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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
CHAPTER XIII.
An Agent From Russia.

An Agent From Russia.
The Black Hundred, not as individu-
ais but as an organization, began to
worry. Powerful, and often reckless
and daring because it was powerful,
it began to look about for some basic
cause for all these failures against
Hargreave's daughter and Hargreave's
ghost. They had tried to put the in
quisitive reporter out of the way; they
had laid every trap they could think
of to catch the mysterious visitor at
the Hargreave home; they had thrown
out a hundred lures to bring Har-
greave out of his lair. and failed; and
they had lost a dozen valuable men
and several thousand dollars. This
must end somewhere, and quickly.
The one ray of hope for the conspi-
rators lay in the fact that Florence
had never seen her father and knew
not in the least what he looked like.
They determined to try again in this
direction.
"Giye it all up" said the countess
to Braine. Il tell you, whatever is
back of all this is stronger than we
are. He knows the organization, and
for all we know he may be ghost"
Il never go back" smiled Braine
There's something more than the mil,
lion There's the sport of the thing.
We've been bested In a dozen bouts,
and nearly always by a. fluke. They
have the breaks, as they say out at the
Polo grounds
But the time and expense. when
we might be getting results elsewhere!
I tell you, Leo, I'm afraid. It's like
always hearing some one behind you
and never finding anybody when you
turn. l have told you my doubts /
have also asked you to trap that but
Ter, but you've always laughed"
You are seeing ghosts, Olga. A
new man from holy Russia" shrug-
ging, ''is coming tonight. Evidently
the head over there thinks our contri-
buttons of late have not been up to
the mark, and they are going to stir
us up. am willing to wager my soul,
however, that that box is simply a
hoax to befuddle u.s. Either that or it
holds the key. But the rest of them
insist that the box must be recovered
When / leave this room tonight am
going over to Riverdale and stalk all
by myself. I'm going to get glimpse
of that mysterious stranger. He car
ries scar of mine somewhere, for I
hit him that night"
The door opened and the executive
chamber became silent.
Count Paroff,' doomed the voice
of Vroon. He will present his Gre
dentials."
This formality was executed as pre-
scribed by the rules; and Count Par
off was given his chair. He spoke for
a while, rather pompously.
1.-THE head organization is not sat
isfied with its offspring in this Har-
greave affair." he said in conclusion
You are slow"
Then you have come with some
suggestions for the betterment of our
business?" asked Braine ironically.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
lc0pyright. 1914. b Harold Macarash,

on the quarantine tug which lay along
side. He was willing to fight under
ordinary circumstances, but he. must
get his treasure in safety first. They
could call him a welcher if they
wanted to; devil bit did he care. So
he pried back the boards of his bunk
wall, took out the box, eyed it fondly,
and noted for the first time the let
tering on it:
STANLEY HARGREAVE.
He wrinkled his brow in the effort
to recall pirate by this name, but
was unsuccessful. No matter. He
hugged the box under his coat and
made for the gangway, and inadver-
tently ran into his enemy.
Dunkers caught bit of the box
peeping from under the coat.
What "a yuh got there?' he de-
manded truculently.
None o. your damn business, You
lemme by; hear me?"
"Ain't none o. my business, huh?
Where'd yuh git box like that? Steal
it? By cripes,. I'm goin' t. have a
look at that box, my hearty. 1t don't
smell like honest onions"
You lemme by!" breathed Steve,
with murder in his heart.
Suddenly the two men closed, surged
back and forth, one determined to
take and the other to hold this mys-
terious box. Dunkers struggled to up
hold his word: not that he really
wanted the box but to prove that he
was strong enough to take it if he
wanted to- The name on the box
flashed and disappeared. 1t was a kind
of shock to him. He and Blossom went
battering against the rail. Dunkers'
grip slipped and SO did Blossoms The
result was that the box was catapulted
into the sea. With an agonizing cry,
Blossom leaned far over. He saw the
box oscillate for moment, then sink
gracefully in a zigzag course, down
through the blue waters. Fainter and
fainter it grew, and at last vanished.
''I'm sorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't
let me look at it," said Dunkers, con-
tritely. -
Damn you; I'm goin' t kill y for
that!"
1t became a real fight this time, fist
and foot. tooth and nail; one mad with
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
HAS seen A LIGHT
Amos Pinchot a Much DiSiIIu-
stoned Man.
With Former Governor HadIey Of Mis-
souri, He Has Come to Realize the
HoIIowness of Progressive
Party Claims.

