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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-26

The boy scouts OF this village have ar
ranged Tor a cake walk 20 be held in the
lst The scout movement has been rro-
crossing nicely IN this place and IA ia =
be assured o. this loyalty IL eyer,- fgd.
In this town VIII supply cake FOR fhfs
evening The scouta are hoping that the
ladies VIII bring cakes and that the men
viii come and make this one on the hest
affairs OF this kind ever held here
There are 81 births every minute
throughout the world and 20 deaths.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-26

Prof. Upton 81 district 10 has influ-
enced the farmers OF that district 10 ioin
with him In the purchase Of a BabcocjC
mix tester. Prof. Upton has had sew
eral milk tests held at the school house
ana the farmers were well pleased with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-06-16

man or beast could get through l
don't see. Add to this the 75's, mi
trailleuse and rifles, and you have a
strong team. But enough. We re-
turned to Paris about night.
1 dined with DR.. Du B%ourchet, the
surgeon-in-chief Of the ambulance
hospital, here.
One thing that impressed me there
was the LAST with which the entire
family switched from their own Rus
sian to English. This included them
all down to a 16-year-old boy. 1t
makes me ashamed. Here we are,
from Harvard and supposed to be
"~educated," I suppose, and not man.
jack in the crowd, including Cushing,
can do more than ask "Do you sell
stamps here??" There's something
rotten about it all. DR.. Greenough
speaks Canadian French like a streak
so gets about perfectly well, but as
Miss DuBourchet confided in me, it
is "ter'ble Franch."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-06-16

Comparison is the highest form of
flattery. All cigars sold in ADDevllle
are represented to be as good, OF better,
than Speeds Cinco's. There is nothing
like them. Stick to them. They keep
a good taste in your mouth and a clear
head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-06-16
Who Struck Billy Patterson?

New York Sun.
To the Editor of The Sun-Sir:
The saying "Who struck Billy Patter-
SOM" originated many years ago in
Baltimore during a political cam
paign. There was a ward boss who
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-06-16

thought he was it. One. day. re- 1=
crowd some one struck him. Nos+AES>
knew who did it. The boss said:- q.
will give $40 to know who sIrnzAz:
Billy Patterson" He never founG sza:
1t was Immediately taken as a. a"Hr-
word all wei the city.
Baltimore, Md. May g.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

An hour afferward Harry Wilkerson
rose to his feet and kicked the scatter
ed contents Of the chest into the Soup
pers.
The idol rolled away and came to
a stop upright against the bulwarks,
when it presented glazed, mysterious
eyes.
"No plans". muttered Wilkerson with
a curse.
"Only an idol!' laughed Jean in wild
derision.
Then her handsome face famed with
wrath. She turned her back con
t~emptuously on Wilkerson and stared
across the water at the launch which
was pursuing them.
In the bitterness of her heart was no
mingling of pity for her tool; only self
contempt that she had depended on
him, helped him.
When she could control herself she
went forward to get out Of sight Of
the hooking heap of rubbish that had
cost so much.
Presently a sailor made excuse to
come aft and peered at the pile of
junk. The idol caught his eye. and he
stealthily caught it up and hid it in
his shirt.
"Good in a p~awnshop," he chuckled.
I Thus once more the plans of the
mother lode of the Master Key" mine
escaped from Wilkerson's flching fin
gers.
When the launch put into San Pedro
Mrs. Darnell did not wait for Wilker-
son.
I'm going to Los Angeles" she said.
You'll find me at the hotel-if you
think it worth your while"
He looked up from his business of
! settling with the divers and made a
gesture to detain her. He seemed to
call out some inarticulate plea.
She merely smiled again and lest.
She paid no attention to one of the
sailors who brushed by her, clutching
a concealed object beneath his jacket.
This individual, once clear of the wa
ter front, quickly made his way to
q pawnbroker's shop, and the idol
changed hands for a small sum after
much haggling.
Before Wilkerson had settled with
the diver John DORIS launch also
made it's landing, and the two enemies
would have met except that Wilkerson
had to go to bank to cash a draft.
AS he slipped away he saw the other
boat and laughed bitterly. Dorr was
welcome to what there was in the old
chest.
There is just one thing to do" John
told the broken hearted Ruth. "and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

