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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18

for the best-that Judith and Barcus
would soon show up in front, that
something might happen to hinder the
pursuit-never knowing whether the
latter lost or gained.
And thus catastrophe befell
Round the swelling bosom of wood
ed mountainside the motorcycle swept
like a hunted hare, and without the
least warning came upon Barcus and
Judith dismounted, Barcus bending
over his cycle and tinkering with its
motor, at point where the road ran
narrow between the heavily forested
hillsideS and a terracelike slope OF
bare, brown earth, shooting downward
at an angle of nearly forty-tive degrees
from the horizontal, and fully ninety
feet in length from the roads edge to
the underground that masked little
stream idllng through the bottom of
the canyon.
For one horripilating instant COLI
sion seemed unavoidable. Barcus and
Judith and the motorcycle occupied
most of the width of the road; there
was little room between them and the
declivity, less between them and the
forest To try to pass them on the
latter side would be only to dash his
brains out against the trees; while to
make the attempt on the outside would
be to risk leaving the road altogether
and dashing off into space
And it was impossible to stop the
cycle--so brief was all his warning.
In desperation Alan chose the outside
of the road; and for the space OF a
single heartbeat thought that he might
possibly make it, but with the next
realized that he would not-seeing the
front wheel swing off over the lip of
the slope.
At this he acted sharply and upon
sheer instinct. AS the cycle left the
road altogether he risked broken
knee by releasing his grasp Of the
handlebars and Strengthening out his
leg and driving it down forcibly
against the roadbed. The effect of this
WAS 10 nlIu UOuIAy AAShA tAO os1N
die: the machine shot from beneath
him like some strange projectile
hurled from the bore of great gun;
and Rose crashed against him in the
same fraction of a second.
Headlong they plunged as one down
the hillside, struck its shelving sur
face good twenty feet from the brink
of the road, and flying apart tumbled
their separate ways down the re-
mainder Of the drop and into the
friendly shelter of the underbrush.
Something nearly miraculous saved
them whole. Beyond a few scratches
and bruises and a severe shaking up,
they escaped unharmed. And they
we're picking themselves up and re-
! gaining their breath and re-collecting
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18

rain. His eyes started in their sock.
cts. the blood drummed in his ears
with a roar resembling distant thun-
der. His fingers grew numb. kis throat
dry.
He felt that he could not hold on
another instant when, abruptly. that
torture was no more. The rope had
been relieved of its burden. He heard
a scream from below echoed by one
from above, then the thump of Judith's
body falling on the shale, then the
slithering rumble Of the landslide
gathering momentum.
Barcus, at length arrived, assisted
him to a place of security. Spent
and faint and sick with horror. he lay
prone and shuddering.
Only the assurance of Barcus that
Judith had somehow escaped being
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
Advantage of siIencer.

This crash of the bullet makes the
value of the Maxim silencer ver- little,
SO far as military efficiency is con
cerned, in the way that the tIction
writer imagines the silencer t. Oe use
full, but not to prevent the enemy from
discovering the position of the men
firing as many fancy.
It's value lies in the fact that it
eliminates fully half of the recoil OF
the rife from the action of the gases
in it's chambers, and it gives the Off
GERS much better control over the fire,
because of the lessened noise of the
rifles. 1t cuts down the roar of the
Springfield to about the noise of the
1920 and thus the roar Of the rifles
at the firing line is much reduced, and
the commands of the officers can be
heard.-Outing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18

