lower six; but the
Grierson carriage was waiting, with
the coachman and Mereside gardener
for bearers. From that to putting the
sick man to bed in one Of the guest
chambers of the lake-fronting mansion
at the opposite end of the town was
mere bit of routine for one so capable
as Miss Grierson; and twenty minutes
after the successful transfer she haC
Doctor Farnham at the nameless one''
bedside and was telephoning the col
lege inflrmary for nurse. e.
Naturally, there were explanation
to be made when the doctor CAM
down. To her first anxious question
Meade County news., 1915-09-23

the answer came gravely: you have a
very sick man on your hands, Miss
Margery." Then the inevitable:
who is he?"
She spread her hands in a pretty af-
fectation Of embarrassment.
What will you think of me. Doctor
Farnham, when l tell you that l
haven't the littlest atom of an idea?"
Charlotte's father was a small man,
with kindly eyes and the firm, straight
lined mouth of his Puritan forbears.
Tell me about It," he said concisely.
She told him.
A shrewd smile 'flickered for an In
slant in the kindly eyes of Wahaska's g
best-beloved physician.
almost anyone else would have
found plenty of other things to door
not to do" was his comment. "Are
you prepared to go on, Miss Margery?
There were fine little lines coming
and going between Miss Margery's
straight black brows. I'VE needn't
do 1t by halves, DOCTOR" she said de
cisively. IF it would be better tc
wire st. Paul or Minneapolis and gel
a trained nurse"
You'd stand the extra expense
of course" laughed the doctor. "Yor
are all the worlds good angel wher
you set out to be. Miss Margery. AnC
I'll send somebody before bedtime
Meanwhile, there's nothing to do bu
to keep your patient quiet; and he'll
do that for himself for few hours.
gave him a bit of anodyne before
came down"
Margery went to the outer door will
her kindly counselor, playing the par
of the gracious hostess as one who is
or who means to be. precisely letter
perfect; and after he was gone, sh
went slowly upstairs and let hersel
softly into the room of shaded lights
The sick man was resting quietly, an
4 he did not.stir when she ecrossed to tn
bed and laid a cool palm on his fore
shead.
Il "You poor castawayl" she mui
i INJURED. II wonder who you ere. an
Meade County news., 1915-09-23
CHAPTER XII.
The ZWeibund.


On his second visit to the sick man
lodged in the padded luxuries of one of
the guest rooms at Mereside, made on
the morning following the Grierson
homecoming, Doctor Farnham found
the hospital status established, a good
natured Swede installed as nurse, the
bells muffled and Miss Margery play
ing the part of sister superior and
dressing it, from the dainty. felt-soled
slippers to the smooth banding Of her
hair.
An hour later, however, 1t was the
Margery of the Wahaska renais-
sance, joyously clad and radiant, who
was holding the reins over a big Eng
lish trap horse, parading down Main
street and smiling greetings to every
body.
BY one of the chances which he was
willing to call fortunate, Edward Ray
mer was at the curb to help her down
from her high seat in the trap when
she pulled the big horse to stand In
front of her fathers bank.
I'm the luckiest man in Red Earth
county; l was just wondering when
1 should get in line to tell you how
glad we are to have you back" he
said, with his eyes shining
Are you, really? You are not hall
as glad as l am to be back. There is
no place like home, you know"
There isn't, and there oughtnt to
be-" was his quick response. I've
been hoping you'd come to look upor
Wahaska as your home, and now
know you do"
"Why shouldn't II" she laughed, ant
she was reaching for paper-wrappet
package on the trap seat when he go
it for her.
"You are going somewhere ?-may
carry 1t for your" he asked; but she
shook her head and took 1t from him
"Only into the bank" she explained
and she was beginning to tell him h'
must come to Mereside when the sick
man episode obtruded Itself. and th'
invitation was broken in the midst
very prettily, very effectively.
| 81 know" Raymer said. In instan
sympathy. You have your hands ful
Just now. Will you let me say that IT.
the finest thing 1 ever heard 'of-you
taking that poor fellow home and car
ing for him??."
Gertrude Raymer had once said Il
her brothers hearing that Miss GrieI
sons color would be charming If
were only natural. Looking into Mis-
Grierson's eyes Raymer saw the refu
tation Of the slander in the suffusini
wave- of generous embarrassment
deepening in warm tints on the peEfec
: neck and cheek.
"oh. dear mel" she said in patheti
protest; ."is it all over town so soon
I'm afraid we, are still dreadful
country in Wahaska, Mr.. Raymel
: Please cut 1t down to the bare, con
|, monplace facts whenever you have
. change. won't your The Door man wa
Meade County news., 1915-09-23

