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Meade County news., 1915-11-25

view avenue. stridlnA Alohs moodily
with his head down and his hands be-
hind him when he collided violently
with Raymer going in the opposite d.
rection. The shock was so unexpected
that Griswold would have been
knocked down If the muscular young
iron founder had not caught him
promptly At the saving instant came
mutual recognition.
Hello, there!" said Raymer. "You
are the very man I've been looking for.
Charlotte wants to see you"
mot now she doesn't" was the
rather grim contradiction. Il have Just
left her"
"Oh."
There was a pause, and then Girls.
void cut In morosely.
so you did take my way out of the
labor trouble, after all, didn't your"
Raymer looked away.
81 don't know just how you'd like to
have me answer that, Kenneth. How
much or how little do you know Of
what happened?"
Nothing at all"-shortly.
"Well, 1t was Margery who wrought
the miracle, of course. l don't know
yet, just how she did it; but it was
done. and done right"
And you have asked her to marry
your"
Suffering Scott how you do come
at man! Yes. asked her. If you've
got to know"
"Well?" snapped Griswold.
"She-she turned me down, Ken.
meth; got up and walked all over me.
That's a horrible thing to make me
say, but it's the truth"
81 don't understand it, Raymer. Was
1t the No that means No?"
II don't understand it, either" re.
turned the iron founder, with grave
naivete. "And. yes, guess she meant
1t. But that reminds me. She knew
I was looking for you and she gave
me note-let me see, I've got 1t here
somewhere; oh, yes, here it is-gilt
monogram and all"
Griswold took the note and pocketed
1t without comment and without look.
ing at it.
Were you gong to Doctor Ber-
tie's?" he asked.
81 was. Have you any objection?"
mot the least in the world. It's a
good place for you to go just now,
and l guess you are the right man
for the place. Goodnight"
At the next corner where there was
an electric light. Griswold stopped and
opened the monogrammed envelope.
The enclosure was single sheet of
perfumed note paper upon which, with
out date, address or signature was
written the line:
"Mr. Galbraith is better-and he is
grateful"
Meade County news., 1915-11-25
CHAPTER xxVIII-contInued.

-I4-
After the introduction to Johnson
his hand had gone mechanically to his
coat pocket. The demon at his ear
was whispering kill! kill" and his
fingers sought and found the weapon.
While he was listening with the out
ward ear to Bainbridge's cheerful rem
iniscences, the little minutiae were ar.
ranging themselves; he saw where
Broffin would step, and was careful to
mark that none Of the bystanders
would be in range. He would wait un.
til there could be no possibility OF
missing; then he would fire-from the
pocket.
1t was Johnson who broke the spell.
While cambridge was insisting that
Griswold should come in and make a
social third at the hotel dinner table,
the teller picked up his handbag and
mounted the steps. Griswold's brain
fell into halves. With one of them he
was making excuses to the newspaper
man; with the other he saw BrofIin
stop Johnson and draw him aside.
What the detective was saying was
only too plainly evident. Johnson
wheeled short to face the sidewalk
group, and Grlswold could feel in ev-
cry fiber of him the searching scrutiny
to which he was being subjected.
When he stole a glance at the pair
on the porch, Johnson was shaking
his head slowly; and he did 1t again
after second thoughtful stare. Girls.
void, missing completely now what
cambridge was saying. overheard the
teller's low-toned rejoinder to the de-
tective's urgings: ITS no use, Mr..
Broffin; I'd have to swear positively
to 1t, you know, and couldn't do
that. No, don't want to
hear your corroborative evidence; 1T
might make me see a resemblance
where there is none. Wait until Mr..
Galbraith recovers; he's your man."
Griswold hardly knew how he made
shift to get away from cambridge
finally; but when 1t was done, and
he was crossing the little triangular
park which filled the angle between
the business squares and the lake.
fronting residence streets, he was
sweating profusely, and the departing
fear-mania was leaving him weak and
tremulous.
Passing the stone basIned fountain
In the middle Of the park he stopped,
jerked the pistol from his pocket,
spilled the cartridges from its maga-
zine, and stopped to grope for loose
stone In the walk-border. With the
fountain base for an anvil and the loos-
ened border stone for hammer he
beat the weapon into shapeless inutili-
ty and flung it away. ..
God knows whom ], shall be tempt
cd to kill, next!" he groaned; and the
trembling fit was still unnerving him
when he went on to keep the appoint
ment made by Charlotte Farnham.
Meade County news., 1915-11-25
CHAPTER xxx.
Dust and Ashes.