sheltering trees and, Judith at his
heels, pelted headlong down the slope
to the spot where the others had van
ished
To find them not only alive but
practically unscathed affected that
loyal soul almost to tears.
But when congratulations had been
mutually exchanged, there fell all
awkward pause. The eyes of the four
sought one anothers ruefully, each
pair quick with the unuttered but in
exorable inquiry: What next?
In the outcome, it was Mr.. Barcus
who advanced the suggestion which
was adopted-though this was its re-
ception more through lack of better
than for any actual appeal intrinsic
in the proposition.
When we broke down, / saw" he
ventured, with backward jerk Of
his thumb to indicate the road, "a can
yon branching off from this one about
quarter Of mile over yonder. If it's
all the same to you people, We might
stroll round that way and see what it's
natural attractions may be-if any.
But it's sure a mighty poor sort of a
canyon that doesn't lead anywhere
and nothing could possibly be more
fatiguing to our mercurial and rest
less tempers than to squat down here
and fold our hands in our laps and
walt for something to turn up-and
anyway we can't be worse off than we
are-and-"
Sufficient" Mr.. Law interrupted
with bleak smile
Crooking a deferential arm. Barcus
offered it to Judith.
Everything is lovely in the formal
garden" he insisted-"so sweetly ro.
mantle. Are you game for an idle
saunter, just to while the idle hours
away%
The woman found spirit enough for
wan smile as she tucked her hand
gratefully beneath his arm.
You're the cheerfulest soul l ever
met" she said demurely. What I'm
going to do without you when-if ever
SCb OuJ vi ILLS awful UubluC66,
goodness only knows"
Let's talk of something else," he
suggested hastily.
Unless, Of course. she pursued
with unbroken gravity, Il marry
you. :"
Heaven" the young man prayed
fervently, "forfend!"
THAT is hardly gallant"
Il mean-heaven forfend that you
should throw yourself away"
"Humph!" she mused. Perhaps
you're right"
Their banter was not without a
subtle object, namely, to reassure the
girl who followed, supported by heI
lovers arm.
In the course Of the last "a hours
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
SYNOPSIS.

The OF Hearts is the "death-sign" em-
ployed by Seneca Trine in the private war
of vengeance which he wages against
Alan Law, son of the man (now dead) who
was innocently responsible for the acci-
dent which rendered Urine a helpless Grip
pie for life. Alan loves and is loved by
Trtne's daughter Rose. Judith, Roses
Twin and double, but a woman of violent
and uncertain temper, promises her father
10 compass Alan's death; bus under dra-
and so. unwillingly, wins her love as well
as Roses. In spite of her jealousy of
Rose, Judith refuses to serve out the vow
Sle made her father, and at the time this
story opens is actively assisting Alan and
Rose and their friend Tom Barcus to es-
cape the persecution OF Trine and his
aides led by his confidential man. one
harrophat
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
CHAPTER xLVII.
The Last WARMING.


ln the chill, violet-shadowed dusk
of that clear evening, a chap-fallen
motor car crept sluggishly into the
little mountain town of Mesquite at
the heels of two mutinous mules driv-
en- by chauffeur who steered with
one hand while the other flourished
cracking whip-lash over the backs
OF its sole motive power.
IFS one passenger, a cripple as help
less as the car itself, huddled in a
coEner Of the rear seat, saluted Mes
quite with snarl. Though he was in
sore need of such rude comforts as
the town stood prepared to afford him,
his demeanor toward it was that of
one who suffers an indignity rather
than begs accommodation.
And now, as the car crawled to a
pause before the Mountain house
Mosquitoes one caravanserai-and
Mesquite itself, to the last a-bitten
hound, gathered round to view this
wonder, Mr.. Trine's indignation and
chagrin distilled words of poisonous
import. He sat still (for the simple
and adequate reason that he could
not move without assistance) and
sawed the air with his one able arm
and blistered his thin old lips with
curses as black as his hate-ridden
heart
Far from resenting this, Mesquite,
pipe in mouth, hands in pockets, ad-
mired and applauded, and rather re-
sented the change that befell when
two other strangers (whose earlier ap-
pearance In town had helped make
that one day memorable beyond all
others in Mosquitoes history charged
out of the Mountain house and inter-
rupted the elder devil with cries Of
greeting and jubilation.
The leader of these answered to the
name of Marrophat; his companion
was person named Jimmy. Mes
quite acquired this information
through paying close attention to the
substance of their communications
with the cripple. More than this, how
ever, it learned little. Something
seemed to have been accomplished by
the two, something that was highly
gratifying to Seneca Trine for one
guarded word from Marrophat was all
that was required to change the old
mans oaths to phrases of honeyed
appreciation, his sCowls to such smiles
as called to mind fugitive flashes Of
sunlight athwart a snowbound land
sCape. And he was chuckling almost
mirthfully when lifted from the car
and carried into the hotel.
What passed between the trio after
they disappeared behind that bed
chamber door Mesquite could by no
means guess. But that a celebration
of some sort was in progress was evil
denced by the frequency with which
Marrophat and Jimmy called on the
bar for more liquid refreshment, as
we'll as by bursts of laughter long and
loud and somehow strangely cynical
of accent.
And toward midnight one belated
Mesquite paused in the street outside
the Mountain house for one last curl
GUS stare at the lighted windows Of
Mr.. Trines quarters, and so witnessed
an incident which puzzled him by fits
and starts throughout the balance Of
his days.
He saw, clearly silhouetted against
the glowing oblong of the window, the
Mephistophelean profile of Seneca
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18

