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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-02
SYNOPSIS

ne trey, Of hearts is the "death-s'gn''
,npl'yed by Seneca Urine IN the private
80 u vengeance which through the
asency OF his daughter. judith. a woman
n.oIeht passions like his own, he wages
Ge s'ihsl Alan Law. son Of the man ,now
- VINO was iEnOcently responsible for
-, az cI"ent which made Urine a helpless
S,Pple. Alan is in love with Rose. Ju-
, 80 , twin and double but in all other re-
tpeCts her precise opposite. Judith vows
~, Ii'asS AIan's death. but under dra-
- '-''''C Gumstances he saves her life and
u1"ilhngly, wins her love There
IL JuHltn Is by turns animated hy the
S Slu mate, the new love. and jealousy of
SISTER She earns her fathers dis
trust and is left behind Inv hin, y,ber 10
,1'i heys West, taking Rose with him. In
al SIei 10 lure Alan away from New York
ann pursues, Judith accompanying him
: nc Us Isl ms wish, and succeeds In rescu-
'"s rose from Trines special train.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-02

VI q cannon.
won make this Pullman move withou,
an engine" '''0u'
All the same, we cant sion ho.o
inc Jumps on log, waiting for that
gang OF thugs to sail I'D in the ugbt
engine and cut our blessed throats :"
MT Law answered this unanswar-
aDle contention only with q sbrra
men, stepping out on the forwa I'd
p" a.foim OF the Pullman. he cast a
hopeless eye over the Landscape.
raw rugged hills hemmed IN tba
right OF way, hills whose vast fanLs
were covered with dense tbicket. .,
mesquite. chapparal, sagebrusb ona
cacti. the haunt of owls and 80
SNAKES and-solitude. No way of 90
cape from that pocket in the hills 9TH.
er than by the railroad itself
he lowered his gaze to the trachs
ana sldlng-and started sharply
Eh-what now?" Barcus inou,rod
with interest.
Some thoughtful body has left an
oiu hand car over there In the ditch %
Alan replied. Maybe It isn't bevond
service" 'e'onu
l supposed" po"er'
horse Isn't the word" Alan cor
rected meticulously; and ESCAPED the
others wrath by dropping down 70 Tho
oallast and trotting over to the ditch
where the hand car lay.
Looks as If 1t might work q" ho
Come along and lend me a
land." iAe
Hair minute" Barcus answered
logging suddenly back into the car
"hen ne reappeared, after some five
Rose accompanied him .nd
'arcaS was smiling as brilliantly as =,
housh nothing whatever was wrong q
nth his world. e d
sorry 10 Keep you waiting, old ton .
e explained; but | was smitten III, IL
inspiration. There didn't seen, % q
e any sense in letting the ani,hIo
ldith loose upon this fair land. so 7 -
'und coll Of wire In the porteys 7.
oset and wired the handle of tho "a
'aw'ng room door fast to the bar.
ross the aisle. It'll take her sor,o W
me TO get out now. without assist. VI
lce."
Ten minutes more had passed before -
two srimy and perspirtng gentle. -,
en- succeeded in placing the hand car ~,
on the tracks. WI
ITS swell little hand car" Bar. fro
observed grtmly. mo wonder thev ~
Few 1t away" ~
What's the difference how II Ioo,, ~
long as it will go?" i ~,
But VIII III" Barcus doubted The
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-02