the true name and standing Of the man
whose real identity-if she knew it
she had been careful to conceal in the
unsigned note to Mr.. Galbraith? Brof-
fin read dhe note again-"a deck-hand
whose name on the mates book is
John Wesley Gavitt," was the descrip-
tion she had given. 1t might, or 1t
might not, be an equivocation; but the
longer Broffin dwelt upon 1t the more
he leaned toward the conclusion 20
which his theory and the few known
facts pointed The young woman
knew the man in his proper person;
she had been reluctant to betray him
that, he decided, was sufficiently
proved by the lapse of time interven-
ing between the date of her note and
its postmark date; having finally de-
cided to give him up. she had told
only what was absolutely necessary,
leaving him free to conceal his real
name and identity If he woodland
could.
Having come thus far on the road to
confinement, Brofin knew what he
had to do and set about doing 1t me-
thodically. A telegram to the clerk of
the Belle Julie served to place the
steamer in the lower river; and board
ing night train he planned to reach
Vicksburg in time to intercept the wit
nesses whose evidence would deter
mine roughly how many hundreds or
thousands of miles he could safely cut
out of the zigzag journeyings to which
Meade County news., 1915-09-23
CHAPTER X.
Good Samarltans.


Since she had undertaken to show
Wahaska precisely how to deport IT.
self in the conventional field, Miss
Grierson had telegraphed her father
to meet her in st. Louis on her return
from Florida.
When Jasper Grierson travelled alone
he was democratic enough to be salts
fed with a section in the body Of the
car. But when Margery's tastes were
to be consulted, the drawing-room was
none too good. Indeed, as 1t transpired
on the journey northward from st.
Louis, the Anita's drawing-room
proved to be not good enough.
ut is simply crude insult, the
way they wear out their old, broken
down cars on US up here!" she pro-
tested to her father. "You ought to
do something about It,"
Jasper Grierson's smile was a capi-
talistic requirement, and some of his
fellow-townsmen described 1t as "cast
iron" But for his daughter it was
always indulgent.
II don't own the railroad yet,
Madgie; you'll have to give me little
more time," he pleaded, clipping the
tip from black cigar of heroic pro-
portions and reaching for the box Of
safety matches.
"Ill begin now, If you are going to
smoke that dreadful thing in this
stuffy little den," was the unfilial re-
tort; and the daughter found a maga-
zine and exchanged the drawing-room
with its threat Of asphyxiation for a
seat In the body Of the car. Halfway
down the~car one of the sections was
still curtained and bulkheaded; of
course, the occupant of the middle
section must be Ill. Quite suddenly
her interest became acute. Who was
the sick one, and why was he, or she,
travelling without on attendant?
With Margery Grierson, to question
was to ascertain; and the Pullman
conductor, once more checking his dia.
grams in Section IL, offered the readi
est means of enlightenment. A few
minutes later Margery rejoined her
father in the private compartment.
do you remember the nice-lookina
young man who sat at the table with
us in the Choteau last night?" she
began abruptly.
The gray-wolf Jasper nodded. He
had an excellent memory for faces.
: What did you think of him?" The
query followed the nod like a nimblt
: boxers return blow.
: 81 thought he paid whole lot more
attention to you than he did to hi.
supper. Mhy?"
: "He is on this car; sick with feve
Of some kind, and out OF his head. H,
} is going to Wahaska"
How do you know It's the sam
one?"
| az made the conductor take me t
see him. He talked to me in Italian
3 and called me 'Carlotta mia"
: "Humph! he didn't look like dago.
t "He isn't; it's just because he
delirious."
TlleIa was "a long pause. broke
j finally by a curt "Well?" from tn
ftfathef.
"Pve beep thinking" was the slov
IL response. "of course. there 10
Meade County news., 1915-09-23