Amos Pinchot is disillusioned. He
has discovered the clay feet of his
idol. He makes one of large and
dour company.
Mr.. Pinchot confessed in frank and
manly fashion. He believed at the
start implicitly in the party called
Progressive and its leader. In his
ing. Wrongs were to be righted. Old
policies were to be abandoned, and
new policies adopted. Special priv
ilege was to die the death. Larger
opportunities for all-even the hum
blest-were to be established.
The presence of certain trusts near
the throne disquieted Mr.. Pinchot. He
could not associate them with the fine,
new, rosy and virtuous purpose. What
did their presence near the throne
mean? What did it foreshadow?
In order to be sure, Mr.. Pinchot
wrote to Mr. Roosevelt, putting the
matter plainly. In reply he received
what must have affected him as re-
buke. Mr.. Roosevelt did not share
in Mr. Pinchot's uneasiness. The Pro-
gressive movement to be successful
must be practical; must appeal to
and have the support of practical men.
Let not Mr.. Pinchot's heart be trou-
bled. Mr.. Perkins was a friend, not
an enemy.
But Mr.. Pinchot was not assured.
Doubts fx,a Lo ;e
convinced, not only of the misman-
agement Of the Progressive cause, but
that the Progressive party is done
for.
Mr. Pinchot is man of ability and
observation, and the wonder is he did
not earlier 'get wise" to the real sit
uation. There were men as ardent as
he for certain reforms in public poll
cies, but never for moment in doubt
about the influences controlling Mr..
Roosevelt in his assaults on the party
which had made him and the men
who had lifted him from helplessness
to power. They saw that the pro-
gressivism of Mr.. Roosevelt was but
a bid for return to the White
House-that it represented that pur-
pose and no other.
Former Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri, was of this number. He attend
ed the Chicago convention of two
years ago, where Mr. Roosevelt made
his grand-stand play, and this is what
Governor Hadley says on the subject:
The country has never regarded
the Progressive party as anything
more than a division of the Republic.
an party. The differences that di.
vided the parties were essentially diff
ferences over matters of political con.
troll, and not differences over princi.
pies and policies. have in my pos
session copy of the original Roose.
welt platform, framed by his support
ers in the Chicago convention, and
when say the conditions that divid
ed us were not differences of princi
pies and policies, but political differ
ences, l know what / am talking
about"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
RS tapped his coat pocket suggestive

ers tapped hls coat pocket suggestive
ly.
And Vroon knew that the one thing
he wanted was there, plan or a draw
ing OF the range. So there was another
man shanghaied that night, and his
destination was Cape Town, % days
voyage by the calendar.
Vroon carried his information to the
organization that same night. They
would start the expedition at once,
and till this was accomplished, Har-
greave's daughter was to be immune
from attacks. Besides, it would give
Hargreave wherever he was) and the
others the idea that the Black Hun
dred had concluded to give up the
chase.
Above, with his ear to a small hole,
skillfully bored through the ceiling
without permitting the plaster to fall,
knelt a man with bandaged arm. He
could never see any faces; no one
ever took~off a mask in this sinister
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

Well. let's you and see that he does
that and nothing else. I'll have ne one
meddling with my own game"
Some one sneezed, and everybody
looked at his Reighbor The sneeze
was repeated, but muft1ed, as il some
one was desperately anxious to avoid
sneezing.
1T came from above!" whispered
Olga. Don't look up!"
Braine was cool He walked idly
across the room to where Vroon sat.
Very well, Paroff; we give you free
rein" To Vroon he said: Some one
is watching us from the room over
head. | thought that room belonged
to u.s.
1T does," said Vroon stolidly.
Then how is it that some one is
watching from up there? No excite
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

changed the arrangements of a public
funeral for Oliver Goldsmith, it may
be safely asserted as a legal propo-
sition that there was not any ikeli-
hood that the dead body would be
seized by creditors. Goldsmith was
buried by his lawyer friends and
neighbors within the boundaries of
their own domain. He had lived his
happiest days among them, and it was
after all more fitting that he should
lie down to his long rest in the midst
of them, rather than in garish and
splendid tomb in Westminster abbey.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

land. While hoeing on the part of the
farm which had at one time been
loch, he turned up in the ground fine
specimen of bronze ak OF palstrave.
The weapon, it is said, is $500 years
old. The total length, including the
shaft for binding it to the staff is 5A
inches. The shaft is grooved on both
sides, and about an inch wide. The
ak head measures three inches across,
and must have been an effective
weapon. Experts have traced the be-
ginning CT the bronze age in northern
Europe to about 1900 B. c., and have
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Party WiII~Return to Power.