precipitated over the caves of the
shale roof reused him and gave him
nerve enough to resume the climb.
1t was true, when he found courage
to look and see for himself; she lay
within three yards of the brink su-
pine, her face uplifted to the sun, nm
stirring; she dared not stir; single
movement was calculated to set the
shale bed again in motion.
Painfully he realized that if, as Bar
Gus asserted, she had deliberately cut
the rope herself, Judith had offered
up her life to spare his own,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
Limits In Literature.

You've read The Heavenly
Twins% asked an Englishman of an
Irishman.
"YesAI have"
And the Sorrows of Satan?'"
Yes"
And you have read Looking Back.
ward?'"
How the devil could do that?"
asked Pat.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18

their scattered wits when, with I'm
petus no less terrific than their own
had been, the pursuing motor car
swung round the bend and hurled it.
self directly at the two who remained
upon the road above.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
only Weddlnu elfts Asssts.

II see that Jones has failed. Has he
any assets?"
Nothing Of any value. The in
ventory which he filed with his petit
tion in bankruptcy shows that he had
230 wedding presents"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-18
Rather Mixed.

II don't like that deal you're In"
Don't worry; you won't be answer
able If st's questionable"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-08
GEM THEATRE

The gem" Theatre
t h e permanent and
oldest place of amuse-
ment in Marietta. It
caters to women and
children and presents
only the best pictures
obtainable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
THE CIGARETTE CURE

Commenting on the fact that l62
school boys of Houston, Texas, were
given the nitrate OF silver cure for
the cigarette habit the Journal of Ed
ucation has the following to say:
"The silver cure for cigarette smok-
ing, like the gold cure for drunken
ness, may not work in every individual
case. All we can do for the boy is to
put him in such condition that the in
diligence of the bad habit will for quite
q while cause him considerable body
discomfort. This will compel him 20
quit for So long a time that he will get
the poison out Of his system, and will
lose the desire for the harmful stimula-
tion. If, at the end of this time, he
desires to continue his freedom, he can
do so. If, on the other hand he desires
to 20 back to the fetters Of his bad ha-
bits, he can do that also. However, if
eighty-one boys of Houston ceased to
be cigarette fends on account of the
treatment given by the school physi-
clan, that alone will be worth more
than was spent on that officials salary
for the entire year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
REAL. ESTATE REPORT

The following is a list OF Real Estate
Sales in Manitowoc Go, for week end
ing Jan. 80 1918. <rhis report is fur
nished To us by the Manitowoc co.
Abstract Co. who guarantee their alb
stracts.
hIath. f., Wagner to Michael Madi-
gan 50 in sec Town Of Meeme,
$4,000. Rev. Stamps, sl.JO
Schroeder Bros. Go. to George Tay-
Ior lots II ard T. in blk 5 City OF Two
Rivers, Slli.
Frank Matczynski ct al TO Charles
Ilarnlk lot % blk POI City of Manito-
voc, S275.
hugo G. Duecker to julius Berth a
lot in sec 30 Town of Schleswig, $500
Frank Guenther ct al TO August
Schroeder 80 in sec 10 Town of Man
itowoc Slli00.
George Reuther to Joseph Pankrat@
\ lot in sec Town OF LlDerly poluo'
FRANK Barta to Charles Barta l20 a
in sec 33 Town Of Manitowoc Rapids,
81.
Charles i{icl to Henry CIockner % a
in sec II Town Of Manitowoc $500.
Edwin Jantz to Frank a. Writ lot
and 10 blk Village of Collins s65O.
Rev Stamps 81
II. G. Wilke TO John Kriehn Part OF
lot City of Manitowoc 81 Rev, stamp
sl50.
Henry Rauchschbalbe to Peter Flick
lot 10 and 20 in the Village OF Mill
Home $4,000 Rev stamps $40.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