the sudden flight of a magazine across
the car, missing his head by a bar,
two inches, and the bang of a chail
overturned by Judith as she Jumped
up and flung herself furiously toward
the door.
Just what had happened on the OBJ
servation platform Barcus didn't know
but he could readily believe that the
lovers had just INDUCED in some espe-
cially provoking and long-drawn-out
caress.
He overhauled Judith none too soon
In another moment she would have
had her sister by the throat-if her
purpose had not been to throw Rose
bodily overheard, as Barcus suspected
Happily, he was as quick on his feet
as Judith on hers; and almost before
he had grasped the situation. he had
grasped her-had seized her arms and
drawn them forcibly behind her back
at the same time swinging her round
and endeavoring to propel her hack
through the doorway.
1t was a man.size Job. For the ensu.
ing five minutes he had his hands fru
OF violently resentful and sunerblv
able-bodied young woman. Only with
the greatest difficulty did he succeed
In wrestling her up the aisle and IN
the door of her compartment whore
an even more furious resistance for
some additional minutes prefaced tbo
closing of the door upon the
Judith. Even then he might
not draw free breath: there was no
way OF locking that door from the ont
side; and he dared not leave 90 the
handle, lest the girl again fly out and
'enew the battle.
Waving aside Alan's proffer Of a. I
istance, he acidly advised that gen. I
leman to return to his post OF dptv I
nd not let his infatuation blind hin, v
what might at any moment loop
p on the track behind them Rarcra h
toutly held the door against the oirps a
tempt to pull 1t open and through b
mother period when she occupied ber. i
ELF with kicking its panels as II bona. +,
II or breaking way out. A lone ri
ause followed. He heard no sounds A,
ON within. And wearying, he won. a,
cred what the devil she was nm 60 >,
hen her voice penetrated the barr,er q,
accents calm and not unamiable.
"Mr. Barcusi"
Hello" he replied, startled. .~Wha, -
1t, Miss JUDITH" ~
Please let me out" W
Not much"
"Oh-please!" ca
struck by the fact that she hadnr
V her temper on hearing his refusal ss
hesitated. 40
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-02

truding from the window of the spe
Glars engine. one on either side
AT venture, she snatched off her
> coat ana waved 1t wildly in the air.
} AN arm answered the signal from
one window of the pursuing locomo-
tive. -''iiO
Marrophat, of Counsel
one turned and peered ahead. The
ireight was approaching a trestle thai
spahned wide and shallow gully.
80 much the better!
dropping down again between the
cars, she set herself to solve the prob.
lem or uncoupling the caboose.
In this she was successful inst az
the last car rolled out on the trestIa
its own Impetus carried the caboose
70 the middle of the trestle before II
stopped.
AS this happened, Alan and Barcus
ALREADY warned Of an emergency by
the slowing down of the car. and for
some time alive to the fact that tho
special was again In pursuit leaned
out upon the ties and helped Rose to
alight.
Already the last Of the freight was
whisking off the trestle, its crew tbua
tar unconscious of their loss.
And behind them the speciaI was
plunging forward at undated sneod
There was no time to execute their
plan OF the first desperate instant-to
run along the ties to safety on the
'ohd earth: the distance was too
great; they could not possibly make IL
With common impulse the two mon
SIahced down to the bottom of the
gully, then looked at each other with
yes Informed by common inspiration.
Barcus announced In a breath.
Thirty feet-not more"
Alan replied: Can you hold tho
'efght Of the two of us for half a min.
te?"
Barcus shrugged: 81 can try. We
hight as well-even II can't"
While speaking, he was lowerinu
lmself between the ties.
All right" he announced briefly
With word to Rose, Alan sIinnod
OWN beside Barcus. shifted bis boId
the body OF the latter, and climbed
'wn over him until he was Supported
iely by the grasp of his two hands
Barcus' ankles.
instantly Rose followed him slim
ng like a snake down over the two
I'll III she In turn hung by her grasp
Alan's ankles. then released her
Ia and dropped the balance of the
'tance TO the ground, a scant ten
t. landing without injury.
thought later Alan dropped lightly
ner side, staggered a trife. recov.
"a and dragged her out of the wav
'arcus fell with heavy thump and
Mt upon his back, but demonstrated
lack OF injury by immediately nick.
hlmseif up and Joining the others
mad scramble for safety
'Verhead the special engine bur.
q onward like some titanic hoI,
lex the caboose with a crash ill.,
explosion Of cannon. II collapsed
n itself like thing OF pasteboard
nat 1t had been constructed q,
e solid stuff was abundantIv
red by the shower OF timbers. splin.
and broken iron that rained abop,
heads Of the fugitives.
Or all that. the gods smiled upon
Tor their courage: they ESCAPED
out scratch.
CTo BE CONTINUED
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-02
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Hand Car.