The Republican party needs only to
bring it's best men to the front and
keep them there in order to regain
and retain power. The great heart of
the party has been always right, and
sound and beating true to the best
American principles. Selfish men may
have on occasions come to its control
and tsed it in such way as to excite
rebellion and bring defeat but that
bad quarter of an hour is entirely
over
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

More the Original Box.
chamber. But there were voices, and
he was going to forget some of them.
After the meeting came to an end,
he waited an hour after, and then stole
down into the street by the aid of the
fire escape. Later, he entered tele-
phone booth and called up Jones.
Then, one leathern and steel box,
dotted with bits of ivory and mother
of-pearl, became two; and the second
one was soaked in mud and salt water
for two weeks till you could not have
told it from the original And that is
why Jones was able, some weeks later,
to hide once more the original box.
AS for the substitute, just as Braine
was about to use a mallet and chisel
upon it, the lights went out. There
was wild scramble, chair or two
was overturned.
1.-THE door, the door," shouted
Braine, furious.
It slammed the moment the words
left his lips. And as suddenly as they
had gone out the lights sprang up.
The box was gone There were evil
IDENTIFY traitors among the Black Hun
dred.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

rights to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, and that all governments
all the time ALLEVIATE these alleged
out the slightest whimper. In fact,
a government may pay almost no at
tention at all to the needs of a ma
jority of it's citizens and yet be called
democratic.-Life.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
A Monument in AItkirch.

One of the public monuments in Alt
klrch commentaries the deliverance
OF the town from an attempt to cap
ture it made in 1875 by troop of
English freebooters. Their leader was
son-in-law of Edward III, Enguerrand
de Coucy. who was then waging
herce but futile warfare against the
Holy Roman empire and had pillaged
number of towns in Alsace, and on
reaching Altkirch penetrated into the
town in the small hours of the morn
ing, when-so the legend runs-an ap-
1ua
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

up some kind of high-sounding docu-
ment which can be thundered forth in
hypnotic frenzy by orators, and which
pays more attention to rhetoric than
to the truth.
We hold practically no truths to be
self-evident, and certainly nothing
could be farther from the truth than
that all men are created equal. We
believe that they are endowed by
their Creator with practically no
rights which are not readily alienable;
that no rights are more easy to alien
ate or more often alienated than the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Police and Firemen Ask Aid.

Cincinnati A delegation of po-
lice and fire department officials
from Ohio cities met here to discuss
a bill which they want introduced at
the coming session of the general as
sembly to have $1,500,000 fees aud
taxes on foreign insurance companies
diverted from the state to the use OF
the police and firemen's pension funds
of the various cities. The officials
came particularly to consult Safety
Director Holmes as to his opinion.
Mr.. Holmes said he would give them
an answer later.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

appears to be a clear case. A public
funeral in Westminster abbey was de-
signed, the pall-bearers had been Sc
lected from the distinguished circle to
which Goldsmith belonged: and then
the rapidly maturing arrangements
came to a sudden halt. The public
funeral was given up without explana-
ticn. The burial took place simply,
almost secretly, in the ground OF
the Temple church. None of the old
literary friends was present. This
strange change in procedure has been
explained by the statement that
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Jail Breaker in .he Pen.

Lima. - Five officers from Wau-
seon Monday escorted big John
Mcdonald, alias John Mack, alias
George Murray, from the Allen county
jail to the state penitentiary at Co.
lumbus. Mcdonald three weeks ago
broke jail at Wauseon, where he was
being held on burglary charge, He
later was arrested at st. Marys.
charged with being enc of the three
men who perpetrated hold-up of the
H. G. Thew jewelry store in Lima and
escaped with more than $1,000 in
jewelry and cash.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

friends feared that creditors would in
terfere with the public funeral by
seizing the body, a right which it is
alleged the creditors had under the
law at that time. This explanation
has been reiterated until it is quite
generally believed. AS a matter of
fact the story is without foundation.
because the law of England never
gave a right of this nature to cred
itors. The story has also been quite
industriously circulated about Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, who likewise died
heavily in debt. Whatever it was that
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

l met him years ago in China and
when he started out to do certain
thing he generally did it. He never
botched any of his plans. So we all
must wait NOnly I'm going to marry
you all the same, whether he likes it
or not. The rogues will try to impose
upon you again; but do not pay any
attention to notes or personals in the
papers. And it was a lucky thing that
l was on the freighter that picked you
up at sea. l shall always wonder how
that yacht took fire.
so shall IT, replied Florence, he1
brows drawing together in puzzle,
ment. Sometimes think must have
done it. You know, people out of theil
heads do strange things. l seem to
see myself as in a dream. And this
man Braine is a scoundrel!"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
NO TRUTH IN OLD STORY
Oliver Goldsmith's Dead Body Neve'
in Danger Of Being Seized by
His Creditors.