CHURCH MATTERS.-W learn that
Rev. MIR. Freeman, the new Episcopal
Minister, is getting along finely with
his people, and that he has large con-
gregatons every Sabbath. He is
spoken Of by all as an eloquent preach
or and worthy man.
Rev. f. Nj. McGinnity, who for near
ly two years, has been pastor OF the
Meeme Catholic church, preached his
farewell sermon last Sunday, having
been invited 20 take charge of st. Ra-
phae's a. Madison. Rev McGinnity
was great favorite with his congre-
cation, and the parting between them
was more than usually solemn and in.
terestng. AS token of his energy he
has left the people of that section one
of the finest churches in Northern Wis
consn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
CHANGE IN BIC STORE.

An important change in business cir
cles of the city is the withdrawal of
Mr.. Frank Zeman from the Worel, Ze-
man and Stangel Company. Mr.. ]. j.
Stangel and Mr.. A. G. Worel have
bought the interest of MIR. Zeman.
This firm are successors TO the Rand
and Roemer hardware Co. The Com
pany was organized in February 1905
and have grown to be one Of the city S
largest commercial concerns. They
are reputed to have the biggest stock
OF heavy hardware in Wisconsin out
side of Milwaukee. The largest part
of the business is wholesale but well
equipped retail store Is also conducted
The capital stock will now be increas-
ed.
Mr.. Zeman is retiring because Of
poor health. The very rapid growth
of this concern until it is one of the
prides Of the city is testimonial to the
energy and business acumen of the
young men who have built it up.
Their business policy has been one OF
service and every one who has dealt
with them wishes them good luck"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04

The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Kathryn Barzynski and
Mr.. Harry f. Kelley was made at 3
dinner last Sunday at the home Of the
bride-to-be, about mile northwest of
the city on the plank ROAD. She is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chrapikow-
ski. The date for the wedding has not
been set.
Miss Barzynski is an accomplished
young LADY, quite proficient in music
I'd art. She is young woman who is
I. &.Iiy esteemed and has large circle
of friends.
Mr.. Kelley is one of the prominent
members of the bar of Manitowoc.
He is at present completing his fourth
year as city attorney. He was appoin-
ted four years ago and as result Of
continued good service and increasing
usefulness he Was re-appointed at the
expiration of mis- first term. He has
lived all his life in this city and it can
be said OF him that he is not without
honor in his own country" He is a
man of considerable literary achieve
ment and has fine reputation. The
fact is each one is fortunate in captur-
ing the other. The Pilot tenders con-
gratulations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
CITIZENS BANQUET.

The annual banquet of the citizens
association was held at Woods hall last
week. President Hoffman who has lab
ored faithfully and efficiently for several
years begged tc oe relieved as did also
secretary p. A. Miller. The new Off
GERS are: President, Charles Frazier:
Vice President, F. X. Murphy: Secre-
tary, Rudey Stockinger.
Burt Williams of Ashland who was
booked for the big speech could not be
present. His place was ably filed by
John Deetz former immigration COM
missioner of Minnesota who delivered
an inspiring talk an city building.
Clarence Prim who has been connected
with community development in the
east also gave a talk appropriate to
the occasion. Both were well received.
The success of the association in re-
Gently securing two new factories for
Manitowuc gave enthusiasm to the
meeting. A subscription list to the
bonds of the Atlas company, one of
these concerns, went around and was
liberally signed.
The meeting also endorsed the move
to onnect the Rahr intake and Pumps
with the city water system for emer-
gency water supply.
The Aluminium Goods co. and the
Wisconsin Aluminium Company also
submitted reports showing that they
are more than making good in their
agreements respecsng labor to be en-
ployed.
The committee in charge of the ban.
quet this year was E. h. Ludwig, A. j..
Auton Andrew johnson, Arthur
George, and Henry Clusen.
The chair was occupied by Ralph
Plumb which is equivalent to saying
that the gavel welding was ably done.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
REISS co. TO REBUILD.