"You Poor castawayl" She Murmured.
the following up Of the hypothetical
clue would lead.
For, cost what 1t might, he was de-
termined to find the writer of the un-
signed letter.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
OLD DIAz Faction
LAUNCHES REVOLT
cIENTIFIcOS WILL WAGE WAR
AGAINST CARRANZA AND
VILLA ELEMENTS.

Ell Paso-A movement directed
against the Carranza and Villa ele-
ments in Mexico has been launched by
the Cientifico party, which supported
Diaz and the Huerta regime. The
new movement is said to have receiv-
ed the adherence of men formerly
wealthy land owners.
1t is said a purported peace confer
ence of prominent Mexicans set for
February at San Antonio. Texas, is ex.
pected to advance a new plan Of gov.
ernment which would oppose both the
Constitutionalists and the Convention
alists. Fredirico Gamboa, a former
cabinet minister under President
Huerta, and once ambassador to the
Washington government, is reported
to be slated for the provisional presi
dency.
Both officers and soldiers who
fought with Orozco in his revolution
have retained largely their organiza
tion, few of them taking part in the
conflicts during the last year. Gen
eral Ynez Salazar, former OrozcC
chieftain. already is in the field IL
Chihuahua state.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
GOVERNOR FAILS
TO TURN BALLOT
BATON ROUGE CANDIDATE is ON
BOARD OF APPRAISERS OVER
EXECUTIVES PROTEST.
HEBeRT'S VOTE CHALLENGED
Fight Carried Beyond the Expected
BY Challenging the Right of
Secretary of State.
Baton Rouge

The fight over Tom Stewart of Ba-
ton Rouge for member of the state of
appraisers of the Sixth district drew
the spot light again upon the sensa-
tional Wilkins-Hebert imbroglio and
led to spirited attack upon Alvin V.
Hebert by Gov. Hall at the meeting Of
the Commission which elected the
board
The governor carried the fight far
beyond the expected by challenging
the right of the secretary of state to
participate in the sixth district vote
The executive read a statement which
bitterly arraigned that officer The
challenge failed for want of support
from other members of the commits
sion however.
Tom Stewards name was placed In
nomination by Attorney General
Pleasant and seconded by Lieut.. Gov.
Barrett. The secretary of state fell
in line and Stewart was elected. He
had no opponent, but Gov. Hall and
State Treasurer Smith cast their vote
against him.
The only other contest developed
over the choice of a member of the
Second district in which Hayden was
elected over Joseph Sinai. the incum.
bent The other members of the board
wer reelected unanimously.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Copper Supply Plentiful.

Amsterdam.-Dr. Schuster, secrs-
tary of the German iron founders
union, is quoted in Tiiid dispatch as
declaring Germany's copper supply
will hold out thirty years "by max
ing use of all the bronze monuments
and the copper cuppolas Of the church.
es and collecting all the copper we
have used for other purposes in the
last few years."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
BATTLE IN POLAND
HARDEST OF WAR
FORMATION IN WHICH GERMANS
ARE ATTACKING MORE SOLID
THAN EVER BEFORE.
LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY
u Russians Can Follow Up Their ini-
tiaI Success Position Ct Germans
Before Warsaw Will Be Extinct.