A full moon, blood!red from the
smoke of forest fires far to the east.
ward, was rising over the Wahaska
Mills when Griswold unlatched the gate
OF the Farnham inclosure and passed
quickly up the walk.
Since the summoning note had
stressed the urgencies, he was not sur.
prised to find the writer of it await
Ing his coming on the vine-shadowed
porch. In his welcoming there was a
curious mingling of constraint and i'm.
patience, and he was moved to marvel.
Miss Farnhams outlook upon life, the
point OF view Of the ideally well bal
anced, was uniformly poiseful and self.
contained, and he was wondering II
some fresh ENHANCEMENT were threat.
ening when she motioned him to a
seat and placed her own chair SO that
the light from the sitting-room win.
uows would leave her in the shadow.
you had my note?" she began.
Yes. 1t came while | was away
from the hotel, and the regular trip
OF the inn brake was the first convey.
ance could catch. Am | later"
Her reply was qualified. THAT re.
mains to be SEEN"
There was a hesitant pause, and
then she went on: do you know why
sent for you to Gomez"
mo. not definitely"
Il was hoping you would know: fl
would make 1t easier for me. You owe
me something, Mr.. Griswold."
i owe you a great deal" he admit.
Ted, warmly. 1T is hardly putting II
TOO strong to say that you have made
some part of my work possible which
would otherwise have been impos
Bible."
i didn't mean that" she dissented
with touch of cool scorn. 81 have nc
especial ambition to figure as a char
acter, however admirable, In a book
Your obligation doesn't lie In the lit
erary field; it is real-and personal
You have done me a great Injustice
ana 1t seems to have been carefully
premeditated."
Tne blow was so sudden and &c
calmly driven home that Griswold
gasped.
IAN inJustice-to your" he protest.
ed; but she would not let him go on.
Yes At first. thought it was
one q coincidence-=your coming, to
WahaskA-but new know. bstteN
rHa csH;s Sars. In SoodHss. knows
Meade County news., 1915-11-25
CHAPTER XXX.
Apples Of Istakhar.


The swinging arc light suspended
above the street crossing sputtered
and died down to dull red dot of in
candescence as Griswold returned
Margery's note to his pocket and
walked on. ..., .'-'
There are crises in which the chief
contention looms so large as to leave
no room for the ordinary mental proc
esses. Griswold saw no significance
in the broken line of Margery's mes.
sage. The one tremendous revelation
the knowledge that the dross-creat-
ing curse had finally fallen upon the
woman whose convictions should have
saved Aer-was blotting out all the
subtler perceptive faculties; and for
the time the struggle with the sub
merging wave of disappointment and
disheartenment was bitter.
He was two squares beyond the
crossing of the broken-circuited arc
light, and was still following the curve
of the lakeside boulevard, when he
came to the surface of the submerg-
ing wave long enough to realize that
he had entered Jasper Grierson's por-
tioA- of the waterfront drive. The great
house, dark as to its westward gables
save for the lighted upper windows
marking the sick room and its ante
chamber, loomed in massive solidity
among its sheltering oaks; and the
moon, which had now topped the hills
and the crimsoning smoke haze, was
bathing land and lakescape in flood
of silver light, whitening the pale yell
low sands of the beach and etching
fantastic leaf-traceries on the gravel
of the boulevard driveway.
There was no inclosing fence on the
Mereside border of the boulevard. and
under the nearest Of the lawn oaks
there were rustic park seats, Jasper
Grierson's single concession to the
public when he had fought for and
secured his property right-of-way
through to the lakes margin. Griswol6
turned aside and sat down on one OF
the benches The disappointment was
growing less keen. He was beginning
to understand that he had made no
allowance for the eternal feminine in
the idealized Fidelia-for the feminine
and the straitly human. But the dis
heartenment remained. Should he
stay and fight it out? Or should he
take pity upon the poor prisoner Of
the conventions and seek to postpone
the day of reckoning by flight?
He had not fitted the answer to
either of these sharp-pointed queries
when a pair of light-fngered hands
came from behind to clap themselves
upon his eyes, and a well-known voice
said. Guess"
"Margery!" he said, and she laughed
with the joyous unconstraint of a
happy child and came around to sit
by him
81 was doing time out on the veran
da. and | saw you down here in the
moonlight, looking as If you had lost
something" she explained. adding;
Have your"
Il don't know; can you lose that
which you've never had?" he returned
musingIS9. And then: Yes; perhaps
l did. losua something. Don't ask me
what II Is hardly knAE. nzaalt"
Meade County news., 1915-11-25