More or less credence has always
seemed to be given to the story that
GoldSmith's debts disrupted the ar
rangements made for his funeral. His
biographers have not been above
dwelling on this unhappy report. Now
comes Case and Comment with the
legal side Of it, and makes out what
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

industrious. Nearly everything act
ually needed by the native is made
there, and there is surplus sufficient
to supply a large surrounding terri
tory and the pilgrims and visitors who
pass that way. In this respect Da-
mascus has not changed in hundreds
of years. 1t has always been a maker
and distributor of food and raiment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Shoots Self. Walks to Hote,

Fostoria. = Carl Hoover aged 26,
chief engineer of the Seneca Wire
Manufacturing Co, attempted suicide
by shooting himself in the head. A
portion of Covers brains were blown
out. After shooting himself he dressed
and walked into the lobby of the
Perry Street hotel. Surgeons dressed
his wounds and he still lives.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

partition appeared in the sky to warn
the inhabitants, who promptly sprang
from their beds and routed the invad-
ers. Every year. February 2, Altkirch
holds fete to celebrate its escape
from de Coucy and his English merce.
naries.-London Chronicle.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
PRESENTS SOME NEW TRUTHS
Somewhat Pessimistic Writer Comes
Forward With Considerable Food
for Thought.

When, in the course Of human
events, 1t becomes necessary to arouse
q people to high pitch Of emotion
and dissatisfaction in order that they
may be willing to get together and
throw eff rule that has grown op-
pressive, inefficient and antiquated. It
an -lu.avs he fnnnd eficacious to get
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Bars Liability comuanies

Columbus.-Under no circumstances
should liability insurance compa-
nies be permitted to have any
part in the Ohio workmen's COM
pensation law, according to a commit
tee of q, representing employers and
employees, at its final meeting here.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Not Actuated by Principle.

1t has been repeatedly asserted, and
never once challenged by anybody
with information, that Mr. Roosevelt
would have stood on the platform up
on which Mr.. Taft stood, and been
glad of the opportunity. Not until the
Republican party refused to nominate
him for a third term did he feel
Obliged to knock together a platform
of his own.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Modern City of Damascus.

1t Is estimated that at least 2e,e00
pilgrims pass through the city of Da-
mascus each year. They are material
to the financial welfare of the ancient
city. spending in the neighborhood
of 100000 for goods of every kind.
Damascus Is busy and the people are
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Few Triumphs to Record.

When Secretary of State Bryan des-
cants on what he is pleased to de-
scribe as the recent Democratic VIC
tory, it will be remembered that po-
litical triumphs have been included
by fate among the lists of things of
scant opportunity to judge.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
CauIiflower In Cases

Wash, separate the flowerets and
boil in salted water. When done, drain
and put in cream sauce. ;5ceop out
the inside Of some breakfast rolls.
toast them to a nice brown and fill
with the creamed cauIiflower.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Brush Hint.

When washing or scrubbng hail
brushes, II they are put to dry with
he bristles downward they will last
vice as long. If turned the other
way the water soaks into the wood
and rots the bristles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Old Conductor orops peas

Sandusky. - G. W. Ziegler, aged 81
years, of Bellevue, one of the Oldest
passenger conductors in the employ
of the Nickel Plate, dropped dead of
heart disease aboard his train at
Leipsic, o., according to Message
received by Mrs. Zeigier.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Miuhty Political Force.

The united Republican party is the
mightiest political force in the coun-
try today and when it has the oppor-
tunity to find full expression it will
register the will of the country abso-
lutely in it's behalf.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Nets Min Irinie Nicfnrv

Bellaire. = By majorities which.
compared with the majorities re-
turned at the regular election on
the home rule amendment, are con-
sidered substantial the two cities Of
Bellaire and Martins Ferry and the
village of Bridgeport voted wet
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Rriuadier General sueoun,l,s

Columbus -Brigadier General John
Beatty. U. S. A.. retired, died at
his home here of heart disease, ag-
gravated by injuries sustained in a
fall recently. He was sc wears old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
TMn Kinds of Wisd0Kn

There are two kinds of wisdom
the kind found i'll books, which any
body can get; and the kind found in
you, which only you can get.-Wil-
liam J. Burtscher.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

brought it down to about 600 B. C.
The weapon found at Balloch may be
at least 5000 years old. According to
various authorities the bronze age ex-
listed in pre-Celtic times.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
They Work Democrats Out.

The trouble with most of the Demo
cratic theories is that they don't
work out as they are planned.-De-
troit Free Press.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Only Kind He's Ever Met.

Mr.. Bryan calls it a victory, and it
certainly is the kind he's been used
to.-Washington Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Train Kills Phusinian

Port Clinton.-Dr. Roscoe M. Huff
man, 26, was killed by Lake Shore
train while driving across the Sd street
crossing in his automobile.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Relic of Bronze Ace.

A rare find has been made by Don
aid Macdonald, farm servant. at Bal
loch of Culloden. near Inerness, Scot
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01

Thomas Edison says I'VE are al too
rich" Evidently he believes in the
continuance of Democratic supremacy
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-01-01
Frou Croaks Under Water

Frog CToaks Unuer Water.
An African frog sounds call under
water that can be heard for long dis
taRces.