her some time"
Eyes, l have an idea," she responded.
I'm not sure of all the details, but
it seems Mrs. Darnell knew both ia
Their and Harry Wilkerson in the old
days and-and'-
"And what!"
WELL" she went on, blushing divine
ly, father didn't like Jean and
wouldn't have anything to do with her
nor allow me to either. She always
hated father after that"
"Wilkerson is certainly in love with
her." John said presently.
81 think he is" Ruth asserted. But
she doesn't care anything about him,
Pm sure. All she is after is money!"
Later in the evening as they discuss
ed the events of the day John brought
up the subject of Wilkerson's anxiety
for the papers again and recalled the
fact that old Tom Gallon had always
insisted on Wilkerson's knowledge of
something.
II wonder just what it was,'' he went
on. IF he knows just where that
rich lode is he's concealed his knowl-
edge pretty we'll, and the eagerness he
is showing 70 get hold of the plans is
proof that he isn't sure"
HE is spending lots of money! she
sighed. "How much longer can we
keep this up. John? Surely we are
broke again?
Not SO long IS good old Everett
sticks by u.s." was the response.
"But-maybe father was mistaken,
and we can't pay it all back!"
"Nonsense!!" he said reassuringly. Il
can make the mine pay just as it
stands. But 1 promised your father I'd
see that you got all your rights, and he
certainly meant for you to have the
wealth hidden somewhere in the Mas
ter Key mine.'
"And we've lost the deeds and the
key, and we haven't found the plans"
she sighed.
"Ill find that Hindu and his pre-
cious idol if 1 have to go to india" he
said promptly. Zone thing-we won't
have Harry Wilkerson spelling our
schemes. He'll give up now.''
But Wilkerson had not given up. On
his return from the bank he had learn
ed from the launch captain Of DORIS
interest in the idol, and he had prompt
ly followed this clew, with the result
that he knew as much about its where.
abouts al John and Ruth did, so far
as Its getting into the hands of an
East Indian peddler was concerned.
Whether Dorr had recovered the Image
from him he did not know.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

who had stolen it dead in a lane with
a knife between his shoulders. And
his murderer they discovered in a Chi.
nese seaport gaping horribly at the
sky, with a rope twisted tightly about
his neck.
So the image passed from hand to-
hand, always bringing with it death,
until some sailor hid it in his chest,
and when he had been washed over
side in q storm and his effects were
distributed q captain bought the idol
for q curio.
1t was in his chest that Thomas Gal
Ion had found it when seeking a safe,
place to hide his precious papers in
time of mutiny and fire.
Now. at last. it had fallen into the
hands Of II of the seekers. and he
took it to his little tenement room and
prayed to it and Swore that he would
return it to it's proper place in the tenn
pie.
There was no response from the i'm
age. but when the Indian fell asleep
on his rug that night in the alien Amer
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30


there are millions in gold hidden in
the Master Key mine, and the plans
are concealed in that image"
when will you have them?" she
cried. trying to fight against the mans
evil power.
Tomorrow he returned.
Even if Dorr and Ruth
He nodded gravely. She read the
message in his eyes and shuddered.
Wilkerson laughed. He had won. He
had conquered not only the woman in
that moment. but himself.
He was ready to do murder deliber-
ately, without a qualm. There had
been born in him another physical
thirst-the blood lust.
He left Immediately without uncov-
ering his plans. he knew that the
final victory would not be won until
he could fill Jean Darnell's soft and
nvaricious palms with gllttering gold,
heaps Of gold, gold that ran over, that
spilled in luxuriant streams over her
clutchlng fingers; gold that rang under
her feet, that mounted like an envel-
oping food about her till her flesh was
bathed In 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

that is to find out what Wilkerson did
with what he got from your fathers
chest"
The captain Of the other boat re-
grin and in answer to their inquiries
pointed to the open box and the arti-
cles scattered on the deck.
$50 far as 1 could make out" he
went on, "there wasn't anything in the
old chest worth the trouble Of going
after. At any rate Mr.. Wilkerson and
the lady seemed disappointed and put
but"
"Didn't they take anything?" de-
manded Ruth, peering curiously at the
moldy sea chest.
"Not a thing, SO far as 1 could dis
cover" was the reply. In fact, l
heard the two of them kind of quar-
reling, and the lady went off by her.
SELF"
The three of them stared down at
the mementos Of the long past TRACE
dy, and then the captain suddenly ejac-
ulated. Eyes, there is one thing miss
ing"
what is that?" demanded John.
IAN old idol. But I'm sure neither
Of them took it"
"But what became Of it," John con-
tinued, trying to conceal his anxiety.
maybe one Of the men picked it up
for n curio," the skipper said apollo
getically. Everybody seemed to think
the old thing was worthless, and, you
know u sailor will grab at Just. that
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30
Better ask some Of the