tried in every way to warn you, even
to pointing out the man who is shadow
ing you. To do it. have had to de-
ceive my father. | have been hoping
that you would understand and go
away"
Wait a minute" he commanded.
Let me get 1t straight! you still be-
heve that the thing | did was a Grim
inal thing?"
I'VE needn't go into that part of 1t
again" she returned, with sort of
placid impatience. Once thought
that there might be some way in which
you had justified yourself to yourself,
but now"
That isn't the point" he interrupted
roughly. What want to know is this:
Do you still believe 1t is a crime?"
"Of course. 1t is crime; know it,,
you know it, all the world knows it"
Again he sat back and took time to
gather up a few of the scattered
shards and fragments When he spoke
1t was TO say ~ think the debt is on
the other side, Miss Charlotte: think
you owe me something. You probably
won't understand when say that you
have robbed me of a very precious
thing-my faith In the ultimate good.
ness of good woman. You believe
you have always believed-that am a
CRIMINAL; and yet you have been weak
enough to let exBediency seal yesr
lids. ! go tsiar to mr. code ,thsso aaa.n
Meade County news., 1915-11-25
Surely Prize scareerow.

An American tourist had been boast
ing again in the village inn. says Lon
don .Iit-Bits.
Talking of scarecrows." he said.
with a drawl why, my father once
nut one up. and it frightened the
crows so much that not one. entered
the field again for year"
He looked triumphantly around mis-
AUDIENCE Surely that had settled
those country pumpkins
But he was to meet his match
That's nothing" retorted one farm
er. "A neighbor O. mine once put .
scarecrow into his potato patch and It
terrified the birds. SO much. that ,oa9
rascal Of q crow who had stOlen some
potatoes came next day and pai theI
Meade County news., 1915-11-25

Hiuio fNSaius
came, l was wondering If the game
were at all worth the candle"
Her mood changed in the twinkling
of an eye. "The battle is over, and
won," she said, speaking softly.
Didn't you know that?" And then:
"Oh, boy, boy! but it has been a des-
perate fight! Time and again | have
thought you were gone. in spite of
all l could dol"
"You thought was gone? Then
you know"
"Of course know; have known
ever since the first night; the night
when l found the money in your suit.
case. What silly, silly thing it was
for you to do-to leave the Bayou State
Security slips on the packages!"
rBut you said"
mo, didn't say; l merely let you
believe that l didn't see them. After
that. knew it would be only a ques.
tion of time until they would trace
you here, and hurried; oh, hurried!
made up my mind that before the
struggle came, all Wahaska should
know you, not as bank robber, but as
you are, and | made it come out just
that way. Then Mr.. Broffin turned up,
and the fight was on He shadowed
you, ..and | shadowed him-or had
Johnnie Fergus do it for me. ! knew
he'd try Miss Farnham first, and there
' was only one hope there-that she
might fall in love with you and 80 re-
fuse to give you away. She did, didn't
she?"
Most emphatically, she did not" he
denied "You have greatly misjudged
Miss Farnham The reason-the only
reason-why she did not tell Broffin
what he wanted to know was a purely
conventional one. She did not want to
be the most-talked-of woman in Wa
haska."
His companions laugh was not
pleasant.
I'D rather be spiteful little cat,
which is what she once called me, than
to be moth-eaten on the inside like
that!" she commented. Then she went
on: with Miss Farnham out of it
and l knew she must be out Of it,
since Broffin didn't strike-there was
still Mr.. Galbraith. You didn't know
why / was so anxious to have you get
acquainted with him, but you know
now. And 1t worked. When Broffin
asked him to identify you, he couldn't
-er wouldn't. Then came that un-
lucky drowning accident"
Griswold nodded slowly. "Yes. Mr..
Galbraith knows me now"
HE Doesn't" she exulted. "He is
a dear old saint, and he will never
know you again as the man who held
him up. Listen: He sent for Broffin
this afternoon, and gave him new
commission-something about bonds
in California. And he told him he
must go ON the first train!"
Once more the castaway was run
ming the gamut of the fiercely varying
emotions.
Let me understand" he said. you
knew had taken the money. and yet
you did all these things to pull me out
and make the holdup success. Where
was your moral sense, all this time.
little girl?" ~
She made charming little mouth
at him.
Il ain Joan, and the Joans don't have
any moral senses-to speak of-do
they? That's the. way you are writing
it down in your book. isn't it?" Then.
with low laugh that sounded some
unfathomed depth of loving abandon
ment: ut was game; and Lplayed
it-played it for all was worth, and
won. You are ireenfree4asl the air :,
Kenneth, boy. II Broftin should come
here this minute and put bis hand
lAa xaur .hensasr- zen could lnsh m
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21
AQUATIC SPORTS.