Hand Car.
wen! Mr.. Barcus broke a silence
whose eIoquence may not be translated
IN print-"can you beat it?"
NOT with this outfit" Alan admit.
ted gloomily.
"But-damn it!-we've got 10"
Frofanity-even yours. nv friend
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
COOL WELCOME FOR
FORD PEACE PARTY

Chrstiania. Dec 2l.-For the first
time since the Oscar H. set sail from
New York leaders of the Ford peace
party began 10 doubt the success of
plans for a peace congress. of neutrals.
The expedition has reached its first
neutral country and its reception has
lacked warmth. if it has not been hos
tile The unfriendly attitude of the
Norwegian press has convinced the
peace chiefs that their plans 10 bfiss
the boys ont Of the trenches will en-
counter rough shedding among Euro
pean neutrals
Judge Ben u. Lindsey of Denver has
advised Mr. Ford to abandon the peace
mission altogether Judge Lindsey is
convinced that peace efforts will be
hopeless and he begged Mr.. Ford to
change his plans and turn the enter
prise into one for finding homes for
war orphans.
MIR. Ford refused to consider the sit.
uation. He is not at all downcast by
the reception the peace argosy re-
ceived upon its arrival here or By the
row that broke out in midatlantic. He
had his emissaries trying to arrange
an audience with the king Of Norway.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
AMERICAN JAILED AS SPY
Germans Charge S. q. London With
Conveying information.

Berlin. Dee II Siegiried Paul Lon
don. naturalized American citizen.
has been placed i'm jail at Warsaw and
is awaiting trial on charge OF es
pionape The full charges against
London are understood to involve an
alleged conspiracy 10 convey mtor-
nation 10 the Russians after the Ger
man occupation Of Warsaw
The authorities are allowing the
American representatives the widest
latitude to assist London in preparing
for his defense
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
HERMANN PREDICTS PEACE
Believes Baseball War Will Be Set
tied This Week.

Cincinnati. Dec 2l-"There Is alb
solutely no truth in any statement to
the effect that an agreement has been
signed looking toward peace between
organized baseball and the Federal
league" August Hermann, chairman
Of the National Baseball commission.
said here when shown a statement
from Chicago to the effect that an
agreement had been signed in New
York
THAT is what the committee will
meet here Tuesday for" continued Mr.
Hermann.
Peace, in the belief of Mr. Herr.
mann. is a certainty and according to
his statement upon his arrival from
New York will almost surely be a
settled fact before the end of the
week, but he insisted that nothing
had been signed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
WILSON AND BRIDE
REMAIN SECLUDED

Hot Springs, Va. Dec. 2l-Presi-
dent Wilson and his bride abandoned
plans to play golf to reply to hundreds
of messages of oongratnlation from
personal friends. relatives and officials
Since reaching here the two had re-
NAMED in such deep seclusion that
only members OF their immediate par
ty have seen them. They expected.
however. TO take an automobile ride
later.
Arrangements for a Christmase cele.
bration at the presidents hotel are
being made There will be a large
Christmas tree and splendid musical
entertainment Members of the fami.
lies of Mr. and Mrs Wilson NAV come
for the holiday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
Hundred Thousand BritOnS
Quit the DardaneIIes.
NAY ABANDON CAMPAIGN
Attempt 10 Reach Constantinople Has
Made Little Roadway ~ Recent
Months sno Complste Retirement OF
Allied Forces 10 Possible

London. Dec. 21-All the British
troops at the Sulvs bay aud Anzac TO
sion OF the Dardanelles, together with
guns. have been transferred to an.
other sphere OF operations. the war
Office announced
Presumably the British troops are
being Withdrawn for service either At
Saloniki or in Egypt
The withdrawal affects more than
100000 British troops who have heen
Yainly attempting Tor several months
TO advance against the Turks in the
Sulva bay and Anzac regions on the
west shore OF Gallipoli peninsula
No mention was made by the war
office OF any Withdrawals from the
Sedd ul Bahr region at the southern
tip OF Gallipoii, where French and
British troops held lines near krithia
The withdrawal, however. may be
the forerunner of the abandonment of
the whole Dardanelles campaign in
favor OF Balkan operations or To de.
fend Egypt against the expected Tur
coGerrnan invasion.
More than 100000 British troops
made up largely OF Australians and
New Zealanders, were landed on the
shores of Sulva bay and in the Anzsc
region several months after the first
land operations against the Darda
nelles were begun from the region oi
Sedd ul Bahr.
Their object was to cut the Turkish
communica tions and drive across the
peninsula 10 an attack on the Darda
nelles forts from the rear. The at
tempt failed
The British were driven back tc
their trenches close to the waters
edge. They have made no important
advance since the days immediately
following the landing
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
SHIPBUILDlNG BOOM Is ON
American Yards Have Many Vessels
Under Construction.