kind Of thing. Better ask some Of the
crew."
A few moments later Dorr had learn
ed that n Of the sailors had indeed
taken the image and gone uptown with
it, apparently to sell it.
John thanked the captain, and when
he and Ruth were out Of earshot he
said, "That idol is what we are after,
Ruth"
But where can we find it?" she
mourned.
1--WE must trace the sailor. Ten to
one he'll try to sell it to q secondhand
man. Our best plan is to look into the
pawnshops, l think, Ruth" Ne an
swered.
The first places they visited gave up
no information of value. The third
pawnbroker looked at Dorr c%uriously
when he asked whether a man had
been in to dispose of an idol.
"That thing seems to be wanted pref
ty much" he remarked. But 1 bought
it in good faith and sold it to a Hindu
a little while after for Il rug. Maybe
you would like to buy a rug?"
They made it plain that rugs did not
interest them and departed with the
poor satisfaction of knowing that the
object of their search was in the hands
of an unknown wandering peddler Of
rugs, who was presumably an East In
dian.
"We can't do any more just now"
John told Ruth.
NO." was the response. "But 1 am
going to keep an eye out for a Hindu
rug seller. 1 don't imagine there are
very many of them here, so it ought to
be an easy matter to pick him up"
AS they walked back to the hotel
Ruth grew more cheerful. cat any
rate, Wilkerson and Mrs. Darnell miss
ed it," she remarked.
II W. understood just why that
woman mixed herself up in this" John
said thoughttuily. You must nave
got some notion. Ruth. You were with
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

Thomas Gallon and His Little Daughter.
his shoulder as he knelt, and the per-
fume Of her breathed into his nostrils.
He looked up. laughed and then Or
Tered the box taken aft.
II was dreaming" he said slowly.
Then he looked at her directly. and
she saw the flame in his eyes.
why dream when things are COM
ing true?" she parted.
II wonder whether they will all come
true" he said modify and followed
the chest aft.
The curious sailors set the box down
and waited. 1t was evident from their
attitudes that they expected to see
nothing less than great treasure. 9th
erwise. why this costly expedition?
But Wilkerson did not start immedi-
,ately to open the chest. Its very APP
pearance seemed to bewilder him. and
his hands shook. 1t was Jean Darnell
who stirred him to activity.
"Now you've got it." she said impa-
tiently, hurry and open it. The other
launch is chasing us"
Wilkerson stared around and picked
UP a marlinspike. He began to pry at
the lock. Mrs. Darnell angrily jerked
at his shoulder.
"Harry. you fool, here is the key"
He took the article she handed hin
and nodded. Sure enough" he assent
ed, I'VE have the key! Funny had
forgot that"
With some difficulty he managed to
clear the lock and insert the key. 1t
turned with difficulty.
= A moment later he had pried the lid
back from its setting of rust and slime
and they were all staring at the sod
den contents.
There was no sound except the trun-
ding of the swiftly revolving propel-
Ter and the heavy breathing of the
sailors.
Suddenly Wilkerson swung round IN
:grily and ordered everybody forward.
Then he began his slow search.
Old jackets almost disintegrated by
the action of water. pulpy papers and
various odds and ends came to his
hand. The pulp he carefully laid aside
as being possibly what he was look
ing for.
Pm afraid the plans are gone" Jean
whispered.
"We must find them!" he snarled and
went on with his task.
Halfway down he came upon a gro
tesque figure dripping with woody
ooze. 1t stifly stared mp at him as he
held 1t.
IAN idol"' laughed Mrs. Darnell.
''Some sailors curio. Well, so Gh.
Idols don't talk"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