The Reiss Coal Company have
awarded contracts for building new
coal unloading equipment TO replace
the big rigs which were wrecked 10y a
wind-storm last summer. The new rig
will be one steel bridge capable of tax.
ing out over 1000 tons in 10 hours,
which is greater capacity than the
two old rigs destroyed. The equipment
will be put in this spring and will be
ready for use shortly after navigation
opens. The company is also planning
TO build its own electric plant at the up
per docks. The taxation of the old rigs
as realty, upheld 10y the circuit court
is pending in the supreme court. Since
this appeal the terminal tax law under
which they were assessed has been
held to be unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
REAL BLIZZARD,

Last Thursday the mercury in the
government instruments registered 20
degrees below zero for a couple of days.
Sunday it warmed up and started to
rain in the evening which soon turned
to snow and all day Monday there was
a good old fashioned blizzard on tap,
The street car line was kept open with
difficulty. The G.. & N. w. service
was demoralized Monday evening and
Tuesday. The morning mail Tuesday
got in during the afternoon. The
south bound Ashland limited due at
4:35 A. NJ. crawled in at noon. An
Ann Arbor ferry was fast in ice close
in by the north beach for "A hours and
Tuesday night , other ferries joined
her. The easterly wind kept the ice
tight. Tuesday noon they began to
get in motion, and soon cleared them.
selves. Milwaukee reported fleet
ice bound in the bay there.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
ODD STUNT BRINGS
HALF YEAR PENALTY

There was singular case N munlcl-
pal court last week. Henry St. Ger
main a recluse living in one room hut
on the outskirts of Two Rivers was hal
ed into court. 1t seems that his neph-
ew, who is young man, together with
an eighteen year old girl visited the
hermit. His hospitality went to the
extent of keeping the two prisoners IN
the ST Nck for iS hor -. The boys par
ents set out on search and in st
Germ aims absence forced the door and
released the captives. The yourg wo-
man related indignities that resulted
in St. German being given six months
at labor. His services will be farmed
out and as he has no dependents tie
county will get his wages. The man 5
odd conduct indicates that he is not ov-
erIy bright but CO.. of''"saiG 81 nos
think him abnormal enough TO ask for
an insanity examination.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-02-04
CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

The Greilling Brothers versus the
Two Rivers Dredge Co. the trial OF
which commenced Tuesday afternoon
occupied the rest of the week 1t arose
from the plaintiff helping out the de-
fendant on adredging contract at the
500. If their relations were those OF
contractor and suOcontractor the plain
tiff would win. If they were those OF
partners on the job the defendant would
win. The jury answered in favor OF the
Two Rivers people. The amount in
dispute was about $4,000.
Pelishek VS.. Bartelme was taken up
Monday noon. Pelishek was tenant of
40 acre tract in Cooperstown. Bar
telme bought the forty from the Allie
heirs and took the crop which Pelishek
had planted. Pelishek sues for the
value of the crop and Bartelme says
that Pelishek was paid for his labor
and seed, all he was entitled to under
his lease in case of a sale, defendant
says The jury decided in favor Of Pei
shek.
The Nc Morrow shooting affair from
Maribel was begun yesterday and went
to the jury this forenoon. After beng
out about an hour they brought in a
verdict acquitting Nc Morrow.
The only jury case remaining Is
divorce suit and the jury will be called
in only because one of the grounds al
legged is unfaithfulness.