London.-The battle now in prog
ress between 35 and 40 miles from
Warsaw is the hardest fought and
most costly in life of any during the
war. Many military authorities here
say that the formation in which the
Germans are attacking is more solid
than any record in the history of or
ganized warfare.
Along a narrow front of seven miles,
near Borjimow, they concentrated &c.
600 men and 600 guns, and after two
days furious bombardment with as
phyxiating shells, they advanced upon
the Russian lines in dense forma-
ton, 10 men deep, evidently hoping TO
conquer by sheer weight of numbers.
Some part of the Prussian guards were
brought up and employed in this ter
rife attack, with orders from the
kaiser himself to break through the
Russian line at any cost.
Under the eyes of the car the Rus
SLAMS gained a signal success. Not on
ly were the German attacks repulsed
with enormous loss, but the Russians
themselves took the offensive, struck
the Germans left flank, crossed the
little river Bzura at it's mouth by the
Vistula and took Dakhova, just abou,
Sochaczew, capturing a German bri
gade. II they can follow UP this stroke
the position of the Germans before
Warsaw will be critical.
While the Germans with three-quar
ters of their forces along the Burr
| continued to hammer at the Russian
line, the Russians threw their force.
across the Bzura at Kamion, near the
junction of the BZura, with the Wis
tula, and captured the German fortified
position. At the same time they drove
the Germans across the Bzura at Oak
hova. close to Sochaczew.
At Kamion the Russians capturet
steel bullet-proof shields, number o
quick-fring guns aGd in this distric
and on the upper Rawka River the,
captured several German outposts.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
GERMANY MUST
SPARE ITS POWERS
ADMIRAL Won KoEsTER WARNS
AGAINST PLAYING INTO ENG.
LANDS HANDS.

Berlin.-Grand Admiral Won Koes-
ter, president of the German Navy
League, in an address at Kiel Uni
versity, discussed the considerations
governing the part that is to be play
ed by the German navy in the pres
ent war.
He declared that the relative
strength of the German feet com
pared to the Anglo-German fleet is
perhaps one to four.
The British, he added. perhaps es,
timated German lust for battle so
highly that they had said to them.
selves, Some day they will come and
we shall be able to assume battle in
a situation favorable for u.s."
That the offensive spirit of the
fleet is greater than that of the Brit
ish," the admiral continued, "can just
ly be assumed when one recalls that
the Germans took an offensive against
England's east coast, whereas, the
English have not dared to approach
the German coast.
1--WE are full of the f1rmest conf
dence in our feet" said Won Koester
"but we know that sea battle means
death or victory, and that destroyed
fleet cannot be replaced in the course
of the war, even if it lasts for years
I'VE must, therefore, under all con
ditions, be cautious in our procedure
and allow ourselves to be melted to
no deed which might eventuate in our
defeat.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
ROUTED
lDN CARPATH|ANs
.s,ue MANY DEAD, is REPORT
NOM VIENNA WAR PRESS
BUREAU.
Ii OTHER PASSES WON
aeoorts Austrian Forces Are
J nivsn Back, Battle Rases in
Bukowina.

.sa Austria.-The Austro-Hun.
I. var press bureau issued the
rnr description OF the recent
- N the Carpathian mountains:
- hattie for Dunkla Pass ended
IN for US. Owing to difficulties
m.uort only weak Russian artil.
trees participated but the Rus
had concentrated near Dunkla
arong infantry forces, which ad-
y AGAINST the heights.
runerous dead and wounded COW
~ battlefield. Many prisoners
hken. The Russians finally re-
u In full fight with the Austro-
nihns in pursuit"
II fghting continues in the Car
ntna with successes of considera-
inortance for the Russian troops,
r1ng TO an official communication
q A pursuit of the .Austrians
heir resistance had been broken
anoa fortified positions near Mezo-
1eue d said to have resulted in the
~ Of more than $500 prisoners.
supture of additional troops after
mt north of Uzsok pass also is
nd while it is stated Austrian
- we're repulsed at other noun
Dosses. Minor Russian victories
5lnimed in East Prussia and North
lland.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Appropriation Cut One-Half

Washington.-Special provision in
the naval bill for an amendment abol-
ishipg the plucking board and author
izing reinstatement of plucked officers
was made by the house. Re-appropria-
tion of s1,OOO,OOO of an unexpended
balance now to the navy departments
credit for aeronautics, was cut down
to s500,000. Naval affairs committee.
men contended vainly that the aero
plane was the only known means OF
guarding the battleship fleet from
submarine attack.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Jndjscreet Memory.