IKTNyJNNu ' So AAAAA ia - thhk
N@ told him distinctly that she
was In a towering rage, though she
was outwardly calm.
Wilkerson paid no attention appar-
emily to her blazing eyes nor to her re-
strained, "Well. once more your
schemes have failed"
Not failrd." he said boldly. 81 ad-
NIT we nearly passed up what we We're
looking for. DO you remember that
idol that was in the chest?"
Jean stopped her rvo pacing of
the floor and fixed her great, tawny
eyes on Wilkerson.
Harry" she said huskily, 81 am
weary of this"
"Wait Il moment he pleaded.
"When I went back to the launch l
found that Dorr had been quizzing the
men about that image"
"And 1 suppose he had got it."
"No, he didn't. One of the sailors
had picked it up and taken it to E
pawnshop and sold it."
She stamped her foot.
"Where is it? What has it to do will:
the plans?"
81 don't know where it is" he re,
sponded sullenly. "a Hindu rug ped
dler bought it."
"And Dorr bought it from him?"
Not yet" he said, risking the state
ment. Now all 1 have to do is to find
Mr.. Peddler and get it back"
Mrs. Darnell flung herself into a
chair and laughed Historically.
"You mean to tell me Tom Gallon
hid his plans in n heather idol and
that we overlooked them and that a
rug peddler has them now"
She leaned forward, clinching her
soft hands on her knees.
"Do you know all you have made
me so through. Harry? kidnapping,
theft, murder-yes, murder-and at the
end of it all, when we neither of us
dare breathe for fear of the police fin
ally getting us, you tell me that a
tramp has got what we want. I'm
done..'
Wilkcrson had expected and feared
this. He saw his wild efforts going
for nothing. Without her assistance
and her money he was helpless.
And profounder even than his hatred
of Dorr and his desire for the hidden
wealth was his agony at the thought
of his failure to win this woman whom
he loved.
Love is Il noun which conveys to the
ordinary mortal no definite meaning
without an adjective. There is, indeed
an essence Of love, a complete and al
absorbing passion. before which ever
the gods bow and against which the
world is powerless. Too often we
must describe it as lawless.
Yet it also exists when it evokes the
reverence Of the most cynical. vii
kerson's love for Jean Darnell was the
very essence Of his being.
1t had made a bravo Of a coward
1t had welded a dozen strands of vi
ciousness, weakness, wickedness ant
righteousness into a strong charac
ter-strong only in it's relation to thu
woman.
The past few weeks, with their wild
ness, risk, crime and continual plot
ting, had made the Harry Wilkerso1
who was a weakling and sport of cir
cumstances into a personality wht
must be dealt with.
Jean Darnell realized something O
| this hpn he naxt smoke
"4All this has been Disappointing" ht
said quietly, his eyes burning steadily
on hers. But the more disappoint
ments 1 have to overcome the more
worth while it will make you"
quite an old time knight" she sale
sc%ornfully. but with an effort.
81 am going to get that idol" he
went on. Il know just two things
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30
XXI.
The Quest of the Hindu.

|~1HAT night Wilkerson sought
out Jean Darnell. She re-
ceived him in a manner that
l4S@ told him distinctly that she
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30
By John Fleming Wilson

COPYRIGHT. 1914. BY JOHN FLEMING WILSON
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

Though you have money, o cannot
buy what is not to sell.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

lean city he dreamed that his god ap-
peared to him and spoke of death and
destruction yet to follow, commanding
him to start instantly for the east.
The next day, while Dorr was seek
ing for a Hindu selling rugs and Will
kerson was s%hadowing him the new
possessor of the idol was fastening to.
San Francisco to take steamer for In
Ola and the city by the river.
The image was concealed with ALI
reverence in his bundle Of rugs, and he
moved cautiously, because of the
dream.
Strange destiny that centered old
Tom Gallons plans for his daughters
happiness, DORIS dreams of love, Jean
Darnell's lust for wealth and Harry.
Wilkerson's passion for a woman with
out a heart in the possession of a gro
tesque image made by a dreamer in
faroff India centuries before when a.
city died and a river waned within its
bed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30

Everything must be at sea when the
nations can't even float q loan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30
CHAPTER XXI.
"OnIy an idol"

HATlHEN the chest was hove on
" deck, dripping with ocean
RH5MEE5 slime, corroded and mysteri-
7S GUS, Harry Wilkerson stared
at it stupidity. His mind went back
Town the years to that night when
Thomas Notwithstanding for his lit
tie daughter-had drawn a plan by
candlelight, to the quarrel, to his own
desperate fight and escape.
And now he was about to see for the
first time the fatal paper-to know the
secret of the wealth Of the Master
Key" He forgot his surroundings.
It was Jean Darnell who recalled
MIN to the present. She leaned over
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-09-30
Continued Next Week.