Washington, Dec. 21.-American
shipyards have under construction
more vessels than ever before were
building in the United States to add
to an American merchant marine, the
gross tonnage Of which already is the
largest in the country's history, said
report issued by the commissioner
OF navigation.
Ninety-eight merchant vessels OF
more than 5000 tonnage are being
built or are under contract These,
with many small vessels being con-
structed, have total tonnage OF 76,-
511.
The total tonnage of ships under the
American flag. numbering 26.888 Dec.
/, was S,444,25S, q net gain OF more
than $4,000 tons uinco July 1.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
Makes Statement Regarding
Paul KOenig.
MANY AGENTS All WORK
Asserts t1smbUrg-Amer,can Line OFF,
cisl Kept Captain Won Papen. Ger
man Military Attsche. Informed Of
Results OF Investigations.

New York. Dec u = Frederick
Metzler held with others in connec
tion with alleged plots in this country
20 embarass the allies by hinderins
the manufacture Of or destroying mu
nitions. made rnl statement To the
federal authorities concerning the ac-
tivities OF Paul KOenig OF the Ham.
burg-American line Koenig. he said,
had twenty-five agents in New York
alone and reported the results of his
Investigation TO Captain Won Papeu
the German military attacho
According 30 Metzler. koeuig's az
tiyities through agents extended 60
Quebec. Burlington. Vt. Boston and
Portland. Ne His activities in this
city Metzler charges further. brought
into possession. among other thlng
secret reports made by attaches ~
the Russian embassy on the result %
tests Of speed boats in Long Island
sound These. MeiZlef said. kOenig
got through Frederick Sehleindl oi
the National city bank. nov under al
rest
Metzler charged iatit that IL Was
KOenig Who sent George Fuchs TO de
stroy the Welland canal. but Fuchs
he said. reported after visiting the
canal that its destruction could not
he accomplished AZ that time
The authorities have evidence
which they believe connects koenig
with the fire on the Atlantic transport
liner Mnnehaha Where this evi
dence was obtained they did not state
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
Carranza and Villa Leaders
Meet al FL PaSO.
IS OFFERED ASYLUM HERE
General Villa viii Be Permitted 10
Enter United States as Political
Refugee. According 10 instructions
Sent 10 General Funston.

vi Paso. Tex Dcc y An agree.
ment was reached aud papers were
signed whereby the villa faction in
Northern Mexico concludes peace
terms with the de facto government Of
Mexico The conference was held be
tween Mexican Consul Garcia and for
mer lieutenants Of General Francisco
Villa at the consulate in FL Paso.
General Villa il reported to be in
Juarez Tie signing OF the peace
agreement eliminates him from Mexi
can affairs.
Washington. Dec. 2l.-State depart
ment officials have decided that Gen
eral villa will receive the asylum ac-
corded a political refugee should he
cnter the United States This decision
was sent TO General Funston by the
war department for transmission to
Villa or his representatives
State department agents had report
ed that alleged Intermediates had re-
quested Villas immunity from arrest.
saying that II this was given they be.
lieved Villa would abandon the fight
against Carranza and retire TO private
life in the United States
The state department does not con
ceal its desire 10 have Villa eliminat-
ed. Without him the revolution In the
north certainly will fall. the officials
believe. The Intermediates also said
that the plan was for the retirement
from the field of the entire Villa army
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
TRAIN STRIKES JiTNEY BUS
Four Men Killed ard Four Others Sc
riousiy Injured.

Vanderbilt. Pa. Dec 2l.-The death
toll resulting from an accident when
iitney bus was struck by a fast
freight train on the Pennsylvania rail
road at West Apollo was brought to
four with the death of w H. George.
forty-two years old. owner of the ma
chine.
The other victims were George
Horne fifty; Clifford Mcconnell, tween.
ty-seven, and Robert Milliron. thirty
seven. Robert r. Trautman. twenty
seven. and Herbert Horne, twenty
three. were probably mortally injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
Serbia Charges Cruelty.

Scutari, Dec. Musselmans armed
by Bulgars and Austrians are massa-
creing old men and attacking helpless
women in Serbian Macedonia, the Ser
bian war ONCE charges In an Official
statement The cruelties and ex.
cesses are without precedent said
the official statement
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
BIDS FOR GERMAN LINERS
swsdish-American Line Ne0otiates for
Two Vessels.