Canoe races, fitting contests, barge
races and swimming events will take
place during the races. Suitable prizes
will be awarded.
Members of the Augusta Y. NJ. c. A.
will compete in the water events. They
will have entries in the swimming race,
fitting contest and tub race.
Motor races will take place in the fol-
lowing order:
THE RACES.
First Race-Once around course-Fred
Owen. c. H. Stewart, T. Mcclure, Ernest
Wright, Ernest Robinson, Casavant &
Cloutier. Charles Gillieland, Bay Getchell,
Merton Leech, Ray Marston, DR.. Wilder,
Bob Payson, DR.. w. H. Harris, Harry
Merrill. Guy Towle.
Other entries in this class will be
passed upon by the Regatta committee
on application to any member thereof.
AS many entries as possible are desired.
First prize, the "kinsman Cup; second
prize. oilskin coat and hat; third prize,
set of batteries; fourth prize. five gallons
of gasolene; fifth prize, one gallon Of
cylinder oil.
Second Race-Lades' Race once around
the course-Boats must be started, run
and stopped by the contestants in view
of the judges. First prize, the "Beane
Pot; second prize, motor veil; third
prize, box of chocolates; fourth prize,
five gallons of gasolene.
Third Race-Outboard Motors-Course:
From
around stake-boat off Reid cottage at
Hammond's Grove, finishing at first
stake-boat. Start: All boats en- a line
with engines stopped. Engines to be
started on firing signal. First prize cleo
trio lantern; second prize, life preserver;
third prize. five gallons of gasolene.
Fourth Race-Autonatic handicap or
"Bangand-Go" Race-Start with all
boats on a line at No. flag, then 20 flag
boat North of Cuba and straight back
to starting line. When the leading boat
makes the turn at Cuba flag boat, the
flag on Cuba flag boat will be lowered
and all boats are TO turn (no matter
how far from flag beaU and run for the
finish line. First sbght across the line
wins Any boat that makes the return
run more IMAM I'VE per cent faster than
the run out will be disqualified. Con-
testants are expected and requested to
keep their boats under way on the course
without "jockeying." Violation of the
spirit of this rule will result in disquali-
| fication in the Judgment of the judges.
First prize, the "Burleigh Cup; second
prize, Bilge pump; third prize. yachting
shoes; fourth prize, five gallons of gaso-
lene; fifth prize. one gallon of cylinder
oil.
Fifth Race-Sweepstakes- times
around coIrse-First prize, the Atlantic
Cup; second prize, boat clock: third
prize, club burgee; fourth prize, five gal
Ions of gasolene; fifth prize. one gallon
of cylinder oil.
The judges will be Judge Fred Emery
Beane, H. NJ Packard. L. L. Cooper. NJ.
w. Wiswell. F. G. kinsman, Melville
Smith and H. l.. Pisfon.
Members having cups in their posses
sion not permanently won will please re-
turn the same to the committee or deliver
them at the judges stand before the
races.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21
Stops the Pains
Of Indigestion
When Soda Tablets. Lose Effect
Try This Simple Remedy.

People who are accustomed to
taking some digestive tablet after
meals which depend solely on Soda
or Pepsin as digestive aids. gen.
orally find such remedies soon lose
their force and that it takes two or
three tablets to bring relief where
at first it took but one.
Such a condition is dangerous
and the use Of such remedies
should be promptly stopped before
serious damage is done the stom-
ach. The excessive use Of Pepsin
weakens the natural organs Of d.
gestion, while frequent doses OF
Soda irritate the stomach walls.
Speedy relief from the distress
Of sour, gassy stomach. heartburn.
or that full. heavy. lumpy feeling
can be safely obtained from Mi
o-na Stomach tablets which are a
physicians prescription. Mi-o-na
increases the flow Of the gastric
juices, strengthens. instead o.
weakens the stomach and pro-
notes a natural, healthy and pain
less digestion that soon makes any
digestive pill unnecessary.
These Mi-o-na Tablets are al
ways sold by Bowditch-Webster
& Co. and other leading druggists
on a positive guarantee Of salts
faction or money back.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21
Maine FEDERATION
W0MEN'S CLUBS OCT.
27-2S B|DDEFoRD