They can't get a new dance out Of
the war anyhow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

A It. Wettstein passed Sunday at
Padus.
Mrs. J. B. Scory returned to Gran
don Wednesday.
Miss Orpha Marsh visited at Oshkosh
few days this week.
Mrs. August Mueller went to Wau-
sau yesterday on visit.
Mrs. Jos. Schaenzer went to Kewas-
KUN on visit Thursday.
Guido Stemper returned yesterday
froma visit at Green Bay and Elkhart
Lake.
The Soperton base ball team is book
ed for game with CTandon Sunday aE
Crandon.
A number Of friends of Mrs. Tout
loft gave her pleasant surprise last
Wednesday afternoon.
Jas. Paul, district manager of the
Mass. Bonding and Insurance Co.. re-
turned to Crandon today. While here
Mr.. Paul appointed j. B. Mallow local
agent.
The F. R. A. lodge announce dance
at Neider's new opera house on Friday
evening Aug. 18th. Music will be
furnished by Ne3der's five piece or
chestra.
w. E. Burdeau and VIM. Londo of
Green Bay, who have the contract for
! building the Carter Wabeno state aid
road, were in town most of last week.
The road is more than half finished and
the gentlemen were well pleased with
the work their men are doing. The
crew moved into tents Monday. Geo.
Grant is foreman for the contractors
and Rob. Miller is looking after the
work for the county highway commits
sion. When finally completed the Car
ter-Wabeno road will be one of the
best roads in the state.
A dance will be given at N.eider's
new opera house this (frlday) evening
for the benefit of the band. WabenC
has a band that many towns much
larger than this would be proud of
Every member is player of several
years experience and the band is be
coming more Efficient right along. The
boys meet for practice once week
Following are the members: Wendell
Krohn, leader, Chas. Zielke,, J. Brad
lev, Joe Ponash, Henry Zielke, Harry
MoGram Jr., Harold Noer, Fred Hinz.
man, Wm. Huettl, Robin McGraw,
Geo. Huettl, Gordon Neider, Mike
Ashbeck, Erhard Huettl and Archie
Neider.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-30
POTATOES THRIVE ON
LAND PLANTED TO CLOVER

The cattle that feed knee deep in
clover have nothing ON the "spuds' =
that follow the clover in rotation.
Both find that the clover makes pleas
ant places in which to grow, and furn-
ishes an abundsnt food supply.
Though potatoes require their food
in a different form from that used by
the livestock, they use it just as
greedily and show as large returns for
the amount consumed. Glover turned
under, according to one of the states
largest potato growers, affords the
best seed bed for the production of
large crops of clean potatoes. 1t rs
rule on this growers farm that po-
tatoes must follow clover His first
crop is cut for hay and the second
turned under
Glover plowed under in the fall not
only furnishes fertility but supplies
organic matter and improves the tilth
of the soil. On the sandy soils of the
state especially large returns have re-
suited from preparing the And in this
way for the tuber crop. If clover sod
Is 10 be turned under, additionalhumus
may be added by applying manure in
the fall or winter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-30
"HOW MANY POUNDS ARE THERE
IN A BUSHEL?"

Farmers, as we'll as school boys, will
need to learn anew answers to the CON
stantly recurring question, How
many pounds are there in bushel OF
this or that farm commoditg?" for the
present legislature has found it neces-
sary to modify the former standard OF
weights and measures.
Here is the way portion of the
list now reads.
Apples, A lbs; alfalfa, so lbs; alsike,
go lbs; barley, 4s lbs; beans; 60 lbs;
buckwheat, so lbsr; clover seed, so lbs;
course salt, 20 lbs; corn, Indian So
lbs; corn meal, so lbs; cranberries, 35
lbs; Hungarian grass seed, 4s lbs;
lime, 20 lbs; millet seed, 80 lbs; oats,
80 lbs; onions, so lbs; peas, 60 lbs;
peas. wcinkled, Sc lbs; potatoes, 60
lbs; rape seed, so lbs; rutabagas, SO
lbs; rye, Sc lbs; rye meal, so lbs; tim
othy seed, As lbs; tomatoes, Sc lbs;
turnips, 40 lbs: unslaeked lime, so lbs;
wheat, 60 lbs.