London. Dec. 2l.-According TO a
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company from Copenhagen the Swed-
ish-American line has negotiated for
the purchase of two 12-000-ton steam
ers of the Hamburg American line,
now at New York.
The parties are awaiting a guaran-
tee from Great Britain that she will
regard the vessels as Swedish to close
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Los Angeles. Dec. 2l.-That Japan
is giving material aid to the entente
allies in the European war not only
by supplying munitions but by actual
ly guarding the Suez canal with her
wnrships. was stated here BY A. NJ
Papajian Bey. former minister of the
interior in Egypt. who is a visitor in
Los Angeles
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
Canaoa May Enlis, Japs.

Ottawa. Ont. Dec. 2l.- Major Gen.
sral Sir Samuel Hughes. Canadian
minister of militia. received from Brit
ish Columbia a proposal TO organize a
regiment OF Canadian Japanese for
service in Europe One thousand
Japanese. who have been naturalized
in Canada. will be enlisted AT once
under the proposal and sent overseas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
GRAYSON MAY WE'D CHUM
OF MRS. WILSON.

Washington. Dec. 2l.-Ac-
cording to rumors here the
new mistress of the White
House, on the return from the
wedding trip. will signalize her
friendship for her young friend
and companion, Miss Alice
Gertrude Gordon, and the presi
dents friend and physician.
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, u. s. N,
by announcing their engage
ment from the executive man
siou.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Constantinople, Dec. 21.-Heavy
Turkish batteries are now pounding
at the main defense of Kut Ell Amara.
the British base in Mesopotamia. 1t
was officially announced. Part of
theee dAfenaes have been destroyed.
The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24
The Hog Market

Hogs arrived to the number of 16,- 900 head today, which included near ly 5000 brought in by packers from South St. Paul and Sioux City, for slaughter in plants here. The market opened steady, but the broad demand that has featured the trade recently asserted itself, and the close was 5 higher, great many hogs selling at the top, S6.60, bulk of sales $6.30 to $6.60. A feature was some Minnesota hogs, 150 lbs. average, at $6.30, and Minnesota pigs at $5.50. Heavy sup plies of hogs are arriving at the Northern markets particularly, but killers actions during the past week, during which time the market has made small net change, denote that they consider them we'll worth pre- sent prices.
The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24
A Real Hard Luck Story

c. E. Dodge recently came into the valley and was so well pleased with the country that he invested in ten acres north of Blythe. He built tent, bought himself a horse and settled down to enjoy life.
 Dodge was heard to declare that a shaggy pup was the only thing lacking to make his young ranch complete. So some one presented him with a pup.
 Last Friday night he started home horseback with the pup under one arm and a sack containing meat, bottle of coal oil, and other things, under the other.
 As he neared his tent he saw coyote run out with a side of bacon. Dodge twisted the sack around the horn, jumped off, got his gun and shot at the coyote. The noise scared the horse which ran away. After sev- eral hours search he located the horse but found the bottle of coal oil broken and all over the meat and returning to the tent he discovered that the pup had eaten up everything in the house and left.--Blythe Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24

A meeting of representatives of commercial clubs of the state will be held at Tucson early in January to arrange for the formation of state wide organization. The meeting will be held during the farmers short course at the university. A commit tee composed of representative busi- ness men and officers of the chambers of commerce of Tucson and Phoenix is behind the movement.
The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24
Opals Found Near Kinpman

John Maher brought to Kingman a few days ago large number of hand some opals from a find in the neigh borhood of Little Meadows. The best of the opals were sent to San Fran cisco, where they will be cut and esti- mates of their value made.
 Mir. Maher believes he has discov- cred one of the best deposits of the gems in the country, the stones being of greater purity and briliancy than any we have seen, even the famous Mexican fire opals not having greater beauty. The find was made in the big deposit of good material along the east escarpment of the vulcanic range Miner.
The Coconino sun., 1915-12-24
Sheep Market Steady

Sheep and lambs sold steady today, pea fed lambs selling at $9.00, which figure has been the top price each day since last Monday. Receipts were 5000 head, and the supply contained some good yearlings at $7.50, wethers at S6.50, and medium ewes at $5.SO. Lambs which have not had a good finish sell around $8.50 and feeding lambs, sorted out of immature lots of fed westerns bring up to $8.25. From appearances lamb feeders this season who make their lambs good will se- cure profit on them.
 J. A. RICKART,
 Market Correspondent