You and that very charming Miss
Malcolm were boy-and-girl friends, I'm
told?"
Yes"
Il saw you talking to her. You
must have had delightful time re-
calling early days."
We'll, no. tried to make it pleas
ant, but 1t didn't seem to work. re-
called to her how she climbed trees
and fences when she was ten years
old, and she gave me a freezing look.
Then 1 asked her to remember how
she was thrown from an overturned
bobsled and went head foremost into
a snowdrift and stuck there. You
were seven years DID, l said. and l
recall that you wore What do you
think she did,"
IL dunno
said Sir. and stalked away
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
War on Memphis Jitney.

Memphis, Tenn.-Carrying out or.
ders to have all jitney busses keep of
of Main street and Madison avenue,
all drivers were ordered to report to
police headquarters and have their
routes mapped out for them through
the city. This was done to prevent
confusion, but the Auto Bus Com.
pany, which owns the jitneys, de.
clares opposition from the street car
company has something to do with
the order.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Air Craft Sales Upheld.

Washington.-In reply to Germany's
recent protest against the building of
hydro-aeroplanes by American manu-.
facturers for England and Russia,
Secretary Bryan has informed Count
Won Bernstorff, the German ambassa-
dor, that the State Department does
not concur in the contention that such
craft must be regarded as vessels OF
war whose delivery to belligerent
states by neutrals should be stopped. "
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Oldfield on Committee.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIM.
A. Oldtield of Batesville, representing
the Second Arkansas district, was Sc
lected by the Democratic house eau
Gus as a member of the Ways and
Means Committee. This is the most
important committee in the house and
one on which places are most eagerly
sought. Mr.. Oldfield is Al years old
and is serving his third term in Con-
gress.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
To Clear Canal by June.

New York.-Col. Goethals. COVER
nor of the Panama Canal Zone, is
quoted, if an interview printed here,
as having been given by him just be.
fore he sailed to resume his work, as
declaring that the canal would be
entirely free of obstruction from
slides by June next. which will he in
ample time for the great international
naval parade in July in celebration OF
the completion of the canal construc
tion work.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Italy Gets Much Wheat From America

New York.-Purchase of American
wheat for Italian consumption and
shipped out of this port in the period
from December u to December 81
last, made public by Chief Statistician
Liant, surpassed similar exports to any
other country, and were the heaviest
in any like period since buying on ac-
count of the European war became a
factor. Italy's shipments aggregate
1865, ,299 bushels against 320,359 BUSH
els sent to The Netherland, the next
biggest purchaser. England was the
third in wheat purchase, totaling 267,-
6S6 bushels.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
Wilson to Make Address,

hington.-Business men Of the
country are turning their attention
to the meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States OF
America in Washington early in Feb
ruary. Special significance is attach
ed to this gathering, as President Will
son and three members of his cabi-
net are to make addresses. 1t is ex.
pected that the chief executive will
take this opportunity to outline in
some detail his attitude toward bust
ness during the remainder of his ad
ministration.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

Nine. Panaretoff, wife of the new
Bulgarian minister to the United
States, is native born American, for
merly Miss Lydia Gle of Andover,
Mass. When she was a teacher in an
American school at Constantinople
and NJ. Panaretoff was a professor i'll
Roberts college he rescued her from
a runaway horse, and their marriage
soon followed. They have a son who
is a student in the University of Paris.