Mrs. Frederick Parker Abbott, presi-
dent of the Maine Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, has sent the following open
letter out, relative to the coming State
convention Of the Federation in Bidde-
ford:
The Maine Federation Of Women's
Clubs will hold its 23rd annual meeting
in Biddeford on October 26-27-2S. by invi-
tation Of the Biddeford Business Mems
Association. The change in dates has
been made at the urgent request of men,
bers belonging to both Federation and
Music Festival and wishing to attend
both. These dates have been carefully
chosen to accommodate the various and
many members belonging to other large
organizations holding annual conventions
earlier in the month. We acknowledge
with gratitude the courtesy Of the local
committee in making this change pos
sible. as we'll as the courtesy Of speak
ers who have kindly changed dates for
US.
The program will be along the usual
lines-reception evening Of arrival. Tues
day. the 26th: banquet at P. M.
Wednesday, the 9th. for better acquain-
lance; popular lecture at s, same evening
by George w. Coleman, founder of the
famous Ford hall meetings; roll call OF
clubs. two minute reports Of "best thing
DONE: tho usual crisp. pithy 10 minute
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21
Program for the Day.

The following is the program for the
18th annual motor races and aquatic
sports of the Cobbosseecontee Yacht
Club at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of
Saturday. Aug. q. 1915, as arranged by
the regatta committee, which is composed
Of Harold c. Partridge. chairman; w. G.
Moyes, D. l.. Higgins, Clinton Moore,
Ray Marston. Ralph Smith and H. l..
Sherburne:
THE REGULATIONS.
Course: Start at stake-boat at Island
Park Inn, southeasterly to stake-boat he
tween Mile-Point and East shore; north
erly to stake-boat near Reid cottage.
Hammonds Grove; return to start.
Leave all buoys to port Oeft).
Start: Preparatory signal will be a
gun and raising of white flag on Commo-
dore's boat (anchored off the hote). Two
minutes later the starting signal will be
given, gun and lowering of white flag
on Commodores boat. A five minute in
terval between races.
Numbers: Each boat must carry a
number flag at the bow. flag to be Sc
cured from the judges.
Entries: Any boat may enter any class
except as qualified hereinafter.
All instructions and information nee
essary should be received from the
judges stand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21
"BlNG!n

Whoops. my dear! there's Ararat a.
looming dead ahead.
You may dodge it or may hurdle. 1t is
all the same to me.
Just you keep on put-a-put-ing; there's
no need to throw the lead:
For we never have to stop for things
that stop the arks at sea.
Our bow is pointed high enough; we're
ready for the spring;
Keep a-switching. grille, harder-make
lather of the tide
Almost ready-Steady there-noW do your
darndest! BING!
We're over it! We're down kersplash!
We sail the other side.
Japhet. Noah's Sporty Son, to his
Switchtail, by ALFRED Noise.
When Noah, with his husky sons,
Shem, Ham and Japhet, held the SUI
premacy of the seas, a little thing like
shower was treated very lightly; at
this time of writing there is no way to
know whether Jupiter will wear his Plu-
vius decorations, or a sunburst, but it is
safe to say that old Noah's lneal de-
scendants, the Cobbossee shippers, will
come to the starting line. rain or shine.
Today is the day. All round the lake
cries of defiance resound; from Keyes
Landing to Hersey's Point, to Sandy
Hook, to Fairs Cove, to Hammond's
Grove, to the North Shore. and back
again, stern cries of derision, or of
challenge and the buzz, as of bees, of the
eager partisans, are sounding. The fierce
chortle of the big speed-boats and the
Pomeranian yapping of the little Out
boards mingle in a thrilling chorus If
the great commanders soldiers fought
with greater zeal because they were told
that the eyes of fusty, dusty centuries
looked down upon them from the Pyra-
mids, what deeds of valor shall we see
today. when the men of Cobbosseecontee
strive before the bright eyes of the
maidens on the shores. Helen, looking
from the battlements of Troy, inspired
no Drawer spirit, nor called forth no
greater prowess. Would that Homer
might return to twang lis bloomin'
Tyre and sing grander song than
those he sang before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-21

Some of the promoters and hackers
of the races to take place this after
noon at Cobbosseecontee were busy a
good part of the day yesterday in try
ing to arrange match race between
DR.. Julian Wilder and Dwight Hig-
gins in their respective yachts. Each
one says the other is 'fraid. The doc
tor alleges that Dwight couldn't get
near enough to him to hear his boats
exhaust. Dwight hints that If the
Doc could get near enough to his boat
the swash would upset him Doc);
and he doesn't want to endanger the
life of a man so much needed on the
Cobbossee War Startegy Board. The
race promoters were still in hopes at
the time Of going to press.